Thread: Everyday Chatting & Waffling {2020} Let's get to know each other!

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Good morning ladies.
Dorann....belated happy birthday.

I'm going to do some CT work today, I've got desk work to do and am really going to enjoy getting out for a long walk at lunchtime in the sunshine with Taz. I am avoiding the river trails a lot now b/c people are not social distancing and joggers and people on bikes are not social distancing as much as they are supposed to (it should be a further distance b/c the expell further droplets with the heavier breathing). They come right up by you (1-2 ft) as they zip by. One guy wanted to go ahead of us over the walk-way bridge over our river (we were first in line) and was really rude about it. He rode his bike right up to about a ft away from us. No one seems to practice social distancing anymore here and there are so many people out walking now that you can't get away from them. So sad that it seemed to start out well around here and now people don't seem to care. They are tired of it. Groups of people are hanging out and partying along the river. That's my rant for today about our neighborhood.

Looking forward to finding out what the next survivor challenge will be.

I'm getting to work now. BFN
 
Hello Dear Heart Wafflers!

Dorann - I am so sorry about your birthday and your shoes. I wish we could send you big hugs and shoes by the hundred. It does not sound petty at all to be talking about shoes. I remember things being tough when I was younger and they are stories to look back on, but it does not help when you are living through them. I miss the normal things, too. Being able to hug my kids and grandkids, for a start.

Rae - We are very lucky here. People are observing social distancing and being very friendly about it. They cross the street, wave hello and ask how you are doing. We have a creek that runs through our retirement village. There is one man who is playing his guitar by the creek daily at 2 and folks go down to see him... all social distancing and not in big crowds. I think all the dogs who are so used to being fussed over by the strangers are missing the extra love. They get so excited when they see a stranger, and look so confused when we just wave at them. My friend, Pam, and I go out walking early in the morning, before most people are up. Folks love to walk here, so there is a lot of crossing the road when you see someone.

Sherri, I hope things improve with your poor mum. What a time to have medical issues. It is expecially bad because you can't spend time with her. You have so much going on in your world, it must be overwhelming.

Karen, I have been having neck and back problems soon. Too much computer, too much sewing. Stretch in the shower, the heat is lovely and really helps.

Sylfie, I hope I can make some time and comment on all your lovely Yorkie layouts. They are bright and cheery in the gallery. I hope this means you have got your mojo back.

Alta! It is lovely to see you post. Starting over is tough at any age, and certainly tougher as you get older, but maybe it will be better, more exciting, and a wonderful adventure. In the meantime SCRAP SCRAP SCRAP!

If I missed anything - so sorry... We are waffling quickly (I love that!).
 
I wish that I was able to stretch the day out and make it longer. But, of course without the drama that we've been dealing with around here.

Trying to get scrapping done but right now it is slow going for some reason.
 
Hope everyone is doing well. We are all OK over in NY. They are talking about opening up and getting back to work. But no one has come up with a definitive plan yet. We are definitely in shelter in place until April 29. I'm sure we'll here something before than as to what will happen next. I don't know how you can keep kids 6 feet apart if school does open. They said smaller classes, staggering lunches... I honestly don't think so but who knows. NY is still experiencing a large number of deaths each day but the new cases and those on respirators are down. We are on that plateau.

Other than that, things finally fell into a routine with Philip and his school work. It seems the teachers assign everything on Monday and they are due towards the end of the week or early the following week. Philip had another melt down on Monday and he just couldn't tell me what was bothering him. Don't know if it was all the work he got at once or just the situation we are in.

The stimulus check hit the bank today. We said we weren't going to spend it until we get fully back to work. As we don't know what the future holds. Jeff is still working but tonight they are supposed to wear face coverings and he hasn't gotten any from work yet. I'm still out of work. Getting unemployment from Panera. The library sent out our pay on April 10. We get paid every two weeks from them. We didn't hear whether we were going to continue to get paid yet or not. Gosh, I hope we do. I HATE the waiting game.

I just started week 3 layout. Just finished editing the two templates to fit together smoothly and added my pictures. I found three kits that the colors match almost perfectly! Taking a break from that for now.

Stay home, stay safe.
 
