First, I’d like to thank Kim B for sending a generous donation via snail-mail. It arrived today, which incidentally is my birthday, so I consider it birthday present. I used the money to buy a new pair of Open Trails thermal underwear at the local Dollar Store. Thank you.
Since my girlfriend is having to give her father full-time care and doesn’t have time to do it, I’ve spent the past two evenings taking her son to attend hunter education classes. He seems to be about half interested and not overly excited so we will see if he takes up hunting afterward.
I’ll do what I can to get him interested in the sport since his father isn’t worth much and won’t take the time. I think his dad has already found his number one priority in life – himself. But that’s another story, for another time.
Let’s see… what did I do to prep this week. Since many emergencies involve being stranded with our vehicle I decided to go through my car emergency kit contents, replacing a few items and adding several more to make it more complete.
I know you are just itching to know what I’ve included in my car kit so here we go…
My car emergency kit contents include:
- Hydraulic Jack and Lug Wrench
- Spare Tire, Fix-A-Flat and Plug Kit
- Lighter Air Pump
- Cold Steel Special Forces Shovel
- Jumper Cables
- Oil
- Brake Fluid
- Anti-frieze
- Drinking Water
- Wool Blanket and Socks
- Gloves
- Basic Tool Kit
- Basic First aid kit
- Flashlight
- Emergency Food
- Candle, Lighter and Matches
- Map
- Extra 9mm ammo for my Springfield XD
Started reading “The Coming Economic Armageddon” by David Jeremiah – I’m only on page 40 but so far it is a good read, but some of you may-not like it because of the religious nature of the book.
What did you do to prep this week?
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you forgot the kitty litter, it puts out fires with out causeing smoke and if your stuck in snow or mud it can help, also if you cant find a bathroom you got something to go in lol =)
Ron,
I knew I had forgotten something. Thank you.
Wow…knew those fur balls would come in handy. Not just for foot warmers.
(we actually love our ‘kids’, they’re good company)
Picked up some canned goods. A couple of extra ponchos for the packs. Also picked up some Imodium for the first aid kits. Repacked some of our stock into better storage.
BTW…Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday To You, Happy Birthday To You, Happy Birthday Dear M.D., Happy Birthday To You. Sorry that was a little off key.
Well I had a bit of a shopping spree. I bought 3 fire extinguishers, a Polartec Go Blanket, 2 cases of Pumpkin, and 18 cans of chili and beans. The blanket has a waterproof side to it. Couldn’t resist it.
Judith,
Thank you – and don’t worry about being off key, it sounded fine to me.
…and, many more! This week, I played with my new Country Living Grain Mill and dehydrated 30 # of apples. More and more, I am having such a sense of urgency to get everything ready. If we do run out of time soon, I want to thank you and every one for all of the suggestions and great ideas. I have been pretty much prepping on my own since no one else wants to hear when I try to even hint at what is coming down the road. Even a family member in the restaurant industry only complains about costs and shortages of food; but, makes no effort to do anything to get ready for it. I thank you all and can only hope that we can get done what needs to be gotten done before it is too late.
Happy Birthday MD!
I think that you and I are pretty close to “Man, It’ll be another 365 days to check out my lung-function on those candles on a cake that I’m not gonna like”. But around here in these parts of N. Central AR, my seniors always say: ” At least I’m on the right side of the dirt” No complaints. Those that are like minded I encourage to learn more on skill sets and those that just don’t know what to do I guide them with free book “rentals” that they pass on to others that just need a jump start. I hope your AR real estate procurement is still in motion or at least in stasis with what et al.
Hey MD, happy birthday. It’s very good of you to take your girlfriend’s son to hunter safety classes while she tends to her gravely ill dad. Her son may not appreciate it, but I bet your girlfriend does.
Well, I finally had to admit to myself that I’m somewhat of a gear head. I like to buy/acquire/find gear and incorporate it into my BOB, GOOD bag, and my EDC. This week was no exception.
Ordered the following stuff this week:
5 Life Gear brand Glow sticks w/whistle, in Red. These will go into my car kit in place of flares.
3 Knife sharpeners, pocket size
1 Pelican case, for use as a first aid supplies container – waterproof and “indestructable.”
2 Replacement lightbulbs for my Maglite Solitaire flashlight.
My SUV emergency kit contains the following;
A change of clothes, parka, jacket or vest (depending on the season)
“Portable Loo” with Wag Bags
Shovel, small
Folding Saw
Hank of Rope
Portable Compressor for inflating flat tires
Flares
First Aid Kit
Work Gloves
Safety Glasses & Ear Plugs & Face Masks
Orange Vest
Fixed Blade Knife
Knife Sharpener
Bottled Water & Food
Fire Starting Kit
Flashlights
Can Opener
550 Paracord
Fix-A-Flat
Spare Tire & Jack & Lug Wrench
Jumper Cables
Blankets
Sleeping kit (sleeping bag, closed cell foam mattress, pillow)
Large Wipes (for personal hygiene)
Hand Sanitizer
Maps
Litter Bags & Large Plastic Bags
Walking Stick
Whistle
Cash (currency & a few silver coins)
Tie Wraps
Radio, Handcrank type
Cook pot & utensils
The jack & lug wrench are stored under the seat. The spare tire is stored under the frame of the vehicle, and the rest fits into 2 duffle bags.
Lint picker. You may want to get a roll of paper towels and some creme type of handcleaner. It is always nice to have after working on a car emergency. Maybe some latex type gloves also. Steve
Thanks for the suggestions. I realized after I pressed the “Submit” button that I had omitted several items from my emergency car kit list. I do have latex gloves – in the first aid kit, but I don’t have paper towels nor do I have hand cleaner – 2 things I will definitely add. Not a problem since I have both around the house already. Thanks again.
This is one of the things I like the most about “What Did You Do To Prep This Week.” I like the suggestions and helpful hints that so many readers provide. That’s what it’s all about for me – sharing info and helping each other.
Happy Birthday!
I finally got myself an Excalibur dehydrator & went to town on the apples. I found recipes for rabbit jerky & we’ll give that a try. It can’t be any worse than turkey jerky, & that wasn’t bad. I found Esther Dickey’s “Skills for Survival: How Families Can Prepare” at our library & started reading it today.
A couple of months ago I got a great deal on a 25 lb. bag of Bob’s Red Mill corn meal. However, it’s a much coarser grind than we are used to. I suppose I could grind it up some more in the blender, but I’d like to know how to use it ‘as is.’ The regular corn meal mush & bread recipes don’t cook it long enough, or perhaps don’t have enough liquid. Any ideas?
Bonnie– soak it for a bit. Put the right amount of meal in a bowl, and just enough tap-hot water to barely cover. Let it stand, maybe 20 mins. Pour off any excess water, then proceed as the recipe says.
Do this with grains you’re planning on putting in bread dough for multi-grain bread, as well. With hard whole grains like wheat berries or whole oats, you may want to cook it for a while, then let it cool before adding to dough.
Thanks Barb. I’ll try that.
