New shelving for the swap shop

Wednesday

I think I slept pretty well. Chris was gone when I woke up. I prepared for the usual meditation morning with coffee and exercise. I put on the CD lineup, skipping the first CD. I read for 20 minutes with the Happylight, then meditated and tapped. Then I started cleaning. Chris came home for lunch before the music ended.

I was cleaning in the kitchen when Brian called. He wanted me to go to the landfill with him to offload the bad wood and see some shelving that he noticed was there last week. He gave me half an hour, so I got ready, then continued cleaning until I saw his truck drive up. I ran out to meet him. I got in his vehicle which was towing a shallow trailer. We went to the landfill and threw out the wood onto a very large pile of excess wood. Then he drove over to the metal pile. There were a number of metal shelving units that had been thrown out. Most were very shallow, but we picked out 5 which were 8 to 10 inches deep. Together we got them on the trailer. We also found some extension ladders which were missing a rope. We took the best of the two.

We went back to my house for the swap shop key and a dolly/trolley. Then we went to the swap shop, which is in the post office building, and found stuff to hold the doors open. Then we used the trolley to get the shelving units into the room I intended to set them up in. We took a break during which I went home to get water and use the bathroom. He went home to get tools. After some discussion, we decided to make a square with the 4 eight-inch units. I had scavenged some screws from the site and Brian brought more. I did my best to help or stay out of the way as he bolted the units together. There were some bent parts which he knocked into place with a hammer. Then we moved an existing shelf, and put up the 12 inch unit. It made a mess but we were both tired. He took me home and dropped off the trolley.

I checked my phone and saw that Jenni and Michele had called. So I called Jenni back. She was shopping for wreath stuff. Michele was having trouble with her sewing machine and I gave her my best advice. Then I put a shovel in the car and went to the garden. I dug up all the sweet potato plants. Only two, the very first and very last, had potatoes. I also found 2 white potatoes and a handful of small red potatoes. These were from plants I haven't seen in months since they got covered up by bigger plants. Then I started picking tomatoes. I picked them all, except for the soft ones that probably got frozen. I filled a bag, a medium size planter and part of a very large planter. Just before I left, I dug up a bunch of onions that Jenni had told me I could.

It was 6:15 and I wondered if I should wait for the ladies to arrive for walking. But I was cold, so I went home and made hot tea. Chris was there and helped me take the dirty sheets from my trunk, plus all the veggies I had picked. There wasn't time to drink the tea so I poured it into a kombucha bottle and drove back to the garden. The ladies were already there. As we walked around the school block, I held the super hot bottle to my chest to keep warm. When it cooled down enough, I drank it. We came back around to Jenni's van and stood talking. Finally we all went home.

Chris was still gone to the colonel's house for supper when I got back. I put half the sheets in the washing machine. I made a Swansons order. I read e-mail and watched videos. I jotted notes for my blog. At 11pm, Chris still wasn't home. I called him and there was no answer. I moved the sheets to the dryer and started putting more sheets in the washer. I heard something and went to check. Chris was home. He told me how wonderful I was and that the colonel said so too. Chris gave me two items that the colonel wants mended. Chris also brought home 4 dozen eggs from the lady who raises chickens and cattle on the side. He spoke for some time. I finished putting sheets in the washer and added borax because the sheets were still stained. I took the dry ones from the dryer. I posted to my blog, stretched, and went to bed.

Reclaiming the wood

Tuesday

I got up before 7:30, hearing the wind and worried about the pillowcases blowing off of the tomato plant. I got dressed to check and it was fine. I read e-mail and articles. Johnnie called to tell me to look outside. It was snowing (although it did not accumulate).

I watched a video medley of interviews with doctors : numerous reports of myocarditis in younger people, damaged heart cells replace themselves with scar cells, so those people will have that damage for the rest of their life. Only 25% of vaccine stays in the arm. The rest travels through the blood stream, attaching to blood vessel walls and making spike proteins. The spikes make the vessel wall rough, so platelets have a harder time getting through, especially in capillaries. Therefore clots are inevitable. He tests his patients with D-dimer within one week of vaccination, and 62% show evidence of clotting. It causes damage to tissues that cannot regenerate. Miscarriage rate of women vaccinated in first trimester goes from a normal of 10% up to 80%. Spike antibodies are in the blood, not in the lungs where the virus starts corrupting the cells.

I parsed out supplements for the next two weeks and then made and ate breakfast. At 1:30 I went over to Saronna's house to play trombone to her string base. It went fairly well. Afterward, I went to the garden to check on the plants. They had survived. But I took the sheets off of the squash because they were not big enough to pick and were rotting at the ends.

