Corona: The Magic of Isolation

Disclaimer: this is written from the point of view of someone who has a really privileged set up in life. don't get me wrong, I'm no where near rich, but I've worked my reality theory to the bone to be set up in a wee woodland "light palace" with all the magic I could muster & with the stubbornness of a bull. what's under all that, like anyones situation, is love and light. if you actually read this y'aunty B is going to connect with ya for a sec to send the biggest virtual hug or generous bow while saying "M'Lady".

Im not panicking, you're panicking!

I feel you, this is a huge change- think of the options that are now gone

THANK GOODNESS FOR THE INTERNET!!!

If you are reading this, you probably have the ability to access the internet...YaY

Hi! Hows it goin?

Fancy meeting you here...

What's that? Did I finally finish my closet clean out project?  hehe.... no... lol

thanks fer askin

Yeah, Ive got a mental list of all the things Id like to get done during the "down time"

Shuffle furniture around

Closet finish

Catch up on Laundry- omg if you have to go to a Laundromat... I feel you! I have lived that Life... super not fun anytime there was illness or bad weather...

Paint sample works; Ive got a whole list of images that I want to put on canvas. Do you have a fave pic of your pet, babes, vaca? etc... my retirement- get it going now...

Paint woodwork: there are several areas in ma house that now have half way painted doors etc...

Film a House Plant Tour- you know you wanna see what's up with the plant pals! lol

Photo my Pets: like what's really going on in there, behind those eyes... y'know.

Honestly tho, I will probably set something up so that everyday I have something to entertain and take the mind off of the worry that I feel- not only from me -but from others hiding- just under the surface of things...

:-( its going to be ok says the voice in the back o me head... I know I should listen to her more.

back to the list

MineCraft... virtual Lego type thing, takes a lot of time up

Garage Band! omg that album Ive been working on....

MEDITATION! Ive a few good guided meditations on audible...

Yoga... stretch this junk out... deep breathe open the chest etc...

we've already been taking all of the vitamins and I started taking soothing therapeutic baths...
maybe I will film a wee garden tour... we had a world class looking crocus come up the other day!!!
it really is the lil things...

are you guys having trouble putting the whole thing into perspective? when I have the anxiety moments of trying to conceive of the whole thing, I try to only think of the one day. I will mix one activity that exercises my brain, then one that exercises my body...

HOW FUNNY IS THIS THO! I DREAM OF HAVING TIME OFF! A WEEK OF VACA! TWO?
TWO WEEKS OFF? I don't get sick pay or vacation pay, so Ive built it into my budget to be able to sail a bit if money isn't coming in... I didn't have that luxury many times in my life tho... I know what its like to evaluate your belongings and wonder how much you can fit in your car to live in it... selling off all your stuff to pay bills, while most ppl just shrug and look at you with pity, and sometimes with disgust...lol those were the days.

BUT, having your ducks in a row doesn't make you safe from this scenario...
I have a small private styling practice in a home studio, NOT open to the public, etc...
while I was working my butt off making sure that my home, self, studio were totally germ free and sanitized... and reminding ppl that they should feel free to reschedule if they or anyone that they've been in contact with had any symptoms or fever ... it did not stop someone from thinking that they're exposure to the virus was as insignificant as they made it seem- it would be no big deal coming to my home for their service... well, Ive shut that down for sure... imagine having that moment of "oh, shoot, should I just sanitize everything again and just not tell anyone" NO!!! this persons actions, lies, disrespect took my option of exposure away. ULTIMATE VIOLATION of not only my policies, but the safety of me, my husband, and anyone who was coming after her for services... she lied about exposure in her response to my reminder text... but she came out with the whole story while she was here... why say anything at all??? like the liability of possible exposure to just two people wasn't as severe as who knows how many???

I COULD GO ON AND ON ABOUT THIS - FEELINGS OF BETRAYAL ETC...

we live in a cloud of lysol for now *sigh*

but I have to focus on the good things coming!

vaccines and antibodies SOON SOON SOON

cheerleader pom poms SOON SOON SOON

until then we are self monitoring for symptoms...

are you guys ok? anyone have any stories like mine?

