The FIRST six things you did today. . .

[Pegasus]

. . .outside of personal hygiene and dressing.

I -

1. walked the dog

2. made the coffee

3. fed & watered the dog and cats

4. unloaded the dishwasher

5. started the laundry

6. posted this thread

[ktgrok]

I don't know that I'm up to 6 lol

1. let dogs out at 5:30 am while cursing said dogs

2. laid in bed with baby waiting for dogs to be ready to come back in

3. let dogs back in

4. went back to sleep

5. let dogs out again ag 7:30 am

6. Let dogs back in

 

If you eon't count this first ones since I went back to sleep then

1. Let dogs out

2. Let dogs in

3. weighed myself

4. made coffee

5. reset kitchen clock due to power surge during the night

6. remade coffee because I messed it up the first time and life is too short for back coffee

I nursed the baby at some point in there as well. 

 

[Carrie12345]

I don't know that I've done 6 things yet, lol.

1. Made coffee

2. Cleaned the litter box

3. Drank coffee and played on the internet (including some official business, but mostly playing.)

[Guest]

I ackowledged that I have survived 47 years in this life - it’s my b-day! 

I made coffee. 

I came here.

I went on FB and accepted birthday wishes and commeted on some posts. 

I adjusted the blinds in the sunroom so I can sit here and drink my coffee. 

I pet the kitty and fed her. 

That’s it for now. I’m lounging and I’m very content. 

[Selkie]

Fed the cats.

Went outside, dragged a muck bucket of hay to the pump and filled it. (One of my horses needs his hay soaked to remove sugars.)

Came back inside and fed dogs.

Mixed up a syringe of horse medication.

Fed and medicated horses.

Made breakfast for dh and me (today, it is tofu scrambles with roasted asparagus and baby potatoes).

 

[Garga]

I just got up and haven’t done the personal hygeine and dressing yet, but I have done this:

1. Opened all the curtains in the bedroom because that’s where the sun comes in at this time of day and the cats like to lie in it.

2. Made the bed. 

3. Watered two plants.

4. Opened the curtains in the bathroom (same reason as bedroom.)

5. Put away some plastic bags that one of the cats pulled out of the dispenser (because he likes to roll on them.)

6.  Checked email and gave someone in email advice about online math classes and opened this site to peruse while I start to brush my teeth, and read a few quoted responses to things I wrote yesterday.

 

(And now to brush teeth and dress.)

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Selkie said:

Fed the cats.

Went outside, dragged a muck bucket of hay to the pump and filled it. (One of my horses needs his hay soaked to remove sugars.)

Came back inside and fed dogs.

Mixed up a syringe of horse medication.

Fed and medicated horses.

Made breakfast for dh and me (today, it is tofu scrambles with roasted asparagus and baby potatoes).

 

...and this is why my friend refers to his horses as, “900lb special needs children.” ☺️

[marbel]

1. Emptied the dishwasher.
2. Swept the kitchen floor and wondered what my kids were doing last night that it needed sweeping again.
3. Picked up leftover tea mugs from last night, put in dishwasher.
4. Got out the bacon for my husband to cook.
5. Read a psalm.
6. Sat down at the computer...
7.  Wished Quill a happy birthday!

[Selkie]

9 minutes ago, Quill said:

...and this is why my friend refers to his horses as, “900lb special needs children.” ☺️

Yep, that is a very accurate description! Happy birthday!

[Annie G]

1. Sent text to dd to encourage her through a rough patch with her job.

2. Started drinking my morning jolt of caffeine

3. Made breakfast

4. Made my to do list for the day 

5. Read and deleted emails

6. Sent text to granddaughter who broke both of her arms this week and who lives to run lyrics at their church. She probably can’t do that job until the casts come off and I know she’s feeling blue about it. 

Happy birthday, Quill!!

[medawyn]

1) Jerked awake at 5:17 because the baby (very unusually) shrieked.  Took her to the living room to nurse her.

2) Figured out how to get the 21 mo out of the crib while nursing baby at 5:20.  Tried to distract him from breakfast with Yup Yups on YouTube.

3) Gave up on distraction when the 3 and 5 yo emerged from their rooms at 5:31.  Took demands for breakfast from 3 yo and 21 mo.

