Wednesday March 25, 2020

Posted on 25 March 2020 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

44 degrees, cloudy, and breezy. Low 50’s today and cloudy with 10 to 15 mph winds.

I volunteered at the bookstore this morning. We had reduced the hours for this week to M-W-F-S from 11 – 3.

Coincidentally, we were closing this Saturday for at least two weeks because the town is closing our block of Main street for the new streetscape project. They are tearing out all the sidewalks and milling down the street to put in new sidewalks, etc. While we are closed they are going to clean the carpets. Joyce and I worked on moving non-essential stuff to the back room today. We only had one sale on Monday and we had one today.

But, as of today we have to close because we are a non-essential business. So far, our county does not have any cases.

 

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Tuesday March 24, 2020

Posted on 24 March 2020 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

44 degrees with mostly cloudy skies. Cool and damp with rain coming in this afternoon.

Update from the gym. Closed until further notice. I ordered a set of 15 lb barbells from Amazon this morning. Today is my usual off day for exercising since I am normally at the bookstore which is closed today. We are opening limited days and hours for right now.

So, just doing odds and ends in the house. Too chilly to work in the garage.

 

 

 

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Monday March 23, 2020

Posted on 23 March 2020 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

41 degrees with rain and fog this morning. This afternoon a high today in the lower 50’s, cloudy, and breezy.

I did a short workout in the garage using two unopened jugs of All laundry detergent. They weighed in at just over 16 lbs on Bob’s science scale. A little clunky for barbell replacements but they got the job done. Once all this is said and done guess I will pick up some 15 pound weights to keep in the house. I used a variety from 25 down to 10 depending on what I am doing so the 15 is a good compromise to keep on hand.

Rain and most of the fog moved out after lunch. I just returned from walking in the church parking lot. Either left overs for dinner or I will make something new.

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Sunday March 22, 2020

Posted on 22 March 2020 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

40 degrees, cloudy, and breezy this morning. A high today of only 45 with cloudy skies. Rain tonight with a low in the upper 30’s.

House cleaning chores this morning. I have a load of the towels in the washer while I straighten up my desk and do a few things here. Chicken stir fry for dinner tonight.

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Saturday March 21, 2020

Posted on 21 March 2020 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

I am reading The Day of Small Things by Vicki Lane.

Last night I started watching The English Game on Netflix. Written by Julian Fellowes of Downton Abbey fame. It’s a period piece on the history of football and how it eventually became a game for all social classes. I have a couple more episodes left to watch tonight.

51 degrees with partly cloudy skies and breezy. High today may reach 60. Skies are partly cloudy and its breezy but no rain as formerly predicted.

I did the weekly laundry load this morning and did some more stuff in the garage. After lunch I drove down to the church and walked the parking lot.

 

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Friday March 20, 2020

Posted on 20 March 2020 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

Thanks to all of you from Daynotes who have been checking in. Much appreciated. We have plenty of canned food and meat in the freezer. And, of course, lots of rice, macaroni, instant potatoes, noodles, etc.

61 degrees with mostly cloudy skies and breezy. Colin and I spent about 3 hours this morning outside. I moved the two perennials I had planted in the back in the old stump location to the front bed along the driveway. They were not getting enough sun. Both asters needed the dead stuff cut back. One has become too big for it’s current spot. I moved it to the bed in front of the porch. It may need to be split next year. Colin ran around the yard as I went back and forth down to the woods to dump the wheel barrow.

I did a few more chores in the garage while it was warm enough to have the door open. The other stuff I need to do I can work on with the door closed.

Speaking of which. Rain/thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight to be followed by cooler temperatures.

 

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Thursday March 19, 2020

Posted on 19 March 2020 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

57 degrees with partly sunny skies. I drove down to the parking lot to do my walk. I parked the car in the driveway when I got back home. I swept out the car side of the garage and a little of the other side. I need to move all the flower pots before I can the rest of that side.

I washed the car, finally. Even though rain is in the forecast for the rest of the week the car will be in the garage. I have not plans to go anywhere. For a change of scenery I can walk across the street and around the gas station parking lot or up the street to the empty lot.

I miss going to the gym to work out and to work. It not only gets me out of the house but keeps me interacting with people and fills in the days. Colin is not much of a conversationalist. I like the weekends being housebound but this situation will soon get old even staying busy with projects.

 

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Wednesday March 18, 2020

Posted on 18 March 2020 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

47 degrees, foggy, and damp when I left for the church parking lot. I walked my usual 30 minutes then came home and did some weight work in the garage.

I left around 11:30 for Winston. I stopped in to pick up my new glasses. Joey said they were just told by the CDC to cancel all routine appointments and only schedule medical situations. He said they may even have to close the optical side.

From there I did stop at Pet Smart to pick up another bag of dog food. They had a cart washing station with spray disinfectant at the door. There was only a couple of people in the store. I then went for my haircut appointment and headed home.

Winston was sunny and warm with temperatures in the low 60’s. Back here it’s 50, cloudy. and damp.

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Tuesday March 17, 2020

Posted on 17 March 2020 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

I am reading Scotched by Kaitlyn Dunnett.

49 degrees and damp this morning. I did open the bookstore this morning. Only had two people come in. A couple more came in at shift change. I had phone conversations with Joyce. We canceled this weekends half price sale and will most likely close up after Saturday for next week.

I stopped at the library to pick up a book. They will most likely close in the next day or so to foot traffic but will be available to take book reserves and other materials out to people’s cars as needed.

The gym closed for two weeks starting today. I will have to come up with alternative workout routines here at home. One option is driving to the church down the street. They have a very large parking lot I can walk. I have some hand weights here at the house I can use though they are not as heavy as the ones I use when I walk the track at the gym. I mainly want to keep up with my cardio and weight training as best I can.

 

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Monday March 16, 2020

Posted on 16 March 2020 by Barbara Fritchman Thompson

Another cold and drizzly day. I had a dentist appointment at 8:15 for a cleaning this morning. I came back home, did a few things, then off to work my usual shift.

Our gym manager was making a decision about closing when I left. We were steady busy all day. It was mostly high school kids but a lot of our regulars including seniors. Most come to walk on the little track but we never have more than 8 to 10 people in there at one time during my shift anyway. A few of restaurants have closed or doing take out only.

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