The Coffee House-Come & Chat With Us!(March 2020)

[KLS52]

I always said that underneath that tough shell, he is soft inside.

I think he would be your favorite (if he isn’t already). He has such a unigue personality. A total mush, very affectionate. But so cunning and ornery when he wants something. No matter how mad he makes me sometimes, it literally lasts 5 seconds and then I can’t help but start laughing. No wonder he’s such a “Bratt”. Little did I know that when I named him that, it would be so fitting!

 

[shyvas]

I think he would be your favorite (if he isn’t already). He has such a unigue personality. A total mush, very affectionate. But so cunning and ornery when he wants something. No matter how mad he makes me sometimes, it literally lasts 5 seconds and then I can’t help but start laughing. No wonder he’s such a “Bratt”. Little did I know that when I named him that, it would be so fitting!

My ideal 'man'.

 

[Val]

Happy vernal equinox to everyone in the Northern Hemisphere!

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Thanks Amy! It definitely feels like spring over here!🌤 Haven't seen any fresh grass yet, but i think it's about to appear.

 

[Val]

Happy Friday, everyone! Giving you all a virtual hug (i think it's still safe, lol).
This is the first day of my spring vacations!
Unghshu is about to crawl outside, have a long walk around my hometown and (of course) stock up on something, if there is a chance.
The sun is bright again, so the views are going to be stunning. Here are a few photos of my Tuesday's hike. This is river Izhora with super thin ice, Proletarian st. with a church and a chapel, the bridge, and Chukhonka island (a historical home of my Finnish ancestors). The sun was so bright and it was shining me in the eye so intensively, that i couldn't see the pictures i was taking. The spring is here, but the citizens are freaking out, so it feels like a countryside settlement,- not a town with 300000-population.

 

[Chryssie]

Morning/afternoon y'all! It is another beautiful day but will get really warm, up in the 80's. Spring is more like summer around here. It is very dry and windy which makes my allergies act up. I would like to go to a park but it is too hot and it will make the allergies worse so I will stay home and read and watch my DVD's that I have. The library is now shut down so I can't get more though they have "curbside service" and streaming some movies. I also can watch shows on Kodi on the computer.
I am sorry to hear about California going on lockdown. Hang in there!

 

[KLS52]

These are indeed, trying times we are in. But a lot of the kids today are pretty lucky. My granddaughter, at this very moment, is having a dance class in her bedroom, via her laptop. I’m not sure if it’s a video chat or some other form of face time, etc. I’m not up on the lingo/methods used for such things today. But it’s pretty darned cool. And the whole having classes online, too.

 

[Chryssie]

I am pretty much doing what I always do on a day off when I don't want to go anywhere. It is going to get boring after a few more days though! And I was wrong about the library; it will be open tomorrow and be closed from Sunday til who knows when. I will take back the book I finished and the DVD's and get some more.

 

[hungryraccoon]

Well schools, restaurants, cafes, gyms, bars etc etc are closed now so although we are not on lockdown we are not too far off. Hoepfully people are sensible & we can stop this situation from getting too bad & therefore resume some normality in the not too distant future.

 

[Amy SF]

Day #5 of the quarantine, and I’m officially bored. For an introvert, that’s saying a lot.

 

[PTree15]

Well schools, restaurants, cafes, gyms, bars etc etc are closed now so although we are not on lockdown we are not too far off. Hoepfully people are sensible & we can stop this situation from getting too bad & therefore resume some normality in the not too distant future.

Same here. We're one step away from shelter in place. I still have to take care of my dad in the next state over, so I hope they don't start restricting traffic and whatnot. One positive: Liquor stores can stay open. I think people would have had serious fits if they were to be closed.

 

[Chryssie]

Day #5 of the quarantine, and I’m officially bored. For an introvert, that’s saying a lot.

I can't imagine being confined to one room! Is that the case Amy? You can't even leave your room?

