Treasure from the landfill

Tuesday

I got up on time, having slept pretty well. It was a cool morning so I read e-mail and watched a documentary called Covenom19. Then I paused it to water the plants at home and at the garden. I picked dandelion leaves, washed them and set them on the back porch for drying. I siphoned off the whey from the milk.

I made and ate breakfast. Chris came home with mail, ate lunch and went back to work. I watched more of the documentary. I printed out two versions of When the Saints go Marching In. I took my trombone to Saronna's house. We conversed for a bit before we got started playing. We played around with the two versions I printed. Then we started on the hymnal with hymn number 1. It sounded so good we decided to play it on Sunday.

Afterward, I went to the library to return my book and two seasons of Cheers. I picked up a season of Barney Miller. I went to the gym to walk with the ladies. After much chatting we decided to go visit the landfill.

Three of us rode in Tonja's car as she drove to the landfill. We found more than we could carry, including a very nice bookcase. So we loaded what we could and went to the swap shop to drop off a file cabinet, and then my house to drop off an ammo case and a board to cut up for shelving. Then we started calling around to find some strong people. Eventually we got Rebecca's neighbor and Chris to come out and do the heavy lifting. Then we all went to the swap shop to deliver the bookcase and tall filing cabinet.

Chris drove me to the gym to get my car and I met him back at home. I finished listening to a podcast on Al-Quada and false flags. I ate the leftover fish while Chris had leftover chicken. I brought in the now-dried herbs and put them in bags. I worked on my blog. I made tea and we watched episodes of Cheers, ending before 10. We both read e-mail for awhile, then he went to bed. I stayed up a little longer.

The Badass Women of Dugway

Monday

I got up late , but not as late as the past two days. I got dressed a little nicer than usual because of the pool party later. I watered a gopher hole and then beat the gopher that came out with the hose, which covered me in mud. Reluctantly I rinsed the mud out of my shirt and changed clothes.

I watered the plants at home, then at the garden. I finished the podcast from last night. In it, Judy Mikovitz was explaining how retroviruses work and how they could easily make a safe and effective vaccine in capsule form. It would activate both arms of the immune system and stop replication of the target virus.

I read e-mail. Chris heated the chicken in the oven and put ice in the new ice chest and filled it with beer. I got towels to wrap the casserole dishes of chicken in. We carried everything to the car and then went to the pool.

I didn't want to burn in the noon sun, so I found a shady spot to sit. Michelle was there with her family, as was Jenni. Later Tonja came as did Saronna and her kids. We had a nice chat for 3.5 hours. I played with Jedidiah. He was so cute! Chris brought me a plate of food, and later some different flavors of chicken wings. Jedidiah was happy to chew on the chicken bones.

It was after 3 when I packed up and walked over to Chris who spent most of his time talking to the guys who were grilling chicken wings and brauts. At one point he had taken off his shirt and jumped in the pool. All the women noticed. Anyway, he finished his beer and conversation, then we packed up the food and went home.

I read e-mail and snacked on nuts until 7. Then I put on my suit and went back to the pool. I gave some seed crackers to the life guard who had shared his rice with us. Then I swam and talked with Michelle and Heather. We called it the meeting of the badass women of Dugway. At one point I laughed so hard I nearly drowned. At 8 we got out and resumed our chat in the parking lot. One of the subjects was the situation with a boy at school who was making rude remarks to girls and touching them inappropriately. Michelle said she would notify the principal tomorrow.

When I got home, I made tea, and we watched 2 episodes of Cheers. I wrote my blog post and Chris went to bed. Then I read e-mail and listened to an interview about being internally consistent, applying the same logic to both sides of an issue. It was midnight by the time it finished.

Disappointing batch of cheese

Sunday

I got up around 9. I got dressed, then watered here and at garden. I pulled up two redbeets that were breaking through the top of the soil. I fixed a drip line, and covered peeking potatoes with dirt. When I got home, I replanted the red beets in the tower garden. I refilled mixes and spices. I picked dandelion and plantain for drying. Then I started making breakfast, just as Chris was preparing chicken for the oven.

