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  • goldie0827
    goldie0827 Member Posts: 6,835
    edited April 2020

    NM, Karen...bumped ya's both into the pewl. Glad the water is nice.

  • jazzygirl
    jazzygirl Member Posts: 11,976
    edited April 2020

    Hi ladies- checking in with you on this Sunday morning. I read through everyone's updates and can hear people's concerns, fears, worrries, etc. in all the posts. And I am with you too, some days feel worse than others. Walks help and I get out for them in the evenings to watch the sunsets, moon rises and beautiful blooms. I am going to share some photos from my walk last night I think you will all enjoy. All I can say is that sometimes, nature is the biggest soul soother of all.

    Chi- I certainly can understand your worries with Bob working in a high risk environment. My sister went back on a PRN basis at her old job in January, but by February as this got bigger on the west coast and some things the providers in her old company wanted them to do, she opted out end of Feb. With being responsible for her partner in rehab and two of her partner's elders that need her help, she had to reduce her risk. Hearing you say you may loose Bob before your next anniversary just an incredibly sobering thought, friend. I hope he can find ways to remain safe and help patients and be with you and your family for many years to come, friend.

    NM- you have your challenges where you work too with these morons that won't follow the appropriate protocols. Your environment has many high risk patients, but I do find people still don't get it still from all see. I saw a couple posts on FB by some healthcare colleagues this weekend that suggested they were socializing and not social distancing. Just shaking my head and tell myself of anyone, they should know better. The whole thing is old for everyone, but it's important to follow the rules right now. I hope you and Miss Sadie are enjoying some downtime this weekend. Sounds like you are still getting some winter your way?

    Cam- hope you and the family are doing okay. Joey must be a bit stir crazy, this would be hard for a teenager.

    Lori- I hope you are doing okay out there to the west of me. We have a big spring going on now, so beautiful right now. We had a lot of wind this past week, my guess is you too. Yesterday was beautiful, today should be the same.

    You ask often about my sister and her partner, and wanted to share a nice update this week that has happened with her partner. The facility where my SIL started to reach out to my sister to do Facetime meetings so that my sister and her partner can see one another each day. Really glad they are doing this. I had suggested something like this to her awhile ago with her partners other family members but she would not engage. As always,she has to do things on her own terms.

    Teka- your posts and writing are like poetry, I like that analogy. Hope you and the fam are doing okay in north country. I see pics on the gardening thread that show me signs of spring in your area.

    Janky- glad you are okay and that you and DH are doing okay together. I would expect that though after 45 years though! Glad that dad is doing okay, so many changes for him recently.

    Mistyeyes- sounds like your job is essential and requires an office environment. Can you wear a mask this week?

    Ill- it sounds like you still have better days and then some not so good days. I am praying that there is still a lot of healing going on for you and that things will continue to improve with time.

    MinusTwo- how are things your way?

    Karen- my friends in CO tell me things are starting to peak in CO as they are here. I think both our states are expected to peak with this in the next few weeks. You guys okay?

    Celia C- well I am sure this is not what you were planning for your retirement. Hope you are doing okay and glad you at least don't have to worry about the work thing right now.

    Who am I missing?

    I am moving my morning yoga practice to the patio as of this morning. Waiting for it to warm up just a tad. Mediatation and yoga in the am, walks in the evening are helping this girls angst about this whole situation.

    Stay well friends. Cancer has taught us to do things one day at a time when required. We've got this.....

  • jazzygirl
    jazzygirl Member Posts: 11,976
    edited April 2020

    Have any of you heard this group out of Russia? Leonid and friends? They have managed to duplicate the sound of the group Chicago like no other. Enjoy!

  • minustwo
    minustwo Member Posts: 13,359
    edited April 2020

    Jazzy - thanks for the shout out & the Russian/Chicago clip. Great way to get the day going.

    I'm walking 3-4 miles every morning. Otherwise working in the yard & staying in place. The next sunny day I'll break down & wash windows. I thought this quote was a good graphic description of airborne transmission:

    Linsey Marr, an expert in virus transmission by aerosol at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, told the New York Times that you should think of airborne coronavirus transmission like cigarette smoke. Marr, who was not affiliated with the study, said that the closer and sooner you are exposed to the person who exhaled the smoke, the more of a whiff you might get. The exposure decreases the further away you are and the longer the time has passed.

