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Hi, trissie. Thank you for starting us off. Are you back from the cottage?

Good morning, Dogged! Well, good night to you? Yes, we are back! The weather was not at its best last week (rainy and cold), and being at the cottage for the first time since early May, DH had a lot of general maintenance to do, but it was nice to play games with the kids and I love how they are more likely to actually talk to us and share things as there's nothing better to do there with no TV and no internet connection

We got home at 6pm last night, I've already done three loads of laundry and more is waiting for me - we brought all blankets, pillows and linens from cottage to wash. We may go there again this weekend, so I need to get them laundered and dried by Friday just in case! I'm working from home today, so I have loads of emails to go through, and there's rather little food in the house, so groceries first. BBL!

TaDas
- up and attem
- dressed to shoes
- breakfast and coffee
- internet time
- flipped overnight load of cottage towels to dryer

ToDos
- grocery run & groceries put away
- morning routine
- get started on work

Braindump
work
- mailbox work
- whatever seems urgents
- Q2 report
- research for IDD report
routines
- morning routine
- midday routine
- afternoon routine
- evening routine
food
- lunch
- dinner
- bake something sweet
organization
- DS13's therapy (1pm)
- DBD's speech therapy (3:30pm)
- pay car insurance
- pay therapy bill
- order plane tickets
- research new robotic vacuum cleaner as our old one died
- order earrings
- order replacement part for juicer
- make medical apt for me - obgyn
- make medical apt for me - mamo
- 15 on filing
- amendment to rental contract
- rental accounting
- pharmacy order
- deal with house insurance
cleaning
- clean DBD's room
- clean DS13's room
- clean twins' room
- clean master bedroom
- clean master bathroom
- spiff up kitchen
- spiff up living room
- spiff up downstairs bathroom and hallways
- spiff up office
laundry
- load of lights
- load of cottage linens
- load of cottage blankets
- ironing
- folding
- mending
- laundry put away
me time
- 15 of exercise
- Bible study
- reading
garden
- water veggie garden
- deadheading
- weeding in veggie garden
- run pool vacuum cleaner
- plant treatment - pest
- plant treatment - mold & funghi disease
- weeding in front garden
- oil patio furniture
- tree and bushes pruning
- general pick up in garage
- general pick up around the house

Good morning Trissie and thank you for starting us off. So glad you enjoyed the time at the cottage despite the weather.LOL at the kids talking to you and DH when there's "nothing better to do"!

WTG on all the progress you e made I. The apartment, Dogged!

So glad you're having a wonderful time with all the family, Helian - yesterday sounded lovely!

Today is supposed to be cooler with maybe some rain. Yesterday evening I lost the top piece for the garden tap, so first priority this morning is to carry on looking for that. I e been through the drawer where it lives at least half a dozen times, taking everything out, I've emptied our my garden trug, and it's not there, and I've even been through the cannister with the veg peelings. Today will be emptying the brown garden bin and searching through that, in case it got there by mistake . DH has been looking at replacement parts I line, but none of them so far are quite right, so any finding vibes would be greatly valued! I think this is going to be my first job today, while the weather in is still dry and pleasantly cool!

Some housework would be good and I would like a walk, but after my very long walk yesterday, that's not too critical. And a little more work on the eBay listings - can I list another box?

To do:

Appointments:
Monday: DH to office
At home for me
Tuesday: DH WFH
At home for me
Wednesday: DH to Leeds -does he needs a lift to the station?
At home for me
Laxapet for Jude and Matilda
9 pm Final touches to Waitrose order
Thursday: DH in Leeds
10.30 am church - need to leave early because of graduation week at the university
Any errands?
Hoover car? ( Weather permitting!)
Bring blue crates up from garage
6-7 pm Waitrose delivery
Laxapet -Jude and Matilda
Friday: DH in Leeds -home this evening
Saturday:
*Text DF E re coffee tomorrow*
Sunday:
church 9.30 am
Coffee with DF E
Laxapet Jude and Matilda
Set up new Waitrose delivery

