tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post8236635848184736726..comments2024-03-26T00:26:19.756-07:00Comments on The Bluebirds are Nesting...: Preparedness 5.Annabelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09027539528156492413noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post-41495271340647623612015-01-16T16:07:11.270-08:002015-01-16T16:07:11.270-08:00I am going to try it. THis has gone on for two yea...I am going to try it. THis has gone on for two years so it is worth trying. Thank you so much!Annabelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027539528156492413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post-34556170643129920122015-01-16T09:16:44.868-08:002015-01-16T09:16:44.868-08:00For an ear problem you can also put basil on the k...For an ear problem you can also put basil on the knobby bone behind the ear. It will relax the tubes in the ear and allow them to drain. I have used that many times and it really does help me. It is quite smelly though. :) Lanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09380649410508372279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post-20366682199735058672015-01-15T15:55:21.639-08:002015-01-15T15:55:21.639-08:00Thanks Lana. I am going to try the lavender on my ...Thanks Lana. I am going to try the lavender on my feet... I have a low grade ear problem that is persistent! <br />Thank you for this information. We have a good health food shop locally I will pay them a visit and get a few supplies. I do keep lavender as I find it helps me sleep.xxxAnnabelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027539528156492413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post-41035930030539332262015-01-15T15:51:41.848-08:002015-01-15T15:51:41.848-08:00Thank you Mary! I think space for emergency prepar...Thank you Mary! I think space for emergency preparedness is an issue for lots of people. I should do a post on de cluttering! You have made me realise that space can be created and instead of clutter taking up a cupboard or the garage emergency shelves could be set up etc! This is a really good thought!<br />We had fires near by and on the farm. They are our most common threat here. Once something is serious leave the radio on all the time as while updates might come hourly that can change to minute by minute if things get really serious plus if there is a change ie a change in the wind the radio might be your only chance of knowing... this is for people in the area anyway. <br />Im glad I have encouraged you... one of the big things for people is having alternative accommodation. It sounds like your daughter would have that with you! We are the same, if something happened all of us would have several choices of family to stay with in an emergency. It does get you thinking! Many thanks Mary.xxxAnnabelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027539528156492413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post-78497107846389259442015-01-15T08:49:18.645-08:002015-01-15T08:49:18.645-08:00If you want to stock two basic essential oils I wo...If you want to stock two basic essential oils I would recommend getting a bottle of peppermint and a bottle of lavender. They need to be best quality therapeutic grade oils. Peppermint could be used for any food or water borne illness by taking 5 drops internally. If inhaled it can keep you alert and awake if a situation calls for that. Lavender is the universal oil and can be used for many things but a real useful way is that it will kill infection in any cut or injury. It can be applied directly to the injury and for other illness it can be rubbed on the bottoms of the feet every three hours. Socks need to be worn over it. I will include those oils when I pack my 5 gallon buckets.Lanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09380649410508372279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post-21045411227858550242015-01-15T06:51:48.590-08:002015-01-15T06:51:48.590-08:00Belated birthday wishes Annabel. What a gorgeous b...Belated birthday wishes Annabel. What a gorgeous breakfast, and so glad you got your lie in.<br /><br />What interesting reading about being prepared. Whilst decluttering this last week, I managed to empty a large box with a lid and so started my emergency box with a wind up torch and my battery-driven radio with spare batteries. I also started a list of things to go in it, so will be copying important documents and things that you have mentioned here. Great ideas from everyone.<br /><br />In the last few days, my son and daughter's houses have been very close to a bushfire, so my mind has been full of possible needs in those circumstances. One of the vital things to me was the ABC radio station broadcasting updates at a certain time past each hour. Knowing this, one wouldn't have to have the radio on all the time, because you would know what time to listen in. So comforting to hear the ABC person giving information.<br /><br />My mind is whirring with information now, so back to the list. Thankyou for inspiring us to be prepared. Somehow reading what you write makes it all so much more logical. I appreciate it very muchMary Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09645729477223921202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post-32913170464375555202015-01-14T23:11:59.154-08:002015-01-14T23:11:59.154-08:00Yes we do get snowed in occasionally Annabel but i...Yes we do get snowed in occasionally Annabel but it's never been for more than three days so not a real worry. We are extremely lucky in that we have our own supply of wood, rain water, generator, gas, fruit trees, veggies & the room to store things which can sometimes be the most challenging. Can't wait to see the cellar when you've finished, forget the pretty because it will be practical! LOL xx :)Susans Perspectivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00889525972467026158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post-44312390825486056242015-01-14T23:01:20.170-08:002015-01-14T23:01:20.170-08:00Dear Mel,
