For school, we are listening to the book: Diary of Anne Frank: A Young Girl. We talked about some of the ways that Anne's life in hiding parallels our life of quarantine inside our homes. Thankfully we can still enjoy the outdoors and I can go grocery shopping, but life has changed so much in such a short time frame. Normally I would order a bunch of books from our local library system, but now I am learning how to use e-books, YouTube, and other audible book websites to supplement our school curriculum plans.
A friend of ours had a birthday this week. How disappointing it must be to not be able to have a party with friends. We sent him a gift via amazon and made a little video that we texted over to his mom's phone. She sent a picture of him beaming with his gift -he didn't know it was coming so it was a fun surprise for him! We have a birthday coming next month and are hoping that a party will be do-able.
Easter is next week. We're supposed to have snow that day and we'll watch service online as usual. We spent less on candy and focused more on gifts the kids could use and enjoy here at home. I bought a turkey for a nice big meal. Poultry is difficult to find lately, so I bought what I could, and whole bird seems to be what there is most of in the stores.
I can't order our almond milk from the stores since it is a "high demand" item. I have to physically go in to see if they have it in stock and buy some. Shopping has become a chore rather than a relaxing escape from the house. I no longer bring a purse, instead I put my ID and debit card in my pocket. In my other pocket, I keep my little spray hand-sanitizer. I wear my hair pulled back and a homemade face mask. In stores, people try to avoid each other. About half of them are wearing masks and half are not. I don't take any of my children with me so I have to go shopping when the timing works best to leave the baby at home.
When I get home, I don't enter the house until I have delivered all the groceries (one of my kids carries the bags from the door to the counter). Then when I get into the house, I remove all outer clothing and drop it in the washing machine. I run to the shower and wash in as hot of a shower that I can stand. Then I start the tedious task of wiping all of my grocery items down with cleaner and putting them away. It takes forever. I even wash all my produce before putting it away. I've been trying to do two weeks of shopping at a time, but it is hard when I can't find all the items I need for the meals I plan. I've started shopping to keep ingredients on hand verses specific meals planned. I couldn't get Chili Powder this past weekend. Chili powder. Seriously? Why does anyone need to stock up on that? Luckily, I can make my own taco seasoning using an AIP recipe that doesn't call for any chili powder. I just can't make chili until I get some more.
We are loving having my hubby home. We've figured out a better routine and how to work with his schedule and our schooling needs. On nice weather days, he joins us for a walk midday and we all love that time outdoors together. We try to get outside twice a day. I hope you are finding new rhythms to your days at home too. :0)
No comments:
Post a Comment