avonlady6390 Posted May 2, 2020 #251 Share Posted May 2, 2020 I'm with you all on the hair salon our governor here in Florida did not include salons in phase 1. I thought about driving a couple of hours to Georgia for a hair cut my bangs are driving me crazy. Restaurants can open up dining rooms on Monday at 25% capacity. The restaurant I work in as a server is not opening yet, so probably have another couple of weeks off not looking forward to wearing a mask at work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dosperegrinos Posted May 3, 2020 #252 Share Posted May 3, 2020 We are champing at the bit here in WA. The weather will flash forward to late Spring, Sun and Warmth beginning Monday. Still must wait until the 7th until things begin with Phase One. Do not think the Gov. will be able to hold this tight control for much longer. We were one of the first to be affected by this Virus - back in January. So, four months is just a bit too much to allow for another month of slow starts. Some not taking effect until June. More and more people are out walking, so I think that is going to be the thing to do for many soon. We have received "rave" reviews from Drs. Brix and Fauci for our ability to act like responsible adults. Hmmmmmm? Ahhh, well....Time will tell how long that will last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrak Posted May 4, 2020 #253 Share Posted May 4, 2020 Saw this today... I saw someone I knew walking by on the sidewalk outside. I immediately ran to the window and started yelling to them. Now I understand dogs. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
getting older slowly Posted May 5, 2020 #254 Share Posted May 5, 2020 After reading a lot of the comments we are all in the same "ship"'..... Half the people do not understand social distancing.... which is a worry.... getting a bit edgy being in our apartment, at least we can go out for walk.... and then the trip to the supermarket..... always enjoyed shopping.... now dread it.... soap is the new thing missing........ Still looking forward to going for a drive one day..... hope to go to the cemetery on 22nd to visit my father inlaw .. but we will see as it could be $1600 fine for driving some where without a listed reason.... Keep save and sane everybody cheers Don 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrak Posted May 5, 2020 #255 Share Posted May 5, 2020 9 hours ago, getting older slowly said: Still looking forward to going for a drive one day..... Ouch! At least we can go for a drive. We don't do so often but have gone out a couple of times to get out of the house. Your restrictions are much more severe than we have here in my town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nini Posted May 5, 2020 #256 Share Posted May 5, 2020 Hi from Washington State coast- we are not allowed to walk on OUR OWN BEACH which is .75 miles from our house! Yes, Washington is chomping at the bit. Our travel trailer is sitting in the driveway... Montana State Parks are now open, but out is staters must quarantine for 14 days before leaving their trailer. A WA family was told by the Sheriff that they had to put their campfire out, go inside their trailer and leave their campground site in the morning. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plant Posted May 7, 2020 #257 Share Posted May 7, 2020 I got a haircut this morning ☺️! Hopefully, I'll survive this expedition. Masks, gloves, 10' social distancing-I'm good! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dosperegrinos Posted May 7, 2020 #258 Share Posted May 7, 2020 Yegads! Sounds like a true expedition. Did you need mosquito netting and a Pith helmet? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrak Posted May 7, 2020 #259 Share Posted May 7, 2020 (edited) Celebrated our 48th anniversary yesterday. Drove to Almendra Winery & Distillery in Durham - a very small town nearby where I lived when I was young - and purchased a pizza and 2 bottles of sanitizer that they are producing. (One leaked on the way home and almost the entire bottle of 144 proof alcohol sanitizer leaked out. I have a very sanitized spot on the floor of my truck.) Ordered it all in advance to be picked up. Drove from there to the Durham Park. In the very large park there were very few people. We were never closer than about a bazillion feet from anybody else. We sat in the shade and ate our pizza. We did interact at a store on the way home as we stopped at Schubert's Ice Cream and bought cones of freshly made ice cream. (We ate them in the truck.) Pretty snazzy anniversary celebration. It was soooooooooooo good to be out. Note: For those who feel we violated the rules I offer the "official" info from the local government website for our area: A few local restaurants have announced they are going to start allowing inside dining with restrictions. Although we would love to at least go out for breakfast we won't be doing so. To quote Ducky from The Land Before Time, "Nope, nope, nope." Edited May 7, 2020 by Thrak 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reader0108598 Posted May 7, 2020 #260 Share Posted May 7, 2020 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Thrak said: Celebrated our 48th anniversary yesterday. Drove to Almendra Winery & Distillery in Durham - a very small town nearby where I lived when I was young - and purchased a pizza and 2 bottles of sanitizer that they are