A chilly day in Stillwater – only got to the mid 40’s. It is to warm up starting tomorrow. We took a one-mile walk and it was too cold for me! Jim loved the temperature today. I had to walk faster than normal to warm up a bit.
I worked on detail cleaning the living room today. It looks much better tonight than it did this morning. Wish I could de-clutter it but it isn’t my clutter to dispose of. Jim is slowly working on removing parts of it.
I asked Jim to work on the kitchen cabinets today. He had made new doors for some of them and they needed fasteners so they would stay closed. He had bought the fasteners a while ago and had forgotten to put them on. They took him most of the afternoon to put on. He has two doors to hang and put fasteners on yet tonight. I think he can! I think he can!
When he gets done I need to do some paint touch ups. I may try to get that done tomorrow. I have several more rooms to detail clean but there is no rush to getting that done. We don’t have anyone coming over and we aren’t going anywhere anytime soon.
I have chili cooking in the crock pot for dinner tonight. We both enjoy chili and it was a nice cool day to make it. It smells divine and has made me hungry all afternoon. If I come out of quarantine and my jeans still fit I will be surprised. I have been stress eating lately. I had given up snacking for the longest time but sometimes a girl has to do what a girl has to do to get through the day. Someday soon I will give it up again – maybe when my jeans get too tight.
I woke up in the middle of the night after a bad dream. I had tears streaming down my face. Not sure I even remember what the dream was about but thinking it had something to do with a hospital and corona virus. I rarely have dreams that I am conscious of. I guess with all that is going on in the world right now it isn’t out of the normal to be processing my thoughts during the night in form of dreams which can become nightmares.
I sure wonder how children are handling all of this. It is hard for me to wrap my head around it all. I can’t imagine what children are thinking about it. It must be really scary for them. I saw an article today about the high number of domestic violence cases that are happening right now. My heart goes out to those that don’t have a safe place to weather this storm in.
Feels good to have had a productive day. The living room feels much cleaner to me tonight. I can smell the PineSol I used to clean with. I’m looking forward to detail cleaning the kitchen, bathroom and bedroom in the coming days.
The face masks I ordered from Amazon came in today. I’m glad I got them ordered when I did as there aren’t any more available. Next time I go to Walmart I want to get some material and make some that are washable. The ones I ordered are the blue, disposable ones. The hospital here is accepting donations of handmade face masks to give to patients and family members. If I can figure out how to make them I will make a bunch for them.
I managed to stay out of the muck pond today. Had a moment when I was talking to Ellexia and we realized we won’t be able to color Easter eggs together or have Easter dinner together. Oh the simple things of life that I miss. She asked me when she would see me again and I don’t have an answer for her.
I signed up for a 40 day free meditation series. I listened to the first one today. It reminded me to pause when things feel out of control and regain my balance before I respond. I needed that message today. A Pause is a great friend for me.
Grateful the living room is clean, grateful the kitchen cabinet doors will close tight when Jim is done tonight, and grateful for my conversation with Ellexia today.