Back in the Saddle Again

This Thursday - 6:30pm!!

Mark your calendar - we are restarting our Monthly Provident Living Meetings.

Our square-foot gardener has a scheduling conflict, so this Thursday we will be practicing how to bake breads without any electricity...what?!? No bread mixer? That's right. AND no oven.

Come see how it is done.

It may - or may not - be a resounding success.

BUT you won't want to miss it either way.

Bring a friend or two - we will have a great time.

Emergency Essential Group Specials

Freeze Dried Chopped Spinach $9.00

Chopped Onions $8.00

Freeze-Dried Sweet Potato Dices $12.00

18 hour hand and body warmers $0.60

Total minimums are required.

Orders due by February 12th - you can pay when you pick up.

Checking In

Hello Everyone,

I think we are ready to get back in the saddle, so to speak. I spent this morning before Church staring at my food storage and motivating myself to regroup and reorganize. But that is a lesson in prepardedness - it has hills and valleys. The important thing is we keep moving forward.

So......

Last Thursday, Steven, Linda and I met for a "net" of ham radio operators. It only lasts a couple of minutes. Afterwards, we got to talking about what would happen in the event of,....say...., a major ice storm. We would want a way to check on people and what if, just what if, cell phones were not working. And what about after two weeks of no power with no way to recharge those phones? It would be nice to keep track of things with a ham radio. So we are thinking of starting our own group of ham radio operators. Once a month we would just do about a 10 minute practice. We would be assigned beforehand a responsibility and then report to the group via the ham. For example, my job may be to check the weather outside, or how many cars are on my street, or to check on my neighbor next door. Then at the specified date and time, I would just call in on my radio to give my report. Easy, right?

Now - what if you don't have your license yet? Steven is ready to do a class any time there is interest. Last time NINE people got licensed. Amazing!!

No radio? You can get a good radio for $120. Start saving!!

More information on our club will be forthcoming.

Now - on to other news. Our Provident Living Classes. We will start having them on the 2nd Thursday of the Month. First class (cross your fingers) Square Foot Gardening. Even if you plan on doing a "regular" garden, the concepts are still good.

More information to follow - start getting the word out.

We're Baaaaaack

Surprise, surprise. We are back!

We hope everyone had a lovely holiday and now that the new year has begun we are ready to get back to the serious business of PREPAREDNESS!!

To start things off right go to: HONEYVILLE GRAINS and take advantage of 20% off their products PLUS shipping is only $4.99 for an entire order!

This sale ends on Tuesday, so don't miss out!

Put "2012" in the coupon code box to receive your discount.

Don't forget to check out their clearance items. The cans of jello are only $9.99 and are great to keep in your storage.

Classes will be starting up again so if you have something you have been wanting to learn more about send me a note so we can find someone and get it on the schedule.

For those of you that passed the ham radio class, and even for those of you who didn't, we are tentatively starting our own ham radio club so we can practice emergency communications.

Welcome back and we wish everyone a happy 2012!

Two Updates

Well, make that three.

1st - Sorry it has been so long since I posted. I hope some of you are still out there!

2nd - Cheese (grated) is on sale thru tomorrow at $2.00/lb. The sale is at Country Mart, but take the grocery ad if you try to comp at Walmart because the Walmart brand of the very same thing is $8.98!!! I bought 10 lbs yesterday and plan to go back to get more. It FREEZES!

3rd - Oops - the article I was going to send you apparently was not completely true. Sorry about that - this link has been disconnected!

What are we working on? Well, for one - we are going to see about getting another Walton Food order together, so stay tuned!

Change in Location

Tomorrow night's Provident Living will be at Kathy Mix's home. Don't go to Susan's house! No one will be there.

She lives at

202 Billy Davis Dr
Searcy


See you tomorrow - 6:30 pm.

Peanut Butter and Ham Radios

The cost of peanut butter is rising - may want to stock up.

Also - Ham Radio training on the 22nd of October 10:00 a.m. at the Searcy Fire Station.
You DO NOT have to own or commit to get a Ham Radio. The license is $15 IF you pass the test.

Steven G. is going to help us prepare and pass the test that day! Email me if you want a copy of the questions beforehand.

Great way to be prepared!