Halloween, but no trick or treaters

I listened to a sleep hypnosis track while lying in the recliner. Chris thought I went to bed, so he turned off the router and the lights and went to bed. I was really relaxed and on my way to sleep when the track stopped. I discovered Chris was gone and I went back to join him. I guess the track helped, because it didn't take hours to fall asleep.

In the morning, Chris got up late and I got up later. At a good stopping point in my routine, I laid on the bed and Chris gave me a coconut oil massage. We got into a discussion about the situation of the world. Later we got dressed. He played his game and I read e-mail. I had to curtail my routine because it got so late. I ate breakfast around noon. I read articles waiting for the weather to warm up.

About 1:30 I went out to dig gopher mounds on the other side of the house. I don't usually go over there so I was surprised to see so many. I dug up as much tunnel as I could but was unable to get all the dirt back where it came from. I sorted stones and selected a few to keep. I took the midafternoon supplements, then walked to the Post office. I picked up a package and two letters. One was a Halloween card from MaryAnn. Her timing was impeccable. I took the mail home, then went for a walk around the block to see the houses that were demolished. When I got back, I washed stones and took the prized few inside for closer inspection.

I ate supper. I read e-mail while listening to Sayer Ji talk about what's going on behind the scenes. I arranged fabric on a strip of Christmas material to see what it would look like as a mask. MaryAnn called, and I got to hear all about her cats (and other things). Then she got a call. Afterward I took a pic of the Christmas strip and sent it to Cherry. I finished the podcast while cutting out pieces for two masks, and the linings from Halyard 600. I sewed pinned quilt pieces and the first seams on masks. I cut some elastic to go with them.

I made my magnesium drink in a clear glass and it turned green. I don't know why. I sipped it as we watched two episodes of Hart of Dixie. Then we made the bed with fresh sheets, and I sat down to write up the events of the day.

* Three houses were taken down this week, but there is still a lot to haul off. *

Shopping with bats and spiders

I listened to the sleep track again last night and was awake the whole time and long after. The trumpet did not play this morning, but Chris set his alarm anyway. He was still here when I got up about 7:45. Then he left to accompany the commander in inspecting the perimeter.

I got started on my day. I wrote checks and got them ready to mail. I listened to a podcast and read articles. I made tea. I puzzled over why Solitaire was running so slowly. I tried it in a different window, but that didn't help. I was afraid to close it and open it again because I might lose the levels I have accumulated. I had to look up how to update Waterfox and then it was fine, mostly.

I made and ate breakfast. In Alabama we had batteries in the fridge, but not here. I searched high and low for a battery for my kitchen time. Finally, I found one of the wrong size, but with tape, it worked. I wrote down a few things for the grocery list. Then Chris packed the ice chest and we went to Tooele, listening to our book on CD.

First we went to Luckeys'. I couldn't find my black and white mask, so I wore the one with bats and spiders. We got another slice of jackfruit. Then we went to Melanies. They didn't have all I wanted so I just got coconut milk. I walked next door to Joanns. I was looking for Christmas towels for the next craft day, but didn't find any there. But I did get some spools of ribbon for a separate project.

Then we went to Macey's. We got the rest of our groceries there. While Chris stood in the check out line, I went to the dollar store. I found three Christmas towels there. Then we went home, finishing the CD. After unpacking the car, I did not feel well. I dug up some gopher mounds, hoping the fresh air would help, and I guess it did. Then I came in for supper and had tuna, and jackfruit. Afterward, I walked to the post office to pick up the mail: mostly junk. But it was a pleasant walk.

I read articles, about the virus and about the CDC plan to have 'green zones' for high-risk people. It was under a heading of 'non-US', but why would the CDC be dealing with people outside the US?

I made a magnesium drink out of tea and magnesium bisglycinate. I sat with Chris and we watched two episodes of Hart of Dixie. Then I brushed my teeth, and got ready for bed. Finally, I posted to my blog. Day is done.

From there to here in less than a year

Last night, I listened to the sleep track, and did fall asleep, but woke up when the track changed. I unplugged the headphones and went back to sleep, although not right away. I forget what woke me in the morning. I tried to hold on to the dream I was having. But eventually it was just gone. I stayed in bed until daylight arrived, and then some.

I started my day in the usual way. I set up my 'away' machine on the kitchen counter. That way I can sew while listening to podcasts on my laptop. I checked e-mail. I added sumac berries to the 'tea' to add color. I let it sit in the sun some more. By 11:30 I was ready for breakfast. I made it and I ate it.

At noon I listened to the Highwire. Del was speculating about a relationship between Bill Gates and the Chinese. In January: Trump signs landmark deal with China which gives America the upper hand. In February the virus comes to America. Fouci and CDC aren't worried. Then Gates says this coronavirus may be the once-in-a-century pathogen we've been worried about. Gates gave funds to the Imperial College where Neil Ferguson made dire predictions about death statistics. In April: Trump cuts funding to WHO, and the next day Gates ups donations to the WHO. WHO starts dictating to countries around the world how to respond to the pandemic. Now China is back to work, no masks or physical distancing; home of the virus and only large nation still growing.

Bill Gates says world will not return to normal until “a lot of people” take a SECOND Covid vaccine. Fauci says early covid vaccines will prevent symptoms, but not block virus. Also says masks and social distancing are likely to continue until 2022. China ups their contribution to WHO. Experts say Bejing is trying to exert it's influence over the agency. Japan's deputy prime minister refers to WHO as Chinese Health Organization.

I paused it at 1:30. I strained the sumac tea several times, then put it in my nicest jar. I put on a nice outfit and drove to Petra's house. She had her table nicely set and had cake and cookies. Two other ladies came, both of whom live on the hill near Petra. We had lots of interesting conversations. We discussed rocks and geodes, the state of local education, mysterious murders in the area, and institutional care.

As I was leaving, William called. So I sat in my car and talked to him. Then I drove home. I ate supper and listened to the rest of the podcast. Del did a story about women made to wear masks during birth in hospital or no doctors would attend. And a story about a no-mask restaurant where people are asked to remove their masks or leave.

While listening, I got in some sewing and pressing. Chris came home and made his own supper: the usual burrito. Then we watched part of “On an island with you”, a DVD from Netflix. But halfway through it messed up and we couldn't get any more of it to play. So we finished the evening with one episode of Hart of Dixie.

I brushed my teeth and swished while writing up my blog post. I also looked up some of the actors from the movie: Jimmy Durante, Esther Williams, a young Ricardo Montalban. And then it was time for bed, maybe past time.

* The virus started in China. Why is it the only large nation with a positive GDP?

Tudca, not for the taste.

Last night I did not listen to the 90 minute sleep track. It still took me awhile to fall asleep and I have no idea how long it was. I was awakened by Chris' alarm at 5:30. I put in earplugs and went back to sleep. I know I slept because I dreamt about earplugs. But I still heard the trumpet at 6:30.

I got up after my alarm at 7:30. I took the first supplements and heated water on the stove. I brushed and swished, twice. I had a coffee and meditation morning. One of the new supplements to help with detoxification is Tudca. I don't remember what that stands for. I bought the loose powder form because it is cheaper per gram than the capsule form. But, YUCK! (It might be worth a little extra to avoid the taste). I turned on the CD player and let it play through the 6 CD's.

I cleaned both bathrooms, then started on the kitchen. Chris came home for lunch, so I had to clean around him. After he left, I finished in the kitchen, and took a shower. I read e-mail and sipped hot water, which is supposed to help clean the lymph system. I started a quart of sumac tea and set it in the sun. I dug gopher mounds, filled in tunnels and sorted through the stones. I washed the ones that looked promising.

I went to the post office, but found only junk mail. It was a nice day for a walk, except for all the noise from the house being demolished. (It's coming to a house near me). I examined some stones through my lighted magnifier. I threw some out, and cracked some with a hammer to see what was inside.

Chris came home for supper, and tuned into Michele gaming with her group on Youtube. I put on interviews and and cut strips and pieces for the quilt-in-progress. A member of a Canadian group said their gov't would offer all citizens complete debt forgiveness, but they have to turn over all their property to the gov't, get innoculated and sign up for universal basic income. Those who decline, will have to live in permanent quarentine. Another doctor said if this virus were natural, it would only spread in countries with similar climate to China. But it spread in hot countries just like in cold countries.

I made parsley-chamomile-hibiscus tea. When I realized it was quiet in the livingroom, I paused the interview and made a magnesium drink. I sat with Chris and we watched two episodes of Hart of Dixie. Then I sat down to compose my blog post and get ready for bed.

