Well, it has been over a month since my last blog...and all I can say is I warned you that I am not always consistent on things. It started when I missed about a week and then got too overwhelmed to blog. There were to many things I missed blogging about and I did not know how to put it all in. But after some friendly advice from a master blogger friend of mine, I am starting over. This last month has been filled with family fun, friend fun and some pure insanity, but we will just have to move on.
My biggest project that I have been working on lately is our food supply. We have be counseled for years and years from our church leaders to get our year supply of food and I always came up with one excuse after another to start tomorrow. Well, finally Wes and I have decided that tomorrow is now and we really need to get it together. With a slowing economy, food shortages and gas prices soaring, who knows when we may need to rely on our food storage.
Wes has put together a wonderful 72 hour kit for our family and I am working on a 90 day supply of food. We can work up to a year but for now we are concentrating on 90 days. So I have been checking the weekly ads and sales and have been trying to stock up on things that we would usually eat at a good price.
However, the craziest part of it is that I have been obsessed with my pressure canner. Wes's parents got me one for Christmas and it is now well broken in. I have been getting good deals on meat and have canned (jarred) chicken, hamburger and roast...plus some pinto beans. We have tried all of them and they are fabulous. They should last at least two years on the shelf and since we like them they should be easy to rotate. It does look a little strange on the shelf, but it is actually very nice to just grab a jar, add a few ingredients and warm it up. You can have a great dinner in no time. I know there are tons of doubters out there, but we are pretty particular eaters and if we like it, I am sure you would too. We are down to our last jar of chicken, but I noticed that there is a great sale at Spouts this week on fresh chicken, so I'm thinking I might have to go and get some. Insane obsession I know, but don't come crying to me when all you are eating is wheat and beans. ha ha
It is a nice quiet day today...Case spent the night with Grandma and Grandpa Lueck and is still with them, Madi is down for a nap and I have actually cleaned my house pretty well. I saved bathrooms and floors for last because I hate to clean them. But I guess I should get on it.
I promise to try to be more consistent with the blog and I will add pictures of the kids next time. They are so adorable. Happy Wednesday!
4 comments:
Well,Jill you are amazing. You post pictures of your canning and omit pictures of my grandchildren.
I'm glad that you finally posted, I check often! :) The canning looks great, what an inspiration you are. We have a year supply but no 72 hour kit so that's my new project!
I really need to learn how to do that. Those jars look yummy.
Good for you guys! We'll know who to come visit if we get hungry! That's always something we try to work on too.
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