I ate, then got dressed and took the trombone and snacks to church. I unpacked my trombone. Saronna came with her string bass. Michelle and her daughter came and then Chris arrived. His game got canceled because some people had other plans. The chaplain's assistant was on vacation, so he had a substitute. The substitute played the praise songs at the beginning of the service, but the words did not show on the screen, so no one sang. Then the chaplain gave his sermon. Afterward, we had communion. And then Saronna and I took requests for hymns. There were three requests so we played three hymns. After the service, I hugged Diane, then talked to Saronna about playing When the Saints Go Marching In. Then I realized everyone had left. Chris took my trombone home and I took the snacks and went home.

I read e-mail for awhile. I added milk to the fermenting liquid for LAB. Then I went to the gym for a workout. Diane and Jenni came, and we did stretches and some lifting. We left at 6 when the gym closed.

I ate a piece of chicken that Chris made. I put together a salad from stuff I picked. I brought in the dried herbs. I heated the goat milk for cheese. I read e-mail, and listened to podcasts. When I checked, the milk was not curdling well. I added lemon juice, and worked on my blog.

I made tea and played my trombone. We watched several episodes of Cheers. Chris went to bed, and I stayed up to finish the cheese and a podcast and start another one. When I realized it was after midnight, I went to bed.

* This is the fruit that is either a cantaloupe or a honeydew. *

Tonja's new machine

Saturday

I got up really late. I watered plants here, then went to the garden. The batteries in the irrigation timer were dead, so I came back to get new batteries. I found some fencing in the shed to make a tomato cage for the one plant that's in the box with the potatoes. It's finally big enough to need a cage. When I got back, Chris gave me a coconut oil massage. He took a shower, and then I did. I went to Michelle's house to get the peanuts, mint and eggs that she freeze-dried for me. The peanuts were unchanged.

We chatted till after noon, then went home for breakfast. I had some fruit, then collected the materials and went to sewing at the chapel. Chris brought the machines in. I set one up. Tonja showed up to help, but then no one else came. We looked at and played with Tonja's new machine. I texted Jenni and she showed up after 3. We all talked till 4 and no one made the jar opener. Then we packed up, and went home.

I drank tea to re-hydrate. I met Jenni at the company house. We spent 45 minutes making the beds and cleaning the floors. I paid her and we went home. I made cheese sticks, and when they came out, put in seed crackers to bake. That used up all the fresh eggs I had. But now I have powdered eggs to use. I ate leftover fish for supper. I didn't have time for a full salad so I just ate a few raw veggies.

I put on my swim suit and went to the pool. It was still cold. The lifeguard said the heater was installed and there was hot water in the showers. Hmm. I swam around in the pool with Michelle's daughter. Jenni chatted with the lifeguard. At 8 we got out, dried off, and continued to converse. And then again in the parking lot.

When I got home, I read e-mail. I posted to my blog and made tea. We watched 4 episodes of Cheers. I read articles for an hour or so. Then I was interrupted by a strange sound. It turned out to be a small rodent, jumping up against the french doors, as if he wanted to come in. I tried to take pics, but none of them came out. Then I put the seed crackers away and went to bed.

* So what scientific evidence DOES the CDC have? *

The keys are back where they belong

Friday

I watered the plants at home, then went to the company house and put their sheets in the washer. I headed to the garden, and ran into Michelle. I stopped and we talked for 45 minutes. Then I went to the garden and fed the plants there. I picked up more little peppers lying around near the potatoes. Are the varmints sitting around and smoking the peppers at night? I collected some mint and a few leaves of kale, red beet, and radish.

When I got home, I stripped the leaves off of the mint stems and washed them. I put them on the back porch to dry. I went back to the company house to put the sheets in the dryer and put towels in the washer.

I came home, and filled the Greenstalk with water (which is supposed to water all the pockets in the tower garden. I also watered the flowerbeds. I beat 4 eggs and added them to the frozen eggs on the pan in the freezer. Raw eggs have to be frozen before they can be freeze-dried.