Picking a project

Last night I listened to the whole 90 minute track and did not fall asleep until after. I was awakened by the trumpet at 6:30. I stayed in bed trying to go back to sleep. I got up before 8, and started my usual routine. I made a quart of the usual parsley-chamomile-hibiscus tea. I cut out the last fussy-cut piece, leaving the fabric looking like swiss cheese. I took the dry dishes out of the dishwasher and put them away. I sat with the HappyLight and read a book. Then I turned on the internet, and read e-mail.

I watched the temp gauge, waiting for it to rise above freezing. I sewed two three inch squares together on both sides and cut them diagonally to make a quarter square triangle block. It had biased edges, but should save me cutting twice as much fabric as the other method. My measurements before and after told me that I needed 5.25 inch strips for the quilt to make 6 inch blocks.

I made and ate breakfast. I listened to video while cutting strips of fabric. Chris came home for lunch. We had a discussion about how much we (the people) can put up with until we say 'no more', like the frog in hot water. I wrote an announcement for a sewing and craft gathering and looked for appropriate pics on my laptop, then on my Facebook page, and finally on my Pinterest page. I ended up finding items in my sewing room and taking a pic to post with the announcement. I wanted to do the origami ornament, but it requires single-sided paper, which is cheap and plentiful in Chinhae, but not so much here. So I decided to go with the Christmas Cracker project.

I put on my coat and went to the post office. I picked up a package from Swansons. When I got home, I pulled out the supplements and labeled each one with its purpose. Then I went outside to clean up some gopher mounds. While refilling one, the gopher inside got curious and touched my fingers. I withdrew my hand quickly and looked closely into the hole, but it did not come forth.

I called MaryAnn, and we had a lovely chat, catching up. I ate some pork and kimchi for supper. Chris came home from work and brought me the Covid briefing from work. I read articles online. I spent some time figuring out how to integrate the new supplements into the schedule. It shouldn't be so hard, but then I am doing a lot of substituting.

I made my evening drink and took the new sleep supplements. I sat with Chris and we watched two episodes of Hart of Dixie. The second one was a real downer. I started listening to what I thought was a short video on the Psychological Sigh. But it was part of a much longer video. I played a few games of Solitaire while it went on and on. He was talking about the importance of breaking state. Finally I stopped it to compose my blog post and get ready for bed.

* I had trouble staying on task with Pinterest. I came across this and had to share. *

Too cold for digging

I listened to the 90 minute sleep track, and fell asleep soon after it finished. I think Chris was gone when I woke up. I rolled over and tried to go back to sleep. I got up about 8. It was freezing outside. I started my daily regimen. I made parsley-chamomile-hibiscus tea. I read e-mail, and did research to respond to Kurt's e-mail.

I got an e-mail from Chris saying Housing wanted to know when they could come by and fix the towel bar. I called Housing and said they could come any time. He repiled that they could be here in 5-10 minutes. After hanging up, I flew to the bedroom to put on real clothes and make the bed. Then I went to the kitchen and washed my sinus rinse bottle. I answere the doorbell. Two men came in and I pointed them to the master bathroom. I went back to washing the bottle and filling it with distilled water. The men were done in a few minutes and I thanked them before they left. I added some IonBiome to the bottle and some colloidal silver. I used the rinse and blew my nose.

I went back to reading e-mail. William called. He said something about throwing out rusty tomato cages. Afterward, I made and ate breakfast. Then Chris came home for lunch. I whipped up a batch of seed crackers, and refilled the combos that add up to seed crackers to see if any ingredient was running out. I put a large jar of water outside in sun to form structured water. Then I put on a coat and went to the post office to pick up the mail. There were also two small packages of supplements.

When I got home, I put on an interview and parsed supplements for the next two weeks. I gathered the bottles that needed refilling in a box and set them aside for reordering. I ate some seed crackers and put the rest away. I dug one gopher tunnel, and my hands got so cold that I left the other one alone and went inside to warm up. I listened to the rejuvenation track, and ate a bowl of pork and kimchi.

Chris came home from work and made himself supper. I told him I couldn't find the full text version of the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act, only summaries. So he went looking on websites he knew about, but there was nothing. He went back to his game. I cut out three fussy-cut pieces, just so I could say I worked on my quilt today. Johnnie is working on something else.

I drank the last of the tea and made another quart using the same tea leaves. I put magnesium in a cup and added some tea. We watched two episodes of Hart of Dixie while I drank all of the new pot of tea. I brushed my teeth, and posted to my blog. Then we got ready for bed.

* My templates, all lined up. It's interesting how they line up straight, but are supposed to make a curve. *

Oh, the weather outside is frightful...

Last night I went to bed and played the 90 minute sleep track and then unplugged the headphones. The wind was blowing hard, rattling the double doors to the patio. Eventually I fell asleep, but woke again in the dark. The wind was still blowing. When my alarm went off, I got up to go to the bathroom and saw that there was some snow on the ground. It was depressing.

 I stayed in bed until almost 8:30. I started my day with protein and molecular hydrogen. Chris had the pork in the oven already. I boiled water for chamomile/parsley tea. I checked e-mail. I listened to a video on recently-discovered properties of water. I half-filled a gallon jar with water and set it in the sun on the front porch. 

I paused a presentation to take a shower. Then I got dressed in black pants and red top for Reformation Sunday. But I could not face the weather. We decided not to go to church because of the cold and the strong winds.  I felt really badly about it.  I read a book while sitting beside my Happy Light in case it was seasonal affective disorder Then I listened to the Huntsville Reformation service.

 I made and ate breakfast, and finished the earlier video. I worked on templates for the quilt. Because the round thermometer kept blowing over, I filled a box with rocks, encased it in three plastic bags, and taped the gauge to it. I don't think it's going anywhere. 

 I looked up flu vaccine manufacturers - the ones in the US, Sanofi and Glaxo, have been convicted of felonies. I invited Chris to go walking with me. We both put on fleece coats, but when we got outside, the wind was so biting that we only walked around the block.

 I read e-mail and articles. I meditated with a 20 minute Holosync nap track. It made me feel groggy, but I didn't fall asleep. If only it was a little longer. Chris had fixed some baking bananas. He brought me some slices and I tried one. It was ok. Later he took the pork out of the oven and I ate that with kimchi, lentils and a little bit of rice. 

 I called Faye and we had a nice chat. I put away most of the fabrics that were pulled out for masks. I worked on the paper templates, then marked an acrylic ruler for fussycutting. I cut out about a dozen pieces of the 18 that will be needed. I made a magnesium tea with niacin and we watched two episodes of Hart of Dixie. Then I wrote up my blog post.  I tried to put in paragraphs, but what worked yesterday did not work today.  I published and got ready for bed.

Shopping Day

I woke up before the alarm, but had slept ok. Chris gave me a coconut oil massage. Then he went to play his game. I looked up DIY rock tumblers. The closest thing I saw to something I could make used a drill to rotate the cylinder. Then it occurred to me that if I had an incline, I could push the cylinder up the incline and let it roll down.

I checked e-mail and listened to a talk. I made and ate breakfast. I colored in my quilt design. I laid outside in sun while Chris took a shower. I made grocery list, while he packed the cooler.

Then we drove to Toole, listening to another CD of the book. We went to Luckey's, Melanie's, and Macey's. When we got back, we stopped at the commissary. I stayed in the car while Chris picked up a few things. When we got home, we brought the food inside. I walked to the post office to pick up a package.

The weather was just warm enough that I could fill in gopher tunnels and sort through the rocks in my bare feet. I chose a few rocks to keep. Chris broiled slices of tomato with cheese on them. I ate a few of those and the last piece of bacon-wrapped fish. I checked e-mail, and listened to a presentation by Dr. Zach Bush. It was fascinating. Afterward I put on another video of him and laid on the recliner to listen. I may have dozed off.

Dr. Bush said there are 10 million times more viruses on the planet than stars in the galaxy. It makes no sense to vaccinate for a handful. Without all the bacteria etc that live in our guts, we couldn't digest anything. Glyphosate was patented as an antibiotic, not a weed killer. It kills microbes in the soil and in our guts. In America, the places that it is sprayed and where it gets into the water are the same places that have the highest rates of cancer. It leads to loose junctions in the human microbiome. Terrahydrite (produced by microbes in the soil) can help with that.

I ate frozen watermelon and played Solitaire. I reached level 33. I made my evening drink and took a niacin capsule. We watched two episodes of Hart of Dixie. Chris fixed a pork roast to put in the oven tomorrow. Then he put clean sheets on the bed while I typed up my blog post, looked up how to make Blogger do paragraphs and got ready for bed.

