Day 30/April 14 Do what we can

[Murphy101]

No more pie for me. No more sewing this week. No gardening due to the cold weather that rolled in. Just school work and working on putting my crochet blanket together and trying not to eat myself into a new personal fat record. Hope to get some exercise in today. 

[historically accurate]

Today is online class day for kids. They each have a class. I have to clean the areas of the house where the roof repairmen might come in tomorrow. I'm hoping they can do it all from the roof, but they are replacing a skylight and I am thinking they may have to have someone underneath it. 

I am going to pick up meals from the school today for the kids. I have leftover ham from Easter, so I will drop off a bag of that to my brother while I am out. 

I want to set up the tent to make sure all the pieces are there as our local homeless service is asking for donations, but it's too cold out there today - in the 20s. 

Edited April 14, 2020 by beckyjo

[Murphy101]

If my husband comes down those stairs one more time I’m going to lose my crap on him.  It’s 8:30 and he came down to give me a kiss, to ask for some sausage biscuits (there’s the kitchen - figure it out!), for a hug, to tell me about a retention status he is proud of, and to tell me the weather.

In the mean time, I just want to have my coffee and net time while the kids eat breakfast bc when they are stuffing their faces is usually my most valued quiet time of the entire day. And I like to have quiet alone time in the am.

Oh good grief. He just came down again and got The Look.  He said geez can’t he come down just to say I love you? NO!  Interrupting affectionately constantly is still interrupting constantly. Knock it the hell off already.

He does it all day long!

Me in the middle of sewing “I’m just running in for a kiss!” (Scaring the crap out of me too bc I have earbuds in.)

Me in the bathroom “What you doing? I need a hug!” The frik? I’m building the Empire State Building wth do you think I’m doing in here?

Me trying to eat something as fast as possible before a kid asks me to do something “Oh what you eating? Can I have some ..?”  Yes, there’s the kitchen - you know how to use it.

Me finally sitting down to play that board game the kids have powered through math to get to do - oh.  You wanna pause that game and let them watch a movie so we can have a nooner?  No Bc we had a 6am-er and I haven’t gone an hour without you interrupting me at something.

NONE of my children do this. NONE.  Somehow we all stay in the same rooms together for 12+ hours without doing this constant “not interrupting but still interrupting” annoying as all heck stuff. 
1 month is apparently my limit.

[fairfarmhand]

Pancakes for breakfast.

dishes, laundry

yesterdqy I had a very hard workout which helped with my mental outlook. So unfortunately that will likely need to be part of my daily routine. Man. I hate exercise but I need it especially now when many of the things I do to help keep depressin at bay are impossible. 

[Ali in OR]

Worked too many hours yesterday (6.25) in addition to 1.5 Sunday. I'm learning how to use Google Forms to make/grade quizzes and tests. I enjoy doing this and am lucky to work with teachers who don't mind me taking on part of their job. They are working way more than their usual hours trying to learn how to do online teaching. And one of my teachers has a 5 year old and a one year old--really hard to do all of this while being a full-time mom. I'll try to work a little less than 4 hours today.

My Costco strategy worked out well. I got there about 4:30 in the afternoon--no line. No line at checkout either. Their sign said they were out of the usual hand sanitizer, soft soap, disinfecting wipes, nitrile gloves. Didn't see tp on the list, didn't actually look for it. But they had my baby wipes and that was a key thing we needed. This was also our grocery run for the week so I got milk and eggs which I don't usually get at Costco. And they had multiple brands of men's hair trimming kits. I had an order with Amazon to be filled by the end of the month, but I got one yesterday at Costco for $20 less and cancelled the Amazon order. This was something dh asked for. My friends with sons have done this kind of thing, but I only have girls so I will have to read the instructions carefully. I need to trim the girls' hair too, but they're easy. Haircuts for everyone this weekend I think.

The dog seems to be just fine which relieves some stress around here. Dh has mood swings, but healthy dog helps. Other than work, today I still need to process a lot of Costco stuff--repackage meat into smaller parcels, completely repack the garage freezer, etc. I will be making some chicken broth and probably some chicken tortilla soup with part of it for dinner. Still need to do some accounting stuff, clean receipts out of purse, etc., but so far I'm having trouble finding time for any extra projects like that during the week.

