Sunday Review Week Five

Well, first of all, I finally got around to redoing my 72 hour kits.  I have them packed in milk jugs that I cut (an idea from Foodstoragemadeeasey.com).  On the outside is a list of what to eat each day.  Here's my menu for three days:

Day one:     Breakfast:   Oatmeal (in a zip lock, one serving, rolled up)
                                       Tang (one serving in a zip lock)
                   Lunch:         Vienna Sausage
                                       1/3 of a survival bar which is about 1/12 of a batch
                   Dinner:       Survival Bread (1 square) with beef bouillon cube
                                      Sunflower seeds
                   Snack:        3 pieces of gum & candy
Day two:     Breakfast:  Hot Cocoa
                                      Survival Bread (1 square) with bouillon cube
                    Lunch:       Thai noodles
                                      Raisins
                   Dinner:       Chili
                                     1/3 of a survival bar
                   Snacks:      3 pieces of gum and Candy
Day three:  Breakfast:  Tang
                                      Oatmeal
                   Lunch:       Thai noodles
                                     Survival Bread (1 square) with bouillon cube
                  Dinner:      Hot cocoa
                                    1/3 of a survival bar
                                    survival bread (1 square) with bouillon cube
                  Snack:       4 pieces of gum & candy


As noted, I broke up what I could into single serving sizes and put them in zip closure bags.  Shake it down, evenly, then roll tightly.  I suppose I probably (hindsight being 20/20) also taped them so they stayed rolled tightly.  So, the Tang, oatmeal are done that way.  The Thai noodles is a bag, but I also put that in a zip bag just in case. I put all the Jolly Ranchers into one bag, so I have 7 bags to use if I need to, like for collecting rain water, getting water to filter and drink, etc.  And as I write this, I'm regretting not throwing a tampon in each kit.  A tampon can be used to drink water through, if you get the kind with a plastic applicator and not a cardboard one.  They're also good for gun shot wounds.  I think we'd have to be desperate for my 13 year old son to drink through a tampon, but oh well.

I also moved 2 cases of water into our bathroom, which is basically the safest place in our house.

I seem to have a strange sense of peace....sort of a feeling that I've done all I can do.  Now I feel the big in draw of breath before the explosion.  Either that, or I feel things will get better after the election.  I don't think I can ever go back to not preparing.  If nothing else, it helps with a job loss.