OLD DOGS LEARNING NEW TRICKS

RESURRECTION SUNDAY was cloudy and rainy.  Cold and windy at 28 degrees.  Inside we were comfortable and that's that.  Our EASTER MEAL was over the top SIMPLE.  Just had to be as we have not been out of the house to grocery shop in days and worked from what was in the pantry and fridge.

A canned miniature ham, deviled eggs, green beans and iced tea.  Whaaaalah that was it.  No Easter Baskets, no chocolate bunnies, no Easter eggs to color.  

NOT EXACTLY A HAM LIKE THE ONE IN THE MOVIE CHRISTMAS WITH THE KRANKS.
THIS PICTURE IS NEARLY THE ACTUAL SIZE OF THE HAM WE HAD.  HaHa

I let a cry out when my hubby presented me with a BUNNY WREATH that had been in the basement.  Due to the Sheltering In, I just have not FELT like decorating.  Cleaning isn't exactly exciting in which I have to be my own cheerleader to keep on keeping on.  U Go Girl!  I need some sunshine.    

He handed me a purple Easter egg with another purple egg inside which had Christmas kisses wrapped in red foil.  I was really delighted to receive this.

Easter Day IN OUR SMALL TOWN.

The most important thing is that we were together and know that Jesus is risen.  He's alive and we're forgiven children of Almighty GOD.  

Our SUNDAY was simple.

Daughter and Grand Skyped with me and we chatted.  Another Son phoned us. 

I wanted to see the beautiful tulips in our community before they disappear after the frost and wind gets them.  Getting out of the house for a few minutes.  We took a drive and we snapped a few pictures of the colorful flowers.  Then we got in trouble when I was turning the car around in the road.  A woman screamed profanities at us from her front porch and I didn't know why as I was turning the car around on a muddy road.  Her husband came outside of their house as well and asked as we drove past them if we were going to fix the yard?

FIX THE YARD?  What do you mean?  I was on a public dirt road.

I was not in their yard.  We had gone to look at a new event center down by the river and when we saw how unsafe the road leading to the event center was, I did a 3 point turn on the dirt road.  We drove by the couple as they stood on their porch yelling at us.  I should have just drove on as we were not in their yard, but being the people we are we just had to tell them we were on the road not their yard.

Their secluded property is down by the river, but this new event center is being made out of an old stone barn by their property.  The new owners of this center are doing a beautiful job making it a very nice and functioning business.  In order to do that, they have obviously had construction workers with their trucks down by the river making the barn a beautiful building.  More activity must not be welcomed to the older couple in their once secluded home.  This was obvious when we drove down the muddy dirt road to the event center.

They did not like us being there.  Oops.  It is going to get very busy when the event center is completed and more families celebrate their special day at the place.  When the ban is lifted and people can gather once again, then the traffic flow will pass by their secluded house and the woman will probably grow horse from yelling profanities at the passer-byers.  This will not be a pretty sight or music to anyone's ears.  The police may have to be brought into this situation.  SO goes the mundane lives of this little town.  

There's nothing quite like being cussed out by an old women standing on her porch screaming profanities at me on a Easter Sunday afternoon after being sheltered inside for days and wanting to get some fresh air and a change of scenery.  I got both the fresh air and the change of scenery.  My ears heard words that a drunken sailor might mutter.  She needs prayer, but then so do I.  The air was blue where she was standing so I knew not to suck this in.  Kind of like the coronavirus, you know you do not want to suck it in.

Today on this sunshiny day, we took a short walk to the post office to drop a letter off in their outside mail drop then took a sharp right turn to walk by some closed stores on Main Street.  Walked back home.  My lower back wanted to scream.  It hurts.  We walked anyways.  Seeing the stores closed is odd and eery to say the least.  Towns all across the country are closed.  The hardship that is sure to follow this pandemic will be awful.  Our sadness may turn into an economic depression for the entire country.  

The Pharmacy made a medicine delivery to our HOME.  I peeked through the hole in the door.  This is new to have medicine delivered to our HOME.  I spoke through the door to the young man wearing a bandana over his nose and mouth.  

Also we emailed a grocery list to the local Grocery Store and will go pick it up tomorrow after they phone to tell us our order is ready.  We can write a check leaving the order in the trunk of the car without being overly close to the delivery boy.  The check will be taped to the inside trunk lid.  He'll close the lid and we'll drive home wearing throwaway gloves as we handle unloading the groceries.  The packaging will be sanitized before we put the goods away.

I never knew we could do this as middle aged people.  We are like old dogs learning new tricks.

The left over Easter Ham was made into Ham Salad for sandwiches.  Actually tasted good on the soft bread.  Supper tonight was Ham Salad Sandwiches, ripple chips and baby carrots.  We are not starving yet, but not dining in gourmet fashion at HARRY's in Manhattan.  Somehow this old dog likes eating in the quiet of her HOME.  

Dog treats to follow,
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