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Pandemic Survival 4

Still here. Things started to open up a bit this week. Hallelujah!

Fresh Friday: Pesto Chicken

This new chicken recipe is so yummy and so easy!

Pandemic Survival 3

I don't understand the negotiations that made this possible but now Taye and Anna are no longer social distancing- I suspect the grandparents have to take a turn. They spent last Saturday afternoon making homemade pasta and Alfredo sauce and cooking shrimp and lobster.  Thank goodness Taye has a job!

Mother’s Day

Scotia made me this amazing breakfast. She is an excellent cook. Deviled eggs are a new quarantine skill and I'm so delighted about that!  Yum!  (Note Blythe's PB&J sandwich :-)

Pandemic Survival and Happiness 2

First the terrible: Tyrone's pay has been slashed because the hospital cancelled all of their elective cases and are obviously losing insane amounts of money.  Cutting pay was the answer.  Ouch. My pay makes up some of the difference, and expenses are a lot less with no university bills or travel basketball tournaments. We will be fine. I am eating too much - home all day with kids and food and kids who like to bake food.  It's a bad combo. Especially since I can't exercise it off - my back is really hurting and makes my legs and hips ache... The kids miss their friends and sports.... Despite that I am having mostly lovely days.  Here for my own personal memories I am recapping one really great day: The weather is perfect right now, sunny and warm but not too hot.  We can leave the windows open all day. Blythe and I work on school/work in the mornings.  We spied the friendly stream muskrat in a tree close to our grass and twice Blythe ran rig...