Applying to you, someone you live with, or your own creatures/critters/pets.
There’s a definite morning routine with my 3 (dog and 2 cats):
Let Higgs out of her crate - she runs down the hall to see if FCD is up yet. I leave the bedroom door closed, so she runs back.
Let Higgs outside to pee.
Taz and Ziva appear in front of the pantry as I’m coming in from the garage - waiting for their morning treats.
Taz gets his in the breakfast area, Ziva gets hers in the dining room - else she’d snarf hers down and steal his.
Let Higgs in - put her dish of food down and let her eat.
Once she’s inhaled her kibbles, she’ll sit in the dining room doorway till I give her the teeth-cleaning treat.
After she’s “brushed”, she gets her poop-cookie. No, I don’t raid the cat box - she goes out again (theoretically for an after-breakfast poop) and when she stops at the garage door, I give her a small Alpo treat.
If I miss any step, I get looked at, with purpose.
Then when FCD comes out, they all gather for another round of treats, but I don’t play in that scene.
What are your routines of habit. I expect for some of you, coffee looms large.
REALLY want to hear from @purplehorseshoe this morning ASAP. She was feeling woozy last night while attempting to set up her new CO detector. Anyone who has contact info for her-- suggest you attempt to get in touch. She usually checks in regularly. I’m not on FB, but I think some of you see her there.
Eeeek…hope @purplehorseshoe is ok. She didn’t accept my friend request on FB so I’m not in contact with her
Hmm…morning routines have changed since lockdown and the fact that we’re working from home. My current routine is like this:
Get out of bed and shower
Dry hair
Go downstairs to feed the critters
Give Shadow his medication
Make cups of tea for us
Log onto works laptop and attempt to be productive
Fortunately this week I am off work, so no need to be productive. My eye’s still very bad so I’m resting it as much as possible, and keeping away from screens etc. I’m not sure what I’ll be able to do as anything bright is out of the question, and I don’t really want to veg in front of the gogglebox all day. Might try to read a bit on my kindle as that’s a fairly comfortable level of brightness, and maybe audiobooks will be the next best thing although that’s just as likely to send me to sleep!
Stagger out to pee, coffee(Keurig, on my best days I’ve set it up the night before), stumble to the loveseat (probably dribbling some coffee) to read da MMP. The day is always downhill from there.
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 59 Amurrkin out and N.O.S. with a predicted high of 83 and N.O.S. for the day. Today I want to get da cave spiffed and achieve mowage. Also, I have Vestry meetin’ tonight. Ambitious am I not! Sup shall be grilled poke chops, a broccoli/ice/cheese thing from a box (don’t judge) and peas 'n carrots.
I wake up, go pee, make coffee, come in here, check the book of faces, break fast, brush my teeth and shave, and then, either shower, or do other tasks before I shower, like this mornin’ when cave cleanin’ and mowin’ are accomplished before shower. The routine can take from two to three hours dependin’ on when I arise or motivation. OYKW gets up a little later than me and does his routine. When he gets up the bed gets made by me cause I cannot stand for the bed to be unmade all day. OK, a lot of times it’s more on the line of pullin’ up the spread over the mess, but that counts as the bed made. Does too!
shoe check in at the white courtesy phone.
I am all caffeined and breakfasted up now, so onward into the day! Rah.
That’s pretty much how we make the bed, too, except substitute comforter for spread. Generally the only time it’s truly “made” is when I change the sheets. It looks really nice till bed time.
It’s just after 8. First load is on the lines, second is in the washer. I’ll probably do 2 more today. Two houseplants have been tended to so they look nice again, and they’re in the front window. Vacuuming has been accomplished. If I get motivated, I’ll empty the guest room, then vacuum and clean the carpet. It won’t take long and it needs to be done. Just gotta get my butt in gear and do it.
And I need to pull something out of the freezer for supper. Wonder if there are some poke chops in there? Or we could have ribs - that would be super-easy - thaw and heat.
I am up usually around 0530. As a retired guy I no longer set an alarm, but I rarely failed to wake before the alarm sounded. I am hoping this changes. I self medicate, turn on my iMac, pour a cup of coffee and begin scrolling through various news sites and message boards. When Sunflower begins to stir, I put a couple of slices of bread into the toaster, set out butter, grape jelly and peanut butter for her and set a diet coke by her chair. When she is finished fixing her toast I put a couple of slices in for me. By then I am on maybe my third cup of coffee. After toast I will go down and spend 30 - 45 minutes in the exercise area either on the treadmill or the weight machine. I shower and then I am ready to meet the day.
Okay, peeps, I’m getting antsy about @purplehorseshoe. Has anyone heard from her since last night? Or seen activity on FB? Has she usually checked into the MMP by now? I’m getting ready to call her local fire department to do a welfare check on her. I have a doctor’s appt in a little while. PM @BippityBoppityBoo for more info.
Morning all.shoe’s last FB post was 5 days ago, if I’ve got the right page (snake named Pretzel?). So nothing to help there. Like you guys, I want to hear something from here on the MMP.
Routine. Well, there is the 5am pee (sometimes a little earlier, sometimes later, but always around 5), then back to bed until 7-9am. Up and immediately to the computer, to check e-mail, the MMP, and Facebook, watch the Good Mythical Morning episode for the day (M-F) and usually get diverted from one thing to another until about 11am. Then fix lunch, do work about the house, watch “Pardon the Interruption” at 4:30pm (or if I have youth soccer practice, the 7:30PM repeat) on ESPN, and after dinner, climb back on the computer for several hours and retire about 11pm.
