Good morning and a blessed Easter to you! I imagine we will all have time for the Sunday Stealing questions at some point today since Easter is not what it usually is this year. It's not what it usually is, but it still is. As I shared a couple of days ago...
Bev has found us some more questions about the pandemic we are experiencing. It will be interesting to learn more about how we all are handling things.
COVID 19 Questions from SwapBot
1 – What is something you are doing due to the pandemic that you normally don’t do? After the pandemic will you continue to so this? I think what we are doing a lot more of is cooking and eating at home. We did a lot of eating out or getting take-out before all of this. I doubt we will stay at this level of cooking at home when we are allowed out again, but we will probably do more of it than we had been.
2 - What made you happy, sad, or frustrated today? List, all big and/or small, as there may be some of one or all of these feelings! I really can't put my finger on anything that caused it, but I was in a funk most of yesterday. I finally took the dog out for a walk in the evening and the fresh air seemed to make me feel better. I suppose it's just the idea of not being able to go anywhere, not seeing anyone, and my poor hubby being here. all. the. time. It just got to me.
3- What is one of the first things you will do when the pandemic is over? You all know I'm a thrift store junkie and everyone has been cleaning out their homes during this little adventure of ours, so I'm going to the thrift stores. There's going to be a lot of good stuff!
4 – Are you an essential employee or do you know someone who is? Is this affecting you in some way? Well, I would have been an essential employee had I not quit my job at the nursing home the day the stay-at-home order went into effect. I do know lots of people who are essential workers, but none in my immediate family. No, it isn't really affecting me, but I am really thankful for those who continue to work.
5 – What are you doing to destress during this stressful time? Since Tim finished the bathroom, the new shower is doing a great job of that. It has this amazing shower head and three extra jets on the wall. I could stand under it all day.
6 – Have you tried any new recipes during this time? Please share your recipe if you want to. It's not really a recipe, but I'm going to try doing a leg of lamb in the crock pot today. I read that the meat has a milder flavor and is much more tender if slow cooked.
7 – Have you always lived where you do now? If not, how did you wind up in the place you currently live? I haven't always lived here, but we've been here for 26 years and we're next to my mom who still lives in my adopted dad's childhood home. Tim and I moved around a bit when we were first married and Mom and Dad moved a lot before we landed here, but I have been here more than anywhere else in my life.
8- Where is the last place you visited on-line? Facebook
9- What is the nicest thing anyone has ever said to you? That I am a good/kind person.
10 – Tell me about the last photo on your camera (phone or real camera or both!) It's a different photo from the one above of the new bathroom.
Hoping you all have a happy, healthy and blessed Easter!
The new shower sounds wonderful!
ReplyDeleteWishing you a very Happy Resurrection Day, my friend...and I am afraid I can really relate to #2...I am afraid my poor attitude is really showing...and for that, I do apologize. I would never knowingly step on anyone's toes (so to speak), but this shutdown, has really affected me in a way I can not explain. No, I am not ok, period.
ReplyDeleteFrom what I can see, indeed, you are very kind person, Stacy.
Aw...thank you. I'm afraid we'll all be feeling it more often if this keeps going much longer.
DeleteBeing stuck at home doesn't help people's mood does it? Like I said - the introvert can help me cope with that - losing myself in my own imagination (which is a weird place sometimes).
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If I weren't mostly an introvert I'd be losing my mind at this point.
DeleteThat is a GORGEOUS shower--I want one!! Have a great Easter :)
ReplyDeleteThank you and the same to you!
DeleteOooh! I hadn't thought about the thrift store angle, but you're right! Maybe I'll find a new summer top or two. Good thinking, and HAPPY EASTER!
ReplyDeleteI actually hadn't thought of it till I read it on a thrifting group on FB. lol
DeleteYour little granddaughter is so beautiful. Oh, to be that joy-full again! Your shower sounds like something out of a fancy spa. :) Happy Easter!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Myra! The same to you and Tom!
DeleteI had to laugh at your #1...I cook every day and we have ordered out a couple of times now, which we never do. It is rare that we go out to eat.
ReplyDeleteMy DIL doesn't like pork or lamb, so roast ham or lamb is out for Easter, darn it. I love cooking lamb for Easter (even at the current prices). I am hoping to make cheese fondue, which she loves, but so far we have not been able to buy a block of Swiss cheese. We may have to have mac 'n' cheese!
This is the first time I've ever cooked lamb. It turned out very good in the crock pot.
DeleteHave him home ALL THE TIME is incredibly frustrating, isn't it? And he wants to help . . . and then takes over. Arghh. I've gotten so I just let him and go do something else.
ReplyDeleteMine always wants to be together. When I do go do something else he's always bugging me with "What are you doing?, What are you reading?", etc.
DeleteOh.My.Goodness! Your Granddaughter is precious! How cute is that picture! I love the shower pictures too! Very pretty!
ReplyDeleteIf my husband was home all of this time, I would not be so happy. I feel like I can't do anything I want or need to do when he is here. Loved your answers! Have a Blessed Easter!
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Thank you and yes, that's exactly it! I love my hubby, but I feel like I can't get any space or time for myself right now and I need that. It's hard to get Bible study time or time to read unless he is sleeping or engrossed in a movie.
DeleteYour granddaughter is absolutely precious! Be still, my heart! I didn't realize you had quit your job. I knew you had gone to part-time, but then I was offline for a couple weeks. You must have left completely during that time.
ReplyDeleteBlessings to you,
Patti
She doesn't smile like that for anyone but her mama. The rest of us try and she will smile, but not like that. :) With all the financial things going on at work, there were some changes coming and it wasn't looking good. I was pretty sure I'd end up having to work directly under my boss again (and I've heard that's exactly how things played out). Plus, the whole virus thing was stressing everyone. It was a miserable place to work. Tim told me to quit. He said it wasn't worth it for a part-time job...plus he didn't really want me on the front lines of the virus (which would also have happened since the home has confirmed cases).
DeleteThe new bathroom, and especially that amazing shower, looks great! Easter blessings to you and yours!
ReplyDeleteThanks Terri! The same to you.
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