Another quiet day at home. Kinda wondering why I am blogging right now as not much changes day to day.
I painted the overhang on the roof of the garage this afternoon. Only have two small sections to do and it is right above where Jim has been working laying pipe for the gray water system. When he is done and gets the trench filled in I can finish the last two sections.
Cut out another 25 masks and have them ready to sew. Have six done. I will probably work on them some more this evening. Once everything is cut out they only take about 10 minutes to sew up unless I have machine trouble. I am using an old machine Jim bought at the ReStore and it seems to get tired easily. When it gets tired it acts up. Kinda like me I guess!
Starting a twin sized blanket on my knitting needles. This is the last of the adult blanket yarn I have with me. I have tubs of it in Strong City but not here. Glad I have gotten what I brought worked up. I may need to buy some more to get me through until I get back to KS again.
I noticed on Facebook that Chase County has their first confirmed case of Coronavirus. Guess others have been tested but this is the first positive. I wonder how many others have it that haven’t been tested.
I ordered more ribbon so I can make another four dozen or so face masks. I had everything else I needed to make them and no use for the stuff unless I turn it into face masks. Someone told me Chase County is looking for enough face masks to be donated so they can make sure everyone in the county has one. I may send them a box of them if I can’t find someone that needs them here.
Made a Tex Mex casserole for dinner tonight. It had hamburger, green chilies, kidney beans, rice, taco seasoning, corn, cream cheese and tomato sauce in it. It was good but it made way too much for just the two of us. We will have to eat another meal of it in a day or two to get through it all.
Jim got his waste water system pipe put it today. We did a load of laundry tonight and the water drained like he had planned. He is going to leave it uncovered for a day or two to make sure the pipes are going to hold together. Then he will cover the pipes and that project will be completed. Always a good thing when you can cross something off the long to do list. His back is sore from digging the trench and bending over to lay the pipe. My shoulders are sore from reaching over my head to paint. Both of us are feeling our age tonight.
Sounds like shelter in place orders are being extended to the middle of May. Kinda thought that would happen. I will be surprised if they get lifted the middle of May. When I can surrender and relax into the moment and remember all is well I am OK. When I get anxious to get back home I get out of balance. Most of the day I have been OK although I had a few moments of anxiety. Being outside painting today helped ground me.
It was in the lower 70’s in Stillwater today but a bit windy. I am a messy painter anyways and when the wind blows it I am even messier. A cold front is coming through again tonight and tomorrow it is to be cooler again for a couple days.
Hard for me to think about the 22 million Americans that are now unemployed. The unemployment systems are overwhelmed with claims. I trust the system catches up and people can get some partial financial relief. My heart aches for the people that have lost their jobs and don’t know how they are going to feed their families. I wish I had more faith in our government and that they would step up and take care of the little guy at the bottom of the ladder. Seems like they are more interested in taking care of the stock market and big corporations.
Grateful the overhang painting is almost done, grateful Jim’s gray water piping is successfully laid, and grateful the governors are being responsible and extending the shelter in place orders.