Day 8...

Good Evening Internet Friends!!

Day 8 of Self Isolation for us.  Kiddo is now on to his second week of NO School.  It is supposed to be Spring Break but alas we cannot go anywhere.  We walk the dog every morning and evening when there is low risk of the neighbors and children being out.  Other than that we try to keep busy and maintain some form of routine.

Food wise we are still okay.  I did make a Costco run this morning to get 4 of the gallon jugs of milk (we drink a lot of milk) and some more fresh fruit.  I do have lots of frozen and canned fruit but still prefer fresh.

For breakfast we had fruit bowls with yogurt, English Muffins with poached eggs and a glass of milk to start the day.  

After our walk with doggie this afternoon we baked Peanut Butter Cookies.  SOOOO yummy.  Have to watch portions on these or I will not be able to wear pants soon.  

After dinner I spent a bit of time in my craft room and worked on the next step of the Laundry Basket Mystery Quilt Along:

Hope this inspires your own creativity.  Wishing you all the BEST Day EVER Tuesday tomorrow.  Stay Safe, get outside for some fresh air and exercise if you can and as Always.....WASH your hands🙏.  Stay Safe.

Kathy

Day 7...

Good Evening Internet Friends!

Today was an actual Self Isolation Day as I did not have to work 😷

Sunday at our house means it is Awful Waffle Sunday.  No fresh strawberries (not sure when we will have any of those again) so I used the last of fresh raspberries:

SOOOOOO yummy.  

After breakfast we took doggie out for a walk around the lake community.  Saw LOTS of Canada Geese while we were out there.  We decided that they must have taken the Prime Minister's message about all Canadian's coming home seriously.  These three were demonstrating Social Distancing nicely:  

The lake was quit inhabited with them as well.  Guess no one prepared a place for them to stay......

This evening I completed Step 3 of the Laundry Basket Quilt Along: 

This is 20 of the 100 blocks that will be made for this quilt.

Hope this inspires your own creativity, wishing you all the BEST Day EVER Monday tomorrow.  Stay safe, get outside for a bit of fresh air and a walk if you can and WASH your hands 🙏.

Kathy

Day 6

Good Evening Internet Friends!

Day 6 of Self Isolation in our part of the world.  Off work for the weekend now so will actually be able to participate in Self Isolation.

Walked kiddo and doggie down to the village to see what was new and get in our exercise.  Made 4.96 miles round trip so that should do us.

Made a batch of Rocky Road Brownies for snack while we played a couple board games this afternoon.  

Currently I am making sure that we eat the fresh fruit and veggies from the refrigerator and using only ingredients that we have on hand.  I did pick up one jug of milk this week but that is all.  Really trying not to go out.  For diner I made a Cottage Cheese Souffle (cottage cheese from the freezer) with oven roasted fresh veggies.  Turned out delicious and will have left overs for tomorrow.  🍲

After dinner and before last walk around the lake with doggie I completed Steps 1 and 2 of the Laundry Basket Quilt Along:

I am using fabric from my stash vs the yardage that the pattern calls for "sew" will see how this turns out.  "Sew" far "sew" good.

Hope this inspires your own creativity 🧵 and wishing you all the Best Day EVER Sunday.  Stay safe, get out in the fresh air if you can and WASH your hands 🙏.

Kathy

Day Three...

Good Evening Internet Friends!!

Day 3 of Official Self Isolation.  I of course do not get to self isolate 😷

Came straight home after work.  Made dinner, washed 2 loads of scrubs for my commute to and from work.  After necessary things were done and doggie walked I cast on my second sock:

Hope this inspires your own creativity🧵 and wishing you all the BEST Day EVER Thursday.  Stay safe, get out for a walk in the fresh air if you can and WASH your hands 🙏.

Kathy

Day 2...

Good Evening Internet Friends!!

Day 2 of official Self Isolation.  I went to work, kiddo did go to school briefly to get his personal items from his locker and then home.

