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Well, we got the news today that Brenda apparently fell and hit her head on some concrete. She had her phone in her hand and was able to call 911, but by the time medics arrived she'd lost consciousness and they think she may have had a heart attack. She was a paraplegic and she'd been complaining of blisters on her stump. So, we're not sure if she trying to get comfortable or moving somewhere to get some fresh air or what she was doing and I suppose it really doesn't matter much. I'm trying to take comfort in the fact that she was a Believer and now she's dancing and singing, with two good legs! She's also with her infant daughter, Gracie and her Gran, who had just passed away a few months ago. It's just such a shock for the rest of us.

Stay safe. Stay healthy. Wash your hands. God Bless. HUG your loved ones tight... tell them you love them if you can't be with them.
 
Coronavirus is getting too close to home. A friend I went to the Billy Joel concert and another concert with passed away this morning from Corvid-19. She had diabetes that was not under control. Two boys I went to HS with... their father passed away from this horrible disease. My husband has two friends that works the shift before him that were also diagnosed with it.
For those that don't know, I live in New York, which is a hot spot right now. The amount infected climb every day. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE do what they tell you to stay out of the way of this!
 
Today was a pretty good day for us. I did some food delivery and then I took the kids to a local historic site to do unProm pictures with Kathryn. She would have been getting ready for her junior prom, but needless to say that isn't going to happen this year. She got her dress for Christmas and I couldn't stand to see it go to waste so why not have a little fun and remember this very strange time in our lives in a fun way. A couple of the pictures are featured in my week 2 survivor layout.

Then we stopped at a local ice cream spot to get some ice cream. Obviously, no dine in but they do have carry out and limit the people inside to one party (family, couple, individual) at a time so I felt pretty safe. Plus, I think at a time like this it is important to support local businesses.
 
I'm so sorry LilyAnn.

Dorann, I agree, it's really important to keep up some sense of normalcy. I'm sorry that means that you had to take unProm pix, but you'll have them to remember this time and ice cream is a good way to take your mind off "things".

Nothing much new on our side. We're trying to put together meals for Brenda's husband and son. I'm contributing long distance. I'll get a date and the name of a restaurant that delivers and I'll order dinner for them. It seems the least I can do. GOD, I'm missing her so much. She's the one I would go to with this kind of stuff!

Ah well. Happy Palm SONday!

Stay safe. Stay healthy. Wash your hands. God Bless. HUG your loved ones tight... tell them you love them if you can't be with them.
 
So sorry for your loss Carla...may she rest in peace with her loved ones.

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Well, we got the news today that Brenda apparently fell and hit her head on some concrete. She had her phone in her hand and was able to call 911, but by the time medics arrived she'd lost consciousness and they think she may have had a heart attack. She was a paraplegic and she'd been complaining of blisters on her stump. So, we're not sure if she trying to get comfortable or moving somewhere to get some fresh air or what she was doing and I suppose it really doesn't matter much. I'm trying to take comfort in the fact that she was a Believer and now she's dancing and singing, with two good legs! She's also with her infant daughter, Gracie and her Gran, who had just passed away a few months ago. It's just such a shock for the rest of us.

Stay safe. Stay healthy. Wash your hands. God Bless. HUG your loved ones tight... tell them you love them if you can't be with them.
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Carla - that is so sad to hear.
LilyAnn - prayers sent that you all stay healthy during this pandemic.
Dorann - supporting local businesses in a safe setting is a good thing IMO. Everyone is struggling emotionally and financially. We are going to support a local restaurant every Tuesday, my daughter will pick up dinner next door to where she works to bring home. They are offering 50% off for the employees in the neighborhood so we feel we can splurge once a week on that. We are trying to be very careful with finances right now with reduced salaries but this will be a welcome treat for us all.

We spent most of yesterday packing up my scrapbook/photography room and got most of it stored away, so it will be my daughter's bedroom and she'll have some privacy away from the main floor of the house. We are happy to have her home now and we can FT Bailey at the carehome once or twice a day together. It's been really difficult being isolated from B during this pandemic b/c her world is so small and isolated b/c of her TBI and special needs, so she really relies on my daughter and I (and my hubs) for social interaction and family love. But I am thankful for being able to facetime with her daily. It's been really hard on my daughter being away from her so having her home I think will help with the sense of depression and loss she is feeling.

It'll be more cooking for me but she'll do a lot of the cleaning so I like that idea. I'm getting the last bit of my desk work done before she gets here and we have to unload everything, so I'd better get out of here and get my work and chores done.

