I don't know how I should be giving it that title or not. I just said it because I found myself doing something like crazy then leaving it sitting there cold for weeks and weeks. For an instance - a project like food storage ... The last time I did it was four months ago. Now I am back to the project and working like crazy.
What I did do related to food storage:
1. Cleaned out the basement which took me total of 8 hours. There was mud everywhere due to flood problems in the past. We hosed down the mud, scrubbed the mud off the floor with water and large broom, and sucked them up into wet/dry vac machine. We poured them back into the floor where they all came from. Ha. That's the area that was supposed to be tub and pipe. Clint smashed some of the floor out and put down 3 foot barrel down there and installed a temporary sump pump to pump the water out while we had flooding problems.
2. Went shopping at Costco and Walmart. I purchased some cans, large bags and white buckets. I was meaning to store some wheat into white buckets. In dry good condition, they can last up to thirty years. Isn't it so amazing?! Walmart had hard wheat bags for sale . . . 11 dollars per 25 lbs which is a very good price considering the current state of our market on food. I got heaps of them. Tomorrow, I will be going to Dry Cannery in Lindon that belongs to the Church. I will be sure to ask for more of beans, rice, dehydrated milk. I am running out of dehydrated milk very quickly. I usually like to use them for baking purposes. I have been focusing on getting long pantry life type of food now. Then I can focus on shorter types. I am terrible at rotating them. ha.
3. I already am beginning to transport the food down to the storage space downstairs. I already strained some leg muscles. I was out of breath for a short while but I am feeling better. I will have to put that on hold for today. I already am planning on baking and all today. I have some stuff in my freezer that need using up.
4. I will be getting a humongous nice freezer. I hope to fill it up with freezer jams and such. A friend of mine told me about a place where you can get meat at cheaper price. I definitely am interested!
So that's my plan for food storage so far. I have been at like a crazy lady now! Ha. I am afraid that if I don't get it done, I will NEVER get it done at all!
My other project is making pioneer clothes still. I am working on girls now. I had my friend enlisted in doing that. She is so quick!! Those dresses do look so big but that's only size available. I am working on aprons, bonnets and bloomers. They should be quicker than dresses. My dress took me days to complete.
I love www.dearelder.com!!! I just started using it as per my brother in law's request. It was appalling so easy and user friendly. ALSO the letters sent to MTC are FREE! I was able to write him many small things during I am at the computer. I hope that he can get those letters on daily basis from Monday to Friday. Clint accused me for doing too much of it. I think he said it because I am making him guilty for not doing it enough. I threw back at him reminding how much missionaries like him love getting letters! Ha.
This week and last week, we are having swimming lessons. It usually takes me about an hour and half. first 1/2 hour to get ready for swimming (lotion, showering, and going to bathroom) then swim for 1/2 hour then lastly 1/2 hour to change clothes and load up in the van. I like doing it in the mornings. It makes less clothes to wash. Kids usually go directly from pajamas to swimsuits. Then after swimsuits, they just have to wear clothes for remainder of the day. There won't be any library activity or park day this week. My friend, Nancy, is going to Disneyland this week so moms don't get together this week for park day. As for library activity . . . Our library is doing an inventory week. There's American Fork Steel Days to enjoy. We will be doing city of carnival fun, picnic day, and probably bbq dinner. I am excited about that. I hope to visit Susan this Friday.
Have a great and fantastic week, my dearest friends and family!
4 comments:
Way to go with all your projects! I made two pioneer dresses for my young women's trek when I was in YW, and it took me a long time! So many hours! I can't wait until we get more established so that I can work on food storage and such. It requires a little more space than we have right now :) I haven't tried DearElder.com, but I am going to soon. It sounds great!
So, where do you go for cheap meats? Great job on working on your basement. Sounds like a hard task, but worth it and a big relief to have it done, I'm sure.
Wow, you must have been working really hard! I'll bet you are sore from doing all of these projects. It's nice to hear that you have your basement back in use after all these years. :)
It sounds like you had an awesome week! Super duper busy!! I hope that this week goes well for you!! Your vacation sounds great- what a great idea to be able to do it all at once. And that will be so nice to stay in Rawlins the night before you start your trek! We did that 5 years ago when Tommy was 6 mos old and Jim's grandparents served a mission there. We got the golf cart version of the trek. I remember it being super hot in the day and wanting a sweatshirt at night (Which we didn't bring). All in all it was a very spiritual place, one of these years we will have to do the trek- I want my boys to be a little older so they understand more why we're doing it. Let's hope it works out... Good luck this week!!
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