4) Checked e-mail and skimmed FB while burping baby.

5) Changed diapers and sat in the bathroom reading a story to encourage newly potty trained 3 yo.

6) Made breakfast for 5 yo and second breakfast for middle two; baby fell back to sleep, so I finally had two hands.

 

ETA: Happy birthday, Quill!

[Heatherwith4]

1) nursed the baby

2) nursed the baby

3) changed her diaper

4) jolted awake by baby sneezing very loudly 

5) got up to get coffee and you guessed it - nurse the baby 

6) flipped laundry 

Happy Birthday, Quill! 

[HomeAgain]

1. Made coffee

2. Unlocked the doors/turned off the porch light

3. Read the news

4. Made breakfast

5. Took out the trash

6. Read a story to the 8yo.

[elegantlion]

1. let out and fed the dog

2. got coffee 

3. ate breakfast - breakfast biscuits and applesauce

4. wrote a page for my French essay

5. sorted through notes and PowerPoint for my Internship presentation I'm doing next week

6. got more coffee

 

I'm not dressed yet and have to go to work at noon, so I'm trying to be productive now because deadlines are looming. 

[mlktwins]

Was up at 5 am :-( !!!

1.  Turned on the coffee and had a cup.

2.  Kid spilled milk all over the kitchen table, chairs, and floor last night and I was too tired for a better clean up - LOL.  Did a second wipe down and steam mopped the floors after coffee.

3.  Load of laundry.

4.  Worked on taxes (will be doing this most of the day).  Where is the sobbing emoji ?!?!?!?!?

5.  Had breakfast with first kid up.

6.  Typed this response.

[SparklyUnicorn]

played on my tablet

made coffee

washed a few dishes

played cards with DH

washed, folded, put away 2 loads of laundry

took a shower/brushed teeth

 

[Lady Florida.]

1. Made the bed.

2. Let the cats out on the screen porch.

3. Made coffee.

4. Played referee between the cats.

5. Got my coffee.

6. Got online

[LarlaB]

1.  Made tea (ahem- you asked)

2.  Weighed myself (down 2lbs this week) and showered

3. Fed the birds, let out the dog

4. Made Nespresso coffee

5. While coffee got cold, I picked up and swept hardwood floors

6. Coffee is still cooling, as I did  a quick clean of kitchen and emptying trash

7.  Quick reheat of coffee and back to bed, drinking coffee, trolling WTM & FB

It's 8am here. 

[MysteryJen]

I am not sure I have done six things yet..

1. let dog out

2. fed dog

3. made coffee

4 came here

Happy Birthday, Quill!

[TrixieB]

1. Checked email/texts

2. Played daily phone/tablet games

3. Started a load of laundry

4. Genealogy research for my aunt

5. Renewed library books

6. Came here

[Jenny in Florida]

1. Walked a couple of miles with my dog.
2. Fed the dog.
3. Fed the cats and cleaned their litter box.
4. Made and ate a snack.
5. Cleaned up some of the mess I made in my craft room yesterday.
6. Made some new mess working on a project in my craft room.

Now I need to quit playing around in my craft room, shower and get ready to go to work.

[Jean in Newcastle]

After shower (which I guess counts as hygiene)-

１、took puppy out to potty. Pooper scooped while I waited for this morning’s business. 

2,, made breakfast / fed puppy

3.  Ate breakfast /put puppy out when she rang the doggie doorbell 

4.  Took care of my medical needs including meds  

5.  Put away my futon

6.  Put old dog out to potty while protecting her from getting mauled by over enthusiastic puppy  

 

 

[goldberry]

1. make coffee

2. opened all my curtains to let sun in

3. responded to text DD sent at 12:20 last night which I ignored

4. Held and pet kitty begging for attention

5. Got online to drink coffee and browse... here!

Two observations from all the posts... Wow, pets/animals take up a lot of our time, don't they?  And....THANK GOODNESS I AM PAST RAISING BABIES/TODDLERS! :)

[Soror]

I'll preface my reply with, yesterday was an exhausting today so I'm totally being lazy today :) 

1. Took a bath

2. Went back to bed and researched math curriculum, goofed off and tried to go back to sleep 

a good while later..... after snuggling with the girls, texted w/ dh, and chattting with mom

