Daily Ooo's: April 25-26: Weekend Edition

[faerywings]

:wave:

Hi, I am back and better today. I am sorry that I didn't make it back for personals but it was better for all of you in the long run. For real!

I kept myself busy and away from the news as much as possible. I made the dogs their cookies which always is time-consuming. Caitlyn and I googled Disney-Themed drinks and out of a list of 30, we didn't have one where we had all of the ingredients. But wow, there were some pretty awesome looking drinks! We decided to make chocolate martinis to go with our Mickey Mouse waffles and chocolate "mouse" for dessert. As a garnish, we melted white chocolate chips and molded them in the shape of ears. We watched Finding Nemo- one we haven't seen in a long time. That was fun. Tonight we need to pick next week's theme.

Cait is driving me to the food pantry this morning- I double checked yesterday and they are back open. That is great news.
Other than that, it is a cold and dreary day again. I keep looking at my avatar photo and I am wishing I was back down the shore.
Maybe someday????

Wishing everyone a happy (healthy!) weekend!

 

[faerywings]

Nancy- I hear ya, If it weren't so damn serious, it might be amusing. I saw all of your pages! I love seeing your DS and GF and kids. I cannot imagine how happy you must be to scrap and how "odd" it felt to see non-Devils pages too ound:
Hope you enjoyed your pizza night!

Kay- sending you love for your anniversary.

Trudy- I missed the news yesterday about the painting, I will have to go back, but I am guessing it was good news?
I love grilled cheese for dinner too.
What a fun game that must have been with Mason! How smart of you to get that for each of you.
There were 30 reported cases of people calling Poison Control over Lysol in NYC and over 100 in Maryland.
That is terrible to hear about domestic violence being the trigger for the shooting.

Kay- that is great news about the senior hour being well-run. I am not sure if it is my town having only 1 store, but I have heard that it is a madhouse during the senior times. My dad went to the store by him and had a similar time,-- he was saying how one person kept coming up behind him and then bumped him on purpose.
But I loooove hearing stories about kindness and compassion!!!

Felis- Oh my goodness!!! Your aunt! I feel like we are entering the Dark Ages again. I have seen FB already that there are people saying that the virus is a way for 1. George Soros and/or 2. Bill Gates to microchip people when there is a vaccine.
Sadly, he was 100% serious, no matter what he said yesterday and there are way too many people who will listen to him and think that injecting bleach is a possible cure.
I was reading an article on Vox today about how quarantine is affecting the behavior of dogs and cats. My dogs are no weirder than they usually are, are yours?

Jean- Oh no/oh yay! I am not sure how to react to your news about the class. I know that you were so excited when you got in.
I am glad that you are able to do it virtually but I bet it won't be the same as interacting with the other people there. ha!!! "That thing in the WH" That made me snort!!!!
Yeah, we had a really fun night and I am in a much better state of mind than I was yesterday.

Sending big hugs to everyone!!!

 

[BrightEyes]

Morning, gals. Got a cup of coffee and a banana - will have a waffle with blueberries and syrup for breakfast is a bit. Yes, it is so nice to have fresh fruit and veggies again. Yes, Jean... I bought enough food, etc to last for about 3 weeks. Think that the less times I have to go out the better since I am in the high risk group. When I could go to the commissary, I always bought for about a month's worth.

Oh, man... the allergies are kicking up... cottonwood was double the high count yesterday... and the wind was blowing the white stuff everywhere. Had to take my allergy meds as soon as I got up this morning. Finally got the nose to stop running and eye itching to calm down. Well - talk about the weather being crazy... had snow earlier this week and now it is suppose to go into the 80's and 90's by mid-week!!!

Chris, I also limit how much news I watch... it can drive you bonkers if you watch much of it. I try to catch just the local up-dates and weather [maybe 20-30 minutes a day] if that as I can't change or affect what is going on. It is better for my peace of mind. All we can do is try to limit our time 'out there' and find things to do while sheltering in place. So glad you have DH and the kids with you. Love the idea of a theme night each week. You are all so inventive... sounds like those are great memories you will have of this time.

Jean, sorry the class you were signed up for cancelled - but great that the other one will be held on-line. DH and I used to watch a lot of Discovery, Nat Geo, and Nature channels. Sounds like you have found so neat shows to watch.

Trudy, glad you have some face time with the kids... and are busy with your painting, too. So happy that you finally hear from the man who commissioned that painting.

Nancy... great that you are getting some scrapping done. I am easing back into doing some CT work and it really feels good. Hope to be back up to 'normal' in May.

