Daily Project Round 10

Gosh @Mumtobabyhavoc I'm tired just reading that list, well done you!
@FourSeasonsLobelia hope the cookies tasting amazing and were worth the mess.

I've managed to complete my morning routine so I'm going to be leaving the house clean tidy when I go out today for the first time in a really long time. I have the day off work so I'm taking myself out on an adventure since the weather is still nice. Thankfully it seems like it's going to be a little cooler today which is perfect for me, I am absolutely no good in the heat.

Hopefully I'll have some energy left when I get back and I can report back that I've done a few extra jobs.

❤

Morning all.

Not much to say here. I went out with a friend last night and when I came back the DCs had messed up my nice tidy kitchen by making cookies. Of course I was enthusiastic about it.

I'm about to start the plant watering.

To do list complete! Took the teacake out the freezer but it had defrosted by the time I went to eat it. I'll need to try again tomorrow.

Ok so it's been 2 hours and I've not done everything I want to do, but for once I've been distracted productively 😀There's a grassy area across the road from my house and the weeds have been driving me mad for weeks now. I've been anxious about doing it, mainly because I don't really know what I'm doing and I didn't want anyone to judge my weed skills 🙄 Anyway I went out and done it tonight. Proud of myself!
Back to the original to do list now. Clock set for an hour and I plan to be in bed munching my teacake then...

Hello all, it's been a while! Same old same from me over here. Overwhelmed and still drowning. I've had a really rubbish few days but I can feel myself coming out the other side now thankfully. I had planned to get a takeaway as I was being super lazy but then gave myself a stern talking to and went to Aldi instead. Came home and remembered I have no clean dishes. So that's not been fun. The house is an absolute riot and it just can't continue. Tonight I need to have a proper good reset. I have wrote myself a list and I'm setting a clock for 2 hours. If I can get it all done in that time I'm going to reward myself with a frozen Tunnocks teacake (I've never froze one before so really looking forward to it!) I shall report back soon!

I love the idea of horse sunscreen!

I have been travelling across Europe by train today (for a work trip). Not to give too much outing detail, but started with the Eurostar to Brussels this morning, then on to Germany with a very comfortable train, and one more local connection after that. All very civilised!

I'll be back on Saturday, ready to celebrate my birthday 🎂

D being wrangled off to various holiday clubs since my H can't take the time off.

DS1 is revising upstairs. I have just heard him exclaim; 'Oh GO AWAY YOU BLOODY FLY!!!!!'.

He's not a big fan of the heat

Aaah you have triggered a memory @WinterFrogs . My first pony was a Connemara. He had a pink nose and I used to put coloured sunscreen on him. I usually chose bright pink. And he had a pink rug.

Today I have paid some invoices and managed to both lock and unlock myself out of my online banking account. Now I am about to tidy upstairs. I am feeling very active which is unusual.

The bbq was lovely thank you @WinterFrogs .
We are out this afternoon so I’m trying to get jobs done this morning before it gets unbearably hot.

Go you @FourSeasonsLobelia! That's definitely a racing start 🌟
Yesterday I did see the allure of the heat a bit - in that it's nice to relax in it, given the right conditions ( ie not working outside in it like I used to) I don't really enjoy my volunteering with the horses in this weather, although the lack of mud is a plus. The horses are still gorgeous but it's all sweat and flies there at the moment. Poor things, though they are well seen to with fly rugs, fly masks, fly spray, sun cream on the ones with pink noses, and just about enough shade. Most of them enjoy a wash down if it's really hot too.

Morning all.

Already this morning I have:

1. Tidied kitchen
2. Made the bed
3. Put on a washing load
4. Fed the cats
5. Fed the pond fish
6. Cleaned out the litter trays and refilled them
7. Swept and mopped the floors
8. Watered the patio pots.

Now I am about to head to the post office to post some things to DH who is still in London working away and go to Aldi.

I confess I love the heat! Hope everyone has a great day and stays cool and comfy. .

