Preparedness for when

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10 gallons for 5 people, doesn't even cover the basic 72 hours.

mardatha

I think it's daft telling everybody in the family to shower when there isn't any water! I wouldn't, I would have a quick wash down with a small basin and a cloth.

short_bird

mardatha wrote: »

I think it's daft telling everybody in the family to shower when there isn't any water! I wouldn't, I would have a quick wash down with a small basin and a cloth.

And get them used to the idea beforehand if they have "issues" about not spending 3 hours in the shower.

ginnyknit

Have to remember you also have the contents of the emersion heater - if you have one - in my case 42 gallons and a small header tank maybe 15 gallons which with careful rationing will help out the supplies. Lets face it to be comfortable you will need an awful lot of water and double it if theres a baby in the household!

Off to Wilkies and £ shop, hopefully, later. Need to top up a few essentials and check out if theres anything I can add.

pineapple

Shropshirelass wrote: »

Lots of sympathy coming your way AOT and anyone else feeling the twinges of arthritis beginning I suspect for the winter. As I staggered off the bus the other day after a 5 hour journey, OH tactfully enquired ' what's up? a bit stiff?', knees just wouldn't bend.

If I have been sat on the floor - say playing with the dog - I have the devil of a job getting back up again - creaky back, creaky knees, creaky everything! I really have to psych myself up and go for it and need something to hang on to while I do it . Don't know if it's arthritis but my parents between them had the full spectrum of joint disorders.
I did try Litozin once with marginal (maybe) results.

ArthriticOldThing

Good afternoon. Actually its not a good afternoon here. Have had heavy, damp fog all day and its just miserable.

Despite that and the arthritis, I did manage to get out for a couple of hours this morning although am paying for it now.

JK0 I haven't yet tried Glucosamine tablets as my arthritis is psoriatic (related to rheumatoid) and I wish to speak to my specialist before I try anything. I'm on a medication called Sulfasalazine and various painkillers so am wary of adding anything else to the mix without checking.

Thanks for that information daftmummy. Its a good idea of your friends that I think I will copy.

thanks for the sympathy Shropshirelass, I struggle to get on the floor so only end up there when I fall - and then its a real struggle to get up again - not a pretty sight:rotfl:

MrsLW, I agree that chocolate is a necessity. If I'm desperate I will resort to drinking chocolate just for the taste.

It was feeling a little easier this morning so I decided to do a little re-stocking. Am so pleased with myself as have managed to get a wind-up torch as well as some dried stores like soup and savoury rice etc.

Have also managed to replace my large Pyrex mixing bowl that I dropped earlier this year - have been astonished at how difficult it was to find such a simply, basic thing.

Going for cuppa now - have made myself want drinking choc :rotfl:

redbooties

Butterfly_Brain wrote: »

Start of the Food storage made easy challenge today:

You just learned that a family member is very very sick so you are going to stay at their house for one week to help them out. Times have been tough so your family has been eating out of your food storage. You must leave behind “ready to cook” meals made out of your food storage for your family to eat while you are out of town.
Goal: Plan and prepare easy meals using your food storage . [/B]

I'm so glad this was suggested as it made me realise that I need to organise my storage better, the only meals that could be made with what I have now is:-

Corned beef hash with carrots and peas
(Corned beef, smash, tin of peas, tin of carrots

Tuna pasta bake
(Tins of tuna, pasta, tin of sweet corn, tin of peas, tin of condensed milk)

Sweet and sour sauce and rice

Hot dogs and beans

Tomato & hotdog pasta bake
(Tin tomatoes, passata, tinned hotdogs, pasta)

Korma sauce and rice
(Curry paste, ginger, coconut milk and rice)

Tinned soup

Desserts I have tinned rice pudding, custard, buttermilk pancake mix.

As you can see I'm struggling to come up with ideas , I always thought I would be ok with what I have in my store cupboard and could manage to live from it for at least 2 weeks

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Hello REDBOOTIES welcome to the thread it's lovely to have you with us. You might add a tin of kidney beans or chick peas to your sweet and sour and korma sauces, it would give you a complete protien with the rice and make the meal much more substantial, hope that helps, Cheers Lyn xxx.

redbooties

MrsLurcherwalker wrote: »

Hello REDBOOTIES welcome to the thread it's lovely to have you with us. You might add a tin of kidney beans or chick peas to your sweet and sour and korma sauces, it would give you a complete protien with the rice and make the meal much more substantial, hope that helps, Cheers Lyn xxx.

Thanks for the welcome, I've been a lurker forever lol. Tins of kidney beans are a great idea, I could also do a type of chilli con carne with them. (I hate any type of bean though and would have to pick them out of my bowl lol)

Shropshirelass

AOT and other creaky preppers - I dursent sit on the floor when we have visitors as its such a commotion to stand up , and after having a bath I have to roll round onto my knees to get up - usually I have a shower.

Daftmummy good luck with the 6 year old I well remember when my DD had a similar paddy, and I poured water on her to stop her screaming. This was 25 years ago, she wanted to change outfits 4 or 5 times a day. She can do that now if she wants to and do her own washing.:D

Seeing the dreadful happenings in the shopping mall in Uganda, it is important for children to learn quietly to do as they are told in an emergency, their life and others might depend on obeying instructions, and they do need to realise that. Similarly it is important to socialise with the rest of the family, so good luck and keep at it, it makes you a good mummy!

Regarding water storage, we have a rainwater barrel, which we could use for flushing loo, but I would like another, as it gets emptied after a dry week or so of watering the veges and washing the car.

Last week we tried out the gas stove while on a picnic, DH is completely converted (we had fried cheese and bacon sarnies), and today bought a heavy frying pan which he thinks will be better for cooking - he is planning sausages and eggs. In SHTF scenario, not sure the sausage plan will be sensible. But you can cook a lot of things in a frying pan I suppose. I would like billy-type can, but not keen on aluminium.