At first I thought you meant that the b...Dear Mel, <br />At first I thought you meant that the brandy and salt was for drinking and I am thinking it would kill you! lol<br />Now I see it was dabbed on cuts and scrapes etc. Well I guess it would be totally antiseptic and also drying... no germ would stand a chance! The second option is the back up plan! Love AnnabelxxxAnnabelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027539528156492413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post-18897152758893957492015-01-14T22:57:44.440-08:002015-01-14T22:57:44.440-08:00Thank you Susan! It gets much colder where you are...Thank you Susan! It gets much colder where you are... I think that would affect how you prepare. Do you get snow that could actually cut you off? (sorry I am not sure on this!) <br />The radio and torch are good additions. Today I made my first purchases of food for in the cellar as I saw some really good specials of things we use. xxxAnnabelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027539528156492413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post-67303106539202262932015-01-14T22:48:21.631-08:002015-01-14T22:48:21.631-08:00Lovely post Annabel & what a beautiful way to ...Lovely post Annabel & what a beautiful way to start your birthday, it had to be a wonderful day, that Andy is an amazing man. <br /><br />There are so many reasons to be prepared these days & it's certainly making me rethink what is needed. My husband purchased a wind up radio/torch recently & it felt good to have one more thing available to help us in case of an emergency. Big hugs xxSusans Perspectivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00889525972467026158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post-76324024660582422052015-01-14T22:31:06.646-08:002015-01-14T22:31:06.646-08:00Thank you Wendy!
On one of the Current Affair cli...Thank you Wendy! <br />On one of the Current Affair clips I saw inside some of your cupboards. It looked so neat! That was cans and things. Later I saw your Christmas present stash as well. It might sound silly but I love seeing these things! It would be a very helpful blogpost, how you do it, and where you store things as many people struggle with room. <br />I will build up some milk powder supplies, thank you for that. <br />Today I got ten tins of corn and 4 bean mix as they were on big specials. Also two 6 packs of toilet paper also an amazing bargain. So this is the beginning of stocking the cellar! Many thanks. xxxAnnabelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027539528156492413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post-75607981270724324862015-01-14T22:29:20.866-08:002015-01-14T22:29:20.866-08:00I just had to pop in and let you in on this little...I just had to pop in and let you in on this little "hint". Growing up I was living next door to an elderly lady (and I mean lady in every sense of the word). Now she had lived through two world wars, a depression and seen in a new century. Her family secret was a home made concoction of Brandy and Salt. She always had a bottle of Brandy in storage. She would open a bottle of Brandy and have a drink, then add to the bottle about a quarter to half cup of salt. Then the lid would go back on and it would be shaken a lot. I watched her sit one evening when her niece, son and myself were there and the bottle would be passed from one to the other to shake as long as you could then it passed onto the next person. I think between us we shook the bottle for over an hour. Then this was used for just about every medicinal use you could think of. If you scraped your knee on went Brandy and Salt, a cold sore, anything at all even one time I had a sore throat and they told me to gargle with it amazing results. The joke in our family was if Brandy and Salt couldn't fix it the old lady kept a plain bottle of Brandy in the pantry to make you forget what the problem was.<br /><br />It really works, I grew up on it.Melhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17017438973165858980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post-53525772132966102632015-01-14T18:00:03.039-08:002015-01-14T18:00:03.039-08:00Thank you Brenda I really appreciate that. Collect...Thank you Brenda I really appreciate that. Collectively we have a fair bit of information! Thank you so much.xxxAnnabelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027539528156492413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post-30677328427389210102015-01-14T17:38:04.584-08:002015-01-14T17:38:04.584-08:00Lana I have heard of people using whiskey as a val...Lana I have heard of people using whiskey as a valuable trading commodity. I think some of these things are a good idea.<br />You are way ahead of me in water. I am increasing it and ideally we would like to put in a rainwater tank that would make all the difference. Will be working on that... <br />I need to learn more on essential oils. I use a few but not many so I need to look into that more.<br />Thank you for the comment Lana xxAnnabelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027539528156492413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post-34676738702586820312015-01-14T17:28:45.856-08:002015-01-14T17:28:45.856-08:00Happy birthday Annabel.