It worked! Soaked the corn meal in a cup of cold water for about 10 minutes, stirred it into 3 cups of boiling water. After it came to a boil I turned down the heat to simmer for another 10 minutes. Turned off the heat, covered it, & let it steam until we were ready to eat. Perfect!
Now I won’t have to feed that corn meal to the chickens. :~)
Happy Birthday, MD!
Let’s see, this week I got my first 55 gallon water barrel off of ebay.
also bought 75 pounds of hard white wheat. My first bulk wheat purchase. Hoping for a grinder for Christmas.
Tried my hand at cornmeal mush to get some practice using stored cornmeal. I’m a yankee so cornmeal isn’t as familiar to me as oats or rice.
Reread One Second After in preparation for a book discussion group next week.
Since you’re not familiar with making cornbread, allow me to offer a suggestion you may like. Make hoe cakes. Make the batter, just like for cornbread only add a bit more milk to make it a tiny bit thinner, and then use a ladle to scoop puddles onto a hot griddle or oiled fry pan. Just like pancakes turn once, butter and honey. The kids can eat them in their hand with chili or stew. Especially in summer, it saves heating up the oven, and can be made on a camp griddle.
We do that with oat pancakes but also add left over cooked veg like corn nibblets or peas. They freeze well and my little guy loves them.
Look up the recipe for Anadama bread. It uses cornmeal and is real tasty.
I’m also a Yankee, but evidently growing up in western PA, we had some different foods. Corn meal mush was a staple for breakfast, but if you want something a little more filling, look up the recipe for Scrapple. It uses cornmeal and pork, and is a Pennsylvania Dutch traditional favorite. BTW, it used to use the scrap pork from knuckles, and other meats; thus the name, scrapple. It was another staple food in western PA.
I grew up in SWPA as well, but somehow my family never did the corn-based porridges. Maybe it’s b/c I’m not PA Dutch.
The Anadama bread sounds promising. and so does this:
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Old-Fashioned-Indian-Pudding-20012
I’m not PA Dutch wither, but we had a lot of ethnic influences where I grew up. Evidently PA Dutch (actually Deutsch or German) influences were among them.
Happy Birthday M.D. !
Just sent the wife out to local supermarket to pick up canned goods on sale. I will head over to Restaurant Depot to pick up more rice, beans, oil and sugar.
Everyone should take note that current retail food prices have not yet (but soon will) caught up with the actual price of commodities (corn,wheat, other grains and meats) that the food producers are buying for them .
NOW is the time (while it still lasts) to do that extra stocking up. Concentrate on food, water and essentials of everyday living. Don’t forget the lead! According to all the reports I have been reading, we will all be in for a HUGE shock by this time next year, or earlier.
The prices on sugar, butter, milk and gas have been a on a steady rise for a short time in my area of Ohio. I paid $3.00 a gal
for gas yesterday. That’s the highest price, this late in the year for gas I have ever paid. Even when the speculators drove the price to $150.00 a barrel and we were paying $4.00 a gallon and up, it came back down to around $2.30 a galllon by late October. And oil keeps climbing. I agree with you, stock up now and save.
According to the Bloomberg Report (they track the pricing trends of gasoline), the price of gas will increase by about 10 cents/gallon within the next 5-10 days. More bad news for people who commute to work. I’m retired, but filled up this eveing after buying more preps. I’m paying $3.05/gallon in No California and have been for the past several months. That’s the cheapest gas in town.
Petrol (gas) is £1.15 a litre here, which works out to about $8.50 per gallon. *sob*
Jean. that is mostly beacus of taxes from your goverment. Steve
I’ll be teaching a Hunter Education class this weekend, and I hope you have fun in yours.
Another thing for the car, although not actually in the emergency kit, should be either a rescue knife or a tool like the Res-Q-Me. The knives run between $20-$35 and the Res-Q-Me is under $10. What each of these things do is allow you to cut a sea belt and to open a side window, well actually break the glass and blow out the window.
I’m glad to see these lists, since it reminds me that we’re approaching winter & it’s time to check & re-pack my own kits.
Seems like there’s always one more thing to do.
Well I went to the local Target, they have glow sticks a package of 2 for 50 cents. Handwarmers and back warmers for a buck a piece. Bought some black eye peas, black beans, rice and vac packed it. Been doing research and will start doing stuff to make sure I can do them in a time of need.
Happy Birthday!
Straightened up food storage, labeled buckets.
Bought 2 boxes pasta, 2 bags egg noodles, 2 jar spaghetti sauce, 4 cans soup, 2 boxes rice mix.
Received a Wonderwash for my birthday, will play with it tomorrow.
Gotta love the British Army version of the Wonderwash – a large oil drum, put in clothes and small rocks + water and seal it. Start at the top of a long slope and then let it roll down. Push to the top and repeat.
LOL Jean! That would work too and I’d get my PT.
Happy Birthday sir.
I spent alot of time in the gym this week. Now that the first snow flakes have begun to fall, I packed my emergency bag that I keep in my car when I commute back and forth to work. The last two years I was stranded in freak snow storms and had to spend the night in my car. That emergency bag sure came in handy.
First happy birhtday M.D. and many more healthy and happy ones. Haven’t done much prepping, busy deer hunting. My son and I are at 15 so far, 6 donated to Habitat for Hunger, 6 butched up for families in trouble, and 3 we had made into summer sausage and barbecue sticks to give out for Christmas. With bow and gun season ( we have to use shotgun slugs here in the communist state of Illinois) we usually get between 35 and 40. Take care everyone.
Wow, I am totally impressed! Wish I was on your girt list.
That is some hunting.
I dusted off the old grain mill from the ’70s, ground up some pinto beans, and “refried” them. Need to work on the spicing, but they were edible.
Happy Birthday MD – may you have many more.
Not much happening this week, I’ve been busy helping hubby finish of the insulation in our new storage shed (for the business, not preps) but I bought some extra canned food (salmon, tuna, luncheon meat, plum tomatoes) and a very large laboratory vacuum flask. Going to try some yoghurt making (still not happy with my trials) in it and perhaps some stew cooking.
Happy Birthday……
Have not done much prepping in awhile, busy with other stuff. But I paid for it. I had bought a few lbs. each of some sugar and salt awhile ago and put it on the shelf in the basement and forgot about it. Needless to say, they are now useless. The moisture in the basement made them turn rock hard and crystalize.
So back into preppin we go. I still had three mylar bags, so I went and got buckets and o2 absorbers. My sugar and salt is already replaced in labeled ziplocs and put in mylar with o2 and sealed in a bucket. I have also made a pasta bucket in the same manner. Just gotta decide what’s going into the last available bucket. Also got some moisture collectors to hang in the basement, and they seem to be working well.
Along with my o2 absorbers from Emergency Essentials, I got a couple of suture kits for the med bag, 100 hr candle, some fire sticks, and the close out page suckered me into buying the Samurai survival tool. But buyer beware on that last one people, it’s hardly what I expected.
