Organization and First Aid Kits!

Okay, I'm not one for Flylady and those other "girly" homemaking type sites. Pretty much anything "girly" is enough to make me go running off into the night, but Flylady's control journal was the step toward organization that I needed.

It hard to have a working food storage when you don't know what you're storing. Or what you're missing! I have eight tabs: TO DO, House repair (that'd be cleaning for most of you), Emergency Preps Inventory, Food Storage Recipes and Cooking Tips, Food Storage Inventory, Coupons, Notes, and Emergency Info. I downloaded templates for the Control Journal yahoo group, and set up all my pages. It's working great for me.

This is also a good time to get your cars kitted out for winter weather. In addition to your usually carbox items, things like extra blankets or sleeping bags, more food, salt and kitty litter, maybe even a shovel would be good additions.

THIS WEEK'S TASK: This week I'm cleaning out and reorganizing all the first aid kits. That's a kit in each bob, one in each carbox, one in the scuba gear, and one in the house. That's alot of first aid kits, but it's important to know that they'll all be stocked when you need them. If you're just starting out, don't forgot pocket masks for sanitary CPR. You can get them at Walgreen's or the Red Cross and one should go into every first aide kit you are making.

Time for Winter Prepping

Winter is on the way in the Midwest. The days are growing shorter, and the zombies are still threaten the walls.

Winter survival requires you to keep warm as well as feed and secure. Extra blankets and wool socks are good ideas (Check Good Will and Salvation Army, or if you're like me, drop a hint to one of the several aunts who's taken up crocheting or quilting).

We on the look out for a non-electric heater this year, just in case. One of the perks of a gas stove is that you can light it with out electricity, so long necked lighters are also on the winter prep list.