No phone service

Monday

I got up at 8, having slept pretty well. I brushed my teeth, took supplements and got dressed. I checked messages, then got out new filters for the Berkey. I looked up a video on priming them. Then I primed the filters and set them aside. I took out the old filters and washed the Berkey unit. However, when I put the new filters in, the new wingnuts would not screw down. So I had to get the old ones out of the garbage, wash them, and use those. I sent a message to the Berkey website to notify them of the problem.

I mashed the last two hardboiled eggs with goat cheese. I topped it with pumpkin seeds and ate it. Guacamole works better, but it was gone. I put 6 eggs in the steamer. I worked on my blog post for yesterday. Michelle messaged me that her phone had no service. So I tried mine, and got the same result. People posted on the Facebook page asking how long the phone service would be down.

I went to the commissary. Chris was just coming out. He handed me the chapel key from Michele. I shopped then paid and walked out. I saw Erynne putting groceries in her car. We talked.

I got home around noon. Chris was home cooking for me, and getting ready to spend the night in Tooele for some meeting. He told me the latest tap water test for arsenic was still high.

I ate fiber gel, then laid out in the sun and read. I came in for breakfast. While moving the stove grate, I knocked the teapot and it shattered. I was barefoot, so I had to step carefully to get the broom. I swept it up. I had an extra coffee pot, so I put it on the stove to make tea. The handle started to melt so I moved it over a little.

I made and ate breakfast. I listened to a podcast on dog behavior, then one on menopause, while looking at teapots online. I finally ordered one, but it wasn't quite what I wanted.

I walked to the post office for mail. I drove to the library and made copies. I got a book and went home. I checked for math memes since I had used the last one on Friday. I found a lot.

I heated ground beef in the toaster oven and messaged with Myra. Then I went to band. I hurriedly picked two hymns for Sunday. We played them, plus Christmas music. Michelle came toward the end and sang along. She and Keli and I looked at the handbells. They might need a tune-up – or whatever maintenance applies to handbells. On the way home, I stopped at the garden and picked squash and zucchini. I also checked the irrigation.

I went home. I looked at math memes on Pinterest, then they devolved into all kinds of puns. It was after 11 when I pushed myself away to take supplements and post to my blog. Then I got ready for bed.