What's Keeping You Sane Right Now?
Sewing, of course, is a big one, but we want to know what else you're doing to (try to) stay sane while homebound. Yes, we realize we're only a few days into this, but we need all the help we can get! We posted questions about what you're reading, watching, listening to, and more on Instagram stories and got some great recommendations.
TV shows and movies you've enjoyed recently:
Things to Keep the Kids Busy:
Sewing, of course, is a big one, but we want to know what else you're doing to (try to) stay sane while homebound. Yes, we realize we're only a few days into this, but we need all the help we can get! We posted questions about what you're reading, watching, listening to, and more on Instagram stories and got some great recommendations.
TV shows and movies you've enjoyed recently:
- The Great British Baking Show
- Anne with an E
- The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
- Schitt's Creek (this one came up several times)
- A Million Little Things
- Homeland
- Derry Girls
- Bob's Burgers
- Just Mercy
- The Farewell
- Knives Out
- Persuasion by Jane Austen
- Long Bright River by Liz Moore
- Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow
- Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens ("lives up to the accolades!")
- Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin
- Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson
- The Murmur of Bees by Sofia Segovia
- The Little Book of Hygge: Danish Secrets to Happy Living by Meik Wiking
- The Yellow House by Sarah M. Broom
- I.M.: A Memoir by Isaac Mizrahi
- Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb
- Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe
- The Book of Delights by Ross Gay
- Call Down the Hawk (The Dreamer Trilogy, Book 1) and the Raven Cycle series by Maggie Stiefvater
- Ear Hustle
- Real Life Ghost Stories
- Armchair Expert
- Happier with Gretchen Rubin
- Isle of Calm (a 6-hour playlist from NPR Music)
- NPR
- Liane Moriarty, Malcolm Gladwell, Julie James, and thrillers on audiobook
- The New York Times Daily podcast
- The Off-Kilter Quilt
- Quilt Fiction
- The Mom Hour
Things to Keep the Kids Busy:
- Mac Barnett's daily art classes on Instagram Live
- Wendy Mac's daily art classes on Instagram Live
- Mo Willems' Lunchtime Doodles
- ThinkRolls 2 app (logic and maze game)
- Easter egg hunts
- "ABC Walks" (take a walk and look for something that starts with every letter: exercise + educational!)
- Typing up directions for favorite video game apps that don't have instructions
- "Harassing him about finals"
- "Texting them in Denver & UK!"
- Organizing thread by type and color!!!!
- Checking off to-dos
- Prepping the garden for spring
- Dogs!
- Finishing charity quilts!
- Washing the car
- Going for a run or walk every day/two walks a day/sunshine
- Easter candy, specifically Reese's Eggs
- Making soups, one vote for mulligatawny
- Eating fresh baked cookies
- Drinking
- Not drinking