WAAAYTOOO Posted May 26, 2020 Report Share Posted May 26, 2020 I'll start. I am now fully in LOVE with InstaCart (and similar services) !!! I realize that they had been around for a while prior to this madness, but since the plague, I have realized what a WONDERFUL service this is. I no longer have to go to the grocery story and I LOVE IT ! Today I was able to get 3 cases of beer, 2 bags of potting soil and nifty new slicer/shredder (oh....plus some food) delivered. Only in America !!! I intend to keep using this service even after the plague has subsided. What an awesome example of good old fashioned Yankee capitalism ! We WILL get through this, stronger than ever. Ogilthorpe, lovetotravel, Jax and 10 others 11 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ampurp85 Posted May 26, 2020 Report Share Posted May 26, 2020 I can focus on my passion projects and hobbies. I am actively writing again. I really wanted to be a writer when I was younger but life got in the way. I have been lucky enough to write a short story every now and again over the last decade. But to write when inspiration strikes has been amazing. Since I am working from home until 2021, I might even be able to finish my children book and collection of short stories. I guess also that the color scheme I chose for my living space is on point......you would think slate grey and grape candy colored walls would be detracting but its quite soothing. lovetotravel, RWDW1204, Ogilthorpe and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pooch Posted May 26, 2020 Report Share Posted May 26, 2020 I got 2 months closer to retirement for free! 150 working days left!! sk8erguy1978, RWDW1204, Chadster and 9 others 8 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jill Posted May 26, 2020 Report Share Posted May 26, 2020 Crossed off several home and farm projects. Well mostly hubby did! Lol Also my youngest came home for Spring Break for a few days and it’s turned into 3 months! Chadster, Ogilthorpe, lovetotravel and 3 others 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Va4fam Posted May 26, 2020 Report Share Posted May 26, 2020 More time with family. My wife and I are essential workers but our college and high school kids have been home since end of March! We also took up kayaking, does that count? ellcee, RWDW1204, WAAAYTOOO and 4 others 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurdueFlyer Posted May 26, 2020 Report Share Posted May 26, 2020 I've lost 10 lbs since my last cruise mworkman, ellcee, Chadster and 7 others 2 6 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pooch Posted May 26, 2020 Report Share Posted May 26, 2020 Ok I've gained the "Covid-19"!!!! Ogilthorpe, sk8erguy1978, WAAAYTOOO and 5 others 1 5 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehw51 Posted May 26, 2020 Report Share Posted May 26, 2020 Projects in the house are caught up, yard looks great. Already retired so nothing gained there. Lol Actually somewhat enjoying the peace and quiet. ellcee, lovetotravel, Ogilthorpe and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeWhoWaits Posted May 26, 2020 Report Share Posted May 26, 2020 Saved about 250 miles worth of gas per week between our two cars. Not as much benefit as it would be for some because one is a hybrid getting 50+ mpg. Ogilthorpe, WAAAYTOOO, ellcee and 3 others 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ogilthorpe Posted May 26, 2020 Report Share Posted May 26, 2020 2 minutes ago, HeWhoWaits said: Saved about 250 miles worth of gas per week between our two cars. Not as much benefit as it would be for some because one is a hybrid getting 50+ mpg. ^^^^ This! We haven't filled up.since we left for the airport March 5 Downside: haven't been anywhere since we returned March 16 WAAAYTOOO, Chadster, ehw51 and 3 others 1 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew72681 Posted May 26, 2020 Report Share Posted May 26, 2020 I’ve disproven my theory that I don’t sleep well in hotels, normally I’m in them three to four days a week, now i just don’t sleep well at home those same days. WAAAYTOOO, Chadster, ehw51 and 3 others 3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coneyraven Posted May 26, 2020 Report Share Posted May 26, 2020 Some incredibly funny memes ..... yeah, there's something good to come out of this. Ogilthorpe, RWDW1204, KJones and 5 others 5 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USFFrank Posted May 26, 2020 Report Share Posted May 26, 2020 I booked 2 more cruises. ehw51, Chadster, Jill and 2 others 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DunkelBierJay Posted May 26, 2020 Report Share Posted May 26, 2020 I save two hours a day on commuting Chadster, Jill, Ogilthorpe and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wannabecruiseexpert Posted May 26, 2020 Report Share Posted May 26, 2020 I'm really enjoying all of the inexpensive restaurant family meal deals. I really don't like cooking lovetotravel, Ampurp85 and Ogilthorpe 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk8erguy1978 Posted May 26, 2020 Report Share Posted May 26, 2020 I'm learning to be more patient, especially with companies that might not deserve it (United for example). I've also realized how wasteful my wife and I are ... Paper plates, napkins, toilet paper, etc. We have learned to conserve. Of course saving money without eating out, me not commuting (wife still does) and all that. Chadster, lovetotravel, ehw51 and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ampurp85 Posted May 26, 2020 Report Share Posted May 26, 2020 @sk8erguy1978 I just realized we have gone through more paper plates these past 8 weeks than probably the last half of my adult life. But yeah I have saved quite a bit from