Coffee anyone ?

[Bruce]

I really don't think people are taking this whole "stay at home" thing seriously.

Maybe they didn't get the word? Or were late getting home? Essential workers? OR maybe a lot of scofflaws. Combination of the preceding?

 

[Mini Horses]

I'm one of the "essential workers" so out most everyday. At the Dollar General stores I am seeing lawn care, gardening supplies being stocked on the "usual" paper shelves. To avoid empty.

My thoughts -- ya mean they'll NEVER get more OR it's grow your own??? TP, paper towels, napkins -- disappear as soon as any come into the stores.

On the flip side, there is NO SHORTAGE of sodas!! I've moved a minimum of 500 2Ltr bottles a day all week, doing resets. Talk about no need for the gym -- I'm there!

 

[promiseacres]

Coffee is on.
Highs only in the mid 40s....a change from 70s told my kids no shorts.

 

[Mini Horses]

Still warm here. Those light showers have been hit & miss. Not bad but still messes up many "outdoor" plans. They say heavy winds late day. That's almost worse than light rain.

Not like there isn't plenty to do inside just not what I wanted to do today. Change of plans! There's always the weekend for the next garden till. While I'm rethinking my day I'm having some oatmeal and lovely coffee.

What is everyone else doing???? Pretty quiet here of late.

 

[thistlebloom]

Thanks for the coffee! Sunshine once again today and around 60. Yay! Dh is helping me today with spring cleanup at a job.
Lots of raking and debris hauling, but at least it's warm and sunny.

 

[Xerocles]

What is everyone else doing???? Pretty quiet here of late.

Dawned bright and sunny. Supposed to be(70%) rain. 1:30. 80 and hot. Spent most of my morning driving 6' galvanized rods (3 of them) at the garden area for the electric fence. Too old for that. Whack 5 times. Sit. Rinse, repeat. BUT THEYRE DONE! And put the last 25 insulators on the posts.
Oh, and made a 5 gal waterer for the ducks.
Other than that, all I did was insult my sister over the phone when she told me she was going to pick up a friend to spend the day with her. What part of house arrest don't they understand? Are we gonna have to issue everybody ankle bracelets?

 

[Jesusfreak101]

After noon all, life with four kids is crazy.. boys have been fighting. Oldest isn't helping. Baby wants to eat every thirty minutes. Got the goat milked finally, her udder was completely scabbed over last night an not swollen. This After noon it was bleeding again but it still isnt swollen so i assume she just knocked of the scab on something. Every one in the field today. Trying to get house clean and pens ready, animals ready to process and hoping to start tomorrow while its suppose to be cooler weather so that i am not doing it on a hot day. We be starting on the pig here soon as dh has the time to help other wise i shoot one and hang it and go to work on it. Hoping i won't have to but considering the alternative and keep them longer then plan no thanks. Also looking at getting more fencing in and getting all of the pens in the front pasture away from the house. Hoping it works out but we shall see.

 

[Baymule]

I quit my job a week and a half ago.

I got 2 days of training, following someone around, no hands on, then thrown on the floor for a 12 hour shift by myself. 14 residents, 3 diabetics, 3 Alzheimer’s, 2 with dangerous high/low blood pressure and meds 3-5 times a day. Helping with meals, cleaning the whole place, laundry, and they complained I was too slow. I picked up speed, but I got to thinking. Rules and laws started getting crazy and I could see it was only going to get crazier with the coronavirus. Once it gets into a nursing home, the bodies stack up. It may sound selfish, but I don't want to work under those circumstances. I decided I didn’t want to take a deadly virus home to my husband, so I quit. That place is disorganized, indeed, they take it to a new level. It is one of the worst places I have ever worked. Management was terrible, communication was zero to none.

The residents were precious people. I tried to give them all a smile and make them feel important. It’s dehumanizing enough just being in a place like that, without being in a high speed hurry to get to the next one.

I have been working in the garden, taking care of the 43 Cornish cross chickens, taking care of the pigs, we have kept our grand daughters every chance we get and we are STAYING HOME!​

 

[Mini Horses]

@Baymule didn't you say DD & grands are staying there in a trailer until they move? Thought I read that but -- maybe a dream. LOL

You have plenty to keep you busy. A garden alone can do that.

I walked in my garden area that I tilled last weekend. This afternoon, DS actually tilled it for me with the humongous tiller he borrowed. I enjoyed "just" watching. REALLY enjoyed it. That thing would need an electric start for me....can't pull the rope hard enough. Now, my pull behind tiller I can. After I get a new battery at TSC tomorrow, the mower can pull it. Shouldn't need to for a while after all the disc work and tilling now. Good, because I need to hill, rake, set posts & CPs for planting this weekend. Weather supposed to be good.

I will be"social distancing" in my garden Sat & Sun. No one here to fit a hoe handle.

Planting this Painted Mountain corn this year. If people are still talking in the Fall , may sell some for decorations. Otherwise cornmeal and chicken feed. No loss. Lot of Sunflowers to go in, also. My chickens love those seed! Oh, usual veggies for me, also. Seeds galore here!! Exciting.

With chores and land to walk, the CV-19 closures are more tolerable than for those who live in an apartment!

 

[Baymule]

They close the first of May, have to be out May 8. They have been looking at places to buy, but think they will rent for awhile. She is famous for waiting until the last minute to do anything. She always pulls a magic trick and gets it done. They haven't looked at rentals yet. So who knows.