This is your challenge for the week of April 27 through May 3.
Week 18
We are moving on to a new portion of our GAG Binder. This week, we will start on the Medical Information section of our binder.
Your assignment this week is to make a copy of your Immunization Records and place them behind your Medical Information tab.
Food Storage
While shopping, purchase extra dry soups and soup mixes. Or, you can make your own from dehydrated veggies. Also, try to purchase some boxes of crackers for your storage, i.e., saltines, grahams, etc...
Preparedness Challenge: Week 17
This is your challenge for the week of April 20 through April 26.
Week 17
Make a copy of your Automobile Insurance Policy and place the copy in your binder behind the Insurance Policy divider tab.
While shopping, purchase extra grains. Whether it be wheat, rye, triticale, bran, corn, barley, cracked wheat or millet. If you like to grind grain, and you do not own a hand grinder, take the steps to purchase one. Whether you can purchase one outright, or if you have to start putting money aside to save up for one.
"Being provident involves being wise, frugal, prudent, making provision for the future while attending to immediate needs." Barbara B. Smith, Ensign, May 1976
Week 17
Make a copy of your Automobile Insurance Policy and place the copy in your binder behind the Insurance Policy divider tab.
While shopping, purchase extra grains. Whether it be wheat, rye, triticale, bran, corn, barley, cracked wheat or millet. If you like to grind grain, and you do not own a hand grinder, take the steps to purchase one. Whether you can purchase one outright, or if you have to start putting money aside to save up for one.
"Being provident involves being wise, frugal, prudent, making provision for the future while attending to immediate needs." Barbara B. Smith, Ensign, May 1976
Preparedness Challenge: Week 16
This is your challenge for the week of April 13 through April 19.
Week 16:
This week, make a copy of your Life Insurance Policy, and place it behind your divider tab.
Food Storage
This week, purchase extra pasta for your food storage. Spaghetti, macaroni, egg noodles, etc. If you regularly purchase pasta made from semolina flour, try branching out and trying spinach pasta, or wheat pasta.
Week 16:
This week, make a copy of your Life Insurance Policy, and place it behind your divider tab.
Food Storage
This week, purchase extra pasta for your food storage. Spaghetti, macaroni, egg noodles, etc. If you regularly purchase pasta made from semolina flour, try branching out and trying spinach pasta, or wheat pasta.
Preparedness Challenge: Week 15
This is your challenge for the week of Sunday, April 6, through Saturday, April 12.
Week 15:
This week, if you have any Disability Insurance Policies, make a copy of them and place them behind your Insurance Policy divider tab.
Food Storage
This week is not a focus on food, but on assembling an emergency sewing kit.
Gather thread, pins, needles, buttons, snaps, zippers, tape measure, etc..
Here is a list you can download, print off, and use for reference this week while preparing your kit.
Sewing Kit
You could assemble the kit, then store them in a lovely bag that The Lazy Organizer sells. I haven't purchased nor used any of her bags yet, but they get great reviews, and I am always one click from buying them. It's too bad I don't like to spend money, because I love to organize, and these look like the perfect solution to some of my organizing problems.
Week 15:
This week, if you have any Disability Insurance Policies, make a copy of them and place them behind your Insurance Policy divider tab.
Food Storage
This week is not a focus on food, but on assembling an emergency sewing kit.
Gather thread, pins, needles, buttons, snaps, zippers, tape measure, etc..
Here is a list you can download, print off, and use for reference this week while preparing your kit.
Sewing Kit
You could assemble the kit, then store them in a lovely bag that The Lazy Organizer sells. I haven't purchased nor used any of her bags yet, but they get great reviews, and I am always one click from buying them. It's too bad I don't like to spend money, because I love to organize, and these look like the perfect solution to some of my organizing problems.
Preparedness Challenge: Week 14
This is your challenge for the week of March 31 through April 6.
Week 14
This week, make a copy of your health insurance policy, and place the copy behind the insurance policies divider tab.
Food Storage
While shopping this week, buy extra powdered milk. You can purchase instant nonfat, flavored nonfat, dry whole milk, or dry buttermilk for your food storage.
Milk has a short storage life (once it has been opened), so you should buy container (or store your milk in containers) that are appropriate for your family size. If you purchase milk in a large container, consider breaking it down and repackaging it into smaller containers.
My favorite brand of instant nonfat powdered milk is made by Country Cream. I purchase it from Macey's (a Utah food store). I don't drink milk (we drink soymilk by Silk), but I use powered milk all the time to cook with. This milk, when mixed, doesn't taste like powered milk. It has a rich, creamy taste.
I know a lot of people also like the Morning Moos brand. Morning Moos has chocolate, strawberry and orange flavored milk, as well as regular milk. Orange flavored milk sounds so disgusting to me. Maybe it is good? I have no idea.
Good luck with the challenge, and let me know how you are doing.
Week 14
This week, make a copy of your health insurance policy, and place the copy behind the insurance policies divider tab.
Food Storage
While shopping this week, buy extra powdered milk. You can purchase instant nonfat, flavored nonfat, dry whole milk, or dry buttermilk for your food storage.
