Posted by
Carolyn on Oct 22nd, 2008 in
Money Savers,
Recipes |
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With the holiday season approaching there will be parties and family coming home. We will be serving food to large numbers of people. It’s time to plan now to keep the cost of those gatherings down. Here are a few suggestions:
1. Carbs are good. Carbohydrates are inexpensive and fill you up. They also help you to feel satisfied for a longer period of time following a meal. Include potatoes, pasta, rice...
Posted by
Carolyn on Oct 20th, 2008 in
Before the Disaster,
Food Storage,
Seven Steps |
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This is a report week. Since the week of August 25th we had accomplished the following:
1. Auto kit: We have placed a good pair of walking shoes, a shovel, whistle, mylar blankets, safety vest, work gloves, kitty litter, glow sticks, and wool blanket in the trunk of our cars.
2. Grab and Go Kit: We have added rope, wrench, goggles, and placed them all in a container.
3. Pets: We have added an emergency contact card,...
The following information has reminded me we really do need to prepare for illness and the possibility of a pandemic. Statistically we are due for a major flu outbreak. We have become so concerned with the bad, no horrible economy that we may be failing to think about the other emergencies which could face us. Last week we talked about the foods to give as gifts which would help a family dealing with the flu. As you...
Today I had a friend write to tell me this weekend she is going to work on food storage. This is the friend who has never…expressed any desire to talk about food storage. I have persisted and just kept talking about the money you can save, the sense of peace that comes, you know. She has a great job and she and her hubby eat out or just eat salads or very simple meals. But this weekend she is getting her food...
WE have been talking about preparedness gifts every Thursday for a few weeks so I decided a few holiday money saving tips would be appropriate. We all spend far too much money at this time of the year so lets make this the year we face January with a smile and not with dread. The economy is in the tank and part of the reason we are feeling it so much is because we have become addicted to consumption rather than...
