A Look Back

This post has been sitting in my drafts folder since Dec 2014...it was a look back at the beginnings and well here it is 7 months later and I have yet to post this so here it is.


My first blog on this site was a recipe to extend the usefulness of your butter.
First Blog: Butter Spread

A really great site for food storage information is found at LDS.org Longer-Term Food Storage, additionally, there is a lot of information at www.providentliving.org, another LDS site.

One of the first sites I started following was myfoodstoragecookbook.com This site is so full of information, tips, and ideas, I can only wish I was that good.

I located a great CDC blog on the Zombie Apocalypse and printed several copies to hand out at one of our week-night Relief Society meetings. The younger women got a great laugh, the older women, not so much.

These useful topics are covered in the All is Safely Gathered In, basically, 3-month food storage, water, financial reserve and long term food storage.

Some of the most favorite requests for information have been on water storage, cooking with food storage, and gardening.

Yes I've been doing this a while and I love it. I can only keep what I have by giving it away. If you have any suggestions or requests for information, be sure to let me know.

Disaster Plan for Your Pets

We pamper our pets with all kinds of silly items, I even crocheted a reflective safety vest for my dog. 

Not so shiny inside

Very shiny outside

They become members of our families, yet when we make our disaster plans, those very same pets are often overlooked. We don't do it on purpose, it just happens.  

These animals rely on us for food, shelter, love and protection. We have taken on the commitment to care for them. Sounds just like our responsibilities to our children. 

Hurricane Katrina brought about the glaring need for creating a disaster plan for our pets as well as ourselves.

Photos from Animal Rescue New Orleans

A quick trip to the Humane Society of the United States website will take you to a Disaster Plan for Your Pets

Additionally the following websites also contain plans for pet/animal owners. Check them out, find a plan that works for you or take bits and pieces and make your own plan. Either way, keep your furry friends in your thoughts as you prepare.

Cats and Dogs living together. TEOTWAWKI.

Oh and there might be a few sites with information about disaster preparedness for humans too.

American Red Cross

Ready

ASPCA

CDC

FEMA