Uinta County Code Red

Now is the time to sign up for the Uinta County CodeRED if you haven't already.  CodeRED is a high volume high speed communication service that will alert county residents of any emergency in the area. 

I signed up for CodeRED shortly after school started this year.  I received a call when they had the school closures just before Thanksgiving this year.  The funny thing was that the call wasn't received until about 12:30pm on the first day.  A little late but maybe they are trying to get the system tested for future use.  If you have caller ID make sure and imput the number 866-419-5000 in your contact list as CodeRED.  That way you will know who is calling. 

Go to http://www.uintacounty.com/ and click on CodeRED to get signed up.  You never know when they might need to get important information to us for our area.

Mardi :)

Let the New Year Begin

Well 2011 is just days away now and it is time to start refocusing on getting our homes in order.  I have been so occupied with the holidays and family the last few months that I have just not been motivated to work on my food storage and emergency preparedness like I should have been.  So I am going to try and start 2011 off with a bang and get things moving. 

I had some feedback with the index cards I handed out a few months ago and we are going to work on getting those requests filled this year.  I am also going to try and come up with a hand full on mini workshops to get us more educated with our preparedness.  I hope you are all excited and on board with this challenge and that together we can improve our situations. 

So in the coming months, I will post ideas, items to stock up on and much, much, more.  So keep checking back for new posts and PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE leave your comments so I know you are reading......

Mardi :)

Laudry Soap

I did, I finally did it!  I made home made liquid laundry soap and I love it.  I waited to write this post because I wanted to try it first to make sure I loved it as much as other people say they do.  And I do!  Not only is it wonderful at cleaning our clothes, it is so cheap.  And I am all about spending less money where I can.  A 1/2 cup of soap equals out to be about $.016, so a little more than a PENNY!!!!!  I have a high capacity washer and usually extra dirty clothes so I use a full cup, which equals out to be about $.03 a load!  Awesome, right.  So instead of paying $20 for liquid Tide which only does about 96 loads at a cost of $.21 per load, I am able to make my own at home with no added dyes or perfumes for about $13 a year.  That's right, just $13 a YEAR!!!!!  I do add a little lavender or wild orange essential oil to the soap after it is in the dispender because I like it but you don't have to add a thing and it still smells fresh and clean.

So with that said, how many of you are interested in learning how to make your owe laundry soap?  Maybe I should teach a little class on this.  It really isn't difficult and it took me about 30 minutes to do, start to finish. 

Also, this would make great christmas gifts. 

I forgot to take pictures while I was making it so I am just showing you the finished product. 

Are you prepared for an evacuation?

 

Okay, I had this dream last night....I hate this kind of dreams.  But anyway, the dream was about my home being in the path of a wild fire.  Kind of like the one they just had in Herriman.  I my dream I can remember watching the fire and thinking to myself we might have to evacuate if it changes directions.  And then all of the sudden it did.  I paniced, I wasn't ready for that and I was frantically running around trying to get all the things I thought we just couldn't loss.  You know like computers, pictures, important records, etc.  And there where everywhere in my house and not in one central location.  I woke up in a bit of a panic as you would imagine. 

So I felt impressed to share this will all of you.  We need to all consider the possibility that we might have to evacuate on a moments notice.  And if that even happened will we be prepared.  I know I am not! 

So over the next few days I am going to be working on a plan to help us get our affairs in order.  I am going to be researching the internet for ideas, of course.  Why reinvent the wheel one someone has already done it, right.  I hope you are all on board with this, because I think this something important for our overall preparedness.


- Mardi

Taking Inventory...

Friday, September 24, 2010

Taking Inventory....

Okay, I got the motivation to start doing the inventor of my food store room.  If any of you have seen my food storage room you can only imagine the job I have ahead of me.  Well, I got 1 little shelf done and I have a page and a half of food listed.  I also determined that I don't need any more oats, potatoes, dehydrated apple or hard red wheat.  I have wheat in 5 gallon buckets that is over 40 years old.  I am actually affared to open them up.  And I have enough tooth paste to last 3 - 5 years!  At least I won't have smelly breathe in an emergency.

I organized a lot of the other shelves so that I could get them inventoried by the end of next week.  I have some more ideas that I will share later to help me STAY organized so that I don't buy 500 lbs of potatoes!!!  I still have a lot of space to add more things too.  I am sure there a lot of things I still need to purchase. 

Change Site Name

Well, I have had to change the name of the blog because of a letter I received from our ward bishop written by the First Presidency in December 2004.  I am going to now be creating this blog for my own pleasure and information gathering.  You as friends are welcome to follow this new blog.  I hope to continue adding information to the site as often as I can.  I would also welcome any post from my friends. 

I will be pulling the posts that I added to the other site so that no information is lost.  I hope you will all keep reading this blog and I thank you all for your support over the years.

Mardi