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Showing posts with label social distancing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label social distancing. Show all posts

Social Distancing in the HFIM HOUSE.

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(Special Note: I am in no way making light of our current health situations. What is out there, is a matter of life and death. I try to portray my doll's lives as realistically as I can, and still be entertaining for adults and still suitable for younger viewers. I try to address problems with solutions. Not everyone is perfect, even in a doll world. I took all these photos, before masks were suggested, but they are inside!)


Normally there are people everywhere in the HFIM house...

Grumpy Cat...says that's fine with him. "Too many people, and my tail gets stepped on. Long as someone remembers to feed us."

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(Cat grumble...)

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Now, Kitty thinks humans, like Chelsea, small humans are great. Prrrrrrr!
Chelsea: I'm here!

Third floor-Upstairs: Nemo, Patrick and Jamie share the top floor. Two beds and a pull-out couch makes for still crowded conditions. 


Rory(recently Belle in "Beauty and the Beast", in a touring show) 

Rory:Hi, I'm back! My aunt sent me home with lots of home-canned vegetables, fresh veggies, fruit, and one of her prized apple pies. Hey, Nemo....I missed you!

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Nemo: Missed you more, Kiddo! 

Jamie: Sorry about the kitchen, Rory, I haven't had time to keep up. The bakery opened and we have been swamped. ANY food sure is welcome, it's lean pickings around here. We've had a lot of carry-out and delivery, but the budget was out of control.

 I gotta go to the bakery now, it's all yours.


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Midge: Hi, Rory. We sure missed you! I was going to tackle the sink next.


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Rory: Well, let me take my stuff upstairs and then we can figure out what's for supper. How many people do we have now?

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Richelle: Hi, Rory. Ryan and I are working from home and here all the time now.

Kevin: I'm here for meals, Ken is at the hospital and doesn't come here at all now. Danny's stuck in Vancouver while working on a show.

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Ryan: The printer isn't working downstairs, so I'm at this desk. The city never sleeps, pandemic or not.

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Kevin: Sure and you playing "Call to Duty," is part of your job?

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Ryan: Well, it's not like a gazillion permits are being submitted right now. I just have to be available for the job. You know it's amazing how much you can get done without the watercooler and people interrupting you at work.

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Stuart and Aidan watch TV in the living room. 
The HFIM Covid19 rules are: keep your distance, clean up after yourself, and WASH YOUR HANDS. They sleep downstairs, in their mini-apartment. 

Stuart: Aidan and I, we'll eat whatever anyone cooks!!! What time is dinner?

Midge: Belle is upstairs working and doing wash. Mulan's gone-house sitting for some friends, who are trapped in Hong Kong.  Sindy and Barbie are at the bakery. They will be home for dinner. I think that is all, unless I forgot someone. 



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It's Belles turn to do the wash, and while she's working with her young students online. It takes extra time to have lesson plans that are visual and clear, for all levels of her students and their parents.  Exasperating, at the least, for everyone.

The HFIM house has plenty of wipes to clean the bathroom, laundry room with, and lots of bleach and cleaning products.

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Keeping up with HFIM wash is always a lot of work.
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Midge (in the kitchen): Peder and Ian are working construction downstate, so, I think we are only fourteen and of course no guests. Can you work with that? But, there is only one serious problem in our HFIM house, of course, it's....


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Belle: We are getting low on toilet paper, AGAIN!

What is your doll family doing to conserve resources or keep sane while on lock-down?



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Townhouse Lockdown!











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(Special Note: I am in no way making light of our current health situations. What is out there, is a matter of life and death. I try to portray my doll's lives as realistically as I can, and still be entertaining for adults and still suitable for younger viewers. I try to address problems with solutions. Not everyone is perfect, even in a doll world. I took all these photos, before masks were suggested, but the characters are home and inside!)

THE Townhouse has been on Lockdown!

The gals (ages, all in their late 20's) are finishing their second week of lockdown in the townhouse in their Northside Chicago neighborhood.  


L to R: Gilly, Zoe, Teresa, Carly share Vickie's old townhouse. 

They have rearranged the bedroom,  put up a curtain, and one person has to sleep downstairs. 



But, keeping 6-feet apart isn't easy when you share living spaces. The only one working away from home now is Teresa, who fills in for a reporter on Channel 7 twice a week. 



Vickie's Vintage is closed like all unessential businesses in Illinois, though Zoe and Carly, each take a shift at home working with online orders. Even that has slowed down. 



Teresa: Only thing worse than working only 2 days a week, is eating soup, AGAIN? 


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Zoe: I can't face it either. I'm thawing a turkey out...maybe next week it will be ready to cook. Does anyone know how to cook a turkey?



Carly: Nope! Maybe we could baste it with that soup? Well, tonight we can have stale taco chips, or stale sandwiches with the soup?

            


Zoe: Thank goodness, rent isn't due. Vickie said BMR has 'postponed' her mortgage, so our rent and will be paused and  instituted into a payment plan after this is all over. Definitely a reason for celebrating. I'm going to mix up more Margaritas.