I tell ya wut, BEING IN SEQUESTER, THE MAGIC OF ISOLATION seems really nice right now!

after that clients behavior, honestly, I'm on the fence about having anyone back for any reason! lol

no really,

Wheres the Jen? check online cuz she is never leaving the house again lol

X-D X-D X-D

repeat after me:

ALL THIS WONT MATTER IN A FEW WEEKS

Ive gone off the rails... go back n delete all of this! lol nah...

PUZZLES!!! I just dug out some, do you all like puzzles?

sip some more green tea...

Ima wear some funky outfits I tell ya wut! no ones going to see it! who cares! LOL

we've got our essential oils on, grounding our emotions... or at least trying to lol

going to dig into more YouTube fun -

Zoe Sugg's channel is fun, she's British, I recommend the vlogs where she and her friend Mark go hunting for fall or halloween stuff! they say "autumnal" a lot- potential for a drinking game...

Garden Answer is one of our faves, gardening & a nice lady n her fam... its got some fun bloopers too and their cat Russel is so cute.

if you need more performance art: Emilia Fart is the best thing going as far as the ordering a pizza to be delivered to a graveyard at midnight genre goes lol OOO or dying your hair in a grocery store....

PRICELESS!

oooooo maybe I will re organize the screen porch finally????

hmmmm...

I would love it if you guys wanted to check in here...

I don't need you to follow or subscribe... just want to know that you're ok.

how are you coping? what have you knocked off your list that's been there for a while?

are you telecommuting?

home with your kids?

taking it easy?  bottle some of that for the rest of us k ;-D

have any fave things to pass the time?

any stories you want to share or link to?

are ya bored?

yet?

what about now? lol

LOL

Ill be checking the stats to see where y'all are looking in from...

Hi, see ya, glad to kinda meet ya :-)

Im off to try and dig up more magic to raise the ol vibration here!

and make sure you remember- idk, time is on our side, potential to make the most of this is there...

Im pulling for all of you!

Im here

Im going to be MAKING SOMETHING every day...

look me up on the socials

lots of love

the universe hears you, don't stop asking it for the good things!

MASSIVE BOW OF RESPECT "M'Lady"

~JM

NEW FRONT DOOR!

worky working on the laptop today

im not really sure if its long for this world...?

its whirring and super hot underneath...

its 12yrs old... so...

eek here we go!

since we moved to our house 4 years ago

we have been dreaming of a new front door...

pictured here is the result of all of those dreams!!!

before and after

one of my sloppy mock ups 

lol i may not have fancy tech

but i don't let that stop me

lol

the day the nice guy from Lowes came to make the door magic

he even replaced the bottom of the framey frame there!

he was very thorough with all the details!

yay

then I put our found at Home Depot for $18ea lanterns out there 

for good measure of course

&

layered matttttttts 

&

fairy lights with timers wrapped around those

big

azz

candles

that have been

in 

storage 

for 

the

last 

oh idk

10 years...

i knew hoarding them would pay off

...eventually...

lol

i was right

I'm always right

lol

you know it

I'm looking at you

stop questioning it

lolz i think the smell coming from my computer is making me punchy ;-S

kk 

back to business

here it is 

just before xmas

letting in tons of light 

and keeping out all of the cold

the pets can't get enough of those sunny beams of coziness!!!

as i was saying 

what was i saying...

the light omg!

we put a dining room scheme together

in that front roomy room

and we cannot pull ourselves away now

we rarely ate at our kitchen table 

unless we had company

now we make excuses to sit in this room!!!

to sum up...

we don't regret a single penny

the whole purchase & labor 

came in around $1100

new door handle/lock/knob thingy included in that too

Lowes had their whole method down perfect

from the moment we asked about having our door measured

to when we were plunking down our Lowes card to start the paperwork

couldn't be happier

and i like to diy stuff

but i knew the learning curve was steep with this one!!!

we never had a moment of fear for making a bad decision on this

their confidence became ours

and just look at the results... 

ignore the huge space there, i edited the pic...

idk... space shouldn't be there...

is it too late to chock that up to mercury in retrograde...?

anyways the door looks great!

thats what counts!

you want to see more pics you'll have to stalk my social media pages lol

ok 

i should go before my computer blows up 

lol

kidding not kidding

keypad is getting hot...

eek!!!

umm...byeeeeeeeeeeee

happy begining of march hey!

;-D