There are people here (albeit a relatively small group) that are protesting the government having the economy shut down and I have to say that it really upset me.
First of all because they started hollering their protest as our governor was announcing the people here who have died today as a result of the virus.
Second because these individuals have absolutely no care or concern for others.

Do I want to be able to go back to work, yes, probably just as much as the next person. But I have to admit that I am also scared because I know that being out and about the way that I would be at work would be putting the people that I love in danger. My mother is older and where she had the pulmonary embolism last year she has multiple organ damage and therefore more susceptible. My husband is a cancer survivor and therefore he has a forever compromised immune system. I love them and don't want to see anything happen to them.

Even just assembling the way that these people did, they could be putting themselves and even more importantly others at risk.
 
No stimulus check here. Quite a few people I know have had it hit their bank already, but I have not and when I tried to use the site it said eligibility could not be determined. Not sure why, we filed taxes last year.

Grandson Luke has a bad cough and a fever. Keep him in your thoughts and prayers.

My Uncle Jack died last Friday. He would have been 100 in May. They think it was natural, and not the virus, but we may never know.

Other than that we are doing well.

I had a lovely zoom call with all my cousins today. My cousin John had died in December and we had the service in January. His birthday was today and we all got together to celebrate. It was lovely.

We had a Zoom call for Luke's first birthday on Saturday. We had such a nice time, singing happy birthday and seeing him open presents. I was quite cross that we did not get to eat the cake though.
 
I guess you will just have to have an 18 month old party for him when the time comes and have cake then that you will be able to enjoy. And celebrating your late cousin's birthday through zoom as you did was such a neat idea. Glad you had a good time with that.
 
Good morning, ladies. It's been a busy week. Desk work schedule is about the same so I've been lucky to be able to keep working. Today I go out to the groomers for Taz's nail trim and fur shaving under his feet. I had to make an appointment, only 1 person let in at a time by the manager who will do it as he has all his staff at home. I'll stop by at Walmart for a prescription and a few groceries. I've got a mask to wear since my daughter got me a couple from her work. It's still so weird to only be leaving the house (aside from Taz walks) once every 7-10 days. I'm so used to going out every day or two.

My grandbaby looks beautiful. We've seen pics on FB and messaging but can't wait to meet her in person hopefully sometime this summer if the restrictions lift.

Finished my survivor page and will comment in the gallery throughout the wkend. So many gorgeous pages from everyone!

Dorann - that is terrible but not surprising. People can be callous and selfish. The longer this goes on, I think the worse it will get with people like that.

LilyAnn - poor Philip...I think everyone is feeling the stress and worry about the world as it is. I know this wk has been up and down for me, I feel more positive and hopeful and then feel discouraged and scared about the future. I just keep telling myself, one day at a time...just get thru it.

I'm getting another coffee and getting to work now. BFN
 
I wish everyone here peace and happiness. I know most of you are struggling and I am praying for each of you.
We are doing great and doing well. My DIL went shopping for us yesterday. I gave her my list and she added a few other items. I tried to give them some money as we are doing okay, but they would not take it.
Our Stimulus check did arrive on Tuesday.
I wish everyone a good weekend
 
Hi everyone,

Been so busy with still working, mostly at home but I have to go into the office once a week. Have been trying to get more scrapping done and I also make cards so have been trying to join in on the on-line live chats.

Mom is getting more depressed with little company but between my sister and sister-in-law we are managing taking turns to visit while we deliver her groceries, help with cleaning and making her some meals.

Son is at home waiting for his next course in his career to start in August and he is such a joy and inspriation to hubby and I. Since he had to cancel his Japan trip he had some extra money and announced that he bought a DRUM set...lordy, lordy...how are we going to survive! When it was delivered we realized it was an electronic one so we don't really hear much of it except for alittle pinging. THANKFUL...LOL.

What I miss the most is my grand-daughter...she is 9 and sends me cute picture every couple of days and tells me what she is learning in home school. I had asked my D-I-L to take a few home-school photos for me to scrap and she said she would when she isn't crying...LOL! MY son told me a funny story of how he forgot how to do long division...those kids with their calculators!

Today I am in cleaning mode and hope to spring clean my room. The weather is still a bit chilly here so outside work is not being started.

