What I am Up To

So, in this time of being a newly wed without children, I have decided to try out all te things I want to do before I have kids and don't have time or energy. Plus, I figure if I try things out, get good at them and make them habit now, it'll be easier when I do have the kids.

So, you've seen the candle remaking post, and the new recipes I try. I'm good at those at this point do I've taken on a few new challenges.

1. Homemade laundry soap. I was hesitant at first but have a few friends who did it and now, it's my project for next week. I've collected the supplies, mostly, and cant wait to try it out!

2. Honing my sewing skills. I've made the heating and cooling rice bags (with lavender oil added too!) and stuffed animals, so I'm working on some baby. Clothes at the moment. Not for me, but I have a bunch of pregnant friends as am using them as guinea pigs. Nice huh?

3. Emergency Prep. I've got a decent food storage collection that I rotate so I am adding to it, finishing out the emergency car packs and the emergency binders. I'm almost done putting everything on CD's and making copies of important documents and pictures.

So, the next two weeks that is what I am working on. Watch for posts on those.

Earthquake

We had a 5.0 earthquake this afternoon. Only about 20 miles from me was the epicenter. I am sure that things will fine but I have been thinking about this for a while. Utah sits on a large fault line and I am always concerned that we will be in the news next with the tons of earthquakes we have had in the world lately. I am just a little nervous. I am double checking my food storage and emergency prep stuff, just to be safe.

Are You Prepared?

In the last 3 or 4 months I have felt the need to be prepared. So I started taking stock of what I have and creating my 24 hr, 72 hr and in great hopes working on my 1 month, emergency preparedness kits. I have started buying the staples of food in bulk with a roommate, splitting up large cases of things like tuna and creating our kits. It is oddly comforting to know that if something happens, I am ready. I have enough food to last about 3o days (well, I could eat for 30 days, but it would be VERY repetitious at the moment) and I working on batteries now.

I have seen some interesting "kits" available, anyone tried one?