What's on your agenda for today?

So tired.... spent the weekend spiffing up my other house... doing windows.. floors... and battling an invasion of Asian Ladybugs... They are everywhere. Hope who ever looks at the house is familiar with country living.. I would have never bought it if I knew I would be sharing it with an assortment of ladybugs and Box Elder beetles.. with a few spiders thrown in for good measure.
 

I'm feeling kind of down this evening because I had to bid a fond adieu to a favorite client today. It has finally registered with me that I can't keep up this pace, as much as I'd like to think I can. At almost 75, it's time to cut back. I could keep on keeping on, but at what cost to my "self"? My "self" gets so tired that when I'm done each day, I'm almost too tired to get home again.

Yesterday, I sweet-talked one client into a schedule of every three weeks rather than every two weeks, and I won't be following the client who sold his house, so now I'll have three Mondays off every month and two Wednesdays.

I'm trying to decide if there are other clients who will have to go, too, but I've been with three of them as long as six years, and those three live in homes that are between 3000 and 4400sf. There are newer clients, but they all live right here in the same subdivision as I do and live in the first of three phases of building, which were starter homes...all of them less than 1500sf. I can manage places that small without a problem.

Sigh. It's so hard to decide...I wish I could keep them all but know darned well that if I do that, then soon I won't be able to keep any:(

Done whining. For today. LOL

Holly, by now you're probably, as my dad used to say "pounding your ear", and when we get up on this side of the pond, you'll be at work. Please take it as easy as you can.
 
Georgia: I didn't realize that you were doing such large houses, so it's no wonder that you are feeling as tired as you have been. Do you do this all on your own? If you don't have someone who helps you out, it might be a step to consider. I expect it is hard to stop working at a place that you've gotten accustomed to over the years but your health status really needs the highest priority. I admire your very strong work ethic!

Went today to the Plastic Surgeon to get the bumps I have on my arms and side analyzed. I've been scheduled for surgery in mid-May but might need to have additional surgery in August - I'm so not looking forward to any of this!
 

I'm a one-man show, Kath. Well...a one-woman show:) I don't want to hire anybody to work with me because I don't want to have to fiddle with the paperwork...taxes, social security, bond, insurance, all that stuff.

BTW, my Very Best Aunt is named Kath. Not Kathy. Kath.

Bumps? As in cysts? I've had those removed. Out-patient surgery and no problems afterward whatsoever. I hope that's what yours are.
 
GeorgiaXplant said:
I'm a one-man show, Kath. Well...a one-woman show:) I don't want to hire anybody to work with me because I don't want to have to fiddle with the paperwork...taxes, social security, bond, insurance, all that stuff.

BTW, my Very Best Aunt is named Kath. Not Kathy. Kath.

Bumps? As in cysts? I've had those removed. Out-patient surgery and no problems afterward whatsoever. I hope that's what yours are.
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You made a good point about the additional paperwork involved when staffing is increased - you are so right about that! In any event, I hope your clients realize what a conscientious and caring worker you are.

Wow, you have an aunt named Kath? I'm glad she's an aunt that you like so well! I'm named Kathryn after my grandmother and mother - grandmother was called Kath but mother was called Betty just because my grandmother liked the nickname of Betty. Go figure.

About the bumps - some are cysts and I've had them before and don't expect they'll be a hassle - but others are different and have to be biopsied to determine what they are. I have a long-term, incurable illness (panhypopituitarism) that makes me not a very good candidate for surgery. Also, I'm just not a big fan of hospitals ever since we started to get antibiotic-resistant flu and bacteria strains. I have to confess, I'm definitely a germ-a-phobe. :rolleyes:
 
Good Morning all,

It's 6.30am and I'm just getting ready to leave for work I'm running a little late this morning, for the first time in a very long time I slept until the alarm woke me at at 5.30, I'm usually up at 5am.

Oooh Georgia, it's such a LOT of work you do, I know your health is generally good and you like to keep active but at any age much less on your own, that is HUGE amount of cleaning to have to do and at 75 just waaaay more than enough. I hope you can cut back a little bit wherever possible, you'll work yourself into an early grave lovely lady..

