HAPPY IN TOMBSTONE

Happy in 
TOMBSTONE, ARIZONA.

I was having a very nice time right there.

REMEMBERING FEBRUARY 
as we visited the tourist town of Tombstone 
the middle of the month.
I don't suppose there are very many people walking the streets today as we are staying HOME.

Blessings to you,
d

PALM SUNDAY

~PALM SUNDAY~

At HOME.

Blessings to you,

d

A TIME MACHINE

APRIL IS HERE.  April Fool's Day came and went without a trick.  This month will contain some birthdays.  My BABY turns 40 on the 5th.  Mom's Birthday is on the 9th.  Palm SUNDAY.  Passover.  Good Friday.  EASTER.  Deviled eggs and dying eggs just might take place.   

I have 40 things from my daughter's childhood gift wrapped to give to my daughter to open in celebration for her 40th.  Not sure how to do this since we cannot be near each other.  Perhaps if the weather is nice she could open them on her outside porch to where I could watch from a distance?  Perhaps.  

I have been waiting for this special occasion for years.  I did these giftings for both of her brothers for their 40th birthdays.  It was like going back in time as a mom as I was there when they received all these treasures.  A TIME MACHINE. 

This year will be different for sure.  NO HUGGING her on her special day.  This saddens me.  We're still alive and for that I can rejoice.

d

I PROMISE.....

TODAY, I ACTUALLY GOT DRESSED.

WINTERY WIND IS BLOWING TODAY.  The french door leading into the screened in porch was open yesterday with the temps as a nice SPRING day.  This morning I woke to freezing weather where snow lie on the ground.  Yesterday was my kind of weather.  The furnace is running today.  The difference between today and yesterday is as different as coffee and tea.

Thanking GOD for this laptop computer and the internet.  My constant companion.  God and the computer.  

When the temp gets warmer I WILL go for a walk.
I WILL go outside.
I WILL drink in the blue skies and fresh air.
I WILL give THANKS.
I WILL...go for a drive to social distance myself.

Yesterday, I walked the house stairs for exercise.  I also lifted heavy metal candlesticks over my head for arm exercise.  Today I will do the same as the washing machine washes a load of towels.  With the coronavirus happening, we ordered a miniature washing machine that hooks up to the KITCHEN SINK.  It's working alright for the time being.  I didn't want to go to the Laundromat.  Staying HOME. 

I am once again working at getting caught up on ze laundry.  ONCE AGAIN I find myself running behind.  It doesn't mean the same thing to me as it did 3 months ago.  I am dusting my home... each day a different room.  Today I will return to tidying up the JUNK ROOM.  I am alright with pitching more stuff.  Tis easier these days for me to turn loose.

The paperwork is needing attention.  Will get to it when I can.  This staying home and social distance has it's advantages.  I am not depressed, but occasionally find myself tearing up and saying a prayer.  Tis horribly sad what is going on.

Will probably have to make a couple of mask as this pandemic is real and we desire to stay well.

Tis quiet inside the house.  I hear the wind blowing as if there is 4 foot of snow on the ground.  Maybe this would help me desire to stay inside.

d

DINING ON THE PRAIRIE Meatloaf

INSTRUCTIONS

Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Grease loaf pan.
In a large bowl mix all ingredients.
Fill the pan with the mixture.
Glaze the top of the meatloaf with your choice of glaze such as ketchup.
Bake 45 to 60 minutes.
Wait a few minutes before slicing and serving.

Life just got a little easier with this recipe.

'Easy Does It Meatloaf' 

and who doesn't want easy,

d

ARE YOU SOCIAL DISTANCING???

Are you social distancing?
We are.
So far I'm doing alright with it.  A few days I have had a few moments of being sad.  Grieving might be an explanation of this sadness.  So much death.  
Some have said that there are more deaths so far this year with this, that and everything else.  They say to keep this in perspective.  This does not comfort me. 
This virus is still new and we know so little about it.  It's still killing and we know so little about it.  Not living in fear, but believe we have to respect this virus with a healthy respect toward safety and cleanliness.  
Social distancing is a must for now.
I'm not as hopeful thinking there will be a quick fix.  Not over sooner than later.
Am praying as I know many are.
Dear God, Have mercy.

Take care,
d
  

CORONAVIRUS COMMON SENSE

THESE TIPS MAY SAVE YOUR LIFE.

From a retired Respiratory Therapist on facebook.

Randy Reynolds

March 25 at 1:11 PM

CORONA Common Sense
Since they are calling on Respiratory therapist to help fight the Corona virus, and I am a retired one, too old to work in a hospital setting. I'm gonna share some common sense wisdom with those that have the virus and trying to stay home. If my advice is followed as given you will improve your chances of not ending up in the hospital on a ventilator. This applies to the otherwise generally healthy population, so use discretion. 

1. Only high temperatures kill a virus, so let your fever run high. Tylenol, Advil. Motrin, Ibuprofen etc. will bring your fever down allowing the virus to live longer. They are saying that ibuprophen, advil etc will actually exacerbate the virus. Use common sense and don't let fever go over 103 or 104 if you got the guts. If it gets higher than that take your tylenol, not ibuprophen or advil to keep it regulated. It helps to keep house warm and cover up with blankets so body does not have to work so hard to generate the heat. It usually takes about 3 days of this to break the fever. 