Hope there is sunshine wherever you are and it makes you smile today. BFN
 
Carla - I am so sorry about your friend. What a sad situation. You must be missing her so much.

LilyAnn - Things must be so terrifying where you are. There are no words to offer support except you are in my prayers, you and your family and your whole state!

Dorann - I loved your layout of the Unprom. It was fun and fabulous - when you can't have the memories you want, create alternate ones that will be a great story down the road. Nice to support your local businesses, too.

Rae - I am glad you will have your daughter home for a while. It will be fun for you :) And continuing to FaceTime Bailey so often will be good for all three of you.

We have been busy protesting the settlement of the homeless COVID-19 facility in our retirement community. I am astounded that the Orange County Board of Supervisors and the Ayers hotel think it is acceptable. I have compassion, and being deeply Christian, I know that Jesus would probably think me a little selfish and faithless to be so worried. If they end up in our community, then I will express a little more care and compassion, but in the meantime, I am doing my best to keep them out! The figures that came out today showed that only 19% of the cases in Orange County are from the elderly, but of those 19%, 57% of them result in death. That is not a happy number.

But, in the meantime, I am moving along. Lovely service today on TV. My church is doing a stellar job. I wrote to each of the Board of Supervisors and Execs and Owners of the Ayers hotel today, and tweeted them, and facebooked them. I commented on all the survivor layouts. I think I am ready to put my feet up.
 
I wish I could reach out and give everyone that is suffering with a lose or worry a big hug. We are lucky because our son is next door taking care of us. We also had an amazing two days listening to our church leaders and prophets speak. It was amazing. My one grandson had to come home from his mission because of health issues unrelated to Covid-19. He is in isolation at home right now until they can find our his problems. My granddaughter is on her mission in Long Island, NY. She is doing great and is okay. I know it is hard for many right now and I wish I could help them. Just keep praying and try to keep the faith. I know how hard it can be right now. I want you to know I love each of you.
I finally got all comments placed on week two.
 
I did find out today that we have two family members that have had COVID-19, but luckily both of them have also recovered. My one cousin was doing a semester of study abroad in Italy and was diagnosed when she got home but was able to isolate at home and is okay now.

My aunt (her grandmother) was diagnosed as well. But Hannah hadn't been around her so it came from somewhere else. My aunt is older (in her seventies) but was able to recover and her son that lives with her luckily didn't get sick. He is a quadriplegic so it would have been terrible had he gotten sick.

Other than that, just doing the best that I can with each day that goes by. I would love to be able to go back to my regular job on the one hand but on the other hand, it isn't so bad to have a lot of extra spare time on my hands. I loved all the extra time I got to spend with the kids during their week of spring break with no school work to do.
 
Carla I am so sorry.

we watch the news of nyc with a type of horror that people are experiencing this. My daughter and I went there for her make a wish trip so it holds a special place in my heart.

Im slowly getting out of my funk. I think.

i had a good friend of 30+ years pass in mid March from diabetes complications. His son about Alexis age found him one morning. I think that just really set me back. I couldn’t even talk about it. Then this week a guy I went to high school with, I’m better friends with his older brother, passed from liver disease, he had hid his drinking very well, so it was a real shock.

Alberta had two people murdered on the side of the road this past week, it’s like WTF, life is so precious, just why.

i am going to get austin started on his social course tomorrow, crossing my fingers. He finished his chromebook class, and is working on science. His school decided creative writing isn’t important enough to move to distance learning, he is sad over that.

alexis needs to make a DNA strand out of “something” for biology, what a time to have all non essential stores closed.

Huge hugs to everyone.

@rae my mom’s long term care is setting us up with Skype visits. Home B is doing ok, lack of routine can be so hard on brain injuries.
 
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Also, the EMTs in Nassau County was told if someone goes into cardiac arrest in the field that if they can't bring them back to life in the field, leave them for dead. Wow! Just Wow! Chances are they will die anyway while those in the hospital have a better chance of survival. Now they are playing God! Just wow!
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This is terrifying to so many of us. We live with a sudden arrhythmia death syndrome, and despite treatment could still go into cardiac arrest at anytime. The heart groups I belong too are very upset about being considered disposable. We have a 5% survival rate outside the hospital with cpr & aed used ASAP. And ten percent in hospital. Am I expendible, is my daughter expendable, is my friends 8 yo expendable, what about the babies?

Its one of those things that make me not able to breath.
 
