Fast Quick Rapid

The days are flying and each 24 hours feels like just 8 hours.

I just looked at the clock and it’s already 11.30pm! How did that happen?!

I really enjoyed an hour on FT with my girls this morning.

Adoring Husband mowed the front lawn while I checked my emails. He needed to lie down for a while after that, so I made a green smoothie and chopped up a pineapple for lunch. AH ate some leftover sausages and washed them down with the smoothie followed by pineapple for dessert.

We decided to watch Grey’s Anatomy from the beginning and got through the first four episodes before it was time to cook dinner. I made some chicken and pork meatballs with a spicy dipping sauce which we ate with salad.

Vegan Chickie recommended we watch a series on Netflix called “Tiger King” so we looked at the trailer for it and it looked intriguing enough to watch the first episode.

All I can say is ... only in America 😳

I received this mini hand held diffuser in the mail today.

It works for exactly 60 seconds. Just add water and a couple of drops of essential oil.

And just like that it was 12.30am!

Nite all.

Day 8

This is day 8 for us in self isolation.

This does not bother me one tiny bit.

Adoring Husband suggested tonight that we work our way through our DVD collection, from beginning to end in exactly the order that they sit on the shelves.

That’s approximately 500 DVDs - some of them are series like, Friends, Sex and the City, Will and Grace, ER, Grey’s Anatomy, Batman and Robyn (the original series), The Big Bang Theory, Ally McBeal and more.

I doubt that we’ll be in isolation long enough to get through all of that, but it’s worth a try!

Today was a lazy day.

We had to get a few groceries from the local supermarket and pay our annual PO Box fee so while we were there, we watered the plants in The Happy Abode. That all took about 20 minutes.

I reheated last night’s leftover lasagne and served it with salad and garlic bread for our lunch.

We spent the afternoon binge watching “100 Humans” on Netflix which was very interesting.

Not much else happening on the home front - just like everyone else.

Oh we planted a spike from a Dragon Fruit plant about a year ago and it has produced its first fruit!

Off topic, I’ve noticed that we have a LOT of baby toads in our back yard. It might be tome to get the Dettol out.

Nite all.

Early Mark

I thought I’d try for an earlier night tonight.

Four nights in a row sleeping after 1am which means I’m waking later every morning and this is not a good habit to get into because I’m sure that one day in the not too distant future, I’ll have to return to work! (Fingers crossed)

See, I began typing this 45 minutes ago, at 9.40pm and was distracted by psychotic dog Jack. It’s now 10.25pm.

I was a little bit productive today.

I finally got some washing done. Cooked up a lasagne. Froze the chicken broth. Tidied up the art room. Posted some silly stuff on Facebook. Watched “Self Made” on Netflix.

The spread of Covid 19 has caused the Australian govt to up the anti ...

... now everyone over the age of 70 must stay indoors ...

I must say that I’m enjoying self isolation. It’s not difficult. I have lots to keep me occupied as well as  a lot that needs to be done around our home. I also have a lot of procrastination tools so it will be really interesting to see how well I can use these tools over such a long period of time to avoid all the necessary chores.

Ok I’m off to bed. Now!

Nite all.

Still in Isolation.

Yesterday I was grateful for:

1. A quick uneventful trip into The Bay.
2. A power bill that was lower than expected.
3. Finding the perfect essential oil to help Adoring Husband’s heavy chest.

Today I was grateful for:

1. Some quality time in the kitchen to prep meals for freezing.
2. A brief but enjoyable swim in the pool this afternoon. 
3. YouTube for educating me in all the natural ways to improve our health.

I did not vote today. I boycotted because I didn’t want to risk picking up the virus or risk passing on the virus. I don’t know if I have it. I don’t know if I’m a carrier. I don’t know if the person who would have used the booth before me had the virus. I don’t care and I wasn’t going to risk it because Adoring Husband has a compromised immune system right now and his health is more important than me voting.

So far, my family are all doing ok.

There are lots of fun things happening in Facebook because people have nowhere else to go and they’re creating silly tasks for their friends to try. This was one of them ...

A photo of you as a child beside a current photo of you.

There’s still a long way to go in this self isolation thing. It will be interesting to see what people come up with next.

It’s after midnight again!

Nite all.

Nobody Knows

We braved The Bay today and I swear that we are the only people in the world concerned about Covid 19 - oh except for all the people who have bought ALL the toilet paper, tissues, tinned tomatoes, pasta and sugar.

😳

When will the madness end?

When will we, once again, be able to slowly browse the fully stocked aisles and safely fill our trolleys to the brim?

I confess that I bulk bought maple syrup today ... however ... we ALWAYS buy six bottles at a time, so this is not unusual.

Our first stop this morning was to drop psychotic dog Colli into the groomers, which gave us an hour to GSD (get stuff done).

I quickly popped into Tinkerbells to pick up my lay-by that I had forgotten all about. Dan, the owner seems to think that they will lock their doors sometime between Tuesday and Friday next week, so I’m glad I remembered today!

We picked up some printer ink from Officeworks.

Searched high and low for TP.

HBW, chemists, supermarkets - not a roll to be found.

Did a quick shop through Coles using gloves and alcohol wipes and as we took our trolley of groceries up the escalator, we received a text from the groomer to say Colli was ready.

Drive through coffee was our final stop in The Bay before driving home. We dropped Colli home and then went to pick up our meat order from the butcher and came home for lunch.

I actually felt a little stressed and was very relieved to get home and shut the world out.

Nite all.

