Daily Project Round 10

I have a trip to the tip today - hurrah! Have been waiting to borrow my nephew's estate car and he's going to help me. Quite a lot to go and I'm so looking forward to the space.

Going to reward myself with a session making some birthday cards this afternoon.

@WintersFrog I need to sort our my fridge too 😩 We also do the chucking in and swearing we'll deal with it later.

Calpol syringes all packaged up, dc are going to drop them into the post box en route to school.
The info is here @WintersFrog calpol site
I made a stuff up at work yesterday so today I am largely going to be freaking out about that and trying to fix it.
Totally my fault, a process went wrong, I must have missed a step or reversed something and of course, it cannot be undone. It's going to be a tears and a many coffees kind of day.
Still, reformer pilates tonight and it's nearly the weekend so hurrah!

Morning all and best wishes to you and your DH @WinterFrogs !

I am feeling smug because I sorted out my fridge yesterday. . However- I HAVE had to cancel my cleaner because the rest of the house is a disaster. I've been really busy the ast few days fire fighting things so got behind.

Today I am committing myself to working in cycles- 45 minutes fire fighting various life admin issues and 15 minutes tidying.

Leaving for the school run in about 15 minutes- road closures mean that we have an additional half hour or more added to the usual 40 minute drive.... then I have to get back again!

best wishes to all.

Morning! All bright and breezy and awake at 5am after a very early night!
I've been sitting outside since 6am and listened to the dawn chorus and watched it become light. Gorgeous ( chilly, am wrapped up in an unzipped sleeping bag)
Washing is on! DH and I are working together this morning and stopping at a cafe for breakfast on the way 😊
My project for the day is to sort out my fridge. Food has just been chucked in haphazardly.

Wishing you all a good Thursday 🌞 🍂

I'm shattered! Two full days' work, exercise session one way or another each day ( rest day tomorrow) and littlest after school twice this week. Have vaguely kept on top of everything.
Thanks for well wishes re DH. He's ok, but long term meds wipe him out a bit.

I have not thought about dinner tonight but luckily DH gets a cooked lunch at work. Littlest got baked beans on toast but she also has cooked lunch.

Omelettes for us perhaps 🤔

Wishing good things for all 😘

Bake Off starts again this evening, looking forward to it but it really heralds the start of Autumm.
Saying that it's unseasonably warm here, took dc for an ice cream after their activity. They were delighted!
Bathroom rip out has started, it's not the most fun so far.

Hi all- I was working at a temp job this morning. Now trying to clean the kitchen and do some life admin of playing bills and sorting out repairmen.

Yawn, tbh!

It’s hard to believe we are so far into September really @WintersFrog. It is my week in Greece solo with a fully loaded Kindle. And possibly a couple of “proper” books. But the Kindle is so convenient. And conveniently full of books!

Hope your DH is ok.

I did my planned trip in the end this morning and the traffic was ok and I managed to find my way around the road closures. Did some other jobs when I came home. And started my brain dump list.

Hope so much your DH rests as he can and does not get too fatigued @WinterFrogs .

My procrastination has taken the form of reading a wonderful thread about little fixes around the house. I love those ones. Plus one about preparing a few days supplies of food and water, as recommended by the government, which has brought out the usual shouts of panic buying and hoarding and wasting food. I'm about as far from a hoarder as you can get but I could feed my family for a week or more. Hardly hoarding! We'll live on mackerel and sardines so doubt anyone will want to raid our stash unless they are absolutely desperate! I'll save the sweeties and cakes for littlest 💕

I too can get very busy 'usefully procrastinating' @SingleThreadJoiner2 And now your mind is clear you can do your work tasks...maybe....perhaps?

I've acquired some more boxes for the parental home, and feeling glad I've gone slowly as mother has suddenly remembered bits and bobs that she wants. She loves all her things around her, even if she can't see them and never uses them. Another who grew up in poverty so it's understandable. I'm going to need to get her some proper storage boxes which she will fill and get us to squeeze into awkward spaces, and then never look at again. I don't really know why I am so exactly the opposite, except perhaps that as a child I never went without. I just relish space so much more than possessions.

Thank you @SingleThreadJoiner2 for good wishes re DH. Honestly he never gives in, but he's clearly very fatigued. A lot to do with a specific health condition and it's accompanying medication and the side effects. Poor fellow 😢

Your poor DH @WintersFrog (and you!) hope things go back to normal soon!

I have a very annoying and long todo list for work today so naturally instead I have rebooked the fridge collection, renewed my health insurance, booked a day out with friends for a couple of weeks' time, and filled in my DBS application for the school....

I hadn't registered quite how far through September we are @Peridot1! It surely will be October very soon. Have a wonderful time in Greece! Is this the one where you take yourself and a pile of books?

I have seen to my mother and been pushed just about to my limits in the gym, but the coach is good and doesn't overdo it and I'm feeling pretty good.

