Jean in Newcastle Posted January 17, 2020 Posted January 17, 2020 drop dh off pay bills finish laundry. I'm so close vacuum 7 Quote
mom31257 Posted January 17, 2020 Posted January 17, 2020 Good morning! Dd and I are headed to Chattanooga today to take care of some business with her apartment and move some of her stuff in, do some shopping, etc. Dh and ds are coming up tomorrow to get a Uhaul to move stuff from my dad's. She'll be back and forth a couple more weeks, so at least it's going to be a gradual leaving. Pray we all have safe travels! Going through Atlanta is always a concern. We'll be busy the next three days, so I don't know how much I'll be on here. I hope everyone has a great weekend! 8 Quote
May Posted January 17, 2020 Posted January 17, 2020 Coffee and yogurt Nordic Track ski machine for 30 minutes/400 calories Attend a memorial service for a former member of our church. Go out to lunch Start baking/making treats for 4 young people who will stay with us next week. Graze for dinner since we are eating lunch out Relax 8 Quote
wintermom Posted January 17, 2020 Posted January 17, 2020 Yowza! It's back to our typical Canadian winter now at -20 C and -32 with the windchill. 🥶 I'm supposed to go for a hike this afternoon, when it will reach a "guaranteed high" of -12. (I'm not exactly sure how the weather broadcaster will guarantee this.) And we're getting a dump of snow tomorrow of about a foot. Done: - Started up the car! That's a very good start. - Drove ds to early morning band practice. - Drank coffee and ate first breakfast. To do: - Physiotherapy appointment. Focus on stretching and strengthening. No touching my head, neck or back! Still very tender from last week. ☹️ - Bundle up warmly and go for a hike. 7 Quote
wintermom Posted January 17, 2020 Posted January 17, 2020 36 minutes ago, mom31257 said: Good morning! Dd and I are headed to Chattanooga today to take care of some business with her apartment and move some of her stuff in, do some shopping, etc. Dh and ds are coming up tomorrow to get a Uhaul to move stuff from my dad's. She'll be back and forth a couple more weeks, so at least it's going to be a gradual leaving. Pray we all have safe travels! Going through Atlanta is always a concern. We'll be busy the next three days, so I don't know how much I'll be on here. I hope everyone has a great weekend! Safe travels! Is it cold in Michigan? We're freezing up in western and central Canada. "Deep freeze" seems to be the expression. 😉 6 1 Quote
mom31257 Posted January 17, 2020 Posted January 17, 2020 (edited) 6 minutes ago, wintermom said: Safe travels! Is it cold in Michigan? We're freezing up in western and central Canada. "Deep freeze" seems to be the expression. 😉 Thank you. We aren't in Michigan, though. We're in GA headed to Chattanooga, TN. I guess states added to cities would help with locations. Sorry! We've had unseasonably warm temperatures, but normal winter temps are coming in this weekend. Edited January 17, 2020 by mom31257 7 Quote
wintermom Posted January 17, 2020 Posted January 17, 2020 5 minutes ago, mom31257 said: Thank you. We aren't in Michigan, though. We're in GA headed to Chattanooga, TN. I guess states added to cities would help with locations. Sorry! We've had unseasonably warm temperatures, but normal winter temps are coming in this weekend. Oops! I got mixed up with Kalamazoo. 5 2 Quote
MysteryJen Posted January 17, 2020 Posted January 17, 2020 Good morning! Busy day here- dh is taking ds3 to the airport for his tournament. He is going with a friend-they are tagging along with some other people. He has traveled without a parent frequently for sports since age 10, so we are fine with it- but his friend has never traveled alone. His doubles partner has serious helicopter parents- so that is the back-up. I will be interested to see how things go! Busy day here- coffee/paper get dd2 off to school clean house and finish off chore lists read a little head to memorial service for family friend straight to meet time for first half time for dd2's race head home Have a great day! 5 Quote
TheReader Posted January 17, 2020 Posted January 17, 2020 Good morning! My to-do for today is pretty light... ....quilt the star quilt ....clean up the sewing room? ....school prep for Monday ....make sure DS works on the writing thing for his history class ....also make sure DS studies the quizlets for his history test ....dinner?? 6 Quote