Future dates to note:
11/7 HRT 18/7 inhaler 10/9 (everything else) order my meds

Outstanding deliveries: Boots the Chemist

Extras:
Need to do TODAY
Reply to C re blinds
Vet survey
Petplan survey?
Find box file for DH to put his railway stuff in
See if I can find flat pack instructions for old desk?
Cut nails F, J, M
Brush F, J, M
Flea control F, J, M
Order dried food for Jude and Matilda, dental care product to try for Matilda
Digital decluttering- Google Photos for 2024 and 2025
Pick up my footprints
House tasks: Replace the bit of mortar that's fallen out of the edge of the roof (I think its called the verge? Can this wait until next year when we get the house painted when a roof ladder will be in place?)
Sort out cabinet that wobbles - does the back need some sort of bracing ?
Fix garage guttering that's loose at one end and bending down. Dneighbour R2 may fix?
Fix dripping kitchen tap (new washer ?)- DF E has given me the phone number of her plumber . I think DF CW also has a plumber she is happy with?
Take up and hem those thick winter curtains for the kitchen
Book eye test for me
Find picture hanging equipment for DH
Sort prints and put in albums (this will probably be an activity to do on wet days!) WIP I am now working on 2024
Think about setting up Guardianship for F,J and M - looked on Cats' Protection, I need their microchip numbers, approximate DOB, colour and markings and useful information about them. Bookmark link with local recommended solicitors (also ask DF CW?)
Change health centres to the one nearest us? On hold ATM , but I'll leave it on my list so I don't forget.

To do:
Early morning:
Cuddles and treats on the bed with Matilda , Jude, and Freddie
Cup of tea
QT
Make bed
Shower / wash hair/ moisturiser and sunblock/ clean and floss teeth
Physio exercises and back exercises
Proprioceptors exercises X1 x2 x3
S/S bathroom
Get dressed
DH launched
Breakfast and meds / supplements - me
DRINK WATER #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8
Check bank account
Go for my walk

Garden:
15 minutes in tiny front garden
15 minutes in back garden


Cats:
Cats’ breakfast and meds / supplements
Fresh water in cat bowls
Scoop cat trays
Check Jude’s bowl
Check Matilda's bowl
Walk Freddie
Lap time with Jude, Freddie and Matilda
Play with Jude, Freddie and Matilda
Head rubs with Jude, Freddie and Matilda
Cats' supper

House:
Rubbish down to wheelie bins
Kitchen clean up
Load DW
Run DW when full
Unload DW
PUPA downstairs
Quick dust sitting room
Quick hoover downstairs
PUPA upstairs
Quick dust bedrooms
Quick hoover upstairs
Lunch
Supper
Lay out clothes for tomorrow
Journal three things I am thankful for today
Hand cream

Extra house tasks:

Monday:
Clean bathroom
Clean spare room
Clean bedroom

Tuesday:
Clean hall
Clean sitting room
Clean stairs
Empty hoover before starting work
Wheelie bins back when dustmen have been
Filing paperwork for 15 minutes

Wednesday:
Clean kitchen

Garden extras:
Feed pots weekly

Financial:
More work on budget WIP

Things that need to happen at home before DH retires!
Reorganise office (DH wants a new to him desk that work is getting rid of. WIP

Divide surplus dolls house furniture into lots
Do I have enough boxes and bubble wrap? I think so
Clean everything so it looks its best and photograph.
Write description and list on eBay. Remember to state we are a smoke free home.I can do most of this this one box at a time, so it isn't overwhelming .
Boxes listed: 1,2
Boxes wrapped and labelled:

Tasks while DH is away this week:
Empty that space between wardrobe and end wall of the house - clean walls and floor
Go through the "stuff" I have moved and declutter/ find a new home for
Move existing bedroom tallboy into the space
Clean place where tallboy used to be, including woodwork and floor
Empty spare room tallboy, take drawers out and move it into the bedroom
Decide what I'm going to store in here and.fill those drawers (it doesn't have to be "perfect"!)
More decluttering in bedroom - drawers under the bed, my clothes (a continuous process!)

Wow, trissie, you do not get a chance to transition between vacation and back to regular life. 3 loads done already! Along with everything else. WTG!

You can have all of my finding vibes, Kittykatt. I'm having trouble picturing what you are looking for. Here taps are welded to the pipes, so they're hard to lose.
Hooray for cooler weather. We have been having hot and very humid weather here with thunderstorms that don't cool things off, so Germane and I have mostly been staying inside.
I'll bet that you meet interesting people selling doll house items. And your DH on the steam train--he'll have a hoot!

