Catching Up Today - Sunday

 Today marks the third day I have been sequestered in the house.   I am ready to get out.

But it wasn't to be...we did talk about going to Meijer to switch our prescription plans over to the new companies.  But it is Sunday.  And that means that there will be people.  And standing in line.  Not something either one of us want to do.  So we will wait until tomorrow.

Instead----this is how the day has been.

Awake at 8:20 a.m., just in time to turn on the printer so I could print the bulletin for this morning's online service from FCC.  When I turned on the tv and found YouTube and the FCC spot, it was close to time to begin.

When I went to the kitchen for juice, I saw the gray Escape by the barn and yelled up to Gary that Blaine was here.  I unlocked the door and yelled "Good Morning!" to him.  When Gary came down, he was dressed and ready to join Blaine and Landon outside in the barn to do chores and discuss Dotti, the pregnant goat.

After church we listened to the usual----songs on YouTube from the Ball Brothers or Legacy Five or the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir.

Breakfast was blueberry pancakes and sausage.  After that it was shower time for me. First time for the new hair dryer that Gary gave me for Christmas.  I moved the red one into the drawer for the spare, and I think the orange one will be put in the Goodwill bag after I check with M and H to see if they want/need it. We don't need three hair dryers.  I did have one in the closet in the main floor bathroom, but no one has used it.  If someone happens to need one, I can pull the spare out of the drawer.  I decided to wear the new pink and gray raglan sleeved shirt I bought at the Paula Deen store at The Island.  I like it!  It fits well and looks good.  I'm glad I bought it.

Next was loading the dishwasher, preparing ham and beans in the crockpot for tonight's dinner, and straightening up the kitchen/dining room.  

Bill paying time was next.  Plus I deposited a MO from Greta into our checking account.  I also found a card for Darlene Mellon since I hadn't sent her one since before the holidays and a card for Chris Foerman whose husband died just after Christmas from COVID complications.  Another check had to be written for the rope bowls that Kimberly made since the first one did not arrive, so I wrote a note to put the check into.  I have no stamps, so the envelopes are ready and on the dining room table.  A trip to the Delphi PO is on the schedule for tomorrow.

The next task was to go through the Christmas cards and check addresses against my master list.  I told Gary that I had never done this before, but I really wanted to just throw the cards away along with the envelopes.  He didn't look at even 10 of the 70 cards we received this year, so he really didn't care.   But in the end, I couldn't do it.  The envelopes were all pitched, but there were too many letters, pictures, and notes to get rid of all of them right now.  The list, however, is updated and ready for next year.

In between all of this we started to watch the Bridgerton series.  I know Gary isn't liking it much, so I will probably be watching it by myself---or when he is napping in the recliner.  Not his type of movie!

I feel good about checking a few things off the list.  

    Addresses for the Christmas card list - check!

    Pay bills - check!

    Sympathy card for Chris - check!

    Get well card for Darlene - check!

    Another check in the mail for Kimberly - check!

    Online deposit for Greta's money order - check!

    Response to Rhonda's devotion post - check!

    Jesus Calling post - check!

    Dishwasher run - check!

I still need to find the directions for making the memory pillow for Hilary's friend.  I think I will try it first on one of Dad's shirts that is hanging in the back of my closet.  

So it was a  Catch Up Sunday for me.  I need those occasionally!  Just to be able to sit and work through some things without interruption.

But tomorrow?  Nail appt, then a drive to Medaryville to deposit a couple of checks.  I need to get out of the house!