Mar6

Some Help With Grocery Prices

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Some Help With Grocery Prices
My sister-in-law ran across this on Life Hacker.  It’s a Month-by-Month Guide to grocery sales. She thought it might be of interest to folks.
January
National Oatmeal Month: Quaker Diet Foods: Healthy Choice, South Beach, Lean Cuisine, Special K, Kashi, Smart Start, 100 Calorie Packs, Yogurt Super Bowl Sunday: Pepsi, Coke, Chips, Dips, Cheese, Sandwich Items, Crackers, Snacks, Wings Seasonal Produce: Oranges, Pears, Grapefruit, Tangerines, Broccoli, Carrots, Cauliflower, Celery, Chard, Collards, Kale, Kiwi, Avocado, Cabbage, Spinach Clearance: Christmas Decorations, Toys, Wrapping Papers, Winter Health: Cold Medicines and Vitamins
February
National Canned Food Month: Canned Fruit, Pie Fillings, Vegetables, Meats: Tuna, Chicken, Salmon National Hot Breakfast Month:  Malt O Meal, Oatmeal, Eggo Waffles, Syrup Valentines:  Chocolate, Hershey’s, KY Lubricant, etc Chinese New Year: Soy Sauce, Teriyaki Sauce, Noodles, Canned Water Chestnuts Seasonal Produce:  Artichoke, Asparagus, Raspberries, Potatoes, Strawberries, Broccoli, Carrots, Cauliflower, Celery, Chard, Collards, Kale, Kiwi, Avocado, Spinach
March
Frozen Food Month: Ice Cream, Frozen Vegetables (Boxed, Bag, or Steam), Frozen Meals, Foster Farms Chicken, Waffles, Pizza Seasonal Produce: Artichoke, Asparagus, Haas Avocado, Broccoli, Cabbage, Carrots, Cauliflower, Celery, Chard, Collards, Fennel, Kale, Leek, Lemon, Lime, Mushrooms, Spring Onions, Orange, Peas, Radish, Rhubarb, Spinach, Strawberries, Tangerine
April
Easter:  Ham, Eggs, Spices, Baking Supplies: Sugar, Spices, Baking Mixes, Chocolate Chips, Butter, Coconut, Marshmallows, Brownie Mix, Cake Mix Earth Day: Organic Foods, Energy Saver, Reusable Totes Seasonal Produce: Artichokes, Asparagus, Beets, Broccoli, Cabbages, Carrots, Grapefruit, Haas Avocado, Mushrooms, Onions, Peas, Rhubarb Clearance: After Easter sales
May
Memorial Day: BBQ Sauce, Condiments, Charcoal, Salad Dressing, Potato Chips, Dips, Grilling Meats, Hot Dogs, Hamburger Meat, Marinade, Salad Greens Paper Products: Plates, Utensils, Insect Repellant, Sunscreen Cinco De Mayo: Salsa, tortillas Seasonal Produce: Artichokes, Asparagus, Avocado, Beans, Green, Beets, Blackberries, Carrots, Sweet Vidalia Onions, Peas, New Potatoes, Raspberries, Strawberries
June
National Dairy Month: Eggs, Milk, Ice Cream, Cheese, Cream Cheese, Butter, Yogurt, Whipping Cream, Whipped Cream, Cool Whip End of June is Fourth or July Sales: Hot Dogs, Hamburgers, BBQ Sauce, Ketchup, Condiments, Charcoal, Salad Dressing, Potato Chips, Dips Seasonal Produce: Apricots, Blackberries, Blueberries, Boysenberries, Cherries, Corn, Cucumber, Eggplant, Grapes, Honeydew, Nectarines, Peaches, Potatoes, Raspberries, Red Onions, Squash, Summer, Strawberries, Sweet Vidalia Onions, Tomatoes, Watermelon
July
