Sunday, May 6, 2012

Vacation Prepping

So, the awesome prepper hubby and I were discussing our vacation plans.  Me being the vacation planner and absolutely thrilled to be going to Disney World and camping, didn't think about how prepping could fit into that plan.  Prepper hubby Joe said something innoccent, " The camping trip could be a great time to work on fine tuning our prepping on the run."  I started thinking, do other people planning vacation think about it being a mock bug out?   How many times do you watch the Disney vacation commercial and think, mock bug out?  I never did until he mentioned it.  This brings trip planning to a whole other level.  We know his security is going to be limited while we are gone on the trip, since weapons are not allowed, so how does he plan on security?  Since most of our bug out items will be with us, should something happen we are better prepared for taking a long slow trip home to resupply if needed.  So off to plan I go.

Thursday, May 3, 2012

Oxygen Absorbers

I ordered my oxygen absorbers on Monday, and I can't wait for them to get here.  I had to research about when to use them.  I almost made a huge mistake and was going to put an absorber in my sugar and salt jars.  I found some great information with just a simple google search.  I found my absorbers on Amazon, just do a search and you can find many choices.  I am getting the 300cc absorbers which from what I understand will be perfect for my half gallon jars and even my quart jars.  
  I have seen lots of big cans of the freeze dried and dehydrated fruits, but I found some smaller Ziploc type packs at Walmart which will give me a chance to play with them, before I go all out and order the #10 cans.
Can't wait to get all the food put in jars for long term on Tuesday when the absorbers get here.