What have you done with your time so far?

[William of Walworth]

Yesterday and today's biggest achievements for me were cleaning and clearing out two sets of shelves in our middle room.
First one holds 250 of my ancient cassette tapes (I posted about this in the '3 positives' thread on H & S), and the second one a load of books .

But it's insane how much dust gathers on things that you don't touch for over eleven years ........ these are sets of shelves that I brought from my old flat to Swansea when I moved here in December 2008!

festivaldeb is not greatly houseproud either, to say the least, but we were both shocked at the mad filth levels, and at how much I'd neglected all this stuff -- both the tape and book collections contain some seriously great things.

But everything is spanking clean now!
Great what can be done in a Dry April (for us both) and when all the pubs are closed

Another set of shelves to work on for me tomorrow (mainly containing deb's DVDs, so probably a bit less dust .... )

 

[Mation]

Gonna put on some boots, yeah.

If that pesky danny la rouge hadn't liked it already I might have got away with editing that to:

Got peroxide from Boots, yeah.

Made me laugh more, anyway

 

[William of Walworth]

From page one of this thread, but only posted earlier today -- I've just seen this.

Just in case anyone is concerned, a lot of us sitting at home aren't having a holiday, we're skint and terrified about the future of our work and homes as well as our health. A household not having any job to go to or be able to do at least in part from home, and with no real idea of whether work that we were doing before this will still exist to go back to even next year, or at any point in the future, let alone in the next few weeks, is terrifying, but is the case for many of us. It's not like some sort of extended party that those of you still working might imagine to be the case. It's very frightening. I wish I could work from home.

Hello Epona -- your post really got to me and I really do sympathise.
Just like I sympathise with anyone at the moment who has cash and job problems. I really hope you, and everyone, finds that matters end much better than the worst case scenarios. Good luck!

I also fully appreciate that it must be very hard to read about so many people having an easier time.
I do understand that people in positions like mine (I'm an off-work but paid Civil Servant) have been very lucky compared to many others.

Here's to life improving for everyone, if and when possible!

 

[danny la rouge]

If that pesky danny la rouge hadn't liked it already I might have got away with editing that to:

Got peroxide from Boots, yeah.

Made me laugh more, anyway

It was funny.

 

[heinous seamus]

It takes me forever to do anything. It took me about 3 weeks to paint a fence. It wasn't even a big fence.

 

[pinkmonkey]

I was going to try that - saw it here:

Don’t save Aquafaba for Scrabble - here’s how to use the vegan miracle ingredient

Aquafaba, AKA chickpea water, can be used instead of eggs, and has now made it into the Scrabble dictionary. Here are three recipes to try

www.theguardian.com

should i not bother?

I didn’t even get to that stage - saved some chickpea water in the fridge, it went off, I chucked it out.

 

[pinkmonkey]

I’ve worked a bit. Lucky to still have some work. I’ve not attended any Zoom parties or owt like that. I made one facemask which Im quite pleased with? It has wire in the seam so it fits and my specs dont steam up. I didn’t get out of bed until 4.30pm on BH Monday, thats some sort of record. I’ve rung friends and family more than normal. I’ve sat outside chatting to my lockdown crew a lot. Me and a neighbour got hammered on whisky coffees one Saturday. I planted some seeds. I’ve spent one day a week doing a horriffic Costco/supermarket shop for us, our neighbours, an old neighbour who has COPD and is shielding and a mates foodbank Community charity thingy. We beat our previous time and came in at just under 5 hours of retail hell today. We took everyones washing to the launderette on Monday, it filled the car. Apart from the retail hell, my life hasn’t changed much. We’re hermits, we already WFH, we’re built for this. But I really miss my parents, my brother sent photos and it teared me up. Oh and it’s day 25 of lockdown for me and I still have not done any yoga.

