Really, Are You Kidding Me?

it is 10:00 a.m. in the holy city of safed.  it is freezing here and pouring rain.  it began to warm up a bit last night and once again, it turned nasty.  i let the dogs go out this morning.  i did not feel like braving the cold or the rain.  do i need to add rabies to my little list of horrors?; like the 'rona' isn't enough to drive us mad.  i was planning on hitting the local small supermarket at 7:00 a.m.  well, that didn't  happen.  i am not going outside today.  i doubt if i could survive this storm.  i did my morning routine of washing my hands with dish soap; brushing my teeth with aloe vera toothpaste and brightener; gargling with salt water and spraying my face with antibacterial aloe vera first aid solution.  i then put in my eye drops.

i haven't broken my 16 hour fast yet nor have i had my morning tea.  i am a bit perplexed.  i had an old foot stool that was very comfortable to use with the new armchair that wasn't very comfortable. the chair was beyond cleaning.  i tried covering it with a piece of suede material which matched the chair perfectly.  i safety pinned it on until i would get around to having it made into a slip cover.  the puppy likes to open safety pins.  she also likes to eat buttons.  i recently sewed 2 buttons onto the duvet cover and she ate them.  i finally gave up with the suede slip cover after the puppy went through all of my safety pins. she then ate a huge hole out of the foot stool. it was sitting on a table out of her reach;for quite awhile.  today, i tacked down the material onto the foot stool.  i simply, couldn't stand to look at the gaping hole and dirty looking foot stool for another second. i hope the puppy doesn't rip out the basting stitches.

i talked the Sephardi grandparents into staying for awhile longer and now it is miserable outside and also inside.  i begged them to use the heaters.  i gave them a cd player with radio.  i spend most of the day watching cooking shows and competitions and of course; the 'rona'  news.  i watched my neighbor do hours of spring cleaning projects outside yesterday.  it was good to see someone outside.  i am, not so much, doing these type of projects.  i did do the kitchen and blog room windows; not that you can tell from all the rian..  i washed the kitchen curtains and i washed the slip covers of the pillows, sofa and antique chair in the living room.  i have yet, to put them back on.  i also washed the slip cover of the bed in the blog room.  this is a true chore to get the foam rubber mattress into the slip cover. i do this once a year but not every year.  i had to wash it this year because the puppy has been peeing on the bed while i blog.  isn't she so precious.

i can't spend a lot of time in the blog room because i brought the small heater downstairs.  the doors were all banging last night.  i finally went upstairs to the roof top apartment and locked the porch door.  it was so clean upstairs.  the Sephardi sisters did a great job of cleaning.  i would love to hang out upstairs.  we'll see what transpires with the family.  if they do leave i'll feel safer going downstairs to do laundry.  right now i am self isolating.

i just remembered that i have a bag of organic oats.  i made some banana pancakes.  i used two small bananas, two eggs and about half a cup of oats.  it was a bit sweet for me.  i will save them for Shabbat morning.  i also cooked up a small pot of oats and water.  i added natural peanut butter and a bit of almond milk. i didn't even add cinnamon.  the dogs lapped it up, too.  i read that we need zinc to combat the rona.  1/2 cup of steel oats does the trick.  i'm not running to buy supplements.  i am eating my way against the virus.