Still Grateful

Yesterday I felt grateful for:

1. The glorious sunshine that almost deflected the knowledge of the current fragility of our world.
2. Delicious salmon and salad.
3. My 36 minute deep sleep meditation that I only heard three minutes of before falling sound asleep.

Today I feel grateful for:

1. The gorgeous heavy rain that felt like it was washing away all the troubles of the world.
2. My lazy morning in bed doing a whole lot of nothing.
3. Adoring Husband’s morning greeting full of love and caffeine 😝 ☕️ 

I had to go to our shop this afternoon so that my two workshop participants could pick up their dried art pieces. It was a very quick hand over.

For dinner, we had rice wraps with chilli chicken, snow peas, avocado, shallots, carrot, cucumber and mint with a spicy vinegar dipping sauce which I spooned inside the wraps instead of dipping them.

I was intending to swim this afternoon, but then the rain came. The pool water felt just right because the days have been quite warm. Perhaps I’ll try again tomorrow.

And I really should attempt to start something on my list and get into some kind of routine because these days of isolation are going to grow into months of isolation, so I would like be a little productive during this time.

It’s going to be midnight before we know it, so I’m off to bed.

Nite all.

Relax!

We say “Panic! Everything is out of control!”

The monks say “Relax. Everything is out of control.”

I had a very inactive day and did nothing from my Surviving Covid 19 list.

I watched a great movie called “Woman Walks Ahead” which was based on a true story.  I recommend it.

It’s almost midnight again so I’m off to bed.

Nite all.

Set The Bar

It doesn’t matter how sick and tired you are of the news, you need to keep informed and something we need to take very seriously is the fact that there were 257 new cases of Covid 19 registered today.

If that happens every day for the next two weeks, that will be another 3600 sick humans in our country, but the fact is, the numbers will probably be much higher than that.

Any restrictions on social contact that are put into place today, will not even begin to have an affect for at least two weeks. So the situation will get worse before it gets better.

Be very very selective about the time you spend in public ...

... (excuse the language) and because Queensland has been dragging the chain, we are more susceptible than ever.

So it’s probably time to come up with some activities to fill the extra hours that we spend at home.

My list includes:

• Studying more of my business course
• Practicing my paint pouring
• Embellishing my disappointing art with amazing pictures
• Cooking to fill my freezer with meals, just in case there comes a time that we cannot leave the house
• Adding more to my “Health & Happiness” course.
• Journaling
• Washing windows
• Clearing my pantry
• Binge watching Netflix series
• Reading some Audible books
• Keeping our nutrient intake very high
• Swimming while it’s still warm enough
• Playing with my essential oils and making blends to aid our health
• Meditating
• FaceTime coffee dates with the girls
• Keeping in touch with my family members and monitoring their health
• Practice my hooping
• Staying in bed late
• Saving money for my now postponed 60th birthday road trip

I will also be starting a new gratitude journal because that’s been scientifically proven to improve your health.

The heading will read “I Will Thrive and Survive Covid 19 - 2020”

1. I am grateful to be in a position to feel safe and protected in my home during self isolation.
2. I feel grateful to have the financial means to keep my pantry & fridge stocked with healthful foods.
3. I am grateful to have the tools within to keep the stress & anxiety at bay during this uncertain time.

I’ve already opened a new journal for this one and I expect we’ll be journaling for a good 3 - 4 months.

Stay safe.

Nite all

Midnight Special

I’m about to go to bed and it’s too late for writing so I’ll share this with you ...

Have a great day!

Nite all.

Researching

Instead of watching the fear mongering mainstream news - because they use dramatic music and vocal tones that make everything seem worse than it really is, and because they are selecting the worst examples of human fear and panic to make us feel like we are all out of control - I went in search of interviews with Drs and Scientists.

I got lots of interesting information, which if I remember, I will share in the coming days, but the one doctor who provided some interesting insights was Dr Gabor Mate . That link will take you to his website.

He specialises in addiction, stress and childhood development, and is very intelligent, articulate and well informed in world affairs.

He states that in January this year, when Covid 19 first came to their attention, the World Health Organisation asked the 195 countries of the world for $675million to help respond to the virus.

That equates to $3.5million each, which in the scheme of things, is a spit in the ocean (especially compared to the great costs of shutting down our countries to try to combat the now out of control virus).

What they received was a pittance $54million - which equates to $276,923 per country.

All because the world believed that this virus would be confined to and only affect the East.

Shame on you all.

So The Motivator and I made the decision today, to close The Happy Abode until further notice. We are not an essential service and we all need to take responsibility for flattening the curve.

All the states of Australia will have closed their borders by Tuesday, which means THE road trip for Beautiful Girl With The Long Blonde Hair and I is postponed indefinitely.

😢😢😢

Adoring Husband is feeling a little better today so we must be doing something right. I juiced some more pineapple, banana and mango. I sliced up a sweet fresh pineapple for an afternoon snack. I made another big batch of chicken and veg soup. I piled his plate high with broccoli, cauliflower, carrot and potato in their jackets with his duck breast. Gut healing multi vitamins to help boost his immunity. Seems to be working.

So now with our minimum two weeks of self isolation, I wonder what can be achieved in that time? I will put my thinking cap on and see if I have any “aha” or “light bulb” moments!

I’m so grateful to be living in our fairly isolated town where it’s easy to disappear from the world, practice self isolation and social distancing without too much bother.

I hope that you all take good care of yourselves and makes sensible decisions to benefit yourself, your loved ones and your community.

Nite all.