Littlesister – If my new Visa card doesn’t arrive next week, I’ll contact Amazon again to see if the customer service rep I spoke with last week was correct that I can’t pay my Amazon Prime bill by check. (I did notice at the time, however, that payment by check was not one of the options listed on the “update payment method” webpage at the Amazon website, so maybe they used to allow it but now only let people who already pay by check continue to do so but don’t allow anyone else to switch over to that method now?). It sounds as though you’re definitely on the right track as far as storing your food preps. An air-conditioned shed should work well as long as the temperature can be kept fairly constant. I’ll be interested in hearing what type of solar power setup you install that has sufficient power to run a window air-conditioner (with battery storage to run it on cloudy summer days also I would guess) if you decide to go that route. I’m trying to learn as much as I can about DIY solar power installations 🙂
Today I didn’t do much prepping but I did help a friend figure out how to get her 30+ year old sewing machine threaded and tension-adjusted so it will be ready to use. Doing so reminded me that I need to dig my own sewing machine “out of mothballs” and make sure I still have all the necessary bobbins and the zipper foot. If not, I’ll have to try to track down replacement parts online – which could be a major challenge since my old Singer is, literally, 45+ years old. I think it was their very first model that had an automatic thread tension adjustment feature. Whew! I may need to get the cord replaced. After that many years, it could have become brittle. Have to check . . ..