First thing this morning Mark went to collect our click and collect order.

​I did a 6K run.

Mark did a 6K run later in the day.

Part 2, Cosmic CAL finished.  This evening spent sewing all ends in.

A small cake made for pudding to have with strawberries and ice-cream.  Same for pudding again tomorrow night.

Todays simple pleasures -
* watched the live action film "Lady and the Tramp" while we ate tea
* our bed linen line dried
* an early night
* Anais and Roman have broken up from school/college now
* it is the weekend!

5K ran before breakfast.  It was a little warmer this morning.

Wondered why we saw some teddy bears in peoples windows and saw on BBC News it is for a "bear hunt" for kids to spot on their daily walks.  Anais and Roman put these meerkats in their bedrooms windows.

Romans design and technology work was to design a watch so he went through the recycling and made an actual watch.  The strap does up.

Part 1, Cosmic CAL finished.

Anais finished a book (in two and a half days) "Tales of The Shadow Hunter Academy".

​Tonight we took part in "Clap for our Carers" again.  Very emotional.  Extra claps for Sue and Nic who work for the NHS and Aran (Lisas partner).

Todays simple pleasures -
* a warmer morning for a run
* a Zoom "virtual crafties" with Gilly, Deb, Rachel, Sarah and Karen
* an Easter card off Brendyn and Olivia
​* playing Jackbox games with Anais and Roman tonight

Cosmic CAL by the end of tonight.

Fingers crossed we get our click and collect order OK tomorrow.

Another cold run before breakfast.  Set out to do 5K, kept going, stopped at 7.3K which was a circuit and back through the park.  Mark had to be back at 8AM to start work.  Lovely fresh crisp air, hardly anyone out, pops of yellow from the daffodils.  Really enjoyed it.

Cosmic CAL so far.......................

Roman made another two rainbows but out of Lego this time.  One side is a cloud, the other side is a pot of gold with a leprechaun in it.  We have lots of rainbows in our windows now!

Mark took Anais and Roman for a walk after tea.  While they were gone I made a jam sponge pudding in the microwave.

Simple pleasures for today -
* hearing everyone laugh when they had 60 loo rolls delivered
* Anais and Roman happy from their walk and coming home to a jam spnge pudding
* Roman making Lego rainbows
​* it is 1st April which means we are into a new month and a month closer to this being over

5K ran before breakfast.  A cold morning again.

It is our house anniversary today, TWENTY YEARS of living here.

​A crochet cactus made.  Pattern here.

New project, Cosmic Cal.  Got this far -

Discussed at todays family meeting, Roman missed not going for a walk today and yesterday so Mark is going to take them for a walk tomorrow.

January 2020 -
* ran 23/31 days
* time spent - 12 hours, 35 minutes
* Distance - 125.4KM (77.91 miles)

February 2020 -
* ran 21/29 days
* time spent - 13 hours, 17 minutes
* Distance - 127.1KM (78.97 miles)

March 2020 -
* ran 20/31 days
* time spent - 14 hours, 34 minutes
​Distance - 137KM (85.1 miles)

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I had a lie in until 6.30 and left the house at 7.15.  Mark said he felt up to a run too so thought we would just go out for a short 3.5K.  It was cold and overcast this morning but thought we would keep going until we hit 5K and then came home.

Bad point of today - thought I'd do a cross stitch.  This one came on the front of a magazine.  Made a mistake, tried to correct it, messed it up even more, cut it up, threw it in bin.  Never doing cross stitch again.  Hate them.  End of.

Good points of today -

​Finished my book, a very predictable plot.

An apple crumble made for pudding to use some apples up out of the freezer.

Another crochet rainbow made with tassels.  Another one to hang in the window for people to spot on their daily walk.

Thoughts on our first week of lockdown.  No-one has argued or bickered with each other, our family meetings where we discuss how we feel means everyone is aware and respectful of everyone else.  I miss mom and dad coming round after school xx  I miss seeing my crafty friends.  I miss jumping in Cassie and going to the shops as and when I want to.  I am pleased I can still get out for some fresh air and go for a run.  I am grateful that we all have our health (and loo roll!).

The clocks went forward last night.  I really didn't fancy going out this morning but dragged myself out for a 5K and felt better for it afterwards.  No-one about, very windy and icy cold.

I finished the other "Call the Midwife" blanket.

