May 22, What have you done to Prepare?

Today I received the rest of my saltine cracker containers - 1 more tin and 2 of the tupperware ones.

Also got my watkins extracts that I'd ordered. I was really searching for the Mapleine that my mother used long ago to make syrup, but discovered that it's no longer made. So I ordered some extracts from watkins.

Last - I placed an order for 6 of the empty inhaler tubes from a seller on ebay. We have many essential oils and the informative video Albert posted the link to mentioned using them in inhalers.
DUH! I hadn't thought of that.

Off to the stores again tomorrow though.

'Has anyone seen "canned bacon"?  They used to sell it but I havn't seen it for years.  With all that rice I've stored, I plan to make a lot of "fried rice" using bacon to season, plus chopped  onion.  I've been stocking up on bacon to freeze as it doesn't take much room, but am worried about if the power goes out for several days.  The idea of running out of coffee is scary, but there's always caffinated tea as a second choice and easy to store.

I bought 6 cans of the Red Feather canned butter. Bought it on eBay. Got 6 cans for $37. A little pricey, but canned butter is getting hard to find lately. Just got it the other day. From the same seller, they had the Kraft canned cheese. I haven't ordered any of that yet, but probably will get some.

Has anyone seen "canned bacon"?  They used to sell it but I havn't seen it for years.  With all that rice I've stored, I plan to make a lot of "fried rice" using bacon to season, plus chopped  onion.  I've been stocking up on bacon to freeze as it doesn't take much room, but am worried about if the power goes out for several days.  The idea of running out of coffee is scary, but there's always caffinated tea as a second choice and easy to store.

Today I finally got my sister to start prepping.  She insists that my mom is going to as well, but I dont know.  I think I am finally getting through to my family.  They have started asking me questions about BF and looking for information on the web.  I've stepped up my prepping, looking for a camping stove and other camping equipment next.

conelrad wrote: I bought 6 cans of the Red Feather canned butter. Bought it on eBay. Got 6 cans for $37. A little pricey, but canned butter is getting hard to find lately. Just got it the other day. From the same seller, they had the Kraft canned cheese. I haven't ordered any of that yet, but probably will get some.

Conelrad, just to let you know (since you mentioned you'd probably get more and some canned Kraft cheese as well) www.internet-grocer.com sells the Red Feather canned butter as well. ($3.99 a can I believe. Still pricy, but cheaper than ebay. Sorry.)

I'm in no way affiliated with the seller, I just got my canned butter and cheese from there. I paid $2.99 for the Kraft cheese, I don't know if the price is still the same (or if shipping is more than what you paid on ebay).

oknut. You have a computer. I use a excel type program to keep a inventory. It saved me packing and unpacking to see what I had and what else I needed. I don't even have to get up off my chair. You can even estimate how many meals they will make. Hope it helped.

Thanks Bill.

I have been so overwhelmed with work and watching the news that I don't even have half my garden planted yet this year.   

In fact, as I was reading the latest here at the forum and still unpacking my groceries, I got an email from my manger wanting to know the status of something I said I'd work on today.
I just turned down an opportunity for a full time contract position at a company I like because I'm too old, too busy and too overwhelmed with things right now. Wish I was making too much money, but that's not the case. LOL!

I started prepping haphazardly and have pretty much continued in that fashion. Although I had the best of intentions and had things stacked neatly in an open area of the house, we have had large numbers of houseguests a couple of times since I started and shuffled all of the preps out of the way to accomodate the company.

Total chaos, but at least I know we have the preps - somewhere....

I have had three orders over the past two months from honeyville, and they are very good about everything. One of the items I ordered was oxygen absorbers, and the box apparently broke open and they got lost. I called to tell them and they were in my mailbox two days later.

Added 50 lbs more rice, canned beef tips, bought replacements; broom & mops, extra hot water bottle.