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Cellar Scribblings
CellarDweller:
Hiya BetterMost friends.
Another week in isolation is underway. I hope that everyone is doing as well as they can.
Keeping busy with work, and doing my workouts when I can.
Other than that, it's 'business as usual', for what passes for usual now.
CellarDweller:
Hiya BetterMost friends.
I hope that everyone is doing well.
Had a nice weekend this past weekend. Some of the parks and golf courses in the area had their restrictions lifted, and people could go into the parks, as long as they had the required face covering/mask.
On a whim I drove through the park, and there were a lot of people there. There were numerous ones there not wearing masks or any kind of coverings.
::)
I opted to just drive around a bit in my vehicle, with the windows down and the radio up.
;D
My friends' neighborhood had a 'social distancing bbq' on Saturday. Everyone went out on their decks and had a BBQ at the same time, 4:00 in the afternoon. I drove by thinking I may be able to stand at the curb and say "hello" to them all, but they were in their backyards, not on their front porches, so I couldn't see them, and they couldn't see me.
I got a text message later on from one of my friends, saying that the SDBBQ went well, everyone had a good time and they plan on doing it again soon.
Work has been keeping me busy, and I have had 3 conference calls today, with one more to go this afternoon.
Saw mom and dad on Sunday, they are both doing well, and staying healthy.
How are things with you all?
CellarDweller:
Hiya BetterMost friends.
I hope that everyone is doing well.
I've been busy this week, I have a client that is having a loan closing today, so I'm working with a lot of moving pieces at the moment, to make sure everything gets sent to where it needs to, and is done by end of day. I'm peeking in now, as I have a quick minute to myself. I've submitted everything I need to, and now I wait for the confirmations.
Mother's Day is Sunday. I'll be at mom and dad's place to have a meal with them. I'm sure it will be ordered from somewhere.
I don't have any major plans this weekend, but who does now?
I do plan on going out a bit tonight, I need to get something for mom for her special day. After that, I should be home to stay.
serious crayons:
Nice! What did you get your mom?
CellarDweller:
Hiya BetterMost friends.
I hope that everyone is doing well.
I'm sorry for being away so long! I thought I had been here before today!
Oops!
Mother's Day was nice! Always good to spend time with family.
--- Quote from: serious crayons on May 09, 2020, 09:47:55 am ---Nice! What did you get your mom?
--- End quote ---
Just some candy, nothing fancy. Today (looks at clock)....well, yesterday now, was mom's birthday, and I got her some different candy for her, and I'll be giving it to her today when I see her.
We (my brothers and I) generally no longer give my parents stuff during the year. Mom and Dad are contemplating a move to a smaller place in an active senior facility. Because of this, they've asked us to no longer give them gifts, they only become more stuff they have to either pack up or sell. What we do now, is we save up all the money we would've spent on then for various holidays (birthdays, mother's day, father's day, anniversary) and then give it to them in one lump sum on Christmas. Then, between the three sons, they have a nice chunk of cash that they use any way they want, usually on a few weekend trips away to the Jersey Shore or a casino, the money will take care of their hotel stay, all their meals and drinks, and their 'fun' money.
Mom likes Root Beer Barrels (blech) so I wanted to get her some of them. Unfortunately, they didn't have any. I got her a bag of "Hostess Mix" candy.
I also got her a bag of black licorice and a bag of red licorice, both labeled as "Australian Licorice". I've never had licorice from Australia, so I'm not sure if this is really how Australian licorice is, or if they just call it that to make it stand out on the shelves. LOL
Our licorice looks like this, long thin ropes.
Australian licorice is shorter, and thicker, maybe the width of four of our ropes, but only about 3 or 4 inches long.
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