Gratitude today:
Had a great shopping trip
The family is going to do a video chat each week
The curve seems to be flattening here

 

[taxed4ever]

Morning ladies, it is a rainy day here :rain: so I suppose we will be doing a few indoor things this weekend and not outside pulling weeds :mmph: Oh well the rain is much needed and won't last forever (I hope). DH has agreed with me on re-doing the kitchen cabinets and painting them white. So we could possibly be going to the hardware store to get the primer, paint and sand paper that we will need to get started with this big project. It will be the perfect time to do it. No one will be visiting, no hurry to get it done and lots of time to work on it! I am excited to get it started!! Other than that not much happening around here this weekend. Saw a little clip on the news last night about a local company that is booming with business during all of this chaos. Cobble Hill Puzzle company are having a hard time keeping up with the demand for their puzzles. They make awesome high quality puzzles if any of you are interested, they ship to the U.S.A. too. https://www.cobblehillpuzzles.com/.

Chris - Yes I heard back from the guy who wants my painting, but that was some time ago. Felis had asked about it, I suppose she missed the post where I told about it. I am not going to get too excited about him contacting me when this is all over. Poor guy might be broke by then. :noidea: Glad that you are in a better frame of mind today. We all just shook our heads about what your MORON of president has coming out of his mouth these days. Please stay away from the news, things are stressful enough without having the news on these days! So fun to have your Disney date with the family! Sounds like a great day/evening! Oh I haven't seen finding Nemo in ages!! I had to watch it over and over again when Isaac was little, it was his most fav movie! LOL. Hope your trip to the FP is a successful one, glad to hear that they are open once again!

Felis - OMG I had to laugh about your Auntie's conspiracy theory ound: wonder what other ones are out there? I will keep my fingers crossed that you will find a job to your liking! Not sure why you would like to live in the times of Jane Austen?? It was pretty tough to be a woman back then and most were just baby making machines LOL. Yes I feel so badly for those people stuck in abusive homes, no where for them to go except to live on the streets. It is sad and heart breaking!

Jean - It sounds like you have been seeing some great documentaries!! I am trying to watch a few more these days also. Disney+ has some good ones! Nice to be educated by a film instead of just watching all the other stuff on TV. How fun to have the class to look forward to! I hope you enjoy it immensely! As for painting, well my only motivation these days was getting some new paints delivered in the mail. Then my neighbour brought over a plaque that she found on her brother's property and wondered if I might like it to paint something on. So I took it and decided to paint something on it for her. We took it over the other day and left it on her doorstep. She was thrilled and so were the kids. Here is a photo of what I painted.

Kay - Glad that you had a good shopping experience, nice that there are still some nice people out there! Yikes your temps are crazy!! Winter/Summer which will it be today LOL. So nice for you to have the fresh fruit again! The video chats will be so nice for you!! Enjoy!

Ok off to make the bed and get something to eat for DH and myself. I hope you all have a fabulous day! Stay Safe!! :wave:

 

[nancyr]

good afternoon - had a busy morning. First we walked Luther and it was so warm but still too many clouds and rain is coming for Sunday and Monday but I will enjoy today. Then I had a class with Anna Aspnes. They are these 5 dollar 1 hour chats where she will give suggestions on a page you send her. She donates the money to a feed the hungry charity. So I learn a lot and I feel like I am helping people and the best chatting with other adults. Then ate lunch and now here. Felt so good to get some scrapping done. I watched an old western yesterday with Tryrone Powers. Growing up I thought he was so handsome. Yesterday was nice as my oldest son called and we had a nice long chat. He is having fun with trying all sorts of new recipes. He made chocolate granola bars. He is also doing lots of yard work and walks so he says he is finally catching up on sleep but the dogs are losing sleep with them both being home. Pretty funny. He thinks he had the virus back in January as he had this bad cough, fever and always tired. He is pretty sure that he got it from working on the Livery cars that are used in NYC to take people to and from airports and hotels etc. It would be so nice if he could get tested to see if he did have it. And as Chris reported there was a huge uptick in poison reported calls. I don't understand how people who their whole lives have been taught that disinfectants kill and they need to be kept away from children, pets and adults can now think that it would be ok to drink or injest. OH well enough soap box.

Chris glad you are better today. ABC is replaying the Disney songs show on Sunday night it will fit perfectly with your Disney theme weekend. Have fun tonight with Disney!

Kay glad your shopping went so well. Enjoy the fruits and veggies. How nice for the visit by DD. I see that you are going to be warm. Enjoy!

