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Posted: April 18 2006 at 11:01pm |
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This week--
More personal hygeine items
liquid laundry detergents
canned meats, veggies
gravy mixes
More tomorrow. Had the grandbabies today.
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Posted: April 18 2006 at 11:19pm |
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Got a few preps at the stores but not large amounts. Got my 1/2 price easter candy. I have not been able to find an adaptor for my canning jars so i am still looking for that. In the process of of putting flours, mixes, rice and beans into vacuum packed bags and closing up in food grade buckets. I plan on using the buckets to store water if the water gets cut off but meanwhile they are good for stacking. I got those gravies too and some jellos and cake mixes. I never use those things but i think if this happens they will be good variety in a meal.
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Posted: April 18 2006 at 11:21pm |
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Glad you said vacuum packed, reminds me I need more bags. Thanks.
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Posted: April 18 2006 at 11:25pm |
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Wal-Mart has a double roll of them that is 1/2 the price of the ones for my machine. They are made by Black and Decker and work fine in my vacuum sealer. The package said it will be fine in any of the popular brand machines.
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Posted: April 18 2006 at 11:30pm |
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Yeah, they get pretty steep in price. I will check out your suggestion. Thanks again.
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Posted: April 19 2006 at 5:26am |
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Got 1/2 price Easter Candy
(4) pkg. Pancake Mix-'all ready'
(4) 2 1/2 lb. Coffee
(6) Buckets from Bakery for water
(1) 20lb. rice Edited by ReadyMom - April 19 2006 at 5:26am |
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Posted: April 19 2006 at 5:46am |
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finished getting in my container garden, which now has tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, bell peppers, habanero peppers, jalapeno peppers, summer squash, zuiccini, eggplant, melons & various cooking herbs.
Plus, got enough fertilizer/plant food/equipment/supplies to carry me through the entire gardening season (long one down here).
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Time's up. It's here. If you're not ready, you should have been - we all were warned.
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Posted: April 19 2006 at 9:31am |
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This week I have purchased an kerosene haeter , vacuum sealer , sugar flour and 50% easter candy and I am still shopping.
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Posted: April 19 2006 at 10:01am |
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I have been pricing the 2 burner Coleman stove. I have found it for $50 without the fuel. Is this a good price or should i keep looking? Would appreciate any info on a cheaper price. TIA.
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Posted: April 19 2006 at 10:04am |
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WalMart online had one for 39.99 Coleman. I would check there first.
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Posted: April 19 2006 at 10:20am |
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Gart brothers had them on sale for $34.99. Not sure if it still going on.
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Posted: April 19 2006 at 11:50am |
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Today I made a committment to donate clothing and household items to a friend of a friend whose house burned.
Win/Win situation. I'll gain room to store my preps and the woman and her daughter will get clothing to partially replace what they lost. I had pretty much run out of ready space for preps. |
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Posted: April 19 2006 at 11:52am |
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went to rural king got 55 gallon barral for eight dollars. Very lucky got kersone heater for half off at wal-mart, they have winter stuff left all half priced. Need to fill gasoline and propane tanks. More bleach, put more shelves up, more totes on sale at wal-mart also. Kymom
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Posted: April 19 2006 at 12:00pm |
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Going to check my checking account and head over to Costco. Got some of the lists you all provided, going to stock up on TP and Papertowels etc. I should stock up on diapers,wipes,and powder too for the baby. Last trip we got cough medicines,tylenol,advil, other OTC medicines. I also bought two boxes of vinyl non-latex gloves. Going to get a giant bag of rice. Should I get one of those propane stoves? Where can I find the N95 face masks? supplies are terribly limited up here.
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Posted: April 19 2006 at 12:06pm |
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They are still easy to find on ebay.
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Posted: April 19 2006 at 12:18pm |
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Check Wallyworld, seems like I got mine for $35.00 or there abouts. Also, consider an adapter to recharge your 1 lb bottles from a 20lb tank, or an adapter hose to run the stove directly off the 20lb tank.
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Posted: April 19 2006 at 2:24pm |
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We replaced some wooden shelf/fixtures at work, so I was able to bring the old ones home, so will be organizing all the books and school supplies this week (have been collecting books to read for about 6 months now) in our spare room. Decided to up our food preps from 6 months to 9 months over this past weekend , so purchased about 25 canned goods today (only had about 15 minutes to shop after work), bought 2 Christmas presents for DD.
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Posted: April 19 2006 at 3:31pm |
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These are the items I added today:
2 rolls of aluminum foil
2 bottles laundry detergent liquid
6 cans whole kernel corn
6 cans green beans
6 cans english peas
6 cans tomatoes
8 cans Hunts Spaghetti Sauce
6 cans tuna
10 cans Castleberry's Beef Stew
6 cans Vienna Sausage
6 cans Prairie Belt Sausage
2 Wish Bone Salad Dressings Edited by iamclose - April 19 2006 at 3:32pm |
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Posted: April 19 2006 at 4:42pm |
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I had the Black & Decker and had to return it. The machine sealed the bags just fine, but the bags leaked within a few hours. Please, double-check yours.
