TIME OUT

Some of you may be familiar with this sweet face

It's Leila B, my two year old Great Niece

And if you know Leila B

then you also know her awesome mom, 

Katy, my niece

Katy blesses GAM & Uncle D 

(Great Aunt Marsha & Uncle Dan) 

with a FaceTime call almost everyday

It's our special time to interact with Leila B

Some days we play out in the back yard

Some days we go into her playroom

Leila B insists on carrying the phone around with her

so where ever she goes we go!!

We always find it entertaining and hilarious

Who wouldn't follow this little girl
wherever she wanted to go


However lately the FaceTime
experience hasn't been going too well for GAM

Every time she talks to me she says

"GAM YOU ARE GOING TO TIME OUT!!"

....and then she carries me across the back yard and
leaves me at the back fence

😔😕😖😟😠  

"WHAT?? WHAT HAS GAM DONE"

I begin to cry out

"I'm sorry please don't leave me in Time Out"

So she runs over picks up the phone,

looks me square in the face and says

"GAM, I love you, but you have to stay in Time Out!"

and off she goes again

In my defense, I have always tried to be  a good GAM - I Promise!!


and have I mentioned

Uncle D never gets put in Time Out

POOR GAM

However, yesterday things were looking up

We were in her playroom and I asked her if

she could make me a cup of tea 

(I gave her a singing tea pot for her 1st birthday)

She quickly carried the phone to the kitchen and the

next thing I know......

She puts me in the microwave and says

"GAM, YOU ARE IN TIME OUT!"

I just can't win for losing!!

but Time Out or not

I just can't get enough of
Leila B

Every Little Birdie says

It's her world, I just live in it!!

The dwindling "To Do" List

I think I've been "Sheltered In Place"

for about a month now

It seems like much longer, as the days just

roll one into another

It's kind of like my 96 year old Mom says,

when you ask her what she's been up to

"Oh you know, just same ole, same ole"

Well, once I realized we were in this for
the long haul I tried to think of ways
to make each day count for something!!

If you are like me you have a "To Do" list a mile long

I'll get around to it one of these days.......

Well forced to stay home, I think a lot of us

pulled out that list and thought this will be

an excellent time to work on dwindling it down a bit

My first project was cleaning out closets, 

cupboards, and drawers

Wow, it felt great to donate lots of things to charity!

If felt even better filling up those trash bags with

junk you know you didn't need

I was on a roll

Next Spring Clean the house

This felt good too but not quite as exciting

So when the house was some what clean (I mean

let's face it, who's going to see it) I decided

to move outside to flower beds

This was a big project!  Lots of weed pulling,

trimming, and spreading mulch

Took me a few days but I was quite pleased

with all my work

Unfortunately I sprained my hand while weeding

Hmmmmm, I think I better take it easy for a while

To pass the hours I read books, worked on my

bible study, took naps, watched TV

My latest read

My TV list consisted of-
The Chosen (life of Jesus) download the app to watch
The English Game (PBS)
Vienna Blood (PBS)
World on Fire (PBS)
and re-runs of Downtown Abbey to name a few 

Then a dear friend of mine who is a yoga teacher
 started doing online classes 
and invited me to attend on Zoom

Great, now I'm investing in my mind and body!

I had already used Zoom for my Monday Bible Class
and was surprised that I was able to learn 
this new app successfully

Thank God for Zoom!

I've now used it for game night with my kids
Family time at Easter
and chatting with girl friends

You know, this sheltering-in-place
is not so bad

Don't get me wrong
I'm looking forward to the day I can
Go get my hair cut!! 
Go to church
Have lunch with friends
and visit my mom in her care home

But for now I'm hanging in there
Making the best of it

Trying to be productive 
Trusting Jesus for the days ahead
and taking it one day at a time!

How are you filling your days?
I'd love to hear from you

Every Little Birdie says

Keep the faith
and stay safe