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[Margo]

It's only 8C here so no sitting out to read! It is a beautiful sunny day though. Perfect walking weather!

[Janice, Moderator]

I should shovel the snow off my deck. One of my FB quilting groups suggested hanging a quilt on deck railings to add some decorativeness to the community.

[Kristie, Moderator]

Oh, it's a beautiful day out here. :) It's supposed to get up to 80℉ (about 27℃). I am going to take the dogs for a walk soon, then I definitely hope to spend some time outdoors reading today.

Of course, my husband started working from home this week and he took over the deck today. I try not to read in the same room he's working in because he's so loud when he makes calls! Oh well, it might be worth it for the fresh air. lol

[Renee]

Sarah I have a friend who is in an assisted living facility. She told me a story that broke my heart.

One of the other residents was admitted for rehab after a fall. The women's 67 wedding anniversary was yesterday. To protect the residents no visitors are allowed. The only thing she and he husband could do was press their hands to the window glass.

I understand the no visitors but it still makes me sad


Sarah wrote: "My parents are an hour and a halfs drive from me. I'm concerned for my mum. Even if we were closer to lovedd ones and something happened and they ended up in hospital, we wouldn't be allowed to see..."

[Saar The Book owl]

Margo wrote: "Saar The Book owl wrote: "It's just something stupid or silly, but for me, I'm just sad about what happened. My pony is stabled 5 minutes from my home and I've been there for 15 years. Now, with co..."

Thanks, Margo. They are still going on about it in their group chat, with underlying comments, but I ignore it. I'm 37, all of them are younger than me, between 25 and 30. The owner is 34. I just act like the bigger person and ignore it, but still it hurts. Now I know when I can see my horse next week, so I'm relieved about it.

[Saar The Book owl]

Peggy wrote: "Also, in our garden there are birds building a nest, and a lot of bees hovering around the insect hotel. Makes me happy!"

Yes, and little baby bumblebees! I've found my chicken's first egg yesterday! The other one layed her egg a month ago, but then got very sick and then the other layed now. Small Spring things making gardeners happy ;)

[Dominique]

Jannene wrote: "Dominique wrote: "Jannene wrote: "Michigan has 119 cases and our first death now. I’m home working but took today and tomorrow off."

Yesterday we were at 94 and one death. My boss is not telling u..."
By next week, I might just decide to bring work home.

[Travis]

So I'll go a couple days get caught up then try to disconnect for a couple few days. Today was a I don't care about covid updates day. My usual radio station does hourly covid updates which is so stressful. Naturally I went to one of my safer stations. Turn it on to hear. Yup a covid update followed by several commercials on it. I understand the need to report on things but I can't have it thrown in my face every 5 minutes it's just too much. People need a break from the media coverage that's just as important as the updates

[Travis]

On a different note we were trimming cows hooves today and a horny cow mounted me.

It happens. Lol

[Jannene]

LMAO!! OMG!!

[Janice, Moderator]

Now that's a visual that will be hard to shake. Out! Damned spot!

[Sandra, Moderator]

LOL!

[Shirley]

Peggy wrote: "Hi all,

We set up a thread specifically for corona, so that people can also avoid news on this topic if they prefer to do so but still chat about other things here.
https://www.goodreads.com/topi..."That's a fantastic idea Janice. Thanks!

[Janice, Moderator]

Shirley wrote: "That's a fantastic idea Janice. Thanks! ..."

The accolades for that go to the other moderators. I was fast asleep when the thread was set up.

[Sarah]

Travis wrote: "On a different note we were trimming cows hooves today and a horny cow mounted me.

It happens. Lol"

This cheered me up. Thank you Travis!

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It is such a beautiful day in Berkshire so to help break up the day, I have been spending a bit of time in the garden tidying up my pots in anticipation for spring.

[Lilisa]

Sarah wrote: "Travis wrote: "On a different note we were trimming cows hooves today and a horny cow mounted me.

It happens. Lol"

This cheered me up. Thank you Travis!"

Too funny!

[Kristie, Moderator]

lol, Travis!

[Annerlee]

Saar The Book owl wrote: "Now I know when I can see my horse next week, so I'm relieved about it...."

That's really good news. I'm happy for you Saar : )
Go and enjoy seeing your horse and try to ignore those pesky humans...