  • janky
    janky Member Posts: 478
    edited April 2020

    Happy super, snowy, shut-in, self-isolated Sunday! DH and I are playing cribbage every day and going for walks, his much farther than mine.

    Cami – keep the kitties coming! I live in western Canada, a small town about an hour north of Calgary, and yes, we are experiencing the same 'new rules' as the USA, self isolation, physical distancing if we have to go out, lots of hand washing – it goes on and on!

    Chi – OUCH! I feel your distress with Bob's behaviour, that would be causing me great distress as well. It would be interesting to know if his 'low exposure causes immunity' theory pans out, I won't hold my breath though ;) I take 5 mg zoplicone every night and most nights it gets me to sleep, I sure hope you find something that works effectively soon!

    Goldie – yes MI would be similar weather wise, and today it is snowing! Starting your plants must be nice, I know gardening is therapeutic for many!

    NM – yes I am glad too, so will remain in isolation and if I go out will avoid people for sure. I am so glad Sadie has a mud puddle, so much fun!! Thank you for continuing to work – you are truly wonderful!!

    Jazzy – glad things are working out technologically for your sister, 'face to face' chatting so much nicer. Yes this is all getting 'old' though it seems like it will be around for a while yet L

    Illi – I do wish your digestive issues would 'settle' more consistently, and soon!

    Misty, teka, Karen, JCS, minus and everyone else I may have missed – let's stay healthy, strong, laugh lots ad imbibe as needed, alcoholic or non-alcoholic… Cheers!

  • chisandy
    chisandy Member Posts: 11,408
    edited April 2020

    Once again, when I got up (after very fitfully sleeping for 7 hrs—2 of them actually downstairs awake doing puzzles), I went to the kitchen and discovered I had taken only my OTC stuff—not my prescriptions (which include Xanax, Baclofen and Dexilant at night, among others). I realized this because my 2-hr-pre-bedtime ritual is to fill my night and morning shot glasses with my meds—and the a.m. one had only OTC. Talking with Bob distracted me from putting out the prescription pills, so the lack of Xanax contributed to keeping me up. (And because no Baclofen, back is stiff & sore).

    Both our hampers are full to the brim. My housekeeper (on indefinite paid hiatus of course) says his shirts should go into the dry cleaning bag—but I can’t go to the cleaner any more. Gave them my cc# and e-mailed them to get me on their pickup & delivery schedule. Otherwise I’ll have to call them, drive up and call again, so they can put the finished stuff on my car hood (no inside tailgate release in my Outback, no power lift gate—it’s openable as long as my key fob is on me or in the console’s niche for it) and I can drop the laundry bag off at their door.

    Our quirky 112-yr-old house makes sterile protocols difficult-to-impossible. The garage is at the alley end of our back yard, so no dropping coats in the car. Back door from the deckopens directly into the kitchen, and the washer-dryer are down rickety wooden stairs in a decidedly unfinished basement. If he strips, it’s upstairs, in the only bathroom with a working shower. And while wearing gloves for laundry is a must, wearing a mask inside the house (so long as I don’t have symptoms) is not necessary—the kinds of masks we have at home protect us from pollen & mold, and others from OUR germs—not US from others.

  • JCSLibrarian
    JCSLibrarian Member Posts: 548
    edited April 2020

    Another gorgeous day here in SC! I am still sore from yard work, so thought another day off from that would be ok. DH and I went to the grocery store. Pretty sure I am good for a two week quarantine. Probably will run out of smoothie ingredients, but that will be ok. I washed my car inside and out. DH usually does it, but he is not a detail guy. The door jambs were full of pollen and the inside needed vacuuming. An hour and a half later I am pleased with the effort. Now washing all the rags from the basement. I joked with the clerk at the grocery store about how everyone’s house and yard look better than ever! Lots of masks worn in the store. Still many people not wearing them correctly. It is hard to use the mask with glasses on.

    Take care everyone!