[JustEm]

Today will be productive. That is my mantra today. On the productive menu today is cleaning the school room, getting all laundry put away, ordering groceries, getting school done, quick cleaning the living room and sunroom, and making a menu for this week. Tuesday is our Monday since dh has off on Sunday and Monday, so I'm trying to get this week started strong.

Before any of that happens we're going on our daily walk

[prairiewindmomma]

I am feeling really lazy today and we have been slow in getting the day rolling.

I still need to figure out meals for the week and work on the next grocery list. 
 

I cleaned out another shelf in the schoolroom yesterday. Youngest is finishing up 1st grade and I need to see what I have on hand for 2nd. Rainbow Resource still hasn’t shipped out my order so I need to make a plan to get by until things arrive...at some point??? I ordered things supposedly in stock but I think a lot of publishers have shut down.

[Scarlett]

3 hours ago, Murphy101 said:

No more pie for me. No more sewing this week. No gardening due to the cold weather that rolled in. Just school work and working on putting my crochet blanket together and trying not to eat myself into a new personal fat record. Hope to get some exercise in today. 

I am trying to catch up on my Read the Bible in a year schedule.  

And yes, stop gaining weight.  I don't know why it is so difficult.  We did go for two 15 minute walks yesterday in the frigid wind. Going to try and do that every day.  The dog needs it and so do we.

[prairiewindmomma]

We transplanted seedlings to pots a few days ago and it looks like I might lose 1/3-1/2 of the plants. That's probably for the best, given the amount of space I have, but I had hoped I was better at this gardening thing. 

I found Singapore Math still on my elementary shelves.  My copier/printer is mostly dead (the black inkjets are permanently clogged, when I color copy it comes out in a weird green), and it only prints one sheet every three minutes. It is still printing, though, so I am copying off the math drills in the back of the home instruction guide and prepping that for use.  I think I've figured out everything else but science. In a pinch, we'll call it a botany year and work on gardening and read pages from my Kingfisher Science encyclopedia and watch old episodes of Nature and Nova.  I used Apologia with the first round of kids, but sold it off a few years ago before the last relo because we downsized again.  Next year will be Earth Science. I at least have the supplies for jr high and high school science still.  Youngest can tag along with her sister as I still have all of my rock samples, etc.

I just keep shaking my head at the crazy world we are living in right now. Who knew I would need to homeschool in a pandemic with what I have on hand? Or think about what I could make with rationed food limits? Like, life is close enough to normal that I have a hard time granting myself permission to do less than my best, but it's also far enough from normal for me to be able to manage it all, iykwim. 

[SounderChick]

DH and ODD are sick they have commandeered our movie room to isolate.  MDD and I did basic chores and school. Got our online groceries.  Now binge watching house and eating junk food

[fairfarmhand]

Crap. Got stepped on by a cow. I really really hope my foot isn’t broken. I guess we’ll see when the swelling goes down. 
 

well, our Covid stimulus money will go to add more field lines to our septic. We pumped it last week and it’s full again. Too much rain for weeks and weeks.

Thankfully our pay hasn’t been affected and we hadnt counted on that money for anything else really. So maybe our septic guy prayed for some work to pay his bills. Its all Gods money anyway. 
 

[JustEm]

Making an order for pickup is nearly impossible right now.  I finally got a time slot for tomorrow at Walmart but when I went to fill  the cart at least 50% of what I normally buy was unavailable with no alternatives. This was mostly fresh fruits and veggies plus a few other staples.  I'm just going to have to make do with what we are getting because I really don't want to step foot in a grocery store this week.  

[Scarlett]

39 minutes ago, fairfarmhand said:

Crap. Got stepped on by a cow. I really really hope my foot isn’t broken. I guess we’ll see when the swelling goes down. 
 

well, our Covid stimulus money will go to add more field lines to our septic. We pumped it last week and it’s full again. Too much rain for weeks and weeks.

Thankfully our pay hasn’t been affected and we hadnt counted on that money for anything else really. So maybe our septic guy prayed for some work to pay his bills. Its all Gods money anyway. 
 

So sorry about your foot! What are you going to do?

[fairfarmhand]

14 minutes ago, Scarlett said:

So sorry about your foot! What are you going to do?

Wait a day or two.

if it’s still not improved in a few days, I’ll go to my primary dr and have an X-ray. I can still walk,