tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552008288188142238.post3857966476334702949..comments2024-03-27T12:22:20.528-05:00Comments on Lag Liv: Highs and Lows and Summer PlansLLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04431706155081017734noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552008288188142238.post-10612259669510165722020-05-20T22:52:34.376-05:002020-05-20T22:52:34.376-05:00Hi Kim! My sister is doing so much better! I'd...Hi Kim! My sister is doing so much better! I'd say she's pretty fully recovered and we're so grateful. Thanks so much for checking :).LLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04431706155081017734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552008288188142238.post-11682202850976870762020-05-18T08:12:59.422-05:002020-05-18T08:12:59.422-05:00Hi LL, just wondering how your sister and her fami...Hi LL, just wondering how your sister and her family are doing? I was so hopeful that things could at least open up again for the summer before a second wave in the fall, and that I could even put my kids in swim lessons in July. I'm still kind of hopeful for July, but the way we've all decided to open up in May is crushing. Kimberlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14943312395483297859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552008288188142238.post-52513879420678017672020-05-05T15:27:33.349-05:002020-05-05T15:27:33.349-05:00We had to cancel a major anniversary (15 for us, 4...We had to cancel a major anniversary (15 for us, 40 for my parents) trip to Banff. Instead, we booked a last-minute trip to Yellowstone! This is normally the sort of thing I would plan 2 years in advance to get the perfect itinerary and lodge reservations, but I’m trying not to let the perfect be the enemy of the pretty great. Downside, the lodges are closed. Upside, the park isn’t allowing tour groups — which is awesome, because I HATE the tour groups that clog up the parks. We are driving out from MN, camping on the way, and staying in a condo in West Yellowstone. The very nice owner says she’ll have it all thoroughly bleached before we get there. Shelbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09495895891591780467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552008288188142238.post-26540261142542743672020-05-04T23:03:01.341-05:002020-05-04T23:03:01.341-05:00I am really appreciative of your perspective and t...I am really appreciative of your perspective and that's honestly why I enjoy reading your updates BUT I live in a state that is mostly still Shutdown and I definitely don't think it's for the best. I feel like, as with most illnesses, we all need to be exposed and that sheltering in place is not making this go away it is just killing small businesses. I personally don't understand why a target or walmart can be open but a department store (which would likely have less people in it) can't be. I am loving what the GOP Lawmakers are doing to ensure that business owners have a chance to survive and how they are trying to prevent the governor from becoming a long standing dictator. Now to get the meat plants reopened so that the rest of the country doesn't run out of meat, etc. <br />p.s. Do your parents know if they are allowed to visit their vacation home in Colorado? We were asked by the association where we own property, in Colorado, to not come and visit until after June 1st because the town is small and may not be equipped to handle a surge. A surge which I doubt would happen but we are trying to be considerate. If after June 1st we can't go, we'll go anyway. Lindsay Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04883963432430746256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552008288188142238.post-5203209665597256182020-05-04T13:33:12.572-05:002020-05-04T13:33:12.572-05:00I hope your sister recovers soon. That has to be s...I hope your sister recovers soon. That has to be so hard - internet hugs to you all. <br /><br />For travel, I’ve found procrastination (ie, thinking I should do something and then being too overwhelmed by it all) yields the best financial result, because the travel companies act for me, including giving me a full refund of a British Airways holiday package. That doesn’t help the disappointment or the feelings, but it’s a start. In this endless decision-tree world where our brains can never be turned off, it’s oddly sort of nice to have one made by someone else. Generally too, they don’t want to force people on to flights and I can’t see that changing by the end of the summer.