Some days it's hard to think of things to write about when it comes to preparing and other days the ideas just flow. For the last couple of days it's been hard for me to even think about preparing because I have had moving on my mind so much.
But while packing on all my pictures a week or so ago I got to thinking about how I would feel if something happened and I could never look at pictures of my loved ones still here and those that have passed on. Would I always remember what they looked like? Or would time slowly erase my memories of their faces? Their smiles. the color of their eyes or the color of their hair?
Then I remembered something I had done a year or so ago and it eased my fears. I had taken a lot of my pictures and scanned them to my computer and copied them to a cd and a portable UBS drive. I keep both of them in my bug out bag. I also printed out some small pictures of the most important people in my life and but the pictures in a small purse size photo album. That way if SHTF and I don't get to see them again for a long time I will have pictures of them.
Another thing I did was scan all our important papers such as birth certificates, marriage licenses, health records, deed to our house and car titles and but them on a UBS drive so I would have legal proof after things get back to some type of normal. That is packed in my bug out bag to.
One more thing I thought to added to my bug out bag was a couple of new journals and ink pens. I want to be able to record things that happen if SHTF so that my grandchildren and great grandchildren will have some idea of what we had to do in order to survive any SHTF event of any period of time. I want to make sure to share what ever knowledge I can with them. But if they never find them then maybe some one else will and it will help them. In any case maybe some one will be helped from what I have learned and what I will learn when or if SHTF.
One last thing I have in my bug out bag is contact information on my kids in case something happened to just me or me and my husband. Who ever finds us will be able to let my kids know what happened to us. I don't want them left wondering about us if it is possible to avoid it.
So there you have it. Just my random thoughts for today. I know it's not much but it is what is on my mind.
Prepping Granny
But while packing on all my pictures a week or so ago I got to thinking about how I would feel if something happened and I could never look at pictures of my loved ones still here and those that have passed on. Would I always remember what they looked like? Or would time slowly erase my memories of their faces? Their smiles. the color of their eyes or the color of their hair?
Then I remembered something I had done a year or so ago and it eased my fears. I had taken a lot of my pictures and scanned them to my computer and copied them to a cd and a portable UBS drive. I keep both of them in my bug out bag. I also printed out some small pictures of the most important people in my life and but the pictures in a small purse size photo album. That way if SHTF and I don't get to see them again for a long time I will have pictures of them.
Another thing I did was scan all our important papers such as birth certificates, marriage licenses, health records, deed to our house and car titles and but them on a UBS drive so I would have legal proof after things get back to some type of normal. That is packed in my bug out bag to.
One more thing I thought to added to my bug out bag was a couple of new journals and ink pens. I want to be able to record things that happen if SHTF so that my grandchildren and great grandchildren will have some idea of what we had to do in order to survive any SHTF event of any period of time. I want to make sure to share what ever knowledge I can with them. But if they never find them then maybe some one else will and it will help them. In any case maybe some one will be helped from what I have learned and what I will learn when or if SHTF.
One last thing I have in my bug out bag is contact information on my kids in case something happened to just me or me and my husband. Who ever finds us will be able to let my kids know what happened to us. I don't want them left wondering about us if it is possible to avoid it.
So there you have it. Just my random thoughts for today. I know it's not much but it is what is on my mind.
Prepping Granny