Trudy how fun to play the game over FaceTime. Awesome that the youngest is starting to talk just like older brother. Sorry about the rain! Enjoy the indoor time. Love the plaque that raccoon is so cute!

Felis you don't have to feel bad about saying our President is not behaving well because he is not! I am sorry about your aunt and her worries. This time is hard on everyone.

Jean so glad that you will be able to have access online to the class. But so sorry that you are missing the rest when it took you so long to get into the program.

Grateful for this one day of sun!
Grateful to be back scrapping!

 

[scrap-genie]

It's supposed to rain later, but started sunny which I enjoy. I've done some laundry and some minor house and yard stuff. Going out the side door I got a sweet surprise. We have a little strip of vegetation between the house and driveway that won't grow what we want, so is more weeds than grass but this year, both sides of the door there are a number of violets that are now in bloom. We have lots of them in the grass front and back, but this is a first along the house. Anything on the plus side is welcome.

Chris, so relieved that you feel better and enjoyed the Disney night (and didn't mind my comments!) Thanks for remembering my excitement in getting into the class. It will still be valuable and they'll try to give us social context too, but it just isn't the same. I really won't miss the dorm beds but would love to have the summer week in A/C (and the cafeteria's ice cream bar.) If the kids have any tips on virtual classes, pass them along. And the temps are pleasant enough these days so hopefully you'll be getting outside soon. (yeah, I know we had snow a few days ago, so who can say.) And it is unbelievable - to me - the crazy things people will think.

Kay, wish your house could filter out the pollen since you have to stay home anyway. That breakfast sounds wonderful, both parts. All the fresh fruits make such a nice difference. The family video chat is a wonderful idea. And having such attentive family nearby and getting distance visits is good too. And nice you can provide spare tables for their inbetween time.

Trudy, the plaque is adorable! For sure your neighbor will enjoy that. The kitchen cabinet project will sure keep the two of you busy, but so nice that it can be done without deadlines or hurry. If the change is as nice as the stairs, I know it'll make you very happy.

For shoulder stretches, Felis shared this video a long time ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6MwJhCA_x4. I use the first one a lot, but ignore the rest anymore.

And what a run of special days we've had! The 22nd (Wed.) was Earth Day, in fact the 50th anniversary one. Thurs. was National Book Day, Friday was Arbor Day (wish I could plant a tree!!) and now I learn that today is National DNA Day. Not sure how to celebrate this one, but you can think about it.

Stay safe and well!

 

[scrap-genie]

Nancy, well today I'm the one cross posting with you. Glad you had a great start to the day. Guess I did too. From what we're learning about early cases of the corona virus, it is entirely possible your DS did have it, but as you say, no way to know without testing. Hope you can still enjoy the coming rainy days.

 

[felis]

Hi dears!
:drama::drama: OMG, OMG, such a lovely day I had!
Today was the second live stream gig of one young musician I follow with huge interest. He has written so lovely love song inspired by Monet, so I just couldn't keep my big mouth shut and text him that actually Money is treat his wife very bad. Monet was my favorite painter, before to learn about his bad behaviour and depraved habits. This singer is the second that I'm seeing to admire Monet this year, first was one of my favorite local actress and she is made video where announces and counts Monet as a genius. Here comes the question did we have to care about the character and the personal life of one artist or only from the quality of his work?! Maybe these so talented kids are right and Monet is real genius. Or maybe my information is just a gossip and actually he is been truly in love. Who can tell with sure! However, it's so amazing to talk with kind and smart person, he (the musician) text me back that he believe in their love story, and I really hope he is right!
Before few days Trudy was wrote me the most sweetest comment how my journaling have improvement, but unfortunately this illusion failed today, checking back my Instagram chat it's full with wrong grammatical and misspelled words, as my phone have option to correct only on my native language. I really have to stop send bad written and almost novel long messages to the people. LOL! I really don't know how you can stand this every day !
Wait, wait this isn't the whole story! I was already so happy and excited after the lifestream, and what to saw: my precious Mr. Kane was post cover song he is made during the isolation. This man always make my day! And I don't know why but have something very tempting to can sneak peek directly at his home.
I wish you can see my smile right now! Such a lovely evening I had! The day also wasn't bad, warm and lazy. With lots of sunbathing and fur kisses!

