Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (Minus the Trains)

I’ve been away, around, up, and down. Back in January I was able to visit my family in Utah, and had a fun improve photo shoot in the snow. It was a blast! Here are a few shots from that fun visit.

Aren’t they the cutest children ever?! Look at those cheeks on that little guy?! S3 was so funny when it came to the snow, every time I turned around she was squatted and licking the snow - she didn’t like to touch it, so this is what she looked like doing it:

We went to the 2011 Car Show downtown and enjoyed the new car smell, I could smell new car/leather smell all the time! Maybe there is a candle out there I don’t know about ….

 

I never wanted to leave that car, one day I’ll own another SHO, I would have love to left with that one… I had one when I was younger and it was my absolute favorite car (that I owned) - my dream car will always be a 68 Corvette Stingray. Ever since I was a little girl I’ve wanted a Corvette, I believe when I was around 4 that started? Feel free to correct me mom/dad. I wouldn’t mind any older Muscle Car either. As for modern car? It would be that above… I sat in it a long time.

I’ve gone to go visit Mr.B a couple times. I always love going to the south, I’m such a transplant on this west coast and do not belong here. My skin, hair, and mind all love it when I get that fresh dose of humidity and soft water. Then it hates me when I get back to the dry climate out here. He’s been gone too long, hopefully he’ll be home soon for awhile, but we are so blessed to have great jobs, and to be in the wonderful area we are in with the great friends we have made, sometimes I don’t think I could do it without them.

In this time away I’ve lost 26 pounds. I’ve started running, eating more whole/pure/natural/raw foods - and am feeling well, other than the fact I’ve had this awful pain in my side/back for the past couple of weeks went to the doctor and like usual they slap you with a prescription and send you on your way. I have a friend who suggested that her doctor was excellent so I’m going to go see him to get a second opinion.

I’ve also signed up with Shelf Reliance, a food storage web site that offers a monthly shipping program - somewhat like Netflix except it’s for food storage. I love that I can get fruits and vegetables, soups and desserts to help supplement the grains and baking supplies from the Church Storehouse. I’ve also added meat and dairy from them as well - so far there isn’t anything I haven’t tried that I don’t like. The only thing I wish is that they had more instructions of how to cook, etc. on the can - but I’m figuring it out via trial and error.

I’ll try to be back more often than once in a blue moon. I should be in bed, so have a happy evening/day everyone.

-Mrs. B

Food Storage

So food storage and 72hr kits have been on my mind a lot lately, not just recently because of the economic "crisis" everyone keeps on insisting needs to get stuck in my head, but because for the past year or so I have been trying to figure out the best way to do it and go about it and I kept fretting the fact that I didn't have anything and I didn't know where to start, pretty much not doing anything and freaking out about it, making it a bigger deal than it really was. So one of my 'intranets' posted a list and it got me thinking what do I have that we don't use everyday that I'm calling my food storage? So let me preface this by saying instead of freaking out about what we don't have and never buying anything or doing anything about it I decided that everytime I went to the grocery store I would spend at least 25$ on food to put in my front closet. I recently looked through it today and this is what we have:

72 Hour Kits - (I have one for each of us and one that stays in the car)

• Toothbrush
• Toothpaste
• Tuna Lunch Kits
• Can of Denty Moore Stew
• First Aid Kit - 170 items
• Portable Cup
• Hooded Poncho
• Emergency Candle
• Hands Free Small Lantern
• Emergency Blanket
• Pack of Wet Wipes
• Ibuprofen
• Baby Powder
• Food for my cat for 3 days
• Deodorant
• Flashlight
• Lotion
• Razor
• Cough Drops
• Purel
• Chapstick
• Shampoo
• Bar Soap
• Vaseline
• Laytex Gloves
• Womanly Things

Food Storage Items

• 10lb pinto beans (need to dry pack)
• 10lb rice (need to dry pack)
• 6 boxes of various noodles
• 5 boxes water only Hamburger helper
• 2 boxes granola bars
• 6 jars spaghetti sauce
• large container Peanut Butter
• 20 cans tuna
• 10 cans chicken
• 2 cans spam
• 2 cans vienna sausages
• 2 jars jam
• ketchup
• mustard
• salad dressing
• 9 cans kidney beans
• 3 cans black beans
• 3 cans pinto beans
• 3 cans garbanzo beans
• 5 cans green beans
• 6 cans corn
• 9 cans mixed vegtables
• 3 cans carrots
• 2 cans spinach
• 2 cans beets
• 9 cans peas
• 2 cans stewed tomatoes
• 6 cans diced tomatoes
• 4 cans tomato sauce
• 2 cans tomato paste
• 2 cans whole tomatoes
• 9 cans potatoes
• 10 single serving cups dinty moore
• 5 single serving cups mac and cheese
• lots of different cans of fruit
• 3 jars salsa
• 2 boxes onion soup mix
• taco/chili seasoning packets

Non-Food Items

• EZ Crank Flashlight/Radio
• 2 sleeping bags
• Tent
• 1 HUGE battery operated lantern
• Propane

So there's our list so far, there is so much more to always do, I have just had to not try to stress myself out about it and just do the best I can always have a little extra on hand and know that everything will be okay in the end as long as I do my best, not try but do. Do the best I know I can even though it may not be the best or the greatest.

Earthquake Changing Events

So I experienced my first earthquake this evening... it was a 5.6... kinda freaked me out at first made my heart leap into my chest. But it really made me think about a lot of things that I need to do and prioritize in my life. I have had a lot of thoughts on certain topics and things have really hit home to me, things I would rather keep to myself. We have moved our office today and I have found out the reason why I have been so lethargic, dizzy, un-able to pay attention, stuffy, coughy, sneezy, and other symptoms that I have. When they moved my desk the whole wall behind it was covered with MOLD! That's right MOLD! It was gross, I'm going to make a doctors appointment to see if there was any damage done to my lungs and or what not. Hopefully I'll begin to feel better after moving from that office! I'm going to begin working on our 72 hr kits, I just think it would generally be a great idea. I really want to write more but I'm not really sure about what other than I hope there are no really bad aftershock/tremors.