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Post by notanotherdecade on May 18, 2024 5:31:09 GMT -5
Happy weekend😎
Catch up on washing up morning, two racks drip drying, the rest need bringing down to be attacked.
(Had a mishap last night where water seeped out of a bowl where I was soaking dishes. I had best double check rhis morning to see if any escaped further out into the kitchen😕.
The next lot of laundry is presoaking and the sofa is draped with clean clothes... Well there are quite a few. "Ands"
My treat this morning was watching the new Doctor Who.. I'll admit the Space Babies one was rather childish, but this one is a true fans experience, 💙
Ok I'm to choose a two in oner; tidy the clean clothes away and sort out fresh clothes for the the next couple of days
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Post by ohblondie on May 18, 2024 7:10:57 GMT -5
Today is planned out to the minute
Hopefully no more kerfuffles
Weather is looking good
I am already creating lists of to dos for tomorrow and next week including buying a new mattress!
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Post by lennon on May 18, 2024 7:47:04 GMT -5
Things I will do this weekend
1. Go grocery shopping 2. Put groceries away 3. Clear tables near computer 4. Wash and dry clothes 5. Put clothes away 6. Wash dishes
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Post by reve on May 18, 2024 7:54:13 GMT -5
Happy weekend😎 Catch up on washing up morning, two racks drip drying, the rest need bringing down to be attacked. (Had a mishap last night where water seeped out of a bowl where I was soaking dishes. I had best double check rhis morning to see if any escaped further out into the kitchen😕. The next lot of laundry is presoaking and the sofa is draped with clean clothes... Well there are quite a few. "Ands" My treat this morning was watching the new Doctor Who.. I'll admit the Space Babies one was rather childish, but this one is a true fans experience, 💙 Ok I'm to choose a two in oner; tidy the clean clothes away and sort out fresh clothes for the the next couple of days We enjoyed Doctor Who last week! Definitely felt in the spirit of the series  Done: Put away clean laundry Put away second bag of clean laundry PUPAed bedside table Emptied both bedroom trash cans Changed towels en suite Dusted bedroom Pausing to hydrate and because it's too darn hot! To do: Vacuum bedroom Change towels master bathroom Change towels downstairs bathroom Change towels kitchen Load of laundry - towels Clear air dryer Fold and bag clean laundry Take clean laundry upstairs Laundry from machine to dryer Empty bathroom trash Empty living room trash Achieve coffee table zero Achieve laundry zero Set out clothes for tomorrow That would make a nice round 20 tasks, so I'd feel like I'm getting back into the swing of maintenance at least. I've been so busy and mentally fried in recent months that I've struggled to make progress on longer term issues. Big upcoming projects I want to tackle are an annual clothes purge, getting the spare bedroom down to maintenance levels, clearing out the under stairs cupboard and general getting rid of larger items. |
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Post by desposito on May 18, 2024 8:59:21 GMT -5
Good morning ohblondie, lennon, and reve!
Decade, I'll say good day to you because you should be around 6 hours ahead of us? So mid-afternoon where you are?
I spent some time in the yard, watered a few things again and planted a dwarf zinnia. I've never had a dwarf zinnia so I don't know how tall it will get, the estimates online are always so wide it's not helpful. This year I also grew a couple of dwarf cosmos and dwarf bachelor buttons, so it'll be interesting to see how they look.
I wanted to move the dirt in the current blue storage bin into the clear one and move it to the back, but there were things growing in there that I wanted to save (only about 5 inches dirt in there and these were volunteer plants) so I dug out 3 lambs quarters and a forking larkspur and transplanted them. The next job is to transfer the dirt but I didn't have a shovel with me and the dirt was kind of packed in so if I just tried to lift the bin and dump it wouldn't have worked. And the sun was now on me and it was already too hot. The forecast says 85 and sunny, which means it will feel like at least 90 here--no mid-day yard work today. That's okay, there is plenty to do inside...
Diane
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Post by phoenixcat on May 18, 2024 9:49:34 GMT -5
Diane Petsmart charities has an adoption website and they do list birds. Whether any are actually available within a reasonable distance from your zip - another story. There are online re-homing groups. I think that is how catcats adopted her Siamese brothers.
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Post by reve on May 18, 2024 10:24:12 GMT -5
Done:
Vacuum bedroom
Change towels master bathroom
Change towels downstairs bathroom
Change towels kitchen
Load of laundry - towels
Clear air dryer
Fold and bag clean laundry
Take clean laundry upstairs
Empty bathroom trash
Empty living room trash
Achieve coffee table zero
Achieve laundry zero
Cleaned front of microwave
To do:
Laundry from machine to dryer
Set out clothes for tomorrow
Settling in to relax a bit for the afternoon, before I get the laundry out.
