Refueling

We have a total of three propane bottles: two small seven-gallon bottles and one large 27-gallon one. As of yesterday, Lisa was down to just the last small bottle. Originally, the plan was to take the large bottle to be refilled; however, it was raining most of yesterday. We can't transport the large bottle in the minivan because you're not supposed to transport vertically-oriented propane bottles on their side. So instead I took the small bottle down to Hanneman Service, transporting it in the back of the minivan.

Today, the weather was dry and warmer, so after work, we put the large bottle on the hand truck and I walked it down to Hanneman's. Lisa and Kuma carried a box of cookies. We have for the past few years given the Hannemans a box of cookies from Cost Plus World Market for the holidays. In this case, we bought two boxes and ate one of them, so we reckon we're giving them a good box.

As is usually the case when someone who has never filled our large bottle does so, we had to walk him through how he has to change the fitting on the propane pump. We got it done in the end, and now we are fully stocked with propane.

Lisa's shoulder feels better when she can keep it and everything around her warm, so I have no problem with making sure she has enough fuel to do so.