Marguerite
Active Member
G'day, folks.
It's Thursday. Of course, it's been a bit damp here today. Because it's my washing day, I guess. But for once, the west of Sydney got a lot more rain than we did, they got about 20 mm of rain. We got 5 mm. Just enough to keep the washing damp. Not enough to nourish the parched garden.
My cleaning guy was in a moderately good mood today although I think he senses the writing on the wall. I did tell him I'm planning on getting easy child 2/difficult child 2 to help me with some major cleaning, because she knows the house and can help me de-clutter a bit. Years of this guy 'helping' me with basic cleaning, and not helping me with any brain-work such as picking things up, has led to increasingly narrow walkways and more junk on the floor. Now that difficult child 1 has moved out, we should be able to stay de-cluttered a lot longer once we get the job done.
I mentioned in yesterday's thread, my plans to give this guy the heave-ho at last. I'm not nervous of him (not in terms of fears for my own safety) but I've been increasingly dreading Thursdays and that is not good. It also has been increasingly disruptive for difficult child 3 and that is not good either. I should be able to leave the guy so I can go to go work with difficult child 3 on his schoolwork, but when I do that with this guy, that is when I later find big problems. Like the time he hosed out the bathroom, ceiling and all. Or last week, mucking up hanging out the washing. I noticed he mucked it up again today, too - I need to go out and re-hang some of my shirts or they will have peg marks in unusual places! The guy knows nothing about housekeeping except what I've laboriously tried to teach him myself. And after all these years, he still can't get it right.
Apart from cleaning (and me recovering from it all) we've had a fairly quiet day. Thanks to my cleaner/housekeeper I had some vegetables prepared ahead of time so it was easy for me to cook a roast chicken dinner tonight (including mother in law). We just got back from mother in law's place. We've left a small serve for her to have for lunch tomorrow. She didn't eat much tonight, she's not well.
Tomorrow I see the dentist for more repair work. I'm trying to insist on difficult child 3 coming out with me, I have some more welfare paperwork to do with him. The sooner we get it all done, the sooner we can get home and get back into difficult child 3's schoolwork. I have some more admin stuff to do when we get home, too (including talking to the agency about my cleaner). I've got stuff to sort out for mother in law, as well as some grocery shopping for her.
You'll note from my sig that we live on sort of island. The village is surrounded by water and forest, "civilisation" is half an hour's drive away, so a trip to the dentist or doctor (other than the local GP, who I personally don't consult) means we get as much other stuff done too, so we don't waste the trip into town. We have a very large mall there, although it's still regional. And sometimes we have to head right into the heart of the city, to difficult child 3's school.
So tomorrow after the dentist, I have a list of things to do before we can come back home. A trip "out" generally means at least half a day gone.
One really good thing - the drive through the "bush" is beautiful and restful. There's also a lot of wildlife, although not usually very active during the day. Last night driving through the village, we saw a few deer foraging. There are always some, but I was surprised to see them last night with the light drizzle we had. I often see them when I'm walking at night.
So think of me while I'm lying back and saying "aah" tomorrow. And enjoy your Thursday.
Marg
It's Thursday. Of course, it's been a bit damp here today. Because it's my washing day, I guess. But for once, the west of Sydney got a lot more rain than we did, they got about 20 mm of rain. We got 5 mm. Just enough to keep the washing damp. Not enough to nourish the parched garden.
My cleaning guy was in a moderately good mood today although I think he senses the writing on the wall. I did tell him I'm planning on getting easy child 2/difficult child 2 to help me with some major cleaning, because she knows the house and can help me de-clutter a bit. Years of this guy 'helping' me with basic cleaning, and not helping me with any brain-work such as picking things up, has led to increasingly narrow walkways and more junk on the floor. Now that difficult child 1 has moved out, we should be able to stay de-cluttered a lot longer once we get the job done.
I mentioned in yesterday's thread, my plans to give this guy the heave-ho at last. I'm not nervous of him (not in terms of fears for my own safety) but I've been increasingly dreading Thursdays and that is not good. It also has been increasingly disruptive for difficult child 3 and that is not good either. I should be able to leave the guy so I can go to go work with difficult child 3 on his schoolwork, but when I do that with this guy, that is when I later find big problems. Like the time he hosed out the bathroom, ceiling and all. Or last week, mucking up hanging out the washing. I noticed he mucked it up again today, too - I need to go out and re-hang some of my shirts or they will have peg marks in unusual places! The guy knows nothing about housekeeping except what I've laboriously tried to teach him myself. And after all these years, he still can't get it right.
Apart from cleaning (and me recovering from it all) we've had a fairly quiet day. Thanks to my cleaner/housekeeper I had some vegetables prepared ahead of time so it was easy for me to cook a roast chicken dinner tonight (including mother in law). We just got back from mother in law's place. We've left a small serve for her to have for lunch tomorrow. She didn't eat much tonight, she's not well.
Tomorrow I see the dentist for more repair work. I'm trying to insist on difficult child 3 coming out with me, I have some more welfare paperwork to do with him. The sooner we get it all done, the sooner we can get home and get back into difficult child 3's schoolwork. I have some more admin stuff to do when we get home, too (including talking to the agency about my cleaner). I've got stuff to sort out for mother in law, as well as some grocery shopping for her.
You'll note from my sig that we live on sort of island. The village is surrounded by water and forest, "civilisation" is half an hour's drive away, so a trip to the dentist or doctor (other than the local GP, who I personally don't consult) means we get as much other stuff done too, so we don't waste the trip into town. We have a very large mall there, although it's still regional. And sometimes we have to head right into the heart of the city, to difficult child 3's school.
So tomorrow after the dentist, I have a list of things to do before we can come back home. A trip "out" generally means at least half a day gone.
One really good thing - the drive through the "bush" is beautiful and restful. There's also a lot of wildlife, although not usually very active during the day. Last night driving through the village, we saw a few deer foraging. There are always some, but I was surprised to see them last night with the light drizzle we had. I often see them when I'm walking at night.
So think of me while I'm lying back and saying "aah" tomorrow. And enjoy your Thursday.
Marg
