December 12, 2008 No comment

I hope all of you had a great holiday and are ready for an exciting new year.  As  I read reports in the news with speculation abounding for a crisis filled year, I am so grateful that we have been preparing for just such a challening time. As we gathered during the past week I was excited to hear and see the preparations our family has made. I gives me a real sense of peace to know they are ready, or getting close, so they can handle whatever comes. We have just four more weeks left and our year of Seven Steps will be accomplished. I have some exciting things I would like to try next year to finish our three month supply of food, a supply of items needed for a pandemic, finacial preparedness and teaching our children and grandchildren to live a self reliant life style…more about that tomorrow. Today, here are our Seven Steps for the week.1. Inventory your food storage. I visited family for the Christmas so my food storage survived the holiday but I did have 19 for Thanksgiving and I really needed to restock after that. Food storage is always a work in progress but once we have a three month supply restocking after a big event becomes easy.2. Add one can of soup per family member to your storage. If you have not already done so, add chicken noodle, as it is easy to digest for those dealing with the flu and part of our pandemic preparation. 3. Add an umbrella to you car kit. These can be used in many ways if you afre stranded and they are just great to have on hand to cope with an unexpected storm. Watch for more on this tomorrow.4.  Add a #10 can with a lid to your car kit. These are the large coffee can size. They are perfect to melt snow if you are stranded and have many other uses. Again, more on this tomorrow.5. Place a roll ot toilet paper iin a zipped plastic bag and add it to your car kit.6. Purchase one box of facial tissues per family member to add to your storage.7. Add one box of jello to your storge per family member, another important part of pandemic preparedness.That’s it! If you have joined us late I will be posting a summary and a guide for you to continue on your own, next week. For now, just get started! 

Before the Disaster, Seven Steps

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