Ouch! Trudy, can I guess that you aren't familiar with the biography of Miss Jane Austen and Miss Emily Dickinson? Both never get married and no have child, after their true love fails badly! Victorian women was delicate refined flowers, thinking only for the true love and home happiness! What the modern woman have - multiple lovers and wish for money and career! The Victorian lady can faint at even little sign of shock; modern woman have to kick asses till drinks her own tears! Nope I'm not made for this century! But it's not as someone give me choice! LOL!




Now on personals:

Chris, I don't think my pet can see the difference as I'm always working from home. Also our home is separate on apartments, so they aren't around me at the whole time. I'm spend almost the same amount of time with them as before, which is bad. I always told I wish I have more time for them, and now have but don't use it. I'm so happy to find you in better mood! And your Disney night sounds awesome!
Do you know that the singer I mentioned above is living somewhere near to you and often post pictures of beach sunsets, so I can send you his link if you think Cait can like this kind of music?! I mean I often offer music to other people, but know you are stuck to "Rent" and he is too young and modern for us :wink: .

Kay, enjoy the video chats, this is always lots of fun, even not exactly the same as at personal I'm sure you'll love to having the whole family together!

Trudy, I know how much you love to craft together, so these rainy days wouldn't be wasted!
Aww my sister have "Santa's Playtime" from these puzzles and she loves it! I'm not sure from which country she bring it, but the quality of this company is really excellent!
And this raccoon is just ADORABLE!!! :clap2:

Nancy, everyone who suspect he is been infected can call and ask to be tested here. But I'm hearing in US you don't have enough tests, so I'm not sure did your son will be able to get one, but I hope to can! And most important is that he is feeling well now! Also back then has the flu type B who is with similar symptoms, and let's not forget the allergies. Fingers Crossed that he wasn't infected!

Jean, omg yes this video was from the time I was trying to practise yoga! I love this instructor and it's such a shame that I didn't lef stuck to the exercises.
Sorry that your classes wouldn't happens at the way as you expected! Hope this to not demotivate you! Oh, my mom loves violets! You must scrap yours, I'll love to see them! Hope your weather to improve and you'll be able to getting outside and enjoy the flowers and birds!


Gratitude today:
sun is shining
cats are playful
music makes the world magical place

 

[faerywings]

Hello and happy Sunday!!!!
I see that everyone is chatting about shoulder rolls and mine are hurting a bit today. My hands and toes too. Let's do some of those.

Stretch your arms out in front of you and clasp your hands together. Turn your hands "inside out" and gently stretch your fingers. Raise you arms over your head (you can leave your hands inside out or palms together, whichever is comfortable.) lower them back in from of you and then down at your sides. Roll your shoulders up to your ears, back, pinching the shoulders. Then down and relaxed. Wiggle them a bit. And relax again.

How was your Saturday? We had a successful trip to the FP. The woman asked if I had kids and when I said that I had college students, she gave me an extra bag with Frosted Flakes and candy in it. I think I am going to do good for food this week. I have a spot at Walmart on Wednesday and then Shop Rite on Saturday! :whoo:
I made a good dinner last night. General Tso's chicken and fried rice. The fried rice was supposed to be "restaurant-style." It wasn't but it was still pretty good. Cait ate lots of rice and had her fake chicken to go with it.

Other than that, we didn't do too much of anything but we did get to watch the new episode of What We Do... hysterical. It is so freaking funny! This week's theme night is Carnival Theme. We are going to break out the Wii Carnival Game and Cait wants to make funnel cake. What other carnival foods are there? hit me up with ideas and suggestions!

My day today is going to be a full-on focus on the O. I have behind the scenes things I have to do ad UI really need to work on the last 5 (5!!!! :faint2 pages of the album. I did tell my SIL it was going to be late and she understands.
Other than that, I am going to be looking out of my window grumbling at the cold rainy day.

Gratitudes:
-my family in all of its glorious weirdness
-hugs
-dogs
-food!

 

[faerywings]

Kay- My friend picked up strawberries for Caitlyn and baby spinach for me at the supermarket the other day and you would have thought she brought us gold! My body is *craving* good food and exercise and that is highly unusual for me.
We haven't hit real allergy season yet. I hope that yours calms down very quickly. The weather is as crazy as the rest of 2020, isn't it?
That is fab that you and the family will do a video chat. It will be so nice to see everyone's faces.