National Ice Cream Month More 4th of July BBQ Sales: Hot Dogs, Hamburgers, BBQ Sauce, Ketchup, Condiments, Charcoal, Salad Dressing, Potato Chips, Dips End of July: Back to School Sales Begin: Crayons, Pencils, Folders, Binders Seasonal Produce: Asian Pears, Bartlett Pears, Beans, Green, Blueberries, Corn, Cucumber, Eggplant, Figs, Garlic, Grapes, Nectarines, Onions, Red, Valencia Oranges, Peaches, Sweet/Bell Peppers, Plums, Potatoes, Summer Squash, Tomatoes, Watermelon
August
Back to School: Pudding cups, Lunch meat, Lunchables, Bread, Cold Cereal, Waffles, Lunchboxes Disinfectant:  Clorox, Purell Clearance:  Insect Repellant, Sunscreen, charcoal Seasonal Produce: Gravenstein Apple, Haas Avocado, Green Beans, Beans, Berries, Corn, Cucumber, Eggplant, Figs, Grapes, Melons, Onion, Peaches, Bartlett Pears, Bell Pepper, Plums, Raspberries, Squash, Summer, Tomatillo, Tomato
September
Back to School Sales through Labor Day:  Crayons, Pencils, Folders, Binders Diabetes: Bayer Glucose Meters, Glucerna Cereal Seasonal Produce: Apples, Artichokes, Beans, Bell Peppers, Chili Peppers, Cucumber, Eggplant, Grapes, Onion, Valencia Orange, Asian Pears, Bartlett Pears, Pomegranate, Squash, Tomatillo, Tomatoes, Winter Squash Baby Items: Major Baby Equipment, Baby Safety
October
Halloween: Candy, Fresh Pumpkin Beginning of the Baking Sales: Canned pumpkin, Evaporated Milk, Baking Chips Daylight Savings Time Ends Promotions: Alarm Clocks, Batteries, Safety Equipment, Smoke Detectors National Seafood Month Adopt a Shelter-Dog Month: Pedigree, Purina Seasonal Produce: Almonds, Apples, Artichokes, Arugula, Beets, Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, Cabbages, Chard, Chestnuts, Cranberries, Lemons, Parsnip, Pears, Pomegranate, Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes, Pumpkin, Spinach, Squash, Winter, Turnips, Yams
November
Hot Cocoa, Coffee, Tea Baking Sales in Full Swing: Nuts, Chocolate Chips, Evaporated Milk, Sweetened Condensed Milk, Coconut, Cake Mixes Canned foods: Soup, Broth, Vegetables, Fruits, Spaghetti Sauce Thanksgiving Items: Turkey, Canned Pumpkin, Stovetop Stuffing, Betty Crocker Boxed Potatoes, Gravy Mixes, Frozen Pies, Cranberry Sauce, Jello, Marshmallows Seasonal Produce: Anjou Pears, Beets, Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, Cabbages, Carrots, Celery, Comice Pears, Cranberries, Kiwi, Lemons, Orange, Potato, Squash, Yams Clearance: After Halloween Sales
December
Holiday Dinner: Egg Nog, Deli Platters, Instant Potatoes, Gravy Mixes, Frozen Pies, Cranberry Sauce, Jello, Marshmallows. Sour Cream Dips, Crackers, Chips, Soda, Ham Baking: Flour, Sugar, Butter, Cream, Cake Mix, Brownie Mix, Muffin Mix, Breads, Pie Crust, Marshmallow, Whipped cream Canned Foods: Soup, Broth, Condensed Milk, Vegetables, Fruits, Spaghetti Sauce Seasonal Produce: Anjou Pears, Bok Choy, Bosc Pears, Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, Carrots, Cauliflower, Celery, Dates, Grapefruit, Haas Avocados, Kale, Kiwi, Kumquat, Lemon, Napa Cabbage, Oranges, Sweet Potatoes, Red Cabbage, Rutabaga, Savoy Cabbage, Spinach, Winter Squash, Yams, Turnips, White Potato Clearance: After Thanksgiving and After Christmas Sales
Thanks again to my Sister-in-law.
Take care everyone.
A Proud Daughter of Texas
Feb16