3. Cooked breakfast- scrambled eggs and veggies

4. Played around with the girls

5. In progress- cleaning/laundry/dishes

[PeachyDoodle]

1. Realized we'd overslept and wouldn't be making it to church.

2. Chatted in bed with dh about non-family-logistics topics -- a rarity!

3. Cleaned the kitchen while helping dh make a grocery list.

4. Discovered ds had torn the moss off a new (artificial) plant I just bought and had a long, serious talk about personal property, acknowledging when we're wrong (he's very stubborn and HATES to be wrong about anything, which he might possibly maybe get from his mother), and apologizing to those we've hurt.

5. Started a load of laundry.

6. Picked up a few odds and ends around the house, which somehow resulted in an impromptu master closet clean-out.

I would feel smug about accomplishing all that if I hadn't literally spent my entire Saturday in bed watching NCIS reruns!

[Spryte]

I slept in very late.  :)

1. Snuggles and hugs from the kids, especially 6 yo DD

2. Weighed myself - is that personal hygiene?  Maybe

3.  Started the washing machine

4.  Made a cappuccino, realized the milk had turned (eewwww), made another one.

5.  Took morning meds and gave DS his morning meds (hmmmm, personal hygiene overlap again?)

6. Reminded DS to feed the dogs, reminded DD to feed the fish 

and because two of mine might be personal hygiene:

7. Smiled at a good morning message from traveling DH

8.  Drank my cappuccino where I could watch birds at the bird feeder 

[Loowit]

I haven't done much:

Got up and dressed in cozy lounging clothes

Grabbed my laptop and am sitting on the couch enjoying the silence

Yesterday I would have sounded much more productive.

[Tap]

Got coffee

Hugged DD11 good morning

Helped DD11 figure out breakfast (Dh made her pancakes because we are out of her usual)

Texted my boss to see if we are working early today

Came on the board to check a few threads

Got DD11 her meds

.....next I'm off to shower and head to work for my first day back after vacation...boo hiss :)

 

 

 

[Baseball mom]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY QUILL

[Violet Crown]

1. Drank coffee.

2. Ate oatmeal.

3. Put on running clothes.

4. Drove downtown.

5. Stood on Congress Ave. with 23,000 other people and some dogs.

6. Ran 10k in 70 min.

7. Took selfie with dh in front of Stevie Ray Vaughn statue.

8. Drove home.

9. Ate breakfast taco.

10. Drank coffee.

[Baseball mom]

Made coffee

Started laundry

Cleaned bathroom

Washed random dishes from last night..people must have been hungry after supper

Folded laundry from dryer

Cooked breakfast

[BlsdMama]

Made coffee
Directed kiddos to get dressed for church (which we missed)
Made coffee
Got dressed
Plugged in my phone
Played Duel with DH
 

[J-rap]

1) Bought coffee to go.

2) Walked 1/2 mile to get my car.

3) Drove three hours in a snow storm.

4) Arrived home and unpacked.

5) Talked to four doctors on the telephone.

[Robin M]

Happy Birthday,Quill!!!!

 

Not much -

Feed the cats wet food and tried to make princess grace understand that we were completely out of dry food. 

Made breakfast 

Ate breakfast

read Hatchet by Gary Paulsen while eating breakfast (does that count as a separate thing?)

Posted 52 Books thread

Browsed the chat board.  

Now I'm off to take a shower and go grocery shopping!

TTFN

[SKL]

Hit the snooze.

Hit the snooze.

Hit the snooze.

Hit the snooze.

Got the kids up to get ready for church.

Got breakfast for the kids and coffee for me.

[SKL]

Wait, maybe I should have started at midnight.

• Prepared and emailed a work report.
• Putzed on the internet.
• Watched the 1955 movie "Night of the Hunter" on Youtube.
• A little reading in my Condi Rice book about Democracy.
• Set alarms for 3 hours of sleep.
• Slept 4 hours, hence the "hit the snooze" series above.

