Monday, June 6, 2022

Done. Just Done.

For the last several years I have been trying to get folks to understand the importance of preparing.  But I am done.

Anyone who stops by here regularly is aware that I have the need for visits from home health care nurses to help me deal with a medical issue.  This past week a new to me nurse came by.  Nice girl.  Does a good job.

I had one of my dehydrators going on my kitchen table today.  She asked about it and I explained that I was dehydrating eggs.  She wanted to know why on earth I would dehydrate eggs so I briefly told her about the problems with 'bird flu' causing huge flocks of chickens to be killed and about the price of eggs going up.  We also touched on the issue of upcoming food shortages and inflation.

Her response?  "Oh, I don't think we have to worry about any of that happening here."

I am so done.  If these people are determined to live in the land of unicorns and fairy dust, they are welcome to it.  But I can not.

Over the weekend and today, my dehydrators have been running, drying eggs, onions, spinach and hash browns.  I have finally been able to lay my hands on pint canning jars, so in the next day or two, I will start canning whatever I am able to can from my freezer before the predicted electricity blackouts begin.

Those who believe nothing bad will ever happen are not paying attention.  And if you can not see that the plan for controlling all of us is being played out every single day, then you are not paying attention either.

I feel sorry for those who are going to be in a world of hurt because they did not prepare.  But I do not feel sorry enough to take food from the mouths of the 16 people in my immediate family and give it to someone else who couldn't be bothered to plan ahead.

I pray that our food storage will never be needed.  But that is God's decision and not mine.  So I will continue to put food and supplies back, just in case.

Pray.  Prepare.  And pray some more.

28 comments:

  1. I will pray that the new nurse will have her eyes opened before its too late for her to stock up. You accomplish so much, you put me to shame. I have a dehydrator, but probably could use it a lot more. Right now, we're busy planting our garden beds and watching the river behind us rise. In the fall, I get energetic, putting up the harvest, butchering chickens and canning them.

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    1. Anon...If I had a garden to tend and chickens to care for, I woudn't have the time to do as much preserving of food as I do. As it is, I am a retired apartment dweller and what I have is an abundance of time. You are to be commended for taking the steps to be much more self sufficient than I am.

      We need to pray for those who can not see what is coming at us like a runaway train.

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  2. Not to mention that there have been many fires, and one was a big chicken factory that killed 200,000 chickens. Everyone should be concerned right now.

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    1. Kristina...Here in Minnesota there was a huge fire at a place where chickens are raised for meat or eggs are produced - can't remember which. At any rate, some of the prepping channels mentioned the event, but it did not rate more than a line or two in the local news. My tin foil hat may be on too tight, but I just cannot dismiss all the fires as coincidence.

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  3. My husband and I were at a neighborhood barbecue this weekend. We've lived here almost 2 years now, and we go caroling to a few of the neighbors at Christmas. (We'd go to more, but it's hard to get everyone together and it's just too cold to go out more than once.) Anyway, the first year we gave our closest neighbors a copy of my food storage book. All expressed appreciation at some point over the past 18 months, and one family told us, in private, how they have been steadily building their storage, so that is good.

    But one woman commented on how it was so overwhelming. How difficult can it possibly be? Buy food, store, repeat. Prepare food, eat, repeat. This same woman and her husband are in the process of setting up a hydroponics operation in their massive new barn. To me, that is overwhelming. But if it keeps them fed, more power to them.

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  4. Lol, I was "done" last year! People just don't want to listen.
    MamaJ

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    1. MamaJ...I think many just do not want to consider the fact that life isn't always sunshine and roses. God help all of us, but those people in particular.

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  5. Given the fact that even LGB is talking food shortages (albeit with the same importance that I'd give a hangnail), it's hard to believe people are not aware.

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    1. sbrgirl...I believe that many of those who are unaware choose to be. I have known foks who thought if they didn't talk about it, the problem would just go away. It is my opinion that virtually nobody gives any credence to what is said by a man who can't find his own backside with both hands and a flashlight.

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    2. deb...I will email the answer to your question later this evening. Answering here might be a problem with those who do not approve.

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    3. LGB? I can't figure it out either. Tell me too please...SJ in Vancouver BC

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    4. SJ...To keep from getting a slap on the wrist from blogger, I will email you later today.

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  6. Vicki, I just popped over to Gorge’s place and read his comment. I’ll paste it here for all of us to consider.