The sugar & salt aren’t useless, so don’t toss them. A little moisture will get them back to normal. Or you can hit them with a rubber mallet to break them into small pieces.
Unless I’m mistaken salt doesnt go bad with the moisture. Anybody else want to chime in on this?
I agree. Salt is one of the few “indestructable” foods. When damp, it can be dried simply by leaving it in a warm room for several weeks. Once completely dry, it should crumble into usable form.
Dean, that’s how most of us learn – through our mistakes. Just be glad you found out about the problem before TSHTF. Please provide details about the Samarai Survival Tool. Curiosity always did get the better of me. LOL
Sugar used to be sold in large solid cones and you then scraped off what you needed – used to be one of the fun tasks at the local pioneer village… For the salt, hack of a piece and put it in a mill or use a mortar.
Sugar or salt, smack it up with a hammer, or put it through your grain mill and it will be just fine. Back in the “old days” they sold sugar in hard loafs in humid areas. Housewives rolled the loaf in a dishtowel and smacked it around to break it up, then ran the small lumps through the grinder. Lumping up doesn’t hurt a thing.
I am pretty certain O2 absorbers will turn the sugar into a brick.
02 absorbers make sugar taste BAD. Gives it a nasty metallic taste. No point to sealing sugar oxygen-free, bugs and vermin might nibble at the edges of it but won’t set up housekeeping and Live in it. Salt, sugar and baking soda are good for all time, just pack it to keep it clean. (dust, dirt, grit, etc.)
By the way, baking soda and cream of tartar make baking powder. Cream of tartar is another ‘keeps forever’ item. Just store them separate because moisture will kill the reaction.
Happy Birthday
Not too much still prepping my move, gave my firewood to some good folks, my new place doesnt have a fireplace. :(
Got my son a little sparkie firestarter for Christmas to add to his kit. I worked with a new shooter on the basics before we actually go out and cap a few.
We are going to shoot an IPSC match as a family tomorrow.
My kit also includes a high lift jack, 2 boards, sand and comealong which makes recovering yourself out of a drift or ditch easier. I would also add that anyone who drives needs to have a tow strap or chain to assist in YOUR recovery should something happen, to many rely on others to have what THEY need. Last years freak snow storm should have woke alot of folks up after some unnecessary deaths and hopefully they put together “kits”.
Happy birthday, MD.
Wife’s pushing back on preps. The couple of months worth of stuff on the shelves downstairs seems like enough to her, despite impending inflation. Have to play nice for now and keep sneaking an extra can or ten into the cart while she’s not looking.
Canned 30# of pears that I picked at a farm last week. Filled over 12 quarts after pitching the rejects. One of the two batches took a while to get up to pressure so they took heat for a while longer. Low liquid level and slightly discolored, but I think they’ll keep fine.
Bought a gasket for one of the canners used above, 50 rounds of .45 ACP for the cheap pistol I got last month, with a bore brush and patch swab to match. Passed on the dehydrator because the price went up. Going to have to either look for a deal or save up.
Wife picked up some warm clothes for the kids. I wanted to scour the second hand stores, but she went for new stuff at WalMart and Penney’s. Oh, well. Patience is a skill worth having.
I put the house on the market, and spent some time sprucing things up, throwing junk away… Houses are selling around here, and selling mine will give me a nice fat wad of prep money…
Best Wishes for a Great Birthday to You!
This week we bought some filters for the humidifier and a spare broom and thermometer for the garage. Picked the last of the peppers and tomatoes then cleaned up the garden.
Best of all we adopted a blonde German Shepherd. She wont replace our dear Schatzie Marie but she is definitely a close second. We are going to name her Schatzie Maggers (Maggie).
Why do you keep acting like there is some big economic collapse coming? This is never going to happen it is purely driven by preppers and tea partiers who would like nothing more than for it to happen so they can say I Told You So. The Economy is fine it had a rough patch a bump in the road but the that is over. I see people spending money like it is going out of style, the restaurants are full of people, the stores are crowded, people are buying new vehicles heck we just baking a new Gord Truck! So why do you people keep wanting something bad to happen ? I don’t know about you but my life is good and I refuse to live it scared!
You must live in paradise! Where I live we have a “rough patch” every year – it’s called winter. I don’t like the idea of needing to be rescued because I didn’t prepare for it. It doesn’t matter what one is preparing for, decent preps help in most situations.
A couple of winters ago I got stuck in my car just a half mile from home. I couldn’t walk home because I didn’t have my boots – my town shoes were too slick for the ice. I had no food (I’m diabetic), no water. I had to wait 3 hours before a neighbor finally drove home & found me – not hard, because I was blocking her driveway
Dang – accidentally hit submit. Anyway, I learned to be prepared all the time.
I”m not scared, mythic1. Nobody “wants” bad things to happen.
You are just trying to stir up some sh!t because you have no other reason to climb out of bed each day. You’re pathetic and naive.
The economy is fine? Where do you live? Why is this all about the economy in your mind?
This is a lifestyle not a hobby and things do happen from time to time and these folks weather it much better than others. I don’t want anyone to live scared, did that for a while in some foreign countries with uncle sugar and it sucks not knowing your status from hour to hour.
I’m not scared at all just prepared for a few things, not everything but some likely events which have happened, could happen or are going to happen. The power will go out during storms here, but it should come back on so I store 3-5 days of fuel and so far it has been satisfactory.
Mythic1 it is no different than having a fire extenguisher, a car warranty or health insurance. No one wants to use them but you sure are glad when you do and they are there and they are worth the time and effort it takes to have them. Enjoy your day, cause I’m on the way out the door to enjoy mine!
Who is scared? Some of us have had enough rough patches that we don’t particularly want to go through them again. Those lessons for me include everything from running out of heating oil when it was 30 below zero outside to having a company car taken away when I was living in the country and my husband was terribly sick with the Asian flu. I do everything I possibly can now not to be dependent on anyone but myself.
I surely hope you don’t have to find out the hard way that life is not all a bowl of frigging cherries.
Mythic. Is that what the e mail from the s e i u wanted you to post? We do not live scared we live prepared. Steve
Mythic1, have you not heard of Hurricane Katrina or 9/11? How about the earthquakes of California or the floods of the Mississippi, heard of them? We prep for natural as well as manmade disasters so that, hopefully, others won’t have to rescue us. I guess you’ll be one of those people who will be writing “Help Me” on his roof and then some other guy/gal will have to risk his/her life to save your butt.
Mythic1,
What is the chance of your house burning down tonight? Probably about the same as mine; however, the chance of someone’s house somewhere burning down tonight is undoubtedly 100%. So, I have fire extinguishers, smoke alarms, CO detectors, and homeowners insurance which covers fire. . No one would think I was crazy for these preparations, even though there is a low probability of needing them. All prepping is just like this. I for one am doing quite well and like my life the way it is. But if the manure hits the impellor, I would like to know that I have some modicum of control over my own situation. This is the essence of prepping.
As for sending you a donation, I’m willing to donate to you, as soon as you offer a service or a forum which I find useful. This blog is useful; but, your comments are either those of a troll, or some angry young guy living in mommy’s basement. If you don’t like the topics here, perhaps you should change the channel.
