Pandemic prep…just a little fun

I realize there is nothing fun about a pandemic. There can however be blessing hidden in all the crises in our lives. Last Thanksgiving we had three families in our home for four days. We had five kids five and under. We drank most of our three month supply of juice and went through lots of cereal and pancake mix. In the end it was a wonderful.  We visited, read books, watch a movie, and watched the kids play. We...

Money Saving Wednesday…Water woes

With the drought continuing in California, Texas, Florida and other places water is a real issue this spring. Today another water district in northern CA placed water restrictions on residents, and it’s still the rainy season. Residents are only allowed to water two days a week. That is barely enough to keep the landscaping alive, dead landscape costs money. There are a few ways to save water that...

Answers to Questions

I have noticed that some of my email has been going to spam. I’m so sorry if you wrote and I never answered. Please try again. I do answer my email so if you haven’t heard from me in four or five days please send me another email. Time to answer a few more questions: I have what may seem like a silly question. When buying the canned fruit, do we include in that 5 cans per person, canned apple sauce? Or...

Our General Store…Think Fruit

This morning I went through the Sunday paper and checked out all the ads and also all the coupons and came to a conclusion. It’s a bad week. The coupons were awful and the stores had the same old same old loss leaders on sale. Because fruit is so important in a well balanced diet we are going to concentrate on fruit this week. Yesterday there was a great article in our local paper about canned fruits...

Pandemic Prep…Human Waste

I know this is not a glamorous subject and probably one that none of us want to deal with but the fact remains that during an emergency and in particular, today, during a pandemic, there is a real possibility community waste facilities will be impacted as workers are not able to report for work. Short of building an outhouse there are still a few things you can do. Every family should have a chemical potty...