Yeah, that leaves out the reading and soccer and laundry and going out to eat and mowage and…well, I just make time for those in the routine. Will be signing off now to dress, do a little shopping, and pick up my Monday (routine) sammich at Jersey Mike’s (a regular #3 with lettuce/mayo/tomatoes and pickles).
Been thinking it was about time for a sub sandwich for me today because of your Monday reports , thanks for the idea . Jimmy John’s is what is easy access for me. Or Good Cents. If I get ambitious after my day of child careI might hit the grocery store for fresh bread and sandwich makings. I need some of FCM’s energy and organization today. Well, truthfully, I need that everyday.
Up, caffeinating with a pot of tea, a slice of pizza for breakfast and fixing to get sheveled to go get tested for the plague. I just wish this damn coughing would stop.
Just back from Food Lion and I’m having soup for lunch. I’ve got 4 loads out on the lines and the last load will go in the dryer.
FCD wants me to call for a septic tank pumpout, and I got a message from some credit company regarding our refi, so I need to call them back when I’m done eating. I hate using the phone - I’d rather deal with such things via email, because it gives me a written record. Instead, I have to take notes and hope that I can read them… yeah, my penmanship is pretty atrocious.
For the record, Progresso’s Light Italian Style Wedding Soup ain’t bad. I should stock up while they’re on sale.
My morning breakfast dance is choreographed pretty tightly, with the gathering of cereal, milk, coffee, sugar, and all necessary dishware accomplished in as few steps as possible.
After breakfast cleanup comes my morning movement (usually the only one of the day; I love being regular, knock wood), dressage, and then usually 15-30 minutes to fart around on the Dope before I have to be out the door. About 10 minutes of that left now, so I shouldn’t continue to ramble on.
So the power failed at the hub for the overnight shift, so I got to stay extra to sort 3 trailers worth. 2 hours worth. And half that time just standing around. At time and a half.
@purplehorseshoe , please text/Facebook/post and let us know you’re OK.
At night, my little rituals are to get coffee ready to go in the machine (yay! for programmable coffee makers) at night, put out my clothes since my husband sleeps later than I do, read for a bit, then sleep. In the morning, I get up around 6 or 6:30 depending on if I’m walking, drink a cup of coffee and zone on the couch alone, then hang with overlygirl when she staggers in at 7:15. We hang out until about 7:40 when I shower, then I come out around 8 and badger her into her clothes while I log on to work.
Today is cold, grey and drizzly. I’m kind of enjoying it, though it’s crushing my motivation. Oh, speaking of crushing, my finger isn’t broken. I went in, got it x-rayed and the kindly doctor told me, “Hmmm, you have a pretty big hematoma.” To which I responded, “You’re diagnosing me with a bruise???” To which he responded, “Well, it’s a pretty bad one.” Ah, well - guess it’s better safe than sorry.
Looked at a few of her posts. Seems that she might post at the end of her day, or maybe starting in the next hour, depending on her schedule. Her profile mentions when she was last reading the Dope, and the last post.
Laved, shaved and actually at work. Got out of the shower to discover a giant hairball and pukeage right in the middle of the bed. Thanks, Pixel! So laundry was in order before leaving for school. No idea what to make for dinner tonight, but Marcella Hazan’s Bolognese is flirting with getting made and frozen the second it gets cool.
Hope everybody has a good week and shoe checks in and eases everybody’s minds.
Howdy Y’all! I accomplished mowage while OYKW spiffed da cave. Nice we can divide up the chores like that. Anywho, it all got done. We had showers, N.O.L., and nappage. All is well.
Back to routines. When I get up in the morning, I use the facility, then harness and leash Nelson up to take him out for the same purpose. He gets a tiny treat when we come in. I fill his food bowl, wash and fill the water dish before starting coffee. Once I’ve checked my BG and taken meds, he gets another tiny treat for sitting there like a good boy. Off to the shower and dressage. When I’m packing my lunch, Nelson will run out to claim a baby carrot when he hears the bag being open. We cuddle for a few minutes before I’m off to irk.
Coming home, I leash and harness him again to go outside for relief. Sometimes one of my neighbors will give him a treat. When we come in, he gets the usual tiny treat for doing his business. Before bed, we go out once more, come in, I take meds and fill a Kong for him to work on, allowing me a few minutes to settle in with a book before he’s done. Lather, rinse repeat.
I’ll be leaving for the clinic in a few minutes. I hope it’s not the plague, but I’d rather know for sure.
I hope to heaven shoe is OK. I wish we’d see a post saying so. She didn’t mention having today off, and she usually has mentioned such the night before, so maybe she’s at work. OTOH…she seemed too groggy to focus on such things.
, thanks for the idea
. Jimmy John’s is what is easy access for me. Or Good Cents. If I get ambitious after my day of child careI might hit the grocery store for fresh bread and sandwich makings. I need some of FCM’s energy and organization today. Well, truthfully, I need that everyday.
Off to the shower and dressage. When I’m packing my lunch, Nelson will run out to claim a baby carrot when he hears the bag being open. We cuddle for a few minutes before I’m off to irk.