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Post by reve on May 24, 2024 10:53:35 GMT -5
Sending best wishes to catcats. A dear friend of mine is dealing with breast cancer at the moment, and I'm so impressed to hear from her about all the advances they have made in combatting it in recent years.
Had a rough day today. Had to deal with some nasty abusive people at work today that ended up provoking a trauma response. Kind colleagues gave me space to regulate myself, but I'm feeling the after effects. I came home a bit early as a result, so have managed to get started on some stuff around the house. Ironically, today was supposed to be a day of clearing out at work. Managed to fill 3 trash bags and have the drawers in our store room actually accessible again.
Done: Load of laundry Cleaned sink Bleached toilet Changed towels bathroom Changed towels kitchen Watered plants Cleared expired food out of bread bin Decanted pasta Wiped down worktops Achieved coffee table zero Achieved dining table zero Achieved floor clothes zero
To do: Take clean laundry upstairs Laundry from machine to dryer Clear air dryer if current clothes are dry Put away clean laundry if time allows A couple more things to make it a nice round 20
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Post by desposito on May 24, 2024 11:33:32 GMT -5
Hi reve--sorry to hear about the toxic work situation, but I'm glad you're translating that to accomplishments at home.
Next:
10 minutes on food closet Go outside to cover yard waste bin and a newly planted plant Clean seed pool, the radar now looks like we will see some rain! Delete 10 hard emails
Diane
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Post by desposito on May 24, 2024 12:28:01 GMT -5
I'm going to stop for lunch--radar looks like we'll have a few minutes of hard rain and then it'll be over. Hopefully it will be enough to water everything and put a little in the rain barrels.
Diane
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Post by desposito on May 24, 2024 13:06:02 GMT -5
I'm so happy--we had around 10 minutes of good, hard rain--that means I don't have to water at all today. And I'm guessing the water barrels will be close to full--yay! There was a 30-second period of hail but it was very tiny, not the kind to do any damage.
I would like a reading break but I will do a couple of lists first.
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10 minutes PEEPing Start dishes soaking Pay a bill online Delete 50 emails
Diane
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Post by bree on May 24, 2024 13:27:42 GMT -5
hi all Diane I love that quote! do you know that great quote about how "animals are not our underlings but fellow creatures...a different nation" ....It is my favorite.
today is a very nice day. sunny, very gentle touch of breeze, not too hot! We are headed for rain I think,
This morning I took puppy off to daycare. She was so happy!!! and then our little house is happy too especially the cats. my photos from daycare showed such a happy puppy!
Yesterday I worked from home but after the work day ended, I went into the office because for one project I needed the dual screens, easier access to files, and a printer to make a job much easier. So I finally finished a long overdue project! I was there about two hours, thankfully DD ate out w friends. I came home and took puppy for a walk to "our" park. as we were walking to our car, my sister pulled in with her son and dog, and it was so cute, puppy recognized their car pulling in the lot before I did and was straining and leaping with pure joy. So we had a little love session for her!
came home and it was nearing 9 so I did not do too much besides dishes.
Today I finished an important project and for my lunch, I cleaned out the kitchen trash can and the recycling bin out back with hose and soap and water. I also trimmed the bushes along the front walk and bagged it all up. Now back at work work....hopefully simple meeting in a few minutes.
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Post by desposito on May 24, 2024 15:05:29 GMT -5
Good afternoon bree! No, I don't know that quote--do you know who said it?
I couldn't help it, I went outside just to look at the rain barrels--one was totally filled and the other filled to within 4 inches of the top--it really doesn't take long to collect 50 gallons of water from the roof! And everything looks so nicely watered.
I also went outside to take the "caution" tape off of the porch, the handyman didn't have any wet paint signs so he used that instead.
Next:
10 minutes PEEPing Update all lists Place Walmart order Delete 10 hard emails
Diane
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Post by desposito on May 24, 2024 16:51:05 GMT -5
I took my reading break. I'm starting to get sleepy, but I'm getting a lot done and will push on.
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10 minutes on seedlings Sterilize dish sponge and clean out microwave Wash some dishes Delete 10 hard emails
Diane
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Post by desposito on May 24, 2024 18:20:22 GMT -5
I went outside just to look around the yard. Wow, lots of stuff happening out there. I hadn't seen any bees for the last week or so and was worried, but while out with the handyman the last couple of days I saw a few. I've been leaving a lot of the creeping charlie because that and the golden alexander were the only things blooming. But, I have a couple each of common rue and while quinine, they are both blooming. A few of the zinnias have little blooms, and I see the very beginning of flowers on some of the salvia plants even though they are still so short. Even the taller milkweed (about 2.5 feet tall now) have buds forming. And, there is a woody nightshade plant on the fence separating the two parts of the yard, I'm letting it grow but I'm going to keep it pruned this year so it doesn't get out of control. I passed by it and saw it has a few flowers, and two bees were on them. So, things are starting to get busy.
I even noticed red berries on the mulberry tree--which isn't great news because a couple of branches are hanging into the neighbor's yard and I don't want messy berries to fall there. The tree pruning is still on the list to do next week. They're pretty though--I've only seen them when they are purple and squished on the sidewalk--I guess they start out bright red.
And the other news is that there is something growing out of the crack in the sidewalk where the amazing "sunflower" plant was last year. I saw it a couple weeks ago and it looked like the garden variety volunteer plants that are everywhere. I figured it wasn't that plant, because I'm picturing sunflower leaves as starting out smaller--but then, I realized that last year's plant was not a regular sunflower. And I looked back at the 2 photos I have of that plant--unfortunately I didn't take a lot, and the 2 I have were concentrating on a sleeping bee on a flower ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/1879832/images/GuBQQkiwyXxnHbJKesLq.gif) so I can't get a good look at the leaves. But the one partial leaf I can see in the photo does kind of look like the one on the plant growing there now. I'm am trying hard not to get my hopes up that it's the same plant, that would be too wonderful. But I'm going to fill up some small plastic bags with the spare soil I have and sort of put them around the sidewalk crack like sandbags, so that I can water it without all the water running away down the sidewalk since the crack is so narrow--it won't be watertight but at least the water should pool there for long enough for some to go down and water this plant.
It's time for dinner and I realized I have no brown rice made, so I'm going to make some now. That means dinner will be late but that's okay.
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Make brown rice 5 minutes on the fridge Wash more dishes Delete 10 hard emails
Diane
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Post by desposito on May 24, 2024 19:49:38 GMT -5
I had dinner and put away the extra brown rice, so it's time to get ready for bed. There is more possible rain overnight but it doesn't sound like a good chance.
I'm very happy with what I got done today. If I could just do this every day, my to-do list would shrink down to size!
Good night everyone, see you tomorrow!
Diane
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