Late last fall on one of my trips over to Montpelier I stopped at the Walton Feed to pick up 50 pounds of oatmeal and 50 pounds of cream of wheat. The bags have been in the garage ever since waiting to be dry-packed. The plan is to do the canning on Wednesday.

Just getting the material to be canned is a small part of the whole process. We need #10 cans and lids, oxygen absorption packs, and the dry pack canner. Our Stake has a dry pack canner which can be checked out just for this purpose. So, after my Portneuf Rotary Club meeting, I stopped by the Stake Center to get the canner.

My goodness, was it ever heavy! It literally took two people to get it out into my car and then from the car into the house.

I have the responsibility to arrange for a presentation at the Rotary Club meeting each week. About once a month I arrange for two members of the club to be on the program. On the 27th the program included an accountant who is normally fairly quiet. It turned out he has a quick wit and a great sense of humor. It’s nice to hear from our members on occasion as a way to get better acquainted with each other.

TTFN!