What I've done today

[skubikky]

Aug 21, 2014 23:33:16 GMT -5 @patstab said:

Finished my 14 quarts of spaghetti sauce last night at 11, what a bunch of work. Now have 21 of tho

Went to town and got DQ myself and DD for dinner, pretty good.

Pat ...with all that fresh sauce....why didn't you have macaroni for dinner?

[Blonde Granny]

This morning we took Dhs little car to the body shop for a $400 repair. Then called granite fabrication company because they had not called back with a quote. HUH? quote was $7K for the kitchen. Back to the granite company to pick out something far less expensive. I think the quote will come in at about $4K.

Had lunch at Mc Donalds, then at 3PM we meet with travel agent to pick up travel documents for Sept. 15.

Lady across street is picking up her new Buick Enclave this afternoon, can't wait to see it.

[3catslady]

Today, 8/25/14, I:
1. Worked on prices for work.
2. Cleaned the litter pans.
3. Fed and watered the cats.
4. Worked at the store.

[3catslady]

Today, 8/27/14, I:

1. Went to my doctor's appointment.
2. Had blood work done.
3. took garbage out.
4. Cleaned the litter boxes.
5. Fed and watered the cats.

[Artemis Windsong]

Read the paper while doing laundry.  Caught up on some paperwork and checkbook balancing.

Picked up a video from the library.

The past week was "do other activities other than regular exercises".  Tomorrow is back at it.

Coming up is apple preparation and storage.  I usually end up eating the baked goods.  I need a ricer so I can do applesauce.  I eat a lot of that.

I'm off to find a ricer.

[3catslady]

Today, 8/28/14, I:

1. Watched the kids.
2. Worked on the prices for work.
3. Cleaned the litter pans,
4. Took a bag of garbage out.
5. Filled the cat's water bowl and 5 bottles for me.

[Iggy aka IG]

@patstab, I am so sorry. 

[skubikky]

Pat....I'm glad that you're seeking some respite care.
Don't want to see you burn out taking care of Sue Anne and the house/yard/dogs/canning/shopping/MIL stuff etc.

I hope that you'll use the respite time as time for you to relax/recharge/have some real quiet time.
What does your DH have to say about all of this?
I'd guess when things get tough with your DD it's hard having him away?

hang in there kiddo....

[kadee79]

Aug 28, 2014 20:09:13 GMT -5 Artemis Windsong said:

Read the paper while doing laundry.  Caught up on some paperwork and checkbook balancing.

Picked up a video from the library.

The past week was "do other activities other than regular exercises".  Tomorrow is back at it.

Coming up is apple preparation and storage.  I usually end up eating the baked goods.  I need a ricer so I can do applesauce.  I eat a lot of that.

I'm off to find a ricer.

You don't need a ricer. Just run it through your blender. That's how I make my applesauce!

Not nearly so much work that way!

[3catslady]

I didn't feel good today so I slept until I had to get up and go to work.  I did clean the litter pans and fed and watered the cats.  They are always my first priority.

[Artemis Windsong]

Yesterday I worked on apples and forgot to mash the applesauce.  It will be tasty anyhow.  I made bread pudding out of a forgotten loaf of zucchini bread and some of the apples.

Today, so far, the furnace came on .  I tidied up the house.  Started warm up for tennis drills; and after that I will watch a DVD from the library, while I relax and eat lunch.

And back to the apples.  I am really hoping the zoo will call me back and say yes, we would love your apples.  Since this is a holiday weekend, probably not until next week.

Then back to paring apples and freezing them.

[Blonde Granny]

I've sewn some quilt blocks together, and have now watched the first half of the Husker football game. DH is putting a Walmart pre made pizza in the oven. Will spend the rest of the afternoon/evening watching college football.

Yea Huskers!!!

Anyway, I've just used my new Ninja and made crumbs for meat loaf etc. from 1/2 pkg of pork rinds and 1/2 pkg. of knock off corn chips.  I've also just heated my first package of ziti pasta and am letting it cool and then I will do another package and out it all into a Good Grips storage container.

Now, it's either time for more college football or a good movie on Lifetime network.

For those who care, or even if you don't, the news media is saying that Joan Rivers is on life support.

[3catslady]

Today, 8/30/14, I:

1. Cleaned the litter boxes.
2. Fed and watered the cats.
3. Went to work.

[3catslady]

Today, the last day of the month, August 31, 2014, Sunday I:

1. Got groceries.
2. Cleaned the litter pans and put fresh in.
3. Fed and watered the cats.
4. Took a bag of garbage out.
5. Balanced the checkbook.
6. Wrote out the checks for the expenses in September.
7. Balanced the checkbook again for the first of the month.
8. Planned the budget for September.
9. Planned the meals for the next week.
10. Filled my meds containers for the week, something new because of a new med added.

[3catslady]

Today, the first of September, I:

1. Listed projects that I need to complete before the end of the year.
2. Cleaned the litter pans.
3. Fed and watered the cats.
4. Finished the signs for work.
5. Filled 4 water bottles.

[Deleted]

Briefly. 

Hardly anything. 

[Iggy aka IG]

Today:
Woke up late, as usual
Preened, shoved breakfast and lunch foods and my water bottle into my backpack, grabbed coffee and commuted
Opened the office
Ignored voice mail
Poked around online, posted on my biz page and two other activist pages
Read and posted here
Wrote a check for my new business vehicle signage
Answered a few phone calls
Checked 4 bank accounts
Texted DH re: a highway closure
Deleted some email, ignored others
Browsed through snail mail
Called to see how much my upcoming surgery will cost me OOP
Took a look at this month's upcoming expenditures
Google searched recipes, including one for fried green tomatoes to use up DH's crop

Mostly screwed around online today.    Am thinking about running a few quotes before I head home.  Meh.