I moved some stuff in the garage to make room, then re-parked my car to leave the garage entrance clear. Brian came by with his trailer. We went over to Diane's house to pick up the wood from the moving crates. Her husband helped Brian load it. Then we went back to my driveway. I thought we would just unload it, but Brian said we should sort the wood based on condition, and take out nails and staples. This was a bigger job than I expected. We rescued some flat pieces and some 2x4's. The rest went back on his trailer for a trip to the landfill. Some of the edges were so full of staples and nails that we set up the table saw and cut those part off. Chris came home from work, changed his clothes and went over to the colonel's house for supper. After Brian left, I put the 2x4s in the garage, swept the driveway and closed the garage. There were still nails to be picked up, but I was so tired I could barely stand up.

I ate supper and read e-mail, and listened to interviews. I washed off the red mark that the chisel left on my arm and put ozone cream on it. I sat against a heating pad as I jotted notes for my blog. Chris came home before 10 and we watched one episode. I posted to my blog and read e-mail, then went to bed.

Releasing stuff from the swap shop

Monday

I woke up hearing Reveille, but went back to sleep. Then I heard the 7:30 alarm, and dozed until the 8:30 alarm. I got up, having slept well - no RLS. I watered the plants. Chris turned on the router. I read about inhaling a mist of H2O2 to kill viruses in the lungs. The same site (Earth Clinic) noted the experiences of lots of people who get sinus trouble after eating ice cream. It is thought to be something in the 'natural flavors'. From the site I made a list of things to try next time I get RLS.

I went to the garden to uncover the tomatoes and pick up the water container. Back home, I checked my phone and saw a pic of the sweet potato Johnnie had just dug up. I texted back then started making breakfast. When she replied, I put some tomatoes in a bag and went over there. Brian was outside so I asked him about picking up some wood for me. Then I went to the door. Johnnie let me in. I gave her the tomatoes and we talked for awhile. Brian came in for water and joined the conversation. He wanted to go to the swap shop so I agreed to meet him there after breakfast.

I jogged home and finished making breakfast. I read e-mail as I ate. I texted Johnnie, then walked out toward the swap shop. She and Brian picked me up on the way. I let them in with my key and he went through the boxes and made a pile of stuff. We all carried stuff out to his car. They drove home and I walked back.

Chris was ready to go. I put a few more things on the shopping list and we went to Tooele, listening to the book on CD. In addition to the usual places, I went to Joanns and the dollar store. I got wreath forms and tulle for class. In Luckeys, people were buying flats of soup. Because of snow? Then we went home. I brought the food in and we put it away. Then I boiled water and poured it into jars which were inside padded plastic containers. They were more padded than yesterday to stop the heat from leaking out so fast. I also got two old towels to wrap them in. Then I dressed warmly and went to the garden. I placed the boiled water containers, picked as many tomatoes as I could, then covered it all up as best I could. I could see the wind blowing the sheets out of place, so I went home for more sheets and safety pins. I went back to the garden and covered the open spots as best I could. Then I gave them over to God and went home.

It was almost 6:30. I sent Jenni a message saying it was too cold to walk. I brought in a bunch of outdoor potted plants. I had some leftover fish for supper, plus seed crackers with mashed avocado. I read articles, updated my mp3 tracks, then made tea. Chris was dealing with impending weather influences on job opening times tomorrow morning. Snow is expected. So we got a late start on watching TV. But he still elected to watch two episodes of Person of Interest. Then we dressed the bed with clean sheets. I listened to a few interviews, then posted to my blog and read for a while before going to bed.

Flights are being diverted for pilots or passengers having chest pain. A pilot died during flight and had told the copilot that he just got his second shot. Unjabbed crew say they don't feel well when working with jabbed crew.

More stuff for the swap shop

Sunday:

We got up just before 9. I had slept fairly well, but woke up several times during the night for no discernible reason. I drank a lot of water, then brushed and swished. I washed some dishes and wiped the countertops. I read e-mail. I watched a video as a lady took a magnet to the beach and it scarfed up what I thought was black sand. She thought it was graphene oxide from masks thrown into the ocean.

I checked the weather. By Tuesday it will be in the low 20's. Bye bye tomatoes. I watched an 8 minute video which consisted of various farmers explaining that the govt was paying them 1.5 times what their crops are worth to destroy them, and refusing to pay subsidies if they don't destroy them. One man said he got a letter from the govt instructing him to dump oil on the roads of his farm. He called for confirmation and was told to follow the letter. Another man said he was given two options: destroy it himself or let the govt spray agent orange on it. So he mowed it under. Another man showed the USDA letter and their binder of instructions on how to destroy his crop.

