Day 341, Year 10: Back in Business

Day 341, Year 10: Back in Business
Date: Wednesday, September 16, 2015
Weather: Sunny and Warm
Location: Quissett Harbor, Falmouth, MA

After almost an hour of messing around this morning, I’m back in business with a propane cook stove that works. Miracles of miracles, it was not a big problem. The propane tank was simply empty. Changing tanks was not as easy as I had hoped, but with a little help from Mark via phone, I got the job done and had a nice, hot cup of coffee. The microwave is still a mystery. But since I almost never use it, the microwave not working is certainly a problem I can live with. I spent the afternoon in the storage unit, v-e-r-y slowly going through things. My goal is to get rid of enough things to move into a 10 x 10 unit instead of the 10 x 20 we are in now. I’m not certain I can get that done this fall, but I’ll keep working on it and hope that it can happen. I stopped at 3 pm to go pick up Sam and Jonah from school and then I changed gears and roasted a couple of chickens on Heather and Jed’s grill so that I can make Magic Mineral Chicken Broth tomorrow. Of course, while doing that, I played with the boys in the backyard. Ollie played with Joey from next door and wanted me to take a picture of them (included here).
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150916 Day 341 Cape Cod, USA–Ollie and Joey

The oral chemo that Mark is on during radiation is evidently going to keep the stomach issues coming along, so I’m going to make chicken soup with the broth and freeze and/or pressure can it so he can have it while living in Boston. It is a three day process, so I’ll finish up on Friday. Mark might take the bus home on Friday evening so I can spend the day here getting the soup canned and in the freezer.