* Read the fine print on this flu shot label: "There have been no controlled trials adequately demonstrating a decrease in influenza disease after vaccination with Flulaval. "

No legal liability for damage

Yesterday I loaded Holosync's “Restful Night” track on my phone. It is supposed to take your brain through all the stages of a sleep cycle. So when I went to bed, I started the track. I felt relaxed, but did not fall asleep. After 90 minutes, it ended and a classical music track started to play. I could not shut it off without looking at the blue screen, so I just unplugged the headphones and tried to sleep on my own. In the morning, I got up after the alarm went off. I traipsed into the kitchen to start the supplements. I measured extra chamomile buds into my teapot and let it soak for awhile. I read e-mail and listened to the last episode of TTAV: The CDC vaccination schedule calls for 69 doses of 16 vaccines by age 18. That's for now, but there are 200+ in the pipeline. Do we have a limit? Institute of Medicine 2013 study said the schedule has not been adequatly tested for safety. The timing, order, frequency, number and age of administration have not been systematically examined in research studies. But we know that combining drugs can be deadly. You should not have to wait months to see a pediatric neurologist (because they are so packed with patients). The rules for diagnosing polio were changed when the vaccine came out. Paralysis for 24 hours was sufficient before, and paralysis for 60 days was required after, among other things. Dr. Palevsky: when someone got measles and mumps in a short time frame, there was a greater incidence of inflammatory bowel disease than if they got those diseases far apart. So when children getting MMR complained of stomach pain, it raised questions about the safety of getting all three in one shot. Japan now refuses to give MMR. They give individual shots. 2003 CDC ordered their scientists to get rid of data from a study that showed African American boys had 2.5 times greater chance of autism if they got the MMR shot on schedule, vs after 3 years of age. But Dr. William Thompson kept a copy so we know what the study really said. Barbara Fisher watched a show called DPT Roulette -run by an NBC affiliate. She got the studies the show was based on, and realized her son had all those symptoms. Boys are given Gardisil, which is supposed to prevent cervical cancer in girls. A study tracked 195,000 girls given over 500,000 doses of Gardisil and 9.9 percent were in the ER within 40 days of the shot, and over 900 were hospitalized. Cervical cancer is not a public health threat, nor is it communicable. The vaccine may prevent cervical warts but has never been shown to prevent even one case of cancer. Hepatitus B is given on day one to all babies, but the baby is only at risk is if the mother has HepB, which 99.9 don't and can be tested to confirm. So why vaccinate the other 99%? CBS reported that “The U.S. Has the highest first-day infant death rate out of all the industrialized countries in the world. About 11,300 newborns die within 24 hours of their birth in the US each year, 50 percent more first-day deaths than all the other industrialized countries combined. ” Dr. Stanley Plotkin: he worked with quite a few aborted fetuses before they decided to use them to make vaccines. The organs were harvested from normal aborted fetuses to do the testing. The 1986 Act took liability away from drug companies for childhood vaccine damage. The PREP act took away liability in event of a health crisis. Declaration of a crisis in February of 2020 provided immunity against all claims of loss caused by, arising out of, relating to, or resulting from, the manufacture, testing, distribution, administration and use of covered countermeasures. People who lost their jobs have been offered money to volunteer their children as test subjects for cv2 testing. I read e-mail, and followed instructions to clear contaminated files from my laptop. Over 1500 were found. Then Malwarbytes required me to reboot. While it rebooted, I vacuumed the rug. Then I put on a jacket and went to post office to mail the stones. I also picked up the mail. When I got home, I put down the mail and filled in several gopher tunnels. I sorted through all the rocks I collected and washed the most interesting ones. I put them in a coffee can to tumble them. Myra messaged me so I called her, and we had a nice chat. Then I read e-mail for awhile before having supper. I took a break from e-mail, and wrote some cutting instructions for the circular quilt-in-progress. I typed them into a file on my laptop. Now I just need to decide which shades of blue, and red, and brown go where. I fixed my evening drink, then sat with Chris and watched two episodes of Hart of Dixie. I brushed my teeth, and printed out the cutting instructions. Then I posted to my blog and got ready for bed. * Newborns are getting 10 times the allowable dose of aluminum per weight. Vaccines could do so much good with so little risk in only they were made and used responsibly and appropriately. * FDA Code of Federal Regulations on TPN therapy state “newborns who receive perenteral levels of aluminum at greater than 4 to 5 micrograms per kg per day accumulate aluminum at levels associated with central nervous system and bone toxicity.”

Gifts of the Gophers

I woke up early, frustratingly awake in the dark. I listened to the trumpet playing at 6:30, then to Chris taking a shower. I think he went to work and came back for his CAC card. My alarm went off at 7:30, and a little later I got up. I started the supplement regimen. I read e-mail. I heard sprinklers come on, but they were just spitting, I think someone is draining the water out of them for the winter. Later this assumption was verified. At 11 I made and ate breakfast. After 12, Chris came home with package from the post office. I read e-mail till amost 2, then tuned into Del Bigtree's Thursday podcast. It was live, but I started at the beginning. I wrapped the ends of my phone cable with thread to stop the fraying of the insulation. I had tried tape before, but it always came off. When I saw the temp was about 50, I put on a light jacket to go out. But I didn't count on the wind. So I determined to walk quickly to the post office with two envelopes of masks. I met Johnnie about half way and we stopped to talk about our quilts-in-progress. When I got to the post office, a female clerk processed the postage and sold me stamps and a padded envelope. When I got home, I took a short break, then went out to fill in gopher holes. I sorted through the rocks they had dug up today and scrubbed some to see if they were anything special. There was a small piece of pink like the large chunk I picked up last week. When I came in, I resumed the podcast. He was interviewing Simone Gold (America's Frontline Doctors) who says doctors are not free to take care of their patients in this crisis. She was fired for speaking up about HCQ (on the list of safe and essential medicines for WHO). Back in March she was using HCQ with good results but her doctor friends were not. Then the FDA approved it for Covid use and they all joined her in using it. She asked them what changed their minds - an article, patient recovery? No, just the statement from the FDA. Then whent the FDA withdrew approval, the other doctors talked about how bad it was. Again she asked, what changed their minds - studies, articles, experience? But no, just what the FDA said. She was shocked that they didn't do any research for themselves, nor did they put any credence in the success she was having with patients. She and Del also talked about censorship as they have both had videos taken down by Youtube and others. After the 5pm trumpet-playing, I laid down to listen to the Holosync Rejuvenation track, which is slows the brain waves to create a 20 minute power nap. I didn't realize that at the end there would be a loud 'ding' to wake the listener up. I don't think I was asleep, but I was on my way until that happened. So, I got up and made a salad for supper. I also had some seed crackers and a can of soup. I listened to episode 9 of The Truth About Vaccines. Pharma gave $10 billion to the media so they have a say in what gets said. Google has partnered w/ GlaxoSmithKline to make vaccines, so it isn't suprising that Google censors content that questions the safety of vaccines. The WHO put out a commercial talking about vaccines protecting people without risk. But in a video of their closed meeting were the following statements: We really don't have good safety monitoring systems in many countries. There's a lot of good safety science that is needed. We need much more investment in safety science. The clinical trials are not powered enough which complicates safety science. Adjuvants multiply immunogenicity of the vaccines that they are added to, but they are necessary components of vaccines. How do we raise confidence? We must conduct phase 2 and phase 3 studies with appropriate size and measurement to capture systemic complications. We not only have a problem with confidence IN providers, we have a problem with confidence OF providers. A doctor asked questions about the safety of combining multiple vaccines, adjuvants, preservatives (etc) in vaccines given to the children in his country. In a separate meeting, a similar question is answered by the CDC's ACIP committee: We have no data to make a recommendation one way or the other. Our policy is to recommend it as long as the injections are given in different limbs. Chris came home and brought me a key to the chapel. He made himself supper and sat in the living room to play his game. I finished the episode on vaccines and put the chapel key on my key ring. Then I addressed the padded envelop. I sent an e-mail to the chaplain to thank him for the key. I jotted notes for my blog. Chris and I watched two episodes of Hart of Dixie while I sipped magnesium and chamomile. Then I brushed my teeth, posted to my blog and got ready for bed. * The gophers and have a rocky relationship. *

