Isolation day 46 … getting real – thanks to the St Charles School District for helping to remember our seniors … masks continue – but the sewing machine is not happy about it – looked at getting another in the meantime, but they are hard to come by (I am afraid to borrow one, it… Continue reading

Sharing for the FB Memories down the line… Today is Wednesday, April 29, 2020. We are (at average) at 42 days of social isolation. In the US alone, there are just under 1 million confirmed covid19 cases with 55,000+ deaths as of this morning. Schools have been closed since March 17th and are teaching remotely… Continue reading

Isolation day 44 … the maple trees are having a messy party … Zeus wants his chair back … Not sure what Tyler was up to last night … Continue reading

Isolation day 43 … Hermès wanted to help make potato pancakes (they were a moderate success) … someone needed buttons, but only wanted a certain size – Lego sorter to the rescue …successful scout committee meeting … Morgan is making great plans for my mailbox – inspiration from our walk today … Continue reading

Isolation day 42 … distance visit in Edwardsville … Grandpa made them a screen-free game and the boys were “doing science” … Grandpa has been busy during his quarantine time … beautiful weather … Continue reading

Isolation day 41 … rainy day … people did their own thing … Matt continues his bread experiments … the cats helped-ish … Morgan and I are both a combo of Dumbledore and Luna … Tyler is figuring out how to play D&D on zoom … new screen time standards were agreed upon – for… Continue reading

Recovered Beck family correspondence — April 25, 2020. During the COVID stay-at-home period, Barbara Beck liked the idea of the boys camping in the backyard and pointed out that it was “actually a family tradition, sort of.” She remembered a cousin, Rosa, who moved into a storage box in her backyard when she was 16.… Continue reading

Isolation day 40 … tempers are running high … screen time is the bane of my existence … hate being told that I don’t understand how things work today … that I grew up in the dark ages and my expectations are unrealistic … Continue reading

Isolation day 39 … never a dull moment .. woke up next to a snorkel mask … later found out why (Spanish assignment took a lot of time today) apparently my tip to ask cousin Taylor for assistance was well received … and all the legos had to come out to find ONE GEAR for… Continue reading

Life with boys … discussing the long list of what still needs to be done with the boys … the boy repeatedly beats the other boy with a balloon … boy finally comprehends the look on my face … “I’m going to go get something done before the beatings begin” … that is the most… Continue reading