Jean in Newcastle Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 clean kitchen laundry dd is having a sleepover ds and dh work on making a desk? lesson planning - do I have to? exercise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 So hot here today. Reached 40 oC at my place and I live right on the beach. way hotter inland. it is still 38oC after 8 pm. My body shuts down after 37 oC and I go into a semi awake state. I Spent just about the whole day supervising the twins on the veranda. I decided to speed up the toilet training. I gave them heaps of drinks, a bucket of water to play with ( to keep cool) let them run around naked and sat a potty within 2 meters of them. Success twin 2 now has 17 stickers on his chart and twin 1 who had no idea of how his body functions and could not connect the toilet with anything finally clicked just before tea and rapidly got 5 stickers on his chart. guess what I will be doing for the next few days..... supervising toilet training with naked twins on the veranda. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustEm Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 2 more days of dh's christmas break and I'm dreading getting back into our normal routine. So aside from picking up my dad's truck and having dh and my brother load it and take stuff to the dump I'm not making a list. We'll do whatever fun and/or relaxing thing the family wants to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melinda in VT Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 I'm in. I need something to keep me from spending all day on the boards. ;-) Cook pancakes for breakfast Make grocery list Grocery shopping Take DS to birthday party Edit 15 pages of DH's book 15 minutes of data entry for our business Kings' Day party tonight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bettyandbob Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Post holiday routines start again today. Dd and I go to work together this morning. I have a new role interfacing with patrons and quasi supervising (dd is worried, but I need to watch other people's classes) Menu plan this afternoon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom31257 Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Thank you all for your prayers! The visitation and funeral is late this afternoon and evening. The burial is tomorrow afternoon. We are going to stay that night, too. She lives in TN about 3.5 hours from me. I wish so much I was closer. We know more now because my sister was brought his things which included a journal written very recently and that day. He had actually questioned if he should end all 3 of their lives, so we are beyond thankful that didn't happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomtoCandJ Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Good morning- we are under a winter weather advisory until tomorrow - dishes- done - tidy house- round 1 done - fold laundry - read/crochet/plan - dinner - bedtime routine - anything else I manage to accomplish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutTN Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 done: kids' breakfast started laundry farmers' market glass recycling dropped off to do: take down and put away Christmas decorations (11:00, about 2/3 done. I made DH help.) prep for church tomorrow lunch: ??? dinner: chx nachos watch Downton Abbey tonight :) Rewatching last season's finale so I will be ready for tomorrow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MysteryJen Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 :grouphug: Amy, praying for you today. I am up to take the girls into practice. Ds1 will take ds3 to his practice later. I have to go to the post office, bagel shop (yum!) and Joann's to spend a bit of my Christmas money on a new cutting mat. Might need some fabric as well. :lol: The rest of the day is pretty low key, football playoffs, quilting, maybe a bit of cleaning. Have a great day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckymama Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Oh Amy :grouphug: Today: --finish my decaf --drop dd at ballet --go to gym with dh :) --send dh to Costco for eggs, dairy, produce, tissues --inventory freezer :eek: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 (((Amy))) For today: Cooking and freezing Take turkey out of freezer? Drink water Go out for lunch or coffee with dh Play a family game Drink more water Library? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melinda S in TX Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Praying for you Amy. Done: breakfast devotions discussion of day with children finish working on bills and transfer money to dd account shred papers sort apples and set aside bad ones for pigs fill bird feeders boil beef for broth help ds fix waterheater write out January on dry erase calendar laundry take bulk to front check mail and pick up packages To do: put wheels on toolbox and fill with kitchen stuff grade last of schoolwork and make assignment sheets for this week bind three workbooks scan receipts clean out black refrigerator family meeting organize schoolroom name goat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
readinmom Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Amy, praying for you and family on this difficult day. :grouphug: Today's list: vacuum mop laundry sort and toss bathroom cabinet items set up binder for household for 2015 (I've never done this before so it may take some time) lesson plan for the week meal plan for the week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustEm Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Amy,praying still. So thankful the situation wasn't as bad as he contemplated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustEm Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Things have been taken to the dump and I can now rest and allow the house to remain in this chaotic state until Wednesday when the plumbing job is done! Then I'll have to figure out when my family can come over for a drywall party and finishing the bathroom floor party. I'm truly blessed to have a family who so willingly helps each other out with no strings attached! For the rest of the day I will be finishing The Stand, playing board games with the kids, and ordering dinner out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted January 3, 2015 Author Share Posted January 3, 2015 human care done pet care done exercise done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzie in Ma Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Happy Saturday everyone! SO don't want to go back to real life on Monday. Lesson planning Went to my sister's for brunch, put 10 years of photos from my backup hard drive to her PC, put my entire Calibre library on her PC and showed her how to use it with her Paperwhite. Showed her how to upload with Shutterfly Express Uploader, installed her webcam for her and