Monday, March 16, 2020

Thankful I stock

Daughter 4 who also has a suppressed immune system and her 3 drove a 4 hr round trip to come get toilet paper. I filled her car with food and cleaning supplies. Kids had food sitting on their laps and under their feet besides the full trunk. Even Daughter had 5 dozen eggs sitting on her lap as she drove. I don't think the kids will ever make another comment about how I stock for a year to two years. She is looking for her factory to shut down soon as two of the four plants they supply have shut down effective immediately.

Son 2 called to make sure I had what I needed... He had been to the store and grabbed the limit of 2 toilet paper in case one of his sisters or elderly friends needed some. He had enough at home barring diarrhea to go to May.

Hubby went and got 156 lbs of dog food...that will take us to May.

He also stopped today after getting his CDL physical and drug test to get me 2 bottles of Jack Daniels Tn Honey.(HE was glad I insisted he have hand sanitizer  in his truck)  I use it for hot toddy's when I am sick, I don't usually keep it this time of year but with the way things are going...

I was going to cut back in the gardens...nope, that's not happening. Even Son 2 has asked me to grow kale and Brussels sprouts for him.Daughter 4 wants what ever she can get due to knowing she's not going to have money for food and won't qualify for food stamps as her kids don't live with her.

I ordered 2 shower curtains, hooks and a tension rod to put in the hall if one of us gets sick  we can quarantine in the bedroom and that bathroom (and laundry room )  and the other one can still get to the pantry without having to go outside and down the ramp.

I will be changing the routine for home blessing... It's going to be more than normal especially with Hubby still working in public. I don't greet him at the door any more, he goes straight to the bathroom and washes his hands.

With the stock market rolling and knowing his work will be cut down or completely off... we are looking at our finances a bit harder. We just got propane and if the weather stays decent we won't need more until late summer. We don't have cable. Our internet and home phone are a fixed amt though we could drop cell service but since I had a heart attack while driving in the middle of the boonies and didn't have a phone to call for help. I can see Hubby refusing to go that route.

I would not be surprised if this doesn't trigger something along the Great Depression.

6 comments:

  1. Isn't it funny how the kids now all think we were not so stupid.

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  2. I'm with you, Juls. I think the health scare will burn out fairly soon, but the economic repercussions will be worse than 2008.

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  3. We pulled out our money for the year of n the stock markets highest ever day just by chance. We won't take more until Feb 2021 so here's hoping it recovers by then. I think our biggest enemy here is stress and boredom. There are worrisome things with our kids too. Prayer seems to be our best answer.

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    1. Hubby is more stressed of bringing it home to me or to someone with health problems than worrying about his business losing money

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  4. My daughter stockpiled after 9/11. So, she will never say anything about people stockpiling. Not sure about the other two. Of course, daughter lived in NYC in 9/11. I actually mailed cans of food to her because I was a secret shopper who had to buy stuff and mail it. It cost me nothing except the food I bought on sale. Neat job!

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