141st Day of Quarantine
The expected high today is 77F.
I didn't get out the door as early as I would have liked, but I was at Menards before 10am, so I call that a win. They were still busy, since it is a Saturday. I purchased all the things we need to fill in the wholes in the dining room wall. I don't know when I'll paint, but at least the holes will be gone.
I've moved the backpacks into the room and hung them on the bunk bed, now that there is an easier path with the new twin bed in place.
My next stop was supposed to be game stop, but they no longer open at 10 on the weekends, so I ended up shopping for schultueten supplies at office depot, five below, and target. On the way I picked up KFC which served both lunch and dinner.
Tonight Grace and I finished "Junie B Jones and the Yucky Blucky Fruit Cake" and next up she wants to read Junie B Jones "chubby cheeks" (Junie B Jones and her Big Fat Mouth") I'm glad that she seems to like these books as much as Alice did. = )
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140th Day of Quarantine
The expected high today is 82F.
Our art project this week was colored pencil coloring pages.
We had the sausage for breakfast, and I froze the remaining ones for future breakfast. We also shucked the corn and it is on the stove right this moment cooking! It was so good we polished off all 12 ears. = 0
For dinner we had pizza and bueno nachos.
The Bueno Nachos go particularly well with the Kim Possible marathon we had.
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139th Day of Quarantine
The high today was 81F.
I had dreams about thrift store shopping and buying a Nintendo Switch to play with my friends.
I made a trip to the thrift shop before Billy started his slew of meetings. I grabbed Wendy's for lunch for all. I ran out of time for Panera for myself, since I found some antique books just before running to the register.
Grace's doll Molly lost her head. Since she is an American Girl doll, we are shipping her to the "doll hospital" to be repaired. $32 is cheaper than buying a new one, and the price includes shipping, both ways.
Billy made a trip to the farmer's market today, brining back breakfast sausage, sweet corn, kettle corn, salsa, and cherry tomatoes.
For dinner we had chicken alfredo.
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138th Day of Quarantine
The high today was 86F.
I knocked out lots of little tasks, like finishing off the final 3 masks for donation to the school (or possibly somewhere else, since the school is now starting remotely. The frame for the twin bed came in, so now we have 4 twin beds in the girls room, and Billy has his own table for his 3D printing. I chatted with Haley to start a new order for us to mail into Amazon. And After dinner I ran some returnables up to a drive at the school. I think it was for a baseball team.
For dinner we had orange chicken and rice.
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137th Day of Quarantine
The expected high today was 83F.
Every few lessons the twins use paper letters to spell out words during our reading time. Since we only have 15 minutes each day, laying out and picking up the letters each time we needed them was starting to annoy me. I decided that magnetic letters on a board would be a time saving solution.
I bought the magnetic paper that can go through the printer last week, and it arrived yesterday. I was on the phone with Sarah, since she was heading to the store, when I finally thought to test the chalk/white board that we have for spelling this fall. I am so thrilled to report that we have a solution to the problem! This board has been $5 well spent!
For dinner we had fish sticks and apple slices.
Hanging out on the porch after dinner with Billy, I found the breeze blowing in to be a little too chilly for my taste. We are supposed to be in the midst of summer, "cold" should not cross my mind. = (
I take screenshots of the same covid reporting website every few days. Today marked the fourth month of taking screen shots.
The website has changed a bit, but I will continue to take pictures every few days.
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136th Day of Quarantine
The expected high today is 77F.
I didn't get out the door as early as I would have liked, but I was at Menards before 10am, so I call that a win. They were still busy, since it is a Saturday. I purchased all the things we need to fill in the wholes in the dining room wall. I don't know when I'll paint, but at least the holes will be gone.
I've moved the backpacks into the room and hung them on the bunk bed, now that there is an easier path with the new twin bed in place.
My next stop was supposed to be game stop, but they no longer open at 10 on the weekends, so I ended up shopping for schultueten supplies at office depot, five below, and target. On the way I picked up KFC which served both lunch and dinner.
Tonight Grace and I finished "Junie B Jones and the Yucky Blucky Fruit Cake" and next up she wants to read Junie B Jones "chubby cheeks" (Junie B Jones and her Big Fat Mouth") I'm glad that she seems to like these books as much as Alice did. = )
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140th Day of Quarantine
The expected high today is 82F.
