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Straight Out of Shirley's Basement 

We Are All In This Together

4/3/2020

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Just want to give a shout-out and a huge thank-you to all the first responders during the Covid-19 pandemic that is affecting our community and the world, thanks for all that you do!

For all of us that are at home and wondering what we can do with the time we have.  Here are 101 things to do while in isolation, quarantine or on lockdown.
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101 Things To Do On Quarantine

  1. Finish a crossword puzzle
  2. Stay up to watch Late Night or Late Late Night on TV
  3. Clean-out the basement or attic
  4. Watch you-tube and finally learn to braid
  5. Use your stove and make tea the old fashioned way
  6. Re-live childhood craft time, dye eggs, carve pumpkins and make marshmallow bunnies.
  7. Complete the couch-5K training program.
  8. Re-read your magazines and newspapers and then recycle them for good.
  9. Deep clean your scalp.
  10. Do a Korean facial mask.
  11. Create giant bubbles
  12. Ditch the swiffer and mop your floor (the old fashioned way).
  13. Actually call your friends on your phone contact list.
  14. Make your own comic book sketch
  15. Rearrange your food pantry by expiration date and category
  16. Clean out your freezer
  17. Pop popcorn the old fashioned way
  18. Buy a gift for yourself
  19.   Ditch the Keurig and make coffee, the old fashioned way
  20. Put up you Christmas decorations
  21. Deep clean your office
  22. Deep clean your house
  23. Make cupcakes from scratch
  24.  Make frosting from scratch
  25. Campbells is good, but homemade is better.  Make chicken noodle soup from scratch
  26. Facetime/Zoom friends and loved ones
  27. Delete your old emails
  28.  Get rid of old piles of papers
  29. Watch free movies on HBO 
  30.  Water your plants
  31. Cook beans over an open flame (safely)
  32. Dust your home
  33. Make homemade lemonade
  34. Buff and clean your shoes
  35. Sanitize your dishwasher and washing machine
  36. Organize your jewelry
  37. Clean your windows
  38. Give yourself a foot bath
  39. Paint your rooms
  40. Make taffy or caramel
  41. Digitize your pictures
  42. Organize your photo albums
  43. Watch a you-tube influencer and learn to do your makeup
  44. Write and self-publish an ebook
  45. Get 10,000 steps in
  46. Clean out your fireplace and chimney
  47. Clean your carpets and rugs    
  48. Sanitize your remote controls 
  49. Sanitize your door knobs
  50. Organize your cell phone apps
  51. Clean your pillows
  52. Turn your mattress
  53. Change your air-filters
  54. Tighten loose screws
  55. Play a virtual card game
  56.  Dance
  57. Create  your costume for Halloween 2021
  58. Redecorate your house
  59. Actually write a letter and mail it
  60. Bake cookies from scratch
  61. Clean out your closet
  62. Read an e-book
  63. Dye your hair
  64. Join a virtual happy hour
  65. Organize your heirloom recipes and make your favorite dish
  66. Clean under your bed
  67. Learn to sew
  68. Sew clothes for childs barbies and action figures
  69. Make your own mask
  70. Paint a picture
  71. Clean your garage
  72. Lounge all day
  73. Improve your selfie game
  74. Start a food diary
  75. Create a signature drink
  76. Create a signature sandwich
  77. Plan your next vacation post quarantine
  78. Inventory all your valuables for insurance purposes
  79. Write a song
  80. Write poetry
  81. Clean out your purse
  82. Organize your digital library
  83. Make a candle light dinner
  84. Play the lotto
  85. Scrub your pots
  86. Organize your Christmas gift list
  87. Clean your freezer
  88. Soak in the tub
  89. Replace missing buttons on your shirt
  90. Take a free on-line class
  91. Start an on-line degree program
  92. Check on your neighbor (from a socially-safe distance)
  93. Rake your leaves
  94. Start a garden
  95. Clean out your recyclables before you recycle them
  96. Clean out your recycle and trash bin
  97. Make your bed
  98. Learn to fix your bike tire
  99. Make fresh squeezed OJ
  100. Fill a piggy bank with loose change.
  101. Say a prayer

Try one of these or all of them and you are good to go!
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    Shirley Jones, MFA is a Minneapolis based artist, educator and studio owner.   You can find Shirley most days creating and building works of art in her basement studio in North Minneapolis.
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