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Cut up & stored 7ton (140 hundredweight) of fire wood for the wood-burner.Planted potatoes,seeded carrots,broccoli..Whenever we have to use the supermarkets (which isn't often) we pick up some tinned foods for our emergency store.
Got a couple of wind up lanterns & 250 candles at a boot sale (yard sale in the US) for £15 ($21)
Yard sales are a lot like casinos. Everyone wins but me. All I ever find in yard sales are dirty potty chairs, big lady clothes and radios that worked the last time it was played. I have to change neighborhoods.
Made a set of these, http://www.wilderness-survival.net/f...ghlight=carton I will try one out after they cool.
Bought a internal frame backpack.
Cut my electricity use back to just my water heater and computer. (Trying to ween myself off of power.)
Added 10 cotton balls, and a tube of Vaseline to my minimal kit.
Replaced my tail lights. (Park Ranger got me...)
Sharpened my knives, bought a carton of cigarettes for emergency store and got a new cold weather hat. OH, and kept lights out for an hour to prevent the world from melting down.:innocent:
I picked up a sterno stove and some cheap aluminum camping cookware at the thrift store. Bought some sterno for the stove.
I stored several hundred gallons of frozen water at the base of my trees (also known as shoveling my driveway).
Oh, I just remembered, I said nice things to my girl frien to keep her happy and thus make my life much easier! Count's as doing something for preventing human extinction in long run...
Well, yours at least.
Got a mini butane torch that doubles as a soldering iron. Nifty little thing.
Picked up a stanley wonder bar II. The little one. Going to put it thru the band saw and take off the 90 degree end. Wrap it up with para cord like them i saw on one of the posts. Belt sander to get rid of the sharp edges. I'll take pics.
Today I am building 10 self watering containers for growing vegetables at my apartment.
Finished up the boxes for my garden. Now just need the rain to let up some, and I can mix some soil to put in them. In another couple of weeks, I should be able to plant my seeds and starts.
Let me remember ... hm, what did I prep for this week ... ?
Oh yes ... I rummaged through my extra clothing bag and survivial kit in my van ... we just received an 'odd' snow fall that left people a little unprepared ... it was a good reminder to check things out ...
And yes, I was still prepared ... just needed to add some candles and matches ... ))smiles
Picked up another stove and a lantern.
Got my deck finished, may not be survival but it keeps things off the floor. Garrage floods 3" in heavy rain. Found an army surplus in Gettysburg and picked up a almost new Molle Pack with two pouches $50 and large amo can for $12.
loaded up on some 12ga ammo. got a nice tin cup from the surplus store. Put down some money on a mossberg 500 12ga. waiting for deer season so i can load up on buck and slug for extra cheap deals. trying to survive a sinus infection.
I sent an application to join a Local Defence Company to keep my military skills at good level. Can't wait to get to shoot with RK62 or RK95TP once more! Got to love 7.62.39mm, made by Lapua.
i went to a dollar store and bought a few supplies to put in my wife's trunk of her car in case of break down or getting caught somewhere where she can't get home the same day. I purchased a medium size plastic box with lid and included for the contents a flashlight with batteries, box of granola bars, twine, emergency poncho, couple box of matches, baby wipes, small packages 10ct of tylenol, 2 maxi pads, water bottle, and also included already owned sog field pup and leatherman core tool. I will add other items later but this is what I put in this week. I plan on adding 1 can of fix a flat small socket set and possibly extra belts for the motor.
Went through the first aid supplies in my kit and updated any that were near expiration. I also bought a food saver vacuum sealer and made some homemade type MRE's (tea bag, vitamin water single serve mix, lipton cup of soup single serve packet, small slim jim, single serve spam slice, etc)
A few things the wife found for me at yardsales this morning. Sisal twine and wood beads $2. Brace and bit $7. And my favorite moment was when she gave me the corn crusher she got for $15. Cast iron and heavy. It's for cracking corn for feed my dad said. I'd never used one before.