Just a few Nonfood things to have on hand: Reading glasses, baggies, packing/duct tape, electrical tape waterless/low water bathing cloths, rubber gloves for cleaning things you don’t want to touch, safety glasses, scrub brushes, sponges, mop buckets, bar towels and rags, bug spray, rodent control, air horn, sunscreen, multiple fire starters, reference books, extension cords, Lightbulbs Zip ties Small toolbox Note pads, pens and pencils, sharpie markers Hope this helps😃 Keep Calm and Prep On
I recently had that event occur that surprised me how my stock pile made a great fall back for our family. My husband had a surgery with extended recovery. Surprised how well we survived that year because I prepared for a rainy day. Thank the Lord!
Can openers. Multiple. They break easy. Extra boots and other clothes. Extra seeds, extra garden and yard stuff, cleaners, bug sprays and bombs, flea drops for pets. Everything.
With my dad going through radiation therapy and having a chemo pump, his port needs to be covered when showering; my parents and I learned that the glad press and wrap acts as a great waterproof bandage; will be adding this to my preps
I stood in each room in my house with a pen and notebook a couple of weeks ago and wrote down what I need for each room - light bulbs, bath towels, locks for bedroom doors. It was a lot of things I forgot about.
Such a good idea!!! I made plans for my pantry by doing that process with what meals we eat, but that is BRILLIANT to go through each room for other ideas 😀
I have a fairly large stock pile of old body washes, shampoos, conditioners, and laundry detergent from when I did semi-extreme couponing almost 10 years ago. One tip I have is to give everything that is a liquid a shake or stir it up before using it if it’s spent more than a year on your shelf. It may not be so much that the product doesn’t work anymore, but there is a very real possibility that it’s just separated. I had a few shampoos do that on me. It worked fine after giving it a good stir. 💙💙💙
In addition to most of things you mentioned, we keep a collection of toys and games, cards, puzzles. Items for our dogs like extra blankies and winter wear ( they are little dogs and one is always cold). We have crutches and walkers, a wheelchair (we aren’t getting younger). Extra cookware, dishpans. Clothesline. We keep extra rock salt and cat litter for icy roads or walkways. Lots of yarn, fabric and sewing supplies. Replacement parts for essential tools, oil and washer fluid and spare wiper blades for the vehicles. All the necessities for our boom sticks…..
Non food items that I always have: old scrappy tshirts that I have turned into rags. I clean with them and depending on how dirty the job was, I wash and reuse or throw them away. Dad taught me that. Works great with old towels too, cut ‘‘em and keep them as rags for the garage.
Tissues, matches/lighters, candles, paper hot and cold cups, latex gloves, bug repellants, duct tape. One of my favorite non-food preps is office supplies. I go to Staples and Target during their back to school sale, and stock up on 10 cent notebooks, pens, tape, ink cartridges, etc.
Blessings Lisa from sunny Chicago. It is scary to me that friends and family are coming to me for pantry items. I ask them, how do you allow yourself to run out? You know when you open the last item, it needs to be replaced. My response to them now when they say they need something, I say, I need money. Don't come to me empty handed. I paid for my preps.
My first very large Wal Mart shipping order I wrote down everything we used that week. Figured 6 months - 1 year of needs and ordered it all. Cost about $1100 but now I just purchase small amounts as we replenish once a month. Great video; yep we have plenty of toilet paper 😁.
I have a serious vision impairment and the dark actually makes me feel claustrophobic. I keep flashlights and other emergency lighting hanging from bedposts and from several electric lamps in the house. Discreetly, of course, otherwise it would look really WEIRD to a guest. ;) Also keep solar powered flashlights in the window sills.