Mythic1, you’ve got a bad attitude, just like Mythic 89, so I’m guessing you’re the same guy. Don’t worry, your government will take care of you, just go back to sleep and keep dreaming.
Better watchout Mythic, if you post an opinion that is contrary to these folks values or opinions you’ll be villified and accused of all sorts of things.Weather or not true, any sort of “controversy” generates “ratings” and boosts the readership.The editor will likely single you out for additional scruitiny….
On the subject of the future of the USof A, I have been saying for the past couple of years that Obama will likely be the LAST President of the US… That the US will likely fragment into at least TWO seperate nations, or more. 26 states now are putting together anti-immigration laws similar to Arizona’s. That’s at least 27 states where the people are NOT HAPPY with the federal government. Many of the issues arising are very similar to those spelled out in the Declaration of Independence– some of the grievances the PEOPLE have now are identical as to those that the founding fathers had in 1776.
I forsee the gulf and southern states and many of the states in the midwest and grainbelt banding together.
Money would be backed by fuel or grain or food… a “commodities dollar”, 1 dollar= 1 gallon of gas or 1 bushel of wheat, etc…
Let the liberal socialist states practice “trickle up poverty” their best shot. And we’ll keep the US constitution and Bill of Rights- they can make up their own laws.Let them regulate themselves to death.
Meanwhile, I continue to prep. Planning the gardens for next spring, stocking up on comfort items. Why buy one of anything, when you can have TWO for exactly twice the price. Store the extra.
Finally got the order from Ready Made Resources I whined about last month. Dehydrated a ton of pears…Bartletts are good but Bosc are to die for.
It’s easier & faster to can fruit in a boiling water bath. If you don’t have a water bath canner, any old large stock pot (with a rack added) will work, & so will your pressure canner with a different lid.
I’m a Master Food Preserver/Food Safety Advisor – I love answering questions!
I would have used the water bath canner but for two things: my range just doesn’t have sufficient power to boil it quickly as compared to the smaller pressure canners (vintage cast aluminum units I refurbished after rescuing them from the recycler) and I was helping with the kids so using the Handy Gas Plant was out of the question. Plus, I figured since the tables listed eight minutes per batch for the pressure canner vs 20 minutes for the water bath then I’d save some time. Next time I’ll water bath them for sure. I need to replace one of the gauges anyway…
Am I correct in assuming that overcooked pears ought to be safe, just a little soft? They turned a little pink and lost liquid level, but sucked in the lids mere minutes after coming out of the water.
Yes – they are safe.
The amount of time needed for pressure canning can be deceptive. With the pressure canner you have to add in the time exhausting the air, bringing it up to pressure, the actual canning time, then letting the pressure come down naturally. Boiling water bath needs to have the heat on high – bringing the water to a boil when the jars are in – for only a short while. The heat can then be turned down & the water will still boil.
A new instruction that isn’t in all the books yet – 5 minutes resting time in the water. This goes for both wb & pressure, after the lid is off. Wait 5 minutes for the contents to not boil so much that the liquid is forced out of the jars when they are removed from the canner. You may notice – as I did – that some things will need 10 minutes.
Thanks. I’m teaching myself things like this and I can use all the help I can get.
Bonnie,
Since you are a master canner, I have a question. I bought and use a steam canner and I love it. Do you feel they are safe alternatives to boiling water baths? They sure save on the old back and time as well.
Thanks,
debbieo
I learned this last instruction on my own. Once the process time was done, and I turned it off and removed the lid, I would take the jars out right away. Always, a lot of the juice would siphon out before the lids sealed. I learned to leave them sit and settle down at least 5 min. before removing. Now they never (or rarely) siphon out the juice.
My daughter is home for the weekend from college. Went shooting at a local range yesterday. She shoots 22, 38, and has taken a real liking to a 38 lever action rifle (Puma 92). Now she likes doing head shots. (How many girls you know hang silhouette targets as posters in their bedroom – no boy posters…..just targets, gotta love that kid!)
She found the book “The Encyclopedia of Country Living” on my bookshelf and started listing off the stuff she already knows how to do. We added grinding grain (wheat berries) and making bread.
My wife doesn’t see the need for supplies but “humors” me. My daughter questions everything around her (in college, but can be more conservative than I).
When I listen to her talk and interact with others, I still see hope in our country……..Now if only my generation will finally do what’s right……
Sounds like you have a lot to be proud of with your daughter. It is indeed good to know there is a younger generation of great Americans ready to take up the reins when needed. Thank you.
We made a Sams Club run.Loaded our vehicle down.I have been feeling really antsy about things lately.I felt much better when we got home and got it all put away.I need to hit the local bakeries up for buckets and get the popcorn and rice put away. Happy Birthday,MD!There are alot of people that would really love to throw you a whopper of a party………………….Rhonda Sue……
Happy Birthday Creekmoore , best wishes for you and girlfriend & dad.
Haven’t done much prepping this week. Bought some extra foodstuff’s,
sharpened and honed my Kukri,and took my SO to the range to get in some “serious” playtime…she really likes my sub2k w/33rd mags ! Never thought we would have “pillow talk” about weapon choices…
Once again ………………HAVE MANY MORE…………………………….
It just seems like all the preppers I know or talk to are preachy and are always trying to tell me the sky is falling when it ain’t I just laugh and go on my way. I think being prepared for bad weather and such is a wise move but all these blogs about the black helicopters and the U. N. Us coming to get us and FEMA is our enemy and blah, blah , blah gets old and us extreme. Oh and if any one wants to donate to me please do so I never realized that if you just ask for donations online that people actually will send you money.
Please don’t troll here. I haven’t seen much from the “black helicopter” type and most of the commenters have been through enough minor disasters to see the wisdom in prepping.
Trolling a blog that’s popular with this sort of person is lame for at least two reasons:
1)Trolling people who are genuinely concerned for themselves and their families is amoral and frankly too easy. Try a political blog where people fire back. These folks are nice and reasonably expect the same.
2) Most of these people are gun owners. They have known hardship and stress. They may be seriously insulted when you belittle their lifestyle. Sooner or later you’ll really piss off the wrong person here or elsewhere. Your IP address is easily picked up with the right software. You do the math.
Last, don’t take shots at MD. He’s kind enough not to censor you and hasn’t banned you yet. He’s also going through a lot and this blog is his property. If you don’t like what’s said here you’re invited to leave.
If I’ve misjudged, then I apologize. If I haven’t then you can stuff it.
You must be somebody who is either still living at home with his parents or who hasn’t had any hardships in his life. Either way, you don’t need to come here and pester us. We’re not harming anybody and we aren’t asking for your commentary on our lifestyle. And don’t come crying to any of us when TSHTF.
mythic1, if you dont like it, then go somewhere else. We dont need your commentary, and I’m just sure as sure can be that you have a big potbelly, flabby muscles, no girlfriend, no life. Take a flying leap at a rolling donut, cuz IF the shtf, you arent gonna be on our welcome list.
