I found and joined this site
I found and joined this site
Probably the best prep you could have made!
Planted my garlic - 5 dozen
Stored my dozen butternut squash
140 lbs. Potatoes in coldroom
Stored small onions for next year's planting
Dug up Canna lillies
Picked 4 quart basket of the last of my tomatoes
Covered lettuce seedlings with coldframe glass
Covered carrots with coldframe glass
Draining all hoses
Hooked up downspout extentions - for springtime
Cut down garden plants
Still have more to do....
Nearly rounded out this batch of tumbling compost. (I only add new stuff for the fist week or so on a new batch) Cut a bit of firewood. Picked up some solar panel mounting rails for the RE shack, sourced security bolts for panel mounts. Put about about 25 lbs of goods into the food cupboard. Did a whack of reading/videos to improve the quality of life post SHTF. Joined this message board.
Than= I’d rather be rich than poor.
Then= I first became hungry then I ate.
There = She is there now.
Their = They have their things.
They're = They're going to the mall.
To = They came to the house.
Too = That's too bad.
Took advantage of some decent sales this week:
10kg white flour, $7.99 (I only bought 1)
2Kg white sugar, $1.77 (I bought 6)
900g pasta, $0.88 (I bought 12)
Campbells soup, $0.59 (I bought 30)
10lb bag white potatoes, $1.88 (bought 1)
10lb bag onions, $1.88 (bought 1)
3 litres olive oil, $7.99 (bought 1)
19-litre FDA-approved white buckets, $3.99 (bought 3)
lids for buckets, $1.99 (bought 3)
Hey BeaArthur, were was the pssta and soup on sale? Thanks!
Hey BeaArthur, were was the pssta and soup on sale? Thanks!
Pasta was at Metro.
Soup was at Sobeys.
What I did, to save the gas money, is I went to No Frills (where I usually go) and they price-matched everything.
Bought a bunch o pouches, cases, small tins, electronic accessories, first aid, a few small torches, and other gizmo things.
I grew up on Looney Tunes, Marx Brothers mvies and Robin Williams, Enter my mind at your own risk
Checked & repacked my BOB and EDC.
Had to change out some clothing & put in my revamped home made MRE's...now with more calories!
Started a BOB for the kids...diapers take up a lot of room!
I made a list of a few items for the kid's kit to pick up, but it will do OK as is.
I put a new roof on my house! I know it doesn't sound like disaster preparedness but one of the first rules of survival is shelter, and I know we will be staying dry for years to come.
Added
-24 cans of Campbells tomato soup, $0.50/ea, at Independant Grocer
-24 cans of Campells vegetable soup, $0.50/ea, at Independant Grocer
-24 cans of Campbells cream of mushroom soup, $0.50/ea, at Independant Grocer
-12 cans of DelMonte sliced peaches, $1/ea, at Independant Grocer
-12 cans of DelMonte sliced pears, $1/ea, at Independant Grocer
Hundreds, maybe even a thousand of those little candy bars everyone gives out to trick or treaters.
Got them 50% off at Walmart on Nov.1.
Now we have treats for the kids (and grown ups)for a while.
Nothing says comfort during a disaster like a mouthful of chocolate!
Not a prep, doesn't count! True preps should stay in storage. I tried that a couple of years ago but I found that chocolate "evaporates" very quickly. I tried storing rum too. That did not work either.
Haven't you ever heard of "store what you eat and eat what you store"?
Well....I'm eating it!
True Denob, so true. Did you hit the Nov 1st sales? Hubs and I did, cleaned out a few shelves lol.
and I have to say - yes - the choc will get ganky after a year(I'm surprised I had any lurking around that long)
BUT the candy...that crud lasts for two years before it starts to mush...(no one eats the hard candy so it sits there...I actually have to throw it away if I can't pawn it off on guests!!)
my kids always make out like bandits on Halloween...