SOCIAL MEDIA

Saturday, April 18, 2020

Quarantine Week 5

This week has seemed long but our spirits are still staying strong.  We are trying to make the best of it, doing our online learning and enjoying the pretty sunshine outside.  We have made it a routine to take a family walk every afternoon and that gives us something to keep our spirits up and our time together sweet.  




Wednesday, April 15, 2020

Corona rules...you just gotta laugh sometimes!

I found this on Facebook and I am not sure who wrote it but I thought it was funny (and yet so true!)

Here are the official Corona virus guidelines:

1. Basically, you can't leave the house for any reason, but if you have to, then you can.

2. Masks are useless, but maybe you have to wear one, it can save you, it is useless, but maybe it is mandatory as well.

3. Stores are closed, except those that are open.

4. You should not go to hospitals unless you have to go there. Same applies to doctors, you should only go there in case of emergency, provided you are not too sick.

5. This virus is deadly but still not too scary, except that sometimes it actually leads to a global disaster.

6. Gloves won't help, but they can still help.

7. Everyone needs to stay HOME, but it's important to GO OUT.

8. There is no shortage of groceries in the supermarket, but there are many things missing when you go there in the evening, but not in the morning. Sometimes.

9. The virus has no effect on children except those it affects.

10. Animals are not affected, but there is still a cat that tested positive in Belgium in February when no one had been tested, plus a few tigers here and there…

11. You will have many symptoms when you are sick, but you can also get sick without symptoms, have symptoms without being sick, or be contagious without having symptoms. Oh, my..

12. In order not to get sick, you have to eat well and exercise, but eat whatever you have on hand and it's better not to go out, well, but no…

13. It's better to get some fresh air, but you get looked at very wrong when you get some fresh air, and most importantly, you don't go to parks or walk. But don’t sit down, except that you can do that now if you are old, but not for too long or if you are pregnant (but not too old).

14. You can't go to retirement homes, but you have to take care of the elderly and bring food and medication.

15. If you are sick, you can't go out, but you can go to the pharmacy.

16. You can get restaurant food delivered to the house, which may have been prepared by people who didn't wear masks or gloves. But you have to have your groceries decontaminated outside for 3 hours. Pizza too?

17. Every disturbing article or disturbing interview starts with "I don't want to trigger panic, but…"

18. You can't see your older mother or grandmother, but you can take a taxi and meet an older taxi driver.

19. You can walk around with a friend but not with your family if they don't live under the same roof.

20. You are safe if you maintain the appropriate social distance, but you can’t go out with friends or strangers at the safe social distance.

21. The virus remains active on different surfaces for two hours, no, four, no, six, no, we didn't say hours, maybe days? But it takes a damp environment. Oh no, not necessarily.

22. The virus stays in the air - well no, or yes, maybe, especially in a closed room, in one hour a sick person can infect ten, so if it falls, all our children were already infected at school before it was closed. But remember, if you stay at the recommended social distance, however in certain circumstances you should maintain a greater distance, which, studies show, the virus can travel further, maybe.

23. We count the number of deaths but we don't know how many people are infected as we have only tested so far those who were "almost dead" to find out if that's what they will die of…

24. We have no treatment, except that there may be one that apparently is not dangerous unless you take too much (which is the case with all medications).

25. We should stay locked up until the virus disappears, but it will only disappear if we achieve collective immunity, so when it circulates… but we must no longer be locked up for that?

Sunday, April 12, 2020

Easter 2020

Easter this year was unlike any of us have every experienced!  I have never (not) gone to church on Easter Sunday in 40 years but today we had church at home in our pjs.  I enjoyed the slower easter without the worry of outfits and perfect pictures and the chaos that always accompany it.  But it was a GOOD day celebrating that Jesus is alive!!!


Saturday, April 11, 2020

Quarantine week 4

Well we are surviving and still trying to make the best of this situation.  We are finding good in every day and enjoying our time together!


Organizing for our egg drop!

Thankful for Nonnie making our masks through Shields of Faith!

Faith loves Baptist East Hospital

Tonight our church showed our appreciation for the doctors and nurses that are on the frontlines of this pandemic with signs, songs and a prayer time.  It was sweet and I got emotional thinking about all the stress and sacrifice that they have endured over the past month.  So thankful for them!

THANK YOU TO THE DOCTORS AND NURSES WORKING WITH COVID PATIENTS!

Friday, April 10, 2020

Good Friday

Good Friday is indeed GOOD because it is a day that we remember when Jesus took our place on the cross so that we could be reunited with God.  It is indeed a priceless gift that we were given and today we remember His faithfulness...from home of course.  

We enjoyed the Good Friday service from home.

Thursday, April 9, 2020

Seder meal 2020

We had a blast observing our 3rd Seder Meal!  This year we observed along side our church.  PDF instructions can be found here and here.



Tuesday, April 7, 2020

Quarantine video from BLES teachers

We love our BLES peeps!  
Watch the video here.
Saturday, April 4, 2020

Quarantine Week 3

This week has consisted of lots of cooking, baking, exercise, home church, power washing, pranks (April Fools), bonfires, outside time and games!

The kids also started their online school this week!  It has been much easier than we thought it would be and they are finishing within 1-2 hours each day.


Saturday, March 28, 2020

Quarantine Week 2

Well this is our second week of quarantine but the first week at our house so we had lots we could do!  The girls made chalk art, we played tennis, games, banana bread and cupcakes, cleaned out, completed a puzzle, and celebrated Uncle Allen's birthday!