[Blonde Granny]

I went to our ladies monthly tea party this AM, then we decorated the club house with fall decorations. Came home, had lunch, reminded the builder that we still needed the electrician about the under cabinet lights in the kitchen. Builder told me he remembered someone needed the electrician he just didn't remember who it was.

Electrician came, checked the lights, complete junk and they don't work anymore. Spent $200 at Lowes to buy new LED ones, electrician came back and installed all 4 of them. Can't wait to see what they look like when it gets dark in a hour.

Fixed pasta for dinner, went and got a cup of ice cream. Now I need to find out if there is anything worth watching tonight on TV.

[skubikky]

Over this weekend got some things done:

Of course, rode my horse, she went well.
Picked peaches and made 2 cobblers and cut up the rest for eating
Baked zucchini and banana breads to freeze. Got huge zucchinis from friend...will freeze the rest.
Made sun tea and mixed it with lemonade that we had....homemade "Arnold Palmers"
Changed sheets, washed and hung on the lines with the rest of the laundry.
Ironed pants for work.
Brought empties to the redemption center(most from work)...I put this money/change in an envelope....just a silly little pastime of mine.
Did food shopping/deal getting at Tops and WM
Put together care package for DS before his student teaching was to begin this week.
DH and I tied up the tomato plants and started harvesting....it took awhile for ours to turn red.
Cleaned my bathroom, our bedroom. Swept the wood floors and polished the furniture.
Layed in the hammock for awhile while DH split wood.....love watching him do that

[3catslady]

Today, 9/3/14, I:

1. Had lunch with my granddaughter and she paid.  Next time it is my turn to pay.
2. Did laundry: washed, dried, folded, and put away.
3. Cleaned the litter pans and took it out to the garbage.

[3catslady]

1. Took my 14 year old cat to the vets because there was blood every where when I got up.  She had tumors all through her uterus and they took it out.  Now pray the tumors were not cancerous.
2. Went to work anyway.
3. Took a bag of garbage out.

[3catslady]

1. Brought my cat home from the vets with two different meds I have to give her.  I am not very good at giving meds to cats.
2. Cleaned the litter pans and took it out to the garbage.
3. Filled 4 water bottles.
4. Went to work.

[skubikky]

This weekend was beautiful, really enjoyed it:

Picked peaches again.
Made stuffed zucchini with tomatoes from the garden.
Cold packed a bunch of tomatoes.
Baked a vanilla cake
Grilled marinated chicken
Made burgers from ground chicken...came out better than I expected
Rode the horse....went great...again.
Used the last 8 of my $1/1 Tidy cats coupons to get 80 lbs of cat litter for about 60 cents.
Laundry done and dried on the lines as the weather was perfect.
Walked and picked up corn on the cob from the farm down the road.
Picked gladiolus from my garden and made a nice arrangement for the dining room table.
Cleaned out dill plants from pot on the deck.

[skubikky]

Monday did some trail riding with my horse which was a nice change.

After work stopped at CVS and used EBs to buy 1.0L Listerine for $0.54 which I paid for with a GC.
Hit Tops for Finish dishwasher tabs. Got (2) 32 count boxes for about $1.77/box.
Sale on Hefty freezer bags with coupons came to about $0.79 per box.

Grabbed more tomatoes from the garden and did some more cold pack canning.
We ate leftover chicken and corn for dinner.

[Blonde Granny]

We left the house this morning @ 6:45 headed to the VA Medical Center. At least it's only 15 minutes away. Finally got home about 2PM. Dh had is endoscopy and sigmoid colonoscopy. He definitely has ulcerative colitis, but the real news (to me at least) is that there is another area of concern where a sample was taken for biopsy. I looked it up, I'm not telling DH what I found out as with his personality he just believes you take care of things and why worry if you can't change it? Me......tie me to the bed, I'm going to go nuts.....We leave for our trip at 5 AM Monday morning, and I'm not going to have any thing alter our special time...after all, we are celebrating our 50th anniversary by taking this trip.

We had lunch out at our favorite chicken place and have enough for dinner and a sandwich.

I'm about done for today....wake me when all this stuff is over.

[3catslady]

Today, 9/10/14, I:

1. Filled 10 water bottles.  I was lazy yesterday and didn't fill any.
2. Started redoing list of items for work.
3. Laundry is done, dried, folded and will be put away before I go to bed.
4. Cleaned the litter pans.
5. Took out a bag of garbage and litter.

[skubikky]

Last night DH, SIL and I cut up 2 1/2 bushels of Romas to make puree today. Added our basil and hot peppers. DH will start cooking this am and after work we'll do the squeezing and canning.  Harvested more tomatoes for cold packing also.

[Artemis Windsong]

Yoga early then late M & M's calorie catastrophe. 

[Artemis Windsong]

Our tennis association had a playing social today.  I spent from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the tennis courts playing about 3 hours total and eating the rest of the time.  Great food.

[3catslady]

Today, 9/14/14, I:

1. Worked 6 hours.
2. Watched the kids 3 hours.
3. Cleaned the litter pans and took to the garbage.
4. Filled 4 water bottles.
5. Searched my 21 tubs for my winter work shirts. (They need to be marked.)