The post office needed to reboot

I woke up not knowing what time it was. I had forgotten to bring my phone to bed. But the sun cleared the back wall all of a sudden. It turned out to be after 8. There was a message on my phone from Chris saying the internet was out and what would be a good time for the tech person to come. I texted back after 11. I plugged in the router anyway and the internet came up just fine. So I sent Chris an e-mail. I got ready for coffee morning. Chris replied that the man was coming anyway. I wasn't quite finished at 10:45, so I took a break to clean the living room and the front porch. When the man didn't show up at 11, I washed dishes in the kitchen until he did. He said the large temp swings each day loosen the contacts. He'd already checked the outside contacts. He came in to check the inside contacts and said they were fine. We chatted a little longer and he left. Then I finished up and continued cleaning. I listened to Day 8 of The Truth About Vaccines: Glaxosmithkline, Pfizer, Merck, and Sanofi who produce the 72 vaccines mandated by CDC for American children, are convicted felons. Since 2009, these four companies collectively have paid $35 billion in criminal penalties and damages and fines for defrauding regulators, for falsifying science, for bribing doctors, for lying to the public and for killing lots of people. Vioxx alone killed at least 120,000 people and probably closer to 500,000. Why do we trust that these companies will make 'safe and effective' vaccines, when their other products are not safe? The the number one most powerful lobby in Washington is Pharma. I put on my bathing suit and laid out in the sun, wondering if this was the last day I could do that. Then I took a shower. I sanitized the masks I made for Cherry and put them in envelopes, including the two I must have forgotten to send earlier. I taped the envelopes shut and went to the post office. It was a nice walk, and I get to take it again tomorrow, because the computer there wouldn't process the order. He weighed the envelopes twice and printed postage twice, but that was as far as the machine would go. So I agreed to come back tomorrow. There were packages for me which I picked up and took home. Once home, I opend the packages. One had connectors for J5 cables. I put three 6 foot sections together and had a wire long enough to hook the desktop to the router. I went out to handle gopher tunnels. Then I went back inside to listen to Holosync for an hour. I read part of the time, hoping that would help me fall asleep, but it didn't. I went back out to see what the gophers had done. I brought in some rocks and scrubbed them. I read e-mail until Chris came home. I listened to Alex Anderson while I fiddled with my quilt drawing, trying to figure out where the different shades of fabric should go and how to cut the pieces to use the least fabric. Chris watched Michele play a game on Youtube. Afterward, they spoke on the phone. I added magnesium to my chamomile tea and we watched two episodes of Hart of Dixie. Then I sat down to write up my blog post. * Our aloe looks so much better now that we brought it in for the winter. Why, it looks good enough to eat! *

Seeds and Crackers

I slept ok last night, don't really remember. I don't remember when I got up, either. I started the morning as usual. I listened to the next vaccine episode. It was about alternatives to vaccines and the vaccine schedule. There was an outbreak of Japanese encephalitis in india in 1999 and there wasn't time to import the vaccine so they used a homeopathic remedy, which was given to 20 million children in Andhra Pradesh every August for 3 years. Their rates dropped from 243 cases in 2000 to 0 cases in 2003. Neighboring states still had the disease. I also listened to a podcast on sleep. They mentioned the Iris app for blue light, ashwaghanda, magnolia, relora, motherwort, chamomile w/ honey, progesterone, and gaba. I made and ate breakfast. Chris never came home for lunch. After breakfast, I made seed crackers. I let them bake at 275 for an hour. I used that hour to start 4 masks. When the timer rang, I turned the oven off, and finished the masks. Then I went outside. I wasn't going to dig tunnels because it is so rough on my hands, but I couldn't resist. I opened several tunnels by 4pm. Then I came in to listen to Holosync and hopefully fall asleep, but that didn't happen. I did not finish the session because I heard the trumpet playing Retreat, which signified 5pm. I signed into Zoom for the RCMQG meeting. It was nice to see so many familiar faces. The program was about improv piecing. When the program was over, I went outside for a moment to put gum in the open tunnels. Then I had suppper and listened to several presentations from the Vagal Nerve summit. I added magnesium to the chamomile tea and sipped it while watched Hart of Dixie with Chris. When Apollo was charged, I set it for relaxation. After two episodes, I retired to my laptop to look up some of the characters and post to my blog.

Another fabulous day in the armpit of nowhere

I had a hard time sleeping last night because my back hurt. I laid in the recliner with the heating pad till I fell dozed off. Then I went to bed. I wasn't certain I could get out of bed this morning, but I managed. I wondered if digging up gopher tunnels was the problem, but my back never hurts when I do that. I took supplements on schedule and checked e-mail. I had over 800 unread messages and didn't make a dent. I listened to the next episode on vaccines. Since the chicken pox vaccine came out, fewer kids get chicken pox, but more older folks are now getting shingles. I don't think it's a good trade. While listening, I colored in another quilt diagram. At 11:30 I made breakfast. I was eating it when Chris came home with packages from the post office. He asked me to make him a loaf of bread. So after I finished breakfast and some jackfruit, I filled the bread machine with the ingredients and turned it on. I read more e-mail, then went outside to deal with gophers. I collapsed a few tunnels and cleaned up mounds. I dug up part of the back yard where only tumbleweeds grow. I was surprised that there were hardly any stones there, and the dirt wasn't all dried out under the surface. The land was bumpy and I raked it to level. At 4 I came in to lay in the lounger and listen to Holosync for an hour, hoping to take a nap. But it didn't work. At 5 the trumpet played Retreat. (It's awfully cheerful for what it signifies). When I got up, it was time for supper. I ate beef and kimchi, and made a salad. After supper, I planted some jackfruit seeds in a shallow red plate that came from Korea. We had mint soaking in water and some of it had roots. So I planted those as well, in a pot that can stay indoors until spring. I searched for a better price on some supplements, and finally made a decision. I opened the packages from the post office and put the supplements away. Then I added magnesium to the last of the tea. I sipped it as we watched two episodes of Hart of Dixie, which Chris chose for me. It was about a young doctor from New York who ends up in Bluebell Alabama and doesn't quite fit in. There was no bad language and it seemed to be ok. Afterward, Chris pulled a tiny spine from my hand. Then I brushed my teeth and sat down to write my blog. * This is fabric I saw at Joanns a couple of weeks ago. *

I voted!

I got up before 8:30. I started taking my supplements. I checked e-mail and listened to the next episode of the vaccine summit. They said the HPV vaccine has the most aluminum of any vaccine. It was tested against an aluminum placebo and the result was that it produced no more adverse events than placebo. It is responsible for 25% of all adverse event reports. I took a shower and got dressed for church. Then Chris took his shower and got dressed. I changed purses to one that went with my dress. Then we drove to church. We saw Johnnie walking there. I put on my mask as we went through the front door. Four of us conversed around the table that held the bulletins and hand sanitizer. On the screen up front was a countdown to the beginning of the service. That was for the Facebook feed. This time we sat in the second row and the chairs were broken it and more comfortable. The songs were first. Two were modern songs which I had heard in Chinhae but forgot. Then came two hymns. How Great Thou Art, which I knew and could sing. I knew the second song as well, but the way the guitarist played it, I couldn't quite make it out and neither could he. After the sermon about Daniel and Rachel, we sang the last hymn again and this time it went well. After the service, I talked to ladies in the back. One wants to learn to quilt. The pastor's wife showed me the fellowship hall, which will be nice for when the weather gets bad (which could be any time. Warm days are getting fewer.) I thanked the chaplain for putting in hymns. Then we went home. As I made breakfast, Chris wrapped cod in bacon and put it in the oven. He also cooked a spaghetti squash. I listened to a lawyer talk about the German Corona extra-parlimentary Inquiry Committee, which is a group of German lawyers who are bringing a class action suit against the WHO and other organizations for crimes against humanity for their part in the covid situation. When it was over, I went outside to lay in the sun. Then I went through the gopher tunnel from yesterday. Part of it had been redone, but I flattened it. I followed some other tunnels as well, putting in food waste and filling in with dirt. I collected a lot of rocks. I washed some that I thought might be special. I read e-mail as Chris finished putting his laptop back together after disassembling and cleaning it. I could smell the fish wrapped in bacon cooking in the oven. Then he fried up the asparagus in bacon fat. Then we had supper. As I ate, I watched the Huntsville church service. We both got out our mail-in ballots. It was like having an open-book test. There was a Utah gov website that had links to the candidates and the referendums, etc. At a polling place, I would have just made a quick guess for those I didn't know, but having a laptop here, I felt I should look up each candidate and choose that way. Some candidates did not submit a profile to the Utah website. But I did a lot of reading and discussed my thoughts with Chris. That was kind of nice. You can't do that at the polling place. I finished the research to complete the ballot, signed and stamped it. Then I poured the remaining chamomile tea in a cup and added magnesium. I sipped it as we watched the last episode of Battle Creek. Then we watched the first episode of Private Practice. I was not enthused and Chris didn't like it. And he didn't like that I didn't like it. He said I didn't look it up well enough to know there was stuff I wouldn't like. I brushed my teeth and sat down to write my blog post.
* This is my tomato plant, which is now inside for the winter. *

