Well, as I had suspected and mentioned last week, we did take our house
off the market. The primary reason was for
health safety. As our home is now in “lock
down mode*”, we were not comfortable with people coming in, touching things and spreading potential
viruses and germs. If MHN were not sick,
we would not be doing this, but he is and so it goes.
In the case of self isolation because of COVID 19, we have prepared. We have enough meds, dog food and MHN’s healthy food. I need to make one more trip to Walgreens for supplies and Big Y for my not
as healthy food tomorrow before and after work.
As far as the house sale, I do plan to continue packing things away and still
plan on a massive tag sale in the Spring after the hullabaloo dies down.
I have finished my library books, all of which were terrific
reads.
13. The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
14. Divide Me by Zero by Lara Vapnyar
15. Recipe for a Perfect Wife by Karma Brown
I was genuinely sad as I finished each one as I didn't want each to end! I have three more on hold, but two are brand
new and haven’t even been released yet. There
are two personally owned books on my nightstand which I will tackle, as well as
catch up on some current magazines this week.
I do get a lot of magazines via mail, but I get most of them
free. I get them via special offers,
completing surveys and as a result of reading newsletters. I have a separate email address for those
blog posts, newsletters and all these kinds of goodies. I really should clean out that mailbox this
week, too.
The house smelled so divine today! Once again, I made the eggplant risotto for
MHN and it came out so great. I also
roasted a small turkey breast and MHN made an amazing gravy with the pan
drippings and the vegetables which roasted with it.
Today is the 6th anniversary of my Mother’s
passing. Truly, just the other day, I stretched
my arm out for the phone to call her.
That doesn’t happen too often anymore, and it startled me that I needed
her so strongly at that time. There are
only certain things one can share with a Mom.
A Mom understands (she may not agree) but she gets you and what your
issues are; she has your back 110% of the time and she wants only the
best. To say that I miss her is an understatement
of extraordinary proportion.
Dad’s 7th year anniversary in in June and I miss
him tremendously too, especially his sage advice of teaching to look at the
whole picture instead of the one little fragment that is tearing me to
shreds.
This week, MIHN has a treatment at Smilow on Monday and I
have my body scan on the dermatologist on Tuesday. All those summer days of sitting under the
sun swathed in baby oil with a foil screen have caught up with me. Since I have had one minor bout of skin cancer I now must embark on this adventure every year.
The rest of the week is quiet. I always try to squeeze so much into my Wednesdays
off and I have housework left over from the to-do list of today. There are projects galore of stuff I would like
to do before the house goes back on the market, whenever that may be. Que sera, sera.
I am not going to run through the resolutions this week as I
think I have mostly spoken of everything in this post. Until next time, please be safe and don’t
take chances with your health and safety.
Sending love. xo
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