Vail that govt incentive sounds insane!! I can't WAIT to be able to eat on a patio (outdoor restaurant) - it's funny because our hair salons, gyms and all restaurants in or out have been closed here since November - and yet the cases keep skyrocketing... so obviously it isn't either of those kinds of places that are responsible since the cases have steadily gone up the whole time they have been closed..

the only things that have been open throughout are the grocery stores and "big box" (Costco, etc) - so I can completely understand why the restaurants and salons are feeling targeted, and even my little pea brain can figure out if everything else is closed, the only places for all this transmission are the community spread from factory type workplaces with huge numbers of employees.. and people breaking the rules and getting together enmasse spreading it thru the communities. and the scary part now the variants are outrunning the vaccines here..

and our govt in all its wisdom.. has decided on continuing our 'lockdown" for another 28 days.. EXCEPT.. they are allowing ALL retail stores to remain open at 25% capacity; and the big box ones to stay open at 50% capacity. ????? HOW is that going to stop the spread and why are they calling it a lockdown??? Honest to god I seriously wish they would simply shut down everything except absolutely essential services for the month like they did last March.. and let's get this over and done with.. all these "half measures" aren't doing anything in my opinion.... oh wait... that's right nobody asked my opinion !!!

On a brighter note.. my meal i got was excellent.. even the stuffing and I'm pretty picky about stuffing lol.. the green beans were still crisp and the turkey was moist and the choc cake was one of the best i've ever had.. adn i've had a lot hahaha.. There was absolutely too much food tho so I easily filled a plate with only half and enjoyed every bite.. I also picked up a tub of soup they had just made.. a potato, onion and collard green one.. never had it before so that will be dinner tomorrow after the pig fest today. For logging i simply chose "full turkey dinner" x2 from the food list lol...

Andrew Lloyd Weber is live streaming one of my favourite performances of Jesus Christ Superstar free all weekend on youtube... Tim Minchin plays Judas and does an amazing performance.. i think it's at Albert Hall in England Vail?? Anyway.. while the original remains my fav, I did love this live performance and have watched it twice already today while I puttered lol... if you love musicals its on youtube under "the show must go on" or go to ALW's FB page and the link is there too.. I am an unapologetic lover of all musicals I admit lol.. I used to love going to the theatre for them pre pandemic and the last one i saw was Come From Away which was also amazing.. funny enough the only one i didn't like was Bat out of Hell... go figure!!

OK i'm boring even myself here.... lol Happy Easter all!

LOL Suzy..... i learned a lot from that experience.. what i would and wouldnt do again.. my big mistake at the beginning was arranging different times..... half way thru i thought nuts to that... and from then on i would pick two days every week... usually the weekend as people were off... and said if you want to pick it up you HAVE to come between 10am and 4pm on one of those days.. and you tell me now which day... it was just getting too crazy having to be up at his place at different days and hours... so when i put the ads on FB marketplace i specified right in the ad.. PICKUP DATES FOR ALL ITEMS ARE SAT OR SUN NOV 22/23 between 10-4 ONLY. I made one exception only for the big dining room set (because we were afraid we wouldnt get rid of it lol) and the lady could only get a truck one evening so it was to our benefit to accomodate her. But

it was much easier when i did it that way.. i just kept a notebook with the name of the person, the item they were picking up and the price lol.. the worst part was dealing with the people making inquiries about the stuff... for some reason they all seemed to do it at like 10pm at night online... ??? so i would go over whatever the item was... say a dresser.. answer any questions, and have them confirm the price and time in the message ... i had a few no shows or cancellations.... but as soon as that happened i just put the item back on sale online and we were lucky that we got almost immediate requests for the stuff... but it's an experience for sure!!

I made a huge mistake getting that big dinner.... my tummy was just getting used to smaller amounts and less food... and since then i am starving all the time and eating all the time!!!!! omg... im mostly back on track today thank goodness.. but man that was a dumb idea .. it was good but bad timing considering lol

lol...personally i think you earn a G^T every day with all that you are doing! but yes it's the choices AFTER the drink that tend to go astray lol

im thnking there are less calories in TWO gin and tonics than in randomly eating after... so maybe the answer is 2 drinks and no food after dinner lol .. you might sleep good too that way? haha

I didn't have the TFP but... i walked over 7 km (almost 5 miles i guess?) today when i went up to the conservancy.. there was a break in there when i met a friend and had a SD visit .... but total walkies was just over 7km and all i had today was a piece of toast for breakfast (and my 4 coffees LOL).. so when i got home tonite i was starving.. thankfully i had taken out a tub of a casserole type thing from the freezer.. an individual serving.... but i added some corn alongside and while i was waiting for it to heat up, i ate some of the cold corn right out of the can!!! Yes I really did... and then i ate the whole tub of the casserole and the rest of the corn.... sigh... quantity wise ... ya not good!!

Oh i know what you mean Vail - as much as I LOVE live musical theatre (well not just musicals but they are my favs lol) the cost of the tickets can be insane... when I saw Wicked i went with the "cheap" seats ... they weren't the greatest tho... and after I wished i had coughed up a little more for the "mid cheap" ones LOLOL.. of course that's all a dream now - i can't even imagine when shows will resume at this point.. I watched a documentary on the devastation of Broadway from covid as well.. and it made me realize just how many people besides the actors are employed in those productions... I was thinking of your son Suzy znd wondering hows he doing - if i recall he is a lighting tech for lady A?? i hope he's doing ok

As for the dinner, I totally regret it... I have completely slid into hell again.. stuffing carbs and anything else i can get my hands on in my face... I've actually gotten more take out in the past week than i have during the entire YEAR since this started... i need to get my @#$ together ....

suzy.. hope the organizing and packing is going well.. or at least only 1 G and T needed a day lol.... how are you folks doing btw.. have they found someone they will tolerate as yet?

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