Organized ammo and made a list of where I'm deficient.

Researching some pressure canner stuff so I can can meat and stuff with meat in it and I don't need to store it in the freezer.

Picked up a dutch oven yesterday. Excited for stew and breed tomorrow night around tje fire

Picked up a dutch oven yesterday. Excited for stew and breed tomorrow night around tje fire

Stew often just makes me tired and sleepy, good to see someone with ambition

Two sick babies and we have a couple days off. I hope ot makes me sleepy

I still have around 8 or 10 food grade plastic pails to give away in the Ottawa area. These are the large 16 litre size. Msg for info.

A pressure canner! All-American 921, cannot wait to start canning! My father and I gave each other 10/22's for Christmas as well. He also picked up a Mosin Nagant 7.62x54r rifle

30 clear plastic shoe box size bins with lids for organizing small preps
a jerky making gun
four steel live traps 2 squirrel size & 2 rabbit size ( I live near a cottage area where folks are always lookin for someone to get rid of a squirrel , rabbit or coon free food for me )
new mill dot scope for my .22

Took advantage of holiday chocolate at up to 90% off. I got $50 worth of Lindt chocolate for $8.
2-8 kg bags of rice. I have been sterilizing 1.5 litre and up to half gallon jars, adding the rice to them and vacsealing the lid.
Been collecting pallets and wood to build decent garden boxes in the spring.
Made a dozen of these just in case:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPf688RFatI
No fireplace or heat source if the power goes out. Would only use them if the kids were in bed.
I also was given a new fire extinguisher from a friend who closed their business this week. Saves me some $ and always good to have another one on hand.

Mamaizzy, I love the cardboard/wax stove! I had made one a long time ago in a cookie tin and made a survival kit out of it. I had the cardboard stove for the bottom half of a Danish cookie tin, then filled the rest of the space with survival essentials (matches, fishing line, knife, purifying tablets, poncho, survival blanket...) then I taped the lid shit with 2 thickness of duct tape. I carried it in the car or had a similar one when I went flying in rental planes. Cheap to make and easy to use! Thanks for putting that out there!

I'm new to prepping! Since Christmas I got a folding hand saw, camping axe, couple hand warmers, folding pocket stove, with Fire tablets. Then I saw a how to video and made a few pocket stoves/alcohol stoves from pop cans and tuna cans, that was fun. Made a small rocket stove from cans. Not as much fun, lol. Zip ties large and small, glow sticks, a baby carrier backpack with a surprisingly large bag built in and a detachable bag, has convenient waist belt pouches for various small items. I have an 11 month old, so, proud of that purchase from once upon a child. Hubby's bag will have to hold more stuff than mine, but if I'm carrying baby, that seems fair. Also kitty litter for the rocket stove insulation and waste smell management. Some chicken salad canned.
I also already had a surprising amount of stuff in my camping supplies that will be awesome, and I have canning supplies including a pressure canner that I'm working up the nerve to use. What would be awesome is finding someone in Barrie to teach me for free, lol. I'm geeking out and hubby thinks I'm paranoid. But it makes me feel better to be on the road to a solid plan for SHTF scenarios.

Gabbytub, you've already got something on my 'dream list': a pressure canner! You've made a good start!

Made 5 lbs of beef jerky with my new christmas dehydrator. Received a Nauta 35-1/2 gallon flexible fresh water tank. When empty it is nice and flat then fills like a bladder when filled.

Hey meeshy, what kind of dehydrator do you have if you don't mind me asking, I've been thinking of getting one but I'm not sure which one beat suits my purposes. Is there anything you would change about it?

Just a cheapy Salton Dehydrator. The beef jerky came out surprising good. Took about 10 hours in the dehydrator after soaking in a brine for about 24 hours. Have also done some apples (turned out good), bananas (took a long time and not crispy enough). I also made fruit roll ups which turned out well also. Just started to use it so I really dont know what I would change as of yet, will keep you posted.

Thanks for the info.