I’m excited to share with you a new series I’m starting called, “Talk Till Dawn”, I want this to be about my everyday life, the things I’m reading, eating, my everyday ups and down, along with photos that I’ve taken over the week.
My life and home is far from perfect even though I always share with you pretty home decor picture. Now from time to time I’ll give you a look at how things can get out of control like everyone else’s life.
As March wraps up I know most of us have had world events on our minds. It’s scary, it’s real, and it’s forcing many of us to live differently than we did a few weeks ago.
Depending on what part of this country you live in you may have been hit hard by the “virus” or it may have skipped your state almost without notice. Where I live, Michigan is seeing many cases in the Detroit area. Thankfully I live in a small town, without many people and no confirmed cases as of yet.
One of the first things I did after making sure we were stocked with essentials was make a list of everything I pay for as a monthly subscription and start canceling them.
First to go was extra tv channels, photo editing software, things pertaining to the blog, and many other things. All stuff we can do without. I was quite surprised to have eliminated $180 per month of things that were easily stopped from coming out of our account.
I pay so much with Paypal that it was easy to go into my account and delete things I no longer wished to pay for. After this crisis all passes I may pick them back up and I may not. Who know, it’s amazing the things we can do without that are not necessities.
With so many people without jobs I figured it was crucial to cut these expenses right away before another monthly fee was due.
My family is very blessed to have food stored up. When you live in the sticks like we do it’s normal to buy in bulk. I hate to shop for groceries and we have plenty of room for food storage so it’s nothing new here.
I’m finding it hard to stay busy. There are only so many things I can clean, or want to clean. No paperwork for our business as it’s shut down. Can’t go visit Grama Red for fear of her catching something. The weather’s still not nice outside. So I’ve been reading, eating (I may be 500 pounds before this is all over), planting a few vegetable seeds inside, baking, and doing plenty of Bible studies.
I know this isn’t the most uplifting post but it is the reality right now. Tell me how you are holding up, what you’re doing with your time, and are you having trouble finding food and supplies to outlast this crisis.
Until next time take care and thank you for spending the time talking till dawn with me today!
Good to hear you and you’re family are doing well. Like you, I can only clean so much so I’ve been spending time working on cleaning out a bedroom to finish painting. This room was more of a “catch all” for extra stuff and includes a chair I started reupholstering 2-3 years ago. We’re well stocked (not overstocked) so doing some cooking. Also very fortunate that my husband’s place of employment is considered necessary and didn’t need to close. But they also recognized that not everyone needed to be there so these individuals are working from home. He’s one of them. At this crazy time we consider ourselves very blessed. Stay safe and please keep writing even if you don’t think it’s worthy. Those who are sending out blog posts are helping so many of us cope with dealing with our current circumstances and adds a bright spot to the day. For this I thank you for being one of them.
Barb, Good to hear you’re hubby is able to work from home, that’s comforting to know he still has an income. It sure is hard to find things to write about when there’s nothing going on but I will continue to try. I bet you’re feeling accomplished getting your catchall bedroom organized and painted. Maybe that chair will get finished too. Please keep in contact it’s good hearing what everyone else is doing and going trough! Prayers to all 🙂
For me it’s been hard. I scheduled for spine surgery but it had to be canceled because of the virus and don’t know when it can be rescheduled. Each day is hard as I suffer a lot of physical pain from it . This the second time in 3yrs that I have had to have the surgery’s. The waiting is the hardest part of it not knowing. Your right when you say their is only so much you can do. I have been doing a lot of crafting which has been hard on my hands so I can only do so much. But I am blessed to have a husband who only works part time and is home more so I am not alone so much. I talk with my 3 daughters daily My oldest daughter is considered essential since she works at a bank call center.She has been working overtime sometimes which is hard when you have people calling in who are having a hard time making their payments. The bank has been wonderful to the employees. Offering a lot of extras. One of my other daughters is working from home. My other daughter has been sick with a cough and sore throat but has been in contact with her doctor and has been getting better. Thanking the lord for that . My son-in -law is a first responder I pray for him everyday that he will be safe. In this it has made us closer as a family checking on each other. I am blessed to have them all in my life ❤️
Anita, My DIL works for a surgeon and said they cancelled all the surgeries for 3 months. I feel for you since you’re suffering. I have no idea how you’re doing it. Wow you’re family is luck that they are still all working, that’s fantastic… no money worries there. I’m doing tons of bids right now for our business so once everything opens up again it will be crazy busy around here. Both my Grandmothers are still alive one 100 and one 95, we have a call chain worked out with family so they have contact everyday with someone. It’s pretty hard to find things to talk about when no one is doing anything. Seems like the biggest topic is what are you having for dinner. I’ll pray for your pain level to decrease and that God works miracles and restores this nation once again. God Bless!
Stay healthy and safe!!
Same to you Jeanie, so far so good around here:)
We live out in the sticks also, so we’re always stocked up. We buy at Sam’s, so we buy in bulk, but have for years. We are retired, so it’s no different being at home. It’s just more that we are supposed to stay at home. Oh, well, we’ll make it through. Our pastor has been doing online services for the last 3 weeks, plus a staff member shares something at noon each day.
DeeDee, I shop at Sams too. I hate to grocery shop so buying in bulk is what I do too. We’ve been doing church online too, it’s so good you have a daily prayer share too. That’s so important. Thanks for checking in and keep in touch!
I’m a 78 year old widow and stay inside a lot. I’m used to it and like it. I do a little cooking with my 56 year old son, who lives in this spacious house with me. He’s such a blessing. He does all the grounds keeping (50 acres) with only 8 to 10 acres that needs to be mowed. Plus he does all grocery shopping, and other normal things that need to be done outside the home. I’ve been reading several authors that I’ve never read any of their books before and that have been excellent. I’m a reader and even like audible books at certain times. I used to love flower gardening,but don’t that any longer due to back problems, mainly arthritis. I like to do tablescapes for different holidays and have just finished two Easter tables. I knew we wouldn’t be entertaining on that very special Sunday, but I enjoy the pretty dishes and items I’ve collected over the years. I’m also a knitter and keep something going on the needles.
I enjoy hearing what others are doing and your blog is interesting. I can tell you’re into gardening and I like that.
Kay, It’s so nice to hear your story. Wow 50 acres is a lot to keep up, I also mow about 10 acres here at the cabin. Our grass is just starting to green up here, so I’ll be mowing soon. It’s so nice that your son lives with you and does so much. I keep saying our family needs to buy 100 acres and have all our family build houses on it or live with each other in several big houses. I think that way of life is so much better than what the world does now. Family is spread far and wide and no one benefits from it. I know how to crochet but never learned how to knit, and I’d love too. My Mom taught me how to crochet when I was a little girl but she never taught me how to knit and I’m not sure why. She’s passed now so I can’t even ask her 🙁 I bet your tablescapes are just lovely. No guest coming here anytime soon either. Thanks for stopping in and keep in touch! Stay safe and healthy.
Dawn, I am happy that you are doing well. We too are ” Self distanding ” This is the start of week 3. We are remote so beautiful scenery . We have our 19 year old daughter, and 16 year old twin boys , and a 3 year old foster daughter. We have a pretty stocked pantry from before the virus , and it has been an blessing. There are a lot of things that we can not get at our grocery stores…never thought that I would live to see the day when you had to wait in line to get into a grocery store, there is a limit of 2 items on most food, and it was 3 weeks before there was frozen items in the store. Stay safe Dawn.