Happy birthday to my baby brother Keith. He turns 63 today. Trust he is having a great day. If I know him he is probably working in his garden today.
A member of my family tested positive for COVID19. Thankfully I haven’t been around them for the last six weeks. Their whole household is under a 14 day quarantine and no one is allowed to go anywhere and no one can come in the house. So far the symptoms are mild – I trust they stay that way.
I didn’t have any takers on my latest face mask offer so I took 100 of them to the High School today. I trust they will find a home for them. Not sure how the staff is protected and am guessing not all the students will have one. I left my phone number with them so they can call me if they need more of them.
I’m thinking the next big batch of masks I make will be children’s sizes and I will donate them to the grade schools. I’ll see if I do another batch. I’m at that point with this batch that I’m thinking I am done but I have been here before and started again. We shall see what happens.
I baked a batch of Snickerdoodle cookies today. I was anxious and needed something to do. The house smells good when I bake them. I love cinnamon and the house smells like cinnamon and sugar. I took the peanut butter cookies I made yesterday and dropped them off at Michelle’s house when I ran into town to drop the face masks off at the high school. I’m still feeling the urge to bake but not sure what to bake.
I have started my house cleaning project. I got the study almost done yesterday and have bits and pieces of other rooms done. Guess I will work off my anxiousness by cleaning this afternoon. I’m surprised how much dirt I am finding. I cleaned the main floor before we left for CO and have to keep reminding myself that was six weeks ago. It feels like it was last week.
I have an electric fireplace thingy that warms a room up nicely. If you know of someone that needs extra heat for the winter let me know. It is in great shape and has extra storage on both sides of the fireplace. We are reorganizing the study and I don’t have room for it any more. I can send pictures if needed.
I called the post office in Strong City this morning to alert them that I have baby chicks coming sometime this week. She told me they would call when they got them. Their mail arrives around 7:30 in the morning and I can come then to get them. Sure hope we don’t lose any during the shipping process. I have their nursery all set up and waiting for them. Just have to add sugar water and feed and plug in the heat lamp.
The Perseid Meteor shower is this week. I hope the skies clear during the night so the meteors can be seen. In 2016 it was a fabulous display and hasn’t been so good the last couple of years. The moon will be a bit bright which will cut down on the number visible but hopefully it will be a fun couple of nights to stargaze.
Feeling a bit anxious and pissed off this afternoon. If you are a tRump supporter I would stay away from me for a while. This whole COVID situation has been handled so poorly and now it has come home for me. I will spend some time making more masks as it is something productive I can do and feel like I am making a bit of a difference but it sure feels like it isn’t enough.
Grateful for my baby brother Keith, grateful for home made cookies, and grateful for the Perseid Meteor shower.