Block by block, step by step we can all do this!

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I still don't have my computer back, but I am babysitting two of my wonderful grandchildren and using my daughter's computer to work on my blog!  I miss my computer!! 

I need to give you 2 steps of our 52 week food storage outline.  Plus it's the 4th week in January! Can you believe that!  We are already into the 4th week of the new year!  Wow how time is moving fast!  I also want to let everyone know that I will be scheduling 2 nights for working in the canery over the next several months.  So please watch for a sign up sheet to come around.  Thank you

Week 3:  MEDICINE CHEST -Feminine Products, Pepto Bismal, Vicks, Cough Drops, Cough Syrup, Tylenol, Calamine Lotion, Kaopectate, Ipecac, Sunscreen Dispose of all outdated medications.  These items are so important.  I think what might help us to figure out exactly what we need is to write down anytime we use something of this nature.  Items for our children, and ourselves.  Give yourself 2 weeks and write down what you use.  That way when you are putting together your kit you will include all the items you need and can't do without. 

You might want to include these items in your kit.

Flashlight

Battery­powered or hand­crank radio (NOAA Weather Radio, if possible)

Extra batteries

Medications (7­day supply) and medical items

Multi­purpose tool

Copies of personal documents (medication list and pertinent medical information, proof of address, deed/lease to home, passports, birth certificates, insurance policies)

Cell phone with chargers

Family and emergency contact information

Extra cash

Emergency blanket

Map(s) of the area

Week 4: FIRST AID SUPPLIES Band-Aids, Antibiotic Ointment, Ace Bandages, Steri-strips, etc

I went to the Red Cross site and here are some of their ideas for first aid kits.

The Red Cross recommends that all first aid kits for a family of four include the following:

• 2 absorbent compress dressings (5 x 9 inches)
• 25 adhesive bandages (assorted sizes)
• 1 adhesive cloth tape (10 yards x 1 inch)
• 5 antibiotic ointment packets (approximately 1 gram)
• 5 antiseptic wipe packets
• 2 packets of aspirin (81 mg each)
• 1 blanket (space blanket)
• 1 breathing barrier (with one-way valve)
• 1 instant cold compress
• 2 pair of nonlatex gloves (size: large)
• 2 hydrocortisone ointment packets (approximately 1 gram each)
• Scissors
• 1 roller bandage (3 inches wide)
• 1 roller bandage (4 inches wide)
• 5 sterile gauze pads (3 x 3 inches)
• 5 sterile gauze pads (4 x 4 inches)
• Oral thermometer (non-mercury/nonglass)
• 2 triangular bandages
• Tweezers
• First aid instruction booklet

As always be sure and check all dates on your products to make sure they are in date.  Destroy the ones that our out date. 

We have some new information about our new Reno Family Home Storage Center.

New Directors and new contact numbers for appointments and questions. 

• New Directors are Bro. Ernie Wood and Sis. Jeannette Wood

New Appointment and Information numbers are

• Bro. Wood @ 775-450-2664
• Sis. Jeannette Wood @ 775-450-2663
• Direct line to cannery and answering machine is 775-856-2245

They also have some new products.

• Prepackaged White Wheat available by the individual cans or case of 6 cans.  This comes already packaged so you can pick it up without coming in for a canning session, just like the bulk products we have always carried for drop-in pick up during our hours of operation.
• Prepackaged White Flour available by the individual cans or case of 6 cans.  This comes already packaged so you can pick it up without coming in for a canning session, just like the bulk products we have always carried for drop-in pick up during our hours of operation. 
• Prepackaged Pancake Mix now available by the individual 4 lb bag or by the case of 4/4 lb bags.  Available for drop-in pick up during our hours of operation.
• Prepackaged Potato Pearls now available by the individual 28 oz pouch or by the case of 12 pouches. Available for drop-in pick up during our hours of operation.

There is no limit to the number of cases or cans of prepackaged product purchased per order.  These include:

            Pancake Mix            Hard Red Wheat       

            Potato Pearls           Hard White Wheat

            Pinto Beans             White Flour

            White Rice               Starter Kits

            Quick Oats

 

There is no limit to the number of bags or boxes of all the products sold at the cannery that are purchased  in bulk.

 

There is still a 36 can limit per order (6 of 6 different products) on the in-cannery canning products.

 

We will continue scheduling appointments on most Thursdays and Saturdays until we can compile some feedback on other possible combinations of times and as additional Service Missionaries and Volunteers become available.  If you have enough sign-ups for several sessions, or are wanting to do  Ward YW or YM sessions, please contact the directors for possible times outside our regular sessions.

 

 THEY ARE STILL LOOKING FOR MORE VOLUNTEERS to work with our called Service Missionaries.  If you can offer to volunteer on a regular basis, please contact Sister Wood @ 775-450-2663.  She is compiling a list to use as we look at our future scheduling.

