Daily Project Round 10

Morning - I have quite the list today

• take car to garage - done this morning, now waiting for a phone call at lunch time to tell me the damage. I've been writing this so long the quote has come in - good job I was sitting down
• dishwasher on
• need to give SpiritDoggo her flea treatment today. She is in my bad books, she was marched home from her walk yesterday having rolled around in ecstasy in something vile. She got hosed down in the garden and is smelling more fragrant today.
• 12 kitchen unit doors to be cleaned as they are full of greasy finger prints as well as all the trims
• need to start pulling furniture away from walls in bedroom as painting prep starts next week.
• need to think about what to do to the wardrobe as it is bracketed to the wall and probably not very secure when detached
• some more coffee pods to recycle.
• floors need brushing and hoovering
• The back garden is full of stones and bricks from where the builders next door are putting a new roof on - so they need sweeping up
• we have very dusty furniture - probably because of the builders.

Thanks for the good wishes, I'm back and lying on the sofa. The anticipation was the worst part!

Going to take it easy so might not get to the garden centre today.

I'm impressed at how productive you all are!

Hello all.

@BerfyTigot Hope the tooth extraction went ok. I went through all of that last year with extraction and implants. Like @WintersFrog i just came home and took to my bed after the extraction!

@mumofoneisonozempic - his last bed was Ikea and lasted well so fingers crossed! And fingers crossed mirror is out for delivery today. And I spoke to Dunelm this morning and got the delivery charge refunded. Hope DD is ok on the school transport. It’s hard for you though. You feel so guilty even though you know it’s best for her.

@petalpower hope you are feeling better.

@RunningKatie - can we see the tiles? Love having a nose at what others do! Especially as you went bold!

@WintersFrog - I’d be the one going in the wrong direction too! Good luck with the garden plans. I love the planning bit!

@SingleThreadJoiner2 - hope you found school uniform!

We went to a lovely anniversary party yesterday afternoon and then to the pub for a quick dinner. Of course lots of others ended up there too so we ended up there much later than we planned! So nothing much achieved here yesterday.

Today I have done two loads of laundry, plus one jumper and now have a towel wash on. Cleaned the main kitchen surfaces. Went to the gym. Folded up bedding I washed on Friday. Chased Bensons and DHL and Dunelm. About to have lunch and tidy and vacuum the hallway. Might try to persuade DH to put a couple of pictures up if he isn’t going to do some stuff in the garden. I should do a bit of weeding!

@RunningKatie i'm obsessed with navy for my bathroom 👀

@Peridot1 thats good re choosing a bed - ikea arent so bad ime but that was a while ago. Any news re your dunelm mirror?

Your day with ds sounds lovely, albeit tiring!

@WintersFrog thank you, chaos always 😩 - and ditto on September being a fresh start! Love it, love autumn. Managed to sort some space for myself in the front shared garden, @BerfyTigot after months of difficulty with the neighbour, so I will be storing some things there and might get some plants - we'll see

Best of luck @BerfyTigot with the dentist, hope the implant goes well x

Sorry @petalpower do get well soon, its horrible being ill, and a horrible start to cosy season 💐 x

@SingleThreadJoiner2 glad your parents will be there whilst dh is away

Dd has gone to school by transport - she wanted me to take her but i sent her with them and I feel awful about it. So ive come home to have a lay down before tidying up a bit later

Still bloody exhausted honestly x

Have a lovely lovely day all 🩷

Morning all 👋
@SingleThreadJoiner2 I'm tired just thinking about your week! Hope all goes to plan 🙏

@petalpower I'm the one at the back moving in the opposite direction to everyone else, but I'm sure I'll pick it up. You're right that nobody takes any notice though! It's surprisingly tiring isn't it? Sorry to hear your lurgy has gone to your chest. I hope you feel better very soon ❤️

Oh Berfy you are brave to make plans following a long dental appointment! I always book mine for the afternoon so I can take to my bed afterwards ( I'm very good and calm with whatever they do and then conk out with delayed reaction
once I'm back home) Hope it goes smoothly and lovely idea about the pansies!

My gardener has been and done some de-jungling so it's time to start considering our what next plans. I've acquired some gardening books from my mum so I'm looking through those for inspiration. The allotment threads on here are good too.

I do the love the fresh start feeling of autumn. I used to start the new school year with good intentions as a teenager too.... Just want to do all the things!

Oh bold is fun! We have white - very dull, but they were cheap. Next time I plan to go with more colour! Hope you had a lovely walk 😊

Today my project is a nice one - I'm going to the garden centre to get some pansies for pots at our front door and then immediately planting them.

But that's after a 75 minute appointment at the dentist to have a tooth removed before an implant. But I'm refusing to think about that...