Mythic1,
When have you read M.D. talking about black helicopters and U. N. troops? If you have read his post The Most Likely SHTF Event http://www.thesurvivalistblog.net/opinion/the-most-likely-shtf-event/ you will notice his top two listed are Personal disaster and Natural disaster.
I have a question for you Mythic1 or is it WITWCT? Why are you here and why do you bother to keep coming back several times a day? It is obvious that your intent is to stir up trouble. I can’t figure out why M.D. does not ban you from commenting since you only waste your time and ours by posting here.
Scored an old Rival food grinder with a vacuum base, unused, for $3.99 at the local Goodwill. Sweaters for the family were a planned purchase, but this was a serious score. Wife rolled her eyes so much I thought she’d be able to see behind her.
Food shopping only yielded a few extras, but still a step forward.
Showed the wife the Quigley 4×4 conversion vans online. Now I have to figure out how we’re going to get a $45K van. Shot myself in the foot on that one…
Had our winter’s wood delivered today…just in time! Tonite it’s supposed to be 20*. Also put up all the green tomatoes as pickles. Filled in a few sparse spots in the preps and now feel much more comfortable going into winter.
Other than that, my days have been school, school, and more school. I’m looking forward to Christmas vacation, and it’s not even Thanksgiving yet!
(If we just refuse to play Mythic1′s game, hopefully he’ll take his ball and go home.)
Served a tour in the UN wearing the blue and the American flag, I can tell you there aint nothing to worry about there, they are even more inept than us. LOL. If you don’t believe it just look at their budgets and their country saving track records.
I’ve rode alot of blackhawks, chinooks and hueys but never were black. Seems since I’ve been on here anyway you are the only one bringing this so called spook stuff up.
“Oh and if any one wants to donate to me please do so” Well do something useful, pray, do the right thing and perhaps you will be answered. Till then just read, enjoy and pretend.
Picked up fun stuff this week – extra skates and x-country skis, but an still looking for snow shoes – any suggestions for cheap and reliable ones? Also went through the Sally Ann and got some extra snow suits and boots – kids grow so fast these days. Also picked up a load of hand-me-downs from a friend and dropped off a load of out-grown clothes to the loacl women’s shelter.
Our 80lb chow chow ran off a full grown coyote last Monday in broad daylight, so we have been trying to track the pack. This weekend we’ve found them. There are six of them – 2 adults and 4 juveniles. Hate to get rid of them because they are really gorgeous animals… will have to monitor for now.
Still doing the fall clean-out. Sometime I think that preppers are close cousins to the packrats…
I know my “preps” paid off when I fractured my R elbow/arm so badly I couldn’t even fed myself, let alone drive a car to go shopping. I wish I could “prep” more. Happy birthday!
Happy Birthday! I have been watching the series on the Coming Economic Armageddon by David Jeremiah and it is excellent! I have not missed one show, yet. I am working on trying to get the collection he is offering for $85 but other things have to come first. Everyone has their own thoughts, beliefs and ways of doing things and if I had a site like yours I would do what I want to do, say what I want to say and promote what I want to promote even if it is Christian-related. I operated a Christian website with a lot of content and the numbers just kept growing and those who did not like what I was doing did not have to visit. Was the boy tired or distracted when you took him to class? Maybe he has a lot on his young mind. Chidlren do not always make what they are thinking known to adults. Being a boy, he may be going through a mind or manhood growth period. If he is old enough, maybe he is thinking about a girl. I know that it is just a car kit but you forgot to put some food items in, some candy for energy, a few hands and feet warmers, hand cleaner, junk rags for wiping hands after cleaning them with Goop, citrus oil, diesel, WD40, etc. which are useful for cutting through grease and grime as you know, a change of clothes for after working on the truck when wet weather is present, a dry jacket because there’s nothing like having gotten wet and cold and having to wear those clothes after you are done working, a thermos with hot water, tea or coffee each time you travel, fuses, spark plugs, cap and rotor, spark plug gapping device, distilled water for refilling batteries that you can open the caps on to reveal the inner cells in case the battery goes dead because the level has recently gone down, extra halogen lights and blinkers bulbs, a small funnel or piece of cardboard that you can roll up into a funnel for ease of pouring oil to keep from spilling it all over the valve cover gasket and nearby hoses especially if your flashlight batteries happen to get zapped from the cold, some cheap glow sticks or a flare or two, some paper or stretchy bandaging tape will help you close a gash back together and hold it in place until you can get back home to treat it and bleed-stop for those times when you bump your hand or gouge yourself while trying to work and you do not need blood getting in the way and making things too slippery or sticky to handle. All in all, you have the basics and you will be alright but if you are stuck for several hours or possibly overnight before you can get going again it sure would be nice to have a little hot drink or something to chew or suck on should you need a break or have to wait for rain to slow down. For changing a tire while you are using any type of jack, you need to put some angled tire stoppers in with your equipment. Wooden or metal, you really should have some. If all that I have is a pair of metal ramps, that would be better than nothing because they have that traditional raise in them. The vehicle can roll even while on pretty level ground and that is dangerous-squish, snap of a bone, knock on the head, shoulder shoved out of place, etc. A guy that came out several months ago, a tow truck driver, was working on my mother’s truck to change a tire for her because she has that service and uses it when needed, and her vehicle started rolling right for him because he forgot to use the tire stoppers. He went and got his set and put them behind the tires and the vehicle stopped rolling completely. Tuesday, I changed the oil, topped it up the next day after it had a chance to settle. I checked for leaks from the oil pan plug and around the filter and there were none. I spent about 40 minutes getting the job done to include cleanup. While under the vehicle I looked around, didn’t find anything that needed repaired. Underwent a lot of pain off and on for two days from my right shoulder and accompanying spinal area on up to all of the muscles on the right side of my head from having been rear-ended back in 2001. It is taking time to restore my body through various exercises but so far, in less than a year with Chi Lel, I am nearly 90% healed and almost back to what I used to be. Nothing was broken during the accident, thankfully, and the muscles really took a beating being thrashed around like they were and everything I have been doing has been restoring me to include praying. Even though I am undergoing some pains at this time I am still focusing on after I finish the packs in a few months to purchase several hundred more pounds of dried beans, grains, salt, spices and other goods. If what I am planning can be done then, I will have a few hundred to spend but if not one bag or box at a time. I do not care how long it takes me to get everything that I would like to get as long as I can get everything before things start to sour in our country. I bought several cans of cheap chicken noodle and bean with bacon soups for storage and I like the bean with bacon because it can be eaten straight out of the can. I do not mind that it is salty because the beans are full of protein. I am prepping for the coming New World Order to begin because of some whom are within our guvrmint right now are intent on implementing it in the coming years and I know it is time to finish up the supplies and to be ready just in case they get what they want. I am focused very heavily on it this week because a friend of mine received some truly disturbing information and that the barracks de hus-in-sein o-dor-bama and his cronies want to null and void certain people within their rejime and make sure that they cover them up with a thick dirt blanket, seriously, because they do not think like he and they do and that will interfere with their agenda. It kind of reminds me of a german or other entity some years past. I also read that others that they do not like are those that have spoken out against certain things and that there are several lists that they have been placed on to receive the new dirt blanket award.