90 % of my prepping at this point is done with a grid down event in mind. No electric. No running water. No sewer. No town services. No medical services. That prepping is done with the understanding that 90% of the population likely won't survive. So, what I'm stocking is based on what I can use without those services (primarily electricity) and the tools I need to facilitate using my preps without electricity. How much I store is also with the idea that I live in a very small home kept in mind. Most things are required to do at least double duty. I've made my own laundry soap for years, and frankly, I've got enough supplies to last me until I die. I store Dr. Bronner's in gallons because I can use it for dishes, floors, bathing, and just about any cleaning job. I store vinegar. I have 10 packs of 24 each washcloths and a bidet (with two backups still in the box). They work without electricity and without any water pressure beyond a gravity fed system. I have three camping/solar showers.I have enough gauze bandages/trauma bandages/Israeli bandages to fill a 4x8 shelf. I have a second 4x8 shelf with tape, ointments (plus essential oils and wax/shea butter), regular bandages, ace bandages, vet wrap, thermometers (glass/non-digital), bp cuff, stethoscopes, surgical kits, suture kits, dental kits, snake and bug kits, birthing kit, gloves/masks, tweezers/hemostats, headlamps (rechargeable batteries), all of my mom's nursing books plus some other medical books, puppy pads (great for incontinence, birthing human or animal babies, and just about any other messy emergency ... but not sterile so keep that in mind), extra sheets and blankets, dishpans/buckets, etc. Wound care of any sort without medical services is all on 'you'. Think of what damage a chainsaw can do and the time that wound would require dressing being changed. You can't have enough gauze dressing stocked up. I have trash bags (different sizes/thickness), baggies, foil, parchment paper, plastic wrap, scrubbies, dobies, dish rags/towels, bleach tablets, shop rags, towels and washcloths, 2 gallons of odoban, bar soap, tooth powder (paste can mold in the tube), etc. For short term I do keep 6-12 months of toilet paper, paper towels, toiletries, things like Vicks, Noxema, antibiotic ointment, OTC meds, etc. In my opinion, items to keep our bodies and our home clean, and wound care are the single most important. Basic cleanliness cuts down the potential for illness and/or infection. Being able to properly clean and dress a wound until it can remain uncovered can mean the difference between life and death. Outside of these items, I have all of the tools I need to cook, bake, mix, chop, slice, press, dehydrate, can, and store food we grow and animals we harvest. My husband has three times the number of hand tools than he has electric tools. He is also a blacksmith, makes his own forges, can cast and smelt just about anything that we might find that we need. I have a non-electric washing machine, my old wringer washer that can be hand cranked, various medical equipment, various ways to filter water to make it potable, a small greenhouse and a large garden, a shallow well and hand pump, a water catchment setup, washline and clothespins, and a small solar/helix combo. We also have 16-18 months of food storage ... enough to last until the next garden can be planted and harvested.
May I suggest NeilMed sinus wash? It's a buffered saline solution. Besides cleaning out your nose, you can use it to irrigate wounds and eyes. Since it's buffered, it doesn't burn. Always use with distilled water. You can pressure can it to keep it sterile if needed. In a real emergency, it can be used as iv replacement fluids as long as it's sterile.
Wonderful list! Only one question. Looking at long term, what kind of clothes pins do you use? I'm looking into stainless steel so I don't have to worry about them breaking down if/when they get wet😊
@@diannamc367 We have wooden ones, but they aren't the generic wooden versions available for low prices. We have about 300 of them which should last 'us' for as long as we will last. Depending on the size of your family, the stainless steel may be the better option.
We don't buy too many paper towels or paper napkins. I do keep a small stock on hand for yucky stuff, camping trips, and emergency use but 99% of the time we use 'unpaper towels' - made from flannel and or linen. I buy flannel by the yard (and keep it on hand), cut 12" x 10" rectangles from it, zigzag the edges and we store them in a basket on the counter. We use them to wipe up spills, as napkins for meals, runny noses, etc. Buy flannel on sale for roughly $3/yd - it's a huge cost savings for us! They get washed in the regular laundry each time I do a load :-)
Great tip. I tried making Menstral pads, but I need a better pattern. I no longer need them, but someone might. I've made diapers and burp rags. That was fun. 😅
I started keeping all of my reading glasses, even though they no longer serve a purpose for ME. I put each pair into a sandwich bag, and if I can still read the magnification designation inside the frame, I put an index card with the magnification written in large text with a Sharpie. All old glasses go into a translucent box for "someday somebody many need them." Glasses, cases, and repair kits all in one box. Great video. Inspires me to keep at it!
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🧻🧻🧻, extra canning supplies (jars, lids, rings, gaskets, jiggler/gauge, canners, racks, etc), matches, candles, propane cans for outdoor camp stoves, tarps, tape (duct tape), contractor trash bags, measuring spoons/cups, cooking/baking/eating utensils, cat litter (for traction in winter, or soaking up spills, or cats or ), marking paint, whistle (one with every flash light), socks, undies, medications, head lamps, batteries, I mean I could keep going, lol
filters.. water, air, vaccum, furnace, cpap. Anything in your house that uses filters. Furniture polish, window cleaner, bathroom cleaner. Always liked these types of videos to double check my supplies. thanks
My husband (our cabinet shop is on our property) built 3 sections of between-studs storage in the main bath. Toilet paper rolls fit on their sides but I’ve moved them and now use it for storage of supplements & vitamins. It’s a rarely-used bathroom since the girls moved out so moisture isn’t an issue. After me being sick in December and him not knowing where everything was, I made a master list, just by category, alphabetically-so he can locate anything easily.
