Anyone else going STIR CRAZY?

For a little cheer, watch Twins play Coldplay on YouTube.

Oh yes,the queues of online shopping are driving me nuts! It took 5hours to do Asda shop.cause it lets you do 20mins but kicks you off again,then you wait nearly an hour to go on again to try finish& by then the slots gone!!& then theres Boots.com.with the 259,000 or more in front of me in the virtual queue....yes you read it correct...

For those worried about running out of knitting yarn, it can still be bought online. Try Lovecrafts.

I might look at FutureLearn nancat.what type of courses are there?

Am so sorry to hear that SueD, i guess it hits home when you hear of someone close,i fear those who 'flout the rules' will need something like that to make them see sense,unfortunately.

Yes, hate it I miss my friends at the coffee shop, we made each other laugh and it was a joy in my life

My defence against isolation is FutureLearn. In my 70s, I was apprehensive about starting structured learning again, but it is great! I'm on my second course now, thoroughly enjoyed the first, and the new one is really interesting. I live alone, so have no-one here to share the isolation, but keep in touch with family/friends by phone, Skype and WhatsApp. Any spare time is spent reading, and if I run out of books, I have a Kindle app on my computer that can download more, lots are even free, from Amazon. Early days yet, but I'm hoping these will keep me occupied through the lock-down. Stay safe everyone xx

Nope ... definitely not. I love it ...

How we feel right now might depend on what our ' normal ' lifestyle is like. I realise now that visiting DH in nursing home almost daily, and taking AS, (who has learning difficulties and still at home ), to where he needs to get to plus fitting in DGC pick ups was causing me stress. As a result, this is a restful, calming time in some ways. I have plenty to do - such as jobs in the house and garden which have been neglected in recent months. I enjoy knitting, reading, baking and cooking, and a few months ago, I bought myself some drawing paper and pastel crayons which I hope I can get round to using soon. I'm also going to ' work through ' our many cd's. DH always had music on, and listening to some will cause a few tears, no doubt. At this moment, it's Robbie Williams swing cd. I'm not denying the seriousness of this situation, particularly, for us, the nursing home aspect, but I will use it as a time to recharge my batteries.

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

Wasn’t but DH is ‘high risk and vulnerable’ and I am now holed up in bedroom waiting to go to a swabbing appointment this afternoon as colleague at work is +ve and I have a raspy throat and cough..............

I think there are two different kinds of people ... there are the ones who are perfectly happy with their own company who are also homemakers and like cooking, cleaning and sorting and are doers but happy to be doers in their own environment and quite enjoy a quieter life or have a husband to look after and be useful that way
Then there are others who are doers outside the home and their own environment and get no contentment out of their own company or the solitude of cooking and cleaning for themselves I’ve never wanted things to be done for me I ve always wanted to do things for others that’s all I get any excitement out of being busy.... but not busy for me I need to feel useful I need to feel what I m doing is making a difference Making my bed, cooking myself a nice meal, cleaning the carpets isn’t helping anybody
I miss the human interaction, the banter, the organising , doing things
I ve had to comply to living alone for twenty years plus and my adjustment has been to be a useful person outside the home and then I can take the loneliness when in the home alone
But now the bits that help me accept the lonely time’s have gone

One moment I'm thinking 'I can't do this anymore' as I rock backwards and forwards in the chair staring out the window. Then the next moment I'm the most busiest, efficient, positive person. There's definately two of me. So it depends at what moment you ask me ?

Hi Franbern, read your post and was sad to read that you have to limit your knitting due to yarn shortage. I have a yarn stash that I've collected over time, more than enough for my needs to be honest. I have some cotton DK and some acrylic DK. I also have some 100 gm balls of the multi coloured mixes. I would be happy to post some to you (postage on me - only too happy to be able to do something for someone else & stop a fellow knitter from going bananas). If you'd allow me to do this small thing for you please private message me with an address I can post to. If uncomfortable with giving out your own address perhaps you could use a friend's (although I have got recent police clearance as I normally volunteer in a school) with kind regards MadMaggie (ps: I'm not really mad ?)

Nope.
Books books books and more books.
Bliss!

emphasis advice not working - looks silly now

!Yes!"
here are 100 things I "could" do - but when someone tells me "NOT" to go out, meet people etc, the puzzles, sewing, baking, craft kits,I planned, and even my writing, have "NO" interest "at all" - I am unsettled and restless.
Keep well, everyone. XXX

My mum has contracted the virus whilst in hospital. I was visiting her before I got a letter saying I was in the high risk group. I'm petrified for the both of us and it doesn't help when your health condition makes you feel ill. Ive still got another week before I know whether ive got it too. So yes, I'm climbing the walls.

DH and I are used to being alone together, so we are not bothered at all that we cannot see other people.

I've started spring cleaning, so I've plenty to do for the next week.

Sorry to hear so many are finding this hard.

Yes I am a widow, 4 years now but still very hard and this has made it worse. I am a Stepmum and Stepgrandmum. They are very good and check on me regularly but overall I am very fed up.

No - lots of crafty projects to finish - but can't wait 'til Thursday when the National Theatre starts letting us see certain of their productions on You Tube

thank you Judy54 about the virtual tours, sounds great, i used to love travelling but b4 all this i had stopped visiting wonderful places as i used to tire quickly. i shall certainly look up whats available, i know the likes of some zoos are doing them. will make a change from watching box sets

No, set all the veggies seeds for the garden and weeded and weeded some more. It looks lovely with the spring flowers and all my efforts. Other half has cleaned roof of conservatory, used the scarifier on the lawn, power washed the patio. Cleaned out cupboards and drawers, hunted out a knitting pattern I gave up on and the books I never get time to read. Did some baking the other day and made soup. Well I was in the Girl Guides and one of their motto's was 'A Girl Guide makes good use of her time'. That has stuck with me over the years. And when I was a little girl my mum got so mad with me if ever I said I was bored and told me about war time and as Grandparents strict Methodists, only allowed a book on a Sunday not even a dolly! Thought I might have a go at my card making I gave up with years ago, now where did I put that box? Another excuse for a drawer tidy up! Keep well ladies.

Its not getting to me yet. I’ve made a long list of “stuff to do” and have been enjoying crossing bits of my list. I just think we all have jobs we put off for years, if we don’t get them done now then we never will do.