Two Questions

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Sorry I’ve been so lax with posting lately.  Lots going on in multiple areas lately.  Anyway, here’s a question…

What is your favorite prepping tip?

Come on guys, give me some feed back.  If that one doesn’t interest you, then another question…

What is the prepping item that you really, really want but can’t afford?

Let’s see what all we come up with.

Dehydrating and a solar generator are my two answers.

Thanks guys!

A Proud Daughter of Texas

 

Feb7

Warning for Parents with Young Children

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Warning for Parents with Young Children

For christmas one year, my parents gave my children  a TV with a built in VCR.  It was a great gift and they loved it, although it didn’t last but about a month before a tape got hung up in the VCR.  So we took it back to the store and on a whim decided to trade it for a Nintendo 64 game console and a couple of games.  We thought it would be a fun thing for the kids and I wanted to play too. I look back at this move as one of the worst things I have ever done to my son.

Most people can handle playing video games.  They spend an hour or so playing and get up and move to another activity, but there are those in our society, in increasing numbers, who become addicted to the activity of gaming.  Along the same lines of gambling, alcohol and drugs, to be honest.  My son is one of these people.  His life has been  consumed and ruled by nothing but gaming, sleeping and eating for almost a year now.  Before that, school was the major distraction from his gaming.  He has been allowed to carry on in this behavior since about kindergarten, and now, after pretty much hitting bottom, he  has finally come to the realization that he is ruining his life.  I just hope and pray that he will give it his all to beat this problem.  For the last year and a few months, he has been living with my ex husband who has allowed this to go on…to be honest, it’s pretty hard to know how to deal with someone like this, so I don’t know how much better I would have done myself.  Before we divorced this was a problem that we dealt with constantly.   Now, he is going to move in with his grandparents, who have great hopes of helping him to make some great changes in his life, like getting his driver’s license, getting a job and going on to college.

I don’t tell you all of this to gossip about my beloved boy.  I just want to put a big WARNING out for those of you who have young children…PLEASE don’t let them play video games!!!  I know, everyone thinks that their child will never have these problems.  Well, I never thought it would happen to us.  To be honest, I never knew this problem existed until I started to live it.  The stress of gaming and losing games started to change my son’s personality at a young age.  I noticed it pretty quickly, but didn’t have enough snap to take the system away.  The anger and tantrums should have told us to toss that piece of technology into the nearest trash bin, but we didn’t.  I did try to limit the amount of time he played … thus the tantrums.  Oh the mistakes I look back upon.  I kick myself over and over.

You can do some easy research on this subject and see that it is a massive problem in today’s society.  It breaks my heart to look at others making the same mistakes and I have tried to warn them, but again, they usually think that their family is immune.  I pray that they are…otherwise they are in for a huge amount of heartache.

Please, please consider this as a plea to save your children.  Thank you and take care.

 

A Proud Daughter of Texas

Jan28

Guest Post by A Fellow Prepper

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Guest Post by A Fellow Prepper
 GUEST POST BY MY SISTER-IN-LAW…A WISE WOMAN!
I was recently talking to Ted, a 73-year-old friend who explained how he survived the great depression.  As a boy, he lived in a house on 3-4 acres; his family had a garden and some animals, and his mom canned food.  He explained the great depression this way – “we were poor before the depression and we were poor during the depression.  Life was the same.”   As the U.S. continues to spend trillions of dollars we don’t have, it is almost certain we will experience another great depression in our lifetime.  Let’s hope it’s that simple.  We all know someone who has lived through the great depression and we know how to prepare.  Should the country experience an economic collapse, that’s when we will be in uncharted territory.
Over the past couple of years, my family has been stocking up on household goods and food in our basement-turned-pantry.  Some things we have stored in big plastic bins and forgotten until recently.  As we have reassessed what is down there, I have found that the canned goods are the most easily stored.  I ran across an article that suggesting using a soda can holder for canned goods.  I have 5 and plan to get more.  I purchased them from Wal-Mart and they have been a great addition to our pantry.  They are stackable and a great way to add new cans to the top and pull the older cans from the bottom.  I plan to buy another 10 to 15.
The boxed and packaged goods are another story.  They have a shorter shelf life and I haven’t found a good way to keep a constant rotation going.  We also discovered a package of trail mix with a hole in the side.  Seems the mice love our packaged goods as well.  We have big plastic bins we use to store goods, but these bins are not airtight and the food tends to be forgotten.  If you’ve found a good way to store and rotate packaged goods, please let me know.
Some of our habits have changed over the last several years.  In addition to stocking up on food, we started a garden.  I also spend a lot less time going to the big chain grocery stores and more time visiting the local butcher.  Our butcher had to double his space from last year and he is still having trouble keeping up with demand.
Reuters recently printed a relatively positive article about preppers.   If the media is writing non-mocking articles about people who prepare, then the trend is becoming mainstream.  Those who don’t prep, well, frankly, I believe they’re the crazy ones.  And all the people out there mocking the preppers (whether civilian clothed or in uniform), don’t come knocking on my door in an economic crisis.  And don’t call me un-Christian.  Noah didn’t have any room on the Ark for mockers either.
As the economy stagnates and small companies close or go bankrupt, some new business are thriving.  Farmers markets selling locally grown produce and butcher shops with grass-fed, hormone free meats, eggs and milk are doing well.  Farmland purchases are on the rise, people are saving more money and homebuyers are skipping the McMansions and opting for smaller homes with more land.  The old way of doing things has become the new way again.  I’m glad to be a part of the growing trend that values traditions, the Bible, self-reliance and smaller government.  What’s wrong with honoring our mothers and fathers, grandmothers and grandfathers or our Founding Fathers for that matter?   Some may want us to forget where we came from.   I say we embrace our history before we become it.
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Thanks, Sister.  To the rest of you, I hope you enjoyed hearing from another prepper.  We all have our unique stories and it’s good to hear the accomplishments and even problems others have.
Hope you are having a wonderful weekend.
A Proud Daughter of Texas
Jan22