For tomorrow, I'd like to take a trip to the recycling centre if possible, maybe replace our doormat with one we were gifted, clean the downstairs bathroom (though I may have time to do that today)
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Post by desposito on May 18, 2024 10:25:06 GMT -5
Hi phoenixcat--yes, I looked at the Petsmart charities--that's where I got my current bird, an adoption event that included parakeets from the shelter I now live not too far from. That shelter no longer has birds, and it was the only one anywhere around with birds, so now Petsmart never has them. When you think about it, even if there were shelters with birds around here, I don't know if all of the Petsmarts would want to feature them, since they sell birds. They don't sell dogs and cats, so they don't lose money when they let shelters use their stores for dog and cat adoption.
There are no shelters within 40 miles or so that have birds, and the one 40 miles away is not a bird shelter, they just seem to have taken in a few parakeets from a hoarding situation. There are organizations around here that use foster homes, only for dogs and cats. And, ironically, a group not too far away that helps pigeons, which was not around back when I found mine.
Since the upstairs, other than the plant room/areas, are back to baseline, I'm going to spend time going around from room to room to work on the extra stuff that doesn't usually get done. And maybe actually do some cleaning.
Diane
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Post by catcats on May 18, 2024 10:51:36 GMT -5
Actually, I did not get my cat brothers from Petsmart. They had originally come from the Siamese Rescue Center in Virginia, but their owner had died and a foster mom and later, another, took them in. They (the moms) were working with M.E.O.W.---Make Every One Wanted. I saw their ad on FB and applied for them. Their foster mom brought them to me. It doesn't really matter, but that is how I found my boys. Phoenixcat, I guess we get and find our fur babies in many places, don't we ?!?
Diane, I hope you can find a way to get a bird sibling for your lonely bird !!
catcats
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Post by phoenixcat on May 18, 2024 10:53:10 GMT -5
Diane - very frustrating when someone like you who would be such a good "mom" to aging birds who probably desperately need a home - can't get one! I really hope something will work out for you and your feathered housemate.
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Post by phoenixcat on May 18, 2024 10:56:18 GMT -5
Sorry if I led the conversation astray ( a stray HA) catcats - I was using you as an example of online groups but not Petsmart specifically - sorry if I was confusing. . Now back to regularly scheduled programming.......... |
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Post by desposito on May 18, 2024 11:42:04 GMT -5
I led the conversation astray ( a stray HA)
Actually PC, after I answered your post I realized you might be talking about the referrals they have on their site--they have an adoption link that lets you look at animals in shelters. I have looked at that too, and although they don't use the word Petfinder, the animals on that link are the same animals that are on the Petfinder website, so either they are connected or else they just feature all the same shelters. Petfinder is where I see the organizations 40+ miles away that have birds.
I just don't get that an area like this that has a lot of rescue organizations can completely ignore birds. It just makes me worry that some people who get a bird, decide they don't want it, and have nowhere to take it, probably just open the cage and let it fly away outside.
Diane
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Post by notanotherdecade on May 18, 2024 12:02:44 GMT -5
Oh heck where did today go!!!
More dishes still lurcking ,
Ok, I really must be brave and check the floor where the water leaked, and I promised myself I would quickly check through some clothes before they go into the donation box.
Meanwhile to keep the spirits up I found a movie of a book i enjoyed very much as a child: The egg and I. I'll prop the tablet device up while I phaff around
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Post by reve on May 18, 2024 12:52:05 GMT -5
Done:
Laundry from machine to dryer
Cleaned downstairs toilet
Cleaned bathroom sink
To do:
Spray down shower surrounds
Clean bath
Clean shower walls
Clean sink master bathroom
Set out clothes for tomorrow
Feeling like I've done a good stretch of maintenance work today. Thinking if I can get a bit of motivation later tonight, I'll try and do a once over of the master bathroom too after I shower later.
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Post by desposito on May 18, 2024 17:31:45 GMT -5
I've been working on odds and ends today, the only cleaning I've done is sweeping upstairs. I went outside just to water, to clean the bird baths and water bowl, and also some more plant pots to bring inside, it's too sunny to do anything else.
The weather forecast is crazy, every day it changes for the whole upcoming week. After saying Monday and Tuesday would be rainy now they've changed their mind, now that I confirmed with the handyman that Monday and Tuesday are out. They are still out as far as I'm concerned, because they will both be very hot. Tomorrow was supposed to be cool and now the temperature is 10 degrees higher than they said it would be yesterday. I hate to say it, but maybe the drought part of the summer is going to start, not a lot of rain in the forecast now that they say Monday and Tuesday will be dry. At least the plants got a better start this year than last year.
Diane
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