So many stones

I had trouble falling asleep last night. Then I woke in the middle of the night with RLS, even though I eat a banana every morning. We slept in. Then Chris gave me a coconut oil massage. Afterward, I made a quart of chamomile tea and checked e-mail. Then I took a shower and got dressed. I listened to Day 4 of the Truth about Vaccines Summit: Because of the amount of mercury in the multidose vial (50,000 ppb), the flu vaccine is considered hazardous waste. You cannot dispose of it in a garbage can. In some states if you drop the vial and it breaks, you are legally required to evacuate the building and call a Hazmat team to clean it up. Dr. Larry Palevsky said that most illnesses that lead to flu-like sypmtoms are not caused by the influenza virus. It was shown by an NIH study that taking Tylenol just before or after a vaccine increases the risk of autism. The United States requires the most childhood vaccines; 26 just for infants alone. But the US ranks 34th in infant mortality rates, not first. At 11:30 I made and ate breakfast. I cut some orange fabric into 18 inch wide strips. I cut up some cinnamon bundles and tied them with green ribbon. I wrestled with the desktop computer to scan and print some dahlia drawings. I packed the copies and some crayons and colored pencils so I would have something to do if no one showed up. At 1:58 I drove to the pavilion. The commander's wife and two others pulled up just behind me. I set up my materials and had them each choose which orange fabric they wanted. Then my neighbor and her granddaughter arrived. I gave them fabric, also. I demonstrated how to wrap the toilet paper with the fabric and stick the cinnamon stick bundles in the top. Then I gave the little girl a drawing to color while the adults sat and talked. The ladies were nice enough to stay until 3 and we had a good time. After they left, I walked to the post office (which was closed) to pick up a package. But instead of finding the package inside a locked cubby hole, there was a yellow slip to be presented to the clerk - during office hours. Sigh. I took my mail and walked back to the car and drove home. When I got home, I changed clothes and cleaned up some gopher mounds. One was on the side of a stretch of ground where grass doesn't grow, but tumbleweeds do. So I didn't mind digging along the tunnel across to the other side, hoping to find the burrow. I unearthed a lot of stones. There was one spot that seemed promising, but I couldn't dig deep enough with my trowel. I dug as deep as I could, then put in a bunch of food peels. I put the disc of dug-up rocks over it so I could spray them down with the hose. I noticed that behind my back, the gophers had dug five more mounds. Grrr. I could hear Chris talking to someone inside. I packed up and went in. He was chatting with Michele. I scrubbed some cute stones before I got out the jackfruit and ate some. Then I had beef and kimchi, followed by seed crackers. Chris put me on the phone with Michele and we had a lovely chat. I poured the rest of my chamomile tea into a tumbler and added magnesium and minerals. We watched two episodes of Battle Creek while I sipped it. Then I put away laundry that Chris had folded, and we made the bed with fresh sheets. I wrote up my blog post for the day and then went to bed. * A large bug that visited us the other day. *

Free-range beef

I fell asleep sooner than usual last night. I did wake up a couple of times, but went back to sleep. It helped that the trumpet did not play at 6:30. I got up at 9. I kissed Chris and went to turn on the router. He came out as I was fixing my molecular hydrogen drink. When I sat down at my computer, I noticed it was a dark screen with circling dots. Since I hadn't turned it on yet, I wondered if it had been doing this all night, or just since I turned on the router. I watched it until I finished my drink, then rebooted it. While waiting for the updates, I brewed a quart of chamomile tea with two tablespoons of loose leaves. Then I read e-mail and listened to episode 3 of The Truth About Vaccines. I wanted to post it on my Facebook page, but read that FB has announced that it will no longer permit any posting that might discourage people from getting vaccinated. Pertussis vaccine may keep you from showing symptoms but not from spreading it. When I got up to take the next supplement, my phone rang. It was William, giving me an update on his progress with the shed. After our chat, I made and ate breakfast. I looked through the cupboards and pantry to find things to put on the shopping list. Chris put freezer packs in the ice chest. Then we got in his car and went to Tooele, listening to more of the book on CD. We had to stop for cattle crossing the road. They seemed quite unconcerned for their safety (or ours). Our first stop was the bank. We waited in line to get cash, and waited again to see someone at a desk. But when one came, it was the same guy that helped us open an account. After our transaction, we left, seeing that the line increased a lot. Our second stop was Luckey's for groceries. When we got there, I put on my mask and stopped at the restroom. But oxygen deprivation caused me to go in the men's room accidentally. I figured it out pretty quickly and went to the other room. Then I joined Chris in shopping. We stopped to inspect the jackfruit. A lady noticed and came over to ask questions about it. Thankfully I had done my research and could answer them all. We also got veggies and beer. Then we went to Melanie's Nutrition. I found more chamomile tea. I asked for Tudca, but they didn't have any. I also got coconut milk and water. When I got back in the car, Chris was talking to someone who had just gotten a promotion. The guy asked Chris about someone we knew in Chinhae. I suggested he ask Scott. Finally we went to Macey's. We picked up the rest of our groceries there, then headed home. No cattle this time. By the time we got home, it was after 5. We put away the groceries. Chris had me dial his parents while he made guacamole and we chatted with them. Then I called my dad and talked to him and Faye. His mind seemed good today. Then I had some guac and seed crackers for supper, plus something else. I asked Chris about his new keyboard and he said he installed it but the laptop still didn't work. Bummer. I put on warmer clothes and a coat and went outside for a walk, but got distracted by the latest gopher mounds. I cleaned up the ones I could see in the fading light. It got dark, so I put away the tools and went for a walk. The temp kept dropping and I was glad to get back to a warm house. I made tea using the same leaves and slices of ginger and turmeric. I put magnesium in it and sat with Chris to watch two episodes of Battle Creek. When it was over, I brushed and sat down to write my blog post before going to bed. Hopefully it will be another restful night. * In the state of Utah, if you hit a cow on the road, you have to pay the farmer for it and the calves it might have had. *

Chamomile for the win?

I had a hard time falling asleep last night because of all the tension in my back. It was uncomfortable and a little painful. I woke up early, and noticed Chris was awake before his alarm went off (5:30 I think). I stayed in bed until after my alarm went off at 7:30 but was never able to go back to sleep. I took the first supplement and brushed. I listened to audios from a summit. One recommended large amounts of strong chamomile tea. I found a package of loose leaf chamomile in the pantry, so I made a quart of tea and left it to steep on the stove. I continued reading e-mail. I made and ate breakfast. Chris came home for lunch and played his game while eating a sandwich. I sat with a heating pad on my stomach and listened to Del Bigtree's podcast. He interviewed Dr. Bartlett who said he had remarkable results treating virus patients with budesonide. It is a corticosteroid that calms down the inflammation in the lungs. I was going to lay out in the sun, but it was too cool to put on a bathing suit. So I went outside fully dressed (although barefoot) to clean up gopher mounds and dig into their tunnels to put the dirt back. I sprayed down the rocks that came out of the tunnels and put them in the flower bed. Then I watered the spaces where the gophers had eaten the grass, hoping they will fill in. I laid in the lounger and listened to Holosync for an hour. I think I did fall asleep for a short time. Then I saw that William had called. So I called him back. I ate supper. Chris came home late but not as late as he said this morning. He was going to go to mass after work, but it turned out that the priest got turned away at the front gate because his pass expired. I stared at the lock-screen pic for a while, then colored in the quilt diagram. I made more notes on the colors. I looked up some supplements that I had heard about on a podcast and decided one of them was a lot like something I already had. Then I made my magnesium drink and we watched two episodes of Battle Creek (as in Michigan). Sometimes I wonder if the point of the show is to mention the local businesses there. Afterward, it was blog time and preparations for sleep: the true test of the chamomile. * I wish there was a way to color this on my computer. Which is better: the right half or the left half? *

