Life During the Pandemic...

A lot of us are stuck at home. Places are shutting down to keep us at home. Places like Walmart and Meijer (here in Fort Wayne, anyway) are staying busy. From the looks of the parking lots, nothing has changed. But when you go inside, there is a lot of change...

The change? What normally stays full is bare. Eggs--gone. Toilet paper--gone. Pasta--almost gone. Milk--depending on which store, gone. People are using their entire paychecks on food and paper products. The stores that have a department store and grocery store together are pulling their employees from the department store section to cover the grocery side which means shelves are going empty in those areas as well because no one is maintaining them. 

So while we are stuck at home, let's make the best of it which is why I'm posting this blog today. In the first picture, I shared what I did the other day with the living room. This is what it looked like before that...

I get to the point where I NEED to move the furniture around. This setting stayed the longest at about a week and a half lol. Maybe for 2 weeks. I'd been fighting the urge to move them for a while and decided I had to move them again so I did lol. The house was empty so I took advantage of my alone time and began moving things around. When you walk in the front, this was what you saw. This is what you see now..

There is a foyer between the sofa and the door so you walk through the "hallway" type foyer, walk into the living room and see a table and a sofa on the other side. I'd seen that design on HGTV but never done it until now. It does separate the two spaces...

Moving the furniture not only gives you something to do but it also allows you to really clean the room. You can get those dust bunnies that like to hide under the sofa lol. Besides rearranging the room, you can do other things like playing games with one or more people, or alone. You can write (that's what I do anyway so it's like nothing has changed for me lol). You can read. If you go to my group on Facebook (www.facebook.com/groups/argrosjean) you can find free ebooks during this pandemic. Follow the links for the book you want. I'm giving away 3. 

So if you're stuck at home, keep yourself busy. Have fun. Don't get overwhelmed. And you can still talk to people over the phone or on the computer. So if you feel lonely, get on the line and reach out to friends. Be safe, stay healthy. And I'll see you next time. Hopefully, something happy will be shared!!!