Our art project this week was colored pencil coloring pages.
We had the sausage for breakfast, and I froze the remaining ones for future breakfast. We also shucked the corn and it is on the stove right this moment cooking! It was so good we polished off all 12 ears. = 0
For dinner we had pizza and bueno nachos.
The Bueno Nachos go particularly well with the Kim Possible marathon we had.
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139th Day of Quarantine
The high today was 81F.
I had dreams about thrift store shopping and buying a Nintendo Switch to play with my friends.
I made a trip to the thrift shop before Billy started his slew of meetings. I grabbed Wendy's for lunch for all. I ran out of time for Panera for myself, since I found some antique books just before running to the register.
Grace's doll Molly lost her head. Since she is an American Girl doll, we are shipping her to the "doll hospital" to be repaired. $32 is cheaper than buying a new one, and the price includes shipping, both ways.
Billy made a trip to the farmer's market today, brining back breakfast sausage, sweet corn, kettle corn, salsa, and cherry tomatoes.
For dinner we had chicken alfredo.
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138th Day of Quarantine
The high today was 86F.
I knocked out lots of little tasks, like finishing off the final 3 masks for donation to the school (or possibly somewhere else, since the school is now starting remotely. The frame for the twin bed came in, so now we have 4 twin beds in the girls room, and Billy has his own table for his 3D printing. I chatted with Haley to start a new order for us to mail into Amazon. And After dinner I ran some returnables up to a drive at the school. I think it was for a baseball team.
For dinner we had orange chicken and rice.
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137th Day of Quarantine
The expected high today was 83F.
Every few lessons the twins use paper letters to spell out words during our reading time. Since we only have 15 minutes each day, laying out and picking up the letters each time we needed them was starting to annoy me. I decided that magnetic letters on a board would be a time saving solution.
I bought the magnetic paper that can go through the printer last week, and it arrived yesterday. I was on the phone with Sarah, since she was heading to the store, when I finally thought to test the chalk/white board that we have for spelling this fall. I am so thrilled to report that we have a solution to the problem! This board has been $5 well spent!
For dinner we had fish sticks and apple slices.
Hanging out on the porch after dinner with Billy, I found the breeze blowing in to be a little too chilly for my taste. We are supposed to be in the midst of summer, "cold" should not cross my mind. = (
I take screenshots of the same covid reporting website every few days. Today marked the fourth month of taking screen shots.
The website has changed a bit, but I will continue to take pictures every few days.
136th Day of Quarantine
The expected high today was 86F.
I made my regular grocery run. Then came home and quickly put things away so that I could run to the dentist for a cleaning.
Sadly for me, the dentist's office was having some problems with their suction, and that's not good at all. I hope it's back on when I return for my permanent crown.
I bought the new Taylor Swift album, Folklore. It's nice to have some new music on my list, since Radio Company teased a new album, but it is taking forever for them to release it!
After watching Rufus Sewell in Pale Horse, and enjoying his acting in Man in the High Castle. Billy pulled up one of his very old movies, Dark City, that I'd never seen and he hadn't see in a while. For a 90s sci-fi movie that I'd never heard of, I thought it was pretty good.
Dinner was stovetop Alfredo Chicken Penne. It was pretty good, and most definitely gets points for easy to make!
The magnetic paper that I ordered came in today, so I printed off the letter cards for the reading lessons William, the twins and I are working through this summer.
The magnetic paper that I ordered came in today, so I printed off the letter cards for the reading lessons William, the twins and I are working through this summer.
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The expected high today was 91F.
The twins were working through their Sunday School packet, before watching Ms. Jen's video.
After church, we prepared for tomorrow.
I finished my first Dresden Files book (but it was actually number 7 in the series.) But my hold for the first 6 came up, so I downloaded those.
We finished Upload. And then watched Agatha Christie's Pale Horse. What's cool about having zero memories for plots is that I had no idea who did it!
For dinner we had a spaghetti casserole for dinner, because I'm worried that my upstairs freezer is going out. I had to call into the warranty company yesterday for an error code. We got it worked out, but that tends to be the beginning of issues, not the end.
Also, I got an email from the district, only for Alice today, which I hadn't been getting since the end of the school year. I'm guessing her file was grouped in with some that moved up before I unenrolled her. So, I guess I'll be withdrawing her again. I'll see if any other paperwork comes through.
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later days
