Quarantine

March started out for us in a normal way.  It came in like a lamb and we enjoyed our warmer days.

There are usually a few Fridays with no school, and we had the boys over night, Zane alone for a weekend and Barry and Christian after one of Barry's basketball games. 

I guess Barry is ready for summer.

Bubbles

Checking things out with Papa.

Christian tried on my grandpa's glasses, from a long time ago.

They enjoyed bag kites on some of those very windy days.

It took nearly all the blankets we had to build this fort. 

And then, normality ceased.

The coronavirus came knocking on the door and the country went into panic mode.

It is a serious virus and needs to be taken seriously.  However, I think that most of what is published in the main stream media is exaggerated, taken out of context, and some blatantly untrue.  I didn't ever intend for my blog to be in any way, shape or form, political; but in this season of our country, they are inciting panic where reason is needed.  

We are not panicking in this household.

We are staying home and obeying the rules. 

We had toilet paper enough to get by on for a few weeks.  Even so, about a week in to the panic mode of everyone buying out the toilet paper, one of our employees called Jim, "They're stocking toilet paper!" So he went in and got some. 

Snow -- March 9

Truffles with sprinkles from the Netherlands.

Hail -- March 13

The boys have had to adjust to a new way of living, during this quarantine.

With no school they have a schedule of chores, school work, playtime and snacks. 

They are having to learn to get along.

They spend most of their time in their family room in an enormous blanket fort. 

We don't get to see them, because I am in the "more risk" category.

Three-Square

Study time

Teacher Parade

Happy Birthday To Me

I had a birthday last week. 

I didn't have a party.

I didn't have cake.

I didn't go out to eat.

I didn't have COVID-19.

 I did stay at home.

I did have presents.

My grandsons felt a bit bad that I didn't have any party and they got together some presents for me.

Seriously, how sweet is this.  

Christian says the Lindt truffles were his idea.  I'm not sure about that, but he was the one who asked what my favorite candy was. 

I received hand made cards and letters.  I got precious things that belonged to them,

two sea shells, an ice cream cone, a blue kitty, a snow flake, a Frozen picture, a dime, a fifty-cent piece, a little 'mirror of erised', beads, 

 a sea shell, a Frozen picture, an ice cream cone and a little blue cat figure.

 a sea shell, beads, a friendship rock and a special rock.  

I am humbled and honored.  Some of those things must have been really special to them.  

So, I took a photo to remember. 

Curtains For You

I've had the boys a lot these last two weeks and will have them more because their school takes off almost every Friday and in some cases Thursday and Friday because of state basketball.  They have a good team and every year go to state.  I also had a sick boy a couple of extra days.  

This is not a post of boys because I am switching to a new computer and as I dislike change with a passion, it has been slow going.  The charger cord on the old computer is worn out, the spare cord only works if it is wiggled just right, and the computer itself being almost 8 years old and windows 7 is slow.  For those reasons, I have just transferred photos here, just downloaded Picasa here and it is now past my getting ready for bedtime (9:20), so this is what you get.

My daughter wanted new curtains for her kitchen so she found what she liked on pinterest, measured her windows, ordered 9 yards of material from Hobby Lobby after I figured the amount needed, and gave materials and information to me.  It took me two weeks to finish because of the aforesaid boy days.  I had a picture, I thought, of the pile of fabric on my table, but I don't.  They look very nice, if I do say so myself. 

 I finished them today.

It was a good day to sew, it rained half the morning and then snowed until noon, great fat flakes coming down that are a pleasure to all people that work indoors and don't have to be outside driving or working. 

The boys were saying March came in like a lamb.  And it did.  The first week we had 50 to 70 degree temperatures.  In fact, yesterday we saw 75 on the thermometer.  Today, we have snow. The lion is showing it's face.

It all melted before evening.