producing. (One leaked on the way home and almost the entire bottle of 144 proof alcohol sanitizer leaked out. I have a very sanitized spot on the floor of my truck.) Ordered it all in advance to be picked up. Drove from there to the Durham Park. In the very large park there were very few people. We were never closer than about a bazillion feet from anybody else. We sat in the shade and ate our pizza. We did interact at a store on the way home as we stopped at Schubert's Ice Cream and bought cones of freshly made ice cream. (We ate them in the truck.) Pretty snazzy anniversary celebration. It was soooooooooooo good to be out. Note: For those who feel we violated the rules I offer the "official" info from the local government website for our area: A few local restaurants have announced they are going to start allowing inside dining with restrictions. Although we would love to at least go out for breakfast we won't be doing so. To quote Ducky from The Land Before Time, "Nope, nope, nope." Happy Anniveresary! 🙂 Edited May 7, 2020 by Reader0108598 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrak Posted May 8, 2020 #261 Share Posted May 8, 2020 We do the most "romantic" things. One time we went to the theater and saw The Expendables 2 on our anniversary. D'Oh! We had a great time and a good laugh about it though. 😎 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrak Posted May 8, 2020 #262 Share Posted May 8, 2020 I think summer is arriving. The "official" temperature is 91°F (32.8°C) but the thermometer on my front porch is reading 101°F (38.3°C). My wife actually turned on the AC. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky TGO Posted May 8, 2020 #263 Share Posted May 8, 2020 (edited) I’ll tell you how things are going in Boston it’s getting crazy. We are expecting snow Saturday this is insane.😳 The Captain of The Rowboat, Tony Edited May 8, 2020 by Lucky TGO 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheone Posted May 8, 2020 #264 Share Posted May 8, 2020 Only essential travel is allowed in our state until Mid June. My county has had 36 Coronavirus cases. Our Governor Inslee on Tuesday, May 5th did allow members of the household to be in our cars (Prior to that, only the driver}. Golfing, fishing, Landscaping, Car Washers with stringent restrictions are now allowed. No other busineses including all Professionals, including doctors and Dentists are not allowed to open. Even though Washington State has had a steady drop in Coronavirus since April 1st, Gov Inslee is keeping essential travel and businesses closed. He did order that all prisoners over 55 years old, including a serial killer that had 49 murder convictions, to be released from prison. Luckily, the Supreme court ruled against Gov. Inslee. Gov Inslee has said that there is a Silver lining with this is that there has been a 70% reduction in usage of Carbon-based fuel. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrak Posted May 8, 2020 #265 Share Posted May 8, 2020 13 hours ago, Lucky TGO said: I’ll tell you how things are going in Boston it’s getting crazy. We are expecting snow Saturday this is insane.😳 The Captain of The Rowboat, Tony Snow? We're expecting 99 degrees today... I've never really lived where it snows. In the winter we can drive 20 minutes up the hill for lots of snow if we like. We do get a "light sprinkling" every 30 years or so that "might" stick for 30 minutes. I'm not a fan of cold weather. I usually describe 49 degrees as "sub arctic". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaFej Posted May 8, 2020 #266 Share Posted May 8, 2020 (edited) This is how we do winter in SoCal: we keep it in the mountains, where it belongs. We sit under our palm trees and look at the snow. We don’t shovel it, we don’t scrape it off our windshields. We do drive twenty minutes to go play in it or 45-90 minutes to go ski in it sometimes. Edited May 8, 2020 by MamaFej Picture didn’t load first time. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruzinnana47 Posted May 8, 2020 #267 Share Posted May 8, 2020 Like LuckyTgo, we live in MA...(SE part of state)...we aren't expecting snow here tomorrow...but it's going to be COLD, rainy & windy...we were supposed to be flying from BOS to LAX TODAY to stay in LA overnight and start the 1st of our 2 cruises on 5/9. We expect to celebrate our "non-cruise" by having Margaritas and an international meal tomorrow. We just reached our 52nd anniv. this week---would have celebrated that on this trip...stocked up at our local liquor store today (or "Packy" as we call them in these parts...LOL). We all just have to do what we can to enjoy our new normal!🍷🍹🥂🍸 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogueriver Posted May 8, 2020 #268 Share Posted May 8, 2020 Hello from beautiful southern Oregon. Great weather today - in the low 90s which is rather hot for this time of year. Oregon has done a great job of keeping the COVID cases/deaths pretty low, so I appreciate the steps the state has taken. The governor will be relaxing some of the restrictions starting May 15, with distancing and masks still a requirement. I'll probably venture out rather slowly since I'm in that "vulnerable" age group, but I sure hope I can get back to Zumba classes soon. Since I haven't been to the hairdresser in almost two months, I decided it was time to finally let the grey hair see the light of day. I understand this is now the thing to do for us baby boomers, so I'll bite the bullet and give it a try! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voljeep Posted May 8, 2020 #269 Share Posted May 8, 2020 From sunny central Florida … starting to open up little by little … Florists are now open just in time for Mothers Day, as my wife got a really nice arrangement sent by our grown sons ... wife gave me a haircut today, salons still closed … thinking about cancelling instacart express, as I went to our local ( Publix ) yesterday and got exactly what we wanted, no substitutions, well, at least what was in stock ... looking forward to a July beach vacation in North Carolina … and still a potential little 5 day cruise in late November both of us lucky to be able to work a little, got plenty of food, provisions, and adult beverages Jeopardy reruns at 7:00 tonight - didn't realize Ken Jennings came very close to losing his very first game ever on Jeopardy ... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dosperegrinos Posted May 8, 2020 #270 Share Posted May 8, 2020 2 hours ago, Cruzinnana47 said: Like LuckyTgo, we live in MA...(SE part of state)...we aren't expecting snow here tomorrow...but it's going to be COLD, rainy & windy...we were supposed to be flying from BOS to LAX TODAY to stay in LA overnight and start the 1st of our 2 cruises on 5/9. We expect to celebrate our "non-cruise" by having Margaritas and an international meal tomorrow. We just reached our 52nd anniv. this week---would have celebrated that on this trip...stocked up at our local liquor store today (or "Packy" as we call them in these parts...LOL). We all just have to do what we can to enjoy our new normal!🍷🍹🥂🍸 So sorry about that. Having had to cancel at other times I remember feeling quite sad when thinking about where "we should've been" on that day at that time. However sounds like you have the situation well in hand and glass. Congratulations! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nini Posted May 8, 2020 #271 Share Posted May 8, 2020 GOOD THINGS: We are at a sunny 75 degrees on the Washington coast today... BEAUTIFUL with a slight breeze. SAD THINGS: Today, I officially canceled our British Isles Cruise on the TA website; cancelled the hotel and private shore excursion. NOT SO GOOD: The same itinerary for 2021 is on an older ship and $2000.00 more for our type of cabin (We happen to like the older ship though). GOOD NEWS: We can walk on our own beaches again! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avonlady6390 Posted May 8, 2020 #272 Share Posted May 8, 2020 For those in florida starting on Monday the governor is allowing salons to open up except for those counties that haven't started phase 1. That will be nice since I'm in need of a haircut. That cold front went through here it was 49 degrees this morning fortunately no snow. I grew up in it and don't miss it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coopco Posted May 9, 2020 #273 Share Posted May 9, 2020 (edited) California is starting Phase 2 today where select retail can open with curbside pickup (e.g. clothing, home and furniture, books, music, sporting goods, florist) and other businesses like manufacturing, warehouses, construction can resume. It's more restrictive than other states (except evidently Washington from what I can gather from the posts) but I'm very grateful to the leadership of California for their handling of the pandemic. They are saying Sacramento has the lowest coronavirus infection rate of any large U.S. metro area. Both my husband and I are able to telecommute for work, which make us feel very fortunate. Today would have been the last night of our cruise. Each night I go through what we likely would have ordered in the MDR with my husband. But it's like he's never been on a cruise before. Evidently he just doesn't recognize they have repeating menus cruise to cruise. On a really positive note, I scored my favorite brand of toilet paper and paper towels today but I would have been happy with any brand at this point. We were down to our last 4 pack of toilet paper. My sister thinks it's funny how excited everyone gets when they are able to buy toilet paper or paper towels these days because I had to email her today when I got back from shopping. Stay healthy and can't wait to see you on a cruise when it's safe. P.S. Watched YouTube and gave myself a haircut yesterday. I don't think it looks bad but my hairdresser is going to have a fit when she sees me! Edited May 9, 2020 by coopco addition 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug R. Posted May 9, 2020 #274 Share Posted May 9, 2020 Here in South Jersey we on time out for another month. I am letting my hair grow until my stepdaughters salon can open. Crazy weather. Thursday I was mowing the lawn in shorts; last night we were covering our plants since the temps were going below freezing. We are doing well and so far my wife has not tried to kill me. We will not take action on re-booking our cancelled cruise until this pandemic is on the wane and preferably they have a vaccine. Best wishes to all. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reader0108598 Posted May 9, 2020 #275 Share Posted May 9, 2020 (edited) 20 hours ago, dosperegrinos said: Edited May 9, 2020 by Reader0108598 Delete wrong post ..lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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