  • mistyeyes
    mistyeyes Member Posts: 581
    edited April 2020

    Work is stressful only because everybody is stressed so the feelings rub off. When I am home I am better and really try to stay away from listening about it. I went to the store for my mom Saturday. It was pretty easy she made a list with how the store was laid out, so I just zoomed through. I bought my older son eggs for his family. It worked out good because the eggs were limited and neither my mom nor I needed them. My daughter is just out of work now while all this is going on. She calls me almost everyday, she is my kid that is really good with money and has savings to help her now, I did offer to help also. My sister is helping her 3 grandchildren with their home schooling or distant learning- she is having a rough time and said she had to go to the bathroom to cry twice because she didn't know how to do the work either. She ended up helping one with math old school and told him that this is a different way to do it and he can do it the other way when he gets back to school. I know the one in middle school gets a phone call from his teacher that is pre-arraigned with the time and day so he can get help if he needs it. The poor teachers are all new to this too. It is a real experiment for both of them and I think they are both doing great as fast as it had to be put together. The teachers I think will have a bunch of confused kids when they get back to school.

    I seen someone online make masks from the HEPA vacuum cleaner bags. I think that may be better protection and probably a lot easier than me sitting around trying to figure out how to make one from a/c filters.

    Everyone take care.

  • chisandy
    chisandy Member Posts: 11,408
    edited April 2020

    Whoa--I have to look and see if I have any HEPA bags left from my old Kenmore upright (I have a bagless Fuller now). Didn't go out at all today--I was exhausted from the stress of Bob's awful day yesterday (and my exceedingly scant and fragmented sleep). Breathing a bit easier, now that he won't be visiting the hospitals for at least two weeks--it'll all be office, e-consults, Union Health, more New England Journal of Misery (his name for it) and lots & lots of online surveys for a bit more pocket change (gift cards, etc.) to send Gordy's way. We'll both get to sleep in a little tomorrow, he especially. (He is going to the office to supervise & interpret an EKG & echo on my BFF--the one with scleroderma, not the one with DCIS--to make sure the antifungal she was prescribed for an esophageal infection hasn't resulted in any arrhythmia. Ironic, though, that it's not safe for the two of us to visit each other.

    Little Company is finally beginning to get it together in terms of PPE for the nurses--they finally got face shields and N95s. Bob requested I order pocket combs and headbands, because his mane (extremely impressive for a septuagenarian--his is fuller than mine) is getting long & shaggy again and we have no idea when it'll be safe again for barbershops to reopen. His hair keeps falling in his eyes, and he doesn't want to risk brushing his hand against his face in the process. I laid out his Mahabis slippers (they have outdoor soles so he can sit on the deck for a nightcap before going up to strip & shower) and a pillowcase for his clothes. Going to the Greener Cleaner tomorrow at noon to pick up a load and drop all his current shirts off--they do his shirts so Carrie (my housekeeper) & I don't have to iron them. That'll make the rest of the laundry a lot easier--just towels, bed linens, PJs, socks & undies.

    Advocate Christ Hospital has made national news with its dedicated COVID floors (the top two) that are negative pressure so the contaminated air goes up the vents and harmlessly out the chimneys (the viruses are killed by the heat and the sun exposure). Only the nurses may attend to the patients--doctors have to communicate through the rooms' windows. If you as a doctor get COVID at Christ, it won't be from a patient.

    We're both losing a little more weight (I'm down to 151.75 as of this morning)--me from an extremely active gut (some people are stress-eaters, I'm a stress-"faster;" when I'm this anxious my system wants to rid itself of anything I eat. (No, it's not the runs, thank goodness). Bob has been getting lots of exercise due to all the effort involved in changing PPE after each patient and going room to room.

    No DOTD--unless you count the little bit of bubbly I put in the choucroute for dinner.

  • nativemainer
    nativemainer Member Posts: 7,925
    edited April 2020

    Good Morning, Loungettes!Happy Monday Monkey Day! Still gray and drippy here, but at least it's warmer. The sun is supposed to make an appearance sometime today. I'm wondering what's going to be happening at work today, I'm sure there will be more new info to deal with. Not looking forward to wearing a mask all day, but that's the way things are right now, so I'll buck up and do it. Got my taxes done yesterday, kinda broke even, getting a refund from the state, have to pay the Feds. I was on Obama care for the first few months of 2019, used tax credits, then got my current job and make more thanthe limit and have to pay the tax credits back. Makes 2019 one of my most expensive health insurance years ever. Oh well, at least I have the money to pay it off and not have to worry about it. Sadie says HI to everyone!