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Posted: April 19 2006 at 4:47pm |
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check out www.library.com , they have very good prices. You might also want to get in touch with one of our members, Rocky, they sell the better quality masks and other emergency products. I did some internet comparison shopping and they're prices are always amongst the cheapest if not outright the cheapest. Also, you're going to need booties and googles.
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Posted: April 19 2006 at 4:47pm |
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Femvet, i really, really don't want to heat that. I have 26 buckets full of vacuumed foods sitting in my livingroom and the thoughts of them all failing is too much bad news for one day. I have 3 buckets still unsealed and i will watch them for a few days.....sigh.
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Posted: April 19 2006 at 5:14pm |
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Well, I did go to walmart and decided to pick up other stuff instead of vacuum sealer bags today. Glad I waited. Sorry Ironstone but I will wait to hear how your stuff is doing now. Thanks Femvet for speaking up.
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Posted: April 19 2006 at 5:23pm |
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Got more beans & rice yesterday, plus
4 jars of spaghetti sauce
dehydrated refried beans
2 mustards
non-stick aluminum foil
re-organizing kitchen cupboards (again!) to gain some more space
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Posted: April 19 2006 at 5:26pm |
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Ironstone, the problem with mine happened very quickly, within about 2-3 hours. So if you don't have a problem by now, I would hope that you are all right. The clerk at Walmart told me that they had a huge number of returns on the B & D, so maybe they got it fixed. I'm hoping!! All the best
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Posted: April 19 2006 at 7:49pm |
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Paper towels, laundry soap, paper plates, napkins. Almost finished with supplies. Need to work on more food. Also, I will be looking into face masks and rubber gloves.
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Posted: April 19 2006 at 7:53pm |
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Femvet, i found one that had not sealed well but rest seem fine. My machine is a Food Saver but the bags were $10 a roll and the Black and Decker bags were 2 for $10. I have used my machine before but ran out of the bags that came with it so i bought the cheaper ones.
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Posted: April 19 2006 at 8:33pm |
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Today i ordered 50lbs. of soy flour,and a none electric water distiller. I also bought 12 cans of fruit punch. Does any one know where I can order 50lbs. of couscous? Thanks guys.
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Posted: April 19 2006 at 8:35pm |
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Finished bottling three quarts of elderberry tincture. Will do another three next week.
Hopefully tomorrow I will can four pounds of butter.
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Posted: April 19 2006 at 9:16pm |
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Minor housekeeping note, I think the correct link to the masks/respirators place is www.library-dust.com. Click on "respirators." Strange name, but the prices are among the best and shipping is very fast. |
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Posted: April 19 2006 at 9:41pm |
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Back to the Walmart again.
Paper Towels
Toilet Tissue
Bath Soap
Feminine Hygiene
Case of Chicken Noodle Soup
Dish Liquid
Misc can items
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Posted: April 19 2006 at 11:21pm |
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What I have done is look at each meal
For 1 year, I need 365 breackfasts - so what do I need. Oatmeal, milkpowder and sugar. I dont even need to cook it and I can survive on it.
1 cup per day of oatmeal so I need 7 cups per week or 1 kg per week so I need 52 packets of oatmeal. For 1 person.
Then the sugar then the milk powder.
Then I look at lunches 365 of them
then 365 dinners.
One thing was easy - 1,000 tea bags.
The rest is simple -
packets of cheese that dont need refrigeration until you open them
tins of soup
tins of sardines
tins of tuna fish
tins of salmon
tins of meat
tins of chillie and beans
900 serves of rice
cartons of sao biscuits
small packest of pasta
enough for a year
peanut butter
vegimite
jam
I dont want anything I have to cook but I got some anyway
dried soup
instant mashed potatoes
Soap
shaving cream
razers
cooking oil
14 kilos of salt
curry powder
spices
I am ready
oh and face masks
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Posted: April 19 2006 at 11:22pm |
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Posted: April 20 2006 at 2:27pm |
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This week's preps:
I ordered and received my hand-crank am/fm/sw radio in the mail. I bought the LL Bean version of the Grundig (now Eton) FR-200. It's made by Eton/Grundig but just has the LL Bean logo stamped on the case, and comes in different colors than you can get on Amazon, for those who like a little flair in their preps. They also have the FR-300, and both for the same price as you can get them elsewhere. Free shipping if you get an LL Bean credit card. The FR-200 is a cute little thing, and works great. Radio Shack also has the Grundig-200 on sale this week for 29.99. I asked my doctor about getting the pneumovax vaccine. He gave me that doctor-stonewall look and informed me that I didn't meet any of the CDC recommendations for getting the shot. After asking twice "So does that mean it's not possible for me to get the shot?" he finally conceded that it WAS possible, but that my insurance might not cover it. So, I will investigate the price and see if I can afford it. |
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Posted: April 20 2006 at 2:35pm |
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I made a wonderful discovery this afternoon...I have a tile floor in the entry!! I thought i remembered one from ages back but was unable to determine if true because of the packages scattered about. I have also discovered that i have a lovely kitchen counter! This is really my lucky day! Moved the buckets to the closet, got the sewing machine out and being used, and finished vacuuming foods. My next project is to see if i really have a tile kitchen floor...who knows? Underneath the powdered flour, scattered rice seeds and dried beans it may be there. Tomorrow i shall go in search of it....I also hope to uncover a guest bed in the spare room. Wish me luck!!
