My day started off with a visit to the Veterans Administration doctor in Pocatello. After being poked and prodded and a lengthy history taken, he set up my prescriptions which I should be able to pick up in a week or so. It feels good to have reasonable health insurance once again, along with reasonable prices for medications.

We went over to the Bishop’s Storehouse in Pocatello and bought the cans and oxygen absorption packets needed to do the dry pack canning. The whole canning process took us about three hours from setup to having all the cans put away in the food storage area downstairs. We canned 50 pounds of oatmeal, 50 pounds of cream of wheat, 40 pounds of dry milk, 25 pounds of spaghetti, and 50 pounds of rice. It was very satisfying to see the cans all on the shelf and know that we would definitely be able to eat in an emergency.

TTFN!