    Karen--good luck with the new job! Are you excited to be back to work? Hoping the prolia shot gets arranged safely.

    Goldie--Sadie and I had a lovely weekend chillaxing and doing next to nothing. I feel refreshed and re-energized. OOOh, I bet the middle one is really good!

    Jazzy--nature is a huge soul soother! Shaking my head at the idiots out there, but not much I can do but educate, educate, educate. I think the snow has finally stopped, only thing on the weather horizon right now is rain. BUT, we've had blizzards in April before, and this would be the year it happens again. My nursing home has been using FaceTime and will start using Zoom for visits today. Anyone know how to get more than 2 people on FaceTime at once? Many people are like your sister and need to do things in their own time and terms. Yoga on the patio sounds wonderful! Great video!

    Teka--LOL!!!!!!!That is exactly how I felt on Friday!

    Minus--That analogy is great!

    Janky--thanks for the kind words, but I am not doing anything special, just my job. At least I am blessed to be working for an employer that cares as much about us staff as the residents, unlike some of my colleagues.

    Chi--tell me about how older buildings are hard to manage with current restrictions! My nursing home was built during the cold war, was the base hospital when this was an Air Force Base and is also a fallout shelter. Brick over concrete walls. Small rooms, funky nooks and crannies, makes it hard, doesn't it?

    Librarian--Yup, using a mask with glasses on is a real challenge. A HUGE challenge, sometimes!

    Misty--I agree, teachers are doing a bang up job with all of the changes they are having to deal with, even more than some of the rest of us. At least in health care isolation techniques are not a new thing, it's just being applied a little differently than usual, on line teaching is totally new for a lot of teachers. Talk about hard work, leaning a whole new technique while teaching it simultaneously! My hat's off to teachers. I hadn't heard about using HEPA filters, that's an interesting sounding idea. I bet there will be a lot of confused kids when this is over, too.

    Chi--So not fair that your DH can see your friend but you can't, so not fair at all. I hope her meds haven't caused her problems. I'm impressed that a hospital has entire floors set up for negative pressure! I think there are less than a dozen ROOMS in the local hospitals with negative pressure. It's good that Bob is aware of his hair as a potential facial contamination issue. Many people do not get that touching their hair is pretty much the same as touching your face.

    This cocktail, from Seven Lamps in Atlanta, incorporates three of our favorite things: gin, honey, and watermelon. Here's the recipe:1.5 oz St. George Terroir Gin .5 oz Savannah Bee Company honey water .75 oz watermelon juice Slice of watermelon (garnish) Basil (garnish)Combine honey and water 1:1 to make honey water. Combine all ingredients, then charge and shake with ice in a Perlini carbonated cocktail shaker. Strain into a cocktail glass with a slice of watermelon and basil garnish.

    Slice of Life

    Ingredients:

    1.5 oz St. George Terroir Gin

    .5 oz Savannah Bee Company honey water

    .75 oz watermelon juice

    Slice of watermelon (garnish)

    Basil (garnish)

    Instructions:

    Combine honey and water 1:1 to make honey water. Combine all ingredients, then charge and shake with ice in a Perlini carbonated cocktail shaker. Strain into a cocktail glass with a slice of watermelon and basil garnish.

    From <https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/drinks/g234/best-spring-cocktails/>

  • goldie0827
    goldie0827 Member Posts: 6,835
    edited April 2020

    Jazzy yes, we have been windy but not crazy windy. Temps in the low 70's. Not looking forward to those triple digits! Funny about your sister and how you say she does things on her terms, even tho you suggested the facetime earlier. I take it your SIL is able to communicate?

    Minustwo, good for you on the walking. And good way to explain the virus like smoke.

    Janky, I love having my garden, but more, I like what I get out of it. Funny how we are having low 70's and some of you are still getting snow!

    Sandy, sorry about the struggles you are having.

    JCS, doing my yard work in the garden, I work for a bit and take a break...lots of breaks, as it kills my back. I also consider it excercise! My ridiing mask I wear when we are out, does not fog up my glasses. I was really happy about that.

    Misty, I too probably would know all the answers if I had to help home school. But your poor sister going into the bathroom to cry. And that new math is stupid. Funny all the different things people are making masks out of, but good ideas for sure.