ScoutTN Posted January 17, 2020 Posted January 17, 2020 (edited) Good morning! Ds is off to school (Oh, how I love the carpool!) I am going to take some time this morning for me, to read in front of my happy light, have a leisurely cup of coffee, and think. Later: Finish cleaning the bathroom ✅ Email camp info to my AHG troop ✅ Call Doc's office for a better receipt - our HSA won't take a credit card receipt YNAB Work on a letter - didn't get to this yesterday Library ✅ Take dd to my mom's ✅ Pick up ds from school and double-check his packing for the youth retreat ✅ will Drop ds at church Out for dinner with Dh (thanks for the gift card, MIL! ) Watch a movie or listen to a podcast? Edited January 17, 2020 by ScoutTN 6 Quote
SKL Posted January 17, 2020 Posted January 17, 2020 Happy Friday! So far so good ... I just hope I'm not forgetting anything important! I have at least 1 conference call today (afternoon) that I need to prepare for. Done: Working a bit in the wee hours before bed. Up before 6am to finish and send out some work. I finally got that project done! Yay! Kids up, fed, & off to the school bus ... would have been on time but for one kid being a ditz. I hope they spent bus time reviewing for their science quiz. Boss says she is signing us up for another project ... why can't we just retire? (Bummer that I have 14 more years before social security kicks in.) Sorted and processed the mail. Cleaned up breakfast stuff. Fed the bird. Caught up on emails, news, social media, calendar, and school stuff. 2 coffees. To do: More coffee?? Put on Posturator.... Make chiro appointments. Amazon order. Lots of client work, prepare for conference call. Yoga, TKD form practice, walking etc. Pay bills. More basic housework. Some decluttering project(s)??? Kids - make them do some cleaning in their rooms & practice instruments maybe. (They wouldn't do it yesterday, so they can lose part of "Fun-day Friday.") Kid1 to basketball tournament to cheer. May go out to dinner after cheer, otherwise drive thru.... Based on how tourney goes, plan Saturday activities. Really want to get to TKD if we can .... Whatever else gets done. 7 Quote
Selkie Posted January 17, 2020 Posted January 17, 2020 Good morning! laundry - a couple loads & lots to put away office work - will be most of my day tidy up house go through emails send sympathy card have two loads of lime hauled up (freezing rain in the forecast, boo!) spray off front doormat paint horses' names on grain buckets (need to keep them straight at feeding time because I'm giving so many medications and supplements at the moment) water plants figure out how Tigerlily managed to circumvent the baby gate at the bottom of the stairs (she is the mastermind of the puppy operation😄) cut up veggies & roast beets and mushrooms dinner: waffles take a sauna tonight & maybe watch a movie 6 Quote
TheReader Posted January 17, 2020 Posted January 17, 2020 Have watched two recorded shows I wanted to watch 🙂 Did some school prep Eating some breakfast, watching another show, and will do more school prep while I watch 6 Quote
MysteryJen Posted January 17, 2020 Posted January 17, 2020 Finished weekly chores. Laundry is still going. Next up: A few more things on the daily list clean off calendar/mail hot spot unpin blocked scarf shower figure out what to wear today pack meet bag read a little 6 Quote
wintermom Posted January 17, 2020 Posted January 17, 2020 3 hours ago, MysteryJen said: Good morning! Busy day here- dh is taking ds3 to the airport for his tournament. He is going with a friend-they are tagging along with some other people. He has traveled without a parent frequently for sports since age 10, so we are fine with it- but his friend has never traveled alone. His doubles partner has serious helicopter parents- so that is the back-up. I will be interested to see how things go! Is this a tennis tournament? Hope things go really well for him! 4 1 Quote
MysteryJen Posted January 17, 2020 Posted January 17, 2020 Yes, tennis. As we like to say here "it's a frustrating game." ds3 is good at taking lessons from losses- but it would be nice to win some too. 4 Quote