[Annerlee]

Well, Today was my second day working from home. I just told my colleague where I lived and he brought the stuff over in his van. He's sworn to secrecy. Simple really.

So, I've been on my own all day (apart from the odd email) so I took a break and made a huge pot of lentil and veggie soup. Am now leaving it so the flavours can mingle. It smells delicious and should feed me for about a week... lol

I'm about to feed the birds on my windowsill. I love watching them. I sometimes get a huge hooded crow visiting. He eats his fill of the small pieces and pushes the large ones aside.. then he fills his bill with the big bits and flies off home with them. So clever. Makes me smile.

[Peggy]

I would love some of your soup Annerlee!

[Sandra, Moderator]

Someone in another group shared this and it brightened my day.

"While the annual Chino Valley Unified School District (CVUSD) Choral Festival—originally scheduled for Wednesday, March 18—has been cancelled, our Chino Hills HS Chamber Singers demonstrated resilience by recording their individual a cappella portion of Over the Rainbow in their separate homes, and through technology were able to appear together as a family again."


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3_cr...

[Janice, Moderator]

That actually made me cry. LOL! I love a cappella at the best of times and that these students are performing from their individual homes is heartbreaking, yet hopeful at the same time. Perfect song! This just gave me a much needed lift. Thanks so much for sharing it.

[Sandra, Moderator]

Janice wrote: "That actually made me cry. LOL! I love a cappella at the best of times and that these students are performing from their individual homes is heartbreaking, yet hopeful at the same time. Perfect son..."

You are welcome, Janice. After so many months of practice and so much effort they could be depressed and mad at the world, but they are doing this amazing job and sharing it with the world.

[Sandra, Moderator]

Not sure where to post this, but there it goes:

Here’s The Entire List of Education Companies Offering Free Subscriptions Due to School Closings

https://kidsactivitiesblog.com/135609...

[Kristie, Moderator]

I think it’s great that they have that online, Sandra. I think it’s even better than just having a concert night. They get to watch it themselves and it will be out there for them to look back on later. Very creative and positive way for them to handle a disappointing moment.

[Sandra, Moderator]

@Kristie, it's true. I shared everywhere because I think they deserve the likes and shares. :)

[Travis]

Well tough day here. For a brief time my wife had a slight fever. 99. She's fine. But she works at a hospital. We decided. Her parents are retired and just sit at their house all the time anyway. They have isolated themselves their whole life anyway so we're sending the kids there to live indefinitely. It's about 2 hours away. It's the right decision. The smart decision. But it sure sucks. Adulting is hard some days.

Just too easy to carry something home from the hospital. Just not worth the risk

[Sandra, Moderator]

It is the right decision, Travis. It is great that you have that option.

[Travis]

You're right Sandra. We are very fortunate. It's just bitter sweet I guess

[Kristie, Moderator]

That's such a difficult decision, Travis. I'm sorry you had to make it, but at least you know they'll be well cared for and safer. My daughter is in a similar situation and our grandson may be coming to stay with us for a while.

[Cherie]

Oh, that made me cry too, Janice. Thank you so much for sharing the link Sandra. Kids are so talented and their technology skills are amazing. It was wonderful to see their faces and see them sing together, each from their own home. Who knew??

[Janice, Moderator]

That is a difficult decision, Travis. My heart goes out to families faced with decisions like that.

[Travis]

Hopefully a difficult decision now avoids a horrible decision in the future I hope.

[Grainne]

So sweet @Sandra. Thank you for sharing! It’s a wonderful song choice and they sound great :) There hard work paid off in their performance.

[Grainne]

@Annerlee that sounds delicious. I love the smell of home-cooking and so too, when the food is ready when you get back from work on busy day.

I am going to make some lentil stew too. That’s a co-incidence! I am also going to make a chicken curry.

[Jayme, Moderator]

@ Sandra - that was beautiful. A little teary eyed here.

[Jayme, Moderator]

We had tickets for The American Shakespeare Center that we ended up donating instead of opting for the refund because they had to close the theater. Apparently a lot of other people did the same thing - insert hand clapping - anyway they will be presenting a free live stream performance of "Midsummer 90" this Sunday March 22nd at 1:45pm EST on their Facebook page as a thank you. Just a little FYI in case you are feeling stir crazy.

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Oh Travis, what a world of extremes. I was pissing myself about the cow, and now I am so in awe of you and your wife for making such a difficult call. Lots of hugs to you guys.