SrvivlSally, I’m sure you have something interesting and useful to say, but I find your posts to be totally unreadable. Please, break up your comments, pleeaasse.
Happy Birthday M.D. and many more .
Well this week picked up Flour Oats Sugar and Salt.
Also some extra cans of Salmon and Ham.
Plus a local shop had Olive oil on special so bought a few bottles and they had manual can openers at a good price so bought four for spare.
Love this section every week always interesting to see what others do and i learn so much.
Thank you M.D.
Denise
To Lint Puller: I do not have to worry about stuff such as you reference because Terrorists don’t care about where I live and I am not crazy enough to ever live in Louisiana or anywhere along a coastal region but especially not the fricken Gulf Coast nothing is going to happen where I live anyway cause I live in Gods Country. So u worry for me and if somebody does gave to rescue me well then that’s what they get paid for and my tax dollars at work.
Well you just get my IP address and so up at my door you might be surprised on who opens the door. I am not Trolling I an prepared for events but I have to laugh St some of the non sense and some of MD ‘s more extreme paranoid delusional articles and links and if my opinions differ with some of yours , well be mature enough to deal with it not everyone agrees on everything all the time. I just laugh at all the end of the world and economy collapsing , America is in ruins articles and links it is sheer BS.
Well, I think you have just proven to all of us that you are some young person who has no concept of reality. Your naivete is very telling.
Don’t you have any homework to do? Or some texting? Shoo!!
And there you go!
What did I say?
Personal insults instead of logical arguments to support their own viewpoint. Hang in there Mythic!
Made what I call my final trip to town before winter, unless some more jobs come along to pay for more. Bought some extra pasta, some canned soups, some tomato powder. Bought a bag of apples to dehydrate and a very large bag of carrots, also to dehydrate for soups. Once the wood burning stove is activated, I like to make soup. Also dehydrated cabbage and green beans this week. I guess I am as prepared as I can be, under the circumstances. We both lost our jobs 3 years ago on Friday. We live on one SS check, so purchases are very limited, but all is well and I have more than enough to get through the winter.
Due to VERY unfortunate circumstances I have come into a large amount of fiat money. This week I have purchased 225 pounds of red winter wheat, 135 pounds of white rice, 35 pounds of beans, five wool blankets, ten five gallon food storage buckets, ten gamma lids, oxygen absorber packets, ten long burning catholic devotional candles, a solar crank radio, 105 rounds of OO buck 12 gauge shot gun shells, a pair of Bushnell binoculars, 96 cans of peas, 96 cans of corn (Aldi’s has dropped their price to .39¢ a can) 16 boxes of instant potatoes, 12 cans of fruit cocktail, 12 – one pound containers of salt, 4 bottles of honey, 5 jars of the spices my son and I like, 108 rolls of toilet paper, four ten pound bags of rice, 30 black Sterilte totes (On sale at Walmart) and enough tooth paste, tooth brushes, mouth wash, floss, deodorant, shampoo, shaving cream, razors, hand soap, bar soap, hand sanitizer and q-tips to last for three years. I’ve tuned up my ’70 VW bug (my version of an EMP proof bug out vehicle) On monday I have a realtor showing me three older farm houses that are on the market.One has a spring fed pond and one has many fruit trees and a stream running through the back of the property. The last house has a very nice fireplace in the kitchen. All have enough land to raise chickens, rabbits and a huge garden. This is my wife’s way of showing her love for me and my son, even though she’s gone. I know she’s watching over us and I will be sure to to do the best I can for her and our son. I wish all of you the best and may God bless you all. We’re going to need it.
Cartman,
I am sorry for your loss. I am glad though that you are using the money wisely.
debbieo
So sorry about the loss of your wife. May God bless you and your son. Good luck to you both. -LP
I am amazed at Mythic 1. Seems their life is going well. They don’t seem to realize that things can go bad in short order. If all will think on it a bit, when things get tough the first budget cut is groceries. Seems that it is the most misused part of the budget.
We prep for several reason’s:
1. Personal crisis. Someone get’s sick, nice not to have to go to the grocery store, just the kitchen. Also if it is a job halting problem that cuts your money, nice to have the backlog to fall back on.
2. Natural disasters. These should be self-explanitory.
3. Just in case. Yeah just in case some type of horrible thing did happen. Why sit on your thumbs and not take this into consideration. Inflation is here to stay and it is going to get worse. There’s no getting around it. And when they take more taxes, inflation will look like childs play.
I for one am not running scared. But caution is in the wind. And for you not to take it to mind then you are a willy nilly.
My food budget has been cut something awful this last two month’s. I am so glad that I have the food I do. And even though the budget has been cut, this month I managed to replace two can’s of chicken + 2 more. Bought two packages of chicken legs that broke down to 4 meals. Waiting for the grocery store to have something on sale I need. And I do mean sale.
So if anything happen’s and I do mean anything, please Mythic1 don’t come to my place. I don’t think I can worry about you.
Ellen. I do not worry about mythic 0. Some people just like attention and apparantly maybe his mother or father did not give him enough.some People think that any kind of attention is good but that is not the case.I have an idiot co worker who makes himselfe t
try look good by trying to make you look bad.Maybe mythic 0 is him or has the same kind of thinking. I never took psychology in school so I do not try to practice it now. Maybe mythic o will get a life someday and he won`t be bothering anyone anymore.Or maybe worse he will get a wife or girlfriend and be too busy making her life hell to bother us. Steve
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that the spike in commodity prices will eventually translate into higher prices at the grocery store. It’s only a matter of time before the companies who buy raw materials & make the goods we purchase in the stores will have to transfer their higher costs to us, the consumers. It’s already happening.
This simple chart speaks louder than folks like Mythic1 ever will. LOL.
http://www.caseyresearch.com/editorial/3791?ppref=ZAC175ED1010A
Sometime between January – March, I shudder to think of what prices at the grocery store will look like.
I like the chart, explains things pretty simply. Thanks.
What did I do to prep this week…… Well I got some people to think about why they still prep and I also found out that having a difference if opinion That is nit in line with the opinion of others makes for some very intolerant, immature people but all in all I learned that at least on this site you can have an opinion of your own.
No, what you should have learned is that if you have an opinion that goes “against the grain” you’ll be personally villified and called all kinds of names. Rater than attempting to logically and reasonably argue a point– they attack you personally.
add to your kit: a piece of 3/4″ plywood, a foot square or bigger. that goes under your jack, to keep it from sinking in mud or sand. also add a long tow strap. instead of or in addition to the cat litter, bring some sand. cat litter turns to mud on wet ice.