not eating out, also learned what I could DO without. Chadster, WAAAYTOOO, lovetotravel and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgestang Posted May 26, 2020 Report Share Posted May 26, 2020 I decided to add 600 sq/ft to my garage. And since a tree fell on it damaging one of the eaves I was able to get it done during lock down because it was covered under essential construction because the crew had to come out and repair that damage.....and since they could come out....they knocked out the addition....and loved me for it because otherwise they weren't working. Ogilthorpe, KristiZ, RWDW1204 and 2 others 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovetotravel Posted May 26, 2020 Report Share Posted May 26, 2020 I have learned just how important traveling is to me and how lucky I have been to be able to travel without restrictions. I know I am going to miss a lot of the things that make vacations so great but at the same time I am so thankful for the memories. This whole pandemic has helped me appreciate the small things. And I have had to reintroduce myself to cooking. Ogilthorpe, RWDW1204 and Chadster 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrumps Posted May 26, 2020 Report Share Posted May 26, 2020 Made a ton of money trading RCL, CCL and NCHL stock.. up, down, up, down, up, down.. bytheslice, lovetotravel, Ogilthorpe and 1 other 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momof4crazytocruise Posted May 26, 2020 Report Share Posted May 26, 2020 I get to wear funny t-shirts 7 days a week instead of 2. Also, I think my job will be more open to flexibility with telework - they already were pretty flexible, but i think if I asked to work part time from home in the future, they wouldn't blink. We got 2 puppies right at the beginning of this, and I'd like to be able to keep up with their potty training by being here more. lovetotravel, Ampurp85, Chadster and 2 others 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyfsu21 Posted May 26, 2020 Report Share Posted May 26, 2020 The grande canal water in Venice is now crystal clear w/o taxi boat traffic & people mucking it up. That’s a nice byproduct of COVID19. I too share WAAAYTOOO admiration for Instacart and also UberEats. KJones, Ogilthorpe, WAAAYTOOO and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chadster Posted May 26, 2020 Report Share Posted May 26, 2020 My friends and family now have more understanding about how I'm really working when I work/study from home and that it's not all about watching Netflix all day (I can do that WHILE working, thank you very much! ). Ampurp85, RWDW1204, ellcee and 2 others 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ampurp85 Posted May 27, 2020 Report Share Posted May 27, 2020 @Chadster Netflix, Hulu or any streaming service . I have to put on mindless garbage, otherwise I am behind. The worse is when you put on a kid show/movie that you don't expect to actually watch and end up loving it. WAAAYTOOO, lovetotravel, Chadster and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReadEatRead Posted May 27, 2020 Report Share Posted May 27, 2020 I’ve gotten a few extra books knocked off my to be read pile. ellcee, WAAAYTOOO and Chadster 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floski Posted May 27, 2020 Report Share Posted May 27, 2020 That big, honking pair of pants that my wife bought me for Christmas.... Pima1988, RWDW1204, Momof4crazytocruise and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SassMaster Posted May 27, 2020 Report Share Posted May 27, 2020 Saved on gas. I’m one of the very blessed ones that kept my job while working at home. I have left my house to market shop and go to Lowe’s. But kept it at once a week. I do not like delivery services. I like to go out and see people. My husband works for the P.O. and works 6 days a week. We really haven’t changed much. I will add that at first I was NOT happy with becoming a homeschooling mom also; however, I think it was a blessing in disguise. I helped my daughter with things she was struggling with and the teachers were too busy for her. She is definitely ready for 8th grade! melmar02, sk8erguy1978, WAAAYTOOO and 2 others 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ogilthorpe Posted May 27, 2020 Report Share Posted May 27, 2020 I learned more about toilet paper by watching the news than I ever thought possible coneyraven 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ampurp85 Posted May 27, 2020 Report Share Posted May 27, 2020 @bytheslice I have not met any of those people. I have met the ones who downplay the virus and go into home Depot, Target, Jewel(a grocery store in Chicago where my mother has been working for 40years, even during this time.) and other places that require distancing and PPE and spit in workers faces. But this is a post about GOOD things. Like my ability to work for home, its a godsend to still be actively employed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bretts173 Posted May 27, 2020 Report Share Posted May 27, 2020 9 hours ago, WAAAYTOOO said: I'll start. I am now fully in LOVE with InstaCart (and similar services) !!! I realize that they had been around for a while prior to this madness, but since the plague, I have realized what a WONDERFUL service this is. I no longer have to go to the grocery story and I LOVE IT ! Today I was able to get 3 cases of beer, 2 bags of potting soil and nifty new slicer/shredder (oh....plus some food) delivered. Only in America !!! I intend to keep using this service even after the plague has subsided. What an awesome example of good old fashioned Yankee capitalism ! We WILL get through this, stronger than ever. ONLY in America? really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bossdog421 