Adventures in Sprouting

This was one of my favorite parts of the Emergency Preparedness fair, the sprout lady! (Beverly Johnson). She is great! Did you know you need to know how to "sprout?" I didn't! Not only is it healthy for you to eat on a regular basis, but in an emergency, or if you are having to live strictly on your food storage for whatever reason, you will need a quick way to grow "greens". How do you do that? You sprout them in your kitchen in 3-5 days! This was all news to me. I am sprouting some alfalfa right now, I will post more on that later. 

Candles on Clearance

I picked up these large candles at Walmart for a $1.00 each, they are usually $5.00, so that was a good deal. They had unscented candles, but I thought the Pumpkin spice would create a nice "spa like" atmosphere during an emergency :) Keep an eye out for things like this when you are at the store. If you pick up just an extra item or two every time you go shopping, you will quickly add to your food storage and 72 hour kits.

Storing Water

So far, I have 3 whole bottles of water in my storage. Hey, it's a start OK! And it's more than I had a month ago. Our local water is cholorinated, so you don't have to add bleach to stored water. Milk jugs are NOT a good container for storing water, the plastic is prone to break down and may leak. Juice or soda bottles work well. Eventually, I would like to buy a water purifier, they are about $50.00. I think in general, there is water around in an emergency, it is just contaminated, so a water purifier is well worth the expense.

My first purchase: Waterproof, fire safe lock box

My first goal was to obtain a waterproof, fire safe lock box, small enough to carry in the event of an evacuation. I bought this on Amazon for $20.00 with free shipping. I plan to keep cash, important documents (on acid free paper), extra set of car keys, emergency contact info, credit card, etc.

Welcome to my new blog!

Our local church organization had a wonderful Emergency Preparedness fair a few Saturdays ago. I realized how much work I needed to do to become better prepared in the event of an emergency. Feeling overwhelmed, I decided I could either just give up and do nothing, or do something! No matter how big or small. So I made a list of goals I wanted to accomplish, hung it up by the sink in the kitchen so I could see it everyday. I needed to break it down in to baby steps like: pick up waterproof matches next time I'm at the store, move our 72 hour kit to the closet by the door, store more water, etc. So here we are with a new blog! I want to hold myself accountable in some way, and I thought this might help inspire others to set their own goals.