Hi, ya’ll….well we’re under a tornado watch today until 5 p.m. It’s that time of the year for us. Fortunately, our little community has a good working siren now, so should one touch down I should have a bit of warning. Our local Baptist Church opens up their basement if it gets really dicey, but I have just always chosen to hunker down in my house in the windowless bathroom. If I take a direct hit, so be it….I just don’t choose to avail myself of the Church basement mostly because of the frequency of the watches. A warning which means a tornado has actually been sighted probably wouldn’t give me enough time to drive to shelter. So, this is where I will stay. 🙂 Tornadoes are amazing things. We once owned vacation property at the lake and the tornado skipped our cabin but totally destroyed the house 300 yards away.
So, to prepping report – I did get the planting tray filled and seeds put in the special mix. And, I remembered to label them. I have 72 cells planted with some great early Spring veggies. Currently have the tray in a spare room on top of a heating pad so I think I’m looking for germination in 7 – 10 days. Got my fingers crossed. When they poke up through the soil, I’ll move the tray out to the shed under grow lights. I’m also going to try planting a few things in the solo plastic cups as I’ve seen on youtube. Then I also have some clay pots of various sizes I thought I’d put seeds in. Hopefully something will work and I’ll have plants ready for setting out in the garden around the middle of April which is our last average frost date.
Oh, yes…I’ve ordered a couple of cases of peanut butter; creamy and crunchy for the pantry. Supposedly 2 Tablespoons provide lots of nutrition. As I mentioned earlier, I’m trying to focus on pantry food items that don’t require refrigeration of any sort. Perhaps I see a long term EMP grid down scenario more likely than anything other than natural disasters where power might eventual be back on within a matter of weeks? Who knows.
Number 2 son stopped by today with their “surprise” 4 year old I call Boy…he’s absolutely adorable, so well behaved it’s eerie but he has FIVE older sisters along with his mother, so I guess that explains how mature he seems for his age. Whatever, son picked up the book- The Survival Medicine Handbook – which was just lying on the coffee table. Daisy had recommended it. This gave me an opportunity to explain, again, what I am doing. Trying to prep with enough food and supplies to provide for one adult, for one year. Putting some money in these resources seems to make sense to me if hyper-inflation hits us such as what’s going on in Venezuela. He grunted, which means he’s listening with a measure of approval. Of course, just as importantly to me is the feeling that I’m doing something positive with my days rather than just drifting along getting older and more frail from lack of activity and interest.
Poor balance has become one of my issues, but I’m resisting using any walking aids…forcing my mind to make the muscles work. I do the “wall” trailing thing a bit…and I use the carts while shopping as a stabilizer. And I’m really careful when I stand and I don’t turn quickly. How does one know when it really would be better to start using a cane or walker? to avoid a potential fall…
Good to hear from Prepperfan3…still wondering how SDoldman is getting on with his leather work. I still keep forgetting to jot down notes as I read your posts, but I do so enjoy reading about what’s going on with each of you.
Sky is looking interesting so I’d better get my little tornado kit handy to put in bathroom – sturdy shoes, flashlight, water bottle, blanket. If the siren goes off, that means a tornado has actually been sighted and we don’t have much time to get to cover. I always call my son’s house because they can’t hear the siren from where they live. Hopefully, the bad weather will just pass on by…
Talk to you later – stay safe everyone.