Milk has a short storage life (once it has been opened), so you should buy container (or store your milk in containers) that are appropriate for your family size. If you purchase milk in a large container, consider breaking it down and repackaging it into smaller containers.
My favorite brand of instant nonfat powdered milk is made by Country Cream. I purchase it from Macey's (a Utah food store). I don't drink milk (we drink soymilk by Silk), but I use powered milk all the time to cook with. This milk, when mixed, doesn't taste like powered milk. It has a rich, creamy taste.
I know a lot of people also like the Morning Moos brand. Morning Moos has chocolate, strawberry and orange flavored milk, as well as regular milk. Orange flavored milk sounds so disgusting to me. Maybe it is good? I have no idea.
Good luck with the challenge, and let me know how you are doing.
Preparedness Challenge: Week 13
This is your challenge for the week of March 23 through March 29.
Week 13
We're moving to a new divider tab. For the next five weeks, we'll be working on making copies for our Insurance Policies divider tab.
This week, make a copy of your Homeowners policy. If you rent, make a copy of your rental policy.
Food Storage
This week, work on your 72 Hour Kit. Start it, update it, or complete it. Just do something. If you have a kit that contains clothing items, be sure to check the sizes to make sure they still work for your family in case of an emergency.
There are a lot of websites that offer suggestions for 72 hour kits. Take some time to view them, then implement them in your home.
Good luck with the challenge this week!
Week 13
We're moving to a new divider tab. For the next five weeks, we'll be working on making copies for our Insurance Policies divider tab.
This week, make a copy of your Homeowners policy. If you rent, make a copy of your rental policy.
Food Storage
This week, work on your 72 Hour Kit. Start it, update it, or complete it. Just do something. If you have a kit that contains clothing items, be sure to check the sizes to make sure they still work for your family in case of an emergency.
There are a lot of websites that offer suggestions for 72 hour kits. Take some time to view them, then implement them in your home.
Good luck with the challenge this week!
Preparedness Challenge: Week 12
This is your challenge for the week of March 16 through March 22.
The entire challenge can be found here.
Week 12:
Our last important document to file under the Property Records divider tab is a copy of purchased cemetery lots. I know, morbid, huh? If this is some property that you haven't purchased, I seriously urge you to consider it. If you can say assuredly and categorically where you would want to be buried if you died today, then go and buy a plot there. This is one task your loved ones will thank you for taking care of before you pass on to the next life. Believe me. I recently purchased a plot for a dear one, and it is one memory- one task- that I could have done without.
If you already own a plot, good for you. Now make a copy of the record and get it filed in your GAG notebook.
Food storage:
When shopping this week, buy extra rice and dried beans/legumes. Include the types of rice and beans you already eat, but also try to introduce a new bean to your diet. I want to encourage you to change your diet to include more of this food category. If you only eat white rice, purchase a bag of brown rice and give it a try. If you consistently consume black and pinto beans, give kidney, lima and navy beans a try.
I make a batch of beans in my crockpot every once and a while. I soak the beans overnight in a bowl. In the morning, I drain the soak water, and transfer the beans to a crockpot. I add fresh water, and cook the beans on low all day. After the beans are cooked, I will add seasoning to taste, and portion out the beans. I put part of the pot in the fridge, and the majority of the beans in the freezer.
Canned beans are very convenient, but have a lot of extra preservatives and salt in them. It is important to learn how to cook beans from scratch so you can incorporate them into your diet.
With that said, does anyone have a favorite bean recipe to share with me? I would really like to know how to cook my beans to taste like the beans at Cafe Rio. Anyone have that recipe?
The entire challenge can be found here.
Week 12:
Our last important document to file under the Property Records divider tab is a copy of purchased cemetery lots. I know, morbid, huh? If this is some property that you haven't purchased, I seriously urge you to consider it. If you can say assuredly and categorically where you would want to be buried if you died today, then go and buy a plot there. This is one task your loved ones will thank you for taking care of before you pass on to the next life. Believe me. I recently purchased a plot for a dear one, and it is one memory- one task- that I could have done without.
If you already own a plot, good for you. Now make a copy of the record and get it filed in your GAG notebook.
Food storage:
When shopping this week, buy extra rice and dried beans/legumes. Include the types of rice and beans you already eat, but also try to introduce a new bean to your diet. I want to encourage you to change your diet to include more of this food category. If you only eat white rice, purchase a bag of brown rice and give it a try. If you consistently consume black and pinto beans, give kidney, lima and navy beans a try.
I make a batch of beans in my crockpot every once and a while. I soak the beans overnight in a bowl. In the morning, I drain the soak water, and transfer the beans to a crockpot. I add fresh water, and cook the beans on low all day. After the beans are cooked, I will add seasoning to taste, and portion out the beans. I put part of the pot in the fridge, and the majority of the beans in the freezer.
Canned beans are very convenient, but have a lot of extra preservatives and salt in them. It is important to learn how to cook beans from scratch so you can incorporate them into your diet.
With that said, does anyone have a favorite bean recipe to share with me? I would really like to know how to cook my beans to taste like the beans at Cafe Rio. Anyone have that recipe?
