Cool and damp, but maybe no rain?\u00a0\u00a0 We’re sorta in the rain zone, but who knows.\u00a0 Yesterday was overcast most of the day with occasional sunlight.\u00a0 No rain though.<\/p>\n
I did family things all day.\u00a0\u00a0 Egg hunt, Easter baskets, breakfast, bread making, and dinner prep ate most of the day.\u00a0\u00a0 What wasn’t used for that got spent catching up on some auction stuff, while youtube vids played on the other monitor.\u00a0\u00a0 Kids were wrapped up in their own stuff most of the day.\u00a0\u00a0 We did play a game after dinner.<\/p>\n
Today should be more cleaning and sorting.\u00a0\u00a0 Housecleaning service is supposed to come by and do the heavy lifting.\u00a0\u00a0 I just have to get some stuff picked up and put away.\u00a0 If it’s clear, I might even get over to my storage unit, and do some sorting there.<\/p>\n
If it’s raining, I’ll do more cleaning and paperwork here.\u00a0\u00a0 Tax time is upon us, and some stuff needs to be put in order before sending to the accountant.<\/p>\n
There is also the not inconsequential task of cleaning and sorting the cans on my pantry shelves.\u00a0\u00a0 Some more fruit cans popped in the pantry area, and now I’ve got a real mess.\u00a0\u00a0 Far more damaged cans than I first thought, and extra possum mess besides.\u00a0\u00a0 No wonder the little beast was hanging out- some of the stuff in the very back was leaking.\u00a0\u00a0 Well, I know I’ll have losses due to poor conditions, and some of the stuff is approaching 10 years in the stacks, so it’s past time to go through it again.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It’s a bio-hazard and needs to be addressed soon.<\/p>\n
Even with FIFO policy, and can organizers for much of it, there is food we don’t normally eat and food we only eat occasionally in the stacks, so we don’t rotate through the whole stack before it REALLY ages out.\u00a0\u00a0 I can accept that.\u00a0\u00a0 I’d rather have the food on hand.\u00a0\u00a0 No way to know when the last trip to the supermarket could be, so I maintain the level I’d need if today was that last day.\u00a0 Well, I’ll\u00a0 be below it with all the breakage, until I can replace it.<\/p>\n
And I might not replace all of it.\u00a0\u00a0 If I assume we can get to the BOL or travel between them, I can split the resources between them.\u00a0\u00a0 If I assume that we may be stuck at either place, then I need full stacks at both locations.\u00a0 The reality is that I might never get stuck in either situation, and I might never need the stuff.\u00a0\u00a0 But having it is what prepping is about for me, so I’ll probably waffle back and forth, starting by splitting the stacks, and building both sets back up to full.<\/p>\n
First step is cleaning and saving what I can.\u00a0 And that might happen today, or later this week… depending.<\/p>\n
So stack it high, but realize that you will have losses, and you\u00a0 might not need it.\u00a0 Like a gun or a parachute, it’s much better to have it and not need it, than to need it and not have it.<\/p>\n
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Cool and damp, but maybe no rain?\u00a0\u00a0 We’re sorta in the rain zone, but who knows.\u00a0 Yesterday was overcast most of the day with occasional sunlight.\u00a0 No rain though.<\/p>\n
I did family things all day.\u00a0\u00a0 Egg hunt, Easter baskets, breakfast, bread making, and dinner prep ate most of the day.\u00a0\u00a0 What wasn’t used for that got spent catching up on some auction stuff, while youtube vids played on the other monitor.\u00a0\u00a0 Kids were wrapped up in their own stuff most of the day.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n