I showered and dressed, then went to the garden to uncover the tomatoes. When I got back, I read some more, then we got in Chris' car and went to the chapel. Mike, the guitarist, told me how he had mixed me up with the mother of one of his students. He has hardly ever spoken to me before so I did not pay attention to the countdown. When the chaplain started speaking, I rushed to get to my seat beside Chris. The colonel and his wife sat behind us. As usual, we sang three songs, and then the chaplain spoke about King David and Bathsheba. Afterward, I talked to Johnnie, and Chris talked to the colonel.

As we drove home, Chris said the colonel had stuff to drop at the swap shop. So I changed clothes and walked over to Rusty's house to get the key back. We talked for awhile. When I got back, I made and ate breakfast, and read e-mail. I drove my car back and forth over where some large gopher mounds had been to collapose all the tunnels, then put the dirt in the low places.

Chris got a text from the colonel. We drove over to his house and Chris helped him load the truck. I spoke with his wife and she gave me a book to read. Then I followed them to the swap shop. Chris helped him unload. She helped me move a table into the other room. Rusty had left things nicely laid out. The colonel wanted to walk around the post office complex and see what services used to be there (like Subway, barbar shop, mommy and me class, credit union, etc, )

When we got home, Chris cooked beets in the rice cooker and fish in the oven. I ate supper and read e-mail. Then I went to the garden with hot water. I picked a bunch of tomatoes, then covered the vines with sheets, leaving the container of water to heat it. The ladies arrived and we walked around the block, talking. But soon after that, we went home. I read articles online, then made tea and we watched two episodes of Person of Interest. After that, I posted to my blog for Saturday, then listened to another interview. Dr. Lyons-Weiler said the spike protein is cytotoxic.

On the way home

Saturday: We slept in. RLS did not bother me. We got up after 8. We washed up and walked to the lodge for breakfast. Standing in line, Chris asked me for a $5 so he could get ones. But I didn't have my wallet. So when we left after eating, we did not leave a tip. We paid with a hotel voucher.

We packed up, then read e-mail until 10:30. Then we moved our stuff to the car and looked around the room to make sure nothing was forgotten. We left the card keys on the dresser and shut the door.

Chris programmed the GPS in his phone and we headed out. We listened to more of the book on CD. Actually there are five books in the CD set, which is good so we didn't run out. His GPS messed up several times, but we made it back to base in 4 hours. We stopped at the post office. Chris went in and came out with a pile of packages as well as mail. Then we went home. Chris' first stop was the bathroom. I was glad to be back in a place with two bathrooms. After my pit stop, I unloaded as much of the car as I could. I opened the packages from the mail, and put away food from the trip. I also unpacked my suitcase. I looked around our property and saw that it had rained and there was an explosion of gopher activity. Sigh.

I boiled water and put it in a bubblewrap-lined container. I took it to the garden and put it among the tomato vines. Then I covered them with the sheets, which were soaked from the rain. I crossed my fingers and went home.

I called Johnnie to let her know we were back. She sounded like she had been napping, so I did not talk long. Then I called Diane and Jenni to see if they wanted to walk at 6:30. I ate some seed crackers with salsa, then jotted notes for my blog.

I arrived at the garden just as Diane was walking up. Soon Jenni drove up as well. The three of us walked around the school block and back to the garden. We kept talking for awhile and I got cold. Then we dispersed.

When I got home, I read more e-mail. Then I made tea and we watched two episodes of Person of Interest. Afterward, I brushed my teeth and listened to part of a presentation on the vaccine research, then went to bed about midnight.

Vaccine doesn't stay in the arm like it was supposed to, trains your system to find spike so well that your system is less able to find variants, saves lives from covid but takes lives through side effects.