As you know I've been...Happy birthday Annabel.<br /><br />As you know I've been stockpiling for years. I always have a good supply of everything so that I never run out. Soap, shampoo, conditioner, shower gel, toilet paper,and tooth paste are in abundance at my house. I think I have enough of these for the next couple of years and all was bought on sale mostly at 50% off.<br /><br />Milk powder is worth stocking up on as it's one of the first things to dissappear off the shelf. <br /><br />I look forward to your stockpile photos.<br />Wendy Gowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01079131126381265901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post-51433142101347282792015-01-14T17:26:36.308-08:002015-01-14T17:26:36.308-08:00I like this family story too.
Belated happy bir...I like this family story too. <br /><br />Belated happy birthday wishes to you, Annabel. Rhondahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07898829593961271218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post-8557152119000862332015-01-14T17:19:46.882-08:002015-01-14T17:19:46.882-08:00I am taking this information on board and storing ...I am taking this information on board and storing some sweet smelling luxuries and things. They could be traded or used as lovely gifts! Annabelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027539528156492413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post-57056829534852713122015-01-14T12:25:11.889-08:002015-01-14T12:25:11.889-08:00Dear Mel & Annabel, I too loved this comment ...Dear Mel & Annabel, I too loved this comment so much. Just to add my two cents (for what it is worth :), during the recession here in the US, my husband and I were barely affected in a negative way, both of us being hairstylists. Of course others that were affected curbed their beauty regimens here and there...but being well-groomed and pampered is something that makes people feel better about themselves for sure. So all of us have talents and skills that are of value to someone for sure. Of course we perform services on a wide variety of people in all types of professions, in different seasons of life...and some of the people in professions badly hit (real estate, for example), would often still keep there appointments and even say, "Im budgeting differently in other areas so I can keep this one thing for myself"....or some would curb hair but never miss a pedicure, etc. coffee shops were still bursting with customers and so what was true with Mel's grandmother is true with us today. We all bring something lovely and valuable to the table whether professionally trained or not makes no difference when everyone is struggling.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11530501367193655394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post-36008603487655758002015-01-14T08:16:34.629-08:002015-01-14T08:16:34.629-08:00Excellent post. I will link to it on Saturday. -:)...Excellent post. I will link to it on Saturday. -:)Brenda@CoffeeTeaBookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02719695370857675146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post-56430961453859025232015-01-14T05:39:27.420-08:002015-01-14T05:39:27.420-08:00I think we are pretty well prepared here but a fam...I think we are pretty well prepared here but a family member made the comment lately that alcohol is likely the best thing to keep on hand for battering. I am still mulling that one over since I think he is right. I have considered going to our local liquor store and buying 50 mini bottles for that purpose. I always have a big bottle of vodka for making extracts and tinctures. I would not be without my supply of essential oils for any kind of illness. They never go bad and can treat any illness if you have some training in how to use them. We always keep 150 plus bottles of water on hand and we also have full water containers for non drinking purposes. The thing I feel that I need to do is to pack some 5 gallon buckets that could be grabbed if we had to leave our home suddenly. Lanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09380649410508372279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post-37955342485978770982015-01-14T03:50:13.976-08:002015-01-14T03:50:13.976-08:00Hi Helen
So great to catch up again.