    NM, glad to hear you and Sadie did next to nothing. I can't imagine how stressful work is for you right now. I think I would enjoy all 3 of those milk shakes! Just wish they had the recipes and not just the picture. Have you heard anything new from your previous job at hospice, re all the drama! Wishing you a good week at work.

    We out for a ride yesterday on the quad and ran into some locals that were doing the same thing. Have to head out tomorrow, need to grab some groceries and I have to do labs. Wal Mart is letting us in an hour early on Tuesdays for 60 and over, then Friday I have to go for my Faslodex injections.

  • maryland
    maryland Member Posts: 1,047
    edited April 2020

    Good morning girls, I have absolutely no excuse for being gone for a week, I read and am caught up and it sounds as tho everyone is OK and so far remaining Covid free. We are going to have a beautiful day here, sunny and 60 which is a complete flip from yesterdays cloudy and 40 so I am going to get out and soak it up! I need to scrub the muddy paw prints off the inside of my car and vacuum up the fur. And we've been giving the dogs lots of extra walks. Got my patio partially put together, still not that warm but trying to rush spring. Not going to address everyone right now but I keep putting off popping in and I'll be back later. Love to all, hope you have a good day!

  • camillegal
    camillegal Member Posts: 15,711
    edited April 2020

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  • camillegal
    camillegal Member Posts: 15,711
    edited April 2020

    mornin ladies,

    Those whipped drinks look so yummy,yea I liked the middle one too.

    Jazzy that sounded exactly like Chicago to me but why didn't that guy have any accent.???

    Anyone who is going to the front lines or out of their comfort zones, I can't even express how I feel or how to thank everyone for doing all of this. When all of this started it seemed like maybe 2 weeks incubation, which is so tolerable. Now no one knows how or when this will end, but how so many just took a hold of the situation and did whatever they could do. Amazing,

    And homework I stopped helping a couple of yrs, ago, no way I could help at all now. What's going on in HS is nearly what was going on in college yrs ago.

    We're kind of all in the same boat and u gals are all great, I'm kind of falling apart. I really never leave the house but about once a month an for some reason I want to leave the house as my choice. And I don't understand why people are still hoarding. There will be enough if all is shared equally. I'm really bitchy, Oh wait not with any of you gals, ur my light in this tunnel. It;s just me. I have to get out of this, oh I will I know just not today.

    LUBS U ALL

  • celiac
    celiac Member Posts: 1,260
    edited April 2020

    Sandy - Glad that things sound a bit less stressful re: Bob dealing w/patients/avoiding contamination. Quick question: What "greeting" is appropriate to wish someone at Passover? (sending a card to brother & SIL, who have converted to Judaism).

    Jenny - Good to hear from you. Looking forward to when this thing is all over & I can take a trip to Cleveland area, hopfully hang out on that patio for an adult beverage!

    Everyone - Sending uplifting thoughts your way.

  • jazzygirl
    jazzygirl Member Posts: 11,976
    edited April 2020

    If you did not see this on 60 Minutes last night, it is worth watching:

    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/holocaust-stories-art...


  • jazzygirl
    jazzygirl Member Posts: 11,976
    edited April 2020

    Another good watch that I just saw on the Today show that helps give us perspective during these times:

    https://www.today.com/video/rabbi-steve-leder-help...


  • goldie0827
    goldie0827 Member Posts: 6,835
    edited April 2020

    One for everyone!

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  • janky
    janky Member Posts: 478
    edited April 2020

    OMG Goldie - As I have mentioned (a longggg time ago)) I tend to keep things! i am in the process of clearing out a bedroom that is full of 'treasures' and today I came across a crown royal bag just like the one above!!! I am off for tests Wednesday, so thinking I will put straps on the bag and wear as a mask! ;) Great idea, thank you

  • chisandy
    chisandy Member Posts: 11,408
    edited April 2020

    Hi, Celia--there are two traditional Passover greetings (the "ch" sound in Hebrew is like hocking up a loogie): "Chag sameach" (happy celebratory occasion, which also works for birthdays, graduations and anniversaries; and "A Zissen Pesach" (a sweet and zesty Passover).

