Well, two months have passed since I last did a blog post. We are still staying home for the most part, except when errands need to be run or someone goes to work. Cam is still working from home. Michael and Jar still go to work. We are still continuing house renovations, and I am in a 90-day deep detox/cleanse right now.
Here is what is happening around here lately:
...I am cooking lots and lots of food (we are barely eating food out at all)
...Jar carved this for me for Mother's Day
...Cam is on a LEGO kick during quarantine
...my perennials are coming to life
...Michael has been doing yard work
...I made some keto cookies
...Michael and Cam picked up our flooring at Lumber Liquidators
...list-making and journaling
...I made the boys some tomato bisque soup with grilled cheese sandwiches
...some of the funny social distancing being done in large cities (people having picnics in New York City)
...Jar's pandemic fashion
...a social distancing outdoor restaurant/bar
...more renovations happening
...Memorial Day food
...YAM Memorial Day get-together (social distancing style)
...wall in the closet is coming down. Yahoo!
...I made homemade Grandma's strawberry shortcake (yummy!)
...I watched hours and hours of videos for my cleanse
...finishing the closet continues
...because of the pandemic, Amazon happens a lot around here
...Cam went to Target and bought some fun things (here is one of them)
...Michael wrote this behind the walls in the closet
...drywall is up in the closet
...what a Sunday afternoon looks like to me (lots of journaling and planning of the week while watching Sunday message from our church) Sunday's have become my favorite day of the week.
...Cam got a new rubix cube and learned how to solve in 1.10 minutes
...Michael has been taking Sunday drives here and there
...the dining room mirror that I picked out months ago came in finally
...me cleaning out cupboards and minimizing even more to show that I can get rid of a cupboard so we can take the wall down
...Michael went to Costco and surprisingly it wasn't even busy
...Michael had to take Zena to the vet cause she had a bad cough and wasn't eating
...our church (EBC) brought this flower arrangement to us
...my daylilies are blooming (our wedding flower)
...drinking my green juice
...Zena is going downhill fast
...Cam put up new shelves in his room
...Cam giving Dad his Father's Day gift
...our last day with Zena (having to put her down)
...I started getting an Imperfect Foods order every week (all Organic food). I love it!
...dinner for the boys (I am fasting)
...Michael painting the master bedroom
...Jar's drawing set-up in his room
...Now that Zena is no longer with us, I am allowing Lily to run in the yard with me
...a new magazine to read
...a new book to read
...she is just too funny
...Cam packing for the YAM retreat
...Michael and his Sunday drive
...pictures that I sent to Kyle for reference about taking the wall down between kitchen and dining room (Michael and Kyle had phone conversation about the photos)
...photos that Cam took on the YAM retreat
Other happenings around here lately:
- I found a new YouTube channel (Nicki Positano) LOVE IT! She lives on the Amalfi Coast
- Michael went off-roading with Bill
- I tried my brain-tapping headphones for the first time
- I watched Some Kind of Wonderful
- Cam organized his LEGO's
- Michael swept all of the crawl space under the house
- Michael pulled off all of the baseboards and trim
- I watched Sweet Magnolias on Netflix
- Chris texted me and checked in on me (I cried, because I had been having a bad day that day)
- Michael ran wires for speakers and for the internet to all of the rooms
- Cam got permission to redo the Wiki for the company he works for
- Jar began his second summer college class
- Michael had a Zoom call with the Governor
- Cam paid off all of his debts except his college loan
- I began my 90-day deep detox/cleanse
- I had Zoom calls for my detox every month
- Michael and I got caught up on The Blacklist and The Good Witch
- Michael installed master bath Bluetooth speaker, light and bath fan
- Michael, Cam, and I watched Knives Out
- Michael drove to Medford and back home in one day to show employees appreciation for working Saturdays (6 hours in vehicle and 1-2 hours there)
- We celebrated Father's Day (orange rolls and chocolate milk, take Malibu for a drive, steak fondue dinner, and Flatliners movie as a family. GIFTS: Wanted cologne from Jar; Chevelle car LEGO from Cam; portable compressor from Amy)
![Flatliners [DVD] [1990]](https://i.pinimg.com/564x/6a/04/40/6a0440dcc23a478f16f4f627d96da16d.jpg)
- I ran errands a few times (it is just no fun to go out anymore)
- Michael changed out all of the plugs
- I cut all three boys' hair
- Lily hated the fireworks for July 4th week
- Cam went to a pool party at Kendra's house
- Michael got all the rooms painted and all of the pictures hung on the walls
- Cam played soccer every Monday night
- Michael and Jar watched JoJo Rabbit
- Jar did some online clothes/shoes shopping
- I had a few days of really feeling pretty good
- I watched the new Little Women movie
- Michael and I watched I Still Believe movie
- Our Pastor's messages have been phenomenal during this pandemic
