Dupont:

You guys do remind me of things! Like the toilet problem at Beaver! When it would not flush but just kept spewing water, I just turned off the water valve to it and used a bucket. Easy - and I had forgotten. Mike is fixing the kiln while I am away; I did not have the audacity to ask for the toilet! I am sure he would not complain. I made a nice donation to Community Trust for their warming centre. (He refuses payment so this is our arrangement.)

SRS: garden plan is sounding good! I checked the front bed today and, on the sunniest part, the daffies are up a few inches! The rest is still covered with a few inches of snow. Hope!

Have twisted R's arm a bit for neighbour who needs a temporary home for his family DR set (trying to keep it for his daughter); Wife has refused to give it house space so far. The eternal optimist thinks she may yet let him put it in his office, or the college will finally provide an office... In the meantime it can stay in a spare room on 1st floor until he can put it in our cellar - after the snow melts on the north side of the house. I just had to move a few movable things. Sweet man teaches music at a college in Montreal - classical...choir... Maybe we will have time to talk sometime!

Managing to maintain the household at minimal standard. Hope to go back to Beaver in a few days and re-find some energy. Every day, I think I will throw some pots... I did go fetch some needed glaze materials to take back. It took half a day to go north and come back, including missing the correct exit... Ordered ahead and very well organized shop had it all ready, and a nice fellow to put it in car.

Replenished groceries and did a small roast pork in toaster oven - worked well! Did ribs a few days ago and almost wrecked them - tried to pay a bill while they were cooking - a five minute task??? Called HELP and got help, while telling them that their IT people do not understand the brains of normal folks - in no uncertain terms. "Choose a profile": 1. What is a profile? 2. Why am I asked to choose when there is only one??? And WHERE is the correct place to put the PW... after I find it! OH, timed out!! Burned the ribs - the sauce but the meat was WELL cooked!

Accepting that R is NOT a veggie... At least not 7 days a week. Maybe 4?   

Beautiful day today. Just above freezing. Back porch is totally shaded and icy! A couple more days above freezing MIGHT do the job.