Yeah, a piece of 3/4″ plywood would be a good thing to have. I wonder if cutting some grooves on one side would make it work for wheel traction? Dual purpose, maybe.
rather than cutting grooves, i would epoxy some “cleats” onto your plywood piece. 3/4″ is the minimum thickness you need for this job. (thicker would be better) the 1′ square is part of the equipment list that new jersey and delaware require for driving on their beaches. also required are a tire guage, and the tow strap. you could apply strips of “non-skid” tape to your plywood, also. couldn’t hurt, may help. on wet ice, i’ve found that the sand works better than cat litter.
Spent a few evenings after work this week cutting and hauling some free firewood from a new friend who offered the wood. Found a huge dead oak tree that fell against another oak a long time ago. Most of the upper wood is dry enough to burn now. Got more than enough for next winter (hopefully) that we will split over the course of this winter. Wound up with some poison ivy on my hands. I never saw it but obviously it was there. My wife and kids located some fallen black walnuts and were told to help themselves as they will just go to waste. They peeled and shelled walnuts this morning. We only took a small store bag full. There’s easily enough there for holiday baking. Pretty tasty, too. I hit the area sales, with coupons in itchy hands this morning and stocked up on sugar, flour, honey, shortening, butter, baking soda, baking powder and laundry detergent. All of which were on sale, all of which I had coupons for. Thanks to some previous posts by M.D., we are thankfully to the point where we have just enough of everything we use that we can wait until what we use is on sale to buy it. Saves a bunch of money over the course of a year. Money that will easily be gobbled up by increasing inflation costs, increased energy costs, clothing, etc, etc. I can’t say this enough, though. When it comes to buying FOOD at Wal-Mart, do not assume they are the cheapest in town. Sure, you may find some items are cheaper there, however, we have 3 different dollar store chains in town, an Aldi’s, a Giant Eagle, a Sparkle Market and 2 drugstore chain stores. Between all of them, I find myself in Wal-Mart less and less when it comes to food items. When it comes to sporting goods, electronics , cookware and non food household items, Wal-Mart is the only game in town. On food purchases, at least in my neck of the woods in northeast ohio, they are higher in price on most items that we use most and that includes their “valuetime brand”. I can easily find aluminum foil, sandwich bags, freezer bags, cereal, milk, sugar, flour, butter, bread, cheese, fresh produce, ground beef, chicken, peanut butter, toothpaste, shampoo, soap, laundry detergent, toilet paper and many other daily use items cheaper at a combination of all the other stores. It’s well worth the time to check the sales papers and clip the coupons. It can truly be a significant amount of money saved yearly. You have to drive by all these stores on your way to Wal-Mart so it’s not like you are going out of your way to save some cash. I want to extend the garden size this coming growing season. I will take advantage of the cool fall weather to start cutting the sod off where I want to extend the garden. Probably do that next weekend.
Next time, try a product called Tec-Nu for your poison ivy (or poison oak, for those of us on the west coast). I’ve used this stuff and it works pretty well. The best results are when it’s used immediately after contact with the oil of the plant. If you wait until after the itching starts, the stuff still works but only for impeding the spread of the oil, which is what causes the irritation. Also, wear gloves when woodcutting.
Thanks for the info. The gloves were on and off .
Should have left them on the entire time. I won’t make that
mistake again.
Mystic1
You are mistaken. We prep for various and sundry reason’s. We prep with an all or nothing attitude.
It is not that you disagree with anything that is said, but the wording of your statements led us to think that you were hinting we were being overly concerned by all that we think can and could possibly happen.
Yes, you can have an opinion of your own. But don’t ever be surprised if it is met with our opinion.
I pray that this wonderful country of ours is not ever in condition’s like we see elsewhere. I do not want to live in a cardboard box. I do not want to starve. I don’t want an enemies gun in my face. Nor do I want condition’s where it is home grown officials sticking the gun in it.
I feel this may be far off and may never happen. But what does it hurt to prepare for it????. It hurts no one.
I do believe that we are in for some really ruff time’s. Maybe not “The Depression” kind but we will sure feel the pinch and get very bruised from it.
All those people that are carrying on as if everything is right and bright are really sad to my way of thinking. Are they ever in for a surprise. And I feel sorry for them now. If the pinch gets them they will be the griper’s and complainer’s. And I do not want to listen to it. I will not feel sorry for them then.
And remember it is always best to be ahead of the game.
It is in my opinion better to hope for the best and prepare for the worst my only issue is all the posts I read from people who act like the end of America and the end if the world is at hand. I just do not see that in my life or where I live at life is as it ever was. I just don’t undertake all the money peole spend preparing for something that is unlikely to happen.
I think I understand what you are saying however there are more likely eventers here than doomsdayers IMHO. There are things you may not understand completly either for example I have served where the country collasped and unfortunatley I see of the same signs we saw beforehand. That has made me nervous and I have asked myself if it is reasonable again and again and the answer is yes. You may see that later with some more experiances.
I have been in places where a natural disaster took everything from everyone to include lives quickly on multiple occasions in my area of the country and experianced a little of it myself. I spend very little money that is not used on items that will ony be used after something goes wrong. There are a few but then again I have never used my life insurance either.
I “PRAY” for the best, to include the USA Leadership.
I’m glad you are doing good with what you have and where you are however across the country that is not the case and I think in a few years you may come to see it clearer.
I’m also glad to see you and jim g made friends:) you two should hook up.
Happy B-Day M.D. This weeks prep’s included canning more asian long beans (those things are truly prolific), canned some spaghetti sauce with ingredients mostly from my garden, picked up a clothesline and clothespins, ordered some dehydrated foods, added a few misc items to the truck “get home bag”, obtained a grow light for my seed starting next spring, prepared an area with better window light for my seed starting, sorted thru my coins for any “junk silver” (no luck there), and got a line on a gunsmith to repair an old 410 shotgun I purchased for a song and a dance. Just a comment on mythic1′s “comments”…while he has a right to an opinion, as a rule of thumb, dont we here try to not be insulting? Personally I’ld like to see him self-moderate or just go away. Thanks M.D. for all you do, love this “What did you do to prep” portion of your blog and like others, look forward to it each week.
Instead of a lug wrench for the tires get a breaker bar and a 6 point socket that will fit on your lug nuts.
Manys the time I’ve stood on the end of that 18″ or 24″ breaker bar with the socket on the lug nut and gently bounced saying “lefty loosee” until the nut has come loose.
That is a lot better than using a hammer & chisel after the stock lug wrench rounded off the stuck nut.
Yikes! I’m gonna need a bigger vehicle…so many good ideas and so little room in the Chevy.
Try a “star wrench.” You surely know the type: cross shaped with four different size socket ends. You can apply counter torque by pulling and pushing simultaneously on opposite ends giving an effective lever length of twice the individual arm length and with less likelihood of rounding off the lug nut due to camming action.
Also, the best trick with a star wrench is to have a piece of 2×4 with holes drilled at several heights large enough to accept the opposite end of the wrench from the lug nut end. You can the stand on the end of the wrench at right angle to the nut and apply your full body weight with less fear of having the wrench slip free. Best tire changing tool ever.