Great video! As a single person who buys paper plates from Sam's Club (the 600-count), you will hear no criticism from me LOL I also buy the club packs (and smaller) of toilet paper when they are on "sale" because it will last forever and you never know when someone may need a roll. Something else that I have are extra fans because I sleep under one year-round and it took only once for it to quit in the middle of winter to make sure I always have at least one backup. Matches and lighters to light my candles when the power goes out and I have a flashlight in every room. I also bought a camp stove and a small charcoal grill as well as several bags of charcoal.
Maybe go through each room such as bathroom, laundry room, kitchen, bedroom. Look in the cupboards of each room. Remember the things you wear to get extra of those. Coats, shoes and such may be harder to come by with the things that are going on in the background.
Having medical apparatus on hand can be beneficial if someone is injured. Canes, crutches, walkers, wheelchair, etc. We kept what my father used when he died. 15 years later, my mother has needed them. These can be found relatively cheap at thrift stores sometimes. Also a bedside commode can be more comfortable than a bucket if there's a water outage. They can also be safer for the elderly or infirm at night.
Yes. I saved my aircast boot from a torn tendon years ago. When I broke my leg last year, they gave me a new one. I saved the new one for church and trips to town. I used the old one when I was out gardening or other dirty work.
Having a bedside commode is useful. If for some reason y'all cannot get to or use your regular toilet, they can be useful to have one just on case y'all need it.
A tip I just learned from dr Grundy , don’t keep water in plastic, it leaches indocrine disrupters , especially when or if it gets hot. So I started saving water in gallon jars .
Flushable wet wipes. They will come in handy in a water shortage or a plumbing emergency. Takes up very little space and I could use them instead of my stored water for personal hygiene if needed
Over the door shoe organizers are great for keeping hygiene supplies hidden while stockpiling them. I have worked hard getting free samples of body wash, shampoo and lotion and filling one up. They have sites and APPs on how to get totally free samples. Just click on view offer and fill out the forms. I even have laundry detergent samples. I also have purchased some at the Dollar Tree off and on to really build it up. I use a little less than one roll of toilet paper every week and I built up a stash. I do not feel bad about it. I use lots of lip balm and when I had trouble finding it I decided to learn how to make my own. I rotate through flavors and try new ones. I used to only be able to buy the mint or strawberry because that was all the stores stocked that I could use. Now, I have a whole new world of lip balm flavors. Chocolate, butterscotch, cake batter, vanilla, watermelon and coconut are my favorites that I can make. I got to say goodbye to the bitter mint that smelled like the Vapo Rub or the weird strawberry flavor. Lip balm 1 part bees wax 1 part cooking oil 1 part Shea Butter (for UV protection) Flavor extract that can be found in the baking aisle at most stores including craft stores. Melt the first 3 ingredients together in the microwave or double boiler method. Add several drops flavor extract. Stir. Carefully fill lip balm containers. You can reuse empty ones. I need to make some new ones this weekend because I am down to one tube. Get a steam cleaner so you do not have to use and stock up on lots of chemical cleaning products. If you buy a mop that uses the bottles of special cleaning products, figure out how to refill the bottle because y'all might not be able to buy the already filled special mop bottles of cleaning products.
I've started stocking diapers. My kids are the right age to surprise me at any time. Even if they don't have kids when it hits the fan, plenty of other people will.
Empty nester here, but I do have a small stash of diapers and of re-usable, washable diapers (not just cloth diapers but these are plasticky pants with snap closures and inserts) in case I have to take in someone with a baby. Also, a bucket with plunger for washing those re-usable diapers lol!
We had so much snow that the hills and mountains next to our main highway in and out of town was blocked after several avalanches in several areas. The other highway was flooded so no one could come in or out of our town. Luckily we had just made sure we were stocked up on paper products, laundry, meats and can goods.
Thank God...isn't it absolutely crazy how we are now seeing usefulness in our preps for natural disasters more than we ever have. My moment was last Thanksgiving when my son and grandson drove 12 hours to visit me. One day later we were getting sick, one right after the other. I definitely couldn't cook from scratch but had already canned a turkey and other things. Dinner saved by grandma!
