I missed posting "three things on Thursday" last week but here is a little something I have been working on to continue getting prepared for emergencies a little bit at a time.
I saw these on
a website I found the other day and thought they would be a great thing to have in case of an extended power outage during the coming winter. I have to say, I felt a little silly going to buy wood shavings when we composted some all summer long, but the bag ended up costing about 3 or 4 dollars, and I have made three of these so far. There is enough left over to make several more, once I pick up a bit more wax. They are supposed to be able to keep a small room from freezing, and if you put a grill over it, you could even warm up some food. I haven't had a chance to test them yet, but I intend to before I make more.
I found a hurricane lantern at the Goodwill, for a whopping deal of $5.00. It didn't have any wicks though, and I thought I was going to have to McGyver one, but after searching around town, I found some in the camping section of Canadian Tire - just a note to any of my Canadian readers who may be looking for some. A six pack was $6.00 and I don't think I ever ever have changed the wick in my original hurricane lantern, so I am expecting them to last a while if they are only used in emergencies.
Lastly, I finally decided that I should indeed add hand sanitizer to our evacuation bags, so I picked up the three small bottles of it.
How about you --- did you take any baby steps this week? Please share your tips, comments, and helpful finds to help us all out.
If you decide to make more, you should be able to get a much larger bag of wood shavings from your local feed store for about the same price.
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