Day 1914

 We woke up about 8:30, did the pet stuff, and had breakfast.  It was warmer today, up to 60 in the afternoon.  After breakfast we went to the apartment to clean ammo.

We cleaned three or four cases.  I forgot to count.  It ranged from some pretty clean stuff to some that was pretty ugly.  All of the cases had at least some shells with rust.  We have a system going.  Ellen sorts the shells, gives them a quick wipe, and passes the ugly ones to me.  She cleans the ones with small spots herself with a hand brush.  I spend my time cleaning the ugly ones with a Dremel.  I ran through two brushes.  When we have about 50 done I use the hair dryer to thoroughly dry them.  The bozes go back to the house to be dried.

We called it quits about one.  As we went back to the house I tested the outside faucets.  They weren't frozen and didn't appear to be leaking.  Yeah.  We went inside and Ellen started the washer.  It had water and didn't appear to be leaking either.  Double Yeah.

After lunch Ellen spent the afternoon washing clothes and drying boxes.  I decided to get the mail and check out the grocery store situation.  We had a little mail and a couple of magazines.  Then I went to Randall's.  It was BARE.  The meat and dairy sections were completely empty.  The flour was gone, too (Ellen wanted some).  Many of the other food aisles, like cereal and canned goods were also really picked over.  Most of the frozen food was gone (no pizza).

I picked up a couple off frozen meals that had been hiding in the back of shelves.  I also got a frozen apple pie.  I found the last ready made chicken parmigiana and got it.  That was it.  Hopefully we have enough food to last into mid next week.

When I got home all of the shell boxes were dry.  So I went back to the apartment and loaded 3+ cases worth.  Dinner was leftover chili.

After dinner was mainly TV.  The internet is out.  Apparently we're the only ones in the neighborhood without service.  Spectrum is not getting paid for the down time.