Linda

this is a good read

i am not that great witht he written words .. well mine words as i can't spell well... but here goes my take... for us we don't owe on our home nor auto.. on a fixed income here too. ... I agree with the idea that this flu might not hit till sept or oct or later. .. so what my plans are is to take the time from now till then and stock up on as much as i can for such a thing. figuring this summer there should be more stuff on the shelfs for the flu... as people will be spending their $$'s on summer time fun. and not be worrring about any kind of illnesses. ... we have gone through and talked about what if.. DH check doesn't come in what are our needs that we need to do. we have a way opf cooking keeping warm... some water storage.. but that will run out over time. so we do need to get some leathers so we can put down our hand pump. ..gardening and hunting to replinish the food storage... lighting is fair.. if that runs out well it will be bed time at dark and up when the sun comes up... we live in an area where solor wouldn't be much use. so i guess our biggest concern will be water and meds. but have been working on the meds and going to get those leathers. ... i will have to admitt that our home is one step above a shack but it does keep us shealter... and we are working on it a little here and a little there.. but we both feel it is more important to be prepared. but there are days when i would love to get a set of new curtains or something.. and then reason wins out and i go and get something to add to our ppreps. alright enought from me....

pixie ... maybe you can try what my dd does... she talks to the manager of the store... and aske them how much would they charge her for a case or more of this or that and usually they give her a really goood deal. i didn't think this one place would as their prices where cheaper then any place else but they did!! i was surprised. she can even get them to sale her bulk at a little country store. any ways try it all they can do is tell you no... and it doesn't cost to ask.

great list ... especially if you are jsut starting out. i am going ot print it out and checkit agaist our food storage and fill in the gaps. thanks nana

drying clothes.... outside...

i made the homemade mustard and that is really good, now i make it up for us, don't buy it any more plus have to make it for a couple of our friends.

do you need a good recipe for duck???

i don't care for maple syrup ... but do like drinking the sap.

welcome home have you been shopping yet???

thank you that was nice

welcome...

welcome and a merry Christmas to you too