Things with the virus are stabling here with no new cases. We have been lucky that our province has had less cases than others but I still worry since hubby and I are at risk folks.

Hoping everyone is doing well and finding some joy as this continues.

Good luck in Survivor for those who are playing...there are so many creative and talented people playing and I love to see them all.

Bye for now!
 
Not much activity here the last few days... I decided to rearrange my craft room on the spur of the moment. It took all day yesterday and most of today so far. It is a converted balcony and doubles as my office also and has a day bed for naps and snuggling up reading in peace and quiet. I definitely have to downsize! I have way too much stuff.
 
I have been busy not being busy LOL! We just keep following the same routines, which is good I guess, but awfully boring. I am not sick of my family and I don't know that I will get sick of them. I hope not.

Lynnie, I hope someday to have a craft room! I have too much stuff too. :D
 
I hope all are doing well. My thoughts are with you all.

My Moms Covid test came back negative, but she still is heavily affected by pneumonia even with the antibiotics given to her. She is in a great deal of pain from the fractured pelvis. She has decided she has no appetite and isn’t eating, they are giving her ensure. I am so worried about her. I really am unsure if I will ever see her again. It’s a very sobering thought.

On wednesday night my daughters pet bunny Whipping Cream had a seizure. We broke quarantine Thursday after a full month, to take him to the vet. Alexis had to make the horrible decision to have him cross the rainbow 🌈 bridge. 🐰. He had a neurological disease, a respiratory infection, and as he is over 12 considered a very senior bunny. She is beyond devastated. Being a medically fragile child she doesn’t have much of a support system, her bunny was her best friend, her everything. The rest of us are grieving his loss, but she is inconsolable. I don’t know how to help her. It’s now the first time in my entire life that I haven’t owned a pet. Breaking quarantine for something like that was not great at all. The vet appointment was really unusual, I should record it before I forget.

i found a new connection on ancestry to some relatives I thought might help me with my brick wall, but instead of tearing it down they just added more mortar strengthening it. Now I have even more mysteries. I’m confident that I am related to the George Soule from the Mayflower which I think is really neat. My great grandmother was a Soule in a direct male line to George, before the name was lost due to marriage. Also linked back to DAR I think. But I’m not really sure I understand what it’s all about.

Its warmed up lots here, and our front lawn, southwest facing is almost down to the grass from snow melting, but the snow mould is terrible, which will really set off Austins and my allergies.
 
My puppy spam unblocked me for as long as it took me to run out of puppies, now I am back to square one.

My partner has determined he can't avoid going back into Italy any longer- I guess it's been three weeks? All of time seems to be so jumbled and run together, honestly. So tomorrow he'll leave me, and if everything goes according to plan, he'll come back on Tuesday morning.

I am a little frustrated by it, and I am not sure if it's because I am afraid he won't be able to get back in, or if it's because it just seems so unnecessary.

Whichever way it is, I am still pretty stuck on scrapping (or any artistic output).

Yesterday we did the garden, and we have a list of things we'd like to do to improve the usability and reduce the weeds which seem to be EVERYWHERE in the pavers, but a lot of it requires the blessing and maybe some subsidised pricing from the person I am renting from. To be determined, all.
 
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I hope all are doing well. My thoughts are with you all.

My Moms Covid test came back negative, but she still is heavily affected by pneumonia even with the antibiotics given to her. She is in a great deal of pain from the fractured pelvis. She has decided she has no appetite and isn’t eating, they are giving her ensure. I am so worried about her. I really am unsure if I will ever see her again. It’s a very sobering thought.

On wednesday night my daughters pet bunny Whipping Cream had a seizure. We broke quarantine Thursday after a full month, to take him to the vet. Alexis had to make the horrible decision to have him cross the rainbow  bridge. . He had a neurological disease, a respiratory infection, and as he is over 12 considered a very senior bunny. She is beyond devastated. Being a medically fragile child she doesn’t have much of a support system, her bunny was her best friend, her everything. The rest of us are grieving his loss, but she is inconsolable. I don’t know how to help her. It’s now the first time in my entire life that I haven’t owned a pet. Breaking quarantine for something like that was not great at all. The vet appointment was really unusual, I should record it before I forget.

i found a new connection on ancestry to some relatives I thought might help me with my brick wall, but instead of tearing it down they just added more mortar strengthening it. Now I have even more mysteries. I’m confident that I am related to the George Soule from the Mayflower which I think is really neat. My great grandmother was a Soule in a direct male line to George, before the name was lost due to marriage. Also linked back to DAR I think. But I’m not really sure I understand what it’s all about.

