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Shelter in place (week 4)

April 10, 2020

We’re going on the fourth week of being home, pretty much 24/7. Aside from going into the office once a week to handle the absolute essentials like picking up mail, handling some deadlines, and going grocery shopping, we have not gone out. We are doing our very best to follow the rules and be obedient. It can be SO tempting to visit friends or family reasoning that we’re all “healthy” and then BAM! someone gets sick and then everyone is affected.

As for cooking, well, I have been cooking A LOT! I did subscribe to SunBasket, which delivers the ingredients for three meals a week. All I then have to buy is food for the rest of the days, like snacks, breakfast and lunch. I used to go for groceries every other day, so my shopping has certainly changed. I think I might even keep up the schedule, especially since things won’t go back to normal that fast. I felt weird waring a face mask at first, but quickly got used to it. What has been a little sadder at times is the weather. It’s been rainy and gloomy, so even though we have been on a good schedule of walking Downey, some days we just REALLY stay in and not take our daily walk, which turns out, he DOES NOT like :/ . Hopefully we get some sunnier days along with more Vitamin D.

The kitchen. Wow! has this little corner gotten use! I am cooking EVERY DAY! I can’t say that I hate it, it’s actually therapeutic, but don’t think im going to become a cook any time soon 🙂
We’ve … no, not WE, IIII have been making some interesting breakfasts lately .. haha!
My sister introduced me to Domestika and I was able to purchase two courses which are really fun and helpful. I’ve been wanting to get a little better with watercoloring, and I’m slowly learning that even within watercolor there are so many techniques and “styles”. I started a drawing journal and so far I’ve enjoyed it.
Making good use of my brushes and pencils. I recently ordered a book to practice Calligraphy and a couple of pens. I don’t know how much I will enjoy it, because I am not great at writing, but I shall see.
The three favorites.
Writing cards. A must.
Having all this time!! So much time, that Francis started doing a little “how to” video series on how to make some classic cocktails 🙂 I’ve been using IG TV and keeping it to just one take, no such thing as bloopers, I include everything! lol!
Zooming for some cocktail hour with friends. We’ve done, dinner dates, arts and crafts, cocktails and of course, the most important, our meeting AND our very special Memorial at home.
I had never baked the memorial bread, and it was very special to make it at home along with preparing our setup for the special occasion. It was so nice to see everyones at home photo after the memorial It was definitely memorable, as always.
Well, I shall go back to our at home activities, which by the hour now, its about time to start cooking AGAIN.

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