John & I went through an informal food storage inventory last night; how are we prepared, in case of winter storms? The race to the store for toilet paper, bread, eggs & milk is a cultural tradition here! Bread shelves quickly empty. I can imagine everyone huddled together making french toast until the power goes out.
We really should review the 72 hour emergency kits we have. So many children have left home. As Suzanna goes back to school in January, we only need 3. It might be time to give away some of the gathered supplies to a younger family (paying attention to the expired vitamins & medicines, as our son in law has taught us, it isn't just a suggestion, but a scientific laboratory tested truth that ingredients have a shelf life, decompose, and will not work as they age, and can cause harm instead of helping. Before Dean's teachings, I really thought that was a money making myth, just so we would buy more product.)
Bundle an extra clean pair of socks into the pocket in the car seat as emergency gloves.
Buy oatmeal-has a great shelf life!
Rotate what you have already stored.
Tell your college daughter that the TVP you are sending to her is vegan! Life-sustaining, and cheap!
2 comments:
Your last line made me laugh out loud! We need to update ours too. We have four less people living here. Those backpacks will take up less space. Maybe some of those extra things could go in Christmas stockings for immediate use!
And you inspired me to go through our 72 hour kits. Thank you.
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