Returned at the post office

This morning I was dreaming when the trumpet played Reveille. I was dreaming about sleeping outside and not having any hotflashes. Sadly, I was not able to go back to sleep after that. Then my back gave me warning pains. My 7:30 alarm rang and I shut it off. Then I heard clicking, coming from my phone. I grabbed it, turned the screen off and laid it on Chris' side of the bed. Slowly, I was able to get up. I considered putting off detox and meditation morning till tomorrow. But I don't like to mess with the schedule. I walked out to the livingroom where Chris had unplugged the router. Slowly, I did a knee bend and reached for the plug to plug it in. And I got away with it. But I was still walking around carefully. I did a sinus rinse. I made coffee, and did most of my exercises. I listened to a meditation through a link in an e-mail. She suggested it be done lying down so I put a heating pad on the recliner and laid there. It helped some. I did my meditation and tapping. Afterward, I felt good enough to clean the bathrooms and kitchen. Chris came home while I was cleaning and made lunch, adding crumbs where I had just cleaned. I mopped up the coffee spots that led from the kitchen to his laptop. Then I drank a cup of bone broth and took my morning supplements. After he left, I put on my bathing suit and went outside to sit in the sun. It was a windy day so I sat just inside the door of the shed. It was a protected but sunny spot. I started having a niacin flush and it lasted for a long time. When I finished reading, I came in and took a shower. And still the flush persisted. I took out the recycling, and packed up the blue-blocking glasses. I followed the return instructions precisely so I could get a refund. I took the box to the post office, where I picked up my last Swansons order. After mailing the box, I came home and started cleaning up after the gophers. Only old mounds today. They must be getting smarter because it is harder to find the tunnels from the mounds. Chris came home from work. I finished up outside and came in. I drank a can of coconut water. I was a little chilly so I laid down in the recliner with the heating pad and relaxed while listening to a podcast on back pain. I got out some more crayons and colored more of the quilt diagram. I decided that I should list the colors in order or prevalence in the pic and put them in the diagram that way. But the pic I had taken was on my laptop screen, so it was full of reflections of stuff in the room. I looked for it online, using keywords like screensaver, wallpaper, lock-screen, Microsoft, Bing, glaciers etc. Finally I turned to Pinterest. They gave me a set of pics and I chose the closest one. That brought up another set of similar pics, and I chose the closest one. It took some time, but eventually I found the right pic and saved it to my laptop. The colors were not as vivid as in the pic I took, but it will work for my purposes. By then it was late and even the sprinklers had finished. I made my magnesium drink and watched 2 episodes of Battle Creek with Chris. Then I brushed and swished. and wrote my blog post for today. * I saw this on Facebook and thought it was funny so I sent it to Michele. *

So many supplements

I was dreaming when my alarm went off. I shut it off and tried to get the dream back, but could not. So I got up about 8. I took supplements, brushed and swished. I checked e-mail. I put on a video and parsed out supplements while listening. I set aside the ones that needed reordering. I opened some windows to air out the place. Chris came home early for lunch. He brought me a printout of a memo on interaction with wild animals. He told me the upshot was 'don't feed the coyotes'. But when I read it, my attention was focused on 'prohibits the willful disturbing... of a wild animal”. Gee, I spend my days disturbing gophers and my nights thinking up new ways to disturb them. I put away a bunch of supplement boxes and made breakfast. I read an article by Jon Rappoport. He talked about the errors of the one-disease-one-cause thinking. He pointed out that the interviews with those whose lives are devastated by the lockdowns are missing from the mainstream media, which points to collusion among the media. He also listed a lot of ways in which the pandemic can (and very well will) be used to justify all the changes that the technocrats want to make to society. About 1:30 I went outside to clean up after the gophers. I did not follow the tunnels so the job was done more quickly than usual. I watered parts of the lawn and the flowers. When I came in, I put on another video, but this one had complicated science about cavitations creating radiation, and such. I absorbed what I could while mending Chris' pants and quilting a shower glove that came apart inside. The trumpet sounded at 5. Then I sat in the recliner with Holosync to meditate for an hour. After 50 minutes, Chris came home from work. We talked a little and he continued his game. I dealt with a mound in the back yard, then had supper. The outdoor temp was dropping quickly. I placed a few supplement orders, wishing I could get them all from the same source. Then I made seed crackers and read more articles. I sat down with crayons and a drawing the the quilt that Johnnie and I are doing. Chris turned the TV from his game to Netflix. We watched two episodes of Battle Creek. I drank magnesium and brushed my teeth. I colored in some of the quilt drawing, but I didn't have all the right colors of crayons. Then I typed up my blog, and got ready for bed. * These are the colors I picked out for my quilt. Kinda on the dark side, aren't they? *

Nose to nose with a gopher

I had the usual trouble falling asleep. Then, in the middle of the night I woke up with pain on the right side of my chest. It wasn't all that strong, but very unusual and it had me worried. I checked my pulse in both wrists and it was light. I decided that if it was serious, I would be dead before they could get me to a hospital an hour away. So I tapped and prayed and eventually went back to sleep. We stayed in bed late, needing more sleep than we got. Also having been awakened at 6:30 by the trumpet player. I think it was after 9 when we got up. I brushed my teeth and swished. I checked e-mail and read an article. I washed up and got dressed. I read an article about FOIA requests in major countries (US, Canada, Australia etc) to find whatever proof they have that the virus has been isolated, and all came back negative. I watched Dr. Andrew Kaufman talk about the testing that has been done and how it fails to prove anything. I felt a sore in the back of my mouth. I opened a jar of ozone cream and found a big brown spot on the paper seal that might go all the way through. I took a pic and wrote to the company to ask if it was safe to use. I got a fake e-mail supposedly from Paypal saying my account had been 'limited'. What surprised me was that it had a yellow star by it which in the past has always meant that I marked it as 'important' in Yahoo. But I hadn't seen the e-mail before. I didn't know scammers could pre-mark e-mail as if I had marked it. I made and ate breakfast. Chris invited me to go walking with him, so I put on long pants and shoes. We walked quite some distance to the upper housing hill. There were only 4 houses up there. They must feel more isolated than we do here. The commander's dog came over to greet us, and then the commander followed. We had a nice chat in his backyard. His wife and son came back from somewhere and we talked to her as well. They had something to attend to so we walked back, going a different way. I picked up a pink rock that might be pretty when cleaned up. I posted to the Dugway page, announcing a pumpkin-making class for Saturday. Then I put on shorts and went outside to disperse gopher mounds. I sifted through the dirt to pick out the rocks, putting the dirt in a bucket. Then I widened the hole and reached inside to determine which way the tunnel went. I put in some coffee grounds mixed with diatomaceous earth. Then I started stuffing dirt way down inside the tunnel as far as I could reach. Suddenly I noticed dirt flying back at my hand, and maybe a touch. I withdrew my arm quickly. I cupped my hands around the hole and put my eye to them. A little brown/gray nose came up, and then quickly disappeared. I went inside to ask Chris if gophers bite. Then I went back outside to finish the job. I had to fill in 4 or 5 tunnels, ending with the one that I stuffed with an oregano cotton ball yesterday. I guess they didn't like that. When I finished it and got the hose out to water, I noticed two more mounds had sprung up. Ambitious little critters, working behind my back. Actually I noticed one as he was getting started and I lobbed a small rock at him and he gave up. When I came in and washed my hands, I checked my phone. I got a message that three more people were coming to the Saturday event. Woo-hoo! I put on Holosync and laid down for a nap. I may have dozed off, but I was awake when Retreat was played. After that, I went back outside to deal with the extra mounds. When I came in, it was time for supper. I had some beef with kimchi and made a salad. I listened to some short summit presentations, then I made a magnesium drink. Chris pulled up Battle Creek on Netflix and we watched two episodes. Then I brushed again, and swished as I wrote my blog post, wondering if I would have to buy more supplies for Saturday.

The good old hymns

I woke up early, hearing the wind make the double doors squeek. I thought it kept me from going back to sleep, but when we got up, it was about 9. I re-made the pumpkin, which was sitting on the ironing board, but it still didn't have a stem. I took a shower and got dressed for church. I read some e-mail, and then asked Chris if he was going to church. He paused his game and took shower and got dressed, too. Then he drove us to church. We put on our masks and went in. We sat in the front row. The seats were very uncomfortable and I resolved to sit where we sat last time. We shared a bulletin even though there were only 5 congregants. Three songs were played before the sermon and I didn't know any of them. There was a hymn after the sermon, but I didn't know it either. And it wasn't easy to sing. After the service I spoke to the pastor. He said if I sent him a list of hymns he would try to work them in. Then we 5 congregants visited in the back of the church for a while. When we got home, I got out my hymnal and made a list of hymns I would like to sing. Chris made sunny side up eggs and gave me two. After that, I made my regular breakfast. I watched the church service from Huntsville. I checked e-mail and then Chris asked me to trim his hair. So we went into the garage, like last time. He wanted a quick haircut, but I was too afraid, and I took my time. Eventually he was satisfied, and I was dubious. He swept up the hair so I could 'give' it to the gophers. Chris called his parents and we had a nice chat. Cecily said she would send me Al's hair next time she cuts it. Then I went back to my laptop and read articles from Malewarebytes about how to avoid computer viruses, imaging the hard drive. About 3, I went outside to deal with one gopher mound. But when I had, I saw another. When I finished that one, Two more popped up and then a third. I was busy all afternoon. Then I watered here and there as necessary. While daylight was still strong, I pulled fabric in the colors of a screenshot I took a month ago. I finished the pumkin with a cinnamon stick and green ribbon. I took a pic so I could post it as a make-n-take class. But I never got around to that part. Chris baked a roast in the oven. We ate part of it for supper. I cleaned the countertops. I put on long pants and shoes to go for a walk, but found two new gopher mounds so I dealt with them, instead. It got very cold so I did not walk after all. I discovered Chris had sent me the pastor's e-mail address, so I sent the list of hymns. I listened to an interview with Stephen A. Bustin, Professor of molecular medicine, a world-renowned expert on quantitative PCR. He says it was never meant to be used as a diagnostic test and he discussed all the problems in doing so. Near the end I paused it when Chris came to tell me he was ready to watch TV and he had chosen “The King and I”. I made my magnesium drink and sat down to watch it with him. I sang along with some of the songs. Afterward, I discovered I hadn't drunk all of the magnesium and I spilled it accidentally near his laptop. I rushed to get a towel and he wiped it up. I brushed my teeth and swished while typing up my blog post. I read a synopsis of Uncle Tom's Cabin to see how it compared with the version in the musical. It seemed very different. And then it was time to go to bed.