If there are any UK preppers lurking, other than myself and Denise, I found this site: approvedfood.co.uk which sells surplus, short dated and out-of-date food at bargain prices. e.g. 3.5kg of canned pineapple bits for £1.49.
Presumably, if I re-process foods, the best before clock starts again?
Thanks Jean will look into that.
Regards Denise
Made another Sams run, picked up the usual TP, some canned goods, large bags of pasta and sugar..oh my the price of 25# of sugar is now almost $17.00 here, I remember a year or so ago it was going for something like $11.35 or so… and they say there is no inflation.. ha ha. Gas is up here too, now $2.89 to $2.99 a gallon, about a month ago it was $2.69. Finished my removable insulated panels for one set of slidng glass patio doors. Working out pretty well so far, I think I will make another set for the other doors, when I find the time…. Other than that just buttoning down for winter around here and tending the small livestock as usual. The egg production is down a bit but the new chicks won’t be laying for awhile. Never thought I would use the frozen eggs I put into the freezer when I was over run with eggs, but I have been dipping into the stash for scrambled eggs, omlets and baking, still selling some of the fresh, trying to keep my regular customers happy too. Never hurts to prepare, you never know when you might need to use the food you have put up. Trying to keep some greens and broccoli/caulif alive for now but the rest of the garden has bit the dust. Still working on compost, etc. for the spring. Wishing for rain as we are in a pretty bad drought right now, never thought I would hope for a snowy winter but this year we could really use it. Well that’s about it for this week. Hoping to move on to decluttering and organization more in the next few weeks before the holidays start, like to try to start a new year in a clean orderly fashion if I can.
this week i made my daughter her own BOB. she is 8 so i just included her in my pack until i had a horrible thought… what if something happens and she is alone??? since she is too young to stay home alone even when i make a quick trip to the store, this ordinarily wouldnt be the case. but in my wonderful imagination i came up with the scenario of something dramatic happening while she is in school and i “never” make it home. where is mommy???
packing a BOB light enough for a child is challenging, i told her to stay home if possible. my imaginary scenario is not a run to a nice policeman or friendly neighbor scene…. i pray it never happens.
she has canned food that she likes with the pull off tops so she doesnt need a can opener, band aids, flashlights (2) glow sticks. water, dog food in a ziplock since i told her if she HAS to leave she has to bring our dog and never let go of the leash no matter what. (we are lucky enough to have a hiding place within walking distance of our house)
mittens, hat, extra socks, long undies, a light wool blanket thats incredibly warm for it’s weight, she could never get far with the BOB AND her regular sleeping bag….. TP and a few other things that will at least get her through a few days.
the most disturbing thing was writing her emergency instructions. they are in a freezer zip lock bag tacked to the inside of the front door so she can find them even in total panic. the first thing i wrote was “i love you and now you need to be brave” i cried while i was putting it all together. just imagining her being alone in this situation was horrible.
i feel better that this is done, but now, more than ever, i have the most important reason in the world to SURVIVE NO MATTER WHAT
To Jim G. Thanks for the advice Jim. I have learned already that on here that these folks cannot stand to have anyone with a different opinion contrary to their world views especially the guy named Lint Puller on here. The folks that are the name callers are like the kids on the school playground they are not intelligent enough to discuss or defend their views so just like a bully they try to bait you and call you names or insult or threaten you to bring you down to there level. I think that MD Creekmore realizes this and will allow me to have a difference of opinion as Long as it is civilized and not profane. I just laugh at how easily people can turn into raving lunatics who think they have the only opinion that matters.
To Jim G. Yes it seems that the person who wants me banned is attacking ne personally and cussing at me she shows real maturity I wonde would you want her with you if the Sh@t hit the fan ? I am the bad guy but yet I am the victim of the personal attacks because I do not conform to their way of seeing the world. How sad I sad very sad for you Cathy and by the way my rate of reproduction gas nothing to do with my views in prepping but I will say that my children will grow up knowing that Change is a constant in this world you can either accept that or go the way of all things now extinct.
I said reproduction of Gas. Lol lol
Unfortunately all the planning in the world will not help me. I am a post liver Transplant Recipient- i have hoarded approx 3 mos worth of meds. Can’t really go past that when one has a medical insurance plan.
I was on Nasa.com and they had articles in there about the coming solar plumes in 2011-2013 and reaching a crest in 201
2. They Theorize that we could be in for some high EMP’s? Can’t that knock out electric and cars watches etc?
Didnt the USA just pass something to print more money this week? Oh yeah my $5 is worth a .25c…lol Anyone out there see inflation big time on the horizon? Could a candy bar inflate to $5-$10?
What i did this week was google Med Pharma co’s that make anti reject meds name brand and generic and their locations? My action Plan when we go flippy floppy is to help myself to all the meds i need to survive. while the rest of u animals are raiding best buy for 52 inch lcd TV’s…lol
I got the wife on board!!!
Now we can prep TOGETHER!
I’m just getting going… To my existing preps I’ve added:
2 Sleeping Bags (down)
10 .30 cal ammo cans
10 .50 cal ammo cans
2000 rounds .22 LR
100 rounds 9mm JHP
1000 rounds 9mm Ball
400 rounds 12 gauge 00 Buckshot
Reloading Kit with assorted die sets for most common calibers in my area.
$100 face value Junk Silver (current value just over $2000 dollars-hows that for inflation. I want to make sure I have some cash on hand. US silver coins are something everyone will be familiar with.
Received several new books on Cabin Building, Homesteading, Gardening, Canning, Beekeeping, Economics, etc… Started reading The Modern Survival Manual: Surviving the Economic Collapse by Fernando Aguirre outlinging his experiences during the economic collapse in Argentina and recommendations applicable to our situation in the US. I’m about half way through it and it’s an excellent book.
Just added another 1000 rounds of 45 ACP 230 gr FMJ…. A productive week so far ;)
From where? What was the price/brand?
The 45 ACP? From LuckyGunner.com It’s re-manufactured ammo from Military Ballistic Industries and the price was $335.00 plus $30.14 for shipping.
Here’s a link: http://www.luckygunner.com/m-b-i-45-acp-ammo-for-sale-45acp230fmjmbi-1000
i picked up a 5 lbs bag of instant pancake mix and a 5 lbs bag of instant mashed potatoes talked the wife into letting me pick up something every payday so i should be able to get stocked pretty fast on food, as for ammo i still need to stock, i like to figure at least 1000 rds per firearm so…. not there yet but soon. can someone advise me on how to store (in plastic containers ) flour and instant mashed potatoes. should i freeze them to kill the weavel eggs and such.
What I would do with the pancake mix is separate it into smaller bags – the size you would use for one meal – & keep them in a larger bag in the freezer. Pancake mix has shortening in it, which will go rancid. Chickens don’t mind it, tho. :~)
Check the ingredients of your instant potatoes. If it has shortening or any other fat, it should stay in the freezer. If it is just mostly potatoes, It will keep at room temperature. I store it in glass gallon jars because of mice.
Flour won’t store for very long. Freezer is best for long-term storage.
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