What are you doing to get thru this crisis?
By Nancy Zink
@ramapo17 (30441)
Melbourne, Florida
April 11, 2020 12:44am CST
I have been enjoying my days as my husband is working everyday and I am doing a lot of yard work and getting my plants ready for the summer. I live in a gated community and I would say more than half of the people live here in the winter and live up north in the summer.
It has been very hot some days here in Florida but I go in every so often or water my plants in the garden and accidentally get wet. . The other day I went through my plant catalogs and called a small order in. I don't know when I will be able to go shopping for plants in the near future.
I have also been cleaning up all the leaves that fell off the trees and took care of some of the wilting plants. Some days are so hot I stay in the house in the air conditioning. I also propagate some of the plants I want to put in new areas. My neighbor lets me take cuttings of anything I want.
My house is so clean I keep looking for things to do. I have also been calling a lot of my friends that live up north and catch up on the things in our lives.
I try to stay off the computer until everything is done as once I get on here, I start playing games or start writing.
I am sure if you look around your home you will find some things that could use a little TLC.
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@Butterfingers (66583)
• India
11 Apr 20
Am also stuck in a way but hoping to see this pandemic end soon
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
3 May 20
This is a good time to do things we don't usually do often.
@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
3 May 20
That is one thing I am trying to get on more. I lost a couple of months for one reason or another. Now that I am almost finished in the house I really don't like going outside as it is so hot. I am not ready for the heat yet but can't wait to get some more plants.
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
3 May 20
Oh, I know that but some of them I really don't want to get involved with. Yesterday I took apart a shelf unit and washed all the glasses that were in it and put them back. There about 100 glasses there. It does look nice though so I am happy. I started outside in the yard but then when it got very hot I went inside.
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We enjoyed sleeping in (and not going to Church) the last Easter. 
@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
3 May 20
@kanuck1 You are right. I am from a family with many ministers and women that are very involved in the church. Little by little the older ones are passing away and I guess I will be one of the ones where the younger family members will go to. At one point I had 3 men that were ministers and many women that were very involved. My grandmother actually founded a church in New Jersey and it is still there plus a second one was built in the next town over.
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16754)
• China
11 Apr 20
Now you have plenty of time on your hands and do what you like or things you didn't get round to.
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@Tampa_girl7 (50179)
• United States
2 May 20
We’ve been doing the same things. Cleaning the house, shed and yard work.
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
3 May 20
It feels so good to look at all the progress I have made.
@wolfgirl569 (105820)
• Marion, Ohio
11 Apr 20
I am always busy this time of year starting to get things ready for planting season.
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@wolfgirl569 (105820)
• Marion, Ohio
3 May 20
@ramapo17 I am going to have to order some of the herbs I want.
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@ramapo17 (30441)
• Melbourne, Florida
3 May 20
@wolfgirl569 I really made a bad decision holding off on ordering. I just went online and many of the ones I picked out before are sold out. I will just have to look around for more places.
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@moffittjc (121540)
• Gainesville, Florida
12 Apr 20
I took a good look around my home, and the only thing I could find that needed a little TLC was ME! haha
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@moffittjc (121540)
• Gainesville, Florida
4 May 20
@ramapo17 My kids have been doing a wonderful job of taking care of me, especially when I was sick with the virus!
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@moffittjc (121540)
• Gainesville, Florida
7 May 20
@ramapo17 I was sick for 19 days, and then quarantined for another 14 after that.
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@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
11 Apr 20
You have gotten everything bright and shiny.
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@dgobucks226 (35552)
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9 May 20
I have been feeding my birds in the yard and enjoying watching the different kinds come to the feeder. I've also been working on my garden planting tomatoes and I'm trying out lettuce this year. I bet it must be really tiring working in that heat! Hope you remember to use sunscreen, lol.