Currently having a sort out of my larder. I might be moved to make corned beef hash later. Handy use of store cupboard staples. We have loads of water bottles as we had a two day water disruption recently and the council went mad giving everyone water ( definitely not ungrateful as we used some of it and have some left for future emergencies)

Then I intend to weed the patio. Dh hasn't been 100% lately but is still working full time so I'm trying to carry the bulk of the load at home. Must mow the lawn too. Think it's only been done once since no mow May, and it's finally grown enough to do again.

Good morning all.

Good to see you @FourSeasonsLobelia. Yay to having a computer for the week. I’m planning on cyclamens for some pots too here.

@WintersFrog - procrastination? Me? The very thought! 😂. I don’t actually have a list for next month yet really except I know I want to deep clean the house. And I’m going to Greece on Friday for a week so when I come back it will be next month so everything is now on next month’s list!

I was up early this morning but haven’t achieved anything yet. About to do dishwasher and put some laundry on. Then shower and head into a local town as I need to go to the post office and return something to a shop and do a small supermarket shopping. Although I’d forgotten there are major roadworks and I’m not sure I can get to where I want to be…… Might rethink that plan.

I also need to do a brain dump list. And a packing list. And tidy the small spare room so I can use it to sort my packing. And and and….

Have a good Monday all.

Morning all! I'm loving that oiling your table was planned for next month @Peridot1! That's real planning ( or professional level procrastination 🤔) Hope you had a fun evening!

👋 @FourSeasonsLobelia Good to 'see' you 💓

I hope things stay cool and calm for you and yours this week @RunningKatie 🙏 I am interested about recycling calpol syringes. Too late for us here, but we do have cats on metacam which also comes with a syringe.

First full week of school for Havoc @Mumtobabyhavoc? I hope it goes well, and I hope it makes life a little less fraught for you 💕

I'm going to have another coffee, then I am heading down to visit my mother before all her daily activities start ( honestly she's pushing 90 and she's still hard to pin down) I have some paperwork for her. Mid morning gym class for me, then home to deal with my list.

The national trust garden was an inspiration so I'm going to have a bit of a think. Bulbs need planting soon don't they?

I have acquired a lot of food containers from my mother's house as nobody else seems to want them and I have grand plans to do a bit of batch cooking. I think i need to rearrange fridge and freezer first though.

Happy Monday 😊 ☕️

I wish we still had the laugh emoji @Mumtobabyhavoc !

Hope everyone is well this morning.

I have unfettered access to DH's computer for 5 days so am hoping to post more often!

Yesterday I cleared out various hanging baskets where the plants died over summer and replanted them with cyclamen. Last week after our wonderful cleaner left I suggested to the family that we make a pact to keep the house like she had just left for the entire week. So far it's been reasonably good!

Today's project:

1. To wash and dry all our old duvet covers and pillow covers ready to be sent to either a charity shop or to rags and to sort out what shall be kept.

I'm planning on then colour coding each new bedroom set in the hope we will avoid the weekly mutterings of 'whose fitted sheet is this? Ours or DCs?'. Said mutterings are usually then accompanied by a scream of frustration and me kicking something.

Hope everyone has a lovely day.

Glorious Sunday here, been for an extended dog walk, dc had ice creams as did the dog.
I've done a food shop, packed for my big London day trip, prepared the bathroom for ripping out etc.
Now I need to make sandwiches and make sure everyone has laid out uniform and PE bags for tomorrow. Desperate to keep DH's stress levels low otherwise he'll have a migraine and be no use to anyone.
I've discovered I can send calpol syringes off for recycling so will do that later this week as we have loads and no calpol these days.
Hope everyone is having a lovely Sunday.
So good to see you @Mumtobabyhavoc - you're still powering through your lists, my efforts always seem a bit meagre in comparison!

Hi all- sorry for such long silences. Upshot is I have a new laptop, and DH is trying manfully to transfer everything from my hard drive, without much success. That process has to stop for another week as he is away and so I am on his ancient desktop. I have NOT caught up with everyhting and everyone so send you all from here.

Hope everyone is well and fine. xx

All okay here other than computer woes. The lack of scrolling means I am more on top of the house and garden than I usually am though!

Hugs to everyone.

Glad you are ok @Mumtobabyhavoc. It sounds very busy! But will get easier as you say when Havoc is on full days.

Other than getting the house back to normal after last’s dinner and doing some laundry I’m doing nothing today. About to empty dishwasher after is second load and have one more to do. There was a spillage on the wooden dining table last night so DH gave it a clean and then oiled it this morning so that’s a task ticked off my list as I was going to do it next month.

Thst looks amazing @Mumtobabyhavoc! I hope Havoc is settling in ok. Quite the change for you all.

Off out with littlest and her parents today. And hoping to squeeze in a bike ride later. House never got reset. But great headway made on the novel I'm reading and am all refreshed and ready to go today.