I should have been in bed a couple of hours ago, but at least I got my hair washed . Tomorrow, I can go to the Bell store before my shift to trade in my modem and get the new one set up .I have Tomorrow, or today rather and then Wednesday and then I am done.

Thank you for the finding vibes, Dogged. Between you and St Anthony, we were successful (it was in the garden waste bin) and the tap head is now back safely in the drawer. I'm not sure what it's proper name is, but if you picture a traditionally shaped tap, it's the bit you turn when you want water, or to turn the tap off. On many garden taps here, this piece just lifts off for safe keeping especially over winter, and also to stop unauthorised use of the tap (the tap is on the front wall of the house, as the water is only laid on at the front of the property so it's visible to all passing eyes, and as we're on a water meter I'm a bit picky about who uses our water. Some of the "youth" on our estate would probably find it highly amusing to turn the tap on and leave it running )

I'm encouraging DH to try different things in the run up to his retirement, so he gets an idea of what's out there for him to do , and to see what he enjoys. (I don't think it's good for him to spend all day watching TV or playing on his iPad , and I would like him to have some interests that don't involve drinking. That's another advantage of the steam railway - they, quite rightly, have a very strict alcohol policy, subject to spot checks.)

Now I've found the tap head, I'm going to have some "proper" gardening time before I come in and have my shower (there really wasn't much point in getting clean and then going delving into wheelie bins! )

* * * Good Morning! * * *

thanks for the start, trissie, and good luck getting back to work after your break and almost no transition, as Dogged says. Do you have more days off during the summer, or are you going to work all July and August straight and until school starts again ?

kittykatt, glad you found your tap part. Having a tap that any one can access from outside of your garden doesn't sound practical. I suppose you have searched for ways to make it harder to access, protect it, or anything like that... I hope your garden doesn't suffer too much from the recent heat (assuming we were weather twins this pas week)

Hi Dogged. You seem to have things all planned out in a good way. I hope you're in bed now.

So, a Monday at home, it's National Day in France. We've had a weird weekend with Saturday an incredibly hot day, spend the evening and part of the night at MrNG's DF S--'s 50th birthday party, she had organized a lot of things with maybe 45 guests, but it all took so long we ended up having dinner past 11pm, the kids were hungry and bored and tired long before that - there were only 3 kids, activities weren't kid-friendly, so we were glad when it all ended. We were in bed around 3am - on Sunday the kids were tired and grumpy, we stayed inside and were in "lazy" mode, watched Star Wars, the first movie (=Episode IV), DS9 kind of enjoyed it, DS7 didn't seem to understand much.
Today I may try and catch up on house stuff, with both kids to entertain MrNG doesn't have time for house maintenance during the week and kids get things dirty a lot faster We have plans for a picnic near the sea but that means prparing sandwiches and wraps right now when kids are still in bed - 10am - so we can leave as soon as they get out of bed... And right now I'm in a lazy mood.

TADAs
up after catching up on news on phone
bfast
time in garden, like every morning in summer time
quick look at weather, there may be a sprinkle

TODOs
cuop?
prepare food for a picnic, pack beach stuff?
do things in the house before work week starts again (4-day work week this week)

Good morning, FFB, and enjoy your day off! Yes, we were definitely weather twins last week, it was *very* hot. I'm sorry the party wasn't better organised and you had such a late night Saturday.

If everyone is tired, could you maybe just have a picnic in the garden? I remember when I was small, we used to make a "tent" out of the old fashioned clothes horse and some rugs, and it was great fun to eat picnic lunches under that. Later we graduated to a "proper" tent.

The problem with the water, is they all the houses in our terrace had water laid on at the front of the house, so the bathroom and kitchen are both at the front, and there's no water at the back. Theoretically we could have e water laid on at the back, but it would be very disruptive and cost a lot. (It's one of the things on my list for when / if we ever get a heat pump installed, as that process would be very disruptive , and a little more disruption then wouldn't make much difference.) So, for the foreseeable future, having a removable tap head which makes the tap inoperable is the best solution. (You * could* probably use a universal spanner to work it, but that's almost certainly too much like hard work for the casual opportunist )

It's cooler today, and we've already had one heavy shower, so I've put the heating on just for 30 minutes, to run everything through and stop various parts seizing up through lack of use. This will hopefully save us from problems in the autumn!

I need to get everything swept up before the next shower, and then I really need to go inside and get me showered and into clean clothes!