tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215545723237458252.post1885718879940119646..comments2023-05-19T06:18:47.306-06:00Comments on Adventures in Self Reliance: Preparedness Enrichment NightAngelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13564720462613298012noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215545723237458252.post-40324241931278853512009-10-04T22:32:23.109-06:002009-10-04T22:32:23.109-06:00Loved, loved, loved this post! I soooo wish I coul...Loved, loved, loved this post! I soooo wish I could have been at your RS Enrichment meeting. What fun!Oliviahttp://girlwithredlipstick.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215545723237458252.post-79812506763123367782009-09-24T19:45:41.611-06:002009-09-24T19:45:41.611-06:00Jimmy--Oh, I'd have fun with the elders quorum...Jimmy--Oh, I'd have fun with the elders quorum!<br /><br />Sondra--Thanks for the comment. It was quite fun, and hopefully gets them thinking and doing something.<br /><br />Joshua--I totally understand! We usually get low attendance if it's advertised as a "food storage night". And most folks don't understand that the store won't always have their wonder bread there for them. Working storable foods into your normal diet is so important and will be so much easier on you and your body when you actually have to use them! <br /><br />Leasmom--no kidding--the signs are everywhere if you're willing to see them.<br /><br />SurvivalMom--I use common, ordinary, run of the mill lint from my lint catcher, put it in paper egg cartons and pour wax over it. It really doesn't matter what kind of lint, but I'm not lighting JUST the lint (tried that and it didn't work well enough for my fire-challenged self to get a fire going).<br /><br />MartianChick--thanks for the compliments! I get strange looks/comments even from people in my own extended family, and I think they are the strange ones for not stocking food and necessities for their families! ;)Angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13564720462613298012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215545723237458252.post-3591224760660924132009-09-24T14:25:33.872-06:002009-09-24T14:25:33.872-06:00It sounds as though your class was a wonderful exp...It sounds as though your class was a wonderful experience. Most people think that I'm crazy because I stockpile a lot of food and supplies. I find that the easiest way to get people to listen to me is to discuss what "normal" people view to be a likely scenario. In our area, the likely scenarios are job loss or a bad snowstorm.<br /><br />Kudos to you for making the participants start thinking about their own food and physical security!Carolyn Evans-Deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17120659538069120105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215545723237458252.post-21741912450397606852009-09-24T11:47:17.266-06:002009-09-24T11:47:17.266-06:00I wish I could have been in your class! Wow! I h...I wish I could have been in your class! Wow! I have a question about the firestarters. I heard that you should make sure the lint isn't from synthetic fabrics, but when I do my laundry, I don't sort it by natural vs. synthetic fabrics! Is this something I should worry about or does it matter what type of lint I have?TheSurvivalMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00746719892395990051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215545723237458252.post-79732698027075413562009-09-24T09:55:11.350-06:002009-09-24T09:55:11.350-06:00I've got to get on board with being prepared. ...I've got to get on board with being prepared. Its seems that somethings gonna happen in the very near future, its in the air, on t.v. and in predictions so why not get prepared just in case!Leasmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06527345508772411407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215545723237458252.post-13319540105874242632009-09-23T20:29:32.833-06:002009-09-23T20:29:32.833-06:00A friend once had a similar responsibility, and ta...A friend once had a similar responsibility, and talked mostly of food storage. The attendees seemed relatively uninterested as he talked about how quickly food storage would build up with regular purchases of a few canned goods here, dry beans there, etc. Later the Relief Society president told the presenter the problem was the ladies just couldn't see themselves eating most of the stuff he talked about. They couldn't imagine, for instance, going through the effort to actually use dry beans.<br /><br />Food storage people always say "store the stuff you'll eat", but there's more to it than that. We have to learn to eat things that we can store. If all you eat is Wonder bread, to pick an overly extreme example, you'll never have a year's supply that will actually work, and not just because Wonder bread has all the nutritional value of wallpaper glue. People trying food storage should learn to expand their diets to include foods that keep well.Joshua Tolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08481531515300677240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215545723237458252.post-79682654368514918682009-09-22T22:20:04.276-06:002009-09-22T22:20:04.276-06:00That sounds absolutely like a ton of fun. Get thos...That sounds absolutely like a ton of fun. Get those ladies moving and excited. I love the wheat grinding - that is a crack up!Sondrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07431585932397028005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215545723237458252.post-14888970402430777602009-09-22T20:53:43.625-06:002009-09-22T20:53:43.625-06:00Great idea. Being a guy, I've never been to h...Great idea. Being a guy, I've never been to homemaking night, but it sounds like an excellent presentation. I am thinking about offering a similar class to the elder's quorum. <br /><br />Thanks for the great ideas.Jimmy (pen name)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04394066185119734828noreply@blogger.com