This day went by quickly. I didn’t sleep much last night but sure was sleeping good when the alarm went off at 6:30. I had to be gone by 7:30 this morning so had to get up and get moving.
The Vo-Tech is taking the virus seriously and have implemented lots of safety precautions to help keep everyone safe. The girl that cleaned my teeth was fun to visit with and did a good job. She is a second year student so it only took a little over two hours.
I stopped at Walmart when I was done and picked up a few groceries and then ran into Staples and got a few things. It was good to get home after being in town for several hours.
I fixed lunch and then took a long nap. I woke up and fixed leftovers for dinner. I needed to get the refrigerator cleaned out and Jim is always willing to eat leftovers.
My recipe project is coming along. I probably am over half done typing recipes and have the first half of them printed. I need to figure out how to organize them in the folder I am putting them in and get them all sorted into sections. I must like to make desserts because that is the section I have the most recipes for. I guess most main dishes I make don’t require recipes.
It has been interesting typing some of the recipes. Many call for margarine instead of butter. That must have been the trend in the 70’s and 80’s. Some call for things that aren’t even made even more. Do they still make Cool Aid packages? Pistachio pudding mix? Boxes of frozen strawberries? I must be getting old.
Tomorrow I am going to Matfield Green to visit a friend for an hour in the morning. I haven’t seen her for almost a year so looking forward to catching up. After that I don’t have anything on my calendar for several weeks. Jim hasn’t decided if he is going to Stillwater but thinking not.
Jim got the doors on my chicken coop repaired today. They were hard to close and have been since I got the coop. I can finally easily close and lock them. He is handy to have around.
The good thing of doing the recipe project is I now have some ideas of what to fix for the next week or so. I had forgotten about some of the things I like to make. I laid out some sirloin steak for tomorrow night and I am going to make Steak Packets with onion, potatoes, carrots and steak. It has a yummy easy sauce I make to go over it. You wrap everything up in a foil packet and bake for an hour. I like meals like that.
Just discovered my dishwasher is not working. It was replaced earlier this year. It blinks at me but won’t reset and start. I looked up the owner’s manual on-line but the trouble shooting guide doesn’t list that problem. Hate when that happens. I may need to call them tomorrow and see what is wrong.
Still feeling the restlessness but it has quieted down a bit. Still there though and still have no clue what it is.
I read where we may have a national lock down again to try to stop the virus. Don’t think it will change anything about how we are living right now. We limit our trips outside the house to essential trips. Tomorrow is an exception for me to that rule as I will be going to visit my friend. We just don’t get out much at all yet. We still haven’t eaten at a restaurant since all this started – haven’t even picked up take out food. Trust we don’t have national shortages of people stock piling reserves again. It is nice to have a freezer full of meat in case there are shortages again.
Grateful for the Vo-Tech and its dental program, grateful for long afternoon naps after a night of little sleep, and grateful for repaired doors on the chicken coop.