Spring 2020: Quarantine Edition

 It's 2020 ..... an abnormal new normal!!!
We are under quarantine in the United States..... stay at home orders, only essential business, parks are closed, churches, schools, and for us my family! We have a family of sixteen. Add to that nine spouses or significant others, and five grandchildren....we could be arrested for getting together!
It's almost Easter and everyone goes to church and gathers here to celebrate our RISEN SAVIOR!
This year it will be very quiet and small with only five of us here! I don't know how to cook small....
That's only the half of it! Everyone is getting cabin fever as the weather gets warmer, the sun is calling as well as blue skies and green grass.
Last week, my husband Bill showed off his phone proficiency (at least he gets an A for trying) by getting our church service on zoom.... I told him to just do audio, but he did video as well .... so everyone could see each other. I just told him to not include me in his video!
After a bit, Bill went upstairs to get ready for a shower.......hmmmmm , can you see where this is going??? 
As Bill was climbing the stairs, my daughter Sarah saw Bill heading up the stairs in his pajamas.
The problem was Sarah was at her house because she was on the church video ...Sarah started texting my daughter Elisabeth (who lives here) to warn her because she could tell that this could REALLY become a situation!!!
Elisabeth started laughing so hard she was having a hard time yelling at Bill to turn the video off...and Bill made it to the bathroom, and he finally heard Elisabeth warning him that everyone that logged into the church service could see him.
THANK GOD that people only saw his p.j.s and his face!
Elisabeth couldn't stop laughing, and I was so embarrassed for him! 
When he finally finished showering and came downstairs he was laughing about it too.....
It's really true about a little knowledge being dangerous!!!
As Proverbs 17:22
"Laughter does good, like medicine"
We all had a good dose!!

That was just part one..... Bill and I decided to get curbside service at a nearby restaurant for breakfast.We got our food, and went by the church that we had our first date at. We drove by the pond that is one of our favorite prayer places.
We were about to eat and Bill saw another person pull up so of course Bill wanted to say hi. He got out of the car and they exchanged pleasantries, and then we finished our meal and decided we would go by a lake....... that is if we could find one that was open....these stay at home rules are really stressful!
We got on the road and there was a really loud clunk on the trunk of the car, really puzzling, that is until I asked him where his phone was..We went back and sure enough , it was lying in the middle of the road! At first he only found the case but finally found the phone. Someone had already driven over it so it was not only broken, but curved into a smile shape.So, ....change of plans! We first went to the phone store, but because of the pandemic all non essential businesses were closed. Bill has all of his business contacts on his phone, so he needed to have it.Next, we headed to Best Buy as they had curbside service. He picked out a phone, but they wanted our social security numbers and the computer didn't accept either one of ours...my daughter later told us it was probably because they would use his tax number for a business account....MORE FRUSTRATION!
Bill needed to have computer access, so he decided to buy a laptop for his business. 
I have been asking for a laptop for years and he asked the salesman if they had anything Id like. I just happened to have a picture on my phone of the one I've been wanting and of course I asked if I could get it in ROSE GOLD! They said I could get it in two business days delivered to me.. so here I am writing on my lovely new laptop!
Romans 8:28
"all things work together for good to those who love God"

Now for part three
Bill and I didn't let all the strange events ruin our day...We went by three lakes, but more importantly enjoyed some much needed time together!
Then to top off the day had ice cream!

On Monday, Bill took his ruined mess of what used to be a phone to the phone store.....Got a new phone, but no data could be saved. In typical Bill fashion though, he pointed out that the case he bought for his old phone was guaranteed for life.... and would they stand by their promise....Well, this story ends where it started ...
Proverbs17:22
"Laughter works like good medicine" (I don't think the employee knew Bill was serious)

All the best,

Laurie