a string of dull moments...

Life cannot be dull when nine people are in "lockdown" together in a big house on a country road, with two dogs and two kitties.
Oh they get tired!

We walked today, in the rain.

With Abigail


Evelyn took this pic yesterday, flowers from the front yard, and look at that pup's face!


Wulf is so cute! He liked finding eggs. I had a grand idea, I put money in some of the eggs, and Miss Cam found most of the ones with the cash! It was rather hilarious. The kids all agreed on this, though: It was nice that it was "unfair". They don't like things to be socialized, doled out equally. They just came out, gathered them up, and Cam just happened to hit the jackpot, to the tune of...$86! Then like $20 between the rest of them, ha.

Their Easter cake was a FAIL. I was talking on the phone to Emily, our oldest, and when I came out of my quiet room, the cake was in the oven. Well, imagine my surprise when I opened the oven, and two round cake pans with cake just overflowing from them, all over the bottom of the oven. I found out they had used one box of cake mix per pan, which is twice the amount needed. (I was thinking of the SIX eggs used, ugh!). It was a mini hullabaloo, as we considered scooping some out, but they weren't totally ruined. Homemade buttercream frosting, tinted pale yellow...they worked on that cake while I delivered a basket of candy to my dear granddaughter Lydia...it's so hard, I can only see her outside from a distance, so hard. Anyway, they ate some of the cake and made half into cake balls.

We had ham (it was SO good), mashed potatoes, rolls, and broccoli, oh and applesauce.

The day was a good one, except for this: I talked with Emily, and she is taking a job in a hospital in a hard hit area, in NY. She is not sure if she'll be sent to New York City or to Buffalo, but wherever she goes, it'll be to relieve overworked doctors and nurses. She's a nurse practitioner, and has ten years of hospital experience, most in I.C.U. She says she feels so obligated to go, where she is needed. She says when this is all over, and if she didn't go, she will always think she should have. I don't like it one little bit. Yes, I am proud of her, but then, I always have been. She is 35 years old, and if she gets sick...but then, we'll pray, won't we?

When you're a mom, even if your "kid" is 35, you still see their innocent little kindergarten face, and remember how they knew every word in How The Grinch Stole Christmas when they were only four, and could recite the 23 Psalm when they were five..."Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, For you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me..." If I ever knew, back when she was twirling around reciting that from her heart, that she would be voluntarily going off to fight such a deadly invisible enemy, oh my heart.

Oh my heart. She's taking a leave of absence from her general practice position, and leaving probably this week. She has always had this thing about things bothering her ears, and we all know that if healthcare workers are lucky enough to get all the protective gear they need, it's irritating to wear. So this is what I made for her today, from one of Paul's old t-shirts...


The buttons are to hook the mask over, to take the pressure off the ears. She will have to try this on, so I can see if I got the position of the buttons right, and the tightness right, before I make more.

The little girls, Miss Char and Miss Cam, are watching dance videos and practicing dancing, for gym class. Evelyn is done with online college for now, and is making chicken noodle soup for dinner.

I am not bored yet. There is always something to do. And sometimes, there is NOTHING to do, and I find that delightful!