Posted May 27, 2020 Report Share Posted May 27, 2020 I was able to book a second cruise this year for super cheap. It actually needs a sale for this to a be a good thing. Time will tell. I got a pretty good essential worker bonus so thats good I guess. Aside from those not much else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedNoodles Posted May 27, 2020 Report Share Posted May 27, 2020 Our altered schedule at work (done to minimize our exposure to each other) results in built-in OT every paycheck. I don't know about you, but that seems like more money for cruises (although in reality we have to reroof the house/garage within a few weeks, so who am I kidding? I know where that money is going). Ogilthorpe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeWhoWaits Posted May 27, 2020 Report Share Posted May 27, 2020 3 hours ago, SpeedNoodles said: Our altered schedule at work (done to minimize our exposure to each other) results in built-in OT every paycheck. I don't know about you, but that seems like more money for cruises (although in reality we have to reroof the house/garage within a few weeks, so who am I kidding? I know where that money is going). That money is going to a mere balcony instead of a suite so the garage doesn't turn into a Solarium swimming pool? JLMoran, RWDW1204 and SpeedNoodles 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pima1988 Posted May 27, 2020 Report Share Posted May 27, 2020 Our dry cleaning bill went down since I have been furloughed, and husband only has to go into work 2 days a week …. I can keep up with ironing his dress shirts. Have to say the bad thing is that although the dry cleaning bill went down, my husband and I can't wait to cruise again, so we are buying every excursion left and right. We are like being a little kid and letting them loose in Sugar Beach....I want this, this, that and oh this too! Hence. my good thing has cost me a lot of money! Ogilthorpe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baked Alaska Posted May 27, 2020 Report Share Posted May 27, 2020 My stock in Teledoc and Activision have gone way up. @WAAAYTOOO Totally with ya on InstaCart! WAAAYTOOO and Ogilthorpe 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melmar02 Posted May 27, 2020 Report Share Posted May 27, 2020 A free(ish) drink package! Our Next Cruise OBC plus the 125% from our cancelled cruise planner purchases (just a 4 day for me and DH) covers the current sale price of the deluxe beverage package for the three adults on our 7 day in January 2021. With the amount we actually paid on our cancelled cruise, the DBP in January works out to the equivalent of costing us $20.18 per person - who needs an intern! Now I can spend new money on Coco Cay excursions. We've all started Spanish lessons so hopefully by November on our next cruise we can speak a little more with the locals...something other than "una mas cerveza, por favor!" Since we moved into this house three years ago, we have been talking about putting in a garden. We finally started a container garden this spring with real plans to put in raised beds in the fall. My kitchen and bathroom cabinets are all organized and my closet is on the list for next week. Ogilthorpe, RWDW1204 and WAAAYTOOO 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLMoran Posted May 27, 2020 Report Share Posted May 27, 2020 With my younger daughter’s help, I finally got my second-largest garden bed cleared of the overgrown asters, put in a new tree and some shrubs, and converted over half the bed into our first attempt at a vegetable garden. Will see how that last part goes, I don’t think it’s getting nearly enough sun; only about 4 hours a day. Sorry for the really big image, for some reason choosing a smaller file size causes the pic to get rotated. lovetotravel, SpeedNoodles, WAAAYTOOO and 2 others 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pooch Posted May 28, 2020 Report Share Posted May 28, 2020 Mine too! Hubby took the time to replace our 40 year old shed leaving an 8x8 patch of dirt in the backyard. I am attempting to turn it into a garden. Only 3 problems: crappy soil - not enough sun - a gardener with a black thumb! I try RWDW1204, Ogilthorpe, WAAAYTOOO and 3 others 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellcee Posted May 28, 2020 Report Share Posted May 28, 2020 2 hours off of a my day back from no commute. I got an hour or two of sleep back per day. I've been cooking really great meals. My cocktail game is on point. I run a few times a week now at the track across the street. Edited to add a new hobby: while drinking (drinks I made that I've learned since the quarantine) with 3 other adults somehow my birthday came up and what to get me and now my family is getting me a paddleboard as my present so that will be my summer. (side note - next day I woke up and realized they lied to me about the price - they told me it was half of what it actually was - and I tried all day to make them cancel the order. . Don't get me wrong, I love and am super excited it but it's an expensive hobby to take up and since they spent so much I'm obligated to go.) RWDW1204, WAAAYTOOO and JLMoran 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traveler Posted May 28, 2020 Report Share Posted May 28, 2020 No traffic to go to work (well at least it was like that before they opened again most of the things here) Dinner on time with the family Local temporary farmer markets in the neighborhood were real farmers came everyday with different ultra fresh products that they could not sell to the restaurants RWDW1204, WAAAYTOOO, Ogilthorpe and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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