{"id":10532,"date":"2020-03-31T11:36:34","date_gmt":"2020-03-31T11:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mrsmcgregors.com\/?p=10532"},"modified":"2020-06-29T16:38:10","modified_gmt":"2020-06-29T16:38:10","slug":"the-best-laid-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrsmcgregors.com\/index.php\/2020\/03\/31\/the-best-laid-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"The best laid plans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Welcome to Corona Crafting lockdown week 1 blog!<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mrsmcgregors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200325_140526-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mrsmcgregors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200325_140526-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.mrsmcgregors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200325_140526-scaled-416x555.jpg 416w, https:\/\/www.mrsmcgregors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200325_140526-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mrsmcgregors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200325_140526-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.mrsmcgregors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200325_140526-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mrsmcgregors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200325_140526-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Boris has closed me down for the time being as I am non essential retail (although you try telling an avid crafter they cant get supplies and see where that gets you). \u00a0 A 3 week business hiatus I thought would be doable, I would accept it with grace and treat it like an enforced holiday.\u00a0 I had all these grand ideas about what I could fill my newly gained time with;\u00a0 make a patchwork quilt, sit serenely knitting, or\u00a0 finally learn how to put on eyeliner with that little flick at the side?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>What have I done so far? Nothing.\u00a0\u00a0 Actually, that&#8217;s a lie.\u00a0 I have spent a week reading teenage fiction in the sunshine, catching up on the last few books of a series that I started some years ago in a bid to stay conneced with my large teenager, who very soon won&#8217;t be a teenager any longer. \u00a0\u00a0 I usually only read for pleasure on holiday, when I voraciously demolish half a dozen novels of varying types although I am partial\u00a0 to a good thriller.\u00a0 I love escaping with a book, especially a well-written one that takes you to imagined countries with an exciting life of derring-do and adventure.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I am having serious problems of late though, as my fiction is clashing with reality just at the moment due to watching a series on TV called &#8220;Under the Dome&#8221; (Mysterious dome covers small town, panic ensues in the lockdown) and &#8220;The Last Ship&#8221; (Virus wipes out the world, Navy ship saves the day).\u00a0 Plus the books (Time travelling teenagers can&#8217;t save the world from a pandemic virus from china in 2070)\u00a0 I am really having problems waking in the morning and wondering what&#8217;s real and what isn&#8217;t anymore!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mrsmcgregors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200325_143942-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mrsmcgregors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200325_143942-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.mrsmcgregors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200325_143942-scaled-416x555.jpg 416w, https:\/\/www.mrsmcgregors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200325_143942-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mrsmcgregors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200325_143942-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.mrsmcgregors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200325_143942-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mrsmcgregors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_20200325_143942-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This might be my view for a bit longer, as despite taking my Dettol wipes and being REALLY careful, I have managed to come back from a supermarket food shop with some kind of mini lurgy. (Don&#8217;t panic, i&#8217;m sure it&#8217;s nothing)! and just at the moment, I don&#8217;t really feel up to making a business plan as to how I can keep the shop afloat for the next 3 months.\u00a0 Week 2 of lockdown might just involve staying in bed or sitting quietly reading with a constant supply of paracetomol beside me.\u00a0 I will, however, need some new reading and TV material &#8211; Please help me with your suggestions!!!<\/p>\n<p>Stay safe and lurgy free.<\/p>\n<p>best wishes,<\/p>\n<p>Sue xx<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Corona Crafting lockdown week 1 blog! Boris has closed me down for the time being as I am non essential retail (although you try telling an avid crafter they cant get supplies and see where that gets you). \u00a0 A 3 week business hiatus I thought would be doable, I would accept it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[371,364,365,361,360],"class_list":["post-10532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stuff","tag-closed-for-business","tag-coronavirus","tag-covid-19","tag-shop-local","tag-small-business-owner"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrsmcgregors.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrsmcgregors.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrsmcgregors.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrsmcgregors.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrsmcgregors.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10532"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrsmcgregors.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10532\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10780,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrsmcgregors.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10532\/revisions\/10780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrsmcgregors.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrsmcgregors.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrsmcgregors.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}