Pokey Peas Challenge for March 2020

We are doing good. A little stir crazy but good. My niece contacted me Thursday evening to ask if I could make masks for a friend of hers who is a nurse. She said all the PPEs are being locked into a central area so getting new masks is difficult. They were told they could wear cloth masks over the N95s to extend their use. So I had 15 ready for her to pick up Friday afternoon. When I asked her where her friend works I was shocked to hear she is employer by one of the larger hospitals in the area. I felt I should have done more. Just one little example of how crazy things are right now!!

Oh nylene, I'm so sorry this is happening at all, let alone at this moment in the universe! Sleep well, heal fast!

Thanks for checking in,nylene. I can’t imagine the nightmare of trying to get a health issue resolved right now. I hope the rx is correct now and you will heal. Hugs.

Happy Monday! Hey all, me and my family are good. Just took a break from my social media as we are trying to get through this stressful situation. I am thinking of you all and praying for you and your families. HUGS!

I will pop back in soon. I have been working on a new blog called Inspired Me 411. It is a directory of numerous websites for us artsy craftsy folks. I started working on it earlier this year and I am almost finished. It has been fun putting it together and looking forward to sharing it with you.

Hang in there girls!

Thanks for checking in, kellyr21. Will be interested to take a look at your new blog.

Hoping that you are recovering, nylene, and that all the other Pokeys are ending this strange month healthy and whole. Have enjoyed visiting with gramma and msliz and justjac on Hangouts this past week. I see that you have shared your March pages, patin, so hoping that means you are okay.

Glad your family is still okay, msliz and that you are not going stir crazy with everyone at home 24/7. I hadn't thought about knutschen losing her internet access when the coffee shops closed. So thankful for her and kitbop and all the other health care and front line workers who are in the middle of this storm.

And thank you to Linda, gramma and kitbop for sewing masks for front line workers.

If all goes as planned today (remember when we lived by what we PLANNED?), dd's hubby will be driving out to the farm later today with his sister, their little guy, and their pets. They have been in isolation at their home for 14 days. Today is the first time he will be venturing out to have his truck serviced (it has sat outside since Christmas in really cold weather) and make a "Costco run" today, then planning to "pack up and head out".

Weather had stuck its nose into our plans as well, but I guess the promised snow storm has passed, dumping "only" 3 of the 8 inches of snow it had threatened to do. The sun is shining, and I wish I could capture the beauty of the sparkling snowbanks in our yard in some way that actually highlights the sparkle!

So we will go from being sequestered here just the two of us for a month to having a houseful for a couple of weeks. Dd is hoping to complete and submit the 2nd part of her PhD "comp's" by mid April. She has been trying to fit in the reading and researching with working and single parenting these last few months while her hubby has been deployed and then with a houseful since he has arrived home and school has been cancelled. This will give her the house to herself for the time she needs to get this segment completed.

Yesterday I did some housecleaning in prep for this. Dd has given her family and us strict rules on keeping everything wiped down to prevent that pesky virus from sneaking in here. I plan to drive into town today, pick up the mail, get meds for myself and dh, and see what is available at the local grocery store. Dh also wants me to do some banking while there. First stop the grocery store to grab a few wipes from their cart stand. Then I can go to all the other places with the wipes in hand.

Feeling a little less safe (is that possible?) than the last time I was in town: we have had a death from COVID19 in our small hospital this past weekend. Not someone we know, but it is still a shock.

My first thought was if you disturb him enough at the dining room table, he will choose to go to the office to work.  My dd says I am passive/aggressive ...  can't imaging why ...

Hi Pokeys!!!!!

So it's the end of the month & I FINALLY check in. Wow what a month for all of us!

I started on a high note. My group of gal pals went on a cruise on Mar.1. -Yep...Carnival...yep this whole thing started while we were on the cruise. We were supposed to do the Western Caribbean- Jamaica, Cayman Islands & Cozumel. Well, the captain came on the intercom on our sea day to say we had been re-routed to the Eastern Caribbean due to 2 of our ports refusing to let us dock. Honestly, other than losing all the excursions we had planned, (we got our $$ back + $100) it was fine for me cuz I hadn't been anywhere in the Caribbean before. On the way to the airport, 4 out of the 6 of us starting coming down with "something." I was horribly sick- cough, TIRED, headache, achy for a week & 1/2 after we came home. Covid-19? I don't think so.I could not get into the Dr. until the next week. I tested negative for the flu but I think that is really what I had. There is a FB page for our specific cruise & I saw that a lot of people had come down with H1N1 & Influenza A after disembarking. I also gave it to DH within 2 days of being home. He got over it quite quickly. My Doc gave me an antibiotic cuz she thinks it went into a sinus infection. Do I think we had the Covid-19? I don't know but there were not test kits available at that time. Believe me I haven't gone anywhere.

When I could finally drag myself out of bed, I started to work on the 2 LO's I had in mind before I left & on all the card kits I had acquired over the past year from Club Scrap. My goal is to complete all of them & then I will have cards for all sorts of random things. I have been sending out a few to those I think may need cheering up.

What I really need to START (Let alone complete- YIKES!) is a memory album for our graduating senior granddaughter. I can't seem to get into it. I know she is so disappointed that as this *thing* (as I now refer to it) goes on it looks less & less that they will be having graduation. Ok Pokeys, I will need your gentle prodding in April to work on this. Please!

I have been reading here occasionally (when I can stay awake.) I don't know what your 2Pea process is, but I usually Pea right before bed on my phone (Tapatalk). If I have a brief comment I will do so from my phone, but something like this novel, I usually wait until I am on my Laptop. That is why I haven't participated much. I have been praying for all of you & your loved ones that they & YOU stay safe from this *thing" I hope nylene & @grandmadee get some answers to your health issues soon. Also prayers for joyfulnana . Prayers of protection for kitbop & & knutschen

Here's to a better April for all of us.

Thanks for checking in, patin. wow! What a month for you! Yes, here's to a better April. I hope you continue to feel better and better. Also, in 4 hours (my time) it will be April, so gentle nudge.

justjac, I thought DH was a fire fighter? How can they lay off a fire fighter? I'm glad you are still being paid. Hugs.

LisaDV DH is a volunteer firefighter for the local rural municipality, but his day job is as an oilfield electrician.