    

Teresa: Here's a pack of 2018 Goldfish crackers I found in a drawer upstairs. Could we use that for stuffing that turkey?

Zoe: Yech, that sounds terrible. Well, I made the Margaritas...so that's my share!


Carly: Well, we are getting Vitamin C anyway, giggle. Here's two 'dead' gingerbread cookies. Maybe we should order for delivery!



Teresa: Anything, but I hate Gringo Tacos...! Maybe the delivery guy will be cute??? 



Gilly: Oh, second that,---and these chips are disgusting. I vote for a veggie pizza!

Carly: I vote for more Margaritas, and let's put the soup away and order two pizzas and one with bacon and pineapple... maybe?

Teresa: With barbecue sauce and chicken? 

Gilly(vegan): That even sounds good to me....sigh! I'll pick around the chicken.

Zoe: More, Margaritas coming up! 

Carly: I'll place the order now, though. How about some salad, too?
We haven't had anything fresh for over a week.

Gilly: I'm definitely for that!


ARE YOUR DOLLS set with enough SUPPLIES and FOOD? 
Are you?

Diorama: Two Barbie Mattel Townhouses put together (6.99 at GoodWill). Lights are battery Christmas lights. Full-size Mattel refrigerator in one door frame, furnishings a mix of old and newer. (I think I have bought 6 sets of the table and chairs for all my dioramas from the last three years. Rug, discounted felt, also felt on the Mattel thrift store couch. Upstairs all odds and ends, purchased at thrift stores, linens are vintage odds and ends. No decorator in this house, LOL.


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Patisserie is STILL OPEN!

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Tuesday 7:40 am at Sindy's Patisserie

Sindy: I can't believe we have been open for almost two weeks. Thanks for coming in and helping with the orders, Barbie.

Barbie: No problem, glad to get out of the house and help somewhere. Besides, Chelsea and the guys were driving me crazy. 

Sindy: I never thought we would have to turn off the phone, but that has helped, too. All of today's orders are ready. Stacking up the last one. If anyone wants to order, it has to be for tomorrow, or we won't have anything left for the walk-in customers. And, no whipcream cakes, because of supply issues.



Barbie: I totally agree, you are pretty sparse already. Did you give up on cakes?

Sindy: Yes, now it's cupcakes and sheet cake pieces. We can serve the most people, and it's easiest right now and the wisest use of the ovens. We can't keep up with the breads. Poor Jamie, he was still here when I came in this morning! 


Barbie: Jamie's so quiet. It's good thing Rory is coming home. She's been staying with her aunt outside of Oklahoma City since her tour got cancelled. It will be great to have a full time kitchen authority in charge again. Thank goodness, a few left and we can keep a safe distance at home.



Sindy: I'm sorry I wasn't able to pitch in more...but this last two weeks have been crazy, here. Everyone was right, this neighborhood needed a bakery.



Barbie: Sit down for a break, we open the doors in fifteen, and you can start baking then.



Barbie: The system Lara set up for online ordering is great, she even has limits on what you can make according to your supplies. That's impressive.

Sindy: Yes, she's a whiz with computers. All I have to do is enter, what we have delivered for supplies, put in the orders and recipes for the day, and it takes care of the rest. We are all set---and so far we have been making all our commitments. I just wish customers weren't so grumpy.



Sindy: Phew, this feels good. I know I need to get some yeast doughs mixed up. I hope the next supply truck shows up with more bags and supplies. I never know what they are going to deliver for sure. I'll give you the invoices if they do. Maybe you can enter them, if we have a slow time. But, I see customers are lining up outside already.



Barbie: Well, the rack is full of cupcakes, I hope they last...and you still have donuts left after filling the orders.



Sindy: Oh, make sure the Chicago Police Department and the Fire Department, don't pay for their orders. They are working hard enough, already! 

Now, I better start more donuts and cupcakes right away. Break is over! 


Doors are OPEN!


Barbie: Hi! Welcome to the Patisserie, how can we help you? 
Sorry, we don't have drinks available right now, but we have lots of fresh bakery.



Thank-you and please come again, or order online, for pickup the next day. Stay Safe!

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Back at the HFIM house, it's now 1 pm....Jamie and Patrick are up in the empty bunk room. 

Patrick:(right) Hey, Jamie....time to make the donuts....HEY JAMIE___up and at Em!






Jamie:....errrr, what day is it?



Patrick: Tuesday---all day...you need a shower! You smell like--strawberries. And, don't get too close! I kinda like having this floor to myself, when you are gone. Can you bring home something from the bakery, though? Whatever is still laying around.

Jamie: Sure, but we have been sold out of everything, everyday. I don't think we will have anything. Call in an order, and I will bring it home, tonight, tomorrow, whenever I get back.

Patrick: Thanks, Jam.... If you need help down there, let me know, I'm going crazy with the bar closed. I'm just glad, I haven't signed the lease yet for the Hotel basement. 


Jamie: Sindy...do I really smell like strawberries?
Sindy: Everything smells like strawberries in here!


This is dedicated to all the food and service industry employees, 
who work long hours to make sure we safely 
have everything we need. 

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