Wednesday Prep Day

Life is crazy right now! Although, I'm positive I'm not the only one who can say this. Just keep going, no matter how difficult things may become; because eventually, they will get better. It may take a while, but the Lord loves us and never forgets us.

How is your 72 hr. kit coming? I debated having a catch-up week this week, and I think that's what we are going to do; but, I also think a small sewing kit is pretty easy to throw together, so lets do both. If there is anything, highlighted in red on the right, that you haven't been able to grab, see if you can find it. And then, grab a little bag and fill it with: a needle, some thread, a few buttons, and a small pair of scissors. You may want to have a couple of these just in case.

How is your three months of storage coming? Do you have a plan? If so, keep pluggin' along. You'll get it. If you don't have a plan for your three month supply, lets make one together. To start, make a menu: seven breakfasts, seven or fourteen dinners. Seven's easier to plan, fourteen gives you more options. (As we continue our Sample BASIC Menu on the right, you can use it for ideas. More of that to come later...).

1. Write the recipes for each breakfast and dinner down.
2. If you do seven meals, multiply the ingredients by 13 to find out exactly how much of each item you need for three months. If you do fourteen, you can multiply all of the meals by seven or half by seven and half by six. It's up to you.
   
3. Make a master shopping list.
   
4. Begin shopping always remembering to stick to your budget. Little by little you will cross all the items off. Just be persistent and patient.

This month, we are collecting Beans for our long-term storage. Beans are awesome and we all need a few, o.k. a lot, in our storage. Liesa Card suggests a food storage program that fits the way we collect long-term storage on this site; although, there are many ways to go about gathering your storage.

Another way that makes sense is gathering a one year supply for one person at a time. (When you have one year gathered, just do it again). If you have one year for one person, you will also have a six month supply for two people, a four month supply for three, and so on. Isn't that COOL?! (I thought you might like it)! Happy collecting...

Here's an important note:

Never spend what you do not have. If you do, your things will own you, and that's just not the way preparedness, or anything else, should be done. Always be persistent, never running faster than needed; because, as you "Do the best you can, the Lord will provide the rest." (President Dieter F. Uchtdorf)