I like Thursdays July 2

Greetings!

The insert image icon still doesn’t work on new Blogger nor can I save a post - so I’m using the old Blogger.  Very frustrating and I don’t know at this point how I’ll blog in the future once they change over.

Arizona is still one of the worst states with COVID-19.  We had 4800+ new cases yesterday in addition to the 30,000 in 2 weeks.  The governor   revised the rules again to close gyms, bars and tubing down the river. He refuses to shut us down or mandate masks. Luckily, the mayors have mandated masks and cancelled all Independence Day events.  The hospitals are full in ICU or over 90%. This is crazy in a metro area of over 4 million. We’re also number 1state in fires for the U.S. Over half of the  state acreage has burned in the last few months.

Other than that, things are fine.

So, I’ve been painting and being creative! And,  finally went swimming at my son’s home. My daughter and I call it The Resort.  Lol.  Here’s a list of my likes for this week:


1. Swimming and lounging at my son’s home.

Thomas and mom on the left and my DIL on the right. I was the photographer. The hot tub is in the background. We were distancing and wore masks when inside. The only person not at home all the time during this virus is my daughter who is being as careful as possible.  Thomas sat on a huge step at the shallow end and played catch with my son at the other end of the pool.  Here he is anticipating getting wet, but he loved the day.

Here’s my son at the other end of the pool.  That’s a waterfall in the background that lights up at night.  Very cool.

Plus, my son and daughter in law made homemade pizza from scratch cooked on the “Green Egg “.
Best pizza ever.
The best part of that day was watching my son playing with his nephew which hasn’t happened before.  There’s always been too many people around or my son didn’t know Thomas’ limits due to his Cerebral Palsy.  They really enjoyed each other.


2.  My New “BLUE” painting

I made this while watching the news. Just sayin.  It’s very bizarre but fun.  Don’t worry, I’m still taking my meds.

3. A decrease in my car insurance monthly cost.  So, I don’t drive a hundred miles a week and the insurance company cut my rate due to the COVID 19.  Good.

4. My new LARGE mesh strainer. Somehow, my large (8 inch diameter)mesh strainer disappeared and I needed it for making cold brew coffee. ( yes, I went back to half and half coffee-one cup in the morning.). So, I ordered a new strainer from Amazon and obviously didn’t pay attention to the dimensions.

The mesh is 10 inch diameter but the whole thing is16 inches long!  commercial grade.  I told my daughter she’ll inherit it and will never need another one!  Haha

5.  Making a Jul 4th card for Thomas.  He still loves getting real mail.

On that happy note, I will call it a day in posting.  Thanks to LeeAnna for keeping us together in likes.  Please join us for more at Not Afraid of Color for more fun.

I pray you are all healthy and happy.
Take care and thank you for being here!!!

P.S.  here’s the schedule for July Christmas movies on the 2 Hallmark channels:
https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/entertainment/a32962220/hallmark-christmas-in-july-2020-movies-schedule/

Now you know what I’ll be doing all month.

      

                                           Have a great 4th!


Mary🤗