Free To Be Lovely

I find my husband extremely delightful. He’s funny and warm, and he often buys me gifts. Sometimes they’re little, like lip balm or cream, and sometimes big, like new skis or the iPad I’m using to type this blog post. Funny story about this iPad. Karl actually bought it for himself, but that week when it was to arrive, he told me I was getting a surprise in the mail. Naturally, when the iPad showed up, I thought it was for me and Karl had no choice but to let me keep it. If I recall correctly, my actual gift was pizza-flavored Keto puffs. I loved both gifts equally. :-) Whatever the gifts, they are always thoughtful and presented as a surprise. Sometimes I have to close my eyes and put out my hands and other times I have to look for it. A few days ago, my delight meter jumped a notch when Karl brought home a package of mini weiners from the grocery store. I love this man! With being stuck at home so much, I’ve been trying out different Keto recipes as well as experimenting with...

Just before we got the official word to work from home because of COVID-19, we, like everyone else, stocked up on food and supplies for 14 days in case we couldn’t go to the stores. Karl thought we should replace the digital thermometer in our first aid kit in case we needed to test ourselves for fever. Turns out the thermometer wasn’t working. Good idea. Five weeks ago, like toilet paper, hand sanitizer, and bidets, thermometers were hard to come by. Fortunately, Karl found one on Amazon. It was cheap, but delivery would take three weeks. He snagged it. When it finally arrived, like crazy people cooped up too long, we ripped open the package and shoved it under my tongue. We waited 10 seconds and pulled it out. The temperature wasn’t right. It was way too low. “My turn, my turn,” Karl seemed to say as he immediately stuck the thermometer in his mouth. We could see the number on the display increasing. We waited 10 seconds. Same thing. No beep. No indication it was done like our ol...