2020 - 'Nothing in your life will change until you make the decision to change'

HairyHandofDartmoor

Well done for your buying self restraint Jwil . I have mixed feelings about buying online; part of me thinks about protecting workers' health and part of me thinks about protecting jobs for the future when this virus is sorted. It all depends upon how well the retailer practices social distancing and protecting their staff, etc.

savingholmes

I too have mixed feelings about ordering but am working on the basis that I will probably order stuff until or in case at some future point they stop delivering... It does help the economy. 

jwil

HairyHandofDartmoor said:

Well done for your buying self restraint Jwil . I have mixed feelings about buying online; part of me thinks about protecting workers' health and part of me thinks about protecting jobs for the future when this virus is sorted. It all depends upon how well the retailer practices social distancing and protecting their staff, etc.

savingholmes said:

I too have mixed feelings about ordering but am working on the basis that I will probably order stuff until or in case at some future point they stop delivering... It does help the economy. 

No I totally agree, it's difficult.  The people may appreciate still working and have a wage.  But for me, there have been lots of stories about people in warehouses without adequate protection, I know that RM are stretched, I assume the couriers are too,  the bin men are struggling and having people putting out loads more rubbish and recycling due to increased online deliveries and clear outs, and as I don't 'need' anything, I am choosing not to buy.  Others are different and it doesn't mean they are wrong or that I am right.  I will happily buy from small businesses who probably appreciate every sale they are getting at the moment.  If I do order stuff, I will try to ensure I do fewer larger orders rather than lots of little orders to minimize the number of times a courier or postie has to come to my house.

Judging by my ever increasing list, I'll be on a shopping spree once this all eases off a bit anyway

brizzlegirl

Good to catch up jwil - have a good week x

jwil

brizzlegirl said:

Good to catch up jwil - have a good week x

You too Brizzle

jwil

I've had a fairly active morning which is good   Went out for my walk earlier and saw the sun coming up again.  It was blooming freezing though

I walk past a cemetery and there is a field attached to it.  They've started digging graves in this field to provide additional capacity for Coronavirus.  It's very sobering to see, and an incentive to stay at home.  It would be nice to think they do not end up being needed.

Since then, the kids have been out for their walk, they joined in with me doing a Joe Wicks workout and then they did little miss's dance class which has been put online.

I've put the kid's bedding in the wash and will do ours tomorrow.

Last night I watched The Breakfast Club on Netflix (love that film!) and started watching Tiger King as well to see what all the hype is about.  I only saw the first episode, but enjoyed it.

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That does sound  very sobering indeed well done on getting out for your walk even in the colder weather x

savingholmes

Good to get your walk in - but as you say a sobering sight. We are staying home as much as we can - only 1 trip out in the last 7 days and that was for food and medicine by DS - although DH  ended up going in to pay as DS had forgotten his card.

AdventureWanted

It's good that you went for a walk again. It's definitely sad to think of the additional grave space needed 😢. 

Have you and the children enjoyed the Joe Wicks workouts? My DH has been doing it most days with the DC. He's hoping that he'll be super fit once lockdown is over! Hope you've had a good rest of the day.x

jwil

SSDD23 said:

That does sound  very sobering indeed well done on getting out for your walk even in the colder weather x

Thank you It should be warmer again tomorrow thankfully!

savingholmes said:

Good to get your walk in - but as you say a sobering sight. We are staying home as much as we can - only 1 trip out in the last 7 days and that was for food and medicine by DS - although DH  ended up going in to pay as DS had forgotten his card.

Yes, apart from the walk (which I do at 6am) and DH and the kids go out at 8.30am ish, we are going out once a week each for shopping and that's it.

AdventureWanted said:

It's good that you went for a walk again. It's definitely sad to think of the additional grave space needed 😢. 

Have you and the children enjoyed the Joe Wicks workouts? My DH has been doing it most days with the DC. He's hoping that he'll be super fit once lockdown is over! Hope you've had a good rest of the day.x

No, the kids don't like it at all   It's quite difficult!  They've been going out for a walk instead. It popped up on my FB so I was doing it when they came home and they joined in as there wasn't long left.  Little jwil's pe teacher has been putting stuff on too, so there's plenty of variety for them.