Greetings All. I hope you are all physically well and well stocked.
CrowBar, how is life with your new blender. It is like getting a new pet – new quirks. Is it fitting in?
Hubby went to the grocery store on discount day. Just one of us so the other does not get sick, and he went late in the evening. He wore gloves and there were not many people in the only grocery in our small town of 3,000. Reports from the big city say that there is no TP in Costco and lines are very long.
His son is doing fine and is now working from home. He is lucky that he can. His wife’s part-time, contract job has stopped because the vendors’ business has slowed down and they are longer needed.
No school closings in our state because the local experts do not see a specific benefit or improvement in having children isolated at home and parents unable to take care of them. Particularly in Rochester, MN which is home to the headquarters of the Mayo Clinic. If that Mayor stated that the schools would close then the staff would need to stay home, too. Not good.
I said I was trying to empty my freezers this winter. Not going too well since I restocked due to the C. Virus. I am still trying to get rid of the small containers that contain only one serving of food. Some interesting concoctions are emerging, not many are worth writing down for future use.
Winter project: I put all of my vegetarian-type recipes in one document. I have a bad habit of copying/downloading dozens/hundreds of recipes, and cook books. that sound good. So, I found the ones we like – AND I HAVE actually MADE- and am putting them in one folder. I will need several documents because I am now at 70 pages of Veggie recipes and I think that will be too long and too large to open. My goal is to also have a “menu” of what we like to eat and I have recipes for. In other words, if I make a ham – what can I do with the leftover ham. If I have chicken left over – what are my choices. One file for each type of food we like to eat, special breakfasts, and what I Can. This is all two fold – 1) The menu is to remind myself of what I can make (I get bored or brain freeze when I cannot come up with an idea for supper.) 2) Put the favorite recipes in one location for easy access. 3) Create a recipe book for the grandchildren of their favorite dishes. 4) Hopefully print all of this and get rid of the little scraps of paper that I use to write the recipes on from the computer. Organization is one of my downfalls. With this and cooking from the freezer this winter, my life is centered around food this winter.
We have birthdays next week, plus daughter completed her master’s oral exam and we need to celebrate. Hubby called her restaurant of choice and found out that they do not have any private party rooms for a dozen people. They are doing extra cleaning and not allowing servers/workers with colds to come to work. Good deal. We all thought that we would be ahead of the curve by going out to dinner now before the virus ramps up here in Minnesota. We have just a few cases. Then we will stay apart for awhile.
I sent her oldest son a text during the week, ”Your school may do what many other colleges are doing and extend Spring Break to reduce Corona Virus transmission. I know there are no cases in ND or northern MN at this time. I am just suggesting that when you come home for break, be prepared to “tele-learn”. Bring all of your books.”
His response, “You know, I was going to laugh it off, and then my Calc Prof brought it up.”
He then checked in with his mom and she told him that colleges were taking long breaks and he should be prepared. When she told me about that conversation today, she said, “I told him, you know, Grammy can be a bit emotional.” I took umbrage at that. Emotional would be “Come home now!!” I told her, “No, I was just relating facts that schools were closing and he should be prepared.” I am Not E M O T I O N A L! Harumph.
That said, he has an extended break – three weeks. So THERE! No more talk about me being emotional. Grammy is always right.
Take care everyone.