April 11TH..What have you done to prep tod

more ready to serve soups, canned beans, water 

    I am a fairly new member here, though I have been reading this forum for months. Thank you so much for this forum and all the wonderful people who participate! I have done so much since finding this site, and it has helped me to get my wonderful husband on board too. Probably the most unusual prep we did was to spend another day at the shooting range, something we now do every week or two. Also got a Colman duel fuel stove (can use the camp fuel you by, but when that runs out it also uses gasoline). Planning on haveing both cars filled but staying put, so should have lots of fuel. Already had a propane grill.
Have 90 gal of distilled bottled water. Water is an issue for me, as we really don't have any source of water nearby so a filter wouldn't do much good. Wondering though, if the water stops, and then starts up again, isn't it contaiminated for awhile? Would it help to have a filter for that?
Bought a pressure cooker, but husband pointed out that it was made out of aluminum, so thinking I'll return it. Would be a bummer to survive bird flu only to get alzheimer's! (there's alot of info out there linking aluminum to alzheimers).
Thanks again for an awesome web site. It has helped our family sooo much.
Strider (Strider is my cat, who is going to be VERY upset when he has to become an inside cat!)

When I go to work, the AC goes off, and it sometimes gets kinda warm in here. So, I removed all the worthless items from my fridge, and fill it with all my precious chocolate.

Where do you get the 50# bags of popcorn?

bought more canned goods.  Ordered a solar AA battery recharger.  I have a small TV that runs off AA's, so I will use up batteries pretty quickly watching that.  Called HandyMan connection to have a light installed in the storage closet that I want to use for stockpiling.  I probably should be able to see what I'm doing in there while I'm stocking.

I bought battery lights from the dollar store. They are handy and I have one in my son room and the bathroom. They can be mounted beside the light switch They light up with one touch good for frighten children til I can set up the generator.

    Went to the dollar store and bought up more adult and childrens tylenol, cough medication and some other over the counter medications for various illnesses. Aslo bought paper plates, spices, boxed potatoes and canned stew. Question: if the cans have a June 2007 date that it is best sold by, how long is it good for? The stuff at dollar stores often have dates on the cans that aren't that far away.

I found the fondue pot!  Yippie!  After we moved, I forgot  which box it was in.   A couple of weekends ago when we neatened up the garage, we unearthed some boxes that had no labels and lo, in one was the missing fondue pot. 

Like the tap light idea--quick illumination, on and off in a flash--I use one in my shed, primarily to shoo the scary critters away when I venture in there.

mississipp mama , don't store the medical and meds in the bathroom too much moisture, srore in dry cool place, how bout a hallway closet  read the storing instructions , roxy

Did a $2 challenge today...with $2 I was able to buy:

Used Coleman grill for first time. (duel fuel). Cooked spaghettios and put some lentils in there too. Kids liked it. I added tobasco sauce and then liked it even more.

scott

Im new to typing but I've been watching for about 2 months.  Thank you so much for all your help with everything. 

I bought potato pancake mix 10 =10.00

10 can beefaroni, spell check please= 10.00

30 more rolls of toilet Paper Scott brand single ply .uses less water to flush.  =17.00  We have septic tank here but its easier to get scott paper of a porta potty and takes less room and is very soft.

20 knorrs rices different maskvors =20.00

24 pack tupperware.  =16.00

2 more cans of coleman fuel.  =$10.00

Mantels of lanterns.  They break  alot.

Bottle Orange Juice.  Expires in Sept. 

18 pack of paper towels. 

3 more paks for daks ham for pea soup. 7.00

spam

6 boxes of bread.

2 more jars of Mayo =5.00

1 case of Juice for kids

More batteries

Ready for this................    1 carpet sweeper $26.00 at walmart no electric needed to vacumm.  

5 bottles of windex from dollar store and hand soap

and finish my excel file of how much I have and when it expires.

 

 

 

You froze more eggs...Can you freeze eggs?  I would love to know?

Here is more about freezing eggs. The home web (American Egg Board) is:

http://www.aeb.org/Index.asp

Freezing Eggs

If you receive a windfall of eggs far beyond your capacity to use within a few weeks, they can be frozen—not in the shell, of course. Freeze only clean, fresh eggs. more..............

The link on freezing is (scroll down the page to see freezing): http://www.aeb.org/LearnMore/Eggcyclopedia/F.htm


Hope this helps,
Scott

I cleaned my garage, loaded 30 more AR 30 round mags with 68 gr. Black Hills, Vac sealed 25# of rice, vac sealed 8# of pasta, vac sealed 2 more boxes of Carnation Milk

Trying to figure out what are the coolest and best places in the house to keep certain things.  Working on food storage in coordination with recipes. Ordered seeds for the garden. Ordered schoolbooks for my kids for the coming school year (I homeschool).

Good Point Sweetpea. 

We just about have our garden ready to plant - it needs to dry out a little before we plant.  Cabbage, squash, cucumbers, okra, peas, bunch beans, tomatoes, peppers, (bell, banna, jalepeno), egg plants, cauliflower, broccoli, sweet corn, cantalopes, radish, onion sets, and watermelons.

twoolf wrote: Bought some more basic preps, rice, pasta, canned meats etc.  Problem now is my closet, under bed and behind chair in my bedroom is full  and i've still got about 25% to go for a year.   I'm trying to keep my preparations secret from my son, as I'm sure he would tell everyone he knows, including my ex and two daughters who would probably think i'm off my rocker.  Anyone know what can be safely put in the attic other than paper goods (rice, pasta???).   MY KINGDOM FOR A BASEMENT!

  Roxy thanks for reminding me not to store meds in bath room.  What about things like cough syrup that's in a bottle would that be ok?