TheReader Posted January 17, 2020 Posted January 17, 2020 Finished my school prep! Emailed the apartment people to check if they've got our documents about DS moving out early. We need to figure out going up there sometime because we also just got an email that they're updating the door key so we need to sort out that so we can get in to get his stuff at some point. Catching up on Good Doctor; 1 more episode, and then I'll go quilt. 5 Quote
ScoutTN Posted January 17, 2020 Posted January 17, 2020 Short errand run interrupted my list. Got ds a brand new ski jacket for $20 at thrift. Saw a not as good one at Walmart for a good bit more. Also done: laundry, organizing the broken drawer in ds' dresser sohe can actually find socks, underwear, and pj pants. Next up: lunch and return to my list 5 Quote
Jean in Newcastle Posted January 17, 2020 Author Posted January 17, 2020 human care done pet care done medical care done dropped dh off went to Juliet's favorite pet store with her in tow. 5 Quote
TheReader Posted January 17, 2020 Posted January 17, 2020 Finished catching up on Good Doctor. Heating lunch for the boys; checked with DS19, no pressing "needs done today" homework. Going to nap, but waiting on the oven, so printing all the stuff for school Monday (I consider "school prep" to be going in, deciding what to print, sorting into folders on the computer = done, then "print the stuff" is a separate task, done later; doing that now while I heat the boys' lunch) Ridiculous that I am still so sleepy/tired, but it's been a busier-than-normal week following on the heels of our crazy-insane weekend moving my mom, so I guess that explains it (DH is equally exhausted, so I am assuming it's largely that). As today is a low-chore day, I'm going to nap extra-guilt-free (extra-free of guilt?). Especially since I have/will have all my school stuff ready to go already. After the nap, I'll finish quilting the quilt. 5 Quote
DawnM Posted January 17, 2020 Posted January 17, 2020 work exercise put away linens/find a place for them Ok, so, I think I need help. We don't really have a linen closet in this new house. Each bathroom as a closet with shelves, but not a central place. They were in the closet of the guest room, but my son has decided to move to that room because it is quieter than the room he had right over the kitchen. So his old room is the guest room, but I told him he could keep his stuff in ther because the new room has a rather small closet and he wanted to put his dresser in there to save space and it takes up most of the space. There is a Jack and Jill bathroom sharing the (now) guest room and youngest son's room. It has two closets with shelves and the kids don't use it at all. It is awkward to put the linens in there (bedding/sheets/extra blankets)????? Otherwise it will go in our master closet attic area. We have a half door in our closet that leads to an attic/storage area and that is all I can think of. 4 Quote
Selkie Posted January 17, 2020 Posted January 17, 2020 1 hour ago, Margaret in CO said: write kids--I've added a friend of dd's, so it takes awhile! Margaret, do you write to each of your kids individually, or is it a group letter? And do you email or do you send actual letters? Sorry to be nosey, but I think it's so nice that you write to them so often. 🙂 I'll have an empty nest when dd goes to college this fall, and I'd like to do something like that. 4 Quote
ScoutTN Posted January 17, 2020 Posted January 17, 2020 3 hours ago, Selkie said: Margaret, do you write to each of your kids individually, or is it a group letter? And do you email or do you send actual letters? Sorry to be nosey, but I think it's so nice that you write to them so often. 🙂 I'll have an empty nest when dd goes to college this fall, and I'd like to do something like that. When I was away at school, boarding school and university, I got mail from my mom about 3 days each week. A note, a funny card, a newspaper article, a recipe, a political cartoon. My roomates laughed at it, but I knew my mom loved me and was thinking about me. 5 Quote
Jean in Newcastle Posted January 17, 2020 Author Posted January 17, 2020 Load #1 in washing machine Load #2 folded and put away Washed, dried and put away dishes, knives and pans. Wiped down counters and stove and microwave put out garbage. put out recycling. 4 Quote
