This has been a busy day indeed. Hope everyone is well. Prepperfan hope all goes well with your mom. We have seen enough cancer for one year. Several friends have had it of some form or another. Now my granddaughter’s real grandmother just pasted a few hours ago from cancer. What is going on that so many folks are getting this?
But on another note. I am still trying to declutter and get rid of some things. Slow going process but I’m am working at it best I can. I am doing a bit of revamping on the food as I am checking on how much protein foods we have. As both hubby and I both have type 2 diabetics. So far I seem to be good on protein but need to can a lot more meat. I still have plenty of beef canned but need to buy more chicken when it goes on sale again to can as well as fish.
Also I am working on a list of non food items that we need. We live in the east coast area. So if war breaks out the east coast could more than likely be wiped out. Hate to say that but from what I have been reading on Russia, Turkey, China and a couple of other countries, we are in big trouble here. We will not win WW3. I just don’t see it happening. If I could afford a bunker, I would be building one in the country toward the mountains. But that’s not happening so will make do where I am. I have no plans to bug out but will be prepared to leave if we have to. I have been looking at propane indoor heaters and the possibility of getting a 250lb tank buried in backyard somewhere. Need to check on this though. Also a cook stove using the propane as well for indoor cooking. As cooking outside could bring unwanted guest if they smell food cooking. Checking out the idea of a privacy fence as we are on a corner lot and the garden can be seen by two many people. We already have had problems with neighbors coming over to get veggies when we plant. They put their name in but don’t contribute with helping. I don’t mind sharing but our garden is very small and just gets us from summer to summer. If things look like they could go south we might be expanding that garden by putting one on other side of the garden shed. Don’t know how long before a SHTF situation hits but for some reason I feel a need to step some things up. I need to get more grain for bread. I really don’t think I have enough to get us through 6 months and I want to bump that up to a year or more. There are other things I am looking at like trash bags. need to get a supply that is a lot more than what we have. Also water barrels. We have ways for storing water but really think I need to get some 55 gal barrels. We have plenty of flashlights and lots of batteries but need to get more batteries. Looking at going to buy a rifle soon as well. I want to look more into that Sheila maid aire clothes rack as well. I really like the concept of it. Lots of uses. Also looking to getting that baking rack for my sun oven. Need to get more lamp oil although I do have a lot of it as we use the oil lamps if we loose lights and generator quits. But I also don’t know if you guys know that you can use olive oil in your oil lamps. It burns well. I have several bottles from when the stores would have a buy one get one free. We couldn’t use it up fast enough so I packed it up and put it with the rest of the lamp oil. It went out of date so now it will be lamp oil.
Is anyone else looking at how fast things are moving in this world. War, rumors of war, our weather, famine in all sorts of places. Our corrupt government and what is coming in the next elections in 2020. Not even looking good in that respect.
What are all you guys looking to get better prepared. We live in a neighborhood that the city is growing up faster and faster around us. We used to be more country and still have county roads that cannot handle the fast growing pace.
Took hubby walking yesterday around block and it wore him out. Took him out today and his legs stiffened up on him and he couldn’t make it around the full block today. So got to work on that.
I really do enjoy reading all the things that you guys are doing. I think most of you have homesteads in country where it is a bit easier to deal with. Living where I am is not easy and I know those of you that live in apartments are having a tough time with no yard of your own and a small living area. It does make for a challenge of finding storage and ways to deal with hard times.