Good Things Friday (61)
April 17, 2020
If you’d like to join me in helping Lakota families and/or rural libraries this year, please read this post. Over 6 weeks in 2019, we raised $2669.94 for the Lakota families, touching 27 lives. What can we do in 2020?
Current total: Lakota, $640.74; Rural libraries, $321.62.
1. Weekends seem to be the time for my body to say NOPE THAT IS ENOUGH and I have to crawl back into bed for several more hours of lying down. PiC and JB are understanding, thankfully, and with no work to do aside from basic survival like eating and walking the dogs, it’s not so bad for them either. At age 5, JB is reasonably independent and I can rely on them to responsibly watch a bit of TV, turn it off as agreed, then report back in for other activities.
2. PBSKids.org yielded a treasure trove of lovely printables with activities we could do. We took the Spring Color Wheel for a walk and JB stopped every ten steps to draw another plant they saw that fit into our color wheel.
3. TMobile’s freebies this week included a free postcard, designed and mailed for free, so I shot a photo postcard off to a loved one who is sheltering in place alone. It was super easy, didn’t require an account, and I loved it.
Challenges this week: Stress is trying to eat me alive so it’s made me feel sicker than usual, my appetite is all off, and so is my sleep. BOO. I keep saying I won’t stress about PiC’s job and I’m saying it again but it’s mostly to try to keep the stressing low.
4. I found my Very Old iPad, and the charging cord, but not the charger adapter. I repurposed an old one in hopes that it’ll bring the tablet back to life but I’m not sure I remember my password anymore! Oh dear. But I may have to reformat the whole thing anyway judging by this error message:
5. Finally! Put the last stamp on the 6th envelope that needs to go out today. We have belated birthday cards, Easter cards, and other letters to loved ones that have been piling up on my sideboard because I haven’t had time to walk them to the mailbox. We’re shipping a box of goodies to sick homebound family and that means I can schedule a pick up for the box AND the regular mail. Yay. We also ran into our postperson on their regular rounds and they confirmed that they were getting the masks they needed to do their job more safely. I’m glad. They are good people.
6. I’ve been wanting to do ice cream in a bag with JB and was excited to find this post on it but dismayed that we need half and half for it or some equivalent. We only have fat free milk right now.
Ice milk should work fine! Bits of strawberry or a squirt of chocolate syrup is great. It takes quite a while shaking but feels like magic to the kids.