As I have talked about before on this blog my husband and I are moving south which is a complete change in life as we now know it. Where we are right now we have to worry about severe winters, biting cold, frost bite and snow up the ying yang. Where we are moving to we will have to worry about extreme heat and humidity. Which means a lot of the preps we have will not be needed in the south.
Because of such a change I need to completely rethink our prep needs. Why keep preps we will no longer need and have them take up storage that will be needed for preps we will need? So I have been going through those preps and pulling out what we will not need in the south and putting them into the yard sale we are going to have. The money I make will be used to help pay for the move and also resupply my preps.
Some of the things we won't need in the south are the big snow blower (which hubby sold already) the heavy duty sleeping bags, 4 snow shovels, 4 electric heaters and a lot of heavy winter clothing. One thing we will be keeping is our kerosene heater. It does get cold in the south and there can be power outages due to ice storms so we will need that if such things happen.
Also in rethinking my preps I have been looking at my small kitchen appliances. I will be able to cook out doors a lot more in the south then I can up here due to the extreme winters so I have many small kitchen appliances. I didn't buy most of them, my hubby and kids did and I really do not care for them. Oh they cook fine but they take more time to clean then a simple pan so this move is giving me a good excuse to get rid of them. Because of all they bought me I now have to George Foreman grills, two deep fryers, two 18 quart roaster ovens, two mixers (one is a Kitchen Aid stand mixer the other is a little hand mixer) and 4 crock pots.
Oh and a donut maker and a X-press 101 which is more or less a sandwich maker.
Who on earth needs that many small kitchen appliances. Not me! For me all these small appliances do it take up space that could be used for preps I do want and make clean up harder at meals times if I use them. Thanks to the move I now have the best excuse ever to get rid of them. Give me a a good piece of cast iron cookware any day and I will be one happy camper. :)
Another thing about the move is that is giving me a good excuse to down size on all the stuff my house is packed with right now which will give me a good excuse to get rid of all the knick knacks my kids and hubby has bought me over the years. It takes a week to clean them all. A week which I can spend time doing something I love instead of something I hate.
While I admit that I am dreading the move because of all the work it takes to get ready for such a long move and downsizing I do look forward to a more simplistic way of life without all the clutter in it. Which goes to prove there are good points and bad points when it comes to choosing to move far away from where you are living. Like with all things in life you have to take the good with the bad or you won't get anything but bad.
Sorry for my rambling but I wanted to point out a few things like needing to rethink your preps if you move to a different climate then you are use to and some ideas on how to find more space for your preps.
Prepping Granny
Because of such a change I need to completely rethink our prep needs. Why keep preps we will no longer need and have them take up storage that will be needed for preps we will need? So I have been going through those preps and pulling out what we will not need in the south and putting them into the yard sale we are going to have. The money I make will be used to help pay for the move and also resupply my preps.
Some of the things we won't need in the south are the big snow blower (which hubby sold already) the heavy duty sleeping bags, 4 snow shovels, 4 electric heaters and a lot of heavy winter clothing. One thing we will be keeping is our kerosene heater. It does get cold in the south and there can be power outages due to ice storms so we will need that if such things happen.
Also in rethinking my preps I have been looking at my small kitchen appliances. I will be able to cook out doors a lot more in the south then I can up here due to the extreme winters so I have many small kitchen appliances. I didn't buy most of them, my hubby and kids did and I really do not care for them. Oh they cook fine but they take more time to clean then a simple pan so this move is giving me a good excuse to get rid of them. Because of all they bought me I now have to George Foreman grills, two deep fryers, two 18 quart roaster ovens, two mixers (one is a Kitchen Aid stand mixer the other is a little hand mixer) and 4 crock pots.
Oh and a donut maker and a X-press 101 which is more or less a sandwich maker.
Who on earth needs that many small kitchen appliances. Not me! For me all these small appliances do it take up space that could be used for preps I do want and make clean up harder at meals times if I use them. Thanks to the move I now have the best excuse ever to get rid of them. Give me a a good piece of cast iron cookware any day and I will be one happy camper. :)
Another thing about the move is that is giving me a good excuse to down size on all the stuff my house is packed with right now which will give me a good excuse to get rid of all the knick knacks my kids and hubby has bought me over the years. It takes a week to clean them all. A week which I can spend time doing something I love instead of something I hate.
While I admit that I am dreading the move because of all the work it takes to get ready for such a long move and downsizing I do look forward to a more simplistic way of life without all the clutter in it. Which goes to prove there are good points and bad points when it comes to choosing to move far away from where you are living. Like with all things in life you have to take the good with the bad or you won't get anything but bad.
Sorry for my rambling but I wanted to point out a few things like needing to rethink your preps if you move to a different climate then you are use to and some ideas on how to find more space for your preps.
Prepping Granny