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badmemory

I've recently come out & the meals are absolutely abysmal. Mince pie, well there was some mince & pastry & mash potato, diced potato & I think a couple of peas & a very small bit of grated carrot. The highlight was the skin on chips which were actually edible. I was eating 3 meals a day instead of my usual one & managed to lose 2 lbs so I count that a win.

beanielou

Glad things went better than hoped on Friday & that you enjoyed two very different retirement do’s.

rtandon27

So I've been hard at work this weekend but have not tracked my list…

Best to end the weekend with a list to see where we are at…

Meal Plan
✅ 🍜 Saturday Mar 28- Easy Peasy Day - BF=McDs Lunch = leftovers - Dinner = Pizza
✅ 🍖🥕🍠🍅🥔 Sunday Feb 29 - Roast Day - leftovers and grazing all day!
🥬 Monday Mar 30 - NOT Veggie Day - roast chicken & carrots & brussels & potatoes
🐟🍟 Tuesday Mar 31 - Fish Day - Fish & Chips [Payday!]
🍗🍄🥕🥦🥔 Wednesday Apr 01 - Chicken Day - Lunch = chicken BLT sandwich rolls - Dinner = Sweet and sour Chicken with peppers & pineapple and jasmine rice
🍔🌽🥔 Thursday Apr 02 - Meat Day - Beef stew from freezer with toast
🥧🍟Friday Apr 03 - Fakeaway Day - Lunch = cafe - Dinner = salmon something
🍜 Saturday Apr 04 - Easy Peasy Day - Lunch = gyoza & noodles - Dinner = TBC
🍖🥕🍠🍅🥔 Sunday Apr 05 - Roast Day - llamb dinner from free meal kit!

Routine Tasks
✅ YNAB shuffling
🔆 fill up ISA - 75%cash and 25%S&S
🔆 across the pond banking
✅ grocery order - we will do a top up shop if needed
✅ meal plan (above)
🔱 weekly digital planner
🔆 Delay Repay
✅ supplements into dossets
🔱 pack-ups for work days
🔱 Weekly surveys & contests
✅ laundry - 2 loads done and drying - my mac and windbreaker have been washed along with a slingbag - last week's pink/red/purple load folded and put away
✅ 3 loads of dishes & 1 load of pots done & 1 lot of roasting tins
✅ vacuum downstairs
🔆 vacuum furniture
🔆 vacuum stairs
🔆 vacuum landing
🔆 vacuum bedroom

Non-routine Tasks
✅ Kitchen cleaned and reset for week!
✅ Paid half-yearly water
✅ Ordered half price Easter chocolate & 1/2 price chicken & 1/2 price flowers from ooober - I'm loving their daily specials - may return to small shops for the next month - such good
✅ OH & I had a Sunday afternoon movie - reviving a habit we had during pandemic
✅ Sorted meal box account - had to get voucher win put on there manually before I could order - adds up to 4 meals for two - I'm floored - we never spend 15 pounds a meal when cooking at home but hey - it's FREE - I'm not turning my nose up!
🔱 Follow-up on Water company complaint - Our energy company has been replaced as having the WORST customer service!
🔱 Use refund voucher from flower company - poor quality for the flowers OH sent to me at work on Feb 14
🔱 Pillowcase being mended - emerged from washing with a small tear!
🔆 Banana Bread to be made
🔆 Banana Muffins also to be made
🔆 Holiday Freezer use it up Meal Plan
🔆 New mats need to be stuck down with corners
🔆 Another batch of paperwork ready to file
🔆 Organize my physiotherapy and specialized scan
🔆 Book dental hygenist
🔆 Get back on track with dental devices - mouth & jaw have been acheing!
🔆 Print out OH's medical paperwork, including insurance bills
🔱 have sourced weighted blankets - singles - Scandinavian style!
🔱 annual underthings hunt still in progress - one bit of armature found - 2 in basket - 2 to return
🔱 need to get a flat top brush for brass paint
🔱 apply for the GHIC card (website was down the day I went to do this!)
⏳ look into oiling/waxing newly installed xtra banister
⏳BFF across the pond - we owe each other money - Easter week we plan to talk! - her Bday also next month!

Garden Things
🔆 6ft plant staging needs to be put together
🔆 cotswold stone needs to be put down
🔱 winter jasmine is in full bloom - needs tieing to supports and more supports needed for it to grown on
🔆 transplant mexican daisies into new pots
🔆 start sunflowers
🔆 start sweetpeas
🔆 start foxgloves
🔆 transplant remaining baby trees into their new pots
🔆 prune heritage rambling rose bush
🔆 prune rosemary
🔆 prune summer flowering roses
🔆 prune raspberries
🔆 tidy up planting bed in front of house
🔆 collect rest of leaves that have materialized in parking bay
🔆 install wrought iron divider at back of shed
🔆 install new rose trellis at front of house
⏳ start getting quotes for new felt for flat roof & summer house & shed (needs doing in autumn) - on hold
⏳ trim down and rehome butterfly bush - on hold
⏳ new trellis needs to go up for the climbing rose in the front - on hold

rtandon27

Have just discovered that favorite Japanese restaurant near work has closed after 25 years in the same location! So sad - group was meant to be going tomorrow - next favorite is not open on a Monday - 3rd one is more expensive and only seats tables up to 4 so this may not work. I'm going to suggest a nice Korean one that does bento boxes & sushi OR a new Korean one that looks a bit posh! Glad that at least half the group has pulled out of our monthly get-together as it is year-end! I only have one thing left to do in the morning so will be free to go by noon!

Cherryfudge

I'm so pleased the day at the Hospice was actually a positive experience with hindsight - food excepted, of course. I'm sure you can find ways to compensate for that. Also nice that you got chocolate! And two retirements in one day - you are a social bunny, are you not? 😊

I hope the weekend has given you some much-needed 'getting over work' time.