A trip to the pool

Friday

We woke up around 8. Chris showered and got dressed and went to the lodge for the breakfast buffet. I stayed in the room and made my own breakfast. I watched The Highwire episode from yesterday:

From the Jan 2020 meeting of the WHO: Dr. Heidi Larson, anthropologist, director of vaccine confidence project addressing the WHO: We're in a very fragile state now. We've shifted the world's population to dependency on vaccine-induced immunity. We don't have a choice but to make that effort. We need much more investment in safety science. Another doctor said we don't add adjuvants to vaccines because we want to, but because that makes them work. They are also what adverse events are attributed to. Adjuvants ramp up immunogenicity, could they ramp up the immune system in a bad way? Adjuvants give a different response depending on the antigen they are given with. So we should do these studies with adequate size and strength to find systemic adverse events. We need to invest in better biomarkers, better understanding of how these things work so we can better understand adverse events as they come up. But long term studies might show associations with symptoms that are coincidental. Q: safety of multiple adjuvants from different manufacturers given at same time? A: the current vaccine schedule makes it difficult to tease that out. We have started an initiative to look at these types of questions. Chief science officer: “We cannot overemphasize the fact that we really don't have good safety monitoring systems in many countries and this adds to the misconceptions because we aren't able to give clearcut answers when people ask questions about deaths due to a particular vaccine...”

From ACIP meeting: until we have a study of covid vaccines in pregnant women, it's use should be considered off-label. ICAN filed a FOIA request for studies of flu and tdap vaccines in pregnant women and the response was “We have no records responsive to your request”. We have no data on the safety of giving several vaccines as once, so our policy to to give them in different limbs.

We spent most of the afternoon on our laptops. Then I went looking for my pool pass. I could not find it anywhere. So I packed a purse and asked Chris to take me to the lodge (as it was raining). He took me there about 4. I changed in the bathroom there and then grabbed a towel and put my stuff in a chair by the pool. The hot tub was full of kids. So I swam laps for awhile, about 14 I think. There was some space in the hot tub, so I sat in for awhile. But I could not see the bottom which made me think the water was dirty. Also the chlorine smell was heavy. I got out and swam 16 laps. I sat in the hot tub again, and when I got out it was 10 till 5. I swam two more laps in the cool pool, then went to the bathroom to change. It was not well set up for that, having no place to sit or hang things.

I headed toward the front door of the lodge and met Chris coming in. We got in line for dinner and were soon seated. I got the hot bar, which cost more than salad bar, but I wanted to try the pecan pork. Sadly, it did not taste like pecans. Chris got the soup and salad bar. As we ate, he read something on his phone. Finally we got the check, paid, and left. Chris drove to the gas station to fill up for tomorrow. Then we went back to the room.

I ate half a banana, then checked e-mail again. I made tea and refilled my water bottles. At 8:30 I paused what I was watching online and ate the second half of the banana. When Chris was ready, we watched one episode of a new drama called Sisyphus. Then I posted to my blog and we watched a second episode before going to bed.

The long and winding road

Thursday It was a long night. First my left leg woke me up with RLS, and hours later, my right leg did the same. I tried everything I could think of, including tapping, energy clearing, lymph-moving exercises, and a banana. Sitting up in bed seemed to help. And standing up, I felt no twinges. If I were 7 of 9, I could sleep standing up. For once, it might pay to be assimilated.

We woke up around 8. Chris showered and got dressed and went to the lodge for the breakfast buffet. I stayed in the room and made my own breakfast. I listened to a whistleblower from Pfizer explain an internal memo asking employees not to talk about the fetal cell line used in laboratory tests for the vaccine program. Chris came back from breakfast. He opened a can of coconut milk for me with his p38. I added it to my jar of fermented coconut milk.

Around 10 we got in the car and drove out to Rainbow Point. We could see more than last time, but still not to the rim of the Grand Canyon. On the way back we stopped at some other lookout points to take pics. Then we went to Sunset Point. From there we walked the Queen's Garden trail. It was less than 5 km, and since I had just walked a 5K with no problem, I thought 'no problem'. But the trail went down into the ho-do's and back up the other side. It was beautiful scenery, but I was wiped out at the end.

We walked back to the car and drove back to our room. Although we skipped lunch all week, I felt I needed something. So I ate slices of cheese and seed crackers. Then I laid down to nap. Actually I had to nap sitting up, but still it was nice to sleep. I woke up at quarter of 5. We got ready and walked over to the lodge for supper. I got the soup and salad buffet and he got the country fried steak. Our waitress was from Bulgaria. Afterward, we walked back, stopping at the rock shop. An older man was cutting open a geode and explaining all the shades of rock and crystal inside. There were many fascinating rocks there, but ultimately what do you do with them?

We walked back to the room. I made tea and read e-mail and memes. We watched two episodes of Lucifer. The last one was clearly the end of the show for all time, so Chris looked for something else we could watch tomorrow. Then I downloaded 75 pics from my phone. I cropped most of them. I posted to my blog for yesterday.

* Look! It's Bethlehem! *