Category Archives: Emergency Preparedness

Just A Sampling of the Junk

Every year I seem to have a big project.  Last year it was food storage.  The year before it was being sick with a pregnancy.  One of my big projects for this year is gardening.  I don’t know how that’s … Continue reading

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I'm Sorry, Sooooo Sorry

I just found this post lurking in my unpublished file and since we’re on the subject of Stranger I finished it up. It was started back in July. Stranger and the kids finished getting all the food storage in buckets … Continue reading

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Talk About Sprouting

Welcome to Talk About Tuesday! If you are new, check out the Guidelines before posting. Thanks for joining us! Daring had a great idea on one of her posts to plant wheat grass for Easter. I thought it would be … Continue reading

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My Thoughts, My Day

…these are my humors and opinions; I offer them as what I believe, not what is to be believed. I aim here only at revealing myself, who will perhaps be different tomorrow, if I learn something new which changes me. … Continue reading

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Talk About Tuesday

Welcome to Talk About Tuesday! If you are new, check out the Guidelines before posting. Thanks for joining us! The Forum and Family Ball was on Saturday and it was fun and it’s over and I’m so happy! People kept … Continue reading

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A Sampling of the Weird Family

People have been asking me what kind of storage shelves we bought this week. These are great shelves we got at Sam’s Club. They’re sturdy and not too expensive at $60 a unit. We’re not storing our buckets on them … Continue reading

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Snow Day

Church was canceled today because of our fluffy friends. It’s too bad we didn’t find out about it until Stranger had spent an hour getting our van to the main road. Some girls stopped on their four-wheeler to help dig … Continue reading

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Remember the 80's?

Lovely had so much fun with her new found skating friend yesterday. It took them ten minutes to make it one time around the rink but at least they had each other. Next time I’m going to bring brightly colored … Continue reading

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My Emergency Preparedness List

buckets wheat oats beans popcorn sprouting seeds sugar honey salt red pepper, cumin, chili powder, garlic, oregano, basil (our favorite spices) vanilla baking powder baking soda cooking oil vinegar powdered milk bread bags various canned fruits and vegetables although I’m … Continue reading

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Bucket Answers

Since some of you were so astounded by all my buckets I thought I had better answer your questions. Where did we get the buckets? Industrial Container and Supply Company in Salt Lake City Utah. You might check your nearest … Continue reading

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