Good morning, ladies. We got my daughter moved in over the wkend and today I'm exhausted but it's all done. Taz and Noel (the cat) have settled in nicely together. No problems. Noel loves sitting at the window watching the birds and squirrels eat the seed on the porch railings.

I've got lots of desk work today and some CT work to do. Got all my survivor commenting done. Thx Lynnie for the great job you do, making it easy for us to go to everyone's gallery and comment. Much appreciated.

The sun is shining so a lunchtime walk with Taz will be enjoyable.

I'm getting to work for a bit and then onto CT work. BFN
 
I am feeling so much anxiety from my dear scrapping friends, here and I feel so much compassion for what you are going through. At the end of the day, Things are pretty easy here for me. I just stay in lock down. My husband goes out and gets what we need and is SO careful. I am financially okay and pretty safe, as much as any of us can be. Our town is one of two in our county of 36 cities that has zero cases.

My daughter-in-law is a nurse, but works mostly with home care elderly patients. They are being really careful and she has lots of protective equipment. My step daughter is a Physician's Assistant, but works in heart care and as of now is not on the front lines. (She is actually the daughter of my first husband and his wife after me, but I love her to bits!).

The good news is that we won our case with the county and they are not putting the COVID-19 center in the middle of our retirement community. That is such a big relief. We just found out and there is going to be a major announcement in about 20 minutes. I am so happy.

Big hugs to everyone.
 
Glad they are not putting the Corvid-19 center in the middle of your community!

Within the last few days we were told to wear face masks when going out in the public. Today we were told schools will be closed until April 29 and the Regents (State Tests) will be cancelled this year. Tomorrow we will find out how that will impact the kids. My son was supposed to take 2 of those tests this year in 8th grade. I'll follow up tomorrow once I hear. I feel bad for all the seniors (8th grade and more so the 12 grade) because all the end of year activities that were cancelled.
 
The schools in Washington were cancelled for in school building learning and no graduation exercises. Idaho just said other than online learning, schools here are closed the rest of the year unless an area believes it will be okay. Most likely won't happen. I have two granddaughters who graduate this year. The plays they are in cancelled and at least for one granduation.
 
There should be an amazing celebration when this is over for the 2020 kids. Late Proms, Late Graduations and bigger and better than ever. Make is a story to remember!!
 
It is so sad for all of the kids that are not going to get to celebrate the end of school. Especially for those that were graduating, whether it be kindergarten, 5th grade, 8th grade or 12th grade.

As far as the leaving cardiac patients for dead, that scares the dirt out of me. My mom had a pulmonary embolism last year and essentially died three times in route and at the hospital. There is always the risk that something like that could happen to her again and I know that given the proper care she would be able to rebound. It just isn't okay to leave anyone for dead.
 
I got a phone call from the long term care facility Where my mom is.
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my mind immediately jumps to the worst case scenario.

my Mom was walking in her room and fell. They think she has broken her hip or leg. Weird thing is it’s the side she broke her hip on a couple years ago. She has osteoporosis really badly. I’m waiting for a call back. They had contacted the doctor and were waiting for orders for X-rays.


Huge cyber hugs out to everyone.
 
Oh Sherri, I'm so sorry for mom. You know I pray for you and Alexis everyday. The thought of leaving people to die just makes me sick.

So glad your daughter is home, Rae. That must be such a relief.

And RELIEF! OMG Lynnie! Thank GOD they came to their senses, with your help!

We're being told that it's a good idea to wear face masks outside too LilyAnn.

Wouldn't it be WONDERFUL to have a great big celebration for all the kids when this is done? Of course, it would turn into a party for everyone. I think there are going to be a lot of those when this is all over.

Nothing particularly new here, except that one of our zoom classrooms got zoombombed yesterday so the district pull us from using that platform. smh. WHY do some people have NOTHING better to do than wreak havoc with other people's lives?!? As if it's not hard enough already, now our kids don't have any avenue to hold virtual classrooms until the district reconfigures and finds another more secure virtual app.

Stay safe. Stay healthy. Wash your hands. God Bless. HUG your loved ones tight... tell them you love them if you can't be with them.
 
