Happy Sunday!
It's raining, which kinda interferes with DH's plan to pick the apples today, but I am sure he will manage
My plans are more of the indoor type, so I won't be affected. By now, it's obvious I should just give up on the garden for the year! I can never get any vegetables. This year, not even the staples like salads or tomatoes. I only have this little veggie patch, but it's in shade (the garden architect did not plan on our neighbours having 8 feet tall wall of thujas right next to it, and I think the roots are actully growing in the patch too. Plus, we have very heavy clay soil, which ain't helping either - for the life of me, I can never get the easiest stuff like radishes get bigger than barbie food! But we have fruit, plenty of it, so there's that.
Dogged, very interesting post yesterday! Yes, being thin and sporty is the new sign of "well off". I was kinda looked down from the lady at Estee Lauder shop when I was buying my perfume on Friday - yes, it's a very expensive one, but just because I have an overweight mumsy look, doesn't mean I am not a top-paid professional who can easily afford it! My problem is kinda genetic - I'm the kind of person who will survive hungry years easily because I can work hard and eat little and still not lose weight. Back when I was a size 8, it meant several fasting days each month, grapefruits for lunches and cottage cheese for dinner and gym 5 times per week. That's not really doable with four kids and a job and the high level of stress that raising special needs kids brings.
And off to bed with you!
kittykatt, it's a pitty we couldn't do Eyjafjallajökull volcano this week! There was a running joke back in 2010 (when its eruption caused airspace closure in most of Europe) that it was the volcano's revenge for people mispronouncing its name!
Frenchie, the one bonus of kids playing online is that they don't make mess when they do! I mean, I always support lego playing and crafting and such, but am not so fond on the clean-up and the constant "but that's my art project and I want it displayed!"
Good luck on the job, you may not get it if you apply, but you are certain to not get it if you don't!
TaDas
- dressed to shoes
- breakfast and coffee
- internet time
- morning routine
- load of towels running
ToDos
- 30 on general pick up and cleaning
- 15 on laundry
- 30 on apples
Braindump
routines
- midday routine
- afternoon routine
- evening routine
food
- lunch
- dinner
- bake something sweet
- process apples
organization
- DBD's speech therapy
- homework with kids
- 15 on filing
- find and pay water bill
cleaning
- clean office
- spiff up twins' room
- spiff up DBD's room
- spiff up DS13's room
- spiff up master bedroom
- spiff up master bathroom
- spiff up kitchen
- spiff up living room
- spiff up downstairs bathroom and hallways
laundry
- load of cleaning rags
- ironing
- folding
- mending
- laundry put away
me time
- 15 of exercise
- Bible study
- reading
garden - not likely today, but there's next week, right?
- plant/sow fall salads
- water and fertilize veggie garden
- deadheading
- weeding in veggie garden
- deadhead roses
- weeding in front garden
- oil patio furniture
- tree and bushes pruning
- general pick up in garage
- general pick up around the house
House&Holidays
- week 1 deep cleaning - office
- week 2 deep cleaning - master bedroom
- week 3 deep cleaning - DBD's room
- week 1 Christmas tasks
- week 2 Christmas tasks
- week 3 Christmas tasks
It's strange how people who want to improve the lot of others are seen as mavericks. If you can get hold of a copy, I would recommend JJ illy Cooper's book "Class". It's very tongue in cheek, and, if course, has dated in the 40+ years since it was written, but it's both hilarious and she gets to the point!
, Jude and Freddie 