I don’t think it matters that you don’t know what you’re doing at aquafit so long as you’re enjoying it @WintersFrog . There’s a real mix of ages and abilities in my class and no one seems to take any notice of what you’re doing or not doing!
Not much achieved at all this weekend as the cold now seems to have gone onto my chest and has developed into a cough.
It sounds like you had a productive trip out with your DS @Peridot1 . I know what you mean about spending time with your children once they’re a bit older. I think my DS is a similar age to yours.
Hope everyone has had a lovely weekend.

I've been running around with my parents kitting out their flat for the past few days. And making a list of snagging items. Bit tired. H has left for a work trip of ten days but they are here to help, which is just as well as I've got two on site days this week. Must check status of school uniform laundry and make sure we have some for tomorrow morning.

Sunday morning - I have a large coffee and am discussing plans with dc2.
Yesterday we bought tiles, the safe choice was out of stock so we've gone bold. I'm a bit scared!
It's due to be a nice day, so washing out on the line and hopefully doing a nice dog walk with more coffee later.

@Peridot1 your ds is our kinds of guy! No shopping trip is complete without a bacon roll in this household! I know what you meant about relishing the time with him. I have to book mine now.

@mumofoneisonozempic you make me laugh with your tales of dd. She's a little character 💕

And @Mumtobabyhavoc stones and bits of sticks in pockets brings back memories 😍

My books made it out of the car and into the box but I was running late so they didn't get sent. It's possible that my InPost code will have timed out ( you get seven days) Must check....

Right I must get on with NYT games. Have a good day everyone!

Hello all.

Shattered here after a shopping trip with DS. John Lewis to look at beds. Then he decided he needed coffee and a bacon roll. Then he looked at clothes and bought some jumpers. Then we went to Boots. Then we went to buy him a suit for an event he is going to for work on Thursday. That took ages. Then we went to IKEA to look at beds. Have identified an IKEA bed and mattress. Home now and exhausted! But it was nice to spend time with him.

@mumofoneisonozempic - retailers are definitely getting worse. I ordered a full length mirror for my bedroom from Dunelm and paid for next day delivery. Should have been delivered yesterday but it is still at the depot….

@autumnangel - I know AI is really bad for the environment but I do find it so useful. I think they will ultimately have to make it less damaging to the environment because it’s not going to go away.

@Mumtobabyhavoc - hope you got some sleep!

Waves at everyone else.

Welcome back @BerfyTigot - hope youre feeling better ❤️

@RunningKatie ive got to do the same, my stuff being everywhere is just overwhelming

@autumnangel I know, i wasnt much younger, was about 10, it changed so much for us all, but cant believe how fast 25 years has come. Youre doing well with your to do list!

@WintersFrog selling clothes is exhausting isnt it - just the thought of the whole process. Set myself a goal just to take photos of everything and let that be that - have a lovely afternoon with your book x

@petalpower sorry to hear youve got a cold - i thought i had one coming on but turns out id forgotten to take my fexofenedine allergy medicine for a few days 🤦‍♀️

@FourSeasonsLobelia such a serious topic but I did chuckle about your dad - i fear i would do the same for my dd 😩

@Peridot1 so pleased your sister is doing better ❤️ - and well done on the bed! These retailers are getting worse - even John Lewis customer service has declined 😒

@Mumtobabyhavoc youve done so well, havocs birthday will be lovely i'm sure

I hope i haven't missed anyone x

Today we are doing zilch outdoors - need to clean kitchen and bathroom floors, bake dd's cupcakes (and micromanage her use of sprinkles - if she had her way, she'd bypass the cupcake and just eat the sprinkles from the tub 😩)

Made a madras last night, need to make a homemade 'jerk' seasoning and marinade some chicken in it for dd's packed lunch on Monday

Also need to iron school uniform

Have a lovely weekend all! Would love to relate to all of your exercise plans but unfortunately I wont be doing anything of the sort 🙈🙈❤️❤️

My jobs for today are to pack my box with books and turn up my new tracksuit bottoms. I am working this morning but might do the box first and send it on my way there( a petal-errand!) as I need fuel and that's where the InPost locker is. I intend to do the turning up after lunch, then spend the afternoon with my nose in a book ( A Cuckoo's Calling, if anyone's interested)
Best get showered and dressed. Have a lovely day everyone ☕️

Morning @autumnangel another one up bright and early! I hope you enjoy the park run. I did it a couple of times back in the spring. Such a lovely atmosphere. I mostly trudged with the odd jog thrown in but I wasn't last. Not that I'd mind if I was as I lack any kind of competitive spirit.

6/23 in a day is pretty good going!

@FourSeasonsLobelia's dad was very dad-like wasn't he? I can imagine my late dad doing similar if I'd have been out if the country.

