Good news! One of the ribbons I ordered came in today so I have been able to sew this afternoon. I have completed 10 masks so far today. Not sure I like the thinner ribbon as well as the thicker ribbon that I doubled over and sewed. They go together faster without the extra step of sewing the ribbon together. I will get these made up and wash a few of them and see how they do.
If anyone is trapped at home and doesn’t want to go out because you don’t have a face mask let me know and I will mail one to you.
I baked Jim oatmeal chocolate chip cookies today. They are his favorite cookies. The first batch was coming out of the oven when he got up so he had warm cookies with his coffee for his breakfast today.
We went to a local nursery today to get some plants for the new flower beds Jim has been working on. The nursery specializes in native plants. Not sure what all he got. we walked around the big green house for a bit. I had to come out early as I felt a bit overwhelmed being off the property. I am beginning to wonder how I will handle being able to go out when this is all over. I sure feel safer at home these days. We wore face masks and about half the people there did too. I felt safer when I passed others that had a face mask on.
We had rain overnight again. It felt like it was going to rain again this afternoon but the storm went around us. The sun is out now and it is a beautiful day in Stillwater now. There is a light breeze and bright blue skies.
We will take a walk after dinner.
I am almost finished with my training for the Crisis Text Hot Line. I took and passed two tests this morning. The next step is to watch a live conversation with a Texter. It will take 45 minutes and I didn’t think I could sit still for that long this morning. I’ll see what mood I am in tomorrow and may do it then. After that I will have a practice test of a complete conversation with a Texter. If I pass that I will then get on the board and observe for a two hour shift. Then I have one last practice text and if I pass that and I will then be certified to start taking shifts on my own. Not sure I feel ready to do that yet but I think it will be OK if the help they promise is as promised.
The training has been fairly straightforward. They are a bit overwhelmed right now both with the number of calls they are receiving and the number of new volunteers they are attempting to train. I may go back through everything again now that it makes sense to me from a different perspective. As with most companies I have to learn their language to understand what they are teaching and it took me a bit to learn their language.
I have a chicken cooking in the crock pot for dinner. I put a whole chicken in the crockpot and turn the crockpot on. You don’t have to add any liquid or spices to it. It makes the easiest meal ever and the chicken is always very tender and juicy. Need to figure out what to serve with it and dinner will be ready. Tomorrow I will use the left over chicken to make white chicken chili.
I haven’t written a letter yet today. I wrote two yesterday but I think I was a day behind. Sometimes I have to wait until the urge hits me to be able to find something to write about. I don’t have my address book and sometimes have trouble finding addresses. I have a couple of people I want to write to that I don’t have their address.
I did four loads of laundry today. Katy, Jim’s 18 year old cat spends most of her time in a huge dog crate as Katy has forgotten how to use the litter box. We use blankets and towels to line the bottom of the crate with and change them out at least twice a day. She makes a load of laundry by herself daily. Luckily she likes to be outside when it is warm enough during the day. I swear she holds her pee all day though and lets it all go when she gets into her crate. Silly cat!
Still sitting in my peaceful valley of life. This has been another easy day for me. I don’t take them for granted though as I have had some really tough days over the last couple weeks. I am grateful when I have an easy one. Wish I had the self-discipline to keep myself in this valley. I never quite know what causes me to fall out of it.
Grateful the ribbon came in today, grateful to have gotten out to see beautiful plants, and grateful my safe haven was waiting for me when we got home.