 

[Amy SF]

I can't imagine being confined to one room! Is that the case Amy? You can't even leave your room?

We are encouraged to stay in our rooms to minimize exposure to others, but it’s not mandatory, AFAIK. We can leave for small periods of time (such as to retrieve our mail), but there’s nothing going on and hardly anyone around. And we’re discouraged from leaving the building. We were informed that if we do, when we return we’d be strictly quarantined and monitored for 72 hours. And during that time we’re definitely not leaving the room. Yeah, nope, don’t want that.

 

[Val]

Day #5 of the quarantine, and I’m officially bored. For an introvert, that’s saying a lot.

Hi Amy! This is odd: i've just been thinking of you, and here you are! Unghshu's fooling around, watching videos about Salton sea! So many weird things around that place! Looks like our (almost disappeared) Aral sea (between Kazakhstan and Uzbekhistan). IMO, Salton sea is a beautiful yet a sad place. Very fascinating. I wonder, have you been there? And how did you like it?
(I particularly liked these 3 links). It would be great to visit a place like this and see it with my own eyes. Btw, in some places, it looks somewhat like Armenian Sevan, that i was going to visit this summer, but... you know that my plans have been cancelled (you also can guess why).

 

[Mischief]

This was me, leaving the local Aldi this morning, after being told they were limiting cat food purchases to 6 cans per customer. (We feed 36 cans per day, plus dry cat food):


Fortunately, my sister managed to hit three other Aldis on her way to her medical appointment today, and none of them were rationing their cat food.

 

[silva]

I wonder how going to Trader Joes Sat morning would be like? There's a few things I would really like to get there.

And has anyone tried their No chik'n seasoning? Wondering how salty it is, so many blends have too much salt ratio to other seasoning

 

[silva]

This was me, leaving the local Aldi this morning, after being told they were limiting cat food purchases to 6 cans per customer. (We feed 36 cans per day, plus dry cat food):
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Fortunately, my sister managed to hit three other Aldis on her way to her medical appointment today, and none of them were rationing their cat food.

Do you have a Tractor Supply to try this canned food? For the price it's comparable and a larger can. Are you getting the small cans from Aldi?

https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/4health-chicken-brown-rice-cat-food-132-oz-can-1045612?cm_mmc=feed-_-GoogleShopping-_-Product-_-1045612&gclid=Cj0KCQjw09HzBRDrARIsAG60GP8C2ho6dyWEoFOuXfLhneJzsghaPuA5cZVtab0VwTMArPZ-zml9JdsaAmD4EALw_wcB

 

[Sax]

Hi Amy! This is odd: i've just been thinking of you, and here you are! Unghshu's fooling around, watching videos about Salton sea! So many weird things around that place! Looks like our (almost disappeared) Aral sea (between Kazakhstan and Uzbekhistan). IMO, Salton sea is a beautiful yet a sad place. Very fascinating. I wonder, have you been there? And how did you like it?

I lived near the Salton Sea when I was really young, some of my first memories are of that area. But if I visited the actual sea I don't remember it

 

[shyvas]

I am pretty much doing what I always do on a day off when I don't want to go anywhere. It is going to get boring after a few more days though! And I was wrong about the library; it will be open tomorrow and be closed from Sunday til who knows when. I will take back the book I finished and the DVD's and get some more.

I would certainly steer clear of the library and am amazed that it's still open.

 

[shyvas]

Well schools, restaurants, cafes, gyms, bars etc etc are closed now so although we are not on lockdown we are not too far off. Hoepfully people are sensible & we can stop this situation from getting too bad & therefore resume some normality in the not too distant future.

With the large amount of cases since the last few days and an incident in a North London hospital yesterday, the city should already be in a lockdown.

 

[hungryraccoon]

With the large amount of cases since the last few days and an incident in a North London hospital yesterday, the city should already be in a lockdown.

Yes, I agree & the general public havent been taking it seriously at all.