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A small clump of crocuses. They won't last long but I will enjoy their cheerful little faces for a day or two.
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Friday, 20 March 2020
First Sign of Spring
Milder today but rainy and very windy. Here's what I found as I did a bit of garden tidy-up in between the showers.
Thursday, 19 March 2020
My New Toy
This is something I have craved for some time. I love my morning coffee but hate having to empty and clean my French Press afterwards. I came across this machine half price at Value Village and, fortunately, it works and the coffee is delicious! There were no instructions with it but a quick You Tube search supplied me with a how-to of its operation. Nothing too complicated. I am so pleased with my new toy!
Wednesday, 18 March 2020
An Update
Thought I'd better write today to let everyone know I'm still alive and kicking.
Met friends yesterday but that will be the last people I speak to until the weekend. I will just have to communicate by phone or e-mail (of which there have been lots flying back and forth). I had a short walk today to mail a letter but have spent my time reading or working on my puzzle.It is a 1000 piece one I have done before and it will probably take me right up to Easter!
We had some sunny days earlier in the week but today was quite cold. If it warms up I will get a start on the garden, raking and digging. And, of course, I couold always start on Spring cleaning!
Met friends yesterday but that will be the last people I speak to until the weekend. I will just have to communicate by phone or e-mail (of which there have been lots flying back and forth). I had a short walk today to mail a letter but have spent my time reading or working on my puzzle.It is a 1000 piece one I have done before and it will probably take me right up to Easter!
We had some sunny days earlier in the week but today was quite cold. If it warms up I will get a start on the garden, raking and digging. And, of course, I couold always start on Spring cleaning!
Saturday, 14 March 2020
Best Laid Plans Gang Aft Aglai
As those of you who follow my blog (all 16 of you!) will know, Saturday morning is grocery shopping. Today I deemed it wise to set off early, which in my case was 8:30. But not early enough!
When I arrived at the store there was a lineup of 20-30 people all with their shopping carts at the ready. The store manager had deemed the store too full to accept any more customers. We could see through the windows huge lineups at the cashiers and people were streaming out with loaded buggies, and I mean loaded, obviously stockpiling in case the grocery stores were closed or ran out of essentials. After 20 minutes of waiting without the line moving I gave up and came home as I hadn`t had breakfast and was getting thoroughly chilled.
Time passed. I did a few chores, had lunch, had a nap, read my book. By 4:00 p.m. I deemed the rush to stockpile would be past so toddled off to the store again. Luckily it is fairly close. This time there was no lineup, there were even some buggies available so things were definitely looking up! The aisles were not too jammed for me to get around and, although some shelves were empty, almost everything on my list was still there. The only thing I couldn`t find was my preferred extra old cheddar cheese but there were other types still in plenty. It was a bizarre experience.
The best part was that the store had laid on extra cashiers so I was able to walk right up to the checkout and actually completed my shopping trip in record time. Only problem, I was half way through putting away the groceries before I remembered to WASH MY HANDS!
An update on yesterday: now the community centres and libraries are closed until at least April 6th. Any suggestions on how to fill my days till then?
When I arrived at the store there was a lineup of 20-30 people all with their shopping carts at the ready. The store manager had deemed the store too full to accept any more customers. We could see through the windows huge lineups at the cashiers and people were streaming out with loaded buggies, and I mean loaded, obviously stockpiling in case the grocery stores were closed or ran out of essentials. After 20 minutes of waiting without the line moving I gave up and came home as I hadn`t had breakfast and was getting thoroughly chilled.
Time passed. I did a few chores, had lunch, had a nap, read my book. By 4:00 p.m. I deemed the rush to stockpile would be past so toddled off to the store again. Luckily it is fairly close. This time there was no lineup, there were even some buggies available so things were definitely looking up! The aisles were not too jammed for me to get around and, although some shelves were empty, almost everything on my list was still there. The only thing I couldn`t find was my preferred extra old cheddar cheese but there were other types still in plenty. It was a bizarre experience.
The best part was that the store had laid on extra cashiers so I was able to walk right up to the checkout and actually completed my shopping trip in record time. Only problem, I was half way through putting away the groceries before I remembered to WASH MY HANDS!
An update on yesterday: now the community centres and libraries are closed until at least April 6th. Any suggestions on how to fill my days till then?
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