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thriftmonster

Hope you continue to feel gently festive

themadvix

Enjoy your gentle festivities today!

Baileys_Babe

I hope gently festive & very relaxed Christmas continues, Happy Christmas 🎄

rtandon27

@KajiKita @Cheery_Daff - relaxing is the name of the game - so much so that I spent 19 hours sleeping over the course of 24 from xmas eve to xmas day!  I do suspect that it had something to do with my reaction to Monday's covid shot but I'm guessing that my body needed it! I did wake up long enough to put out the smorgasbord of pickety bits, eat and put it away again - but mostly the sofa was my friend!  OH is still stable - we are keeping watch on him until Monday when round 3 of treatment starts up - it was meant to start on the 25th but the treatement suite is closed for the holiday.

@thriftmonster & @themadvix & @Baileys_Babe- thank you for popping in ladies - it was a gentle 25th & 26th - 2 days spent in xmas pjs eating treaty food and feet up watching tv movies!

rtandon27

Christmas in our house has come and gone - mostly because I spent 19 hours sleeping! Boxing day we had a supposedly posh chicken with truffle gravy - but tbh it was no better than the usual Sunday roast chicken I make at 25% of the cost! Lesson learned - Xmas food is just more expensive Sunday food!

Today was spent with us having an uncomfortable conversation with Mom across the pond - she does not fully understand OH's prognosis and thinks I should be forcussing my time and energy on her will & LOA's as she's 100% sure she'll be gone before OH.  I'm very thankful for OH being able to maintain equilibrium and explaining to her that there will be enough of me to go around when the time comes but for now my focus is rightfully on him.  What can I say - it's not truly Xmas unless there is family drama & at least it was not an arguement as I just bit my tongue and let my lovely OH do all the talking.  We both had a few hours of quiet time (& naps) after the stress, so dinner will be delivery! MSE pizza - I have vouchers so will cost us all of 5gbp - 3 of which is delivery!

This week's list - let's see how many green checks I can get with a week off!

routine tasks...
✅ YNAB juggling
🔆 across the pond banking
✅ no grocery order - eating from stores & freezer
✅ meal plan
🔆 weekly digital planner
🔆 Delay Repay - for the past month
✅ supplements into dossets
🔆 Weekly surveys & contests
✅ laundry - last week's folded & put away - two more loads washed, dried & put away
🔆 clean washing machine once laundry done for the week

non-routine tasks...
🔆meter readings
⏳EHIC card - is old one valid or do up application - not travelling soon so can wait on this
🔆 bathroom scrub
🔆 kitchen scrub
✅ several loads of dishes
✅ load of pots and pans
✅  vacuum downstairs
✅ vacuum furniture
🔆 vacuum stairs
🔆 vacuum bedroom & landing
⏳ look into oiling/waxing newly installed xtra banister
⏳ will need to find brass paint to disguise screws or screw caps
🔆 check total of interest received last year
🔆 pay taxes owed so that tax code is not adjusted next year
🔱 kitchen floor STILL needs a good wash (we are going to get a cleaner)
🔆 strip bed & put on new mattress topper & warmer winter bedsheets - finally cold enough to stop using the summer sheets - several sets need washing, drying and storing away - hamper will be glad to be empty!
🔆 have sourced weighted blankets - singles - Scandinavian style! - just need to purchase in the xmas sales
🔱 repack OH's bag for next intervenus cocktail outing - add medical lever arch and empty meds
🔱 home facial - twice a day every day for a week - hooray!
🔱 still on the hunt for ballerina wedges that fit for everyday use! - the pair I like is not in the sales - sigh
⏳BFF across the pond - we owe each other money - neither of us is asking the other to sort out! 🤣 - chat this week to sort out

important tasks...
⏳ do bus pass application
🔱 new load of paperwork filing ready to be filed!
⏳ my savings need juggling - not started yet

medical follow-ups...
🔆 Book dental hygienist appt 
🔆 had covid shots today - feeling a bit nauseus
🔱 OH will have his third round of treatment starting Monday - we are both dreading it!
🔱❗my dermatologist referral - have docs names - now need to book appt - insurance has authorized! - sigh - have to have this done in the city as decent onces in my area are scarce as hen's teeth!!!!! - now have LDN names so will book for January
🔱 ❗follow-up on OT recommendations for work assessment - the Cerberus has woken up and is biting at my heals
⏳❗follow-up on private eye specialist for myself

epic list of garden things...
(revaluate and create a winter list - autumn passed me by!)
⏳ harvest last of the chilies
⏳ need to transplant two chili plants & bring indoors
⏳ autumn pruning needs to be done
⏳ start getting quotes for new felt for flat roof & summer house & shed (needs doing in autumn) - on hold
⏳ 4 bags cotswold stone - trip to W!ckes postponed - on hold
⏳ transplant remaining baby trees into their new pots - on hold 
⏳ trim down and rehome butterfly bush - on hold
⏳ new trellis needs to go up for the climbing rose in the front - OH has acquired the hardware! - on hold
⏳ finish taming climbing jasmine & add more supports for it to grown on - on hold