Hello! Here we go again - another warm one 🥵
I remember you mentioning the duck race last year @Peridot1 Village life does sound fun!
We kept it simple yesterday and spent most of it relaxing in the garden in the shade. It was still cooler inside though with curtains and windows closed. We are quite well insulated unlike the new houses going up all around us.
Are you working from home or in the office today @RunningKatie?
How was the bbq @petalpower?
I hope everyone can stay cool whatever they are doing today. DH is in the office today and praying that they have fixed the air con. It was stuck on for a while when it was cold, and had stopped completely last week so they might cook in the heat today. He's just left so I'm going to get on with routines while it's cool.
I'm out and about all morning so thank goodness for air conditioning in the car.

So very British - a whole post about the weather 😆

Hope you all have a good day ❤️

I'm sitting in the shade, dog at my feet. We've done a walk, the washing is spinning and then that can go out. Then I'm going to strip our bed and wash the mattress and pillow protectors.
Dh is off to the supermarket, our new fridge freezer has settled in nicely but needs re-stocking!
He's off tomorrow too which I'm very envious of.

Morning all.

Hot hot hot here.

We were at village duck race yesterday which was lovely. Have promised to go to hosts house this morning to help clear up. They have the most stunning big garden so we need to dismantle gazebos and move garden furniture around and haul a wheelie bin of bottles back to a house across the road from us.

Other than that I think it will be a quiet day. Need to water plants. Should plant but I think it will be too hot. Planning of getting up early tomorrow morning to do that. Might do a quick garden centre run to buy a couple of plants I need.

Then I’m planning on reading my book in the shade all afternoon.

Have a great bank holiday all.

I’m trying to get jobs done before it gets too hot:

• petaldog has been for an early short walk
• two loads of washing done and on the line
• garden watered
• sweetcorn and butternut squash planted out in the veg garden
• bread maker on for dough to make rolls for bbq later

Hello all, I started strong with laundry, dishwasher, washing up and easy pancakes for breakfast, but now D is having screen time while I catch up with admin...

I am impressed too @SingleThreadJoiner2!

Also about the cookies @FourSeasonsLobelia 😊

Very lazy bank holiday happening here. I started today early and got the routines done. Otherwise no plans at all for the day. It's still cool in the shady parts of the garden. I came over all Australian and had windows and curtains open overnight and closed them this morning so I'm hoping the house stays cool.

It's quite a while since i had no responsibilities at all for a whole day and I intend to make the most of it.

That'll jinx it....maybe I should turn my phone off 🙊

I hope you all have a lovely day ☀️ 💕

I am impressed @SingleThreadJoiner2 !

DS1 made chocolate chip cookies today. I was tired and told him if he can read English he can read a recipe and to wake me up from my nap when they were ready.

he made a lovely batch of cookies. Then proudly told me he had 'cleaned up'. Indeed.... he had carefully used the sponge and kitchen cleaner.. wiping around the broken egg shells and the messy wooden sppon etc, all of which were left on the bench.

I didn't have the heart to tell him cleaning up means putting stuff in bins. That will be another gentle lesson tomorrow.

The cookies were lovely though and he was very proud of himself.

I can't claim any achievements myself, but this morning D decided she needed to organise and tidy her bathroom... And she did! We threw away a few expired meds and empty boxes and she gave surfaces a wipe. I was impressed - certainly doesn't get it from me 😂

Operation Bleach School Tops was successful! The combination of bleach soak, vanish, and direct sunshine was too much even for my D's collection of stains. Very glad to have rescued them!

We are having a low key time after the usual Saturday morning activities - had pizza out and now D is reading one of her library books in the park (we only have a tiny garden but live across the road from a park so basically use that as the garden). H has been away since Wednesday and not back until Monday night, I don't know how active we will be the rest of the weekend.

Well done @RunningKatie's dc 👏 Big learning curve for them.

Have a lovely evening with your friends @Peridot1.

We went for a long walk this morning and stopped for a coffee on the way home. DH is at cricket now and I am in my lovely shaded garden with music in my ears and a book ( many children round my way and they are lovely but noisy do the headphonesate vital) Payback for our noisy years...Funnily enough i can hear the birds but not the kids!

No intention of doing anything but the basics this weekend. @Mumtobabyhavoc I am so very nearly minimalist and have given away many many books, but I am on a low spend 'economy drive' and some of them I probably will read ( they belonged to my parents) instead of buying more. But on the basis of the low spend, maybe I will declutter some other things and use the space made for the books.

Littlest is off at water park today and I am sure it will be packed! This is where being a grandparent is preferable 😎