Darn it Leisa, I was drinking coffee!!! You totally got me with the comment about why you stock aluminum foil. Now everything smells like coffee. I keep a few rolls of gorilla tape and some heavy clear plastic sheeting on hand, also several rolls of painters tape. Plastic sheeting is great for covering a broken window (on the car or house), stopping drafts in the winter or smoke during wildfire season. Gorilla tape if the plastic "patch" is going to need to be longer term or painter's tape if it's a short term issue. Wide painters tape also works pretty well on its own for sealing drafts around windows and doors. Painters tape is easier to remove than gorilla tape or duct tape, so I prefer using that when it'll work.
After experiencing shortages during Covid, I’ve learned to stock up on these types of items. I always pick up extras of everything that I use on a daily basis as they go on sale at Costco. My daughter always jokes about going shopping at my house. I have heavy duty stainless steel shelving units that I store my paper goods on (no mice here) in the garage. I also have a pretty good stash of first aid products, toothpaste, cotton swabs, alcohol wipes, glasses cleaner wipes, OTC pain relievers…and the list goes on. Rubbing alcohol, hydrogen peroxide, vinegar. It has taken awhile to get my shelves filled, but buying a little at a time won’t break the bank and gives a greater sense of security.
Disposable razors (or razor blades); thread and needles, safety pins, elastic, buttons; matches, disposable lighters, sterno cans; tons of nails, screws, nuts & bolts (I salvage parts whenever I dispose of a broken item). Save screws from broken glasses/sunglasses - will nearly always need to replace a screw in the next pair; Baling wire, twine, duct tape (of course). My pantry includes the tool chest LOL.
Great idea for non-food products. I have them but they are all over the place. I am painting and refreshing my house and many items are being donated to help someone else. Between you and Prepper Potpourri, I am doing better at organizing things.
If you're beginning to stock non-food items, i recommend to note the products you use from the time you get up to the time you go to bed in list torm on paper; I guess you could list electronically too. Then decide which are most needed and go from there looking for sales. I recommend some well sealed, general wound care products. May you never need them but when you do is not the time to go driving from store to store looking for them assuming you've got the cash flow for them at the time.
Thank you for the video. Having lived through several earthquakes and the dreaded Y2K scare, I have a non food pantry built up. When TP disappeared from the store shelves, we were set for a year. But the one thing I don’t have is paper plate, napkins and eating utensils. Will get those on Friday. Thanks for the reminder to review our pantry’s.
Nail files, draino, house filters (water and furnace), extra car air/oil filters, oil, wiper blades & fluid, house sponges, dental filling kit (from any drug store), lidocaine patches (for sprains), baggies, extra hand can opener, wasp/hornet sprays, ant traps, rubber and nitrile gloves, mice traps, on, and on, and on...
Absolutely! I try to keep items around that are non-food around. Tip for kiddies: Keep their favorite books regular and coloring close by. Or put a set in your to go bag. Physical games like UNO. These could be life (and sanity) saving.
I usually have two sizes of paper plates, regular big ones and medium ones for sandwiches and bagels. I keep a little notebook to keep track of supplies. I think you’re good on trash bags. 😆 Besides who knows how much they’ll go up in price in the future.
Hello Leisa :) I am just getting started on my non-food pantry. When i started inventory to make a list, I was a little pleased that I had been starting to stock up on things without realizing it on really critical things first aid, hygiene, and items for the furry ones. And I see nothing wrong with the paper plates. If the power goes out, its easier to toss out a cheap paper plate than having dirty dishes stack up ( nasty). I have always had at least one flashlight for every room in the house, yes even especially the bathroom.
Thank you for your video. I'm big on laundry soap. As for paper products, yes I have lots but I prep to return to cloth by buying my old sheets for $2 from the New To You store the ladies run to raise money for the local hospital. I've even found brand new sheets there still in the original packaging from the long gone stores that used to be here. Handkerchiefs, Reusable Bum Wads, Large Band-Aids, Slings, Toga's, Room Dividers, Shade Cloth, and if I need them, undies. But I'll have to sew those. All made from used sheets. Where would I get that kind of cloth material after a serious SHTF event or three? I've used the re-usable Bum Wads back in my boating days and let me tell you, my bum has never forgiven me for going back to paper. They have bag sales at the New To You store where you can fill a garbage bag and buy it for $10, it used to be $6, then $8, ... and if they try to charge more than $10, I'm going to complain about the rising costs of free donations. True story. Anywho, I lucked out with the last bag sale and the store was full of sheets at the time. My god, you can pack a whack of sheets in a garbage bag. We're water rich, ... but that can always change, ... Paper plates have been on my mind so I'll probably be picking up a slew of those. I've been picking up multi vitamins for old folks lately. Found jars of 250 vitamins discounted at the local store and bought three of them. Even discounted they were expensive. But with 750 vitamins I can't go wrong, ... and there's more from last years stock up. The OTC meds are filling buckets and boxes too. OK, enough bragging, take care and good luck.