[Lilisa]

Sandra wrote: "Not sure where to post this, but there it goes:

Here’s The Entire List of Education Companies Offering Free Subscriptions Due to School Closings

https://kidsactivitiesblog.com/135609......"

Really cool - shared with folks too! Thx.

[Lilisa]

Tough call Travis - be one I would make too - hang in there. Grainne - I’m getting hungry - maybe chicken curry will be on my menu for tomorrow!

[Jannene]

Travis, does she still have a fever? Is she okay?

[Travis]

My wife's fever is gone. Probably just from the stress and everything. They're telling the hospital to make a plan by Wednesday of how they will handle 4 times the capacity and it will be all hands on deck. They aren't necessarily expecting our area to be hit that hard but New York City is gonna be hit so hard they're gonna have to start shipping patients up north. I mean NYC already accounts for 1/3 of US patients. And my wife has been climbing the ladder at work and is pretty high up now where she is involved in figuring these things out. Just a lot of stress. All's well though for now. Everyone is healthy she has no fever . The kids have moved to a safe location and I guess we're ready for war so to speak

Anyone's guess what happens now. Do the best you can with what you have it's all we can do

[Jenn]

Wow Travis, I’ve always been impressed with your attitude, but this definitely speaks to strength of character for me. What incredibly hard decisions to have to make 😞

On the home front, both Sean and myself have been sent home 🤦‍♀️ He has had a cold for ages (not the plague, just a cold), so his work sent him home. Then my work found out and sent me home to join him. On the upside, I can work from home so at least I still get paid. On the down side I’m stuck at home with “him” who is already going loopy and climbing the walls . . . only 13 more days before I can maybe go back to work . . . And, if I kill him, I’ve got two weeks to make it look like an accident 😉

[Janice, Moderator]

Sorry to put on the moderator's hat... Could we keep the Corona virus talk to the Corona Virus Thread please. We set up a separate thread so that we could keep this thread on everyday topics.

[Lilisa]

Jenn wrote: "Wow Travis, I’ve always been impressed with your attitude, but this definitely speaks to strength of character for me. What incredibly hard decisions to have to make 😞

On the home front, both Sean..."

Sorry to hear Jenn but glad it’s just a cold. The last part of your post made me 😂 Hang in there!

[Margo]

Sandra wrote: "Someone in another group shared this and it brightened my day.

"While the annual Chino Valley Unified School District (CVUSD) Choral Festival—originally scheduled for Wednesday, March 18—has been ..."

Thanks Sandra, I really enjoyed that 😊

[Margo]

Travis wrote: "Well tough day here. For a brief time my wife had a slight fever. 99. She's fine. But she works at a hospital. We decided. Her parents are retired and just sit at their house all the time anyway. T..."

Travis, that must have been a tough decision. You sure did "adult" to day, well done.

[Kristie, Moderator]

Janice wrote: "Sorry to put on the moderator's hat... Could we keep the Corona virus talk to the Corona Virus Thread please. We set up a separate thread so that we could keep this thread on everyday topics."

Good call, Janice. I'm sure some people need a break from the Corona discussion.

I have a few things to put out there...

I have had plenty of time lately, but I'm not getting hardly any reading done. I wonder if this is some kind of a slump? I enjoy what I'm reading, but just don't seem to be picking it up. Anyone else get into this situation?

I recently learned how to crochet. I made a baby blanket forever ago, but I forgot how I did it, so a friend of mine showed me what to do. I am making a scarf for my daughter's dog. I know it sounds weird, but he loves to wear clothes. I've never known a dog who loved clothes before. Since my daughter likes to take him hiking in most weather, I thought it might be cute. Plus, it's a small enough project for me. I'll try to remember to post a pic in the what have you made thread if when I eventually finish it.

Anyone else watch American football. I am a Patriots fan. I know that's practically a dirty word. lol We found out on St. Patrick's Day that Tom Brady is leaving the team. He is apparently going to Tampa Bay. I'm really curious who the team is going to get to fill that position. It's going to be a strange year.

Also... the toppler thread is posted! Take a peek and see if you can find something to read with us in 2 weeks!

[Sandra, Moderator]

Kristie wrote: "Janice wrote: "I am making a scarf for my daughter's dog. I know it sounds weird, but he loves to wear clothes."

This is SO cute!