I come home from a hard day's work, and what to my wondering eyes should appear.....my fiance is preparing tap water for long term storage in 2-liter soda bottles...
That's right ladies and gentlemen, it's another Friday night in Winslow!
Have you ever watched “Doomsday Preppers” on the National
Geographic channel? Wait a minute,
before you start thinking that I’m off my rocker and decide that you’re going
to stop reading my blog, let me tell you that I’m not exactly like “those people” on
the show. Not because I wouldn’t LOVE to
have an underground bunker, stored with three years worth of food for insurance, but who can afford that! I don’t necessarily think that there’s going to be a nuclear
war, or volcanic eruption anytime soon. I’m not even sure I’m convinced that on December 21st,
2012 the world, as we know it, will end…… and I even wrote a book about it (2012: The Last Entries)!
I did however live through a pretty massive ice
storm in Tulsa several years ago. I didn’t have power for 11 days. I didn’t
have a fireplace, my house was all electric, and I didn't have a pantry stocked with food and water, so I was pretty much
screwed. Because things like this can
happen, just as easily as solar flares or an economic collapse, I feel like I
should be prepared for things that may or may not come.
That might sound crazy, but FEMA says you can store tap water for 6 months; so, wine or beer in hand, you clean the bottle with a simple bleach solution, rinse, and run lots and lots of water into soda bottles. It's recommended that you have 1 gallon per person, per day. So tonight we filled up about 10 gallons worth of water which will last the two of us about 5 days if the shhh hits the fan.
On another note, when we wrapped that up, still no dinner on the table, but we did spend about 2 hours trying to take a picture in front of our Christmas tree, for our Christmas card. I'll be making the cards and envelopes myself this year, because I like to call myself crafty... BUT I started a tradition a couple years ago, when we bought our first house and sent photo cards, and I wanted to keep it going. While I tend to think that Damon dreads this yearly tradition that I bestowed upon him, we do try to have fun in the process, so this is our ode to one of our favorite Christmas movies, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, enjoy!
On another note, when we wrapped that up, still no dinner on the table, but we did spend about 2 hours trying to take a picture in front of our Christmas tree, for our Christmas card. I'll be making the cards and envelopes myself this year, because I like to call myself crafty... BUT I started a tradition a couple years ago, when we bought our first house and sent photo cards, and I wanted to keep it going. While I tend to think that Damon dreads this yearly tradition that I bestowed upon him, we do try to have fun in the process, so this is our ode to one of our favorite Christmas movies, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, enjoy!
I apologize for the blurry image.....this wasn't planned but it gave us a laugh.
And a few others that didn't make the cut for obvious reasons......
Bottom line.... It's another Friday Night in Winslow!
I bet you can't wait until next week......
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