Since 2020 began I have been keeping up with my daily joys. My aim is to reread all these joys that occur throughout the year on New Year's Eve so I can see how many truly good things happen regularly. (You know, those things that are really good but just don't stay front and center of the vault otherwise know as our brain) Little did I know when I started this project that there would be such a disturbance in the force.
This begins another week of being at home and my biggest single joy is technology that makes this isolation so much more bearable. I cannot imagine how hard it would be if we were not able to connect face to face with our friends and family members even though some of the the distances are vast. Since we are looking down the pipe at another month (at least) of this, I imagine we are all going to become more and more dependent on it.
Wednesday: I woke at the crack of dawn so I could get a shower, put on decent clothes and a dab of makeup. I wanted to be at the grocery store the minute it opened, and even by getting there just 5 minutes after 7, the lot was full!?! Walking through the store I noticed they were out of many different things, (no toilet paper, paper towels or napkins) and according to an employee they had no idea when they would get any more in. The produce aisles had about 1/2 the usual amount with some items being completely sold out, and the meat counter was virtually wiped out. I did manage to find one beautiful porterhouse steak and we always share one anyway so it was our dinner.
The sky was blue, it was warm and the dogwoods and azaleas were in full bloom. The temps were warm enough that I could wash the screened porch to get rid of most of the pollen opening the potential for eating outside during the week. (OK it was really just depollenization, round one, but at least the floor is no longer yellow, and we can sit out there in the evening.)
Thursday: I had a surprise Zoom* video call with the participants of Independence Place. What incredible joy to see their faces and hear their voices. They loved getting to "see and visit" with each other. I plan to join some future calls if I am invited.
Friday: I really and truly have no clue what happened when or where on Friday. I know I had some fun FaceTime visits with Pip, but other than that I really don't remember what I did. I just know other than going to Mom's I was here__at home__doing nothing special.
Saturday: We headed to the lake to show the house. While there, we loaded up a huge amount of food to bring home. I had non idea I had taken so many things there and since they serve no purpose if we are not spending time there, I figured it might as well come home and be used here. So I got to view the lake and watch the boats going up and down, got to see the herons, and scored a huge amount of food. We left later than we planned so we stopped at one of our favorite bbq joints and picked up some really good food for dinner.
Sunday: We started the morning watching our church sermon which was streamed via Facebook. Then we went about the day doing some odds and ends until early evening. Our Sunday School class decided to try to have a group visit using Webex. It was not totally successful, but was a way to be in touch even though we could not see several of the participating members. At least we could hear them. I think we are a bunch of technidiots!
Monday: I suppose the most joyful thing I did was a huge catch up on laundry, plus I got the remaining winter clothes changed over. There are no more cold weather duds lingering in my closet or drawers and for that I am very glad. TheHub is almost through with his seasonal wardrobe changes too. I still have not swapped my comforter and shams for their summer counterparts and will probably wait until mid April, just in case we have one more cold snap.
Tuesday: Well wouldn't you know it. The day after I finished swapping out my clothes, the temps dropped. Fortunately for me the only place I ever really have to go is to Mom's so sweat pants, tee shirts and a jacket will suffice for as many days as necessary. I guess that is what I get for being ahead of the game!
Honestly the day was a little lackluster for the most part until the evening. Son2 set up a game night via the Zoom app so we could see and hear each other and used JackTV.com to play the actual games.
Son2, DIL2, Son3, DIL3, and I played a couple of games while talking among ourselves. It was a fun way to feel a little less isolated, but my sons are super competitive. I have no idea who they get it from! Son1 and DIL1 were also invited to join in, but the time difference did not work for them. It is just as well since he is as competitive as the other 2 and it would have become an evening straight out of Hunger Games where only one could survive.
Son2 may had sent up a cheesy selfie in a victory pose with the title 3X CHAMP underneath it. Yeah, he has s big target on his back!
On a different note, I am looking for book recommendations, along with any good Netflix or Amazon Prime movie or series. I am a threat to take my tablet wherever in the house I am working and mostly listen to a show or series just glancing at it occasionally. I need something good to binge since I seem to have time right now. (I can even hear/see shows from my closet so there is no excuse for me not cleaning it)
If you listened to the podcast S-Town, I would highly recommend Tiger King (Netflix). It was a train wreck I could not quit listening to/watching. There is nothing wonderful about the people in it, or the subject matter, or even the quality of the production yet I was hooked and binged over 2 days. I will just use a few words and let your imaginations run wild: peroxide, tattoos, piercings, amputees, missing teeth, big cats, and a freak on a leash. If that doesn't cause a reaction of some sort or another, then you just can be neither enticed nor repulsed (or possibly both)
Another interesting series is Undone (Amazon Prime). It looks like it was filmed digitally then had an animation filter applied to it. The story is a little far fetched but was still fun to watch. I am not sure if it will be on another season or if it is a one and done thing. If so it ended a little differently than I thought it would, but I have seen enough things in my life to know sometimes things just end.
