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woodsprite

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10. I started that over the weekend.
Mon Mar 9, 2020, 12:58 PM
Mar 2020

I made a huge batch of sweet italian sausage vegetable soup. It made 3 meals - 1 for last night, and 2 for the freezer. When I was at the grocery store yesterday, I bought about 10 days worth of meals. When I go again, I'll do the same. Have to clean out our two freezer's first. I'll cook what I can to make dinners for us, but truthfully, there is stuff that needs to be tossed that I've just neglected dealing with. Now I feel an urgent need to get this done and go into squirrel mode. The bill for 10 meals (dinners) was about $175 from Food Lion. I didn't mess with coupons. If I had, I could have done much better. We already have stuff for breakfasts and lunches.

Work has advised everyone (hubby and I both work at the same place) to prepare to self-quarantine and work from home for 14 days or longer once Delaware gets hit. I have a boss who just this morning flew out to St. Lucia for a week. I hope she self-quarantines when she gets back. St. Lucia may be fine, but there is no telling who she was on the plane or in the airport with.

My husband, myself, and our 26yo daughter attended a "Five Wishes" presentation at church yesterday for end of life considerations. They said that anyone filling out any of the forms can feel free to keep a backup copy in their church file and let their families know it's there. I'm worried about our 19yo son. He has a cruise to the Bahamas planned with his girlfriend's family in August, and as of right now, they're all still planning on going. I told him he's young and healthy, but her mom isn't, neither is her grandfather, and his girlfriend herself has T2 diabetes, asthma, and is taking meds that supress her immune system. He should be thinking of them as well.

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Nice idea! Newest Reality Mar 2020 #1
I have been urging dear ones to do just this, while trying not to freak them tf out - Leghorn21 Mar 2020 #2
Which "US"? brooklynite Mar 2020 #3
meaning which government official will be fired by Trump DBoon Mar 2020 #4
And who is "AFP"? marybourg Mar 2020 #6
Agence France-Presse - the AP of Europe Dennis Donovan Mar 2020 #7
More the AP of France... brooklynite Mar 2020 #9
Yes, to be precise Dennis Donovan Mar 2020 #11
Merci. marybourg Mar 2020 #13
Agence-Free Presse... 2naSalit Mar 2020 #8
Merci. marybourg Mar 2020 #12
I told you the day was still young. underpants Mar 2020 #5
I started that over the weekend. woodsprite Mar 2020 #10
Self-deleting - no other sources and AFP isn't offering up anything else. Dennis Donovan Mar 2020 #14
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