April 2020

Well, friends. That’s a wrap.

Today is April 30, 2020.

Looking back, April was weird in a lot of ways, starting with the shortage of toilet paper. That one still kind of gets me. I don’t want to be without toilet paper any more than anyone else, but, I wonder if we’ll start to see boxes of toilet paper for sale on garage sales once this stay-at-home mandate is lifted! We won’t run out for a long time, but I went the 1-ply route because of our insufficient septic tank, and 1-ply lasts a long time. You should try it if those puffy clouds of quilted toilet paper are flying off the tube too fast. My son balked at me, when I suggested he get 1-ply. I told him, 1-ply is better than no-ply. But, I digress.

April 2020 was a great month for me, personally.
1. I took a break from posting on Facebook for a whole 30 days. I learned a few things from that.
2. Our business has always promoted at-home health and fitness…it’s not a new thing we rolled out, so nothing was different in my fitness approach.
3. I drove to town for necessities only. That was a big change. It takes 1.5 hours out of my day, for even the shortest errand in town.

With all that reclaimed time, I sewed. A lot. I’ve seen people finishing up home remodeling projects. Not me. I sewed. People cleaned their houses top to bottom. Not me. I sewed. I had started a pile for the thrift shop, before covid-19 restrictions, and it’s still at the top of the steps on the 3rd floor. Why? No place to take it. Sew.

If you go to my Instagram account, The Fit Quilter, you’ll get an idea of all the things I made in April. I only hit a few snags, when I wanted to run to town and get something, but made do with materials I had on hand.

I have so much I want to share today, but it’s sunny, the wind has stopped blowing a gale, and I’m going to spend as much time as possible out in the sunshine!

Blessings to you if April 2020 was a month you never want to experience again. I know, because of the way we lived and worked before covid19, most things didn’t change much for us. I feel very blessed about that.

Outside is calling. Time to check on my bees, what’s in bloom, which birds are coming through during migration and so on and so on!

Your friend,
Anne Dovel