Trudy- It has been rainy non-stop so I know what you mean about dreary days. I think I am going to paint my island tomorrow. I only have to do three sides of it since I painted the front-facing part grey when I did the DR. Did you make it to the hardware store yesterday? I am so excited for you-- I love having a big project like that!
Those puzzles are very nice. We are back to redoing old ones over again. Good to hear when local businesses are doing well.
We watched Nemo on the "big screen" which was really awesome. Pre-Lyme, Gary bought a projector and screen for the media room. It was so pretty to watch it up there. It made me want to be in the water! I had to watch the Little Mermaid with Cait over and over. I will have those songs in my head forever!
O.M.G!!! That raccoon is freaking adorable!!!! And how sweet of you to give it to her. These little things of kindness make me so happy and what will get us through this time.

Nancy- That was good timing t get Luther out for a walk. When we left fo the FP I had sunglasses on, by the time we got there it was dark, by the time we go home it was raining. That is such a fantastic idea to have a chat with Anna! She has such a kind heart. She really does...
I hope that your DS is able to get antibody tested and that it actually means he has some level of immunity. I read that there is no evidence ATM but maybe someday there will be. How awesome that he is trying new recipes, he will be all set once people are able to have parties and BBQs again. I will look for the Disney show night!

Interrupts myself: Parks and Rec is having a new episode on Thursday (IIRC). Leslie Knope is going to be back, socially distancing with the P&R crew!!

Jean- How pretty the violets must be and a happy surprise! I was really happy that the FP had seed packets for us in the bags!!! (OK-- flowers and seeds make me way too happy at 9 am hahaha!!!) Did you get any pics?
I wish my kids had virtual class tips to share. It is so hard.
That is a nice run of good days. Wonder what special day today is?

Felis- I hate to say it but I think many famous people have more skeletons in their closets than we know or care to admit. Part of it is that they are human, part is that it was not uncommon years ago, part of it is that we are human and tend to hypocrites. Sure, send me the link to the singer. My mother in law lives in the same neighborhood as Kevin Jonas. Cait always says she wants to stalk him. She was a Jonas Brothers fan when she was little.

Better get some breakfast.
xoxo

 

[taxed4ever]

Morning ladies... The sun is trying its hardest to come out this morning. I am up very early, woke up with a horrible headache and should have gotten my mouth guard and tried to go back to sleep, but no the coffee pot was calling me LOL. Perhaps I will need a nap later on in the day? Yesterday the wind blew all day long, really strong gusts and now of course the yards are full of pine cones again :mmph: guess I will be raking and picking up this afternoon. Well as long as it doesn't pour with rain. I worked on a few cards and enjoyed the time spent in my craft room, while DH was trying to get my washing machine level. Somehow it has become off kilter and makes horrible noises when it is in spin mode. This morning we will be bottling a white wine, so the music will be playing and we will be busy. Hope that we can be outside for a bit with no wind, neither one of us can stand being in the wind, guess all those years of being on the windy prairie got to us and it really bothers our nerves! It looks to be nice and calm so far this morning.

Chris - Love that your next theme is Carnival!! Lets see what other foods could you do?? How about Corn Dogs, fried pickles or Beef Nachos?? Sounds like your trip to the FP was a good one! How nice that she hooked you up with extras for the kids! Your chicken and fried rice sounds yummy! We had left over pizza that was frozen from a couple of weeks ago. Not too exciting, but I just did not feel like cooking. Glad you got your spots for grocery shopping! I think they are opening more spots at our stores now too. Thanks for the great stretch this morning I really needed it!! Hope you get your behind the scene things accomplished, there are some things I need to get done too, but it might have to wait a day or two.

Nancy - I wonder if your son will get tested?? I did not think that the virus had made its way to the states in January?? But what do I know, guess it could have been here long before we ever knew about it. It will be interesting to see if there will be an immunity for those that have had it. Glad that you are able to have nice long chats with your son and that he is enjoying making all the new foods! Hope you and Luther are out for a nice long walk in the sunshine today!

Jean - How nice to have the violets are they those little ones? We used to call them Johnny JumpUps because they would pop up in the strangest places! So pretty! Yes I wonder how one would celebrate National DNA day??

Felis - What a lovely day you had!! I of course am familiar with these authors, but really doubt that things were as pleasant as they made it all sound for women, especially if you did not have much in the way of money. So many women would marry for $$ and not for love, guess it is the same these days LOL. Anyway it is nice to imagine living in a romantic period of time. I hope that you have another wonderful day!!

Well it sounds like DH is finally getting up, so I better get another coffee and get going with my day! Have a lovely Sunday everyone! :wave:

 

[nancyr]

good morning - no walk this am as I got up late and it was to rain so my DH took Luther out. Not much going on so I decided to start watching the FX show Mrs. America. It is good to look back but it is so depressing. We are still fighting for equal rights. I still have this discussions with my sons that I am not asking for women to be given preferential treatment just an equal chance. OH well!