 

[Mation]

I’ve worked a bit. Lucky to still have some work. I’ve not attended any Zoom parties or owt like that. I made one facemask which Im quite pleased with? It has wire in the seam so it fits and my specs dont steam up. I didn’t get out of bed until 4.30pm on BH Monday, thats some sort of record. I’ve rung friends and family more than normal. I’ve sat outside chatting to my lockdown crew a lot. Me and a neighbour got hammered on whisky coffees one Saturday. I planted some seeds. I’ve spent one day a week doing a horriffic Costco/supermarket shop for us, our neighbours, an old neighbour who has COPD and is shielding and a mates foodbank Community charity thingy. We beat our previous time and came in at just under 5 hours of retail hell today. We took everyones washing to the launderette on Monday, it filled the car. Apart from the retail hell, my life hasn’t changed much. We’re hermits, we already WFH, we’re built for this. But I really miss my parents, my brother sent photos and it teared me up. Oh and it’s day 25 of lockdown for me and I still have not done any yoga.

Love and hugs to you and El Jugs xx

(Didn't rhyme that intentionally. Well. A little bit xx)

 

[purenarcotic]

Gone to work as normal. Nothing has really changed in my day to day except that the roads are much quieter, the buses are coming less often and now we queue to get into the shops. Most frustrating is the not being able to go anywhere at weekends / have people round

 

[friendofdorothy]

I joined Headspace meditation app. I've given up on headspace after 6 mins of blah...

I've mended the black hole in the sofa (that has been a sitting hazard for a couple of years now) with wire, elastic and padding

I've made new net curtains to rplace the ones that have been hanging in shreads for months.

I've cleared a block grid/ drain. Don't think I've ever said shit so much. Very satisifying loud whosh when a mini fat burg finally dislodged.

 

[Dogsauce]

 

[Clair De Lune]

Made a dead tasty pie yesterday. Never used vegan cream before or cheese but I did manage a real yum twist on chicken and mushroom pie. I also made some paper bunting that I hung up in my hedge. So today I'll probably just be lazy.

 

[William of Walworth]

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You made this? I'm well impressed -- it's a better Clifton Suspension than Brunel's!

 

[purenarcotic]

Not sure why my post prompted sad faces?! I would go nuts having to stay indoors all the time, I’m quite pleased that things haven’t changed as drastically as it has for others!

 

[Mation]

I've made new net curtains to rplace the ones that have been hanging in shreads for months.

Why would anyone hang net curtains in their shed, I wondered

 

[QueenOfGoths]

I've kept working and also had a stay at home holiday
I've put on weight
I've worried about putting on weight
I've tried to start various crochet and other projects. I've failed.
I've worried about failing.
I've started Fallout 4 for the third time
I've worried about the small one playing too many video games but done nothing about it
I've been very tired
I've been very tetchy
I've kept up with my running
I've done the Joe Wicks work out precisely once
I've made some candles
I've not slept enough
I've nearly finished a book but my concentration has gone to shit
I've cleaned the kitchen
I've cleaned the bathroom
I've not shouted at anyone
I have cried
I am keeping an intermittent lockdown journal
I've realised how much I like my own space
I've made a stone age axe
I've helped make a bow and arrows

Erm... those, in no particular order, are the highlights!

 

[William of Walworth]

QueenOfGoths : we happen to have had more goods than bads, but we're just lucky -- there's always going to be a real positives/negatives mixture in all this!

 

[A380]

During the week? Work watch the 10 o’clock news sleep repeat.

 

[Dogsauce]

You made this? I'm well impressed -- it's a better Clifton Suspension than Brunel's!

It’s inauthentically symmetrical, as pointed out by my smartarse brother, there’s only side windows on one of the towers, which I’ve since corrected with a bit more Duplo. It’s going to spoil my enjoyment of looking at the real thing knowing that now though.

