Inventory

It is a chilly morning in April.  Although deer ate at the tulip foliage in the strip along my front yard they did not destroy the  plants.  Blooms are forming.  Spring is coming in slowly with occasional lapses into really cold weather.  I went out to check on my propane generator this morning since I hadn't really noticed it for some time.  It is stowed at the bottom of a pile of other items.  The good aspect of this is that a thief might well overlook it.  It shouldn't take too long to get up and going if the need presents.  We had a minor earthquake last month and in the past few days there have been two major aftershocks, around 4.2, which is not much, but still worried those in the area concerned.
Since I regularly listen to the Book of Mormon with its account of famines, wars, storms, earthquakes and probable volcanoes as the wickedness of the people brought the wrath they earned I find our current level of panic rather excessive.  People seem mainly concerned with a threat to a lifestyle that is excessive and largely quite wicked.  So much of our economy depends on self-indulgence, in games, social mingling with strangers, entertainment of a wide variety from sports to concerts. 
I had been  prepared for danger and threat of starvation and thirst.  Instead we have to worry about whether or not people can continue to willfully associate with crowds of random strangers.  The worst crimes and abuses of human life continue virtually unabated.

Burning bands of hot acid.

I was miserable most of last night.  I think it is because I made some cookies with brown sugar and ground almonds.  I had eaten roast beef with gravy and diced tomatoes earlier.  I assume the brown sugar was the main villain, although the ground almonds could also be implicated.  I tried to take various remedies but ultimately fasting and taking salted water today has improved my situation.  Tomorrow I will probably eat salmon with lemon on it.

Another day of divesting

We got started removing things from the carport at around 11 AM today and eventually made two trips to the dump and one to the storage space David rents.  I recovered the elements of my bug out cooler and some other items.  It was doing something.  I hope we get some more divestiture done tomorrow.

Trailer back in Action

I made a couple of runs today.  I drove my car pulling the trailer we built last year and David brought along Alden and Adam to load and unload.  We took a refrigerator and a few other items to the transfer station in Springville then took a load of trash to the temporary dump at Rock Canyon Park.  I managed to turn up onto the trail around the water storage and a nice man volunteered to back my trailer up the trail back onto the road.  I wiped down with disinfectant afterward.  In the afternoon we took some items over to the house David owns on 800 West and then took stuff from there to the Rock Canyon dump site.  I knew it was going to get really cold tonight so instead of letting the chickens out I plugged in their water heater.  I made some warm cream of mushroom soup with a few beans and some mushrooms.  I added cheese and sour cream.  Later I made some pita, broiled lamb chops and tziki.  The lamb, pita and tziki that I made yesterday worked well for me.  Tomorrow as soon as it warms we will take more things to the dump.

Good Easter

.I have been really low energy today but I managed to open the chicken coop and refresh their water.  I made an Easter meal of lamb, unleavened bread and taziki and Richard and I ate while we joined the family on a Zoom meeting.  We then had the sacrament, following our sacrament by viewing a short talk on video by the Bishop.  I spent the remainder of the day relaxing and listening mostly to Tabernacle choir presentations, although I also included a video of Andre Bocelli.  I still need to close the chicken coop for the night.  I have been moving slow but I was able to eat my meal, although I did it in two attempts. 

Easter Food

Yesterday I remembered that I usually celebrate Easter with a special meal.  I texted Nancy who I expected to come down today to take care of her car, and asked her to shop for a few items including cucumbers, plain Greek yogurt, and lamb, and whipping cream.  She did so.  I hope her car passes inspection.  At least it was an outing for her and Miranda.

Offering

I had planned to fast for at least 24 hours, but I hadn't considered making a Fast Offering until I got an e-mail from my bishop.  I thought it through and made my normal fast offering amount.  I am very fortunate to be able to do so.
I had several plans for today, the most important was putting a barrier of blocks along the long side wall under the coop.  I blocked the chickens out of the space this morning but my plans have proceeded slowly, at first because of weakness from a 24 hour water fast followed by a 25 hour dry fast.  I decided to wait until after I did a zoom meeting with Rudy and Hannah at 3:00 PM.  I finished the job as twilight began to fall.  It was tougher than I had anticipated and more necessary.  The chickens have been undermining the foundations of the posts that hold up the coop, at the same time making incursions by raccoons and other pests easier.  The blocks I used were heavy and I was still quite weak.  I also fastened up the siding under the window.  I left my phone in the back yard but the chickens are still out so I'll retrieve it when I go down to close the flock in for the night.  I didn't do much but I exerted quite a bit of effort.  I left the drill downstairs with the intention of doing other things tomorrow.  I would like to put the slide in place.