 

Block by block - January Food Storage Month - Next step in our 52 week buying guide

So here we are in the 2nd week of January.  Doesn't feel like January to me! We need so more snow and cold weather around here.  Here is the next step for our "block". This will be our 52 week buying guide to our food storage!  Here's week 2 -

Week 2:  CLEANING SUPPLIES:  Detergent - plan on 156 per person. Bleacher 1 gallon per person and cleanser.  I know that's a ton of detergent - but that's what the smart people say you will need to clean your clothes! 

I thought I might show you all some books that are recommended for Food Storage.  They all seem pretty interesting and cover a wide range of food storage

• Emergency Food Storage and Survival Handbook by Peggy Layton (food storage and emergency preparedness)
• Cookin’ with Home Storage by Vicki Tate (cooking and using basic storage foods)
• Making the Best of Basics – Family Preparedness Handbook by James Talmage Stevens (food storage and prep)
• Crisis Preparedness Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide to Home Storage and Physical Survival
• How to Live on Wheat – The Complete Guide To Selecting, Storing, Preparing and Cooking Wheat and Other Grains

Have a great week! 

January the time for building blocks for our food storage.

With the beginning of the New Year I have been trying hard to come up with a plan for our food storage.  In my research I have decided that I would take each month and give it a theme.  January is building blocks for our food storage.  So for the rest of this month I will post things that I feel will help us to build block after block for all of our food storage.  I am hoping that with assigning each month a theme it will make me feel more organized and also assist you in your planning and preparation of your food storage!  I am going to try to give you a building block step for each week to help you thru the year with your storage so that it isn't so overwhelming. 

Week 1 -NUTS - drug stores have a ton of after Christmas sales, try to get 2lbs per person.  The roasted ones store the best.  Try to find the freeze baged ones! 

I am fast realizing that there is so much more to food storage than just storing food.  Discovering this I am so excited because I feel I am further ahead of the game than I thought I was!  Yay!  For this month I want to kind of lean towards the emergency side of food storage and bring it to the preparation for a disaster.  So that we can be ready to leave our homes at a moments notice and be prepared! 
We have been counseled to have a three day back pack ready to go at a moments notice.  So I want to enlarge on that a bit.  If we were told to leave our homes and have to go into the wilderness I want to be ready, not only for my husband and myself.  But I want to be sure my children and their families are also ready.  It is my hope and prayer that we will all be ready if the need arises. Part of my preparation is to have my items at the ready, be able to pick them up and go.  So I am organizing them and getting them in containers so that they are ready to go at a moments notice.

This is what I will start with:

Water - You can only live up to 5 days without it so we need to be sure and store it. At our house we drink a ton of water.  I try to always have on hand at least 12 extra bottles of water in the car and in our house.  Plus I have them at school so if they are needed we are ready.  Be sure and include treating tablets for your water just in case you need them.  It might be a good idea to storage water inside your home and outside your home.  Just in case, if you can't get back into your home, outside storage is a good plan to include.
Sprouting seeds and supplies - We need to have ready various seeds for vegtables and fruits, plus the materials needed to plant and care for them.  I realize that it will take many months/seasons for the seeds to take root.  In our supplies for the care of the seeds we could include containers so that if the seeds needed to be moved we would be able to take them with us.  Be sure you know how to grow these seeds and what climate they grow best in before you purchase them.  Be sure and have some radish seeds, they grow fast and are full of water!



Medical care needs/medications and first aid kit - I have at this time 2 months complete supply of medicine for my sweet husband.  He can not live with out some of the medicines he is on so this is very very important for me to have this on hand and ready.  I also have aspirn, and different cough drops, natural ways of healing.  Plus a book on home remedies to help with injuries and illness that are not planned.  I have tried several of the home remedies to make sure I know how to prepare them and that they will work.  We have an awesome first aid kit that we purchased.  Inside that kit it also has ways of natural healing which is so helpful.
Basic supplements/vitamins/minerals/herbal supplements - Supplements that could help to maintain an adequate diet while eating from your food storage. Items to will help support the body during stressful times.  There are many herbal non caffine teas that provide vitamins and supplements for your health and for healing.
Fuels/energy/camping equipment - Tent, bedding, cooking stove, propane.  This got me so excited because our family goes once a year in the summer on a hugh camping trip!  So we are all set with our camping items.  We also have an emergency radio and lights that work off of solar light or batteries.  Be sure and include eating utensils, napkins, plates items that you will need to support your family during this time.  Remember those matches and candles.  Put them in a water proof container.   
Personal/family and pet care items - Clothing, body care items, personal care items for special needs. Paper products needed for the family.  Baby needs, diapers, wet ones, etc..  Food care items and supplies for your pets.  Don't forget those laundry soaps and products that can be used to clean your clothes with out a washer and dry. Thin rope and clothes pins for hanging your clothes out to dry!  Sunscreen so important!  Make sure it's still in date and not expired.  Tooth paste, dental floss, think about what your family uses - that is what you need to store.  Be sure and include a sewing kit, you just never know when you will need a needle and thread.