Dinner was refrigerator left overs so tomorrow I will cook a fresh dinner so that we have left overs.  Prepped my lunch for tomorrow, walked Doggie and then decided to do some quilting.  Amazing what I can get done when I don't have other things to do.

Here are blocks 21 and 22 of the 2017 Flock of Geese 52 Week Block Challenge hosted by Darlene D'Eon Designs:

Planning to cast on a second sock before I go to bed this evening as well.

Hope this inspires your own creativity🧵 and wishing you all the BEST Day EVER Wednesday (Happy 🐪 Day).  Stay safe, send a letter in the post to a friend and WASH your hands 🙏

Kathy

And So It Starts...

Good Evening Internet Friends!!

Hunkered down after work this evening as part of the Social Distancing that we are to be doing as a community to stop "The Beast"!  Not sure how effective that is going so far on Day 1 as there was MORE traffic on my commute this morning than usual🤷

After dinner took Kiddo and Doggie out for a walk as they both need some fresh air.

Then, because I have lost my responsibilities of lunch packing, laundry, and homework checks for the time being I spent some time in my craft room.  Project of choice for this evening was an adventure in my scrap bin to find fabric for my 2017 Darlene D'Eon Designs 52 Week Block Challenge.  In my move of 2018 I managed to misplace some of the blocks.  Here is my endeavor for this evening:

TAH DAH!!! 

Once again, no uncut fabric was used for these blocks!!!  There is something very satisfying about turning my scrap fabric in to something else. ☺

Hope this inspires your own creativity and wishing you all the Best Day Ever Tuesday tomorrow.  Stay safe, call a friend and WASH your hands.  🙏

Kathy

Flattening the Curve...

Good Evening Internet Friends!

It has been a while since I have had time to blog.  🤷

Today was a conscious decision to "Flatten the Curve".  In my head though I had the Good Ol' Boys song stuck in my head𝆕. 

We started the day with pancakes, fresh fruit and Quebec maple syrup.  Apparently we have no whipped cream in the fridge so added that to my Grocery Wish List.  Who knows how long that will take to get.....

After breakfast we took doggie out for a really long walk.  The neighborhood was super quiet.  No one seemed to be doing anything.  Was very odd to see. When we got back I made a batch of Rice Krispie Squares. I had bought the cereal a couple of weeks ago before the crazy shopping began.

Turned out delicious as a treat.  After that I decided to get serious about planning for the week with lunches etc and knowing that what we eat mostly has to come from what I have at home.  Banana bread of course is a staple for lunches and no worries there are still LOTS of frozen bananas in the freezer.  There will likely still be bananas there when the pandemic is over.  🤣

While the banana bread was baking I finished the toe stitching on my latest sock.  🧦

Might try to start the other one before bedtime this evening.....

For dinner I made a Cauliflower, Green Bean, Lentil Dahl as these ingredients were all available in the house.  I also made a batch of fresh naan bread to go with and topped with herbed sour cream.  So yummy and there will be left overs for tomorrow!

After dinner I finally got around to washing the basket of scrubs that I have been keeping in the garage.  I wear my scrubs to work and then change in to the hospital ones for my day at work.  At end of day I put my own scrubs on to travel home.  The reason for this is that scrubs are able to be washed in hot water and dried in a hot dryer.  

While I waited for the laundry I finished the last row of my 2018 Red and White 52 Week Block Challenge from Darlene D'Eon Designs:

This quilt called for a patch work and snowball block a week for 52 weeks.  I chose however to make this quilt larger to fit on my overstuffed bed.  I made 156 blocks instead of the 104 so I will justify my tardiness on this quilt by that factor🤣.

We have no learned that school will be cancelled indefinitely.  🏫  This is going to be interesting......however, tomorrow I will put on my scrubs, wash my hands and go stare this beast in the face!!!  Literally.  

Hope this inspires your own creativity and wishing you all the BEST Day EVER Monday tomorrow.  Staff safe and WASH your hands.  🙏

Kathy