Prepping my a$$ off . . .

Thanks to Wendy, I was able to take my mind of personal doom
and focus on the Zombie Apocolypse.

1. We scored a ton of used clothes for the kids at a local
consignment sale.

2. We bought the kids each their very own shovel 2/$1.

3. My food dehydrator has been going nonstop for nearly a month.
I actually have at least 8 more loads to go in (each load takes
about a day), before I even have to think "what next?"

4. I have run out of room in the pantries for canned goods.

5. Everyone in this household of 7 is comfortable with prepping.

6. I have been working my ass off since husband lost his job.

7. Husband now has 5, count 'em 5, jobs. I helped him this some
this weekend (it's hard to spend quality time riggt now, lol)
Sunday morning we were up at 2:45 am to start his paper route.
Sunday afternoon, we went to the airport for his 5th job (delivering
lost luggage). It's actually a pretty good gig. We drove up to
Dunlap,TN. It was absolutely gorgeous. The fall colors were so
nice, the mountains and valleys so scenic. I made husband promise
to buy me a farm if we ever struck it rich. We got the luggage
delivered and on the way home, I scored 40 pounds of locally
grown sweet potatoes.

Happy Hectic Days,
M

Today I prepped by . . .

Going to the dentist.

Taking a walk.

Turning off the thermostat.

Attacking old and failing grout
in 2 bathrooms.

Dehydrating 2 pineapples and 2 pounds
of strawberries.

Finding a babysitter for my as yet to
be acquired chickens.

~MH

I always cruise the clearance section . . .

. . . of any store I'm in. Today I stopped
at Walgreen's for pepto and gingerale for my
sick huby and found great deals on toilet
paper, and dishwashing liquid. I also
found some boxes of oatmeal and hot chocolate
on clearance. It really feels good to stock
up.

~M

Making headway . . .

I'm washing out juice bottles and refilling them
with water for an emergency water supply. My
lovely husband gave me a bit of money for prep
and I have berkey filters once again (got to
put it together, tho.)

I also bought a lovely excalibur food dehydrator.
I haven't had a chance to play with it yet, I've
been super busy at work and trying to avert
pneumonia.

I'm having a mobile chicken coop delivered next
Friday. I worked lots of extra, so it'll be paid
for.

I got next season's coats, and some clothes and
sandles for the boys at Walmart. They realy like
camo ; ).

I think I'll be knee deep in chicks and berry bushes
by Monday!

~MH

Banana chips!

They turned out chewy, and I ended up
drying them for almost 30 hours. I
think they still had too much moisture
in them, not sure.

We promptly ate 1/2. They were sweet
and almost tangy. (I soaked the fruit
in lemon juice to keep the color.)

I think I want a BAD-ass dehydrator
next.

Grin. M

Prepping for collapse

I actually got a heckofalot done today.
I hauled home $167 worth of food from
Aldi's. It felt so darned good to fill
my cabinets, rotate stock and to have
stock to rotate.

Nicole gave me some great plastic
containers (recycled kitty litter
containers) and I washed them out
and have one 1/2 filled with rice
and another 1/2 filled with dry
beans.

I watched a youtube video on food
dehydration and experimented with
cinnamon-banana chips. Stay tuned.

And my dogs are home. Yay.
~M

Preparing for econimic collapse on a dime . . .

http://ferfal.blogspot.com/2011/01/economic-collapse-preparedness-what-to.html

I love this blog. It says what needs to be said from
someone who's going through collapse first hand.

So today, I sent this link to my husband. I hope
to foster an understanding of the stuff I'm doing
for our family. Cost: 0.

I also washed out 2 soda bottles. I'm going to store
water in them. Cost: 0.

I went for a walk to check out my new neighborhood
and try and meet some new neighbors. Cost: 0.

I turned off the heat when the temps outside reached
55f. Savings: not sure.

Soetimes prep is in the little things.

MH