Life right now is a lot like a kid with the remote control. We advance forward, pause, live a little, pause.
Ventured out to Target last night to pick up medicine and a few things we needed. I was only able to get some of the things, so stopped at Food Lion this morning on my way home from an errand and was thankfully able to get everything else we needed. But I was amazed that a four days after the craziness posted all over Facebook I was still seeing so many empty shelves. I will say employees at both stores were stocking as quickly as they could and were being as helpful as they could be. Living in the south and in a hurricane zone, it's not uncommon to see certain shelves go bare before a hurricane or snow storm, but never have I seen so many rows or shelves bare at one time. I mean, honestly, when have you ever seen the canned vegetable aisle, pasta aisle, fresh/frozen chicken , frozen vegetable, eggs, or soup aisle 90-100% empty?
My biggest surprise was last night when I kept seeing people posting on the pages of friends in Utah asking if they were okay. After looking at three different news sites I finally found one that mentioned the earthquake. It was barely mentioned on the news this morning, despite its severity (5.6) and the fact that there have been at least 80 aftershocks and 60,000 people without power.
The quilting machine we ordered the end of February is on backorder, not sure if that is due to all the virus mess in Europe, or if it is simply that the factory has that many orders. Either way, it will most likely be the end of the month or into April before it arrives. I have more than enough to do between then, so I'm currently keeping my focus on other things.
Bobby told someone this morning that the only difference in our lives right now is we don't have church and we're not eating out. And for the most part, that is very true! Well, half of my activities and appointments have been cancelled for this month, but I'm actually okay with that.
And we had 8 chicks hatch out today. One won't make it, but we're still pleased. There's still three eggs on the nest, but those were added 4-7 days after she started setting on the others, so I don't expect them to hatch. She won't sacrifice the safety of the early ones for 3 eggs that still need a week of constant setting. I'll try to post pics tomorrow.
Ventured out to Target last night to pick up medicine and a few things we needed. I was only able to get some of the things, so stopped at Food Lion this morning on my way home from an errand and was thankfully able to get everything else we needed. But I was amazed that a four days after the craziness posted all over Facebook I was still seeing so many empty shelves. I will say employees at both stores were stocking as quickly as they could and were being as helpful as they could be. Living in the south and in a hurricane zone, it's not uncommon to see certain shelves go bare before a hurricane or snow storm, but never have I seen so many rows or shelves bare at one time. I mean, honestly, when have you ever seen the canned vegetable aisle, pasta aisle, fresh/frozen chicken , frozen vegetable, eggs, or soup aisle 90-100% empty?
My biggest surprise was last night when I kept seeing people posting on the pages of friends in Utah asking if they were okay. After looking at three different news sites I finally found one that mentioned the earthquake. It was barely mentioned on the news this morning, despite its severity (5.6) and the fact that there have been at least 80 aftershocks and 60,000 people without power.
The quilting machine we ordered the end of February is on backorder, not sure if that is due to all the virus mess in Europe, or if it is simply that the factory has that many orders. Either way, it will most likely be the end of the month or into April before it arrives. I have more than enough to do between then, so I'm currently keeping my focus on other things.
Bobby told someone this morning that the only difference in our lives right now is we don't have church and we're not eating out. And for the most part, that is very true! Well, half of my activities and appointments have been cancelled for this month, but I'm actually okay with that.
And we had 8 chicks hatch out today. One won't make it, but we're still pleased. There's still three eggs on the nest, but those were added 4-7 days after she started setting on the others, so I don't expect them to hatch. She won't sacrifice the safety of the early ones for 3 eggs that still need a week of constant setting. I'll try to post pics tomorrow.
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