Our General Store…Thermometer and Tweezers…Let’s count those TP Wrappers!…Get Butter
Butter first, last week I had a friend contact me to ask about purchasing canned butter. We have had this discussion before so you all should know how I feel about canning your own butter…don’t do it! Well, this friend had seen canned butter in a Wal Mart store and it was over $7.00 a can for the same butter I had offered newsletter subscribers several months ago. Unfortunately the price of shipping has increased since that time but I am still able to get this butter at a great price. It is imported from New Zealand and is the real thing, just cream and salt. It melts, tastes, bakes, just like any butter you purchase in the grocery store. It is perfect for storage as it lasts 5 plus years and is so yummy and something that is a real comfort food for me. Even with the most expensive shipping, those of you on the east coast, the cost is still only about $6.00 a can, a real savings over the price at Wal Mart. If you don’t need, or can’t afford, a whole case get some friends together and order now.
Yep, this is the week we are going to collect all those items we dated at the beginning of the month. Get out those tubes of toothpaste and other items you marked and evaluate how much you have used this month. If you have already thrown away an items then you should know how long it took you to use it up. If you used a bottle of shampoo in three weeks then you know you need purchase 4 in order to have a three month supply. If you are still using that bottle then you would need three bottles or less for a three month supply. These numbers will be important as we will begin adding items next week that are not permanent additions to your storage plan.
It is also time to count those toilet paper wrappers you have been storing in your cabinet drawers. Again, count how many you have accumulated in the past month. Multiply by three and you have the number you will need to store for a three month supply. We will tweek that a little in the next few weeks, but more on that later.
To this point in time we have added items that will not be used up. A first aid book will be good forever, as will the tweezers and thermometer we are adding this week. We did add alcohol to make a paint can stove but that will be replaced as you use the stove. You should have enough on hand to be able to use your stove for several days.
Over the next year we will add other items to cook with, clean with and to provide sanitation and safety needs. It seems overwhelming now but stocking a three month supply of all the foods, herbs, condiments and other items seemed overwhelming last year at this time. You did it! Together we will do it again. Remember the spread sheet in your Mother Hubbard:What She’s doing Now ebook has an interactive spread sheet where you can keep track of what you have purchased and anything you were not able to afford, so you can catch up later.
This week add a thermometer and tweezers to your home first aid supplies as well as to your 72 hour kit and auto kit. Auto kit? Yes…if you should be stranded in your car and a member of your group becomes ill you will need supplies which will enable you to understand the serious of the situation and the things you should be doing to care for their needs.You should already have one or more of these on hand but if any of your supplies lack these add them now.
Tomorrow we will begin a study of EPMs and solar flares. We will define what they really are, how dangerous they may be and what to do to prepare.
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You show a mercury filled thermometer. I’ve replaced mine with digital so to avoid possible breakage and leaking mercury. What do you recommend?
Like your idea of counting TP wrappers – I buy TP in a multi-pack of 12. I dated the outside wrapper, checked after 1 month and multiplied by that.
Also, I had received/collected several sample/travel sizes of shampoo & conditioner. I kept note of how many uses I got from each. Now I keep those (with a couple of snack size zip-lock bags) in my kits because they are smaller and easier to pack. Plan to do the same with toothpaste and deodorant.
This works well for us as there are only 2.
Great ideas! Thanks for the suggestions. I have one mercury thermometer and the rest are digital, because of the breakage issue . When I researched I discovered the digital were rated as more accurate than the strip type. Now there are new ones that you swipe over the forehead but I haven’t seen any research about accuracy, although I see some doctors are using them. I do question that as offices normally get free samples of those things and I know a doctor does not have time to compare accuracy. If anyone has seen research please let me know.