Yea! Brynnli and Braden finally got some time off from school/work and were not cooped up from Covid, so we got to spend a little fun time with them and Ferf and some of the kids. Afterwards we enjoyed pizza, salad and brownies together!
Showing posts with label Pandemic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pandemic. Show all posts
Sunday, January 10, 2021
Saturday, January 2, 2021
Saying Goodbye to 2020!
We said our goodbyes to 2020 by getting together with Moss and Christie and Jay and Brynn and families for dinner outside (staying safe from Covid measure) and then masking while inside. Christie had fun activities for the kids to do at each hour - making party hats, a match game of things from the year 2020, a candy ball, Starburst game and then we watched the ball drop in New York (a little early for us) and then some fireworks and sparkler fun outside for the final celebration - we were done by 11:00 using the eastern time zone. It was a fun evening even with the crazy outside in the cold dinner and masked up inside (with windows open for ventilation) activities.
Sunday, December 20, 2020
The Christmas Tree!
We got our Christmas tree pretty early this year. I was worried it wouldn't last well because it has been SO DRY this year. We haven't had hardly any rain. We went to get it the Saturday after Thanksgiving. It turned into a bit of an adventure when we got stuck in the tiniest bit of snow and mostly mud on a little downhill slope. Usually we wouldn't even have been able to drive on this road in our 2-wheel drive little pick up, but we actually made it a little ways in because there was pretty much no snow except in shady spots. But we did find a way to get stuck. We tried a lot of things, but finally settled on digging up dirt and putting it behind the wheels to made a path. Between that and Paul's great driving skills, we got unstuck. And then we looked for Christmas trees. We got a really cute one for Anna Lou and then found a pretty good one for us back in among lots of fallen trees that we had to climb over to get it out. It needed a little trimming when we got it set up, but turned out to be a pretty nice tree. And then last night - the 19th - we saw that it is actually sprouting new little needles! We have never had a tree do that! Here I was worried that it would be dry and dropping needles like crazy before Christmas even came and instead it's alive and growing! Very unusual to say the least!
Monday, April 6, 2020
Covid-19 - Just so I NEVER forget!
Gas price a mile from home was $2.29.
All schools cancelled.
Self-distancing measure on the rise.
Tape on the floors at grocery stores and others to help distance shoppers (6 ft) from each other.
Limited number of people inside stores, therefore, lineups outside the store doors.
Non-essential stores and businesses mandated closed.
Parks, trails, entire cities locked up.
Entire sports seasons cancelled.
Concerts, tours, festivals, entertainment events - cancelled.
Weddings, family celebrations, holiday gatherings - cancelled.
No masses, churches are closed.
No gatherings of 50 or more, then 20 or more, now 10 or more.
Don't socialize with anyone outside of your home.
Children's outdoor play parks are closed.
Working from home.
Terrified of friends and family job stability.
We are to distance from each other.
Shortage of masks, gowns, gloves for our front-line workers.
Shortage of ventilators for the critically ill.
Panic buying sets in and most stores have no toilet paper, no disinfecting supplies, no paper towels, no laundry soap, no hand sanitizer.
Shelves are bare.
Manufacturers, distilleries and other businesses switch their lines to help make visors, masks, hand sanitizer and PPE.
Government closes the border to all non- essential travel.
Fines are established for breaking the rules in some parts of the country.
Stadiums and recreation facilities open up for the overflow of Covid-19 patients.
Press conferences daily from the President. Daily updates on new cases, recoveries, and deaths.
Government incentives to stay home.
Barely anyone on the roads.
People wearing masks and gloves outside.
Essential service workers are terrified to go to work.
Essential service workers are terrified to go to work.
Medical field workers are afraid to go home to their families.
5.7 Earthquake hit Utah (Magna) March 18th 2020.
6.5 Earthquaie hit Idaho (near Boise) March 31st 2020.
This is the Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) Pandemic, declared March 11, 2020.
Why, you ask, do I write this status?
One day it will show up in my memories, and it will be yearly reminder that life is precious and not to take the things we dearly love for granted.
We have so much!
Be thankful. Be grateful.
Be kind to each other - love one another - support everyone.
We are all one! 🧡
From a friend's post on Facebook. A good reflection on what is happening.