Selkie Posted January 17, 2020 Posted January 17, 2020 2 hours ago, Margaret in CO said: I write actual cards/letters with stamps! When the kids have been freshmen/Rooks/Plebes, I mailed them every day. I now send them every 3 days or so. Often the body of each letter is pretty similar, but I stick in stuff for each kid. When they're deployed, I mail every day since over half of them go missing. Thanks, USPS! When they're on detachment I send them to their house, but once I get a ship's address, I send it straight to the ship. I rip up prayer booklets from church and put a page in every time, along with stuff I've cut out of the paper. Navy girl likes conservation stuff and history, oldest likes fishing info, last one likes swim team photos (i take photos for the newspaper), etc. The kids all give me cards for Christmas, plus I make a lot with fabric and photos. My mom did it for me when I was in college--they're the only letters I have from her. They're mostly things like: "How's the quartet doing in TX, and when do you go to Indy? How's the new roommate? How's the GRE prep going? Did M present her research yet? We had a District Scout meeting. The ski hill is opening. Dad has another hospital stay." Nothing exciting. My mom's used to run, "We had stroganoff for dinner. The dog misses you." 😉 Ok, you've inspired me! How neat that you still have the letters from your mom. I bet your kids will treasure having letters from you! 3 Quote
Selkie Posted January 17, 2020 Posted January 17, 2020 26 minutes ago, ScoutTN said: When I was away at school, boarding school and university, I got mail from my mom about 3 days each week. A note, a funny card, a newspaper article, a recipe, a political cartoon. My roomates laughed at it, but I knew my mom loved me and was thinking about me. That is so sweet! I'll bet your roommates were secretly envious!🙂 4 Quote
wintermom Posted January 17, 2020 Posted January 17, 2020 2 hours ago, Margaret in CO said: I write actual cards/letters with stamps! When the kids have been freshmen/Rooks/Plebes, I mailed them every day. I now send them every 3 days or so. Often the body of each letter is pretty similar, but I stick in stuff for each kid. When they're deployed, I mail every day since over half of them go missing. Thanks, USPS! When they're on detachment I send them to their house, but once I get a ship's address, I send it straight to the ship. I rip up prayer booklets from church and put a page in every time, along with stuff I've cut out of the paper. Navy girl likes conservation stuff and history, oldest likes fishing info, last one likes swim team photos (i take photos for the newspaper), etc. The kids all give me cards for Christmas, plus I make a lot with fabric and photos. My mom did it for me when I was in college--they're the only letters I have from her. They're mostly things like: "How's the quartet doing in TX, and when do you go to Indy? How's the new roommate? How's the GRE prep going? Did M present her research yet? We had a District Scout meeting. The ski hill is opening. Dad has another hospital stay." Nothing exciting. My mom's used to run, "We had stroganoff for dinner. The dog misses you." 😉 That part I love best about your technique is that you personalize the contents to what each child enjoys. They must really appreciate that! 4 Quote
TheReader Posted January 18, 2020 Posted January 18, 2020 I actually got all of the school stuff printed, sorted, etc. so that is done. We don't even really have plans for the weekend! I just like being ahead; it frees the weekend up so much. I did not work on the quilt yet today, as I took a nap, then lounged around caught up in reading an anti-MLM/Direct Sales blog that a friend of a friend posted/shared. That was a hilarious but long detour. DH is home, I'm going to cook dinner, then it's Friday, so the boys will video game and I will actually quilt. I'd still like to get it finished this weekend so I can get it to my friend on time (she leaves on the 22nd). I'll be mostly off line this weekend; happy weekend to everyone! 3 Quote
Jean in Newcastle Posted January 18, 2020 Author Posted January 18, 2020 Load #1 dried, folded and put away Load #3 washed, dried and put away matched a bunch of socks in the sock mosh pit. working on cleaning the ceramic stovetop. 3 Quote
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