Tackling Monday Together

[mom31257]

Good morning! 

I slept weird last night but did sleep later than normal. I've had my medicine and made some breakfast for dh. Off to make mine. 

• meals (not sure what's here for later today; can get food out until I get to the store)
• get house back in order (left it a bit unorganized)
• laundry
• meal plan and grocery list
• includes figuring out what to make for dinner tomorrow night (dd and her roommate are coming to play games)
• shopping
• work on bullet journal plan
• play some games

[ScoutTN]

We are about to hit the road to take our kids to winter camp in NC.

Hotel tonight for me and Dh, probably, then drive home tomorrow. 

[math teacher]

Safe travels @ScoutTN, Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!! I always leave my Christmas decor out until after the first to enjoy it a little longer. Plans today include:

Coffee-done

Go walking with dh-done

Dinner-something with ham, so I need to take a ham out of the freezer-dh is eating leftovers instead

Work on the paper stacks and shred as needed

Lesson plan and other school duties I brought home

Whiten teeth-done

Clean the floors

Clean the bathrooms-done

Visit with mother in law-done

Line some shelves-done

Organize pantry-done

Call my parents-done

Extra care on feet

Extra care on face-done

Use skin lightener starting tonight

Edited December 28, 2021 by math teacher
update

[readinmom]

Good morning, all!   Scout, safe travels!  

My mom was approved for rehab yesterday, so they are making a list of places close to our house.  The plan is to get her strength back, then come home.  After everything, we'll take it!  She is very tired, but is excited about working to come home.  

There is another storm warning again today...expecting 1-2 inches of rain inland/mountains, lots of snow

To do today:

• clean family room (vacuum/dust) before dh's physical therapy appointment this morning
• shower,  get on the road to visit my mom
• stop and get a fancy coffee on way home, plus pick up some beans for ds1
• lesson plan
• look online for some shoes, boots, long sleeve shirits for myself, dd
• leftovers for dinner (shredded Italian beef, lasagna, salad)
• relax with some reading, some decaf chai tea

Have a great day!

[TheReader]

Good morning!

Feeling a little blah; we were at SIL's yesterday, outside, and the bay breeze was damp and chilly, and I know "cold air doesn't make you sick" but I feel blah.  No fever or anything like that, just that "I was out in the elements too long" feeling. 

So, today:

....already folded & put away laundry that was waiting
....already sorted all the other laundry and started a load
....called & confirmed yes, Walgreen's will take all of us at once for our booster shots vs. making us wait for each appointment time (we have consecutive slots, but they are spaced, so the 1st one is at 4:00 and the last not until 4:40)
....helped/hung out with DH while he changed oil in Oldest's car
 

Next up/still to do today:
,...call Disney and arrange the tickets
....go get Booster shots
....go to fencing after??? 
....feed the people/eat food (leftovers)
....take my car to get inspected so we can renew the registration
....get new shoes for Oldest and myself (?)
.....nap sometime -- neighbors were blaring thumpy loud music all night so I didn't sleep well (though I did take a preemptive migraine pill, which thankfully did help that aspect)
....whatever else I am forgetting.....???? Hopefully some nice lazy day stuff

[mom31257]

@ScoutTN, safe travels and enjoy your time with dh.

@math teacher, I love leaving up my decor, too! I usually leave it until at least mid January. I have a snowman collection I leave out the rest of the winter, too. 

@readinmom, praying they find your mom the best place possible and for her continued recovery. 

@TheReader, hope you feel better! May I ask if it is Disney World or Land? We've only been to Florida, but we love, love, love Disney! 

I'm being lazy. We had breakfast, and I went through some boxes of supplies looking for washi tape I thought I had as well as some pens. 

We did some of a bible study we started.

I haven't even started on a grocery list or cleaning. 

[SKL]

Howdie!  It's about 11pm Monday here.