Its warmed up lots here, and our front lawn, southwest facing is almost down to the grass from snow melting, but the snow mould is terrible, which will really set off Austins and my allergies.
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I'm so glad about mom's test, Sherri, but I'm sorry about her general health.
I saw both yours and Alexis' post about Whipping Cream... so sad. Sending love and prayers.
It's fascinating to find out about your past. I've never done that. I can't really tell you a lot about the DAR, per se, but my paternal grandmother was a "member" and quite proud of it. You must have direct lineal descendants of soldiers or others of the Revolutionary period. I don't have the information from my grandmother and I'm adopted so I don't qualify.

I actually scrapped for fun yesterday. I'm in a FB group that scraps virtually every month and we do challenges throughout the day. Well, this time we decided to zoom as well and it was so much fun to see faces. We talked about how we've done these virtual crops for years and the ONLY reason we added zoom was due to the virus. So ONE GOOD THING!

Gotta find the little joys!

Have a great SONday!
 
Sending healing prayers for your mom, Sherri.

Carla, is that the scrap group that you send me requests to join... the weekend one?

I took my father out today. For those that don't know, he lives downstairs from us. He is mostly wheelchair bound and is afraid to go out alone. Now with this shelter thing going on, he hasn't been out in (well he says 8 weeks) I think it's more like 6.
We took a ride to the cemetery which he used to go once a week. We stopped outside my sisters house and chatted for a bit. They stayed 6 feet from the car. Then we took a ride to East Islip where my grandparents used to live. It was nice remembering the houses and to see how things have changed. We stopped at a bakery that we used to go to when we were there. Only I went in with mask on a bought a dozen pastries. They weren't as good as I remember them being.
All in all, we spend about two hours driving around. You should have seen the smile on my fathers face. Even though I don't think he should have gone out, he was really starting to go into a slump and if we didin't go out, it would just make me miserable.

I'm "working" from home for 4 1/2 hours as "virtual clerk" on Monday evenings for now. We have a virtual staff meeting on Tuesday. I hope she doesn't say we can't get paid. I guess I'll see than.

We're trying to keep busy playing card games and cooking together. Staying in doesn't bother me. It is taking it's toll on the kids. I was told Molly was crying the other day in her room. She said it was the whole situation. Philip had another melt down and couldn't tell me what was bothering him (but I can tell... the situation).

Molly was introduced to a friend of a friend on line of course. Molly's friend knows she doesn't have a boy friend and was setting her up. Molly says they are friends now and have been chatting for about a week. Don't know how distance friendship works but I guess time will tell.

Hope all is going well with everyone! Stay home and stay safe. Wear those masks.
 
Ane, my craft room is really a converted balcony. We have a pretty tiny condo (1047 sq feet) for three people. In spite of that, it is really the first time since I got married that I have had my own space. I love it.

Sherri - I am so sorry about Whipping Cream. 12 is very senior for a bunny, but she must be devasted. You have so much on your plate with all the health issues for you and your children, I can't imagine coping with that and the virus and lock in. I am glad your mum's test was negative for COVID-19, but sorry she is not doing well. Hopefully it improves soon.

DAR is a heritage organization that is quite prestigious. You may only join if your ancestors are connected to the American Revolution. Either a soldier must have served or someone must have provided a documented service to the troops. The Mayflower has an even more prestigious organization. There is a fee for joining them both, but they have regular meetings and are very interesting. My husband belonged to the Sons of the American revolution (SAR).

Sylfie - that must be so worrying, having him go back to Italy, knowing how prevalent the disease is there still. I am so sorry your are creatively blocked. You are such a lovely scrapper. Have you thought about doing some of the challenges and seeing if they inspire you.

Carla - how was it, scrapping virtually? I have done paper scrapping virtually over zoom, but not digi-scrapping. It sounds like it would be loads of fun.