Good morning, ladies. I seem to have busier mornings now with my daughter being home and her cat here too. I spend more time chatting and cuddling with Noel and Taz. I need to find some balance to make sure I get my desk work and CT duties done but it isso wonderful to have them here. We've been doing facetime with Bailey every day (sometimes twice) and it's not the same as being with her but I'm so grateful that we connect with her daily to let her know she is loved and feels part of the family. Her world is so small and doesn't get much stimulation as it confuses her and triggers her negatively but family time is always a happy positive time for her. Can't wait for restrictions to lift at some point so I can actually be there with her, I may spend a whole day just touching and hugging LOL. I told her I'm saving it all up to bombard her with it. Easter is going to be difficult, I know my daughter is going to be in a terrible funk about not being with her daughter. But I was thinking we might drive over and put her Easter stuff in the driveway and we can wave at her. We'll have to talk to the caretakers to see if they agree for us to do that.

I have kept up with Survivor and can't wait for the results of the current vote and see what the next challenge is tomorrow. This has been such a welcome distraction, I am loving it!

I'm going to get to work and then take Taz out. I need to package up my samsung s10+ which I love and have been so sad that I dropped it a few days ago, breaking it. But I'll get it into the mail today and eventually they will send me a repaired or new one.

Stay healthy, enjoy the small pleasures in life right now. BFN
 
Sherri, Sorry to hear of your Mom, hoping she heals well. My Mom has osteoporosis as well as naropathy in her leg and has fell twice in the past few months. Thank ful she didn't break anything but it scares me if she does! I can't believe that they single out people, everyone no matter healthy, sick, young or old...a life is a life and it they are entitled to be SAVED!

Nothing too much new around here...isolating as much as possible but it is getting so hard not seeing my grand-daughter.

and...Easter is cancelled! :(
 
More bad news. My friend, Karen, that I mentioned the other day that passed away... her husband passed away this morning. They leave behind a grown adult son that was living with them. DH called the house yesterday and an aunt answered. She never mentioned that Lenny wasn't doing good physically with Corvid-19. She just said he was dealing with Karen's passing. He did have underlying issue, though. DH is taking it badly. I'm dealing, sad, but dealing.

Hope all is going well with everyone hear. Stay safe, stay healthy. Remember you may feel fine but you may be a carrier. Stay home!
 
Sherri, So sorry about your mum...it is particularly hard because you can't be with her and help.

Carla, there is an update to zoom where the kids can put in passwords. It is turned on by default with the latest update.

Rae, I can only imagine how hard it is not being able to see Bailey in person. I'll bet you will spend the whole day hugging her when you can.

Karen, Easter is not canceled, but it will be different.

I am in a funk today. I posted a response on Facebook on an article on the facility that will no longer be opened in our community. As a result, I was attacked, vilified and called so many awful names. I should know better, but I have been in tears for hours. Most of the comments on the article were bad, but the ones that were directed at me were terrible. They said I deserved to get the virus because of my lack of compassion for the homeless, among other things. If I had not struggled so much over the decision to oppose it in the first place... because I do care about the homeless, probably more than most.

What I don't talk about much, maybe never, is that my son, David, who died was virtually homeless. I made sure he always had a roof over his head, food and paid his cell phone and vehicle insurance. He came here to shower and wash his clothes, both him and his son, Mark. I had them living with me for a while, but he kept having people over, they had drugs, things would get stolen. It was a rough situation. David was a wonderful person, in many ways and I loved him so much. He just made bad decisions, and many of them were from a good heart. He once stole my credit card and spent $1200 feeding his friends. Having Mark with us after David died was as bad. I had him living with me for a nightmare year. He would not shower, his room was filthy, he did nothing to help around the house and lived off us. He was not allowed to live in our community (55 and over) and was one more resident in our tiny place than were were allowed to have, but we did our best. Since he moved to Arizona, I have paid his cell phone and sent him food every month. He has a place to live and is constantly doing foolish things like having way too many pets and not taking proper care of them. If you can't take care of yourself, for heaven's sake, don't get pets.

My son, Chris, died of AIDS. WHen it was still a stigma to have AIDS. He was abused by someone we trusted very much and this man gave him AIDS. After he died, I sat beside the bed of so many AIDS patients who were dying with no one to hold their hand, because I cared.

I have really taken it to heart that anyone in the world thinks I am heartless and I don't care about people. Then I feel bad because being upset has made it about me and my heartache.

Today, I just don't want to be me.
 
Wow! Lynnie! You've had such a bad go of this! Now my problems don't seem as bad.
Sorry everyone was so mean to you about your thoughts on the Corvid-19 homeless coming into your community. You stood up for what you thought was right. I would too! For similar reasons (aside from family that always gets into my business the wrong way), that's why I tend to post here what my feels are instead of FB. Family and thoughtless "friends" can be so mean. Don't let it get to you so much. There are two opinions on every subject. Unfortunately, they don't have your opinion and took it out on you instead of saying why they feel the way they do.

