Wow. Eight weeks of “stay at home”. We are starting to get in to a routine. You’d think that would have started before now. But not really. It takes a long time to get used to this “new normal”.
Masks are required in public now so even our social distancing socializing means wearing masks unless we can really be 6’ apart. But we did do some socializing which was a really nice feature of the week.
In pictures:
Even Daisy got dressed up this week.
Sunday was the day of 2 Ellies. First we went to school friend Ellie’s house. We brought Ellie and her mom and sister masks.
They gave Becky a 4 pack of amazing beer as payment for the masks. Becky was so excited she poured one as soon as we brought it home. And then proceeded to drink it while doing a Church Youth Group Zoom!
We had warm weather and sunshine which was so nice for a change.
Ally getting eating one of her meringue cookies before heading out to Eli’s house. (Eli is short for Eliana, one of her teammates.)
At Eli’s house the girls blew up the 16’ airtrack and then carried it to the park near her house. It needs an electrical outlet to run the pump to inflate the mat.
I bet it was a site to see.
Getting ready to tumble. Becky and Eli’s mom sat at a distance away from the girls who wanted privacy.
This is Ally much of her days. On her couch in her room with her cat.
A selfie after a rare morning shower. Love her smirk.
We did have a disaster this week.
Becky was making baked potatoes for dinner and one exploded in the oven!
HUGE mess inside the oven.
We got out the vacuum to clean up all the dried loose bits and then it took 2 cycles of the oven cleaner and 30 minutes of Becky scrubbing the grates by hand to clean it all up. What a mess. Becky did prick the skin, photos of the remaining skin show that. I think she didn’t puncture it enough. She thinks she baked it too long. But the other 3 potatoes came out fine.
Oh well.
Huge thanks to Great Aunt Martha and Uncle Phil for the moose munch care package for Mother’s Day.
May 7 was Cloey’s 6th birthday so we had a small party for her.
A cake of biscuits, peanut butter and carrots.
Our guests were Olive and her mom Lucia.
Our next door neighbor lost his job last week. Trip Advisor laid off 900 people. He had worked there for 13 years. I made a pecan pie and brought it over to them to bring some cheer. Marina is Italian and posts on Facebook in Italian but it does translate for me. Here is the thank you post from her.
It does feel good to see people and do nice things for others. Helps me remember we are all in this together.
Our waffle maker came and we finally had sourdough waffles. They were really good.
Our waffle maker came and we finally had sourdough waffles. They were really good.
Ally helped make cookies for when Colette came over for lunch.
The girls had fun eating lunch and doing Tik Toks (in masks). We agreed to make it a weekly lunch date.
Becky had Friday night Happy Hour FaceTiming with Beth. Becky was really happy after 2 gin and tonics!
Saturday I went to see one of my work sites. I have some lovely clients and Becky and Ally came too. It was great to see the project and for Ally to meet my clients and their adorable 2 miniature dachshunds.
Now she keeps asking for another dog.
We keep saying NO.
On the way home we got curbside Frozen Yogurt from Ally’s favorite shop.
And later in the day we picked up our Mother’s Day meals. Yes, this year we decided to purchase prepared meals for Mother’s Day. A local bakery/restaurant was offering a special Mother’s Day option. It’s the same place we got Christmas dinner from and that was so delicious we thought why not treat ourselves.
Above is the brunch: ready to make egg sandwiches, blueberry apricot scones, 4 cans of iced coffee and a pint of cookie dough.
Dinner; roasted salmon (which only Becky will eat) and Cobb salad.
With a raspberry lemon cake for dessert!
Later in the evening Ally and I worked on and completed a puzzle we started earlier in the week.
Daisy was being a pain and made it challenging to work!
But we finished it!
Ally and I do puzzles very differently and her stamina for them inspires me to stick with it. But it has been fun doing them with her the past 2 months. We have a bunch more to do too.
