Yup, been a long time. I’ve been busy and not really caring about extra stuff – like blog posts. That said, all summer I wanted to share some MUST Haves for the winter season. Guess I am outta time…
Here is a short sweet list of items you can find at Dollar Tree. Not my favorite place but for these items, it is perfect.
Make sure you have enough drinking water. My plan is over the next week or so to order and ship 5 gallon jugs to all my family members. It is a start. Walmart (another place I loathe) has manual pumps you can use to access water in these jugs. Put them both on your To Do list.
I feel there will be deliberate attempt to disrupt both power and water supplies. You’ve been warned!
You will also need light – long life rechargeable, lamps. those lightbulbs that stay on after the power is out and tea lights to start.
If you live in a colder climate, you will need blankets for the beds. AT least 1 beneath you and others to layer on top.
Those metal foil like blankets???
Heavy duty shower curtains or those old insulated curtains. I have several pairs and they will be pried from my cold dead hands before I let them go. I survived 2 winters without a furnace because I used those curtains to block off rooms I could not heat.
Speaking of heat – invest in a few old fashioned oil lamps. They may not seem to offer much heat, but we used them in Bermuda with the door closed and they do heat a room.
Canned food
Heavy duty can opener
Heavy duty foil
Foil pans – with at least 1 rack.
A pan with 10 tea lights can boil water.
Hand and feet warmers
One of those Lowe’s plastic buckets to keep everything in (except the light bulbs which should be screwed in)
Don’t forget you will need a hat on indoors if you have no power and no heat. Ditto for thick socks
That’s all I can think of for now. Feel free to share in the comments IF you have somethings to add we all can find, now, before we need them.
Take good care of yourself. Stay safe and look out for each other.
Thanks for reading.
MIchelle