Of Rocks and Gophers

I got up around 7:30. Chris gave me a coconut oil massage. Then I took a shower and got dressed. I lit the candle again in case the power went off. I put the TrueDark glasses back in their box. I read e-mail and messaged Johnnie. She asked if I wanted copies of her drawing of the quilt we are going to make. I said yes, and she came over with three copies of the giant dahlia drawing for coloring purposes. I found variations of the dahlia pattern on Pinterest and messaged them to her. I e-mailed a few people, then deleted a bunch of e-mails. I started out with over 800 and was afraid I was missing some of the personal ones. At noon, I made and ate breakfast. With Chris' help to stretch the belt, we fixed the vaccuum cleaner. I tried it out and it cleaned the carpet much better. (I think a looser belt would have worked just as well). I laid out in the sun wearing my bathing suit and reading a book. It was a windy day and not hot. After I redressed, I worked on gopher holes and exposing gopher tunnels. I found a lot of rocks in the tunnels today. Afterward, I watered here and there because the sprinklers have not come on for a few days. I also wrote a little poem: A little quilter sat with a filter, separating rocks from the sand. When she stuck in her big toe and pulled out a geode, she said "what a good girl I am." We walked to the post office and back, finding just a few envelopes. I folded the laundry on the bed. I put on a video and made a salad for supper. I also had leftover steak, and some seed crackers. The video was an interview with Dr. Li-Meng Yan, a Chinese virologist who defected from China. Her main point was that the CCP created the virus and released it. Due to controls and serveillance at the lab, there is no way it was accidental. She takes HCQ herself, but more important than any vaccine or treatment is that we must stop them from doing it again. After the interview, I went through my orange fabrics to find something to use as a center for the orange quilt, but nothing was quite right. I took the orange piece from my latest purchase and cut it in half and then into quarters. I used one fat quarter to wrap a roll of toilet paper like a pumpkin, but it needed a stem and a leaf. By then Chris was ready to watch TV. So I put down the project and made my magnesium drink. I sat with him and we watched two episodes of Another Life, finishing season 1. Netflix does not have season 2, so we will have to watch something else tomorrow night. I brushed my teeth and helped Chris dress the bed, then wrote my post for today. I gave up wearing the blue-blocking glasses because they haven't helped me sleep and they make it hard to read the laptop screen. * We think these are petunias ( from Springdale, Utah) *

The check-up

I had a hard time falling asleep last night, even though I stretched before bed, used the blue-blocking glasses, and the massage ball. Chris' alarm went off at 7:30. I got up, took the protein supplement and hydrogen water. I checked e-mail for one that asked for a review of the blue-blocking glasses. I started composing one. I paused to brush and swish and get dressed. But the power went out while I was getting dressed. We were advised about intermittant power outages this weekend. But I thought they would be quick. I could not see in the closet. When I finished and went back to my laptop, there was no internet, but I could jot notes for my blog. I was going to make tea, but the gas stove wouldn't light without electricity. At 8:30 we went to Tooele to the dentist. There was no place to park. So I went in and Chris left to do the shopping. The desk clerk took my temp and it was low, even for me. I waited to be called, then went back. A lady took a panoramic x-ray, then guided me to a chair. I waited until a young man came to clean my teeth. It did not take him long. I asked him about hygienists getting Covid more often than others because they work with unmasked people and he said no one at this practice ever got sick. After he left, I waited for the dentist. He checked my x-ray and said my teeth were great and he didn't know why it hurt to chew on tooth 19. I called Chris to say I was done and he said he was in the parkiing lot, having already done all the shopping. We went to Joanns to pick up the fabric I ordered last weekend, and then went to Melanie's for a beet drink. I got a special chocolate bar as well. They had a sign up saying almost 28 million people have recovered from Covid (according to Worldometer). We went home listening to the book on CD. Although we have heard it before, it is so long and involved that we were still surprised by what happens next. When we got back, we put the food away. The power was still out. I got the breakfast box out, and made some pre-breakfast concotions. The stove wouldn't light and I couldn't find matches or a lighter. If there was sunlight in the kitchen I might have tried a magnifying glass. William called to say he found another keyboard. During the conversation the electricity came on. I made tea to heat up bone broth, and lit a candle in case the electricity went off again. I made breakfast, and ate it while reading e-mail. I got out my orange blocks to see if they went with the fabric I picked up today, but they did not. Chris and I walked to the post office to pick up the mail, then went to the commissary for milk and cheese. When we got home, I talked to Michele, who had left a message on my phone. Then I changed clothes and went to work on gopher mounds and tunnels. I worked until dark, then came in for supper. Chris was gaming with the voices, and one of them was Michele's. I had gotten an envelop of hair from her in the mail today and used it on the gopher mounds. While I was eating, the game came to an end. There was a DVD from Netflix in the mail. We watched “Meet Me in St. Louis.” We thought it was about the World's Fair but mostly it was about the family with a psycho youngest daughter. Then it was time to blog and get ready for bed. I tried to wear my blue-blocking glasses, but it was just too difficult to make out the words on my screen. * another pretty picture from our anniversary trip to Zion National Park * ** this new Blogger interface is worse than the old one. **

On the road again

I had trouble falling asleep. I was still awake when a motorcycle started up in front of the motel, wrenching Chris from sleep. He leaped out of bed, not realizing where he was. I wanted to go outside and give him/her a piece of my mind. It was really loud and very late at night. I also heard the restaurant next door restocking. Why does a restaurant need to restock in the middle of the night if they don't open until 5pm? My back hurt and I had to be very careful about getting out of bed, and sitting or standing. I took supplements, and swished. Then I worked on breakfast. I checked e-mail while eating. And then I got dressed and packed up everything. Chris loaded the car. I stood in the sun while Chris checked out. We stopped at a gas station called Terribles. Chris filled up the tank while I filled out the record book. We drove to Virgin Utah, and stopped at the place that has alligator jerky, but they were closed for the day. So we continued on to Dugway. We listened to the book on CD. I might have slept some. Along the way, I ate some seed crackers, and shared the smoked apple cheese with Chris. We got in around 3:30, after getting the mail from the post office. I unpacked while Chris took a call. I watered the plants. I opened a package to find vacuum cleaner belts. They looked too small. So I tried to call the company but got a busy signal. Then he went to the commissary. I went outside to treat some gopher holes and dig up some tunnels. He fixed steak for supper and then invited me in. I washed up and ate supper. I listened to Del Bigtree's Thursday broadcast. He interviewed some Osha experts who said it is illegal to require everyone to mask up without regard to their health, environment, activity, etc. Afterward, I made my magnesium drink and we watched two episodes of Another Life. I took two packets of vitamin C because my neck hurt, and did some lymph-moving facial massage. I brushed my teeth and swished while writing my blog post. Retreat was played over the loudspeakers and I realized that I didn't miss it at all on vacation. Chris had asked me what I liked about our vacation and it was being around people, and not being woken up by Reveille (as well as napping in the afternoon and having Chris' attention because his laptop isn't working). * Erosian can be beautiful *

