I told my husband we need to unpack the camping gear that’s out in his building and bring it into the basement. I don’t want mice getting to the sleeping bags! We do have a decent start but our last house had the gas stove so I never really worried too much about short term outages. I’ve always been able to feed everyone warm food from the stove. It’s different at the new house and I can’t really afford to go out and buy a brand new stove.
I tend to throw things away before I think. I can’t stand clutter with this many kids. If everyone only has a little clutter, the combination of it all makes my head spin. I just need to keep unpacking and get us organized then I will breathe a bit easier.
Thanks for the solar oven tips. I’ll keep googling and Pinteresting in the evenings after the kids have gone to bed to get the priorities in order. I’m so grateful for these threads!
Cleaning out the kids' rooms when they moved out was when I finally had the light bulb moment. I tend to keep stuff but it was cleaning out the kids' rooms when they moved out that I had the light bulb moment. Now, it's keeping stuff that has a second life in prepping. Self, hey, Lil Miss' old snow suit might come in handy one day if there's no heat. Keep those flintknapping tools to sharpen that flint in Jr.'s rock collection. Those old how to books, well, duhhhhh!