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Nov. 22nd, 2020 08:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
unicornduke I have most of the gifts ordered and on their way. They all should arrive in the next two weeks but we will see. I have one more physical thing order to make that I might send to my parents place. Isocation is in two and a half weeks oh boy.
I'm making packing lists and I need to start looking at parks in the area where I'm staying so the dog and I can leave the house for something. I think we'll be fine but parks in December should be pretty empty, bigger concern will be if any are open to the public.
I will be making food the weekend before, yogurt primarily since I don't know if I'll be able to make yogurt at Isocation House and it stores better than milk anyway. Also a big pot of brown rice and beans. I won't be bringing my instant pot and it makes the best textured brown rice and beans so I'm bringing other rice to make later. I need to email my mom the things I'd like her to get from the grocery store for my arrival to their place. Mostly yogurt.
Of course, I've been reading the horror stories on the internet about people who caught covid while meeting up with relatives so that's making me nervous.
But my plan is solid. I won't be going into any stores or restaurants after Dec 6th, no shopping, no takeout, masks all the time while walking the dog. I will be loading up my truck and driving 2.5 hours to isocation house, no gas station stops needed. I will be staying in the isocation house, and only going to parks where no one else is and masked. I will be bringing all my food and dog supplies with me. If I need to get fuel, I won't go inside the gas station and I'm sanitizing before and after touching things. After the two weeks, I'm going to pack up, drive the last hour to my parents place.
Only potential concern is arrival and when the person may have cleaned the isocation house before I get there. But I plan to ask them and see what they say and adjust plans as needed
I'm also taking all this week off work for relaxing time. I already starting baking things, cornmeal shortbread cookies and pepitas tonight. Pepitas are being split betweendragonlady7 , who I'm seeing tomorrow (outside, masked) and my parents, which I will mail.
Food plans are also a ham, which is currently defrosted. Mashed sweet potatoes for Jade. Mashed potatoes for me. Maybe some kind of corn dish. Ice cream since I have a million egg whites. Possibly squash pie but I might flip through some recipes I have saved and cookbooks and see what gets my interest.
I spent all day yesterday playing video games, which hasn't happened in a long time. It was fun. I've also been spinning some of the flax that B and I have been working on and it's turning out really well. There's definitely a learning curve on spinning it that is very different than wool or ramie plan fibers. Better than the ramie types for sure. It's so dang slow though. I'm a little concerned I'm not putting enough twist in it because the ply checks don't look quite right but it's enough twist to hold together. I'm going to recheck one of my spinning books tonight and see what it says.
I'm making packing lists and I need to start looking at parks in the area where I'm staying so the dog and I can leave the house for something. I think we'll be fine but parks in December should be pretty empty, bigger concern will be if any are open to the public.
I will be making food the weekend before, yogurt primarily since I don't know if I'll be able to make yogurt at Isocation House and it stores better than milk anyway. Also a big pot of brown rice and beans. I won't be bringing my instant pot and it makes the best textured brown rice and beans so I'm bringing other rice to make later. I need to email my mom the things I'd like her to get from the grocery store for my arrival to their place. Mostly yogurt.
Of course, I've been reading the horror stories on the internet about people who caught covid while meeting up with relatives so that's making me nervous.
But my plan is solid. I won't be going into any stores or restaurants after Dec 6th, no shopping, no takeout, masks all the time while walking the dog. I will be loading up my truck and driving 2.5 hours to isocation house, no gas station stops needed. I will be staying in the isocation house, and only going to parks where no one else is and masked. I will be bringing all my food and dog supplies with me. If I need to get fuel, I won't go inside the gas station and I'm sanitizing before and after touching things. After the two weeks, I'm going to pack up, drive the last hour to my parents place.
Only potential concern is arrival and when the person may have cleaned the isocation house before I get there. But I plan to ask them and see what they say and adjust plans as needed
I'm also taking all this week off work for relaxing time. I already starting baking things, cornmeal shortbread cookies and pepitas tonight. Pepitas are being split between
dragonlady7 , who I'm seeing tomorrow (outside, masked) and my parents, which I will mail. Food plans are also a ham, which is currently defrosted. Mashed sweet potatoes for Jade. Mashed potatoes for me. Maybe some kind of corn dish. Ice cream since I have a million egg whites. Possibly squash pie but I might flip through some recipes I have saved and cookbooks and see what gets my interest.
I spent all day yesterday playing video games, which hasn't happened in a long time. It was fun. I've also been spinning some of the flax that B and I have been working on and it's turning out really well. There's definitely a learning curve on spinning it that is very different than wool or ramie plan fibers. Better than the ramie types for sure. It's so dang slow though. I'm a little concerned I'm not putting enough twist in it because the ply checks don't look quite right but it's enough twist to hold together. I'm going to recheck one of my spinning books tonight and see what it says.
