Last time I posted here I think it was february and I was all but giving up, I was learning to cope with life in general given a long term change(rhuematoid arthritis) when I was hit by a succession of ailments one after the other,One fairly serious, now I knew i would get over these, albeit slowly because of general health and meds supressing my immune system but I decided then to stop stocking up and use stocks and leave my family to fend for themselves more.
The upshot of this has been that sons now buy stuff for themselves more, one came home with 2 rolls of duck tape
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unheard of before! as well as actually buying food in supermarkets as well as dvds?! I also haven't had to put up with the inane comments about my prepping now that (they think) I've stopped. I haven't entirely I'm just doing things differently.
one of the interesting things I discovered was that I had far more than I realised, I expected the freezer to be empty by now and stores depleted, they're not and I have kept a record of what I've bought and it is mostly fresh stuff that I haven't got in freezer, like milk, bread once that was used and fruit, vegs getting seriuosly low in freezer and tins now. So now I know that my preps would have lasted about 4-5 months easily, longer if rationed, I thought I had 3 or so months if that. I reckon I have enough teabags to see me to next winter and I drink a lot of tea!
So my new prepping is less stores, which has made housework easier and potential move, less worrying, along with decluttering and more building up abilities.
The main prep however I'm concentrating on is ME. I'm trying to build up my strength again, taking lots of short walks as I can't take a long one yet, ankle still weak after my trip down stairs, increasing length as I feel able. Doing whatever I can without overdoing it (tricky judging that) and setting things back rather than forward, and probably the most important, getting my mindset stronger to cope with whatever life throws at me next.
Things are easier now some decent weather here, even if I am now covered in spots after a trip to the woods yesterday and forgot the midgie repellent
Oh! one last thing, you do know that prepping is addictive, you may try to give up, but - thankfully- you can't
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