Done:

• Hardly slept at all again.  Dang.  Night just doesn't feel like night.  Maybe this will be good when we go back to our normal time zone?
• Had a quick buffet breakfast.
• Had rapid PCR tests done.  Results all came back negative, yay!
• Sent out a fairly big annual project (but part of it isn't done because of others' delays - should finish that part tonight). 
  • Finished the last hour of work on a very bumpy car ride, then emailed the report via personal hotspot while driving through rural India.  Interesting experience.
• Had a lovely day at friend's farm.  The kids have finally let down their stress level, to everyone's relief.  Too bad it's the last full day of our visit to this country.
• Back to the hotel room.  Needed to get new room keys since I apparently lost the one I had in my pocket today.
• Researched Indian teas to (a) try to remember what kind my dad liked and (b) find a nearby location to buy some.
• Caught up on emails, news, and social media.

To do:

• Complete some more client work - accounting for 3 entities at least.
• Figure out travel requirements to be allowed on the planes tomorrow night.
• Sleep??

[MooCow]

@ScoutTN prayers for safe travel 

@readinmom so glad that your mom will be close and is motivated to get better!! 

@mom31257 I took down all my Christmas stuff except for one tree yesterday. I can't stand clutter LOL, but the outside decorations are still up! 

It's weirdly warm and we've had our AC on..yup we live in the South and there's a forecast for snow and rain on Sunday! 

Shower, wash hair 

Chores, one load in dryer, unload dishwasher, more laundry 

Figure out a menu and decorating for our new year's eve party

Dinner? 

Shhhh, don't tell anyone, but I'm happy 😊

[mom31257]

@SKL. yay for the negative tests! Hopefully you can get some rest. 

I went to the bank, the post office, and the outlet grocery store to see what they might have. Found some uncured meats at very good prices that don't expire until next week! 

[ScoutTN]

Kids are at camp! Woohoo!

Getting gas and then a hotel room. We will choose between a steak place or a middle eastern restaurant for dinner.

[readinmom]

I'm back home...the rain is heavy and temps are dropping rapidly.  It's 45 here right now, and happy to relax in front of the fire for a bit.  My mom is being transferred later today, have to get some things together for her.  I will have to go out tomorrow and buy her some athletic shoes for physical therapy.  She rarely wears shoes anymore, just the fluffy gripper socks.  

[TheReader]

@mom31257 -- we are going to Disney World (Florida); I went once as a teen, but the family has never been, and of course it's changed tons since I was there 30+ years ago.  That will be in a couple of weeks. 

 

So, today:
....load 1 is out of the dryer, waiting to be folded
....load 2 is in the dryer
....all 5 of us have our booster shots now 
....we are skipping fencing and will play a board game together instead
....ate dinner, now heading up for the board game
....still need to call Disney. Oof. They did still show available tickets though, so we should be fine. Hopefully. Ha. 

Did not go for shoes, inspection on the car, etc. Did take a long nap. We'll see what we get done tomorrow. 

[mom31257]

@TheReader, how exciting!! Dh and I went right before Covid hit, and I'm so glad we didn't wait as we had thought about doing. I've been maybe a dozen times in the last 20 years, and it's one of my favorite places to go. Living just 6 hours from it helped a lot! 

made a short meal plan and grocery list

went shopping

made dinner

about to watch the last Hawkeye

 

[MooCow]

Napped, having an IBS attack. 

Making myself some soup. 

Bed? Read? Pass out? Lol 

Relieved to find out our party on new year's eve will be small. 

[history-fan]

Today went by fast

Brought 1 ds in to get booster, scheduled other ds for next week.

We got 4 inches fresh snow last night, missed the big snow, about 35 minutes north of us got 16 inches. But now the cold begins, it’s down to 2 now and will keep dropping.

zoom meeting done

ds wanted help with his LinkedIn act so spent time on that

baking cranberry muffins

ordering groceries for pu tomorrow 

laundered Christmas linens and put away 

came across our old Battleship game and played with each ds. Played ps4 Mario party games.

Began watching Encanto

Finished last episode of Hawkeye-so good

Dh coffee maker was leaking so I did a vinegar clean which seemed to work.

Laundering bath towels- sheets next

 

[mom31257]

@MooCow, I'm sorry. Feel better soon!

@history-fan, we loved Hawkeye, too. Ds didn't like the way they portrayed King Pen in it. He said it was very different than the comics. 

We watched that last episode.

I cleaned the kitchen and  started a load of towels.