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Hopalong:
I want some!
lighter:
Hi, Tupp:
What are you going to do to those cakes that turns them into pudding?
And.... I'm sorry your "friend" was reactive during your phone call with her. Crisis brings out the best and worst in humans, IME. Maybe she'd be following Jack if she was in the Lord of the Flies book, instead of Ralph. Sometimes people surprise us. I'm trying really hard not to judge... just notice and not get sucked into those conversations, whick leave me whobbly and upset too. I'm trying to see everything and just let it go by. I guess we have a chance to practice with the tools T gave us.
I've been shaken pretty badly by similar conversations. Like Hops said... we should avoid those conversations. I guess we have a chance to use some of our EMDR tools to get rid of the flutters and tension in our bodies.
Hops:
My sister sent gloves and masks...one with a splash guard. Thanks for the videos... I am interested and tried to make a splash guard, but the material was too thin.
I put it all down, and just haven't left the house yet.
I want to plant a garden and have shallots sprouting.... will plant today, or tomorrow. Did you know shallots produce 6 sets for every set you plant? I did not know that, but look forward to that harvest.
Now, I need to make a list of other things I want to plant and check with neighbors... trade seeds and seedlings. One neighbor offered to plant things for me in his little sunny patch. I really like him. I'd like to avoid having to spend 4 bucks per tomato plant this year.
I'm finishing up the ham bean soup. Added more beans and made rice to go with it. Honoring every drop of food brings me comfort. The same with the pasta sauce.
Today I'm making an Italian dish called pasta with potatoes. Italians pronounce it (pasta with po tahtuh) is a good way to change things up and finish it. I don't want to waste or freeze anything. You make a thin broth from the tomatoes, onions, garlic... I added jalapenos for some heat cause I like it. After the potato chunks cook to soft, you cook only the pasta you'll eat at that meal in the broth, bc it gets soggy as leftovers. Squish the potatoes into the broth to thicken it as you like in your bowl. The Italians add hot oil made from homegrown little purple peppers SO HOT, but amazingly delicious.
Lighter
Twoapenny:
--- Quote from: Hopalong on March 29, 2020, 02:15:00 PM ---I want some!
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Lol, they're not great, Hops, I'm not a good baker, pretty dry but it was something sweet to have after dinner. I did chocolate topping on them and son said they looked like piles of poo in paper cases :) Lol xx
lighter:
Hops:
Neighbors have started the bear hunt! I put 2 items in the windows. If this takes off I'll hide different things in the yard, like a scavenger hunt and move them around daily.
Thanks for that idea.
Lighter
Twoapenny:
--- Quote from: lighter on March 29, 2020, 02:16:18 PM ---Hi, Tupp:
What are you going to do to those cakes that turns them into pudding?
And.... I'm sorry your "friend" was reactive during your phone call with her. Crisis brings out the best and worst in humans, IME. Maybe she'd be following Jack if she was in the Lord of the Flies book, instead of Ralph. Sometimes people surprise us. I'm trying really hard not to judge... just notice and not get sucked into those conversations, whick leave me whobbly and upset too. I'm trying to see everything and just let it go by. I guess we have a chance to practice with the tools T gave us.
I've been shaken pretty badly by similar conversations. Like Hops said... we should avoid those conversations. I guess we have a chance to use some of our EMDR tools to get rid of the flutters and tension in our bodies.
Hops:
My sister sent gloves and masks...one with a splash guard. Thanks for the videos... I am interested and tried to make a splash guard, but the material was too thin.
I put it all down, and just haven't left the house yet.
I want to plant a garden and have shallots sprouting.... will plant today, or tomorrow. Did you know shallots produce 6 sets for every set you plant? I did not know that, but look forward to that harvest.
Now, I need to make a list of other things I want to plant and check with neighbors... trade seeds and seedlings. One neighbor offered to plant things for me in his little sunny patch. I really like him. I'd like to avoid having to spend 4 bucks per tomato plant this year.
I'm finishing up the ham bean soup. Added more beans and made rice to go with it. Honoring every drop of food brings me comfort. The same with the pasta sauce.
Today I'm making an Italian dish called pasta with potatoes. Italians pronounce it (pasta with po tahtuh) is a good way to change things up and finish it. I don't want to waste or freeze anything. You make a thin broth from the tomatoes, onions, garlic... I added jalapenos for some heat cause I like it. After the potato chunks cook to soft, you cook only the pasta you'll eat at that meal in the broth, bc it gets soggy as leftovers. Squish the potatoes into the broth to thicken it as you like in your bowl. The Italians add hot oil made from homegrown little purple peppers SO HOT, but amazingly delicious.
Lighter
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The food sounds yummy, Lighter, and I love the idea of trading seeds with people. There are definitely habits I'm acquiring at the minute that I want to keep up once this is over. Especially the idea of doing one online shop, once a week, and then only eating that. I've lost weight, I can feel my trousers are a bit looser, and I am really appreciating what we have in now and stretching it out into different meals. Eating more fruit and veg as well. The cakes are just cakes; it's just called pudding because it's what you have after your meal but they're just normal cupcakes (albeit dry ones that look like poo stacks). Lol.
Yes, the phone call. It had really bothered me all afternoon. I've tried to work through it, work past it, ignore it, but it was still really troubling me and I couldn't work out what it was. Other people have said thoughtless things, many people here don't think it matters if old people die from it, or disabled people. It's unpleasant, but I've got thick skinned and I can usually brush past it quickly. This really got under my skin and I suddenly realised, it's because I feel like I'm being punished for doing the right thing - speaking up for those who need defending and reading factually based information about the current situation so I can keep my son as safe and well as possible. Putting the phone down or not speaking is an old trick of my mother's - I will not listen to your point of view, I will not validate what you say, you are not towing the line with my viewpoint so I shall reject you very firmly and completely. It triggered something very deep, and as soon as I realised that, it went. Feel fine now, and looking forward to some online tai chi! Because interestingly my left shoulder is hurting - it's one of the problem areas we worked on in EMDR and it's really sore now. Going to work to loosen it up.
Enjoy the planting :) xx xx
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