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Happy birthday!! <virtual hugs>

That's what I'm thinking. Since they got a shipment of almost 9,000 bags, seems they'd need a price discount to move them. But may not be advertised. At my Home Depot, you just drive through and they load it in your car anyway, so that can be done "contactless". Hope they do!

So in case no one has been checking Home Depot daily like I have... It appears that my store received their big shipment of mulch this week. Wednesday they had I think about 97 bags. Last night it was at 8700+. There is still no circular listed like Brad said, but I'm hoping tomorrow maybe it will go on sale 5/$10.

Oh I understand! We got all the stuff for paint, and 4 days later we prepped the bedroom and hallway, then painted the room. It's now been 2 weeks, hall isn't painted, and nothing has been placed back on the wall in the bedroom. And we still have 5 rooms and a hall left to go! The more time that is added, the less motivated we get.

Happy April! About to finish week 3 of working from home, and I can't say I'm hating it or miserable. Great idea about separating work space by level. We could do that for me and husband, son stays in his room, that's where his desk and computer are. However, all 3 of us are in a support role (same employer), so we really are just waiting for something to come up, so separating all day isn't necessary. Funny though, me and my husband are actually FURTHER apart most of the time at home, than we are at work! Our desks about about 10 steps away from each other at work. We have at least 3 more weeks at home, but probably longer. I wish I could say I've been so productive, but I have little to show. But I'm hoping to get better. Goodness knows I have a list of things I want to do!

The pollen count in Georgia is over 8900 today. Walking outside for any time makes you start sneezing.

My husband and I are both at home, so we decided we'd paint the house. We had been talking about doing it spring break anyway. And we aren't busy, we just have to be available to answer any questions or fix issues that come up. We painted the bedroom this weekend. And called a painter today. (To be a little fair, the other areas to be painted have high ceilings, some of them over stairs.)

Me, my husband, and son will all be working from home for the next 2-3 weeks. Its going to be a little challenging finding things to do for that long. Especially for my son whose job it is to fix kids computers when they bring them up to him. My husband and I support those folks in the schools that fix things, but we also do some backend things. I figure I have about 2 days worth of work I can do right now. Youngest is in college, so he'll be home for the next 3 weeks, and he'll have some online classes. I've read that the cable companies in my area are offering 60 days of free internet for low income families. So that is nice. And our school system is providing lunch and breakfast for students for 2 weeks on a drive up basis. Happy Pi Day! My dad and I sent each other pictures this morning of our calculator after we calculated pi. We are such nerds.

Hello March. We are getting soggy down here in Georgia...

I have a job interview today. And I am terrified. It's a second interview. First one was a phone interview. I'm scared and feel guilty about leaving my job, but the scariest thing about this possible new one, is that it's in downtown Atlanta. Yuck.

5 years old is such a great age for Disney! I can't wait for him to tell me about it.

Tomorrow is my grandson's 5th birthday. Today my daughter surprised him with a weekend trip to Disney World. She loaded him in the car at 5am, and he slept until they arrived at the hotel. He still didnt realize where they were, he thought they were at a trampoline park or play place, because even Disney hotel lobbies are fun. In the gift shop he exclaimed he knew where they were, because he saw it on the bag. But then on the bus to the park, he said "Wait, there are 2 Disney Worlds?" Sweet boy was excited with just the gift shop! And then he saw the castle. DISNEY WORLLLD!! I'm so excited for them.

It will arrive on Friday.

Sorry 'bout that! He's hanging out in my cart right now...

I don't need a purple penguin... I dont need a purple penguin... <clicks on link>

Happy New Year! I plan to start my new Lego set today, since I finally got Christmas stuff cleared off the dining room table and put away yesterday.

I got mine a couple years ago at Kohls, not during Christmas. Seems I used KC, and earned KC, and probably used a Home coupon that they have so often. And it turned out to be a pretty good deal. The $199 price at Best Buy is a good deal too.

They were mentioned in the cookie thread last year, so I was curious and tried them. The dough is sticky, and the whole time I was whining saying I'd never make them again. But they were so good!! They are made with a cake mix, egg, and cool whip, and rolled in powdered sugar. Here's the recipe I used. https://breadboozebacon.com/christmas-crinkle-cool-whip-cookies/

Today is baking day. I just haven't been in the mood or very motivated yet, but today is the day I scheduled, and I'm ready! Not very many things, or anything too adventurous, but I'll get all the favorites done. Buckeyes Sugar cookies (just plain, unfrosted) Chocolate chip cookies Brownies Cool whip cookies Should be easy peasy. I'll turn on christmas music when the boys are up, and have a grand time! For wrapping, I have a few small things that came in over the weekend. So I'll finish all those up tonight. And looks like I may have 2 things that won't make it. Ones been hanging out in SC for 2 or 3 days, and the other is somewhere between NY and GA. I'm not convinced the USPS even knows exactly where it is. But neither of those are major, so not a huge deal. Just frustrating, especially since the one that is MIA was shipped 12/16.

I'm going to my daughter's tomorrow. Her gifts are wrapped, but still got the grandson's done. Been busy every evening this week knitting gifts for my son's coworkers. (And seeing Star Wars!) So tonight will be wrapping those, plus hopefully I can get some buckeyes made to take down. Sunday I'll finish wrapping the few gifts that arrived this week. And Monday will be baking day.

I never have. Sometimes I say I'm going to... but then it's one more thing to do and it doesn't get done.

My mom got some of those too, and she loves them. She said the same thing, made things so much easier!

Got my daughter's stuff wrapped tonight. Hooray. I'll do grandson's tomorrow. A couple of his are really big (art desk and train set) so those will be an adventure to wrap.

Oh wow! How cool is that?!

Everything is wrapped for my husband and sons, and for my mom and sister that come over Christmas day. Like you, I can't really fit everything under the tree, so I haven't wrapped my daughter and grandson's gifts yet, or my friend's. Looks like I'm going down to my daughter's on Saturday though (which will put me behind on baking!), so guess I'm wrapping those 20+ presents tonight and tomorrow. It will be nice to have it all done though.