Prepping…Lunacy or Smart Planning?

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Why are Preppers pictured as somewhat on the verge of lunacy?  Take this article for instance, http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/21/us-usa-civilization-collapse-idUSTRE80K0LA20120121.  The people in this article are colored as scared, and somewhat delusional.  I know that some of this is as much the fault of a certain type of prepper as it is uninformed and somewhat narrow-minded people.  We all have heard of or read the blogs of those who live for the most horrific disaster imaginable.  These guys have the right to feel this way and I say have at it.  But it does seem to cause those of us who don’t have this mindset to be painted with the same brush so to speak.  Then we have the majority of people who live in denial and think that their lives will go on just the same way for the rest of their lives.  They think, I’m sure, “who are you to dare to suggest anything different”!

I’ll tell you a little about my journey towards preparedness.  I can remember for years hearing that our country is in financial peril, but I really don’t have the financial acumen to understand all of the ins and outs of the reasoning for these statements.  I do know that if I ran my financial life the way the government runs our finances, I would be in jail by now.  That, I realize, is a simplistic comparison.  Anyway, this was my first tiny nudge, but I really didn’t do anything until I moved to the Gulf Coast and started prepping for hurricanes.  But when most people were storing a day or two of food and water, I began to add more and more to the pantry until I had enough to fill the back of our SUV with food.  So along comes IKE and wipes us out.  52″ of water ruined the house and all we had in it.  But we had plenty of food and ways to prepare it, so that was great!  Then a month after IKE, we were in the beginning steps of putting our lives back together, and the bottom dropped out of the economy.  Then my husband was informed that his company would be closing in two months.  That was a low blow after all we had already dealt with.  Luckily the company was able to pull things together and stay open.  But we lived through a few months of not knowing.  This is when I realized that no matter how stable your life seems, there is always a chance for things to go wrong.  This is also when I started listening to The Survival Podcast.

We moved into our new house and lived for two years before more life changes happened.  I won’t go into the details, but at this time I realized that my marriage of 25 years was irreparably damaged and was at an end.  This was never my plan.  I had the dream of being the wife and mom and had lived this life since my children were born.  Well, needless to say, this plan was blown to smithereens!  So, due to my prepping, which my family just laughs about, I was able to pull together an enormous amount of food to send with my husband for his new apartment.  It took a large bite out of my preps, but I felt a lot of it was his too.  Anyway, with so much turmoil at this time, my prepping took a back seat for a few months, but after I settled down some, I started back and really was able to get some things that I couldn’t earlier, due to budget allowances.  My life is very different now and I’m unsure what it will look like down the road, but I know I can make it!

So, all of this is to say that I don’t think that I am crazy, or a conspiracy theorist.  Just a woman who knows that life deals us all some blows at times and I want to cover some of the bases to help ease the sting.  (I think I hit all the clichés there).  I hope this resonates with some of you and shows you that prepping is just a bit of insurance and the path to a small measure of peace of mind, not some morbid waiting for the end of the world.

Take care.