Kath I can tell you are really concerned about the Plastic surgery, not surprised I would be too , but I'm sure all will be well, try not to be too scared..it's gonna be fine I can feel it in my bones.. :love_heart:

BTW My Mothers' name was Betty too... :D


Gotta hard day ahead of me, but I've worked it so I have tomorrow off then back on Thursday then off for my Birthday on Friday and Saturday, so although long days it'll be a very short week..it'll give my back a chance to recover in between.

Have a lovely day everyone whatever you're up to today.. :D
 
Georgia, good idea for you to cut back. Don't wear yourself out!

Kath, good luck on the bumps and hope they are just 'bumps'.

Holly, have a good day at work. Big birthday coming soon! :)

DH woke up at 6:15 so got up to make our tea and his toast. I prefer to sleep until at least 7 on a non gym day.

Doing my muscle workouts at home this morning. Just finished a book and deciding on what to read next. Enjoying my new colouring books! Got good quality coloured pencils now and a very nice book which takes a lot of focus to colour the tiny spaces. Definitely good for mindfulness practice.
 
Maybe coloring books would be good for me. I can lose myself in something that requires absolute focus. And I'm good at coloring inside the lines:)

Working across the street today. My neighbor named her house (yes, she did). Howard. Howard and I are very happy together because I don't have to clean the two boys' bedrooms. Howard and I get down and dirty together in the rest of the house. LOL

Kath, my Best Aunt's given name is Kathleen, but I doubt that anyone except her teachers in school called her that. She's Kath to everybody in our little home town. She just turned 90. Imagine being 90 and being the person who's so with it that she picks up the old people (most of them younger than she) to take them to church, grocery shopping and to their appointments. I want to be just like her when I grow up!

I hope Holly is licking her weight in wildcats today:)
 
Good morning ladies, hope you all have a good day. Don't work too hard Georgia, life is too short
and housework tires us all out.

I am off a little later to get some new mini blinds, Hope I can find the right size.
The days are warming up and I want to wash windows, put up the new blinds and then get curtains
washed.
Must get out of my pj's, get dressed and straighten up the kitchen before I go to town.
 
GeorgiaXplant said:
Maybe coloring books would be good for me. I can lose myself in something that requires absolute focus. And I'm good at coloring inside the lines:)

Working across the street today. My neighbor named her house (yes, she did). Howard. Howard and I are very happy together because I don't have to clean the two boys' bedrooms. Howard and I get down and dirty together in the rest of the house. LOL

Kath, my Best Aunt's given name is Kathleen, but I doubt that anyone except her teachers in school called her that. She's Kath to everybody in our little home town. She just turned 90. Imagine being 90 and being the person who's so with it that she picks up the old people (most of them younger than she) to take them to church, grocery shopping and to their appointments. I want to be just like her when I grow up!

I hope Holly is licking her weight in wildcats today:)
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Try it. Colouring books for adults are very popular! I finally got some good quality coloured pencils and the sharpener made for this brand and it's made a big difference. This is the colouring book I'm doing now:

http://milliemarotta.co.uk/index.php?/illustration/animal-kingdom/
 
This is an anniversary for me. 15 years ago today after selling my car and selling or giving away most of my stuff, quitting my job, giving up my apartment, saying tearful goodbyes, I caught a flight from Knoxville to Newark and left the US for the last time as a resident. Happy, nervous, anxious, thrilled, scared. Arrived at London Heathrow the next morning, then on to Glasgow. I had been to England but never to Scotland so had never seen my new home. Wedding was two days after I arrived. :love_heart:
 
Ralphy1 said:
And how will you be celebrating?
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We usually spend our anniversary overnight in Glasgow and go to a movie or concert, but this time we're just going to go out to eat at a local pub.

We should actually be staying on the Isle of Colonsay for a week like we did for our 5th and 10th anniversaries, but decided we were doing enough travel this year.
 
Ralphy1 said:
Hmm, seems like you are slowing down, but things are still good...:cool:
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Oh no, not slowing down at all. We have a 5 week holiday in the US, and 3 months in Thailand in the near future. I'm planning on taking him to the hotel where we spent our wedding night for our 20th anniversary. Lovely place with such good food!
 
Ralphy1 said:
Sure, and record-breaking sales of prescription drugs are being set...:D
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LOL. Our best friends area always asking us if that blue pill is needed in our house, and we keep telling them no. I finally told them my DH may be 66 but he's like a 25 year old in many ways. ;)
 
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