as i said.. been busy.. now waiting on couriers/posties and rellies
whoo hoo.. 4 international parcels arrived at my postage drop, plus a bunch of Evilbay items, hopefully get to me 2morrow..

yaaay 😀

1 case KD smart
2 cans evap milk - hoping for a case soon if it goes on sale
stocked up on fav teas
2 big cans maxwell house
halloween candy of course
dehydrated a pkg of jalapeno peppers - must do more, stuff is really good.
traded 4 pints home canned corn relish for 4 .5 pints spiced crabapple jelly ...(why did i do up so much corn relish?)
received a ton of fabric to put towards new clothes - yay for me.
received 10 lbs misc moose from someone going out hunting...mmm...bacon cheese moose..*drool*
oh and another case of ramen, thats about it for this week.

Added an MSR Superfly backpacking stove and 2 cans of fuel for it.

Bought some lottery tickets, do they count.
These tickets may be a fools gambit, BUT, how many rich wise men do you Know of?

Candles! Home Hardware has 18 packs of emergency candles on for $6.97 and 36hr candles (the 3 wicks in a can type) for the same price. At least the Dundas East store in London did.

Candles! Home Hardware has 18 packs of emergency candles on for $6.97 and 36hr candles (the 3 wicks in a can type) for the same price. At least the Dundas East store in London did.

Sounds like a good price but... may be cheaper to make your own? Don't buy wax at your local department store though, look online and you can purchase in bulk at a fraction of the price. Same for wicks. Could be a fun project and very inexpensive. Nice way to kill a few winter evenings?

So far this week...meaning today...dehydrated 5 trays of mushrooms. Currently dehydrating diced potatoes for future use in soups and so forth. Ordered up a third 50 lb bag of potatoes from a LOCAL farmer for just $15.00...delivered to my door. GREAT deal!

Wow it seems like my posts may actually be working finally.

Re-doing all the storage in the house, not much in food preps as I ran out of storage space.

Almost 1 ton of wheat. Most of it is for the chickens, cows and pigs but have a few hundred pounds to be winnowed and stored....just need some more time in my week.

Ordered a Grohmann #3 Army model. It's a factory 2nd on sale for 1/2 price. I guess they have some handle inprefections... We'll see. I think this one might live in my get home bag.

Speaking of my GHB, I'm currently using a Tactical Tailor Medic bag that I purchased a while ago for work when I was doing street outreach. It's a good bag, but I don't think the configuration is particularly good for a GHB, plus it's a bit to military looking for the role as well. Any recommendations for a replacement? I'm looking for something similar to a lot of the 3-day assualt packs on the market, but less conspicuous, with calmshell opening for the main compartments and a decent organizer panel in the 28l to 40l range... I was looking at some of the pipergear bags, but I can't find many reviews or pics of the interiors. I may just re purpose my EDC bag which is a SOC/Bug Out Gear 3-day pass, but I haven't found a replacement for that I like either 😀 . Maybe a second 3 day pass in black or Coyote brown is in the works...

Dietz Lanterns from Lee Valley. Very good price but like everything else made in China now. But the quality was a lot better than the World Famous ones at Walmart and Canadian Tire.

4 security cameras, controller, monitor, and a 30 watt solar panel ( to power controller). Simple set up for all round day and night monitoring..!!! Make sure you can turn on and off the IR LEDs!!!,,if not the leds will glow like a beacon on any night vision system.

2 more back packs
New pair hiking boots all leather
Peroxide bottles x 5
3 winter hats

Looking at wood stoves. Going to install one in the workshop/ garage in the coming week or so and get in a bunch of firewood.
Stocked up on more vegetables for long term preservation, ordered another 50 lb bag of potatoes ($15.00, delivered to the door)....

Picked up extra carrots and broccoli this week and dried them, got another phone call so...more red wheat, 20# yellow split peas, and started saving and looking for a good flour mill.