LazyBear

I heard Iraq's weather is much like Wyoming, Kansas and Colorado's. If it's winter in those States, then it's winter weather in Iraq. That's how I determine what to send the soldiers I help. Winter: (Warm woolen socks, knit hats, scarfs, only in DARK colors) hot cocoa or cider mixes, granola or energy bars, snacks that pack well for colder weather, but nothing sticky. Halloween and Christmas hard candies like- candy corns, taffy, candy canes and caramel corn. Basically anything to keep them warm inside and out. Summer: Koolaid & gatorade were their favorites. Sunscreen wipes, powder for feet and body, energy bars, carnation instant breakfast, sweet tarts, gum, dried fruits and nuts and lemonheads candy. I also send expired coupons to the military bases over seas. It helps the Soldier's spouse and family while they are shipped out.

I have the recipes in a file on my computer. I just saved them to a clipboard and pasted them into this forum. No typing, just used my little mouse. You might need to adjust the recipes for under 4,000 ft. altitudes. These work well in higher elevations.

Zucchini Bread or Cupcakes 3 eggs 1 c. veg oil 2 ½ c sugar 3 tsp vanilla 1 tsp salt 1 tsp soda ¼ tsp baking pwd 3 tsp cinnamon (I always put a lot more in) 2 c grated zucchini 3 c flour Combine eggs, oil, sugar & vanilla. Beat thoroughly. Add dry ingredients and blend well. Stir in zucchini. Bake in 2 loaf pans at 325 degrees for 60 minutes or until done. Cool and can drizzle with lemon icing if desired- icing- 1 tsp melted marg. 1 tsp. Milk, 1 tsp. Lemon juice & 1 c pwd sugar. Zucchini cookies ½ c sugar ½ c brown sugar ½ c marg. 2 eggs 1 ½ c shredded zucchini (about the size of 1 medium one) 1 tsp grated lemon peel 1 T. lemon juice 2 tsp. Baking pwd. 1 tsp nutmeg ¼ tsp. Salt . Mix sugars, marg & eggs. Stir in the rest of ingredients. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls- bake until no indentation remains when touched (8-10 minutes, 375 degree oven). Lemon icing for cookies- 3 c pwd sugar, ½ c marg, 1 tsp grated lemon peel, 1 T lemon juice, 1 T. water. Zucchini Brownies 2 c shredded zucchini 1 tsp salt 1/3 c cocoa 1 c sugar 2 c flour 1 ½ tsp baking soda ½ c veg oil 2 tsp vanilla Mix zucchini and oil. Add dry ingredients and vanilla. Spread batter into jelly roll pan (10x15 in pan). Batter is quite thick & there are no eggs. Bake at 350 degrees for 18-20 minutes.

My husband is sitting here helping me with this list...(he calls me a Preparedness Guru not a Survivalist) You might be a Woman Survivalist/ Preparedness Guru if: When your friends all call you Mrs. McGyver and it has nothing to do with how well your husband fixes things. When you know how to dig an Ice Cave and enjoy sleeping in it. When you can out fish the best fisherMEN in the family and THEY brag about you to all their friends. When you can gut, clean, strip hide, hang to cure 2 days and then process an entire Buck Mule deer in one day, plus wrapping it and putting all the meat in a freezer by yourself, then clean up the mess before bedtime. When your husband asks you to sharpen his hunting knives for him. When your husband asks you to help finish 7 yards of concrete driveway and a foundation for a storage shed, but doesn't dare ask his macho buddies for help or You'll be offended. You know more about generators than the guy at the Tool Rental place does. You know how many hours your generator will run before it runs out of gas & how many Watts it puts out. You keep asking your neighbor if his Elderberries are ripe yet, but the neighbor doesn't have a clue what you are talking about as he chops the branches down. You go for a hike in Montana and come back with a bucket full of Huckleberries, Wild Strawberries or Choke Cherries and your friends ask you where you BOUGHT them. Duh!!! Your neighbor cuts down his 20 ft. tall maple tree and you take the wood home in stove lengths, split it & stack it yourself. When your husband's idea of Preparedness is: a Leatherman tool, spare boots and a change of clothes. And you are the one that needs to educate HIM. When three 3.3 to 4.0 Earthquakes struck 20 miles away from your house last week and didn't scare you. Because you know you'll be the only neighbor on the block 'prepared' if the Big One hits tomorrow. And they all call me CRAZY.........

Originally Posted By: westbrook just remember.... in the end.. I will have the fabric to make jeans, shirts, dresses, underware, bras, panties, slips, and aprons. I have the fabric to make suits, jackets, sleeping bags if necessary! I will be able to make quilts, sheets, hats, christmas presents. I have some of the finest batists for making christening gowns, blouses, nightgowns, slips...not to forget all the lace and ribbons. My sewing machines do more then just a straight stitch!!! they do 30+ fancy stitches (the competition has nothing on me), I can sew through leather, 6 layers of denim, or sail cloth. I have the ability to use a 2 needle function and all this from a treadle! I can easily convert a serger into a treadle and offer a more secure stitch. the patterns I have will cover any size from premie to 6X both men and women. I have the ability to design any pattern from a mear description after eyeing your body for a few minutes and have you wearing it in a matter of days. SO in the end my little cookiejar... I will be laughing my way to the intervention.. eye the person doing the intervention, and have an article of clothing ready to give them as a gift the next day.. and it will fit too! that ought to have the mediator's head spinning. now that is pretty humorous! I think you are my twin sister!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!