Then I listened to a podcast until noon. It was time to put the towels in the dryer. When I got back from the house, I made and ate breakfast. As soon I was done, we were going to head to Tooele, but Jamie showed up with the swap shop keys! We were both very excited! Apparently someone found them in the parking lot and turned them in to Dispatch. We chatted about our upcoming cleaning in September. Then she left.

We listened to more of the book on CD on the way to Tooele. We shopped at the usual places, plus I bought some vinyl at Joanns for a future project. When we got back, we got the mail and put away the food. Then I took the pan of frozen eggs to Michelle's house. I also gave her a bag of peanuts and mint. She had a pan of spinach, so those four things went into her freeze-dryer.

I cleaned at the company house for 50 minutes, then went home for supper. Chris made fish and I made a salad.

As soon as I finished eating, I put on a swim suit and went to the pool. I carried my clock with me and set it up in a chair. Michelle was standing in the pool so I swam circles around her so we could chat until it was time to go. Heather was there, too. We chatted on the way out. They teased me about my clock looking like a Captain America shield. I gave Michelle a bag of rice and beans to take to the food bank.

I went home, changed into dry clothes, and worked on my blog. I heated tea, and we watched a movie called Death on the Nile. It was a remake, but pretty good. Afterward, I finished reading my book, and went to bed after midnight.

Just like Grandpappy used to have

Thursday

I slept in late. I got up and dressed. I flattened a mound and picked some dandelion for drying. I mixed up some special fertilizer and watered the home plants. I swept the back porch and put the sweepings in a flower pot. I blended the small discarded hot peppers from the garden yesterday. I took the liquid back and spread it around the pepper plants. I fertilized the garden from the 5 gallon bucket there. I think the mystery vine is a cantaloupe.

I read e-mail. I made and ate breakfast, then watched The Highwire. I paused it when Chris came home for lunch. He moved the wires on the back of the router like always, but neither of us had connection. After eating lunch, he went back to work. I re-arranged the wires, but still did not have connection, so as a last resort, I plugged my computer into the modem.

I finished The Highwire. No one was available to walk at 3:30, so I didn't stop reading articles. I powdered some herbs and put them in labeled baggies for storage. I chose a jar opener for the sewing project. I sewed one up and took pics of it.

Chris came home from work. He got mad that I had rearranged the wires and not told him it didn't work. He rearranged them again, and then it worked. He looked at a plant for me and identified it as purple cabbage. He called to order pizza.

Then Michelle texted that she was ready to walk. So I drove over to her house. I paid her for the goat milk. We walked around the block and saw Chris go pick up his pizza. She and I chatted for a bit when I got back to her house.

Then I went home, but decided to stop at the swap shop. Tonja was there. I talked with her and picked out a few things. I found a metronome like Grandpappy had. Other people were there, left and then more people came. I went home.

I posted the sewing project to the Facebook page. I brought in my now dry dandelion and kale. I picked salad greens for supper. I worked on my blog, I made tea, and then we watched episodes of Cheers. Afterward, I read my book, dozing on and off. Finally I turned everything off and went to bed.

Coffee morning

Wednesday

I got up a little late. I watered at home, and at the garden. I found more tiny green peppers lying around, particularly by the box growing potatoes. I took them home to make hot pepper juice.

When I got back, I read a book, then had coffee morning. I cleaned the bathrooms as Chris came home and ate lunch. I continued to clean in the kitchen, then went walking with Michelle at the gym. When I got home, I sat down and read e-mail.

Chris came home after work, then went to Mass. When he got back, I paused my video and put on my suit and went to the pool. It was still very cold. There were lots of kids tonight. I talked to Michelle and swam horizontal laps. After she left, time went so slowly that I was afraid the clock had stopped. So I got out and toweled off. I carried my clock to the car and went home.

I changed into dry clothes. I tried a keto test but it was very slight. I resumed my video from earlier. I posted to my blog. Then I made tea and we watched episodes of Cheers. I was so cold that Chris took me to bed and cuddled till we both fell asleep. Then I woke up and went to shut everything off. Chris got up, too, but went back to bed. I read for a bit before I went back to bed.