Chris yesterday was so nice and today we get this garbage weather. I am so tired of this. Love your Carnival theme. Carnival food is so fun - hot dogs, hamburgers, cotton candy. Cant wait to see what you decide to eat.

Trudy hope your wind stays calm. At least you will be outside exercising as you rake those pine cones. Have fun with the wine.

Jean how cool to have the violets just show up. I feel it is like all the animals that are coming out now that we people are staying in. As scary as it would be I would like to see cougars in my front yard. But I will settle for the foxes or coyotes.

Felis so glad that you had such a perfect day. I love your gratitudes. I totally agree that music is magical.

Grateful for you all

 

[felis]

Good morning, girls!
I have come to the realization that I am a naturally lazy person. Lazy and unmotivated. :nod: And yep this is my own original idea never said before!!! ound:
I spend last two days sunbathing and listening music. Weather is finally good and had so many new released songs, so I couldn't peel off myself from the idea for lazy weekend. I do have To Do List for tomorrow, and I do hope to be enough serious to realize it. But honestly I doubt. Jean was ask me why this year I'm not enjoying to gardening as at the years before, and I considering this carefully, but I can't give any logical reason. It started somewhere around my birthday last autumn, I just suddenly lost enthusiasm to do all of my hobbies. I can't sit and scrap even now when have plenty of free time, and I'm wrote list with lots of ideas I have. I'm collected full shelf of books, but you know that I started to read again just before week, after lots of started and left tries. I have no enthusiasm to take flower photos this year, even they are always been something I adore. I barely took few pics today, after my flowers almost are overblow. And I even missed the hyacinths which are my favorite flowers. So I guess with gardening I'm just walking in the same direction. It's not to don't like these things anymore, just have no motivation to do them. And when try I don't enjoy the process, but feels furstrated and forced. I really don't know why this happens. Before I thought it's because I'm too tired and don't sleep enough. But now I think I'm just a naturally lazy person.
So it was very pleasant, but completely unuseful weekend.


Chris, WOW, how cool is that about Kevin Jonas! My sister was their fan too! I think she still is :roll: . Hooray about the successful trip to the FP. And even double bout your enthusiasm for the seed packets! Was you able to scrap your album pages?

Trudy, you are idealist my dear, but in real terms all marriages are for money. The true loves don't need piece of paper to prove it to the world. Marriage is a contract which gives compensation if/when the things gone bad. Hope you gets a nap and feels better! Also hope to have nice weather for cleaning up the garden!

Nancy, Oh, if you can find and watch Professor Green: Working Class White Men . I'm not sure if and where it's available for US. But this is such a good documentary! And do not be misled by his reputation of rap singer, he is very smart men with beautiful soul. I'm a massive fan of him! To be man, I mean really men in now days it's not a easy thing, at all!!


Gratitudes today:
my O family that keeps my mind challenged and gives me lots of subjects to thinking about
my family which makes possible to follow my caprices

 

[scrap-genie]

Sunday was pretty uneventful, gray, damp, windy. I woke up late and not very inspired but heard a White-throated Sparrow singing as I got ready and that put a smile on my face. I attended a Zoom meeting for the local genealogy group representatives as they were going to discuss ways to involve members. There are some good ideas and it was nice to see and talk with folks I know and some I didn't. We had our Sunday afternoon popcorn and a good dinner, but not much else. Yesterday I did scrap the violets: https://ozone.oscraps.com/gallery/s...imeless-treasures-2c-surprise-violets&cat=all

Felis, I've long known I am basically lazy, so I hope you find that isn't true for you but that you're in a lull. Otherwise it's something you always have to deal with. Your weekend really sounds quite lovely, but wish you enjoyed taking photos still.

Nancy, I like seeing your pages for 2020. Earlier this year looks so strange as they're in the "before times." Hope you getting some better weather for walking Luther and take your bins along.

Trudy, I forgot to mention our current puzzle is Cobble Hill as is the ravens one we did recently. They are very good. Sorry you had a headache, maybe you got a nap? but I doubt it. Hope you get a more restful sleep tonight.

Chris, having those strawberries and spinach deserved the great feelings you had about it. These days the smallest good things take on an unusual importance, I think. Other carnival foods might be popcorn or caramel corn, onion rings and soft pretzels.

Tomorrow our governor is going to talk about gradual reopenings, so we'll see what he says.