social calendar...
⏳ need to organize coffee and cake with old dears from the church - on hold until they feel better
✅ need to organize coffee and mooch around the market with the miliatary wives - one on holiday - the other 11:30 on Saturday
🔆have been asked to organize a dosa lunch by some mates at work for January
🔆have also found out that March 3rd is international Dosa Day so have another group to invite to this (I'm not vegetarian and have to take an anti-histamine to eat legumes but I adore the taste and texture of these!)
🔱 festive meal in January with manager - leventine food
⏳ need to organize ladies who lunch festive set meal - on hold until January when the deals are on and the lurgies are at bay - Thurs or Fri 
⏳ korean street food - on hold until January! (maybe February) - is this one ever going to happen?

Meal Prep activities...
✅ make bone broth from xmas chicken carcass & frozen chicken bones/wings
✅ make chicken and veg noodle soup
⏳ make beef stew with root veg (c/o)
⏳ make saag paneer (dig out tried and true recipe!) (c/o)

Meal Plan...
Last Week

✅🥬🧀🫓 Monday Dec 22 - NOT Veggie Day - leftover veggies & cooked chicken from the freezer

✅🐟 Tuesday  Dec 23 - Fish Day - take-away fish & chips

✅🍗 Wednesday Dec 24 - Chicken Day - Thai Chicken Curry & choi sum (Fakeaway)

✅🍖 Thursday Dec 25 - Meat Day - Christmas Boofée - Pickety Bits! Charcuiterie & Cheese & Crackers & Berries

✅🍕🍟 Friday Dec 26 - NOT Fakeaway Day - Boxing Day Roast Chicken & Veg & roasties

✅🫓🍜 Saturday Dec 27- Easy Peasy Day - noodles & leftover veg/chicken - delivery pizza dinner
✅🍖🥕🍠🍅🥔 Sunday Dec 28 - Roast Day - burgers & buns & leftover roasties (cheese & buns from freezer)

This Week

✅ 🥬🧀🫓 Monday Dec 29 - Veggie Day - chicken noodle soup [OH's hospital appt day]
✅🐟 Tuesday  Dec 30 - Fish Day - fish&chips

✅🍗 Wednesday Dec 31 - Chicken Day - chicken pie New Year's Eve Boofée
✅🍖 Thursday Jan 01 - Meat Day - New Year's Day Boofée Chicken Fillet strips & chips

✅🍕🍟 Friday Jan 02 - Fakeaway Day - Polish Dinner!

✅🫓🍜 Saturday Jan 03- Easy Peasy Day - bao & dim sum & noodles - Tandoor takeaway - kebabs & naans

🍖🥕🍠🍅🥔 Sunday Jan 04 - Roast Day - Beef Stew with root veg (freezer & fridge)

Next Week - Holidays means as little cooking as possible!
peirogis & keilbasa (from freezer)
Saag Paneer & Parathas (stores, fridge)
tajine & couscous (from freezer)
mousaka (from freezer)
cauli-cheese (from freezer)
chicken pie (ingredients from freezer)

Cherryfudge

I'm sure you needed that rest! All the best for Monday, I expect the rest will have given your DH a boost as well.

rtandon27

Well today did not go quite to plan...

I had wanted to walk down to Waitflower and have a free coffee and look at any yellow sticker bargains that might be lurking.  Instead we have a tada list, as about an hour after I woke up I had an attack of allergies!  Streaming eyes, and itchy nose - anti-histamines have been taken and streaming has stopped but it took a while to feel halfway normal again!

Meager Tada list for the day...
✅dressed for the day within an hour of waking up!
✅holiday messages sent & replied to
✅poultry bones are being boiled for broth
✅roasted veg & chicken chopped and prepped for soup to be made later
✅yesterday's dishes washed dried and put away
✅lunch eaten at home - healthy frittata & veg heavy
✅1st load of laundry washed and almost dried
✅2nd load of laundry in & washing
✅fridge purged & dinner prepped
✅started freezer audit & rearranged contents of drawers
✅have kept OH hydrated in preparation for tomorrow's treatment!
✅chunky chicken noodle soup made

Cheery_Daff

That looks like an excellent list to me regardless of your incapacity! So sorry you've had an allergy attack, what a menace. 

(Wish I'd got dressed within half an hour of getting up - then I wouldn't have had to entertain the neighbour in my dressing gown!)

Humdinger1

Much accomplished @rtandon27! Impressive as ever.  @Cheery_Daff, is it worth keeping a tiara to hand? It elevates any outfit, I find. Onwards and upwards love Humdinger xx 

dawnybabes

Another top tip is to always have get well cards out, you can explain how you’re getting over ‘insert choice here - covid, flu, broken leg 🤣🤣🤣’ so you’ve not had chance to ‘insert choice here, dress, cook, clean’