    I "broke out of stir" briefly today, driving to drop off & pick up dry cleaning. Mask, gloves, only one customer allowed inside at a time. (Saw one guy wearing an N95 mask and was gonna rag on him--but after he put his clothes in the car he walked into the Advocate Immediate Care clinic next door--so he's likely clinic staff). I did notice that the further south on B'way I drove (from Edgewater where I live to Andersonville, where the cleaner is) fewer people out on the street--especially joggers who exhale with open mouths as they run--were wearing masks. I've found that if the top band is bent well enough to be snug on the nose, my glasses hardly fog up at all.

    Just got done watching City Winery's "Downtown Seder," hosted by owner Michael Dorff from the Hudson Valley location. Unsurprisingly, he suggested that viewers indulge in more than just the "four cups" of wine mandated in the ritual. He was drinking a Cava they bottled in Spain (by a winery there with which they have a partnership), a Lake County (Mendocino) Sauvignon Blanc, and a Napa Cabernet Sauvignon. All CW's private label--and each branch actually makes a different wine each week or two on-premises. My DOTD is some more of that bubbly from Cellars.

  • shellshine
    shellshine Member Posts: 930
    edited April 2020

    Hi Cami!!

  • lilyfrombeppu
    lilyfrombeppu Member Posts: 29
    edited April 2020

    What a great idea! I have a whole stack of Crown Royal bags in my closet.

  • karen1956
    karen1956 Member Posts: 4,630
    edited April 2020

    First day back at work in 4 weeks - one week off for Craig and then the 3 week spring break. Several zoom/google meets meetings. It is definitely a new way of working!

    Ran to Petco to return a dog harness and pick up a couple things. Had my mask, hand sanitizer and lysol wipes. Yesterday, our beautiful 1.5 yo Dobie, Brio - gorgeous red neutered male joined our family. After 7 months without a fur baby. Trying to upload a photo, but bco won't cooperate.

    Tomorrow after work, I need to go to the grocery store. Tried to place a pick up order yesterday, but I wouldn't have it in time for the start of Passover Wednesday night. I will have my mask, gloves, wipes and hand sanitizer. Just heard on the news that King Soopers (Kroger Company) is going to limit number of people in the store and possibly have one way aisles. Glad they are doing it, but it will make it longer to get in - but to be safe, I won't complain. Especially since DH is high risk.


  • karen1956
    karen1956 Member Posts: 4,630
    edited April 2020

    Image may contain: dog and outdoor

    Meet Brio (I had to copy/paste the picture that I had on fb).

  • camillegal
    camillegal Member Posts: 15,711
    edited April 2020

    Karen what a beautiful furbaby.

    Shellshine you said hello, I say it back but my memory ain't what it used to be. Help me.

    We have a lily here now too. Welcome anyone who joins in. This is a great group make sure u come back and share. Well we're all in so we all have time.

    Sandy u got brave, Leslie had to run to the Drs. office cuz of a UTI, then tomorrow for a shot. She's driving me crazy But they do get her in and out really fast. Otherwise our reg. Dr. is doing all "visits" on the phone, which has to be done in 2 weeks for me. I'm certainly not taking my own blood or BP so those r the 2 main things. Wow this is crazy stuff.

    OK I have my Xanax so now we'll see. TADA

    Sleep well everyone, keepsafe.

  • camillegal
    camillegal Member Posts: 15,711
    edited April 2020

    kitten funny gif | WiffleGifHIGH FIVE

  • camillegal
    camillegal Member Posts: 15,711
    edited April 2020

    Oh wow I didn't realize last Sunday was palm Sunday and I didn't get a palm.Meaning I forgot this coming Sunday is Easter and Lent is over. My sister and Marty both have BD Friday and--- none of us can celebrate. There was going to be a party for my sister, well that's off. Well for Marty we can just have a cake I guess. HAHA I think he's going to be 55, I bet he can get some senior discounts cuz some start at 55 around here. HAHA he's an old man now. OOPs I hear him getting up for work and I haven't slept yet so I' better close for now.

