Author Archives: Sheryl

It’s Friday, so that means my husband and I are going to try outdoor dining again in our town. And honestly, thank goodness for it, because it brings just a little bit of normal back into our lives. This is something that we would do in “normal” times, sure we wouldn’t be eating dinner inContinue reading “Day 102 — Friday, June 26, 2020 or we’re going back to outdoor dining!”

This afternoon after work, I went outside to check on my vegetable garden. Things are really looking good out there — the spinach is thriving and my tomato plants are getting stronger and taller every day. I even have some tiny tomatoes starting on a few plants. My neighbor had some extra plants he couldn’tContinue reading “Day 101 — Thursday, June 26, 2020 or what to do with my next 100 days??”

Wow — I can’t believe that here I am on Day 100! Honestly, when I packed up some of the stuff from my office to bring home on March 16, I figured that I’d be back in 3 weeks, maybe 6 at the most. And here we are on week…I actually have no clue whatContinue reading “Day 100 — Wednesday, June 24, 2020 or this is a milestone, folks!!”

I’ve been trying to grow spinach in my backyard vegetable garden for about 10 years now, but every season something happens to it. Some years the seeds don’t even bother to grow or maybe a wild animal dug them up and ate them after I planted them. A few years, I’ve even gotten little seedlings,Continue reading “Day 99 — Tuesday, June 23, 2020 or my vegetable garden is producing!!”

My husband and I don’t have a garage on our property, so we both park outside in the driveway all year. Our cars sit side by side during snow storms, hurricanes and the annual pollen explosion that happens every darn spring. My car pretty much sits under a large oak tree and boy, does itContinue reading “Day 98 — Monday, June 22, 2020 or I finally washed my dirty car”

I attending morning mass at my local church this morning. This is the third time I’ve been back since places of worship were allowed to reopen 4 weeks ago. I tried to go last week too, but they cancelled the 5 p.m. service due to the past two week’s low attendance and of course IContinue reading “Day 97 — Sunday, June 21, 2020 or just trying to find some “normal” in my Sunday…”

Last night my husband and I went out for dinner again. This time we did outdoor dining at the local Irish pub, which in “normal” times is our go-to place for Friday night dinner. The pub finally got their white tent set up in their parking lot this past Tuesday, but it’s definitely not asContinue reading “Day 96 — Saturday, June 20, 2020 or things are becoming a tad more normal…”

My husband and I had our spare bathroom renovated a coupe of months ago. The old bathroom was just terrible — dark, cramped and outdated. There’s no window or skylight in that room, which makes it appear even smaller, but the homeowners before us decided to wallpaper the tiny space in a strange print withContinue reading “Day 95 — Friday, June 19, 2020 or yay, for Friday!”

I went for a run today — and it was definitely hot out there! About 3 miles in, I was running under a commuter rail train overpass, and found a tiny baby bunny pressed up against the stone wall. Look how small he is! He was at the lowest part of the street, where itContinue reading “Day 94 — Thursday, June 18, 2020 or today was a hot one!”

Today I went to Target to buy Father’s Day cards. Yes, Father’s Day is this Sunday and yes, I already went to Target last week to purchase Father’s Day cards. Typically, I purchase all the cards and presents for holidays such as Father’s Day, birthdays and Christmas. When we got married, my husband declared thatContinue reading “Day 93 — Wednesday, June 17, 2020 or thank goodness Target isn’t too far away”