It's a new week!! How are y'all prepping this week??
Pep Talk!! Remember that prepping doesn't have to mean building a bunker and filing it with #10 cans - it can be as simple as picking up an extra can of food or box of ammo to put back, making sure you have sensible shoes in your vehicle in case you have to walk, working on your physical fitness, or just your state of mind!!
I picked up an extra partial shift at work on short notice last night, so didn't get off work until 3:30am; home a bit after 4 am. Slept until 10:30 am as I'd only caught a short nap after I got home from work Saturday morning; then got up and stuffed some laundry in - sheets, that will be hung on the line to dry as it is sunny and - wonder of wonders!! - not raining
Today in May, Hubby and I will continue to work on cleaning out one of the storerooms in the machine shed. Many of the items in this room haven't been touched since 1994 - and they weren't put in place to be stored nearly that long. It's sad to be throwing away items that could have been used by us or by others, or made over or donated; because they weren't stored well. I'm saving what I can that's usable or salvageable, but am half sick from the waste (and if I ever find out who left the store room door open so mice could get in, I'm going to raise some knots on their head!!)
Later this afternoon, I plan to clean up and run in to town to pick up a few more sale items -
Grocery Store:
*13-14 oz Eckrich smoked sausage @ $1.89 each (outrageous!!) - 55 cents/1 coupon = $1.34 each (better, but not fabulous) I will get as many as I have coupons for; probably 6
*Snack Pack pudding cups 4 pk @ 79 cents each - 4, for Hubby's lunch; he won't carry an ice pack so that I can send home made; gonna have to work on that!! I'm going to start by making sure that HE pays for these ones lol!
*Potatoes - 5# for $1.49; will get two bags as we are down to only seed potatoes from last year's crop and have been for a couple of months - need to plant more 'taters!!
*Scottie's tissues - 69 cents/box - will pick up 4
*Utility lighters - those long nose critters - 99 cents each - will get 2
Dollar General:
I have a coupon for $5/$25 purchase good today and tomorrow; so it will drop the prices on the items I'm looking at to where they are a decent price.
*Van Camp Pork 'n Beans - 2/$1 - I can my own but it won't hurt to have a case on hand - the cans are more totable than my glass jars and do better when set on the edge of the fire ring
*Gatorade - 85 cents/bottle. Good to keep on hand for use for hydration during GI issues; and also good to keep in the vehicle - I'll sometimes stop and load my work Buddy's truck with mulch from the yard waste site on my way home from work - hot 'n thirsty work; good to have a bottle readyto go in the car!
If there isn't enough stock on hand and I need to fill in, I'll pick up some paper plates to stick back, or some bags of charcoal - I want to play around with the Boy Scout cardboard box oven www.usscouts.org/scoutcraft/oven.asp
Looks like Hubby has lunch (my breakfast lol!) about ready - Chicken Biscuit Stew, made with home canned chicken and Sweet Cream Freezer Biscuits - Yum!! Just hope I don't want to lie down and take a nap after lunch...
Pep Talk!! Remember that prepping doesn't have to mean building a bunker and filing it with #10 cans - it can be as simple as picking up an extra can of food or box of ammo to put back, making sure you have sensible shoes in your vehicle in case you have to walk, working on your physical fitness, or just your state of mind!!
I picked up an extra partial shift at work on short notice last night, so didn't get off work until 3:30am; home a bit after 4 am. Slept until 10:30 am as I'd only caught a short nap after I got home from work Saturday morning; then got up and stuffed some laundry in - sheets, that will be hung on the line to dry as it is sunny and - wonder of wonders!! - not raining
Today in May, Hubby and I will continue to work on cleaning out one of the storerooms in the machine shed. Many of the items in this room haven't been touched since 1994 - and they weren't put in place to be stored nearly that long. It's sad to be throwing away items that could have been used by us or by others, or made over or donated; because they weren't stored well. I'm saving what I can that's usable or salvageable, but am half sick from the waste (and if I ever find out who left the store room door open so mice could get in, I'm going to raise some knots on their head!!)
Later this afternoon, I plan to clean up and run in to town to pick up a few more sale items -
Grocery Store:
*13-14 oz Eckrich smoked sausage @ $1.89 each (outrageous!!) - 55 cents/1 coupon = $1.34 each (better, but not fabulous) I will get as many as I have coupons for; probably 6
*Snack Pack pudding cups 4 pk @ 79 cents each - 4, for Hubby's lunch; he won't carry an ice pack so that I can send home made; gonna have to work on that!! I'm going to start by making sure that HE pays for these ones lol!
*Potatoes - 5# for $1.49; will get two bags as we are down to only seed potatoes from last year's crop and have been for a couple of months - need to plant more 'taters!!
*Scottie's tissues - 69 cents/box - will pick up 4
*Utility lighters - those long nose critters - 99 cents each - will get 2
Dollar General:
I have a coupon for $5/$25 purchase good today and tomorrow; so it will drop the prices on the items I'm looking at to where they are a decent price.
*Van Camp Pork 'n Beans - 2/$1 - I can my own but it won't hurt to have a case on hand - the cans are more totable than my glass jars and do better when set on the edge of the fire ring
*Gatorade - 85 cents/bottle. Good to keep on hand for use for hydration during GI issues; and also good to keep in the vehicle - I'll sometimes stop and load my work Buddy's truck with mulch from the yard waste site on my way home from work - hot 'n thirsty work; good to have a bottle readyto go in the car!
If there isn't enough stock on hand and I need to fill in, I'll pick up some paper plates to stick back, or some bags of charcoal - I want to play around with the Boy Scout cardboard box oven www.usscouts.org/scoutcraft/oven.asp
Looks like Hubby has lunch (my breakfast lol!) about ready - Chicken Biscuit Stew, made with home canned chicken and Sweet Cream Freezer Biscuits - Yum!! Just hope I don't want to lie down and take a nap after lunch...