LilyAnn - It sounds as though you had a lovely day with your dad and you did not do anything that would endanger him. His smile must have made it all worth while. Those pastries sound wonderful - I could use one right now :) Good luck with the kids and their melt-downs. It can be hard on kids, although I think I would have been fine. I loved staying home and reading when I was a kid - they had to make me go out.

Me?
I went to church (online) today. My husband laughs (nicely) at me, singing away all by myself in the living room. He joins me for church, but doesn't usually sing with me.

I have been sewing masks for family and making cards, which I have been dropping at friends' houses on my daily walks. I am going to make a few thinner masks for the daily walks with my friend Pam. I have asthma and walking is hard in masks. Because we are social distancing and don't walk into too many people, I think that thinner masks will be okay.

I uploaded a bunch of layouts to be printed today. It was the last day of the 20% off sale at sbtoshare.com (promo code SPRING). I get the $1.50 pages, so at 20% off, they turn out really nice and a great price. I uploaded 120. I have more, but they weren't ready for printing. I might still try :)
 
Lily, my daughter, Kathryn has a boyfriend that is in South Carolina. They've been dating for over a year now and have seen each other in person all of three times. The first time he came all the way to Kentucky just to go to the mall with her for a couple hours. The second time we all went to South Carolina for a vacation and she got to go out with him twice. The third time was over Christmas. His nephew's dad has family about an hour away from us and they'd brought him to see them and his mom let him use the car to come to Lexington and see Kathryn (he got to meet the rest of our family then too). I like her having a long distance boyfriend because I don't have to worry about her so much. And Jaden is a good kid too (two years older than Sis but really that isn't all that much).

I literally didn't do anything this weekend except get a new windshield wiper for my car. We laid around and watched tv. I am suspecting that tomorrow is going to be the day that they tell the kids they won't be going back to school this year.
 
Lynnie, Tom and I actually met online too (over 18 years ago) the difference for us is that we lived in adjacent towns.
 
LOVE highlighting everyone in red Lynnie, thanks! Made it so much easier to read! Scrapping virtually has always been fun. Usually Linda hosts an event on FB and posts challenges every couple hours. We all take pix of our layouts and add them as comments in the various challenge post. We've done it for years and participants are both traditional and digi.

LilyAnn, I don't know it this was one you were invited to. I know I shared a general invite on my page but I don't know if anyone responded. It began Friday night and continued all day Saturday. We'll have another one in May. Everyone is welcome. Let me know if you want to join. You can just join to join and chat too! I'm sorry Molly and Philip are struggling through this. It is so tough and everyone is handling it so differently, even in the same household. But it's nice that Molly now has someone else to talk to. Glad you got your dad out of the house too. Must have been a boost for you as well.

Sylfie, prayers for you and your hubs on his travels. That must be quite scary, but I'm sure all will be fine and he will be home with you safe and sound and soon.

I haven't had a craft room in years, Ane,Mine is my kitchen table and laptop. Of course, anytime I want to do any other type of craft, I have to move my laptop! lol.

Wow! A truly LONG-DISTANCE relationship for your daughter, dorann! That's fascinating and it's lasted! And you met your hubby online too! That's so cool. Well, like you say, you don't have to "worry" as much. Love your new siggie!!!

Stay well. Stay safe. God Bless!
 
Dorann, How fun! I think we reveal a lot more online than we do in person - sometimes to our detriment :) But not a bad thing in a long-term relationship.

Carla, Is this paper scrapping or digi scrapping? It sounds like fun.
 
Good afternoon, ladies. My workload is the same or even a bit more during this pandemic (thankful for this) and hubs is still getting paid for at least another month or so while he is home. Hope the flattened curve continues and it'll be safe for him to go back to work in 4-6 wks.

I got out for a 3 hr hike yesterday with Taz and my daughter. It was a day of small blessings. Saw the herons in their nests in the trees, an eagle with her nest, a hawk and got lots of fun photos of Taz playing along the shore. I was so tired last night, not being used to that long a hike, that I could barely stay awake after dinner to watch a few shows with the family. Slept like a log.

Heading out soon for another long hike with a neighbor and her dogs so it'll be nice to chat with someone other than family (while social distancing of course).