fixed her blu ray player. (which technically wasn't broken, she just had it set to MUTE!!) Came home and filled the woodstove, fixed supper for later, filled this weeks pill containers. Now heading out to grocery shop, which I also don't want to do. Nephew's Christmas present finally arrived from Australia, so I need to get that to him also, but probably not today. Find a credit card with low rate to transfer our Care Credit balance to. The interest is insane on it and I needed dental work last year that ran it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckymama Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Dh is turning out part of the basement, so I get to go to Costco :) But first, I have to do the freezer :eek: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melinda in VT Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Amy, you've been in my thoughts today. I'm done with everything except going to the party this evening. I should probably do more data entry or more editing, but what I really want to do is curl up on the couch with my book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammyla Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 (((Amy))) I'll pray for your family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 I've finished all the chicken dishes - chicken enchiladas, chicken divan casserole, and Indian butter chicken. We are currently figuring out how to play 7 Wonders, and afterwards I'll work on taco meat, beef & broccoli, and maybe tuna casserole if there is time. I think being around all this food has made me forget to eat today. I'm hungry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustEm Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 I've finished all the chicken dishes - chicken enchiladas, chicken divan casserole, and Indian butter chicken. We are currently figuring out how to play 7 Wonders, and afterwards I'll work on taco meat, beef & broccoli, and maybe tuna casserole if there is time. I think being around all this food has made me forget to eat today. I'm hungry! How many meals do you freeze and how often do you spend the day making a freezing meals. I really want to get into the habit of doing this again since it is a time saver, money saver, and all around daily sanity saver for me. I don't do it consistently enough anymore but will do a freezing day if I find a particular protein on deep discount. I got 7 Wonders for Christmas! WE haven't played it yet because we got many games for Christmas that we couldn't pick them all last night at our game night with friends. Can't wait to try it out though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 How many meals do you freeze and how often do you spend the day making a freezing meals. I really want to get into the habit of doing this again since it is a time saver, money saver, and all around daily sanity saver for me. I don't do it consistently enough anymore but will do a freezing day if I find a particular protein on deep discount. I got 7 Wonders for Christmas! WE haven't played it yet because we got many games for Christmas that we couldn't pick them all last night at our game night with friends. Can't wait to try it out though. We gave up on 7 Wonders...littler ones were getting impatient while we try to figure out what was going on. Played Farkle instead. For meals, I usually make a big batch before each semester starts. I try to make about 50-60 meals (dinner main dishes and soups) and I usually spend one day shopping and food prep, and two days cooking. We do have a large deep freeze, so there is space to keep it all. I am trying several new dishes this time around, to accommodate more low carb eating for me (i.e. For chicken enchiladas, I will skip the tortilla and just eat the chicken filling, and have extra salad and veggies.) Having meals in the freezer definitely helps keep me sane. We are gone all day on Tuesdays, so that is our soup day. I guess I will use 3-4 freezer meals per week, and other days have easy things like baked chicken, chef salad, pasta, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Amy :grouphug: :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckymama Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Done w my short list! A book awaits :D --finish my decaf --drop dd at ballet --go to gym with dh :) --send dh to Costco for eggs, dairy, produce, tissues --inventory freezer :eek: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustEm Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 We gave up on 7 Wonders...littler ones were getting impatient while we try to figure out what was going on. Played Farkle instead. For meals, I usually make a big batch before each semester starts. I try to make about 50-60 meals (dinner main dishes and soups) and I usually spend one day shopping and food prep, and two days cooking. We do have a large deep freeze, so there is space to keep it all. I am trying several new dishes this time around, to accommodate more low carb eating for me (i.e. For chicken enchiladas, I will skip the tortilla and just eat the chicken filling, and have extra salad and veggies.) Having meals in the freezer definitely helps keep me sane. We are gone all day on Tuesdays, so that is our soup day. I guess I will use 3-4 freezer meals per week, and other days have easy things like baked chicken, chef salad, pasta, etc. Yes we'll certainly be trying 7 wonders with adult friends. That sounds like a great system! Money is too tight to do a big upfront purchase for us this month since we're paying for our entire plumbing to get redone but I plan on implementing the big cook and freeze days again after I recover from my csection in Feb. We have a second freezer too that isn't being used at the moment since it used to store our 1/4 of a cow we would get. We'll probably be purchasing that again soon so when that order comes in I plan to revolve my cooking day around when we get it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted January 4, 2015 Author Share Posted January 4, 2015 took a long nap. Dh has been really productive today. I've been a slug. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted January 4, 2015 Author Share Posted January 4, 2015 The teens are all entertaining themselves with a game marathon. I took them out for Subway. Then I cooked a nice steak and asparagus stir-fry for dh and me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LifeLovePassion Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 I'm sorry, Amy. We bought plumbing supplies, dh hung hall shelves, I ripped out the old shelves from the front closet to prep for painting next week. Went to church tonight. Tomorrow, finish the hall shelves (had to go back for more special screws...had 6 holes, sold screws 5 in a pack, lame). Spackle the front closet. Maybe do more basement demo too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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