Anais finished her car.

Roman (with Marks help) made a sonic screwdriver (from Dr Who).

Chocolate pots and strawberries for pudding tonight.

Before tea Mark took Anais and Roman for a walk as their daily exercise.

​Thanks Jenny for the info, all mobile phone contracts sorted for the next twelve months.

A click and collect order made for Tescos to be collected on Friday morning.

We had a lie in until 7am this morning.  No run as did 10K yesterday.

Shopping done and pleased with the things we got.  We are well stocked for the time being.

We had some pallets in the garden, Mark took the opportunity to chop them up for kindling for Fred.  We had the idea to keep the nicer pieces and try to make something with them at Easter when everyone is off, maybe a bird box or storage box?

After lunch we went on a walk to stretch our legs and get some fresh air, down the reservoir and to the park and back again spotting rainbows on our way.  Approx one mile and we only came across one other person walking their dog.  I hope the restrictions do not get any stricter where we cannot go out at all.

More done on the "Call the Midwife Blanket".  To be finished tomorrow.

My contribution to the rainbows, a crochet rainbow, to go in the window tomorrow.  Pattern can be found HERE.

Anais got this far with her car.

Simple pleasures for today -
* a scented candle
​* watched "The Lion King" while we ate tea

Me when I left the house at 6.30am - "I'm only going to do a short run today"
Me when I was out - "Keep running"!

​10K done!
Nice and cool, no wind, no-one about and blue sky.
​Missing my running buddy now Mark is out of action for 2 weeks.
Day off tomorrow to rest my legs.

Started another "Call the Midwife Blanket".  Four of twelve rows of blocks done already.

45% of my book read so far.

Roman has been continuing to do his school work.  Anais didn't do any college work today.

After tea, Mark took Anais and Roman for a walk. They spotted eighteen rainbows in peoples windows today.

I had a cheeky nap in the conservatory this afternoon, think all the 6am starts and the long run today finally caught up with me.

​This evening we all sat down to watch a film "Avengers", concluding with our family meeting where we discuss -
* things that work and went well for us
* things that didn't work that we can change
* things we are grateful for
* things we are worried about and try to alleviate our worries

Week one of everyone being at home and it has been quite a pleasant week.

​Thinking of everybody affected by this horrible virus xx

6K run done before breakfast, left the house at 6.30, hardly anyone out.

​I am feeling the benefit of going to bed earlier and getting up earlier and I also prefer running first thing of a morning than before lunch.  Grateful for being allowed out once a day and for getting fresh air and being able to stretch my legs.

This afternoon Anais and Roman had an art lesson and made a rainbow each for our windows for people to spot on their daily exercise out.

Went to ASDA before lunch, queues to get in, went to Tescos instead, queues again.  Ended up getting some fresh milk from a local CO-OP and went to a local green grocers for some fruit.  Will do this again, shop local, support local businesses and avoid the large supermarkets.

Call the Midwife blanket finished.  A present for a friend.

Mark took Anais and Roman out for their daily exercise after tea and to go rainbow spotting.  I asked them to bring me some twigs back and we made a little Easter display.

This morning we had a Zoom catch up with me, Deb, Gilly, Sue, Sarah, Karen and Rachel which was fun and a nice way to keep in touch.

We are still having our family meetings before bed and find they are working to keep everyone happy and the household running smoothly with no arguements.

Things that we find are working -
* Mark and Roman working at the table in the conservatory so no having to keep moving laptops from the lounge table
* Anais making music in her bedroom so she doesn't disturb anyone
* no playing games on the laptops in their bedrooms until after school/college has "finished"

Things we find are not working and have changed -
* lunch at 12pm was too early, lunch at 1pm was too late, lunch is now at 12.30
* anything messy to be done in the kitchen so its easier to clean up

Things we are grateful for -
* all being able to be at home together
* we have food and loo roll!
* being able to go for a run (me) and walk (Mark, Anais and Roman)
* having the caravan so when restrictions are lifted we can use the caravan and go away
​* we and family and friends remain healthy

​This evening we all stood on the doorstep and took part with the "Clap for our carers".  We are so lucky to have the NHS and they took very good care of Mark on Sunday considering they are all under a lot of pressure and stress right now.  We are grateful for them.

Lots of cheering and clapping going on in our street - very emotional!