    When that day comes, always ask who's at the door before you open it and keep a pistol in your hand at all times. Your good neighbors of today may be trying to break your door down then.

    So true! Pray, prepare but be careful out there.

    - Lucy’s Mom

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    1. Indeed, THINK THROUGH what you'll do when this happens... Because it WILL happen. You need to have a pan, and you need to stick to it!

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    2. Lucy's Mom...I saw what Gorges had written and I answered, telling him that he gave very good advice and I am following it. Thanks for posting his comment. I didn't think to do it myself.

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    3. Pete...Living as I do in the downtown area of a Minneapolis suburb, I am mindful of my surroundings and of who knocks on my door. I am always within reach of protrction and even though I would not like to use it, I will. I am too fat to run and too old to take a whipping, so there you are.

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  7. Vicki, I think you have some of the smartest and most ambitious people in your little blog community. I just love reading your posts and all of the comments. Thank you all for taking time to share with others.

    I just put 5 quart bags of strawberries in my freezer. Now I need to get up enough ambition to go cut more asparagus and pressure can a canner load. The more food we have set aside, the better.

    Pray and prepare...CW

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    1. CW...The 'family' that comments here (and I do consider all of you family) never cease to amaze me with their comments. I learn more from you all than you coud ever learn from me.

      You have me drooling over the asparagus! Mother used to cook it in a cream sauce and serve it over toast. Creamed asparagus on toast is still a favorite meal. And yes - the more we have stocked, the better. I think the ride is about to get more bumpy.

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  8. You'd think she might've noticed egg prices. Here in Georgia they've doubled. I am SOOOOO glad I dehydrated some a while back, or I'd be in a world of hurt trying to get my baking done (i.e. bread).

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    1. chipmunk...I am pretty sure that if a person doesn't notice what is going on in the world around them or even what is happening close to home, I seriously doubt that the price of eggs would even register. So far I have dehydrated 18 dozen eggs and I may dry more while the price is still within my pay grade. The eggs can be eaten scrambled, but like you, I want them for baking.

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    2. Chipmunk I think Brandy at theprudenthomemaker has a bread recipe that does not call for eggs. I don’t have it as I am allergic to wheat.
      Patti in California

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  9. Vicki, I gave up on this a while back. Before COVID I was laughed at. Not that it bothered me. During COVID I was told by several of the laughers "I'll never laugh at you again." As COVID slides off the front page, people are back to what they did... and didn't... do before. There's nothing more we can do. There are no more words. There is no more wisdom. In fact, as we see the country preparing to go over the Niagra, I've felt more inclined to NOT say anything. Otherwise it will be "We'll all go to Pete's house!" Uh... no...

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    1. Pete...I think my conversation with the nurse was my final attempt at trying to get people headed down a preparedness path. That nurse is a sweet, young thing and is very good at her job. But I have to say that I have never run across anyone quite so blisfully ignorant of what is happening around her.

      I believe we are fast approaching the time when "I will just go to your house" will occur. Perhaps now is the time to just do what we do and keep quiet about it. Seems to me that if folks have not yet seen the need to prepare, chances are they won't until it is too late. God help them.

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  10. Hi Vicki. Thank you for your blog. Can you make an archive of your posts and put them on a "thumb"/ usb drive and sell it. I'm sure it would be of a great assistance to me and others should the energy be cut to the internet, Again, I am grateful for the work that you do! lucina 34@gmail.com

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    1. lucina34...If you are looking for information in hard copy form, you might want to go to "Prep School Daily" whose link is in the side bar. I believe Jennifer has a book out that would be useful as she is a wealth of information. I simply have neither the time nor the inclination to do what you asked about. However, feel free to copy and paste an posts that might be helpful.

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  11. I think Jennifer hit the nail on the head. It seems like many people like the idea of being more prepared, but to jump into reading blogs of preppers & homesteaders, it can be overwhelming and unattainable.
    Also, there's often a huge political underlayment to many preppers/homesteaders which can be off-putting to some. Perhaps more could be done to emphasize non-political reasons to have at least a small stash of supplies on hand. Storms of all sorts can cause extended power outages, or make going out and buying at the store impossible for days. Protection from the worst of the price increases, *hopefully* until prices come back down, etc.
    Yet, if people can't look past the political writings and take away the stocking up lessons, I'm not sure I can feel too badly for them when they're sitting with empty shelves, hungry and thirsty.

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  12. I have been watching and am horrified by the lies we've been told!

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