Saturday, April 4, 2020

First time out in weeks.

This morning we got up before the birds to try and buy some paper products. We stood in line at Fry’s with our plastic gloves and our face masks on and I about froze to death. 😷  It wasn’t even 60º. 😳 Anyway we were about the 8th in line, over 6 feet apart and waited about 10 minutes for the the store to open. Once inside we headed for the paper goods isle, as did everyone else. Even though we were one of the first inside, the shelves were pretty bare already. That was scary to see. Mark and I shopped separately so we could get two of each item instead of one. The way we blow our noses we needed more than one box. We have enough  now , I hope, of toilet paper and paper towel. So we can use that for our noses if need be. Mark got his paper products, used his credit card and headed to the car. I on the other hand got some meat and ice cream too. Yesterday I did inventory on our meat supply and got the steak that was on sale to grind up for hamburger. It was cheaper than hamburger and no limit on the packages. It’s not a good steak for eating as such but makes great hamburger. :) Meat is rationed to one or two packages as is everything else in the store

A lady, who was also waiting in line, was saying that she had to wait four days for her Walmart order to be ready for pick up. So I quickly checked on our list and sent it through. We can pick it up tomorrow afternoon.  Not sure what she was talking about. Anyway, Some things you have to go into the store to get so we got that stuff at Fry’s where there is a lot less people. In fact it's the first time we have been in any store in 3 weeks. But we needed meat and paper products and that was the only way to get that fulfilled. The Walmarts are only letting so many people in the stores at a time. And when we checked there there was a line a block long already at 6:30, and they don’t open until 7.

Mark said we had better not leave our paper products on the table in front of the window or we could get robbed. He was saying it jokingly but it has been known to happen. So I had to find room in this little home. It's not like we have a lot, but enough for us to get by for another few weeks.

When we got home we washed everything off with bleach water and put it away. Then proceeded to wipe off everything we touched incase we carried any germs in with us. Our jackets went into the hamper as did our face masks. We really work hard to keep us safe. 

Now it's the total disinfecting of the house. Cleaning has a whole new meaning. Everything gets disinfected, floors, handles and everything in between, with great care. 
I am used to cleaning well, but not to the point of doing surgery in our home. 😆 It is much more time consuming for me, but worth the effort to keep us healthy.

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