It’s only taken a global pandemic for me to...

[LadyLooLaa]

...learn how to bake a decent sponge cake.

What has it only taken a global pandemic for you to learn?

I finally got round to digging up my overgrown garden to make a veggie patch. Lost my oomph though a bit and have only planted some tatties so far

Give up alcohol

Stop wearing makeup

Happily sing solo in front of my choir (over zoom)

Make English Muffins by hand

Wash the windows (ok, I think an elephant had pooed down them, so I had to as window cleaner isn't starting back until June)

Learned quilling, patchwork and applique.

Began to identify birdsong as it's all I hear at the moment!

Regular (most days) yoga.

Start having proper sit on the bed late night chats with my gorgeous funny dd2 14

C25k, I’ve never been a runner and can justify spending on sportswear guilt free.

@Smelborp ain’t that the truth. Turns out that I don’t not garden because of a lack of time, it’s because I fucking hate gardening.
Which reminds me that I was supposed to trim my hedge today.

Thanks Aposter. very important stuff just now.

Make healthy lunches for work and not buy half of the supermarket each week

Read Wolf Hall

There is no lockdown long enough that would enable me to read Wolf Hall

Make sourdough
Make chapatis
Paint the skirting boards

So much more to do but I'm 36 weeks pregnant so it probably ain't gonna happen any time soon....

Try our local fishmonger. So fresh and reasonable! Supermarket fish is off the menu round here from now on.

Use the cocktail shaker that’s been in my cupboard for years. Long Island Iced Teas all round!

Make me realise I'm in the wrong career.

Make me realise I want to move back to the place I swore I never would live again.

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Finally claim universal credit

Another one here done C25K!

Got a window cleaner. Staring at the windows for days on end made me realise that a - they were filthy and b - no matter how much time there was I was never going to clean them myself.

Crochet a blanket!
Realise how much happier I am at home (I'm a keyworker but on a rota for now so only working half the week)
Realise it's not lack of time that makes me hate cleaning...it's lack of inclination.

Do a lot of decluttering
Learn that I can enjoy exercise at home
Start a chore chart with the DCs
Get over my fear of video chat
Stop ordering so much takeaway

To move on from a guy that was a total waste of my time that I was totally infatuated with because the sex was good

Who new all was needed was a pandemic

Do jigsaws!

Learn how to make jam. DM was never one to make anything like that but DGM would regularly have something on the go when I was a child.

I just remember the huge metal pot, the muslin cloth hanging up to drip, the oh-so-many jars which had to be sterilised and you needed special tops or do something with hot water to seal a metal lid on, being told you had to go buy the special jam sugar, all of that palaver.

I made mine with a Kilner jar, a regular cooking pot, roughly chopped strawberries, regular granulated sugar and a bit of lemon juice. If I'd known it was that simple I'd have never bought it over the years.

I can't bake worth sh*t.
I miss work.
I run well.
Still loathe beer.
Love wine
I can still do algebra! Useful...Not!
I remember some Spanish!
I remember more French Still more useful (in US)..Not!
I have (even more) limited patience with extremist, nags, and blamers (Dad, I'm looking at you!!)
My kids are so resilient! (And I need to stop projecting my fears onto them!)

Glossing all the woodwork in my house.