I hate shopping for eyeglasses. My lenses are very expensive, they cannot be made at an in-house lab. I always buy two identical frames. If something goes wrong and my frame breaks, my lenses just have to be popped into the spare frame. I definitely store the spare in a cool dry dark place. I keep the last prescription as a backup pair, because I can't find my glasses without my glasses. Old glasses may not be fashionable or even great visionwise, but if I can function, that is what matters.
We use paper plates occasionally. Instead of of burning, they go into the compost pile. CASH in small bills is good to have on hand at any time for emergencies.
🤣Leisa, I hadn't got half way through your video before I went down to my pantry and moved some shelving into there from my office. I can now make more room for non food items.👍 I'll probably move things around again but, hey, it's more room for something.
Hey, Leisa! Though too late for me, I buy feminine hygiene products for my 15 year old niece. And for me and my sister, LOTS of muscle rub. I had an old suitcase full, but I’ve had to use it and am down to two pitiful tubes. That is what’s on my list of must haves. Playing cards( a few regular decks, Uno, and Old Maid🤣), puzzle books, small-scale arts and crafts supplies, candles, lighters, and matches. I could go on and on. Thank you for sharing. Blessed be!🙏🏿
Propane bottles for heaters, or stoves. Butane bottles for stoves.Gas and oil for generators. Solar lights, small tents, candles, lamp oil, matches, bic lighters, wood for fireplaces, water softener for ice in driveway and steps, battery pacs to keep the amateur radios charged, there's some others but these are the ones that I have prepped as well as paper cups, plates and plastic utensils. No water means no cleaning dishes and like you said, the paper can be burned in the fireplace to heat the next cup of coffee, yeah!
We are constantly adding to our non-food pantry each month. One of the things that we add every week is toilet paper because we have a large family. Thank you for sharing your knowledge of preparedness with us. Have a blessed day.
I store disposable bathing wipes, the kind used to give a sponge bath to a bedridden person. They come in real handy if your water is off. And great for camping.
I used to make my own when I raised my nieces and nephews. Plastic Tub with lid. I reused old wipe container. Cloths - flannel if y'all want to reuse them. Y'all can also cut a roll of paper towels in half and refold them. Put them in your container. Y'all can make a solution of warm water and liquid soap. Mix it up. Pour over the container of clothes. You can also make the liquid solution to pour over dried out wet wipes.
OTC is important, just got through the crud. Your water filters for your well water. Lamp oil and wicks, fonts (2nd hand stores great to look), Matches, plastic sheeting, tape, gatorade/powerade, concentrated cleaner like pinesol. Extra rags and flannel, padded cloth diapers (multitude of uses).
I also have cloth diapers and pins in our storage , cloth diapers can be used for many many things and babies too! We’re big preppers and have a cellar at our ranch , home and lake house! Lol
I think paper plates are great! But most of them i wouldn't burn because they are usually coated with plastic. Very toxic fumes when burned. I mostly use the uncoated variety. But you can't use those for very wet food. But they are great for absorbing excess grease.
I'm thinking of mylar blankets to use instead of regular bedding. Also vinyl mattress protectors to wipe clean. In grid down situation, I can't imagine hand washing bedding for a family.
Awesome video & thank you! I have a medical tote full of different sizes of band-aids, pain patches for hurting backs, gaze patches, elastic wound wrap, cotton balls, alcohol, peroxide, blood stop, tubes of Vaseline for wound seal, etc.
