Sunday Review Week Two

Well, here it is the second week of this blog.  Time for my "what did you do this week?"

Last week I mentioned that I felt I was being asked by God to prepare for my in-laws.  I've still been battling with this.  I keep having two Bible stories run through my head.  First is Noah, who tried to tell everyone disaster was coming and no one listened, and they died.  But then the other story of Joseph comes to mind, where he was mistreated by his family, sold into slavery only so that he could be in a position to help his family when the famine hit.  So, I played Gideon and threw out a fleece.  The first time, just like Gideon, I asked if this is what you want me to do, I need a sign.  I didn't get it.  So the answer was apparently don't put away for her.  I didn't believe it, so I did it again.  I thought this would be an easy one. I was admitted into the hospital after a trip to the Emergency Room for high blood pressure, a headache, nausea and having some problems remembering things.  After about 5 hours in the ER, having an EKG, 2 blood tests for cardiac enzymes, a head/chest CT and them consulting with a cardiologist, they admitted me for 23 hour observation.  The next morning they did an MRI of my brain and neck, another blood test for enzymes, another EKG and an echo-cardiogram of my heart.  My second fleece was (due to the seriousness of the situation) that if God wanted me to save for my in-laws this would be serious.  It seemed serious at the time.

I was released and told they had no idea why my blood pressure went up or for the other symptoms.  I was told all my test results were normal.  So, I guess I'm filling that cabinet I moved in with stuff for us.  But, now I have to decide whether I want to pay off Discover or assume it won't matter when SHTF.

Because of my trip to the ER, I didn't get a whole lot done.  I did shop for more food for the extra cabinet.  I had came up with 3 recipes, and got all the ingredients for one time through plus fruit, peanut butter, dried milk and all the spices (which is actually more than 1 time through). 

We bought a generator and some other various tools that we might need.

I tried another recipe that's shelf stable.  We rate on a military scale, 1-4.  I have a couple that rate 4 but most are in the 3-3.5 range.  My husband put this at 2.8, but I put it at 3.5.  The recipe is really easy, but I got it from a book, so I don't know if copy right laws allow me to post it.  It's from the 100 shelf stable pantry, sorry can't find it right now.  I figure it's a good idea to actually see if the recipes I put away ingredients for are edible.

And now, I need to go rest, per my doctor's orders.  What will we ever do when the SHTF and we don't have doctors anymore?  I do have a cousin in a different state who is a nurse, and he's the one who told me to go to the ER.  He's also like minded.