A Proud Daughter of Texas

Jan16

Paper Prices…Whew!!

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Is it just me, or have you all noticed that the price of paper goods are through the roof?  I just came back from the store and I just couldn’t pay the asked price.  I know…we’ll have to have it sooner or later, but WOW, I’m seriously bummed!  Yes, other prices are going up too.  But this one hits where it hurts.  In case you guys don’t realize it, ladies go through a lot of TP in a week and the blow to the budget is pretty strong.

I read a few months ago about a family who cut up and edged out wash cloths to use instead of toilet paper for “liquid” use only.  They kept a bucket, sort of like a diaper pail, by the toilet and at the end of the day they would run a load of these cloths with soap and bleach.  Sounds like something we all may need pretty soon.  I have actually bought the wash cloths, but haven’t done the prep work to them.  I guess the time is getting closer.  I have a washer that is very water and energy-efficient, so the cost of washing them isn’t high enough to make this idea a loser.

One thing I would like to buy is one of the little countertop washers that kind of look like R2D2.  It doesn’t hold a lot of laundry but it also doesn’t use much water.  It turns by a crank and drains by a hose.  Here’s a link to one at Amazon.  http://www.amazon.com/The-Laundry-Alternative-Wonderwash-SpinDryer/dp/B002C8HR9A    I’m not saying to buy from them and I know I’ve seen better prices, but Amazon usually beats most on shipping.  Anyway, this would be a great little gadget to have.  I know I would rather turn a crank than scrub on a scrubboard!

So, if you have your own beef about a product that you find hard to pay the asked for price, please let me know about it.  It may be something that has slipped by me and we all might need to be thinking of alternatives.

Happy shopping!

A Proud Daughter of Texas

Jan15

First Aid Prepping

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It’s been about 20 years since I last took a CPR/First Aid class, but this weekend I changed that.  I really enjoyed it, even though we had to be there at 7:30 on a Saturday morning.  I love sleeping in on Saturdays.   Anyway, the instructor was actually pretty funny and the other attendees were friends, so it was a pleasant four hours.  The course was very, very basic and didn’t actually teach me much more than I already knew, but it’s good to refresh your skills.  Especially the CPR skills.  I would like to take a full blown first aid course.  Maybe someday…

For years I have tried to keep a well supplied First Aid Kit.  But in the last year I have stepped it up and added some extras that will help in case there is no doctor around or EMS is unable to get to us in time.   The first of my additions is  called Quick Clot.   This is a product that comes in packets with a mesh bag holding a special clotting agent in them.  They are used in the military to stop the bleeding from gunshot wounds, which to be honest sounds like a lifesaver.  Hopefully we will never need these for gunshot wounds, but the odds of you or a family member experiencing a knife wound or power tool injury are much higher.  So why not be ready.  Another thing I have added is burn gel.  The product, Burn Free, is supposed to be good for small burns and full body burns.  Having been burned as a child, I can tell you that this is a product to have in abundance!  I can’t think of any wound that causes traumatic pain and lasts for days that’s worse than a burn.  If it’s a really bad burn, the effects could last for years.  Also, Silvadene ointment is a wonderful treatment for burns.  It requires a doctor’s prescription, but the jar is large and will last for a long time.  The third thing I have added is a suture kit.  I have no skill with this item, but I do plan to try to get a doctor to teach me to stitch and treat wounds or maybe the better way would be to take college courses.  I’m not ready for school again though.

Everyone has an idea of what needs to be in a First Aid Kit.  We all have personal experiences that influence us or we have special needs for ourselves or family members that require certain supplies.  The most important thing is to go ahead and start a kit, if you havent already done so.  Buy a fishing tackle box and fill it up with boxes and boxes of supplies.  Over time you will be amazed at what you have accomplished!  Warning…others will call you paranoid, worry-wart, crazy and many others that you have already heard if you are a prepper!  As usual, just ignore them.  They will come to you when they need to use your kit though!  No gloating allowed…yeah, right!

I wish you all a safe and happy week.  I havent asked for prayers for our nation lately, but tonight I am doing so.

Take care.

A Proud Daughter of Texas

Jan10

Parties, Books and Rain

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I know its old news by now, but really?  An Alice in Wonderland Party with the movie cast present at the White House?  Man of the People…I know all of us regular people can afford that.  Hunh… Here’s where Mr. Jim’s sarcasm key would come in handy!