[BarbecueMom]

1) Checked on a sick kid (technically multiple times between 2:20am and 6:00am, when I got up for good)

2) Got coffee ready - fresh pot for DH, iced leftovers for me

3) Pulled all the breakfast leftovers out of the fridge - Chocolate Chip Yogurt Bread, Bacon Cheddar Quiche, and Roasted Red Pepper/Spinach/Feta Quiche - and ate a half-slice of each

4) Texted DS's baseball coach to let him know sick kid would not be at the tournament game this morning

5) Rearranged a couple of the kitchen cabinets because I felt like it

6) Went to the grocery store (since the day is no longer filled with baseball)

 

Then I ate lunch, started dinner in the crockpot, and am now trying to not fall asleep while paying bills and waiting on the outcome of the ball game DS is missing.

 

 

[EMS83]

Oh man...well those came after the first six things anyway, lol.   This is as good as my faulty memory can recall:

talked with DH a bit (no, that's not a euphemism!!)

let dogs out

got kids moving

morning prayers with kids

started breakfast

made coffee

 

 

That's a pretty typical morning minus the chat with DH; sometimes the coffee comes before getting the kids up.

 

[Mabelen]

1. Read the news, check email, texts from the kids.

2. Do yoga.

3. Make a cup of tea.

4. Prepare breakfast for hubby and I (no kids today).

5. Walk the dog with husband.

6. Put a load of laundry in.

This is not my normal routine but our oldest is at college and our youngest is away on a school trip so we are empty nesters this week!

[MrsMommy]

1. Woke everybody else up so we wouldn't be late for church.

2. COFFEE

3. Went to church.

4. Got a hair cut.

5. Ate the lovely lunch dh made.

6. Played Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp while watching Mister Rogers' Neighborhood on Twitch.

 

[Seeking Squirrels]

1. Played on my phone and text friend to make sure play date was a go. (from bed)

2. Made tea 

3. Ate the scrambled eggs DH made.

4. Helped DD9 find more appropriate clothing for the play date (trampoline park and she was wearing an ankle length dress!)

5. Drove to trampoline park

6. Sat and chatted with friend while kids jumped. 

 

BTW, yay for trampoline parks that are completely dead around here on Sundays. So much cheaper than OT lol. 

[Alice]

1. Got dressed. 

2. Made ds and myself breakfast. 

3. Woke ds up. 

4. Ate breakfast. 

5. Went to swim meet. 

6. Got coffee and donuts after swim meet. 

[Katy]

1) 4:30-  Jerked out of bed because baby shrieked (also unusual at my house)

2) Changed diaper

3) fed baby

4) put baby back in bed

5) took dogs outside

6) went back to bed, jerked awake at 8:30 thinking something must be wrong because I NEVER get to sleep in that long

[Parrothead]

I don’t think I’ve done six things all day

1. Made the bed

2. Read the news

3. Checked email and reestablished myself here

4. Went to the local trade show with dh 

5. Went to local big box store

6. Watching TV? Is that a thing? 

[Lynn in al]

Made  breakfast

Stretched, did some warm up exercises

ran a half maratho n

came home

ate lunch

More stretching

 

 

 

[dirty ethel rackham]

1. Walked the dog with dh.
2. made breakfast and tea
3. checked fb and email.
4. Cleaned out cabinets in prep for getting them refinished tomorrow.
5. ate lunch.
6. sent an email.  

I've spent most of the day cleaning out cabinets and washing them.  My hands hurt as does my back.  This is the most productive I have been in months.

[blondeviolin]

1. Up and get ready for church

2. Church leadership meeting

3. Go back home to collect family for main church. 

4. Coax 2yo into her dress while she is crying about wanting her pajamas (regular Sunday occurrence)

5. Grab a Diet Coke on the way back to church 

6. More church. 

[Melissa in Australia]

throw on old clothes

walk for 1 hour

hand milk house cow

have shower 

use collected shower water to water a few flower plants with bucket ( we are in the midst of a drought - driest 11 months ever according to records for my area)

strip bed and put sheets in washing machine

 

[Ravin]

1. Wished my little guy good morning.

2. Cuddles

3. Rolled over and pretended to sleep for a few minutes.

4. Got up and went downstairs because I heard DS throwing up. 

5.  Stripped my bed and carried the sheets down to the laundry

6. Made DS some oatmeal and myself some coffee.