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Congratulations, we survived March! What year is it? Where are we? Is it over yet?
For a few years, I’ve teamed up with various members of my family to do the April Blogging Challenge. Last year we took a break, and this year, none of my sisters were interested in taking on the challenge. But Mom was game. So for the month of April, you can expect a post every single weekday on either my blog or my mom’s blog. I’m posting today, tomorrow Mom will post on her blog, I’ll post again Friday, Mom will post on Monday, etc etc.
During this quarantine I’ve taken on so many new hobbies and projects that I don’t know how I can possibly keep up with everything. It was probably kind-of a dumb idea, because since I usually work from home I don’t even have that much more free time than I did before.
But, confession: I adore hobbies, and I adore projects. So I’ve been sewing things, learning French, making podcasts with Jenny, making videos, taking on more writing projects, reading more, trying to watch all the Marvel movies, playing more games and puzzles with my family, and cooking more often. Why am I doing this to myself? I’m baffled.
I say all this to warn you that this April Blogging Challenge, on my end, will probably be a bit more diverse and project-oriented than it has been in previous years. I’ll likely write about the projects I’m doing and the books I’m reading. I’ll post the podcast episodes, and if I can find the time to figure out the complicated open source video editing software I downloaded, I’ll post some YouTube videos.
Let me talk about the podcast a little bit:
Jenny and I thought it would be fun to record some silly rambling podcast episodes while we’re quarantined. We’ve been recording roughly every Tuesday and Saturday. The best way to listen to our episodes is by using a podcast app on your phone, such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play, Google Podcasts, or PodBean. Up until now, I’ve been posting all the episodes on my blog as well. I will continue to do that, but because of the April Blogging Challenge, I won’t necessarily post the episodes here as soon as they come out. I might wait several days, and I might post several episodes at once.
That being said, here is our latest episode. In it, we talk about how we think this time of corona will change the world as we know it. We also brainstorm April Fools Day prank ideas.
I hope the April Blogging Challenge will help liven up your April! Remember to stop by Mom’s blog tomorrow for her first April Blogging Challenge 2020 post.
The Girl in the Red Rubber Boots 
Did you catch your own pun? When you were talking about adding salt to someone’s cooking, you said that you hoped they wouldn’t be “insulted.” 🙂
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First off, did you try that pun? “Add salt to someone’s food..and hope they won’t be insulted”? 🙂
Also, thank you for acknowledging that among essential workers are grocery store workers. Yes, I work in a deli. It’s just good to be acknowledged. Like yes, we still GO to work (out among ALL those germs….) And yes, sometimes I have anxiety about it, but I try to use precautions and stay as relaxed as possible about it.
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Next, I went and looked up the post about the fake book your Mom’s blog. Hilarious! I thought it interesting, though, how some fell for it, and some did not. One reader commented that it sounded like something Emily wrote during a case of indigestion.😅
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