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Posted: April 20 2006 at 5:34pm |
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 ... ironstone that's funny!! i know i got some kitchen counters round here somewheres ... and a laundery room as well!!
Today picked up a few basics from Sams, an again glanced into other carts ... people are still picking up alot of junk foods (soda pop, freezer dinners & snacks). Noticed some of the prices are going up but not as fast as the gas prices!!
Foods that have to be fixed (pastas, taters, beans, flour) gravies and such were still quite low price wise ... on the other hand, the canned meats and olive oil, canned soups, are getting pricy!!
will be heading out to another bulk/natural foods store for cream wheat cereal, chicken broth and soy flour plus a few other herbs and supplements.
Keep on preppin !!
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"When an emergency arises, the time for preparation is past."
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Posted: April 20 2006 at 5:42pm |
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bought a 55 gallon steel drum to store kerosene.. now need to get kerosene
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Today My husband helped...Yep I said My Husband help...He's starting to slowly get it...Finally...My God what a stubborn man...I have been feeding him small amount of infomation...Not everyday...but when I felt he needed to hear it...
1 30 lbs propane
3 20 lbs propane Price 69.00 ouch
2 large gas cans
2 small gas cans. =17.5 gals at $3.02 52.05 ouch
60 cans of dog food at walmart 22.05
and.... drum roll Please........... I finally put my bird flu book together...Id been saving all the tips and list and recipes and bread recipes and put them in a book...
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Posted: April 20 2006 at 9:47pm |
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Back at the walmart again. They love me there.
More storage containers.
Bulbs for the flashlights. (got that idea from someones post and guess what actually had need for them already)
Cleaning supplies
Dry beans
lots of tea bags
canned veggies
Updated the need to get list and things to do list
Seriously need to do inventory. God why didnt I start writing it up in the first place????
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Posted: April 21 2006 at 2:54pm |
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Today I organized...I had an excel list I made up but because I'm lazy I didnt put everything on it as I bought it...
Took me over an hour...The only think I dont need I think is tp I have 60 rolls of it...Think that enough?....there double rolls.
No drip drying in this family.
 I also found my son into the spam...
 I didnt know I was righting things down...He's so busted. |
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Posted: April 21 2006 at 3:11pm |
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Yesterday, I bought latex gloves, today, bandaids, more cereal and rice. This weekend I will be stocking up on poultry, because I still think it's ok to eat. I will ask the butcher where they are raised, so I can decide when to stop buying it. Probably as soon as it hits Alaska.
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Been ripping down a barn, turning the spot into a large raised bed garden. Today I added 20 bags of peat and 20 bags of topsoil to the manure. Ordered two books Backyard orchard and Backyard berries -used at amazon. Getting a good garden in is going to be my prepping for a while. Establishing a small orchard and berry patch is next on the list
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Janetn, many berries grow like brambles and spread all over. Be sure to limit them to a single row oand prune each year and stop runners. One thing to consider with some berries is to get a galvanized tub, knock the bottom out of it and dig a hole in the ground leaving only about an inch or so above the soil line. Plant things like boysenberries, blackcaps, razzberries and nectar berries inside the tub circle. It will save lots of work later on.
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Posted: April 21 2006 at 6:44pm |
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Todays list:
Paper Towels
Wet Wipes
Case tomato sauce
Liquid Laundry detergent
Peanuts
Spaghetti noodles
Hi-c drinks
Filled Prescriptions (up to four months worth)
Received some birthday presents I had ordered for the grandkids
Back at it tomorrow
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Today i bought, Lots of matches and lighters, moth ball to keep the snakes away, mineral oil, children tynol and mortin even though i don't have small kids. I also bought 2 dart boards ,Alomnd extract, 6 gallons of fruit punch 12 cans of smoke saguage, 5 boxes of gram crackers, and three containers of marshmellow fluff.
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