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In Our Cozy Home This Week No. 26 – Work During Lockdown, Lockdown Life in Michigan

April 27, 2020 by Sallie Borrink
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Welcome to the official Half a Year Anniversary of Simple Living This Week! I’d like to go back and look at what I’ve written in the previous ones, especially in the beginning which seems a very long time ago now.

I don’t know what you will remember when you look back on this time of lockdown, but I know what David and I will think about (at least at this point). How while the economy was collapsing and tens of millions of people were unemployed, we were so busy we could hardly keep up with work. There are so many people out of work, but David has barely been able to keep up with his the past several weeks. There are people who can’t find enough to fill their time and we fall into bed each night having worked diligently all day.

Believe me, we are not complaining. We are exceedingly grateful, especially since we don’t qualify as business owners for any of the business assistance or unemployment benefits if our work was slow to non-existent. But it shows how every person has his or her own life path. The journey God puts each of us on can be so completely different, even in the midst of the same set of circumstances. We also know that this could change at any moment and work could dry up for us so we push forward each day to try to lessen the chances of that happening (as much as it is in our control).

Anyway, that’s my way of saying that I feel like my special homemaking projects have been fairly limited. Other than the big room switch arounds we did a few weeks ago (which was a significant time and energy investment), I haven’t been doing much. And that’s okay. We’re all healthy, fed, and have a roof over our heads. We are blessed.

I’m also struggling to keep up with replying to comments and emails. I apologize.

But something really exciting is happening tomorrow!

Tomorrow I will be joining three other bloggers in starting a new weekly blog hop. Each Tuesday morning we will be hosting the Practical Ideas for Homeschooling Moms Weekly Blog Hop. We’re inviting other bloggers to share links to their posts about homemaking, homeschooling, and parenting. So if you are a blogger, I hope you will share your blog posts starting tomorrow. You do not have to be a homeschooling mom to participate. If you have ideas and encouragement for homeschooling moms, you are welcome! So check back tomorrow morning for that either to share links or read what others share.

I’m going to move my goals from last week forward to this week since I did very little with them.

Goal 1 – Organize our homeschooling and get fully back into our routine. Caroline and I did make progress getting back into the swing of things last week so there is that. But I’m behind in other ways.

Goal 2 – Try my Starbucks coconut mocha replacement recipe again. I tried it once three weeks ago and it gave me horrible reflux. I made a new batch last Sunday and guess how many times I tried it over the week? Zero. Now I have to throw that out, make it again, and try again. (Trialing foods is very difficult for me. It’s even more challenging to think about a reaction when you don’t want to go anywhere near a medical facility at the time and you don’t have time to feel yucky if a food doesn’t agree with you.)

Goal 3 – Purchase deck paint. We did call around last week and could not buy it because we live in a state with a semi-dictator at the moment (Michigan). However, the demi-god has decided the peons are now free to get out a little bit so we can probably go buy our deck paint now. It’s a shame we didn’t need marijuana or whiskey. We could have bought those for the last month. /snark

So what is on your agenda this week? Are you finding the days full or dragging on and on? What special projects do you have out? Any deep cleaning? I hope you’ll leave a comment and share what you are doing. You might inspire someone else with a creative or practical idea.

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  1. Listening

    April 27, 2020 at 2:14 pm

    Hello Sallie;

    Thanks for the update.

    We’re limited in what we can do but not in the dictatorial way your loved ones and you are. I hope certain people are waking up to what happens when your freedoms are removed by force. I pray that they would know that it is God’s revealing hand to them, before it’s to late for them.

    My goals this week –
    daily in His word for soul food,
    continue small jobs each day to keep home and hearth tidy,
    keep using on-hand food for meal prep (so far, so good),
    finish sorting “to try” recipes to get rid of some cupboard clutter and dehydrate frozen vegetables for soup mixes,
    finish quarter/year end for income tax (we have to file by phone for the first time),
    hunt down an old blanket to try making a model of the teddy bear (I’m not sure the pattern is the right size),
    possibly going through my book collection to see what books can be passed on,
    attend an important medical appointment with a loved one (possibly the last of too many).
    Birdie

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    • Sallie Borrink

      April 30, 2020 at 9:33 am

      Hi Birdie,

      Your mention of dehydrating frozen veggies made me think again about getting my dehydrator out. I wrote it down in my planner as something to thing about using agian.

      I hope the medical appointment went well and with good results.

      Sallie

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  2. Cheryl

    April 27, 2020 at 3:42 pm

    Sallie I cannot believe it’s the half year anniversary for your homemaking goals weekly posts! I began mostly by reading what you and others posted, and I still get very intimidated by goals, but this is really helping me to grow in this area.
    I am working diligently on fulfilling the requests I’ve gotten for cloth masks. When I started making them, I was very rusty in my sewing skills. I’m slowly progressing. I’m calling this my training in quilting. That’s one goal; to finish making what has been requested so far.

    Now that my husband has returned to work, I want to concentrate on having more order to my days at home.

    I also want to get the kitchen and bathrooms thoroughly cleaned.

    Here goes. ?

    Cheryl

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    • Sallie Borrink

      April 30, 2020 at 9:35 am

      Hi Cheryl,

      There is no pressure around these weekly posts. There have been a number of weeks that I’ve failed to get through my list. It’s just a way for us to connect and encourage each other. Some women have shared projects and goals that have given me ideas and I’m always glad for that.

      I’m glad you decided to participate.
      Sallie

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  3. Peggy

    April 28, 2020 at 9:17 am

    I started doing a home inventory last week, and would like to get it finished.

    It is also time to really get working on my before-the-baby-comes to-do list. I did two of the smaller tasks yesterday.

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    • Sallie Borrink

      April 30, 2020 at 9:37 am

      Hi Peggy,

      So exciting you have a baby coming! Do you know what you are having? What is your boy/girl count right now?

      Sallie

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      • Peggy

        May 1, 2020 at 11:00 pm

        We always wait for the birth to find out. Currently we are at four boys, two girls.

        I finished the inventory, which got tedious toward the end, repaired a shelf support in one of the kitchen cabinets, and sewed a baby sling.

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