April 5, 2020

Shake It Up

I'm still trying to figure out what day is the best for a weekly blog update.  I'll try Sundays for awhile and see how that goes.  At this point, with the Covid-19 pandemic and an order by our Governor to stay home except for essential things, I could blog any day, they are all the same to me.

It's been so crazy to come home from our mission and not be able to do the normal things we do.  Go out to eat, visit our grandkids, hug friends and family, attend church, go to the temple, shop whenever and wherever it pleases me, take Ollie the River Dog to the groomers, and so on. I know that I'll not take those things for granted again!
Mike modeling some of our son Scottt's new
merchandise...looking good! 
Walking back to the little river house after the earthquake

We have been doing yard work, filling bird feeders, and working on other projects.  We've been able to stop and get take out food a couple of times, been to the grocery store a couple of time, and I even went to my cousin's to get my hair cut.  I've made face masks from left over fabric and we use word and phrases  like: social distancing, quarantine, stay home..stay safe.  
Doing a lot of weeding 

Through it all, I feel calm and safe and that's because of my faith.  This weekend was the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints biannual general conference.  It was so comforting to see and hear from a modern day prophet, President Nelson and other as they helped us focus on faith over fear by "hearing" our Savior.
Sewing facemarks whilst watching a session of conference
How do you Hear Him?


Our kids and grandkids were over today and we had to all stay six feet apart.  We were practicing physical distancing but definitely not SOCIAL distancing!  It's so good to see them even if we can't give them big hugs.

That's it for now..  Stay Home..Stay Safe and soon this will be over and we can move on with life...maybe as better people than we were before Covid-19.  We will be appreciative of our medical heroes, our families, time spent with others, and we may even be happy to hug strangers on the street!
After the storm, the. sun will shine again!
Happy Trails!