On the flip side, can't wait for the results of this weeks contest. I'm working on a layout for one of the challenges now to keep my mind off of the crazies.

I work for the local library and we are closed because of this. We can "work" from home. I showed my supervisor one of the layouts I've done about a library event and she said if I do more of them, they can count towards "work" hours. So excited about that. Not that she is really requiring us to do anything. She just has to give the board of directors what we are doing so we can continue to get paid.

Stay safe, stay healthy and please follow what the authorities are saying. Sorry for the second post today... but I'm bored!
 
Two posts in a day are nothing! Post 10 times - that is the very definition of waffling. Post about everything, post about nothing. Post when you need a hug!

And LilyAnn, your concerns are way more than mine are. You are facing financial problems and more exposure to the virus. I am just upset because someone called me names. When you think about it, I am being a baby! I just get my feelings hurt way too easily.
 
And I am still upset, being a baby. She is following me around on Facebook calling me names... it reminds of that meme - "In our hands we hold a device that can access all the knowledge in the universe and we use it to watch cute kitten videos and argue with people we don't know."
 
I think that you were in the right to not want to have a large community of patients with COVID-19 in your community. In the kind of community that you live in, it wouldn't be appropriate for any large community of patients to be there, even if it was people off of millionaire's row that had to be in isolation for a time. But, I bet those people that are calling you names aren't thinking about that.

Talking about your son that died from AIDS made me remember my uncle. He also died as a result of AIDS in the time that there was such a negative stigma attached to it. In fact, it wasn't until over three years after he died that I found out the true cause of his death. My parents kept it from us because of the stigma and I accidentally overheard my dad talking about it. I was so upset that my parents had kept such a secret from us.

For us, I found out today that my middle niece fell off her scooter on Monday and hurt her knee pretty bad. They think she may have torn her ACL and possibly her MCL as well. They won't know until they can do an MRI and because of the situation with the virus, they have to get special approval to be able to do it. She is 11 years old and the recovery for her is going to be pretty long. It stinks because she is quite involved in sports and this will sit her on the side line when they are able to play sports again.
 
Morning Ladies,

Don't have it in my heart to say good- I am still on 12h days and it seems like my counterpart in the US office is taking off an hour for every single one I add on. I am frustrated to tears and haven't been able to do anything that satisfies my soul in ages. I get so tired after work I shut the computer off, no scrapping, and end up just going to sleep. Then I feel bad, because I don't have it so bad, I mean, yes, I am working a lot of hours, but I have a house where I have space, I have my partner here with me which is both bane and blessing when he's yelling at his computer for work a lot, and we have food.

Lynnie, I am sorry you're dealing with that. Lack of compassion is saying the homeless should be shot or spacing out social-distance parking lots for them to sleep on, not saying the homeless should not be placed in a high-risk community. You're not saying they shouldn't be cared for, you're saying they shouldn't be cared for in a place where the risks are as high as it is possible to be outside of a cancer ward. Some people project something awful. Use the block button and make your life a more peaceful place, you've done nothing to deserve vitriol.

News from home is that a dear family friend passed away- she had cancer, and it was "expected" because she's been fighting it for three or four years now. But it's not making it any easier. I baked multiple wedding cakes in her kitchen, and made a thank you arrangement from the "leftovers" of the bouquets because I could never have done it without her.

Gonna take my crying outside under the sun and see if it helps any, sorry I'm so lacking in positivity lately.
 
Lynnie, So sorry to hear all the negativity on FB but I think you were right in defending the health and welfare of your community. There are so many more places that could be set up as a way to house the homeless like community centres and city spaces that are currently not being used now. Our community has set up some temporary housing in some of the community centres around the city to ensure these vulnerable people are taken care of as well.

Cheer up girl, you are stronger than all those terrible words that lady can through at you because YOU ARE a CARING person!

Thanks for the pep talk about Easter being cancelled, you are right, it will just be different. I have scrapped a bit about COVID-19 and it helps to put my feelings on paper but not ready to share them yet.

LillyAnne, so very sorry to hear of your friend's hubby passing...hard to have two deaths back-to-back.

Sylvan, I am so sorry to hear of your friend's death as well, heartfelt sympathy to you and her family.

On a brighter note...I can't wait to see everyone's LO's for week 3!

Have a blessed day my friends.
 
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