I’m reading “The Eagle has Crashed”, by Ted Lacksonen right now.  It’s set in 2029 and 2030.  I honestly think we don’t have that long before this sort of thing happens, but who really knows.  By the way, I found the book through THE SURVIVAL PODCAST.  Jack had an interview with the author that I havent had a chance to listen to…too busy reading!  These things are fiction of course.  I feel like they do give us an idea of how bad things could get.  Pretty interesting stuff.

The weather has been crazy around here the last couple of days.  I live about ten miles as the crow flies, from the mall in Texas City that was hit by a tornado yesterday and a friend of mine had flooding in his family’s house.  What a mess!   On another note, I sure wish that people would set up water catchment systems so that they could keep their gardens going, if there is another drought this summer. That is the forcast, by the way.  Mine was a simple system of large garbage cans with two goldfish in each.  They ate the mosquito larva and their poop made the water very nutrient rich.  So guys, try something, anything, to ease your water bill and your worry about drought.  You’ll be happy you did when the time comes that you really need it!

Well I guess that’s all for now.  Y’all take care.

A Proud Daughter of Texas

Dec31

A Melange of Thoughts and Things

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Since the last link was received so well, here’s another one.  http://moderndayredneck.blogspot.com/   This one is fantastic!  I am new to his blog, but will be following it closely now.  I love his post about his own method of starting his homestead.  Be sure and take a look.

In other news, my office job will come to an end this next weekend.  This was my choice.  I am not going to kid you guys, I am not meant to be in a little office all day, running reports and doing this and that on the computer, along with about 20 other jobs.  This type of work needs a mind that’s sharp as a tack to keep up with all the threads hanging everywhere.  I am still working at my other job and I love it.  It’s mindless but enjoyable work.  They feed me too!!! That’s always a plus.  Also, it’s only a mile from where I live, so my gas budget will be amazingly cheaper.  I still want to get something else to do, maybe at home depot or lowe’s (to get the discount;).

So, there are some political things that are bothering me right now.  First off, have you heard about the U S Army allowing muslims to wear their head coverings (hijab) with their JR ROTC uniform?  Read this -http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2078724/Muslim-cadets-WILL-allowed-wear-hijab-14-year-old-forced-quit.html  Yep,  it’s true.  How long now until the regular Army makes this move?  Sharia will be taking over pretty soon.  We’ll be just like Europe.  These things are slipped in on us, one by one, and we don’t take notice.  If it was done all at once, there would, of course, be an outcry, but this way is the proven way to slip controversial things by the citizens.  To be honest, most folks have been brainwashed, yes, brainwashed to feel that we have to accept everything, because we wouldn’t want to offend anyone.  Sad…

Next, look at this link - http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/how_the_feds_are_tracking_your_kid_xC6wecT8ZidCAzfqegB6hL?fb_ref=m_site&fb_source=profile_oneline . Do you really want the government to have this much information about your kids?  I know, that horse is already out of the barn, but I feel the need to say, have you thought about maybe homeschooling your precious children?  It’s about that time people.  This thing isn’t the only reason, and those of us who like less government in our lives recognise that this is way out of line.  Our kids are OUR treasure.  Why would we let their futures be influenced this way?

Now, on to some nicer topics.  With my christmas money, I bought myself a camp oven!  I also bought some carry bags for my shotguns, but the oven is my toy.  I’ve wanted one for a long time, so I went to Academy and didn’t even hesitate, just grabbed it and ran.  I got a knife sharpener and a few other things too.  So I’m a happy lady today.  It really feels great to add to my preps.  Someday soon, hopefully, I’ll be able to use some of these things on my own homestead.

Well, that’s it for today.  I wish you all a blessed and happy New Year!

A Proud Daughter of Texas

Dec26

Interesting Blog

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For the last few months I have been following an interesting blog.  At this point in the blog I am following the family’s move to Texas, which area I don’t know.  They came down here a couple of weeks ago and are trying to quickly build a cabin.  They are living in an RV with several people and dogs!  Watch and read their progress here http://bunkerindex.blogspot.com/

Hope everyone is doing well.

A Proud Daughter of Texas