I think we a...Hi Helen<br />So great to catch up again.<br /><br />I think we are lucky in the fact that we have a gas top cooker, but the oven is electric. We would be unable to have showers as the gas is connected to the electricity. Yes things I have noticed that go missing off the shelves are....bread, milk, batteries, torches, radios and of course water.<br /><br />I look forward to the Helen surprise when it comes Annabel, how exciting<br />AlyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post-54736286051518055632015-01-14T03:40:10.987-08:002015-01-14T03:40:10.987-08:00Dear Mel, This is an amazing comment. Firstly your...Dear Mel, This is an amazing comment. Firstly your own stockpile of personal products and cleaning products etc.... you couldnt have known that you would end up off work for six whole months. So the fact you had so much stored up was just wonderful. It must have been a huge help. Im thinking Im sure you purchased all these spares on great specials over time. I am sure you will be able to build it up again the same way. It is another great testimony to how building up our supplies is a wonderful idea.<br /><br />Now for your Grandmother! What a woman! You know the fact she took that information given to her and the way she acted on it is just one of the best things I have heard in a long time! She also couldnt have known the second world war was coming. Lining the drawers with soap is honestly so brilliant. They all would have smelled gorgeous too. And soap stored just gets better and hard and so lasts longer! The fact that she stored all these things up and really made herself a virtual little shop with which to trade her way through the war years. Adding to it by making sweets and sewing the fabric multiplied its value! Honestly this is just wonderful. How blessed her family must have been by what she did. <br />I am really inspired by this lovely part of your family history. I can see your Grandmother in you and what you have done yourself. <br />Your point that when disaster strikes the things that make you feel better are greatly sought after.... this is a really brilliant indicator of what would be luxury and tradable goods. They probably havent changed much.<br />Thank you for posting this it was just brilliant.<br />I hope your week back at work is going well. <br />Many thanks for sharing this. Love Annabel.xxxxxAnnabelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027539528156492413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post-88123216368658592132015-01-14T01:50:47.748-08:002015-01-14T01:50:47.748-08:00Hi Annabel
I am glad you had a lovely birthday an...Hi Annabel<br /><br />I am glad you had a lovely birthday and Andy just about got it perfect I think.<br /><br />I did enjoy your post on preparedness I found out the hard way that it is not just a community disaster such as flood, fire or cyclone that a well prepared pantry is essential. Recently when I was off sick for so long my stockpile of toiletries and pantry basics made it possible for me to stay financially above water for 6 months without my pay packet coming in. The shampoo/conditioner and toilet paper lasted five months. The sanitary products, deodorants, body wash, soap, toothpaste, pantry basics including oil, sugars, flours all lasted the six months.I had a stockpile of my regular medications which lasted me three months. I also had a good supply of paracetamol, band aids, antiseptic cream, tea tree oil and basic cleaning products these have all been most helpful.<br /><br />Now I need to restock all these items as they are depleted and I will do it slowly over the next few months. I am very conscious of the fact that the good times always come but so do life's disasters <br /><br />One thing that always sticks in my memory is my mother telling me that when her mother was married her mother in law sat her down and told her that in WW1 the things most sought after were soap, toothpaste and sugar. My Grandmother lined every drawer in the bedrooms with a layer of soap, stockpiled toothpaste and lovely scented "personal items" along with barrels of sugar, flours and a large amount of fabric as she was a beautiful seamstress. During WW2 my grandmother traded homemade sweets made with her sugar for essential foods as well as trading soap and homemade clothes for much needed goods. When a longer term disaster strikes things that make you feel better are the most sought after. Alcohol is also much sought after so maybe that is a thought to keep in the back of your mind. Most spirits have a very long shelf life.<br /><br />And the thought of people running out to buy a bread machine makes me smile, hadn't any of them heard of baking damper? <br /><br />God Bless Annabel and enjoy the rest of your weekMelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17017438973165858980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post-61273492569848619062015-01-13T23:07:58.051-08:002015-01-13T23:07:58.051-08:00I feel like I have a mystery parcel coming! :) I w...I feel like I have a mystery parcel coming! :) I will be running to the post box!<br />Thanks for thinking of me! xxxAnnabelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027539528156492413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post-61328945476930981032015-01-13T23:06:43.919-08:002015-01-13T23:06:43.919-08:00Colette thank you. It is true that little steps ma...Colette thank you. It is true that little steps make great gains. If you put one extra small item on each shopping list it would work. <br />Thank you for the birthday wishes. It was a very nice day! xxxAnnabelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027539528156492413noreply@blogger.com