Enjoying It While It Lasts

Someone is making sure he enjoys the last of the snow. He so loves making his snow angels. The other day he must have spent like 3 minutes just rolling in the snow!

It feels soooo cool

Snow, I for one will miss you!

Wordless Wednesday - Nap Time

Tasty Tuesday - And The Little Ones Chewed On The Bones

Recently the Man cooked up a big ham. We had ham for days. There is ham frozen in the freezer there was so much ham.

The best part, was getting to chew on the bone. Sadly, we didn't get it unsupervised (and by unsupervised we mean the Man holding it). But this was better than nothing! 

Lady loves Lee's eyes when she is excited about food!

Mischief Monday - Entering Week 4 of Covid

Hi pals,

We hope you all are safe at home and staying home as much as you can. Today is the start of week 4 of self isolation for us. We are hearing rumours this is our life for at least 3 months. If it keeps people safe and healthy, it seems like a small price to pay. (Lady selfishly wants it to go on until September so she gets the summer at the lake. We have a private beach that only the neighbours use so we could easily socially distance). 

Nothing to see here

Given that every region of the world is doing something a little bit different, we thought we would share what is happening in our 'hood.  We are mandated to stay home unless we are out for essentials.  Man continues to work from home. Tomorrow, Lady will be able to apply for social assistance as she is technically unemployed (ethically she can't abandon clients so she has some unpaid contact with them weekly).

I am not killing bunny for something to do

In our province, Quebec, the boarders are now closed (except for essential travel) and there are checkpoints on all the roads. We were talking to a neighbour, who is essential construction (making cement sand for a new hospital that is being built) and he said they have to travel with papers, to show the police why they are out. What this means for us, is we can't cross the bridge into Ottawa to go and visit any of our friends and family on that side of the river.  Lady couldn't go to the centre she works with in Ottawa (they are closed at this time anyway). Given we weren't planning to cross the river, it doesn't effect us at this time. There are big fines for being out for no reason and for not distancing. All the parks and playgrounds are closed because people couldn't follow the rules.

What, we are watching another Marvel movie?

They continue to tighten the rules on what is an essential business and more places are closing. Starting yesterday, almost everything is closed on Sundays again (like when Lady was a child) to give those working time off.  When Man has to go out for supplies he will take some time off of work and go on a work day. It will be less busy, as many people around here work for the government and are trying to work from home, so it will be safer. 

Wake me when it is over.

Lady says she is amazed how busy she is in this new life. In fact, she isn't getting everything done she wants to in a day! Maybe if she spent less time napping. . . . . scrap that, we like our afternoon bed nap. 

Phod has settled to having the people home all the time. The first 2 weeks he was very stressed, but he has now accepted this new routine. We both like getting 2 walks a day. 

We get a lot of alerts like this on our phone

Because we live in the country, there is little danger of running into people. Besides the neighbours (who we have spoken to from a very far distance), we have only had to practice social distancing 2 times. Once for a guy getting his mail. We just stood back (more than 10 feet) until he got into his car. Once for a cyclist who was struggling her way up a hill. We walked on the other side of the road. 

So all that to say, we are good. The curve doesn't seem to be flattening yet, but we are doing our part. We are doing well and everyone but the Man wonders how we will ever go back to leaving the house again! 

We hope all of you are doing your part too and staying safe and healthy.

Lee and Phod

Nature Friday - Contest Update

Welcome to the first check in of the snow in our yard! These pictures were taken last night around 5:30 pm. They were taken after our evening walk, where we saw people out on snowmobiles. That is right, there is still enough snow for snowmobiles.  We are happy to report we can tell it is melting (and slowly, no major floods like last year). We pretty much have a snow free driveway (not that we take the car anywhere these days!)

We have no guesses for next week. Our first guesses are April 12 (Rosy and the Boyz) and April 15 (Maggie and Cammie). Will the remaining snow melt enough for one of them to win? 

The snow is all off the roof!

Looking towards the neighbours house - still snow. We did get to say hi, from a very safe distance to the neighbours kids who were out playing.

Looking into the backyard

Here is the upcoming forecast (in Celsius). Soon Lady may be able to wash and put away the winter gear, but not for awhile. Look at the lows, still warm coat, hat and gloves needed for mornings and evenings. Oh, do we still see some snow?

Come back next week to see if we are snow free!

A Work Day During Covid - by Lee

Lee supervising the Man

Hi pals,

I thought I might share what a workday looks like in our house now. The Man is still working. The Lady is now unemployed and doing work-like things to keep busy. Our routine is very different. This is how it goes as I now dictate the schedule

by 7 am - as the sun is up, I wake Lady up (as the sun is coming up a little earlier every day, I am waking her up a little earlier every day)
30 minute walk - I make sure Lady is still getting her exercise
breakfast for us
Lady does her other exercise/morning things
By 8 the Man has started work
Lady starts her morning work by 9
between 9-10 Phod needs a coffee break
12 - people lunch - sometimes treats for us
12:30 - Outside time - it is like lunch recess
Back to work for Man, work like things or cleaning or hobbies for Lady
3 - quiet time (sometimes the Lady naps, sometimes she just reads)
4:30 - walk
6:30 our dinner
7 - out again
Evening on the couch with he TV or maybe the peeps will play some games
9:30 - Lady and Phod go to bed
11 - last time out before the Man goes to bed

So as you can see, we are very busy in isolation!

Hope you are all doing well and are safe and healthy!

Wordless Wednesday - Happy 9th Birthday Zaphod!