Thanks for the input. As markets tank this AM, they are something to ponder.
My squash was in sorry shape this year. Between hail and high water it was pummeled and water-logged but it persevered and we are enjoying in mightily. The problem is that I don’t think it will hold so I spent yesterday baking much of it, then freezing it in flat packages. I know I should be drying it but the frozen is so convenient to do. I do it two cup batches. This is just right for a meal or a batch of bread. I finished the clean out of the upstairs pantry. After Ben and Maggie moved, I found myself with enough space so do a rearrange and update my inventory.
Bruce is nearly finished with the summer canning kitchen. I hope to get pictures posted today. It looks great. He put in a huge fan so we can boil sap in there. It will be nice to do that under cover. We have a small bos stove we will use outside, then switch to the propane cooker for finishing. Worst case scenario, we would put another larger wood stove out there and do all the processing without using any fuel but wood.
I spent a few minutes and updated my medicine chest. I noted in my appointed book the earliest days I can refill prescriptions. You can pick up another 4 days a month is you plan it right. That will matter if another whopper storm cuts us off from picking up refills.
I’m going to a lecture at UMass tomorrow, given by two readers here. I’ll give a synopsis (with their permission) on Wednesday. I feel as though I need all the direction and motivation I can get.
One the subject of books: Summer Of The Apocalypse was very good. I really couldn’t put it down and I’m pretty fussy. I don’t have time to waste on something I don’t love.
November 21, 2011 at 11:44 am
Keep those book suggestions coming! I don’t have time or the inclination to pick up a book that isn’t going to teach me something.
Thanks!
Elizabeth.
November 21, 2011 at 5:03 pm
Just finishing up Independence Days at your recommendation – a REALLY good read! One for the bookshelf for sure!
November 21, 2011 at 7:33 pm
So how does it work to pick up 4 days a month on prescriptions?
November 22, 2011 at 7:59 am
On the prescription front, I always ask my doctors if they have samples (they always do!) and then I save those for the off times. I keep a black sharpie in my medicine box and write on the meds the date I need to use it by and then note that on my family calendar.
November 22, 2011 at 9:05 am
I would also suggest checking how much your prescription would be without using your insurance. My cost is the same both ways because of a co-pay. I have my Dr. write a 3 month script and then I fill it once not using my insurance. I now have 3 months as a back up. Just remember to keep rotating it in. This works well at places like Walmart and Walgreens with the low cost generics.
November 22, 2011 at 11:36 am
PS:
I just learned of an MD who “is one of the few consulting physicians in the U.S. who dispenses antibiotics for disaster preparedness as part of his normal scope of practice”.
His web site is: SurvivingHealthy.com. I don’t know anything about this doctor and I don’t know what kind of Rx’s you need but it might be something to check out.
Elizabeth