Well, it's been a while since I have blogged I have to say!!

Today is Thursday 19th March and nearly everyone is inside because of the Corona Virus.  The virus started in China at the new year and because it is completely new, no one has vaccines or any treatment.  To date thousands of people globally have caught it and many have died.  It is now a pandemic.

It's truly bizarre to live in this world now.  Today, in Texas, all schools, restaurants and bars are closed.  I must say that the majority of food places are doing food delivery or curbside service but it hasn't impacted us too much because we rarely eat out (maybe just a few times a year).  However for some people it will be a great blow.
There has been some crazy panic buying of ......toilet paper?  The symptoms of Covid 19 are dry cough, fever and difficulty breathing.  Not sure what they will be using the toilet paper for I'm sure.
Anyway, this week we have done our first online shopping since coming to the States.  Kroger are  not delivering here but we went to their pick up point.  They were only short of four things we ordered so that's good.  We have lots of meals already in the freezer because whatever recipe Steve does is usually for more than 2 so we freeze what's left.  Sooooo glad for that.  The other shopping we did was with Katy Budget Books who were selling pre-wrapped parcels of books, grouped by genre.  So we bought a kids pack, an inspirational pack and a mystery pack.  Wow!  What a bargain.  It's strange to buy books sight unseen but it's opening up a whole new area for me to read so, watch this space.

The main defense at the moment is hand washing.  You would not believe the number of videos and instructions there are about how to wash your hands and it has to be for at least 20 seconds.  That's two renditions of Happy Birthday to You in case you weren't sure:-)

BUT a lovely thing has happened today..... I received from Amazon a set of divine bath bombs.  I have no idea who sent them, but I love my nightly bath and will certainly be using one tonight.

I will try to give more news day by day, but who knows?