Bored is definitely good @Peridot1 and I hope she continues to recover well 🙏

@petalpower I kind of enjoyed it but everyone knew what they were doing except me! I've had a fit of enthusiasm and joined the local health centre so classes are 'free'. I'm planning to give various ones a go to find out what I like. I'll definitely go back to give it another whirl, and I'm sure I'll pick it up. The people in the class were all friendly which was nice.
I've started doing a few weights too, which is something I never thought I'd see, but that message about it being good for bone strength is filtering through.

@BerfyTigot that's always the way isn't it? These jobs we've been putting off never take as long as we think. It's really just more tiring to do the procrastinating than it is to spend five minutes on it. And yet we still do it!

Sorry you have been feeling rotten @petalpower. And yet still productive with your raised beds!

We had a lovely evening out thanks @autumnangel. Pub food not great but the conversation was. And that's the main thing. Lovely idea to sell your DH's clothes to raise money for the charity. I hope it helps you with such a sad task 💕

@FourSeasonsLobelia 🫂

@petalpower I am starting the whole running thing from scratch so I’m currently doing couch 2 5k which has been fantastic. 5 weeks ago I could hardly run for 1 minute and now I’m managing stretches of 5 minutes at a time. I’m trying not to push myself too hard as I’m really enjoying it and I don’t want it to become a chore.
@FourSeasonsLobelia Your dad doing such a dad thing made me laugh
@Peridot1 I never thought to use ChatGPT for help with getting organised. I know it is terrible for the environment but I do use it quite often so maybe I’ll give this a good. Glad to hear your sister is on the mend.

Last night I managed to tick 2 more off the list - go to Halfords for a winter check on my car and go to Home Bargains. I’ve got Parkrun this morning and I’m working in the afternoon but I’m going to try and get a few things scored off this morning if I can.

6/23

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That’s great news about your sister @Peridot1 - bored is good!

@autumnangel well done on ticking things off your list!!!

How do I use AI? I use ChatGPT. I do use the paid version but you don’t have to. And at one point I just used Google AI. I basically said I had all of these jobs to do and was overwhelmed. It divided my jobs into sections. General day to day. Projects and things to move them on. This week I’ve been concentrating on my walk in wardrobe. I’ve done bits every day. Nothing big. Just chipped away. And then I update my Chat. And it is really silly but it helps.

@petalpower my sister is a lot better thanks. Out of ICU. Bored enough to message quite a lot today.

@FourSeasonsLobelia - where were you in Russia? DH was in Bulgaria. We were between postings in Vietnam and Bulgaria and I went to Dublin to have DS.

Hi all. My computer is still kaput but I’ve tried to follow along with my old and sluggish phone.

where I was 25 years ago. I was 27 and working in my first ‘adult job’. I was in Russia and was out for dinner with my office to welcome a bunch of new American colleagues. I came home brushed my teeth listening to the news and heard ‘a light plane has hit the world trade centre’ I thought ‘well, that’s weird’ turned off the news and went to bed. When I woke up the next morning the whole world had changed.

I never saw those US colleagues again… they were recalled immediately. I was just utterly mortified that my dad in Australia rang my head office to ask what they would be doing to protect me. SO embarrassing.

I can’t believe it’s ‘only’been 25 years. My whole adult life has been shaped by it. And we continue to be in an unstable and dangerous world where multiple tragedies occur and occur again.

Did you enjoy aquafit @WintersFrog ?
How is your sister doing @Peridot1 ? Good news about the bed.
My head spins when I see what you achieve in a day @Mumtobabyhavoc . You’re a superstar!
Welcome back @BerfyTigot .
Sounds like you’re achieving lots @autumnangel . Have you got a training plan for the marathon?
Hope everyone else is well and all the school starters and returners are settling back in. I’ve got a hideous cold that has been passed around the family so haven’t been terribly productive. I’ve managed to clear a raised bed each day in the vegetable garden though as it was looking very end of season-ish.

When I heard the news about the first plane striking I was in Snappy Snaps with DS in a pushchair and was just pregnant with DD then went home and turned on the tv. I can’t believe it was 25 years ago. It’s still shocking after all this time. Those poor people who died on that day.

Hope you enjoy your night out @WinterFrogs
Please tell us how you're using AI to help get stuff done...I need allll the help I can get! @Peridot1
Yay! @BerfyTigot it's never as long as we imagine it will be is it?!

I was going to send all the clothes to the charity shop but I've decided to sell them on Vinted and I'll use that money (probably not much) towards my fundraising total for the marathon. I might even get round to doing some of DH's clothes. That way I know it's all for a good cause and I might not feel so sad about getting rid of them.

So far I have booked my flight and hotel for London, completed my ESTA application for my trip to the US, ordered new bras and duvet covers & renewed my blue light card (all on the list). I've also done 2 loads of washing and got one dry and done a meal plan for the week.

4/23

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I have done it! I've finally cleared a pile of junk that has berated me every time I've sat down to watch TV!
Literally took 5 mins 🙄