 

[maomao]

No big projects achieved as largely paralysed by anxiety but have sorted the garden (did that as soon as the schools cloosed cause the kids need the running around space), have a very tidy house and have been doing 90 mins of yoga and weights six days a week before anyone else gets up. My insomnia is raging so I'm up from about 2 most days.I have a leaky tap desperately needs sorting it but I'm not much of a plumber so am hoping it will fix itself.

I would love to just watch tv and read books but kids need activity and company 12-13 hours a day. Biggest acievement has been keeping it together in the first place. The kids are happy and the older one is being very very strong.

 

[xes]

Having trouble getting motivated today. So getting stoned and drunk instead.

 

[Sapphireblue]

am lucky that i can wfh easily and my job / income is not at risk and i do not have kids / pets to herd at this awkward time.
first two weeks of lockdown co-incided with a hellishly busy time at work (unrelated) so initially all i did was work, eat, drink and sleep.
easter weekend consisted of some relaxing, eating, drinking and ignoring my life admin that had stacked up and the weight i had put on.
now back to normal at work so hoping to get some stuff done but not going to stress if i don't.
i have reluctantly accepted that there is no such thing as popping to the shops anymore, plan ahead and expect it to take hours...
other than shops i have been out once in the last few weeks to post a card. it was exciting.

 

[Hollis]

My DIY 'project' of lifting up half the attic flooring is progressing at snails pace... I loathe DIY so have limited myself to 25 minutes per session.

So far in a month of self-isolation I've managed 3 sessions. In the first I found the power drill, figured out how to use it again and then charged it. In the second I went up in the roof space and established how to remove screws from the attic boards. Following a week's recuperation, in the 3rd session today I suceeded in removing the rest fo the scews.

The next exciting session will be a) finding something to lift the boards with b) figuring out how to lift the boards, and c) marking them so I know how to put them back.

Exciting stuff.

 

[Doctor Carrot]

As much as this guy?

(there are some great replies from the deadpan to the tragic to the silly to the angy)

Have you achieved anything even if it's not die or kill someone?

I will get round to something eventually, I'm sure

I've played Russian roulette with an incurable and novel coronavirus that causes pneumonia on a daily basis by doubling my hours at work. I've also been sleeping.

 

[quiet guy]

Read books, listened to the radio, sat in the sun in the back yard and walked around the local area each evening.

 

[Mogden]

I've dragged my inherited cast iron fireplace surround out of the cellar and intend to give it a blast with the power washer as it's snapped in one part and so can't be sandblasted to get rid of the paint. It will either dislodge the paint, unlikely as it seems quite firmly on, or give me a clean surface to attack it with chemicals to strip the paint. Also pulled out the pallet best mate Mogden gifted me yonks ago. Really want to make a garden sofa bed thing with it but I've not the skills or the complete materials for it so I'll clean it and then have a think. A DIY course is high on my list of things to do when I get out of this lockdown.

 

[krink]

mostly working from home - alone and stressed. i work somewhere in the benefits system and well over a million new uc claims in the first two weeks will give you an idea of how much the workload has gone up. it's so busy i only got my lunch break at 4 today. at least i spent it in the garden.

 

[cyril_smear]

I scrolled to the bottom of Facebook.

 

[RubyToogood]

In some ways life is not radically different. I WFH and don't get out much due to chronic illness anyway.
It's arguably more relaxing as there is no pressure to go and Do Things I may not be feeling well enough to do.
I've done an awful lot of gardening.
I've started doing yoga for the first time.

On the flip side, I've spent an insane amount of time on the Where am I on Google Earth? thread. Even my intentions to watch films and listen to podcasts have disappeared into a pit of internet time.

E2A: Oh and I made aquafaba mayo quite successfully.

 

[ChrisD]

Although the allotment looks tidier than normal my greatest achievement is finishing this bottle which has been at the back of our cupboard for about 10 years and at my parents house since I think about 1970....so maybe 50 years old. One glass after some evening meals over the last 4 weeks. Almost got the taste for it.