Another week down where we haven't been farther than ten or so miles from our house, and rarely even that far. While in some ways, things are starting to feel more normal (less surreal and more "real"), having that reality sink in isn't all great. In some ways, it is better, because it means I'm not…
Easter was this past Sunday, and it was definitely one that won't soon be forgotten. Instead of going to celebrate at church, I watched the sermon from my couch. Instead of a day full of family and good food, well, we still got some of that, but from a distance. We went to my parents'…
The kiddo has been seriously missing his Nana and Grammy (my mother and grandmother), who he usually sees for a full day once a week. At first, he enjoyed FaceTime calls with them, but over the last few week, he's mostly refused to even do that, saying that he "wants to see their whole body."…
This week has been one of an overwhelming number of hours related to work as well as my unpaid work of doing what I can to support our local businesses. I may be more settled in to the realization that this is "real life," but I'm also just tired. Okay, exhausted. So this week's update…
I haven't felt much like writing and almost skipped today's post, but ultimately I decided that I want a diary of these strange times. Four weeks ago, I startejd working from home. At that point, things felt completely surreal and like I was probably overreacting by pulling the kiddo from preschool. A month later, it…
It's hard to believe it's been three weeks since I've started working from home thanks to the Coronavirus outbreak in our city. We are now at over 1,000 confirmed cases and over 50 deaths in our state alone. If you aren't taking this seriously yet, it's time to do so. I had to actually check…
When I wrote last week's Frugal Five, I was at the end of my first week working from home (with the kiddo home as well). Even just one week ago, the Coronavirus didn't quite seem like it could possibly get so bad. It felt like I was perhaps overreacting when I didn't send the kiddo…
Saturday morning, we headed out to the Kirkland Costco as planned to stock up on our regular essentials as well as a few others in the wake of COVID-19 in our town and the first US death here. My husband had planned to go after work the previous week, but that hadn't happened, so the…
Last weekend was another weekend hanging near home. The weather was actually pretty decent - with sunshine and low fifties for part of the days - so we spent quite a bit of time outdoors. It might not be summer yet, or even spring, but it's obvious that the winter gloom is starting to loosen…
We've been back from Iceland a bit over a month now, so it probably comes as no surprise that we were itching for a weekend getaway. We don't do big trips that often, but we tend to find the time for at least a night away once every 4-6 weeks it seems. This time, we…