2. The body is going to dehydrate with the elevated temperature so you must rehydrate yourself regulaly, whether you like it or not. Gatorade with real sugar, or pedialyte with real sugar for kids, works well. Why the sugar? Sugar will give your body back the energy it is using up to create the fever. The electrolytes and fluid you are losing will also be replenished by the Gatorade. If you don't do this and end up in the hospital they will start an IV and give you D5W (sugar water) and Normal Saline to replenish electrolytes. Gatorade is much cheaper, pain free, and comes in an assortment of flavors 

3. You must keep your lungs moist. Best done by taking long steamy showers on a regular basis, if your wheezing or congested use a real minty toothpaste and brush your teeth while taking the steamy shower and deep breath through your mouth. This will provide some bronchial dialation and help loosen the phlegm. Force your self to cough into a wet wash cloth pressed firmly over your mouth and nose, which will cause greater pressure in your lungs forcing them to expand more and break loose more of the congestion. 

4. Eat healthy and regularly. Gotta keep your strength up. 

5. Once the fever breaks, start moving around to get the body back in shape and blood circulating. 

6. Deep breath on a regular basis, even when it hurts. If you don't it becomes easy to develope pneumonia. Pursed lip breathing really helps. That's breathing in deep and slow then exhaling through tight lips as if your blowing out a candle, blow until you have completely emptied your lungs and you will be able to breath in an even deeper breath. This helps keep lungs expanded as well as increase your oxygen level. 

7. Remember that every medication you take is merely relieving the symptoms, not making you well. 

8. If your still dying go to ER.

I've been doing these things for myself and my family for over 40 years and kept them out of the hospital, all are healthy and still living today.
Thank you all for sharing. We gotta help one another.

In a NUTSHELL:

1) High temps kill virus, so go as long as you can with a temperature before using Tylenol.  Do not use Ibuprofen and Advil.  Keep house warm and cover up with blanket so the body does not have to work so hard to generate heat.  Usually takes 3 days to break the fever.  

2) Stay hydrated.  With elevated temperature body will dehydrate.  Drink Gatorade with real sugar or pedialyte because sugar will give your body back the energy it is using to create the fever.

3) Keep lungs moist.  Take long steamy showers on regular basis.  Brush teeth with minty toothpaste while showering breathing through mouth.  Will loosen phlegm.

May you be healthy and stay well,

d

SWITCHING LABELS

Who doesn't KNEAD a laugh?

d

King James Version
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

Proverbs 17:22

RUNNING LOW ON EGGS!

I won't be running to the store for a while.  When the grocery list gets really long then I may make a trip.  It is an eery thought to me as I am social distancing and avoiding public places like the grocery store.

Doing without might not seem so daunting.

Hubby is taking a nap and I'm getting ready to do something other than sitting here.  Tis SATURDAY and the wind is blowing hard.  Temps are nice with a blue sky.

On Monday the guidelines will be adjusted as the end of 15 days to slow down the spread comes to a halt.  I suppose it will be extended.  COVID 19 cases are starting to show up in our area.

THINK I need to order some powdered eggs to fall back on if I can get my hands on some.  

Using other things instead of eggs is doable.

Blessings to you and yours,

d

THE Great Depression ONION!

THINK this needs a little clarification.

DO you mix the peanut butter into the stale bread 

and then fill the onions?

Think so.

Will have to try this and see how it turns out.

What say you?

d

THE GREAT ESCAPE

I CONFESS...today I was low in spirits.  Feeling confident up until today.  Perhaps it was my hormones.  Perhaps it was due to spending way too much time watching videos about the BIG C VIRUS.  Not sure, but I am hoping I will recover from this low and feel better tomorrow.

I dusted on the dining room floor today and need to do another round of dusting as the areas under the furniture are extremely dirty with spider webs clinging to the edges.  It's been a while since I did a deep cleaning.  This evening I hope to dust some more dusting so I am in better spirits.

It's not a difficult task to do. 

Just Do It.

This has been a challenging year as the days are slowly passing.  This VIRUS has got to go.  Lord God, I pray that you take it away and never return.

This has been really challenging to social distance myself from everybody.  I don't like it even though it's doable.  God knows when and if this will cease to exist.  

I never in my wildest dreams thought we'd be doing this.  SOCIAL DISTANCING?  What a phrase.  What an awful phrase.  6 feet apart.  

A few days ago, I tidied my freezer to take account of what was in there.  Came across some frozen turkey from THANKSGIVING.  We've had two turkey meals so far and I think a third one will be turkey sandwiches to finish off this great meat.  First meal was like THANKSGIVING.  Second was turkey pie.  Delicious and oh so good.

We've watched the 1963 Drama/History 2 hours and 33 minutes movie THE GREAT ESCAPE.  In which I would like to watch again.

