"Isn't it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it."

greenbee

No meetings this morning, so I've done a huge amount of batch cooking. The DW is on (with the first lot of pans), 3 lots of meals are cooling in their containers, 2 lots in their pans. Freezer tetris later on, and then I should be able to get into the fridge and sort out the veg that's left to meal plan for the week. 

teapot2

Well done, that all sounds very productive

Alchemilla

You're a 'uman dynamo!

Are you beating the LC fatigue?

greenbee

Alchemilla said:

You're a 'uman dynamo!

Are you beating the LC fatigue?

Nope. There's just other stuff that doesn't happen. 

Like my job description. Still haven't written it... 

EssexHebridean

ahh love a bit of batch cooking. As I’m beginning to create a bit more space in the freezer I might need to start planning some myself! 

greenbee

I realised that the chilli probably should have gone into the SC for the rest of the day. The last of the veal mince (with veg) had cinnamon and tomato juice added to it and over a couple of hours I've added and reduced about a litre. It's now deliciously mellow. Maybe I'll remember when I get it out... and after all that tidying the freezer means it was less that a drawer full. So I have a drawer of batch-cooked stuff including what was already in there. 

greenbee

Procrastinating by writing my list:

• Strip bed
• Empty ash from stove
• Hoover sitting room & hall (job for downstairs robot)
• Make list
• Clean ensuite
• Dust all bedrooms
• Clean bathroom - MONDAY MORNING - MAY USE BATH SUNDAY
• Put away loo paper delivery
• Hoover bedrooms (job for upstairs robot) - not sure it's necessary

• Light stove
• Refill coal scuttle
• Refill coal hod in garage
• Refill log baskets in garage 

• Clean bedroom window frames
• Steam bathroom floors

• Clean utility sink & surfaces
• Soak whites
• Clear dining room table

• Put kitchen herbs outside to die (they have green/whitefly probably from organic veg deliveries)
• Wash down kitchen window sill & windows
• Clear and clean kitchen surfaces
• Wipe down kitchen unit doors

• Hoover dining room/kitchen/utility floors (job for downstairs robot)
• Steam kitchen/utility/loo floors
• Wash dining room/sitting room/hall floors

• Dust sitting room/hall/dining room/downstairs loo
• Clean loos
• Descale coffee machine, kettle, WM, DW

• Sow sweet peas (have loo roll inners saved) and leave in greenhouse
• Collect concrete slabs from next door for inside/outside greenhouse
• Finish cutting up old log store and putting bits away
• Lay slab for greenhouse waterbutt

• Spread bark chip/put away
• Put away spare compost
• Topsoil in dips

• Tidy office - identify paperwork to do, file the rest, get rid of junk and clear floor enough to hoover/wash. Dust the rest. Fix window catch. 

• Do calculations for pension 

Alchemilla

That's a helluva list. Is it pre-estate agent prep?

greenbee

Yep. Some necessary due to recent neglect... will be good to get it back under control. 

greenbee

Stopping for coffee... windows are open and upstairs is airing. DW will be set off once coffee has been drunk and then I'll sort out the fire so it's ready for whenever I need it. Might open some downstairs windows too to get the cooking smells out (temporarily!). Dusting upstairs was very superficial, but it all looks OK. And all but one of the bedrooms are looking vaguely lived in (well, mine looks VERY lived in which will need a bit of sorting out - in a way that I can maintain for viewings).