Many things are changing in the world today compared to a few months ago. In recent years in the United States, grocery stores have become our florists. For me, Sam’s Club is where I buy flowers during the offseason when I do not have my own flowers. Now, with closed borders, flowers are not arriving in the United States in the same manner if at all. These are my last purchased flowers for what will probably be a long while. They are two weeks old. I trim them, cull the dead ones, and stick them back in the jar. They have a few more days left.

Looking at this picture reminds me of the two milk sources we had as children. They were Foremost and Pet.

As I mentioned in an earlier post, I am less wasteful. This is a good lesson. Green peppers freeze well so when they look a little soft, I dice them and put them in the freezer. Grocery stores no longer are “safe” places for many Americans. I use grocery pickup every 7-10 days now.

Everyone I know plans to put out a big garden this year, and we are no exception. Mike had his tractor serviced last week, and we’ll be planting potatoes on Good Friday, green beans shortly thereafter and so on.

I felt that the restrictions on going out would increase and this weekend, while early in the season, I called Evergreen Garden Center in Kingsport to see if they had any of my favorite hanging plants — bridal veils. They had three. They offered curbside pickup with little contact, so I ordered three hanging plants for the back porch. Drove up–called then and told them what vehicle I was in. They told me to open the trunk. They came out, placed them in the trunk and handed me a receipt — from their gloved hand to my gloved hand! I’ll have to move them in and out until it stays warm but I’m so glad I got them. I’m hoping I’ll see some ferns at the grocery store on my next visit since I put ferns on the front porch.

Each day I am going to journal. I love doing this, but honestly, I’m on a MacBook Air now vs. my old trusty Toshiba laptop that was under $400. It’s on its last leg so I’ve had to transition to this Mac, and it’s just so difficult. Now all devices in our house are Apple so we should be working smoothly, right? Well, it’s a heck of a learning curve.

As I journal each day, I’ll note what was accomplished. This will keep me from drifting. Some days they will be little things. Yesterday, it was junk drawer day for two drawers.

The above was the “before”. The drawer had stuff that had fallen behind it. What a mess. Here’s after it was done. Full disclaimer…Mike did this one. Impressive!

I reorganized the armoire in the bedroom and organized sheets and quilts. Unfortunately, I did not take a picture. However, the good thing is…we made progress. We are not just watching tv or sitting around getting depressed.

Here’s what Tippy Jo is doing. Tippy is a little stray dog that arrived here in July of 2019. She could not be touched for at least a month. Now, she’s very loving with us and she’s full of energy and a precocious pup!