Wed, May 6, 2020:  Day 46 of self-quarantine:  Waiting for the roofing guy to show up at 1:00 today.  Hadn’t showed up by 1:30 so I texted the roofing contractor and he finally showed up around 2:30.  Supposedly they’re going to fix the problem on Monday.  We’ll see if they show up.  In the meantime, I had to drive to Walmart to pick up an order.  Thought there would be curb-side pick-up, but you have to go into the store.  There was a huge line waiting to get in.  Nixed that and picked up burgers at McDonalds.  They now have a limited menu.  Sunny and nice today—but low 60s.

The German cemetery in Normandy.  I didn't know they had a German cemetery.  It was very spooky. 

Normandy

Tues, May 5, 2020:  Day 45 of self-quarantine:  We lost our power last night.  Not really stormy out there, but it must have been somewhere.  We lost it around 5:00 playing spades on-line.  That ended that game.  Figured it wouldn’t be out long.  Went upstairs and fixed some dinner (a bowl of cereal for me and a sandwich for Mike) and then settled in reading our books until it got too dark.  Got the flashlights out and read in bed for a while.  Schlepping around with the flashlight I was shocked to see how filthy our mirrored closet doors in the bedroom were.  For some reason the flashlight brought it out.  Decided tomorrow I would get the ladder out and clean them.  At our age we’re not supposed to be on a ladder.  But, what are you gonna do?  Anyway, today we celebrated Cinco de Mayo by ordering gringo dip and chips from the 54^th Street Grill and watched three episodes of Ozark on Netflix.  A great series.  Looking forward to a hot dinner tonight.  Low 60s today.  The power didn't come back on until around 3:00 AM.

Our mirrored closed doors in the bedroom are now clean.

Sun, May 3, 2020:  Day 43 of self-quarantine:  Slept in a little this morning.  Blew off the deck.  The tree by our deck is dropping all kinds of stuff.  After cleaning up the deck I sat outside reading for a while.  There’s a lilac bush next to our deck.  And the fragrance was wonderful.  70 today.  Left-over meat loaf. And steaming up some sugar snap peas.

Fragrant lilacs.

Sat, May 2, 2020:  Day 42 of self-quarantine:  A beautiful day today.  Laura stopped by for a visit.  We sat out on the deck and kept our distance.  She helped me with a problem I was having with my phone.  Thanks Laura!  Meat loaf and corn on the cob for dinner tonight.  Upper 80s today!  Nice!

Arches National Park

Balance Rock - Arches National Park

Fri, May 1, 2020:  Day 41 of self-quarantine:  Had a busy day today.  I decided to make a trip to CVS to pick up a script.  Mike wanted to go with me and take the truck because it hadn’t been driven in over 10 days.  But the truck battery is now dead.  So we took my car, picked up my script, and picked up some sandwiches at Popeye’s.  Picking up the food was a lot safer than going to the CVS drive-thru it turns out.  After lunch, Chris from Window Brite showed up to wash our windows.  Outside only.  As he washed the outside, I followed along and did the inside.  We now have sparkling windows. A beautiful day today.  Upper 70s.

Kitchen windows I had tinted because of the late afternoon sun.

So nice to have clean windows again.

Thu, Apr 30, 2020:  Day 40 of self-quarantine:  Put in two grocery orders today.  And they were both delivered within 4 hours.  In between our doctor showed up and gave us an exam and completed the Covid-19 test on both of us.  We both showed no virus.  Thought for sure I had it with the symptoms I was experiencing over the winter.  60s today.  The larder is now overflowing.

Wed, Apr 29, 2020:  Day 39 of self-quarantine:  Rainy, windy, and cool today.  Great day to curl up with a book.  Listened to my first podcast, started a new book, “Peace like a River,” and streamed a series I started a few days ago.  We’re set up to get our windows washed this week sometime.  Left-overs for dinner.  50s today.

Mormon Tabernacle--Salt Lake City