Monday, February 9, 2009
Survival Kits
I just want to give everyone a heads up about Wikipedia's great information and links on *Survival Kits*. And, specifically, they call 72-hour kits bug bags (or something like that), but clicking on that link takes you to an article about them.
The whole thing is very well organized and gave me some new ideas. For instance, I hadn't thought about how we might need snow goggles or sunglasses in our area. That's a really good suggestion! I've looked at Red Cross info and at other sites, but have never seen that mentioned.
Anyway, I hope you find it as helpful as I did. It made me excited about getting our emergency supplies in order, such as they are. We still need medications, a compass, cash, copies of prescriptions, and many other things. And they need to be in more portable containers, lighter weight, and much more protected and organized!
Thank you for your comments! And for all you do for Phillip! He's been in Baghdad, and not at his base, so he hasn't had a chance to see if any boxes came for him yet; I KNOW he'll be excited when he does receive them. Just knowing they were sent probably makes him feel appreciated!
I'm feeling way better today. I've really eaten lightly, and I've been starting all my good habits of FOCUSING on my record keeping, tests, shots, activities, stress-management, eating small, frequent meals that include some protein, fluid intake (I really have to work on these last two), medications, and personal hygiene... Okay, that last one was a joke.
It's rather fun, like another EXPERIMENT! I'll try and control all the variables I can and we'll see what happens. It's just like an episode of House, except I'm not bleeding profusely from all of my visible orifices (as the patient) and House uses a cane, not a wheelchair, except for that one episode (I'm also the doctor/detective on the case).
But I AM a bit grizzled, don't you think?
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I'm definitely going to Wikipedia now for good ideas! Thanks for letting us know! And I'm so glad you're feeling better and keeping track of everything. Keep it up, so you can see my baby and Linda's baby! That should be good motivation. :)
We'll have to check survival stuff that out sometime!
Hmmm. Doc must have been watching House in the background when you wrote this. Am I right?
Yes, stay/get healthy. We need a grandma Doc to visit when trek back over here! Thanks for letting us visit yesterday, and for sharing your gumballs with us. Those things can be addicting! I never love them until I get one, then I can't stop.
What a brilliant idea! I'd have never thought of Wikipedia as the place to go for such info.
THANKS so much!
Thanks for the invite Diane. My ward has intelligent women. On Sunday, our ward just reorganized the Relief Society presidency and it was a doozy of a Sacrament service. They were asked to bear their testimonies... I would have loved to hear about the RS, or about the Savior, or about the gospel, or about the work or the vision thy have for the sisters, anything of substance. It was just a meeting about self-aggrandizement, and perhaps real but horrible, false sounding humility. It was squeaky, and quite uncomfortable for many of us. That was my rant. Thanks for reading.
About a Valentine swap, I was blog hopping one night and came upon one that was sponsering a Valentine swap, I signed up...I usually post about them on my blog, but it was the last night to sign up, so I will post them if I see another.
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