    See ya latah

    LUBS

  • nativemainer
    nativemainer Member Posts: 7,925
    edited April 2020

    Good Morning, Loungettes!Happy Twofer Tuesday! I am sitting here listening to a weather report calling for up to a foot of snow at the end of the week! Again! I mean, really, Mother Nature, WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM??????? At least it was sunny and warm enough to sit in the car and eat lunch yesterday. A blessed break from breathing through a mask, that was. It's funny, but yesterday things seemed calmer at work yesterday, less drama, less angst. People are starting to realize that this is going to be our normal for some time to come, I think. Sadie says Hi to everyone.

    Goldie--I have seen a couple people from the old job, things are not going well. They are not getting much PPE, being told to get masks from the facilities they visit, and don't need them for visiting people at home. So not right, and so short sighted. More people have left, and a couple of nurses from there have left nursing. So sad.

    Genny--Good to see you! Glad the patio is coming along, even if it isn't warm enough to enjoy it yet. I hear you about muddy paw prints!

    Cammy Cat--Everyone is going to have their moment(s) of falling apart during all this. I know what you mean about not leaving home being harder now. I generally don't go much of anywhere on weekends, but now I find myself wanting to go shopping or something, and then a little miffed that I can't. It's all about choice, isn't it? We'll make it, though.

    Good morning, Celia!

    Goldie--YEAH!!

    Morning, Janky!

    Chi--I like the idea of someone recommending indulging in more than just 4 cups of wine!

    Welcome to Shellshine and lilyfrombeppu!

    Karen--Congratulations on the new furry family member! What a handsome boy!

    Cammy Cat--Lent and Easter seem to have gotten lost in the virus thing.

    Cottontail Martini - a coconut martini cocktail recipe for spring and Easter.

    Cottontail Martini

    Makes 1 martini

    Here's what you will need:

    1.5 ounces whipped vodka (or vanilla vodka)

    1.5 ounces coconut rum

    2 ounces half and half

    1/2 ounce cream of coconut

    Splash of pineapple juice

    Honey, chopped sweetened coconut, and marshmallow to garnish

    Begin with two shallow dishes. To one, add a teaspoon of honey. To the other, add the sweetened coconut. (I recommend giving the coconut a rough chop before using.) Rim the edge of the martini glass first in the honey and then in the coconut. Set aside.

    In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, combine the whipped vodka, coconut rum, half and half, cream of coconut, and pineapple juice. Shake vigorously; then strain into your prepared martini glass.

    Using a knife, make a small slit in a marshmallow. Slip the marshmallow on the side of the martini glass.

    Sip and enjoy!

    From <https://inspiredbycharm.com/cottontail-martini/>

  • camillegal
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    camillegal Member Posts: 15,711
    edited April 2020

    Mornin' ladies,

    Good DOTD Kim. Make sure u always give sadie extra rubs from all of us. She's ur partner and doing a great partner. And ur rite Kim somehow lent/Easter got lost with our 40 days and yet the first time they laid down the law to stay in it was for 40 days. But it seems lies it's going to be longer now. My cousins wife is still in Germany and been there for over a month. I don't know how they are working it out yet, I talked to him last nite and we had to LOL cuz she always makes lists for him to get things done. Now she texts them, she's so bossy and I tease him about the German in her can't help it. I know he misses her but I think he's getting a break from her lists. He's working from home and she doesn't work, but those lists are always there. If u member her son was in the VA for a while and she was there everyday and was bossing everyone aroun til they put in a complaint about her and she was called in an office and they gave her a warning about being to tough on her job so she was up for 2 more warnings, then she told them she didn't even work there. Somehow they thought she did. She does have goodness in her just bossy. I always tease her.

    It's strange cuz everyone is planning Easter but no one is going anywhere. All the sale papers are showing dinners for 8-10, I have seen any for 3-4 yet. But a lot of restaurants are going to be open for pick up or delivery for people and maybe that might be the way to go. Actually it would cost about the same with very little work. I don't really care what we eat so I'm fine with whatever they decide. We usually vote so I'm in with Joey.

    Oh all of a sudden it hit me Kim SNOW still, what's going on up there. We've been having rain around 60 here well so far but who knows. I member I was hoping for a snow day for Joey, but I think I over wished this time.

    Did anyone read in FB, in 1720, 1820 1920 an now 2020 there were all pandemics in history. A little eerie.

    Oh I pray maybe there will be some good news today so we can have a betterfeeling about it getting under control.

    LUBS U ALL