Here We Go Again

Saturday 15th August, 2020 lockdown take two, day three. It’s looking like a golden winter/spring weekend and we are all at home staying safe. Interesting word home, maybe this says it all…

As humans it’s all about people, those we love and those we’ve lost, but embracing the living is what this crazy world is all about. As we march through 2020, our lives are controlled by the governing bodies. We roll with the punches, many of us are feeling pretty bruised right now.

Kiwis are pretty resilient and the business confidence strong this time, as we know we can bounce back once this outbreak is under control. And it’s up to us Aucklanders to behave and keep the rest of the country safe. Those idiots who all leapt in their cars and camper vans at 11pm on Wednesday night and headed to other parts of the country to escape lockdown three (only Auckland at this level) are selfish and thoughtless and must have really enjoyed sitting in traffic jams in the middle of the night. The rest of the country will keep our economy rolling on and us all in jobs!

On the (new) home front, Dad, George and I are settled into our daily routines. George has set up his makeshift gym in the back gazebo, and finding Sandys yoga mat very useful! I am working from home, in between household duties, and Al (dad) has a good supply of books (for now).

We received our “Hello Fresh” weekly care package. For my offshore friends, this is dinner food (everything included) for five meals. Not to look a gift horse in the mouth, a two hour marathon of preparation last night produced a gourmet spread of Turkish tabouli and koftas (I think). Said meal devoured in 10 minutes..however I did use every spice, vege, packet of stuff in the bag and there was no waste. George and I quite enjoyed the change from meat and three vegetables, not sure Al was quite as excited! Thank goodness the cook is not on dishes, I think I used half the cupboards of bowls and pans and knives etc.

So now as we wake to a chilly 7 degrees Celsius in our neighbourhood, the plan for today is cleaning and clearing. Bonus, dads lawn mowing man came yesterday so the mowing job is only the carpet! I will look for Sandys guidance when we get into the garden area as this hobby is not my forte and I will try to only cull weeds!

Until it is time to build my next “interesting” meal from a brown paper bag, all I know at this stage that it involves “Chicken Thighs”. The enclosed recipe with pictures will guide the way! Or not, I might trash it and build Butter Chicken.