Daily Project Round 10

Happy Canada Day @Mumtobabyhavoc. Sounds like a great day out. Laughing at Havoc though. Aptly named! And yum to cherry pie….

I had such a lovely evening last night. DH went to some friends to watch the football - I was invited but decided to stay home. Made a halloumi pasta bake for DS and I for dinner and then sat in the garden reading my book and having a few glasses of wine. When it got a bit chilly I watered plants and came in. Was so peaceful.

Am about to have a quick shower and load the car up with some charity stuff to drop off on my way into town to get my haircut. Trying a new hairdresser so a bit nervous. Have loaded the dishwasher and it’s on and hung up some laundry. Not sure what else will get done today. Half an hour in the garden this afternoon maybe.

Have a great day all.

I am happy to hear that you are feeling calmer as well @Peridot1 🫂 My 'could you just' errand ended up taking all morning, but I am feeling quite accomplished now. I am hoping that I get a free day tomorrow, but it could be Friday now.

Just about to start doing what I was going to do before I got the call. I'm resolutely ignoring the garden in favour of food and the house.

How is your mum doing @FourSeasonsLobelia? Good,luck with all the running around. Lots of stuff to try to remember I’m sure.

That’s annoying @WinterFrogs when you thought you didn’t have to be anywhere.

I am feeling much calmer. I’m pottering getting stuff done slowly. Both in the house and the garden. Aiming for some normal day to day house work, some house re-setting and some gardening each day. Which is keeping things moving forward.

So yesterday I put some bedding away in the small spare bedroom plus some work stuff of DS’s that needed to go somewhere. It’s mostly beer and glasses for one of his brands. 🙄 No idea why we are storage! Also vacuumed that room. In the garden we have some pots that had totally dried out so that water was just running straight through so I dug through them and added some water retention granules, gave them a good soaking and put much on. I did five. Have quite a few more to do…..

Today - cleaner is here doing bathrooms and hall, stairs and landing. I’ve stripped a bed. Did some normal laundry. Did a slighter deeper than normal kitchen clean. Vacuumed kitchen and sitting area and wiped down dining table. Need to put random shoes away in hallway and vacuum there. Garden will be more pot rescuing.

DH is going out late afternoon to watch the football with friends in the village. I could go but don’t often get a night in on my own so will do that. Will probably sit in the garden reading my book.

Hi all! Waves to @FourSeasonsLobelia That sounds like A Lot!

You are an inspiration @Mumtobabyhavoc honestly! I like the way you mark all the events that are going on. I used to have a work colleague who managed that. Nothing went uncelebrated. I always felt I was doing well if everyone was fed and had clean underwear. Mother's nursing home is all over everything and I think it's a lovely way to keep the residents in touch with what's going on in the world, and not just via telly.

Having said that, I know mum has been glued to the tennis! She's fed up with the football though.

How is DC doing @RunningKatie?

Everything is feeling a bit more manageable today. I don't have to be anywhere as far as I know so I have got started all fresh and early.

Oh, and I've just had a 'could you just' from work requiring a drive to nearest town...

Best I get dressed! See you all later 😘

Hi all. Hope everyone is well. I’d love a goat! ( and a pony) . Not sure I’ve sorted the HMRC thing @Peridot1 .. I got a phone call from them which I assumed was a scam cal.. I said ‘how do I know you are from HMRc? Sorry can’t talk anyway I’m in the B&Q car park’. Anyway, it was them and it is partially sorted and they were terribly nice about it. I fly out to oz finally at the end of this week and am rushing all about the place as DH now can’t come back from working so sorting out everything that needs to be sorted with that.. catteries, and life admin he can’t deal with. But I do feel we move slightly forward each day at least.

hugs to everyone. If our own @mumharassed and @mumofoneAloneandwell is lurking, hope you are well.

love to all. ❤️

We have an empty tank in the loft too @watchPhone. I tend to think that it's too complicated to remove but of course you just need the right people who know what they're doing.

I'm still dashing madly in all directions with only a clean bathroom and hoovered carpets to show for it. I want to sort out the freezer and batch cook in time for the next heatwave ( next week?) Turned phone off for a couple of hours and turned it back on to a torrent of missed calls and some messages. None vitally important but it shows where my time goes.

I have potatoes threatening to sprout so they need peeling. Something potatoey for tea then. I need to get DH under control with the food shopping. He won't go with a list, or if he does he goes off piste. I'm thinking of doing an online shop myself this week instead. He just doesn't consider food waste at all. And I loathe supermarkets, so I just let him do it, and i shouldn't.

I hear you about the mail @Mumtobabyhavoc. I am feeling it, not with my mail but my mother's. It must be tackled though. I have a feeling that the knot in my belly won't go until I tackle it and have a plan of action.

Must get on. Hugs all round xx

Hello all. Some activity here too. Packed three bags of clothing donations, for H to take to the charity shop, and bought a leaving present for a friend who is moving to a different continent next month 😕

Also spent much longer than necessary sorting out things with builders.

Actual employment has suffered somewhat, will have to catch up tonight...

drum roll, found debit card. @RunningKatie - try the bottom of a bed! 😃

I would love goats and shetland ponies roaming round where I live.

Had my swim yesterday - pool was busy but it was good to see it finally up and running after a very long closure. It's 5 minutes away from home so, so happy that it's an option.

