I'm getting to the point of having to check my phone or iPad to know what day and date it is.
I finished the afghan I was working on. It's called Ribbons of Joy, or some such. It was a kit. I'm happy with the way it turned out.
Neighbor Dave was shopping, and gifted us with a rotisserie chicken. I heated the whole thing up, and made risotto, glazed apples, gravy and cranberry sauce for a yummy dinner, with enough left over for a second dinner.
I got out the tub of yarn that I use for temperature blankets, and asked the 4 grandchildren what their favorite colors are. I plan to make each one a temp snake. I've been documenting temps since January 1. Eddie will be high temp for Mays Landing, Jules will be low temp. Amary will be high temp for Mill Creek, Garrett will be low temp. I'll use their favorite color for the head of the snake. I printed out a free yarnspiration pattern for the snake.
I've been watching Gov Cuomo's daily briefings for info. I don't believe anything that lying bastard in the WH says, and no longer watch his, or keep it muted til Dr. Fauci speaks. We need real info, not lies.
I'm still reading a combo of library books and kindle books, of the several series that I'm enjoying. On nice days, I do laps up and down the driveway. We catch up with neighbor Dave when we're outside, and I talk to my brothers at least once a week. Ralph, the girls and I have a running text stream, so we all know what everyone is up to. Saturday night while Heather was working, Ed and Eddie called to check up on us, which was nice.
So we're surviving the self isolation well, so far at least. It's such scary times!
So far, so good. We've got plenty of food in the house, plenty of books to read, plenty of crafts to work on.
LOL, Ralph, day 5.
My afghan is moving right along! I love the way it's coming out, it's a kit, and it's Christmas colors.
Manda had asked me to take a pic of my hands when crocheting, she wanted to know if I extend my index finger. Of course, it's to put some drag onto the yarn.
We did a little gambling yesterday, opened an ameritrade account and bought 100 shares of Royal Caribbean and 100 of Carnival/Princess. Prices are so low! And with 100 shares, you get $100 of onboard credit per cruise. I asked Mike about opening an account, and he said to use Ameritrade, it was easy to open the account online, and manage it. And of course, never gamble more than you can lose.
Corona virus is so scary. And yet there are still those that are not taking it seriously, like the idiot spring breakers in Florida. And we're so far behind where we could be, thanks to our idiot in charge, the liar.
We are going out for a bit today, just to the drive up at Chick Filet. We both want a salad, that's the one thing I don't have any more of.
My kids and I keep in touch by phone and text, and my nephew Mike called yesterday to check in on us, which was so sweet. I've talked to both my brothers in the last few days, and Ralph and his brother text or talk.
Times are scary. Corona virus, and prez that lies every time he opens his mouth. No wonder people hibernate!
We lived dangerously yesterday, had lunch at the diner. We've been staying home more than usual, as per CDC advise. The diner is usually filled up, and there were only people at about a third of the tables. I had my usual jersey shore salad, and Ralph had chicken parmigiana.
Projects really do go faster when you actually work on them! This is a ripple, in double and single crochet, with 12 stitches in each arm of the ripple. I love the way it's looking, sort of Christmasy.
Last weekend was the annual St Patrick's Day party at Heather and Ed's. It was fun, as usual. Ralph looks like something from Back to the Future!
This showed up in my memories, from 8 years ago. I'm not sure what they were dressed up for, but by the pic in the back, we were at Heather's.
I can't believe how big Amary is getting! Washington just closed all the schools, so she'll be working on schoolwork at home for a while.
And this beautiful (inside and out) girl is now a teenager!
I'm anticipating the library being closed down due to Corona, so I requested extra books (like I don't have a zillion on my Kindle!). I'm reading several series at once, and instead of one of each series, I requested 3. I'm reading both the Pendergast and the Gideon Crew series by Preston and Child, the Jack Swacki series by James Grippando, Deborah Crombie's series, Diane Kelly's Megan and Brigit series, the yard sale series by Sherry Harris, and the Diane Fallon series by Beverly Connor. All are excellent and I highly recommend, or I wouldn't be reading them. I'm also working thru A Very Stable Genius by Phil Rucker, a chronicle of the worst prez ever.
And it looks like a nice day again- yesterday it was 70 and I had windows open! March is a strange month. Happy Pi Day!
