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Coronavirus
lighter:
Well.... the plant doing OK is a relief, Amber.
Everything seeming normal up there is a comfort.
I'm glad everyone is minding their responses. That sounds really hopeful.
One of my dds is starting to climb the walls and her anxiety is typically aimed at me and her sister. I'll have to think about my response for the next time.
Lighter
Hopalong:
That sounds really good, CB.
I got my latest order too (placed it 3 days back). Now I realize I ordered way too many cans of tuna, but no harm. I also got cartons of egg whites and egg substitute to freeze. If anything, I won't starve to death but overeat.
And soon I'll be getting greens planted in the veggie beds.
I'm glad your kids are doing okay and love the rituals you're developing of talking in the evenings.
Pie? I wish I knew how to be in the same building with pie or cookies without losing control. Sugar is Da Beast.
Well, just wish I could come over to your apartment and have two freshly baked cookies with you!
I ordered a stevia-sugar blend to try in my bread maker. Just enough to feed the yeast. I have a very dull WW recipe and wish I could make it tastier. Dunno how.
hugs
Hops
Hopalong:
Yummy.
Sounds like you're a wicked good cook, CB!
I'm just wishing I knew how to modify an old bread machine recipe; the machines seems super finicky. My kitchen's too sloppy to add on hand-prep right now.
I do have LOADS of WW flour, couple more packets of yeast. And a container of sunflower seeds. Maybe I'll just add a half-cup of those to the next run.
Hugs
Hops
lighter:
I was really looking forward to many happy focaccia baking posts!
Twoapenny:
PM has just announced the UK is on lockdown. All non-essential businesses to shut down with immediate effect, no more than two people together at a time and trips out only for food, medicine and other essential supplies. One outing for exercise a day permitted. One and a half million people are considered high risk and have been told to stay indoors and self quarantine, with the army delivering food parcels. Over 70s advised to self isolate for twelve weeks along with others in higher risk groups, which includes son. Every system is in meltdown; they've essentially promised benefit payments to millions of additional people when they're already short staffed for the existing claimants so no-one can get through on the claim line and online enquiries are going unanswered. The NHS doesn't have enough nurses, beds, ventilators or protective clothing to keep the staff safe. One hospital has already had to turn people away and another was asking on Twitter for soap because they'd run out. Both the Army and the police have been massively cut and underfunded over the last decade. There is no way there are enough of them to enforce a lockdown. Fines and arrests are possible; someone has already circulated a photo of a very handsome police officer saying "I hope I get arrested by him " :) Lol.
There are terrible problems with food shortages; the government have known about this for nine weeks and have been able to see other countries get it wrong so could have prepared. But many of our government officials are essentially in post because of the families they were born in to and the people they know and they don't have the necessary skills. Nurses are posting videos of themselves stopping to buy food after 48 hours of back to back shifts and there's nothing for them to buy. Our regular supermarket have set up a priority scheme for disabled people and registered us on it, which is great, but demand is so high I couldn't get my order through and they only reserve the delivery slot for a specific time so I've lost my place. The corner shop has very little in. I will go out to the supermarket first thing to see what I can get. The farm shop will take online orders to be collected so I could email them and then go to collect in the evening; I can load up son's wheelchair. Lots of people are volunteering to collect shopping for people but there's no food for them to get. People have been fighting over toilet rolls. New mums have been unable to get milk for their babies. It's an absolute shambles. I have enough for at least a couple of days anyway, and one can of Guinness in the fridge which I think I will need tonight! xx
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