Havent had a zombie dream in a while….
Dreamt I was in, what I am guessing, was NYC. I was running around with someone else, no idea who, and we had nothing but a backpack full of bandoleer’d .223 ammo, a couple M4’s and a couple tricked out Glocks. I t went well until my partner had their carbine fail and had to switch to their pistol. After that we had to work our way through the city streets as panicked resident tried to evacuate along the elevated subway lines. Ah, good times…good times.
Interestingly, I haven’t watched either of the Walking Dead shows in about a year. Just too busy. I’ve got them recorded on the DVR, but I never seem to get around to it. Same for new fiction…there are a couple books I want to read but it seems like there is always something more productive to be doing. I suppose that’s what being a grown up is.
One thing I do make time for, though, is keeping an eye on personal stockpiles of gear and resources. In fact, I’m heading up to CostCo in a little while to top off a few things and price a few others. At the moment, I feel okay with most of what I have, but I really want to get the freezer back up to %110 of capacity. I used a buncha stuff outta there over the last few months to take some pressure off my budget between gigs, and now is the time to get it back up to that comfortable margin of safety.
Plus, winter approaches and it’d be nice to get some soup and whatnot in the freezer for those cold winter days when I don’t feel like cooking but want something nice. Literally, the easiest is to make the soup, put it into a a vacuum bag, let it freeze solid, seal the bag in the vacuum sealer. Then all I have to do is pull the pouch outta the freezer, throw it in a pot of boiling water (thus not having to deal with waiting for it to thaw), and heat it up that way. No mess other than the spoon and bowl I use to consume it. And, of course, it keeps forever.
At some point I need to review how my preparedness goals for 2019 turned out and start thinking what they will be for 2020. Perhaps I’ll create a separate section on here to keep track of that sort of thing. THe public shame of not achieving those goals might be the motivation I need. We should make it a project…you get your goals together, I’ll get mine together, and we’ll post them around December and see how we do on getting ’em done.
My 2019 goals were low and I didn’t achieve many of them. Sigh
Need to relook things and get together for 2020.
Would be down to compare lists and be acountabillabudies.
…pull the pouch outta the freezer, throw it in a pot of boiling water…
i wouldn’t.
BPA and phthalates are believed to be “endocrine disrupters.” These are substances that mimic human hormones, and not for the good.
When food is wrapped in plastic or placed in a plastic container and microwaved, BPA and phthalates may leak into the food.
“When food is wrapped in plastic or placed in a plastic container and microwaved..”
Wait. I thought I said it was going in boiling water……
I must be doing OK…The GF (ex Army) says that I don’t really live in a house – that I live in a Forward Combat Logistics Depot… Looking around, I have a hard time arguing she’s wrong… Mebbe if I hung a picture or two of something fluffy or bloomy – wonder if that would help?
Regards
Get some camo netting and it will seem more like home,dont forget to sand bag the egress points.
I think she would LEAVE me at that point for some other nutjob with a milder case of paranoia and a better decorating sense… 😀
Regards
Sometimes you don’t realize you set a goal until after you accomplish it.
we still have 2.5 moths in this year to get it together and salvage the year. i’ve made good headway on the honey-do projects but left prep to flap in the wind lately. the wife has been “shopping” in the preps heavily due to extra medical etc bills. time to replenish, and time is shorter than ever i feel in my bones. and gotta get my backhoe fixed…
I’m trying to empty out the freezer to make space for higher value food items. Zucchini quiche for dinner tonight as a matter of fact. I need to get the C6 and NP-205 finished up for the Bronco. I’d hoped to get them installed this fall, bug that’s not looking like it’s going to happen.
While you can never really have “enough” – I have actually hit the goals I wanted to for this year. A bit of ammo, a touch of extra storage food, etc. One big thing was to put some cash aside for emergencies that are ‘special’ and not the sort of thing the savings account is for. Break line needs fixing – ok, I’ve got savings for that. Dog got injured and an unexpected vet bill.. ok, savings for that. Major storm hits, power out, fuel shortages, cash rules as cards, banks, ATM etc. all not available – Cash Stash!
I set a number for my stash and got to it but had to tap it mid-point this year. Got things stable again and built it back up to my goal level and have a little bit left over. All in all I’m happy with the results I got for this year. Now… next year?
Just a alert, Sears/Kmart announced another 100 stores closing,maybe near you,have done really well with several other store closings:tools,clothes(work/casual/dress),shoes are the best deals 4 me YMMV. Stock up but watch the prices(they jack up prices then discount to normal at first to draw the fools).