<br /><br />And those Maggie photos are everything. I have a sun-worshipping 13 year old cat I adopted 3 years ago and I joke I should buy her a tanning bed. She has the same look on her face too. emhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01808676009445256723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552008288188142238.post-46052751606598057652020-05-04T09:54:51.941-05:002020-05-04T09:54:51.941-05:00 Travel Plans...yes, I can appreciate your dissapo... Travel Plans...yes, I can appreciate your dissapointment. Our travel plans have been nixed as well. Mr. Pea and I were going to northern Italy this summer to hiike in the Dolomites - this would have been my first visit to Europe and our first trip away alone together in more than twenty years. (Like the Lag Liv Family, we always traveled with our four kids.) But now? Nope. All European reservations were cancelled on their end and refunded, and we are waiting for the Airline to cancel so that hopefully we can use the tickets someday in the future. <br /><br />I hope your sister recovers quickly, and am holding your very worried parents in my thoughts and prayers. The worry over my oldest daughter and her husband (both frontline workers - EMT/Fireman and ICU nurse) and our granddaughter is overwhelming on many days!<br /><br />Tell Maggie I said hi. I love love love the picture of her in the sun!Angela Peahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10327445333073683554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552008288188142238.post-55576905796439898622020-05-03T22:14:55.666-05:002020-05-03T22:14:55.666-05:00Hoping your sister's case is mild and she reco...Hoping your sister's case is mild and she recovers asap. Also, so sorry to hear about Tahiti :(Paragon2Pieceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16186204100704440304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552008288188142238.post-30110119539520798162020-05-03T21:17:41.364-05:002020-05-03T21:17:41.364-05:00I hope your sister gets well soon! My husband and ...I hope your sister gets well soon! My husband and I came down with covid in mid-March (we live in NYC)...luckily we both had mild versions but it was still the most stressful period of my life. You live in fear every day that the virus will take a turn of the worse. What helped for us was having a pulse oximeter handy so we could test our blood oxygen levels regularly. This way, we had a quantitative measure of how bad our shortness of breath was. Highly recommend getting one if you can still find it near you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552008288188142238.post-30504849474528808372020-05-03T16:32:44.374-05:002020-05-03T16:32:44.374-05:00I know this is probably not what you want to hear,...I know this is probably not what you want to hear, but most likely you won't have firm confirmation from the airline/your government until a few weeks before your departure date. August is just too far away right now!<br />We had a trip planned for Japan in early April and did the "wait and see" thing for months. Japan had cases back in January! Basically all of January, February and the first half of March was "will we? won't we? will we? won't we?" Our government (Canada) still hadn't said to avoid non-essential travel to Japan 3 weeks before our trip! Finally, they said avoid non-essential travel to any foreign country and that was the thing we needed to cancel our flights (and to have our trip cancellation insurance kick in). But it honestly wasn't until 2.5 weeks before our departure date that we got our confirmation that Japan was not going to happen. My only tip, as someone who just went through this, is not to think about it. We established a set of "go / no go" rules and just accepted whatever would happen was going to happen and that it was best to focus on the here and now and not think about the trip. The more I thought about going, the more anxious I got, so I just stopped thinking about it. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3552008288188142238.post-4704075936675773392020-05-03T10:47:01.863-05:002020-05-03T10:47:01.863-05:00Good Sunday morning!
I am up in Canada and we have...Good Sunday morning!<br />I am up in Canada and we have been and continue to be much less affected than the US. Though, of course, one person dying is too many :(<br />We have camping plans this summer with friends that I’m hoping will still be on. This all has been tough for my teens - especially the super-social one.<br />So I mostly wanted to comment to recommend escapist reading - lol - we have very similar taste in fantasy books. You may not have heard of the Canadian author Meghan Ciana Doidge - fabulous writer! First book is free! Many books to follow! Lol!<br />https://www.amazon.com/Cupcakes-Trinkets-Other-Deadly-Dowser-ebook/dp/B00DH5WVV6/ref=mp_s_a_1_5?dchild=1&keywords=meghan+ciana+doidge&qid=1588520661&sprefix=meghan+cian&sr=8-5<br />Thanks for your posts and your commitment to being real online.<br />And thanks for sharing your Maggie!<br />:) Erin<br />Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15162714926703800643noreply@blogger.com