Diy Mixes, pressure canning meals in jars. Also dehydrating more veggies etc.More sanitation items and paper as well.

Hi All,

I'm hitting Sam's Club on the way home tonight.  I need to replenish quite a bit, actually.  Need to restock the paper goods as well as new OTC cold/flu meds (mine have expired).  My daughter is a nurse and her husband is a first responder - so if it comes down to a SIP sort of thing, I'll have my grandson with us.  We live in a rural area...not really farmland, but certainly not the 'burbs. 

some helpful information

Rice and Beans, A Survival Combination

http://modernsurvivalblog.com/survival-kitchen/rice-and-beans-a-survival-combination/

Finally got my Albuterol inhaler. My doctor never wants to give me the necessary medicine, just throw pills at me all the time, so I went to urgent care. Since I have been having coughing fits anyway, it makes even more sense for me to have an inhaler. First he didn't want to give it to me, then I kept saying how hard it is for me to breathe when my congestion or coughing fits worsen and he gave in. It's a 100 day supply, with no refill, as usual....then the U.C. dr said maybe I have asthma (yet until I demanded, he didn't want to give me an inhaler.) I just need a new Kaiser hospital down here in Southern CA. That place just sucks.


Other than my inhaler biz, I am getting canned goods and swapping some out. If I know I won't eat it soon, and it will be expiring within a monthish, I donate it to soup kitchens.

Hachi - they just broke ground on a brand new Kaiser hospital here. Fancy schmancy

I purchased 2 gallons of bleach...I have the dry pool shock to make sanitizer/clean water but like having bleach around.

Say does anyone know how we would use the new Clorox concentrated bleach? Do we cut it in half?   I bought the generic brand because it was not concentrated.

1/2 cup per gallon for disinfecting, FluMom. 1 cup added to laundry though per load. I have the tiny concentrated bottle to keep gnats out of my sink pipes.

Happy to report my raisins that I stocked a few years back (sealed). Tastes great after soaking in my oatmeal this morning! Time to take a quick inventory today. Need to add pool chorine (on clearance I hope) for sanitizing, bar soap (ivory- multipurpose), maybe score some flannel sheets to cut for cleaning rags etc at Goodwill, fresh yeast, and bump up medications for general illness. Then dehydrate homemade refried beans- cooks and thickens easily. Busy day friends.

My camping chuck box had 4 swollen cans. Peaches were worse. It happens but always a surprise, a little disconcerting.

Probably hydrogen swell but still makes you think.

I'm rendering down 10 kilos of mutton fat today having butchered a sheep yesterday. Heaven knows what I will do with it all as we are not short on fat for cooking (with unlimited butter and plenty of lard). Maybe I'll make soap.  Any suggestions? I could bottle it but am not sure we'll ever get round to using it.

KiwiMum I would make soap put some nice scented oil in it and give as
Christmas gifts. If it is clear you can put a small piece of pine or small pinecone or herbs in the middle. It is really pretty and a nice gift.

Technophobe wrote: Penham wrote: I went to a church yard sale today, 3rd day of the sale is $1 bag day. I scored today, I got 37 small boxes of Marcal Kleenex (40 tissues to a box) for $1. I had one brown bag full and another partially full. I also found a tent for $1, now whether all the pieces are there remains to be seen. The tissue find was awesome, as I was working on restocking my paper products this month. If the tent is kaput it can still make patches, supply replacement carbon fibre rods, guy ropes and pegs.  Nice find.

It was a higher price, but I got it in the $1 bag sale on the last day. I am going to try to get it out this week sometime and see.

Quarantinable house in sections, quarantine arrangements discussed, barns available for extra quarantine  and those who may arrive to SIP with us told to bring tents for inside barns.

Still do not feel safe................

Technophobe,excellent idea for visitors who are SIP to pitch tents in Barn.John

As soon as it hit usa...I put in several orders from Costco for Freeze dried food, good price
Not sure how great it tastes but in a bind you would eat nearly anything. Now working on the water thing

Hachi, monthly pay is the worst! It just seems forever to come back around. I used to have monthly pay, I feel lucky now to get paid every other Friday. It's definitely ok to post good deals that others may be able take advantage of.

Tents are an excellent idea. A small one could actually fit in a mattress to keep warm at night, for those in severe climates.

What's everyone's thoughts on masks? I have some n-95's (try Lowes and hardware stores). They will be going off the shelves in the next 2 weeks. Are they a futile effort? My opinion flips. Perhaps for a "get home" bag from work etc? Or to keep the spread of a coughing patient contained.

What's your thoughts for prepping masks???

You are spot on Kiwimom! Just avoid the masses and shelter in place..

If you have never been trained in the use of PPE, here is a link to the CDC that explains the Sequence for Donning and Removing Personal Protective Equipment.


www.cdc.gov/HAI/prevent/ppe.html

So I am awaiting my tens meter for my sciatica in the mail, so glad my insurance covered it. Side note, it takes 9volts, and I was wondering if it is possible to buy 9 volts in a bulk package of more than 4. I have been to Family Dollar, Kmart, and Target, and so far haven't been able to find them in packs larger than 4. I would get a rechargeable one, but if the power goes out for whatever reason, there goes my tens unit. lol