*Zoom is a wonderful way to have multi people in on the same chat. I can see it being a sanity saver during the coming weeks. It is free and really can connect a group with minimal effort!
This begins another week of being at home and my biggest single joy is technology that makes this isolation so much more bearable. I cannot imagine how hard it would be if we were not able to connect face to face with our friends and family members even though some of the the distances are vast. Since we are looking down the pipe at another month (at least) of this, I imagine we are all going to become more and more dependent on it.
Wednesday: I woke at the crack of dawn so I could get a shower, put on decent clothes and a dab of makeup. I wanted to be at the grocery store the minute it opened, and even by getting there just 5 minutes after 7, the lot was full!?! Walking through the store I noticed they were out of many different things, (no toilet paper, paper towels or napkins) and according to an employee they had no idea when they would get any more in. The produce aisles had about 1/2 the usual amount with some items being completely sold out, and the meat counter was virtually wiped out. I did manage to find one beautiful porterhouse steak and we always share one anyway so it was our dinner.
The sky was blue, it was warm and the dogwoods and azaleas were in full bloom. The temps were warm enough that I could wash the screened porch to get rid of most of the pollen opening the potential for eating outside during the week. (OK it was really just depollenization, round one, but at least the floor is no longer yellow, and we can sit out there in the evening.)
Thursday: I had a surprise Zoom* video call with the participants of Independence Place. What incredible joy to see their faces and hear their voices. They loved getting to "see and visit" with each other. I plan to join some future calls if I am invited.
Friday: I really and truly have no clue what happened when or where on Friday. I know I had some fun FaceTime visits with Pip, but other than that I really don't remember what I did. I just know other than going to Mom's I was here__at home__doing nothing special.
Saturday: We headed to the lake to show the house. While there, we loaded up a huge amount of food to bring home. I had non idea I had taken so many things there and since they serve no purpose if we are not spending time there, I figured it might as well come home and be used here. So I got to view the lake and watch the boats going up and down, got to see the herons, and scored a huge amount of food. We left later than we planned so we stopped at one of our favorite bbq joints and picked up some really good food for dinner.
Sunday: We started the morning watching our church sermon which was streamed via Facebook. Then we went about the day doing some odds and ends until early evening. Our Sunday School class decided to try to have a group visit using Webex. It was not totally successful, but was a way to be in touch even though we could not see several of the participating members. At least we could hear them. I think we are a bunch of technidiots!
Monday: I suppose the most joyful thing I did was a huge catch up on laundry, plus I got the remaining winter clothes changed over. There are no more cold weather duds lingering in my closet or drawers and for that I am very glad. TheHub is almost through with his seasonal wardrobe changes too. I still have not swapped my comforter and shams for their summer counterparts and will probably wait until mid April, just in case we have one more cold snap.
Tuesday: Well wouldn't you know it. The day after I finished swapping out my clothes, the temps dropped. Fortunately for me the only place I ever really have to go is to Mom's so sweat pants, tee shirts and a jacket will suffice for as many days as necessary. I guess that is what I get for being ahead of the game!
Honestly the day was a little lackluster for the most part until the evening. Son2 set up a game night via the Zoom app so we could see and hear each other and used JackTV.com to play the actual games.
Son2, DIL2, Son3, DIL3, and I played a couple of games while talking among ourselves. It was a fun way to feel a little less isolated, but my sons are super competitive. I have no idea who they get it from! Son1 and DIL1 were also invited to join in, but the time difference did not work for them. It is just as well since he is as competitive as the other 2 and it would have become an evening straight out of Hunger Games where only one could survive.
Son2 may had sent up a cheesy selfie in a victory pose with the title 3X CHAMP underneath it. Yeah, he has s big target on his back!
On a different note, I am looking for book recommendations, along with any good Netflix or Amazon Prime movie or series. I am a threat to take my tablet wherever in the house I am working and mostly listen to a show or series just glancing at it occasionally. I need something good to binge since I seem to have time right now. (I can even hear/see shows from my closet so there is no excuse for me not cleaning it)
If you listened to the podcast S-Town, I would highly recommend Tiger King (Netflix). It was a train wreck I could not quit listening to/watching. There is nothing wonderful about the people in it, or the subject matter, or even the quality of the production yet I was hooked and binged over 2 days. I will just use a few words and let your imaginations run wild: peroxide, tattoos, piercings, amputees, missing teeth, big cats, and a freak on a leash. If that doesn't cause a reaction of some sort or another, then you just can be neither enticed nor repulsed (or possibly both)
Another interesting series is Undone (Amazon Prime). It looks like it was filmed digitally then had an animation filter applied to it. The story is a little far fetched but was still fun to watch. I am not sure if it will be on another season or if it is a one and done thing. If so it ended a little differently than I thought it would, but I have seen enough things in my life to know sometimes things just end.
*Zoom is a wonderful way to have multi people in on the same chat. I can see it being a sanity saver during the coming weeks. It is free and really can connect a group with minimal effort!
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