Covid 19|| Week 3

Week 3 brought the cases closer to Daviess and Martin Co, by week end it had officially 

arrived - quite certain it was already here this was just the most official record.

The covid 19 quarantine certainly has increased the bonding between these too.

Most days its competitive but it seems to work for both of them

Early in the week, the Wittmer catering special was posted so we ordered one for our family.

It was well timed and tasted delicious after a long shift of  on Friday night that week -work 8-7 and the farm is ramping up too so DH got home late. A lot of the food businesses are being creative

with take out - they have been ordered closed for dining in.  All weddings and graduations parties

have been cancelled - so we are ordering out some to help keep these businesses successful (and a little to keep our sanity too).

We have been abundantly blessed with food and every single thing we need

during the quarantine. The school does kids lunches every Tuesday and this is

one weeks items!  We skipped a week because we had trouble getting thru the 

first two weeks' supply!  Thankful for our blessings.

Grandma has generously worked hard Sam's elementary/middle school tshirt quilt over the winter

and it worked perfect for Sam to help finish it up over this break.  He has not slept without it

since it came home.

He and DH also worked hard to redo his headboard into his preferred team...

the blanket finishes it perfectly.

More evidence of the competitive love

Oh and the difference in these two...Joe constantly has a project. Above he is drilling 

a tennis ball so attach to a self made agility ball suspended from his fan in his bedroom.

It worked exactly as you might have imagined.

And Sam below - aside from missing his friends and golf - he's pretty satisfied. 

Haha, he has done some pretty productive things, too...

And then we found out that school ordered closed for the rest of the school year.

Much disappointment from our family.  It meant so many things we look forward to and enjoy

were cancelled as well.  

We continue to be thankful for health and jobs 

and the additional family time with which we have been blessed.  

There has also been an increased reliance on God that comes when times are uncertain.  

This is something that I struggle to maintain at the level which i should...when times are good my reliance wanes a little - certainly now the reliance on God is at a peak.

I've begun to think on how to capture a portion of this when everything returns to "normal".

How do we keep the peace that comes with knowing we have nowhere to run off to or 

no urgency in completing a project because if we don't we will be so busy we can't...

or does it make us to complacent?  

I found time to clean out my fiesta cabinet and multitask as I listened to Joe recite bible memory verses.  It took a portion of 2 days - and I worked an 11 hour shift in between those.

In the past, I would have never started a project like this 

and know it wouldn't be complete the same day!  

I enjoyed it this time.

We were gifted with Grandma Great's (Ida) china - the picture above is certainly Ida's china but we aren't sure of it's original origin.

And this china was given to Ezra and Ida when they got married - 6 sets each from their parents.

I also have my Grandmother Summers China - 

I mentioned that quarantine has brought us new meals...Ramens were in the school package...and NONE of us has had them.  They kinda taste like Lipton bagged noodles but I don't think there is any danger in them becoming a favorite for any of us! 

Boo!  I missed seeing my baseball loving boy play his last year of "Little League".
And so it sinks in that I also missed the last of the 6th grade (middle school) milestones for Joe
and 8th grade (junior high) milestones for Sam - these hail in comparison to health
or other larger milestones or events - but still missed in our family.


Bless Grandma's heart, she has been determined to feed me at work during this,
I am not missing meals, it's the one thing we can do!  HA
She made a delicous chicken/rice casserole and cupcake from Sam!
This week though (Week 4) she brought me salad...wonder if she got a sneak peek at me sometime
between this meal and the salad delivery!!  Tee hee. 


Rounding out week 3 still garbed up at work.
 I also wore my mask to grocery and hardware store this week. 

The Power Outage During Quarantine

And if the quarantine would not be enough...

there was the severe storm straight line winds storm Wednesday night

around 930 - there had been thunderstorms predicted and we were undering warning.

Dan got home around 915 and was in the shower...the winds really picked up 

and we headed downstairs. He couldn't believe we left him upstairs - he later

told me as he was looking out on the front porch (insert eyeroll emoji).

We did not have much damage aside from deadish trees blowing over

and limbs everywhere and the power went out.

It would be a 24 hour power outage, but we were not aware of that at the time!

Before bed, the boys played a round of Otrio by phone light.

And I got ready by phone light and headed into work figuring I'd grab coffee

there when the power came back on...at 9:30 Dan arrived with a temporary generator (we thought)

to save the refrigerator drugs, thank goodness he filled it up with gas. 

So my savior came in the fashion of Joe rigging up my Keurig for coffee - best coffee ever.

Seriously, the closet coffee would have been 7 miles in either direction Shoals or Montgomery.

Everyone else Grandma and the farm was out of power too. 

Grandma's house and the farm had damage like this.

We waited out the storm at work. We cleaned and answered the drive thru

for a very select few patients (they were all out of power too) and talked over options with the bosses.

We took care of oxygen patients who needed an emergency supply, we got lunch

and sat and ate it together - THAT NEVER HAPPENS!

And then at 2pm when this was posted and the earliest prediction of restored power was 6pm, 

we called it.  We closed for the day around 230 and Allison and I packed up the drugs

and drove them to Washington for storage for the night.  

Oh and this posted picture got nice comments, I didn't have the heart to tell everyone the photo
was from 10 years ago. Maybe they will forget about that picture when they all see me after quarantine again!?!

After we secrured the drugs DH moved this generator to our house to save our 

fridge and freezer items. 

It had gotten chilly so we lit our gas fireplace

And then at 830 we got word that power was back on in town - sure enough it was.

I went in to process the day's work to be ready for fill on Friday.

Joe came along to make an Easter Egg Hunt for the staff for Good Friday!

I checked the fridge temp to make sure it was good before I left for the night.

Dan called us at 930 and said our power was back on at home.

On Friday morning, Joe and I went down and got the drugs to bring back to work 

by 8 - I rewarded him with DQ B&G for working late getting up early!
So thankful for the power company workers (linemen, but I'm guessing there were women working someone too either front lines or behind the scenes).  

In the sterilizer above and by the vintage pharmacy items below.

Back home the boys asked to make the Walker littles a fun hunt so we made them some eggs

And Allison called us from home trying to bribe us to tell here where the prize egg was...

they looked ALL day and finally at 630pm Tony found it. It was in the pharmacy all along - she could not believe it!  She was fired up. Fun memories.

This power outage during quarantine was one to remember.

Theo William Callahan

Theo William Callahan

4.7.20

7 lbs 13 oz - 22 in.

9:55 a.m.

Theo William made his appearance on Tuesday and we were excited to find out (around 2pm) that

we had added another boy to the Walker family.

His gender and name were a surprise and what a treat he has been so far.  

I was texting his mama about the cookies she had baked, decorated AND dropped

off for my boys just a day before he was born!  She texted back the morning he was born

that she was glad we like them...she was in labor, silly girl.

She likes surprises tho...and she got us on this one too.

We were so thankful that among all the illness and uncertainty surrounding us

that Theo and mama (and dad) were happy and healthy.

I had picked up this outfit at H&M since it was cute and gender neutral - he didn't make it home in it though, a little mess before the exit was finalized!

We got our first glimpse on Wednesday afternoon when we did our visit - quarantine style.

My goodness he is so handsome.  His features are like his older sibs - that dark hair tho!!!

Family of Five.

Fist bumps and high fives - I'd say we left some prints, ha!

Those first snuggles with baby Theo - and the older two -

are going to be so very special. 

Until then, we are praying for health and safety!