Temple and Inventory and a Definite Chill in the Air. 10 September 2016

I was able to complete three sessions back to back today--either Saturdays are just way different than evenings, or the fall weather contributed to smaller groups.  Anyway, my temple day went well, and since I finished in good order, after going back to the apartment and eating lunch I put in an hour cleaning up records in Family Tree.  I sure hope one or both of my young women granddaughters gets to get some of the baptisms done for the names I have given them.

This morning the weather was downright chilly.  I actually put on some warmer clothes when I got back to the apartment, and even the cozy slippers a dear friend had given me. But a little while ago when I took out the trash the air was nice and warm.  I decided I should at least start the engine on the car, as I had not run it since Thursday and I may not be taking it out until next Thursday.  I decided to set the clock--when the battery died a couple of weeks ago, the time got messed up.  The instructions for doing that were it the section on the Audio System!  Of course, I had overlooked the clock button earlier, but I am not sure I would ever have figured out that the H and M on one of the audio buttons was the way to set the hours and minutes.  The process was not hard--once I knew how to do it!

I made a pot of lentils for next week [and had a small bowl immediately--yummy!], but opted not to cook any wheat, as I have 4 packets in the freezer.  Making the lentils prompted me to do an inventory of my foods on hand.

I will get to talk with my Sweetheart soon, and then I will probably head for bed after that.  All in all it was quite a nice day.

Just a note of warning:  this next section may not be very interesting to anyone but me.  I am putting it here so that I can refer back to it easily.

Inventory of foods  and other items:

• 22 pounds of peanut butter on hand already, and I have just 7 1/2 months until I go home, so I do not think I will need any additional.  The prices on peanut butter have been incredible around here.  
• Legumes--with about 40 pounds, I do not need any more of them.  
• Wheat does not even need to be counted--I still have nearly a year's supply, because even though I eat wheat almost every day, since I also eat other things, I am not going through it very quickly.  
• My supply of oats will probably run out at about the same time as I leave. I have been eating oats for breakfast for so long that I knew exactly how much I needed, and I use it at the same rate: 1/2 cup uncooked nearly every morning. 
• I will need 6 more 5-pound bags of carrots, as I use about 1 bag a month and I have 2 bags on hand.  
• I have lots of salt, enough cornstarch and baking soda, boullion, and spices [I think].   
• As long as I do not cook with honey I have enough to have a little sweetness every day [move over, Pooh Bear!].  
•  OK or close to it on the brown sugar, as long as I just have it with my breakfast oats/wheat mix. 10 pounds of nuts should be enough
• About six pounds of flax seed--that may be a little shy now that I will be making crackers probably every week in the cool weather time, but I will wait and see how quickly it seems to be getting used up.
• I will probably decide to get more dried cranberries when the warehouse stores put them on sale--but not dark chocolate covered ones, as I cannot trust myself to leave them alone!  
• Once a month I will expect to buy a rotisserie chicken to serve the young elders and two other sisters--and then have some left-overs for the following week.
•  I have enough tuna to have about 2 times a month--if I remember to use it
•  I have enough toothpaste and I definitely have plenty of floss sticks. 
• I will probably need to get more hand and bath soap
• I should be fine on dish detergent, laundry detergent [I make my own, and have plenty of washing soda and borax left in the box of each that I brought with me].