A walk in the park

Hot flashes were not much of an issue last night, and my legs were not restless. Still, I had trouble falling asleep and someone was up doing stuff next door, again. I had turned my alarms off. When I checked my phone, it was almost 8:30. Sleep wasn't coming back, so I got up, and so did Chris. He took a shower while I checked e-mail. Then he checked e-mail while I took a shower. I made breakfast and looked up trails to see which one we should do today. I wasn't enthused about spending $40 each to get the bus that takes you to the trails in the north end of the park. It is possible to get walk-up tickets after 3, but the computer repair person is scheduled to come at 5 so we need to be in the room then. I checked e-mail and searched for the list of tapping videos. I thought the tab got closed, so I used cntl-shift-t, but it never came back. So I searched my history file until I found it and opened it. I went through about 6 of them. I walked to the river and hung out for awhile. While I was gone, the technician came to fix Chris' computer. (Good thing we weren't out walking a trail). As it turned out, the problem was not under warranty so he did not fix it. I heard about it when I got back. We walked to the Springdale Visitor's Center to see what there was to do. But it was mostly gift shop. So we walked back, and then even further to the park. It was grassy and people were picnicing. There was a bridge to cross the river (more like a creek) and signs about dogs off leash. But we didn't see any dogs over there, just bicyclists and lizards. Lots of lizards. We walked one trail downriver as far as it would go and back. I picked up a few small rocks. Then we walked back to the motel room. I laid down for a nap and Chris sat outside with his phone. I tried really hard to sleep, but I don't think I ever did. I sat outside with Chris for a bit, eating a tomato. Then I got on my laptop and watched some tapping videos. Afterward I started a video called MaskFacts, not realizing it was an hour long. I paused it at 5 and changed my clothes. We walked down to the visitor's center and crossed the road to The Bit & Spur, a SouthWestern style place. There was a line so we got in it. The people at the front were escorted to the patio to wait for an outdoor table. When our turn came, so were we. I am not certain if they were serving indoors or not. They did not take our temps like King's Landing did. We waited in line, then we waited on the patio to be seated. We waited to give our order, and then waited for food. The ribs were really good, and the first was hot. But not so much after that. Chris' steak was barely warm, and the black beans were same. I wondered if it was from being carried so far from the kitchen. During our meal, yellow jackets investigated our plates. As we finished our meal, a four-point buck showed up and dined on grass, mostly headed in the other direction, so lots of people got pics of its behind. Children crept closer to see it. When our credit card came back, we got up to leave. We enjoyed a leisurely strole back to the hotel, except for the section that was bing sprinkled. I ran through that, but got a little wet anyway. In our room, I jotted notes for my blog while Chris read things via his phone. I finished the mask video and made my magnesium drink. Chris connected my laptop to the TV and we watched three episodes of Another Life. Then he went to bed and I finished up my blog post and brushed my teeth, almost ready for bed. * I guess the buck didn't want to eat alone. *

Our 30th Anniversary

I did not sleep well last night. With the ceiling fan on, the temp was much better. But then I had restless leg syndrome. I tried not to move, but the urge came in waves and would not stop. I got out of bed and stretched. That helped a little. But then there was someone moving what sounded like cases of glass jars. There is a restaurant next door so maybe that was it? In spite of it all, I was sleeping at 7:30 when my alarm went off. Chris shut it off and I tried to go back to sleep, but did not suceed. It would have been nice to open the blackout curtains, but since there were no sheers and we were not dressed, we had to make do with lamps. I started with a protein supplement, and then molecular hydrogen. I got dressed and made breakfast. When we were ready, we went to Stop #7 to wait for the shuttle. After too long, it arrived and we rode the bus to Zion National Park. We walked Watchman Trail. It was 3.3 miles and labeled Moderate. It was arid, rocky, dusty and upward. I could imagine Jesus walking such a trail. We stopped here and there to rest or talk to people. We met a couple of Korean women and practiced the language. We met a family from California. They took our pic with my camera and we took theirs with their camera. We walked to the end of the trail and walked around the loop, taking pics. Faye called and we talked mostly about Dad and his fall. He got a black eye but the medical report is nothing serious. The scenery was awesome and worth the hard work to get up there. But the camera would not capture the true beauty of it. Then we walked down, stopping now and then to let people by because the trail was narrow and hikers were going in both directions. There were no handrails, so it seemed a little dangerous. But no one slipped and fell down the steep hillside. When we got back to the park center, we stopped to talk to a veteran sitting in a wheelchair and watching the hillside. Then we caught the next shuttle to stop number 5. We wanted to go to the grocery store for bananas. So we got off at 5, and walked halfway to stop 6 to find the grocery store. We bought bananas and cheese and bagels. Then we walked to stop 7 (where our hotel is). For lunch I ate a banana, strawberries, seed crackers and cheese. Chris put cheese on a bagel and microwaved it. He sat outside to eat. After eating, I told him I was going to lay down for a nap and he could use my laptop. His reply was doublful, but after I laid down, he did use my laptop. When I got up, he said I could have it back. He told me he got an e-mail saying someone would come by tomorrow at 5 to change out his motherboard. I deleted a bunch of e-mail that I wasn't going to be able to read. He took a shower. I washed up and changed clothes. At 5 we went next door to the King's Landing Bistro. We had a nice chat with the family behind us while we waited in line. Then we were taken to an outdoor table. The patio shared the same backyard as our room. I ordered an appetizer and San pellegrino while Chris got an entree, but both were small. I called William to wish him and Karen a happy anniversary. I ordered a hanging pretzel and we both ate it. It came with a small container of cheese and one of honey/mustard. Chris preferred the cheese and I liked the other. Chris started a conversation with the two couples at the next table. We had a nice conversation. After we paid, we went through the backyard to our motel room. Chris brushed his teeth, and then we got in the car and went looking for the sign advertising alligator jerky. I was certain we'd seen it from the car coming into town. He was certain he'd seen it from the shuttle going to the national park. So we went in both directions from the motel, but we never found it. I jotted notes for my blog and downloaded pics while Chris read e-mail on his phone. I finished watching a video on three ways to improve health. But they don't actually tell you unless you join their membership. I made my usual magnesium and glycine drink. Then we sat on the bed and watched two episodes of Another Life. Afterward, he went to bed and I stayed up to put the finishing touches on my blog and get ready for bed.

A Geode

It was a very long night because I kept waking up with hot flashes. I would have turned on the ceiling fan if I knew where the switch was. But I didn't want to wake Chris.
I washed up and got dressed. I brushed and swished, then ate breakfast. I tried to read e-mail, but Chris turned on I dream of Jeannie, and it was too distracting. Chris tried to get us park bus tickets for tomorrow, but they were sold out already. You can only buy them two weeks in advance, or one day beforehand. We might not get to ride the bus
I packed a snack and we waited at the bus stop for the shuttle. But I forgot something and we came back to the room, at which point I set down the snack and walked off without it. We went back to the bus stop and chatted with the other couple there, then the shuttle arrived and we all go on. I called Joanns and asked them to hold my pick-up order until Friday. We road the shuttle to Zion National Park.
We paid for tickets to the park, which are good for 7 days. We walked the Pa'rus trail, stopping often to take pics of rock formations, plants, or animals. Signs were posted that said the river was contaminated by cyanobacteria, and to stay out of it. But I saw two men walk their dogs down to the river to drink. We saw big horn sheep, at a distance, gathered around a tree. It was a paved trail and there were lots of bike riders. They kept calling out “On your left”, so one time I replied “On your right”. The trail was such that after 1.75 miles, we turned around and walked back the way we came. I had to sit and rest. Chris found me a nice rock in the shade by the river. It was a lovely spot. That's where I saw the two men let their dogs drink.
When we got back, around 2, we caught the shuttle and got off at Stop 2. (We then realized we could have walked faster than waiting for the shuttle.) We had lunch at Thai Sapa. I got the Thai Coco, and Chris got the green curry with a little extra spice. They were both excellent, but I liked his a little better. After paying, we went outside to wait for the next shuttle, which dropped us off across the road from our motel.
I ate my snack and rested while Chris talked to a technician at Dell, who promised to send someone local to our room to fix the laptop. I think I took a little nap. When I got up, Chris was using my laptop.
He suggested we walk to the rock and gem shop. So I put on shoes and we did. It wasn't very far. The rocks were mostly in labeled bins. They would have been more interesting if there were more information. But the only clerk I saw was the one behind the counter inside the little building. There was lots of colored glass, so eventually I went in and asked him about it. I was hoping for lightning glass, but it was all man-made somehow, even though it looked rough like the rocks. There were several bins of geodes at different prices. I chose one and took it inside to purchase. I asked how to open it and he told me. He never mentioned that they can open it for you for $5. I looked at wonderstone and rainbow rhyolite. They looked similar to me, but one was twice the price of the other.
We walked back, and I freshened up and put on pants. Then we went to King's Landing Bistro, for a light dinner of appetizers. My appetizer was one of the most expensive items on the menu. It was a platter with cheeses, meats, a few small slices of bread, plus condiments. Chris got a burger with oddly-shaped fries. After drinking most of a bottle of Pellegrino while waiting, I wasn't hungry. But when the food appeared, I ate most of it. I gave Chris the truffle salami.
After supper, we sat outside on the back porch for awhile. Then I got my laptop so I could jot notes for my blog. Chris got his camera and went to the side fence where the deer were feeding. He didn't take pics, but did have a long conversation with another couple.
It got dark and we went inside the room. I finalized a Swanson order and then we hooked my laptop to the TV. We watched the last episode of Call the Midwife, and the first episode of Another Life. Then Chris went to bed while I finished my blog post, and did some stretching before going to bed.
* Supper *