Imprisoned during World War II in a German POW camp, a group of Allied soldiers are intent on breaking out, not only to escape, but also to draw Nazi forces away from battle to search for fugitives. Among the prisoners determined to escape are American Captain Virgil Hilts (Steve McQueen) and British Squadron Leader Roger Bartlett (Richard Attenborough). Outwitting their captors by digging a tunnel out of the prison grounds, the soldiers find the stakes much higher when escape becomes a reality.

ANOTHER FILM...The 1974 Historical Drama/Thriller 1 hour 50 minutes THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY.

Edward Pierce (Sean Connery) is a master thief of the Victorian Era who's never found a heist he couldn't pull off. For his next criminal operation, he plans something that has never been done before: to rob a moving train. Working with a master safecracker (Donald Sutherland) and a seductive woman (Lesley-Anne Down), Pierce devises an incredibly complex plan to break into the train's safe and steal the thousands of dollars' worth of gold that are contained within.

I'd like to watch this one again for the costuming.  Beautiful costuming.  Interesting plot.  Liked it and I will watch again to take some still pictures of the clothing.

  We must be in the mood for THE GREAT 

this and that movies,

d

STOCKING UP?

WOKE TO A GENTLE RAIN.  Overcast grey sky.  Tis a chilly 43 degrees right now.  Staying inside hibernating this week.  Saint Louis will be locking down on Monday and Kansas City on Tuesday.  Topeka is closer to where I live.  Manhattan, KS is really close...they had a confirmed coronavirus case reported on Friday.

The virus is here in my corner of the world.  

Taking precautions and waiting this out. 

WITH THE HELP OF MY COMPUTER, I'm keeping an eye on the counties around me as well as my county that are reporting virus cases.  HUNKERING DOWN as the saying goes.  If we run out of something I may just have to do without.  Is it not prudent to have a well stocked pantry all year round?  Yes, I think it is, but I do not always stay stocked up.  My sin is before me.

I confess, I was running low on paper products such as paper towels and toilet paper before this stay at home was encouraged for social distancing.  Bought some, but not loads and loads of it.  So we may run out and be without.  I was thinking about when my babies were being diapered.  I used a wash cloth to clean them.  There were no baby wipes then as I also used cloth diapers with oversized safety pins and plastic pants.

We survived.

SOCIAL DISTANCING is in the minds of many as last week when I went shopping for supplies people were avoiding close distances.  A couple women wore mask and wore gloves.  This week I will not be getting out in public if I can avoid it.  Staying HOME to continue SPRING CLEANING.  

AS FOR TODAY...Before I took my morning meds, I shaved my armpits and legs.  My super power for the morning was grooming myself.  Then I went so far as to shampoo my hair and take a shower.  Tadah.  I can rejoice.  I am now officially clean. 



I curled my wet hair with metal duckbill clips.  No curlers.  Wanted to try this technique this go round.  SO here I sit letting my hair air dry with clips in it holding rolls of my hair.  Shall see the results later in the day.  HOPE I like it. 

A while back when I went to a Beauty Supply Shop, they only had one package of these fantastic clips.  One package.  So I bought them.  Not so popular anymore?  The last time I had my hair done as a walk-in at this Beauty Supply Shop with Salon in the back, the hair stylist used them when I asked her if she was going to use curlers to curl my hair.  She said she would use curling irons and then curl them with the duckbill clips to cool off.

It worked well.

If this social distancing were not going on and we were in normal mode as closely as we could be, what would you have in your pantry?

Medicines.

Vitamins, minerals and Emergen-C powder.

Canned goods of vegetables and fruit.

Dried fruit like raisins and prunes.

Canned meat and nuts.

Dried Beans and rice.

Soups and crackers.

Ketch-up, Mustard, Salad Dressings and Mayo.

Spices.

Pasta and sauces.

Instant potatoes.

Bottled water.

Flour, sugar, brown sugar, confectioner sugar, salt, pepper, baking soda, baking powder, oil, shortening, olive oil, vinegar, quick oats, corn meal mix, honey, coffee, powdered milk, cocoa, molasses, cinnamon.

Popcorn.

Dish detergent, dish clothes, tea towels, hand towels, hot pads.

Trash bags kitchen size and bathroom.

Paper towels, aluminum foil, wax paper, plastic wrap, zip bags, glass storage containers, mixing bowls, measuring cups, measuring spoons, manual can opener, mixer, blender, toaster, crock pot, skillet, baking dishes, oversized spoons, knives and kitchen scissors.

Matches and air freshener.

Dust pan and broom, mop, vacuum sweeper and bags.

Cleaning supplies like ajax powder, dusting spray, disinfectant wipes, clorax bleach, glass cleaner, all purpose cleaner, vinegar.

Laundry detergent.

Disinfectant wipes.

What else?

Grooming supplies such as hair brushes, combs, hair drier, Hair pins, curlers, bar soap/gel, deodorant, toothpaste, mouth gargle, razors, shaving cream, body lotion, soap, shampoo, conditioner, facial care, sani-pads and TOILET PAPER.  First aid kit.

WHAT ELSE?

d