Will do some CT duties later and need to do some chores around here too. First off though I will go send in my survivor votes.

Stay healthy everyone. BFN.
 
Lynnie - I have done two, and am trying to focus but it's very slow going. It helps, but it's also making me hopscotch a little on my pages, which. Eep. I am going to have to doublecheck everything when I finish this section, I am afraid it's all out of order. I have been collecting on the Daily Download so I have some GS specific kits to work with, my stash, while expansive, is very all-over-the-place.

Carla - He's settled in and had no issues with the trip, and has an alarm set for 5.30 tomorrow morning to come back when the border opens first thing. I have been nervous baking and the results are cookies and eggplant al pizzaiolo. His parents are fine, and his mother has created a quantity of food which cannot even legally cross the border.
 
Oh Sylfie, I'm so sorry. I can only imagine that would make it hard to focus. Glad his trip went well. I want to come to your house when you're nervous though... baking cookies and eggplant! YUM! Wonderful that his parents are fine. Good that he is well-fed. lol.

Lynnie, we have BOTH! Paper and digi, scrapping together! It's so much fun! The challenges are universal, use these colors, use this picture to inspire, use this sketch. Then, if you're paper, you take a pic of your layout and upload to the challenge thread. If you're digi, you upload the jpg. Linda is a CTMH rep and she gives points for every layout you complete. She also asks questions during the day and gives points for replies. Then at the end of the day, she draws a winner and they get a package of cards that she's made.

Ooooooh! Rae, can't wait to see your new pix! One day girl, you're gonna see all your pix in my layouts. hehehe... You're so very talented, but three-hours, woah! I'm impressed. I'll bet you slept. Good for you.

So, working hard at hardly working... seriously trying to work hard and ignore the distractions. Sun is shining, birds are singing, flower leaves are starting to break through the ground, yard needs LOTS of work (but not something my knees can handle), so stuck inside, billing and chilling. Chat later.

Love ya. Stay well. Stay safe. Wash your hands. God Bless!
 
I hope everyone is doing better and your struggles are easing up. My Husband and I took a little trip to a couple bird refuges yesterday. Here in Idaho they are still open. Mostly driving but a few trails. A few people were out driving and the trails mostly desereted. I was able to get some scenery photos and lots of bird photos. It was a good day and one that I needed. My husband doesn't generally like to go even when it isn't stay at home, but he commented several times how much he liked the day and if thanked our Heavenly Father for the day in our prayers.
Stay safe everyone
 
I'm doing okay this week - I'm trying to just not worry too much about $$ because I know even if it is difficult, we'll have enough to eat and a place to live, so thankful for that! I did apply for the self employment unemployment, but not sure how that works and how long it will take. I haven't actually heard from anyone who is self employed and received it, so I'm not expecting it anytime soon, but if I am able to get a little help, it would be a blessing. I need to get out walking, I think that will help the stress a little too. I'm so happy we have Survivor happening right now - it is a fun thing to look forward to doing each week!! On that note, I'm off to look through layouts and vote!!
 
Sylfie, let us know when he is home safe.

Carla, your scrapping event sounds like so much fun. Maybe we should do one of those one of these days. That would be fun.

Katherine, stay safe on those outings and we can't wait to see your new bird pics :)

Kelley, glad you are trying not to worry too much. Here's hoping you are able to get the unemployment. My daughter is a gig worker and they usually can't get it, but she has applied and her fingers are crossed. Her industry is out for a long time, I think. Even when they open the country, it will be a while before they open large music events and that is her bread and butter.
 
Katherine, your bird photos are amazing and your layouts with them are stunning! I can't wait to see what you saw too!

Kelley, I'm so glad that they've realized that self-employed are suffering here too. It's certainly not your fault that everything's shut down. Prayers that you hear soon and get something to help. You have the right attitude.

Lynnie, it IS so much fun! I'd love to do something like that here. We could plan a Saturday where anyone checks in as often as they like to see what challenges we come up with and then we meet on Zoom too.

Back to work for me... Can't wait to see everyone's recipes for Week 5!!! What a fun idea.

Stay well. Stay safe. Wash your hands. God Bless!
 
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