COVID-19 Self Distancing Week 8 Recap

Last week was hard people. I am going to recap it by saying that we had major plumbing issues and we lost our cat for 3 hours. We rise above all that though and did some serious relaxation on Sunday to catch up with our energy being so low. I am not 100% recovered from the stress of last week and that's okay. I am working on it. Still need to tackle my lack of sleep lately. I have had some wicked insomnia.

What I learned:

• Stella is more deaf that we originally thought. She went missing for 3 hours and my wonderful mom and friends came to help look for her. I found her on a chair in our basement after roaming around yelling for her for a LONG time. She is going to outlive us all and we will die from sleep exhaustion and stress. 
• My husband is really handy. I mean I would never ever attempt to break up concrete in my basement and find a valve in a pipe that needs to be replaced. If it was up to me I would be spending like thousands upon thousands to fix the issue. Ryan is on the hunt for parts right now. It is good it only messes with the bathroom in the basement and we can go back to using all our other bathrooms. Another handy thing he did was make a giant planter for veggies this year in our backyard. It looks great and will be super functional. 
• You can legit make pesto out of any greens and nuts. I have tried them all. This past week I used carrot tops and walnuts. It was a delight. 
• I am learning how to go out in public in a limited fashion. My anxiety still does not like it and I panic if people get too close to me but I did a curbside pickup for the mothers day flowers from a local green house and did not freak out once. I was full on mask and hand sanitizer the whole time but I did it! I don't plan on "going out" once things open up just an FYI this is just me trying to be okay with doing more curbside pickup stuff out of necessity. For me I take this self distancing seriously for my health and I will keep evaluating my boundaries weekly. 

Star Wars day was last Monday. :) May the 4th be with you!

I had leftover chicken so I made chili. 

Flowers on one of my walks. 

I made homemade chicken broth. Super easy. 

It was cinco de mayo and taco tuesday. I made cherry limeaid margs!

Classic tacos.

Doing some progress on this painting. 

Ryan wore the shark head to a meeting. 

Pesto time!

It is soooo good and made a lot.

Not a fan of the lamb chops but that pesto. yum. 

DIVA

She was drama all day I should have known on TH she would run away. 

Classy. 

I did it I went to the green house!

Our flowers picked up from a local green house Werys. 

OMG this cider was needed after the bathroom and cat drama. 

Snuggles Friday with our drama queen. 

Flowers in my garden. 

YEY-- I made this. :) 

Sushi for dinner Friday. 

REALLY Stella I cannot see. 

Ryan had to remove our linen closet and then beat through concreate with a sledgehammer to find the valve we needed to replace that was broken. See valve below. 

The really crappy thing about a pandemic it is like super hard to source parts. Still no luck finding a replacement for this stupid thing. LOL 

Supported local on Saturday. 

TIP--- Press your tofu for 30 minutes before tossing in corn starch and baking at 400 degrees F for 20 minutes in the oven. SOOOO GOOOD.

Curb side pick up beer at Stillmank. 

DIVA

I like a good beer collaboration. Had this while playing games with friends on ZOOM. 

I am looking forward to this week being less drama filled and calm. Wish me luck!

Until next time~
XoXo Emily

COVID-19 Self Distancing: Week 7 Recap

Ouch-- Sun burn is lame people but being outside when it is nice is a must for me. So life balance right? We are here we made it to week 7 of this pandemic. Here is a friendly recap for you!


What I learned this week:

• Random acts of kindness are awesome. I got a note from our instacart shopper.
• Wear sunscreen. Like for real even if it is not that sunny.  I am still in pain. It's Monday this was Saturday I got burnt.
• Go in your cabinet and find things to pickle red onions they are good on everything. I hate cutting onions and so if I only do it once a week to make these I am going to be okay with that for sure.  Sandwiches, tacos, eggs gosh they are good on everything.
• OPI nail envy is an awesome project and my nails have never been stronger. I have been taking a break from gel nails during COVID-19 and it was the best idea to get my nails back and strong. I recommend you try a nail break and this product.

I ordered some hearts from Amazon they took like a month to get here but have brought cheer to all the windows in my house.

The Instacart person Julie that got my groceries this week had this in my bag. How kind!

Mole tacos. Drooling.

Five guys. It was okay. Culvers is better.

I will never not share a picture of Brooks that Liz sends me. SQUEEEAL so cute.

Cuddles.

Yummy leftovers. Sausage, peppers and onions.

Sun. Smiles.

My garden is coming alive.

Cat traps are working.

She has issues.

Cat loaf.

Deep dish pizza. Heaven.

Brooks is deep in thought... or sleeping. Ha!

She likes to lay in the sun. She looked dead here.

I am so happy I bought stuff to make old fashions at home.

I spy a cat... in a box.

Coconut pancakes turned out pretty good.

Thanks Becky looks great in the garden.

Ignoring.

My garden.

Biked 20 miles Saturday.

Cool church on our bike ride.

Ledgestone Winery..... yes!

Eat30 daily spring roll special. nom!

The sun burn!!!

Corn bread in my cast-iron.

Beer chicken and corn bread.

I had mimosas for breakfast and you know what you cannot judge me because its a pandemic.

With my mimosa I ate a donut.

I call this bastard ramen because I added chicken mole and some random veggies to store ramen noodles.

You should really always have red pickled onions in your fridge people. Make them!

We bought a new canoe yesterday. I shall still call my canoes BIG RED BRICK.

 

Let's see what this new month brings I am ready for the challenge!

Until next time~
XoXo Emily