Shelter at Home!

Another week has passed on the shore of Lake Superior in my hometown. We've taken advantage of the nice weather and dried streets and sidewalks to get out regularly for walks. On this chart, you can call up various countries to see how we're doing at flattening the curve; you can also see that the USA is doing worst of all. Our government has issued stark predictions of the death toll we may expect here as the virus runs its course. We are hoping that by the time we catch this, there will be effective treatments available, and a low enough infection rate that we will be treated successfully. It is an anxious time we live in, as we just heard today that friends of ours are infected. We shudder to think of the devastation this may wreak on countries in the developing world who do not have the personal and medical options that we experience. We have continued to pitter away at various projects. We try to make Saturday Brunch a bit special each week.

Yummy Eggs Benny

Otherwise, we remain sheltered at home against the pandemic, and we thank Travis and Joanna for bringing us groceries again this week.

Easier from Scratch!

Wendy spent a lot of time this week working to repair a quilt for Shawn. I now have an approved design for the oak trim on the sliding kitchen door. The markets have continued to be extremely volatile in the economic turbulence caused by CV-19. I managed a green week, but not up to quota, while I remain with very little invested.

Can you tell we're smiling?!

We are both recovering nicely from our head-colds, and want nothing to do with the nastier disease running rampant around the world these days. We now see over 1 million confirmed cases with over 300 thousand plaguing our southern neighbours. Due to their lack of leadership, they have failed to take up the fight seriously, and have accumulated more than twice as many cases as any other country. Even now, some states remain without shelter-in-place orders.

Erica writes, "Another week in the post-apocalyptic world of COVID-19. Eric and I continue to work from home. We have tried to get into a routine but my inner child fights routine so it is difficult. I have to bribe myself to make myself do what I need to do—it’s so frustrating. Liam has decided that he will give notice at his apartment and move home in April. We are looking forward to having him home where we can watch over every cough and sniffle. But that also means our current work areas will no longer work. Eric has set up an office space in the basement and I am working on my desk to go into the middle room. The desk I picked up on Kijiji for $60 needs a little TLC. One of the drawers had pulled apart and in trying to put it back together, we found that one piece was slightly warped. So we are dampening the wood in hopes of making it flat. We also found several missing and loose screws and a lack of wood glue used throughout. We are hoping once we put it back together it will be more stable. Then, some cleaning and beeswax and it should hopefully be good to go." Haaken continues to work at Costco in Victoria, but has switched assignments, so he is helping with cleaning and disinfecting. 

Erin and Kristian continue with shelter at home in Regina. Schools have returned to action this week but with online activities only. Many homes are decorating their windows, so they added hearts to their windows. Now, if Lucy will just leave the decorations alone!

Sweet view!

Erin has also been doing some baking since she's finding lots of time on her hands. Today she made an apple crisp—I wish I had been there for that! She also made up a baked pancake with blueberries, but that was a disaster since Kristian ate the whole thing!! Must have been great! 

Trav, Joanna and crew are coping with the isolation. They continue to do some shopping for us, and we appreciate that. Andrew's pharmacy ran short of N95 face filters, so he refused to work one day. We hope they'll get that taken care of even though Trump has taken some of our N95 supplies away. 

Anyway, that's the kind of week it's been.