I am seeing personally an in my family members that there are some positive effects of this whole thing happening. People are having to just slow down and spend time with their family...me included. We are doing the basic things, but there is just a lot of the running around stuff that we really can't be doing now. Before this all started, I was just about ready to go crazy at work with all of the push, push stresses that were going on. I was actually happy that they canceled school to have that stop. I've enjoyed just going to work at school at whatever time I want and having time to go for a bike ride and eat lunch before I go in. And I've enjoyed listening to podcasts and books while I'm there working alone.
I miss going to all of the YSA activities, but even that was very time consuming and instead of that, I have enjoyed our efforts to call and talk individually to each member of our ward to check in and see how they are doing. Many have been very appreciative of our reaching out to them...even some who never come. (Only had one who was as rude as ever.)
I'm enjoying not feeling so rushed in so many ways and of just hanging out with Paul and Bean in a more relaxed setting.
I know it will have to go back to the normal rush sooner or later, but for now, in some ways, I'm enjoying just being more in the moment with the people that mean most to me. I have enjoyed the little family text thing that Brynn set up for us to keep in touch better. I'm grateful that people are posting things on Facebook and Instagram so I still can see what's happening with them. And I'm trying harder to look for ways to reach out to the people I minister to.
I hope I will learn some positive things that I will take away from all of this.
All schools cancelled.
Self-distancing measure on the rise.
Tape on the floors at grocery stores and others to help distance shoppers (6 ft) from each other.
Limited number of people inside stores, therefore, lineups outside the store doors.
Non-essential stores and businesses mandated closed.
Parks, trails, entire cities locked up.
Entire sports seasons cancelled.
Concerts, tours, festivals, entertainment events - cancelled.
Weddings, family celebrations, holiday gatherings - cancelled.
No masses, churches are closed.
No gatherings of 50 or more, then 20 or more, now 10 or more.
Don't socialize with anyone outside of your home.
Children's outdoor play parks are closed.
Working from home.
Terrified of friends and family job stability.
We are to distance from each other.
Shortage of masks, gowns, gloves for our front-line workers.
Shortage of ventilators for the critically ill.
Panic buying sets in and most stores have no toilet paper, no disinfecting supplies, no paper towels, no laundry soap, no hand sanitizer.
Shelves are bare.
Manufacturers, distilleries and other businesses switch their lines to help make visors, masks, hand sanitizer and PPE.
Government closes the border to all non- essential travel.
Fines are established for breaking the rules in some parts of the country.
Stadiums and recreation facilities open up for the overflow of Covid-19 patients.
Press conferences daily from the President. Daily updates on new cases, recoveries, and deaths.
Government incentives to stay home.
Barely anyone on the roads.
People wearing masks and gloves outside.
Essential service workers are terrified to go to work.
Essential service workers are terrified to go to work.
Medical field workers are afraid to go home to their families.
5.7 Earthquake hit Utah (Magna) March 18th 2020.
6.5 Earthquaie hit Idaho (near Boise) March 31st 2020.
This is the Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) Pandemic, declared March 11, 2020.
Why, you ask, do I write this status?
One day it will show up in my memories, and it will be yearly reminder that life is precious and not to take the things we dearly love for granted.
We have so much!
Be thankful. Be grateful.
Be kind to each other - love one another - support everyone.
We are all one! 🧡
From a friend's post on Facebook. A good reflection on what is happening.
I am seeing personally an in my family members that there are some positive effects of this whole thing happening. People are having to just slow down and spend time with their family...me included. We are doing the basic things, but there is just a lot of the running around stuff that we really can't be doing now. Before this all started, I was just about ready to go crazy at work with all of the push, push stresses that were going on. I was actually happy that they canceled school to have that stop. I've enjoyed just going to work at school at whatever time I want and having time to go for a bike ride and eat lunch before I go in. And I've enjoyed listening to podcasts and books while I'm there working alone.
I miss going to all of the YSA activities, but even that was very time consuming and instead of that, I have enjoyed our efforts to call and talk individually to each member of our ward to check in and see how they are doing. Many have been very appreciative of our reaching out to them...even some who never come. (Only had one who was as rude as ever.)
I'm enjoying not feeling so rushed in so many ways and of just hanging out with Paul and Bean in a more relaxed setting.
I know it will have to go back to the normal rush sooner or later, but for now, in some ways, I'm enjoying just being more in the moment with the people that mean most to me. I have enjoyed the little family text thing that Brynn set up for us to keep in touch better. I'm grateful that people are posting things on Facebook and Instagram so I still can see what's happening with them. And I'm trying harder to look for ways to reach out to the people I minister to.
I hope I will learn some positive things that I will take away from all of this.
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