Today

• filling in some gaps in bathroom door frames with wood filler and then do a paint touch up and then sealant around the skirting boards and door frame if needed and then everything can go back in the shed.
• need another quote for loft - the first guys said there was a (empty) tank up there which they could dismantle and take away - but would need someone else to remove a pipe from said tank #confused. Another quote would be good anyhow.
• need to buy some gym kit - I have one set that I wash after every session. It's a bit daft because I do a lot of exercise - Done
• Need to sign and return some paperwork - I'll get it done and by the door in case I can get to post office in a bit
• Despite a costco & a sainsburys & a M&S shop at the weekend, the cupboards are very bare - so a shop after work is in order
• need to find some accommodation for trip to Cornwall in August - it's slim pickings and with this weather I am dreading the drive down with SpiritDoggo

A brain dump definitely helps @WinterFrogs. Helps me to focus.

Morning all! It's all happening round here isn't it?
Glad to hear the goat has a new home!

I have admin to do today and I know i will feel better once I start. Instead i am procrastinating by cleaning the house.

I need to do a brain dump too!

Morning all.

Sounds like a good time in the garden @Mumtobabyhavoc.

I did a bit in the garden yesterday afternoon. Planted one remaining plant. Deadheaded the roses. Watered all the pots. Need to sort them though as the water just goes straight through.

Today so far I’ve done the dishwasher and kitchen. Have laundry on. Emptied bin and recycling bins ready to go out this evening. Have one soaking so will finish washing that in a bit. Went for a walk. Just having a coffee and will go and do some sorting in the small spare bedroom. Also need to tidy the hallway as it’s a bit untidy.

Gardening this afternoon will be cutting back salvias and weeding and mulching a bed. Or two.

Also have a load of cardboard boxes to breakdown for recycling.

Have a great day all.

Goat apparently came from a traveller settled site….. anyway it’s now been caught and fed and watered and a friend of someone in the village who keeps goats already has collected it and it has new home. So all is well hopefully. It kept the village WhatsApp group active for the day for sure!

🐐🐐🐐

Poor goat, that's not on.
I have lost my notebook of lists, it's panicking me, I'm sure I've had it today.

Goat is still wandering…it gave up on the pub and is now in a garden by the pub.… reinforcements have been called…..apparently its owners are up off a main road and don’t want it back. Poor thing.

@SingleThreadJoiner2 - I have been known to write things on the list purely to tick them of if I have done something not originally on the list….

I did a @peridot1 and made a brain dump list! But ended up first doing two other tasks not on it, booking gp for D and holiday club ditto.

Guests are coming to stay at the end of the week and guest room is currently a dumping ground so have to do something about it.

Love these village moments!!

@Peridot1 I KNOW!!! its currently frozen - I had it yesterday buying the SpiritDoggo an ice-cream in the park (she loves it and she does not have any adverse effects from it) so my fear is it has come out of my pocket on the grassy bank we were sitting on).

I use an adjustable desk that is on rollers so I can move it around (just a cheap one from hobbycraft) but I prefer it flat.

That’s so funny @RunningKatie. Love the randomness of village life!

I do feel guilty about my ChatGPT use as apparently it’s not very environmentally friendly but I have to say I do find it useful. It sorted my brain dump yesterday and definitely helped. It’s now acting as my project manager.

@watchPhone - you need to put that debit card on a bit of string around your neck! You seem to spend a lot of time looking for it 😄. And you have reminded me I have a paint by numbers kit I want to do. Do you use an easel?

I have an invite today to a local pool which is being re-opened after many years of closure, as one of a group of trial swimmers so am looking forward to that. @Mumtobabyhavoc a friend went to a gig in Glasgow and sent a video of pouring rain, the noise! I shared it round siblings Look Rain!!! @WinterFrogs - I am only sleeping with AHs post bites at the moment although the horse fly bites are largely disappeared.

Today

• I have become a doom scroller! So I have had 30 mins this morning and now I am trying to crack on with some work (phone is banished to another room 😄)
• After my 30 mins were up I managed to recycle all the coffee pods, empty the dishwasher (I GOT A THANK YOU!), set up a new painting by numbers, get the weeds out a gravel path edges, get the stuff I need to do some wood filling ready, remove all the empty shampoo/body washes from the bathroom, get my swimming stuff ready for later and said hello to my old efficient self
• I have a new set of tester pots for painting blocks of colour on my bedroom; I need to do some prep though before actually redecorating😄
• if time, trip to post office (I might delegate that task to sibling)
• I need to find the misplaced debit card I found again yesterday
• I have set up some meetings I have been procrastinating on

I raise your lost goat @Peridot1 and give you: coffee shop stop and 2 shetland ponies appeared with owners at the next table and had a lotus biscuit each. I was definitely in an English village on a sunny Sunday afternoon!
Glad the heat has subsided, yesterday dc2 was a ball of grumpiness due to little sleep and a probable ear infection. Hoping the antibiotics kick in but also might account for them collapsing in the heat at school.
Hope everyone is ok on this Monday, hope all goes ok with your mum @Mumtobabyhavoc and you get HMRC sorted @FourSeasonsLobelia
I may throw my lists at chatgtp @Peridot1 and see if they can focus me, I just have the whackamole approach at the moment.