Thanks for the video. I store similar stuff too. I also keep vacuum seal bags in my stash along with basic office supplies. & duct tape--don't forget that. LOL!
hi lisa 🤗 this is a great video. i try to separate food and non-food items on my pantry shelves but with limited space, i do what i can. i definitely don't put chemicals on the same shelves with food, but paper products are ok (for me). inventory is very important. rotation is important. buying what you use is important. i put chemicals and liquids on lower shelves because if there is a spill or if they're heavy, its easier to get to, pick up/move around and clean without getting over food and paper items. tfs
I so really wish I'd started an inventory of my canned goods, store bought foods - cereal, etc. and my non-foods much sooner. I don't even know where most of the stuff is since it's stashed around the house. We're stocked up on aluminum foil pans - pie, loaf, big ones, small ones of all sizes.
oh Laurie Im the same - I knew inflation was coming a few years back so I bought low and just kept filling rooms - non food, shop food, my canning and gardening - so much (people think Im crazy)
Lol. I bought 500 rolls of toilet paper 2 years ago. This month from my list I bought 500 more rolls. I was down to 3 rolls of tp. I also bought paper towels and paper plates. 2 years ago my family thought I was nuts. Now not so much.
So need a non food pantry and a food pantry I am sitting in Wyoming as we speak been home bound since Sunday have had over 30 in of snow drop on us in two days it doesn't look like we'll be able to dig out till Saturday or Sunday and I don't live in a rural area I live in town the worst snowfall we've had since they have kept records of the most snowfall in one storm without my pantry we would not be able to survive we can keep going on if we had takes longer have plenty of things in my pantry
Yes make a list but have a method. I think of head-to-toe and room to room. Shampoo,conditioner, face wash, moisturizer. Hair brush, comb, hair ties. Toothpaste, toothbrush, dental floss, mouthwash. Lip gloss. Quip, cotton balls, deodorant, shaver. Soap. Feminine products. Stuff for the feet. Body powder, sunscreen. Birth control stuff (unless babies are in the plan). Then think of what you use in the kitchen, bathroom, etc.
I tried to like your video, but I couldn't get it to work. I appreciate your efforts to help us become more self-sufficient with our home. THANKS SO MUCH.
An extra door knob set for your home. My husband has had to change out his mother's and one on our rental property in the last few months. Both knobs would not lock correctly and each was less than 10 years old (which may be the problem - China). Needless to say we now have extras stocked.
I've built up a bit of hygiene and dental supplies, first aid as I was storing food but I need to focus on this now. Our pharmacies are so expensive and Walmart has not been restocked in many items for a long time now. I relied on them. I will switch from Listerine to making a homemade mouthwash and any other costly items I will start looking for alternatives. My fave soap is Sunlight dish liquid - I add some to help the laundry, and it's great to wash very dirty things in addition to dishes.
Back up for people in household with dentures, such as dental tablets, sea bond or other adhesives, re alignment repair kits, You can also use the denture cleaning tablets for other cleaning purposes.
Oh my gosh - Sometime last summer the tp prices stabilized, some went down, package size availability went up and we came across some tp at pretty good prices. We had the tp alternatives conversation, made a collective decision to stay the course with paper tp, then bought enough of the better than average priced tp to "last a year"; within a week or two, the good priced tp was climbing to be a great price. It will be sticker shock whenever we need to replace. In 2020, grocery, hardware, and auto parts stores were open as "essential". There were some hit and miss good to great prices amid empty shelves elsewhere. One general rule we have had since "always" is that if you're at the store to buy something at an expected price then stumble across some sort of deal, you are free to spend as much money as what you had intended to buy in the first place; unless were struggling and even then it can be OK if its something we use often. For example if you enter a store to buy a single item for $1 and you find them at $.50, without thinking we are good to buy two and spend the originally expected $1. Well, we had more and different cash flow in the first half of 2020 and the other half came across better contractor's bags in slightly bigger boxes at 75% off. We dont use a lot but we do use them for landfill garbage we haul ourselves. I don't know if we ended up with 4 or 8 boxes but I do know we haven't purchased any in 3 years, used them for more and different things since then, and still have some on a garage shelf. At the same time, we have storage space. We are just finishing up hand dish soap (Dawn) purchased @2018 at 75 to 90% off, most at 90% off, when it was being clearanced due to a packaging (and maybe formula) change. Between a sale and then also mis-placed purchase about April 2020, we are about ready to buy shampoo and cream rinse again. For the longest time we used a bottle size change set of clearance laundry soaps we bought in quantity. - A lot of our non-food pantry items have been purchased at deep sale or clearance prices in as much quantity as we can store with as much cash flow as we can muster. In general, once we have "more than enough" we dont replentish until we run out.
I have an app on my phone called notes. I keep an inventory of things like laundry detergent, batteries, green 1lb propane tanks etc... When ever I shop, I know what I already have on hand. Thank you for the video and best of luck to you.
Inventory is a necessary thing to do. I can’t believe it but I ran completely out of toilet paper because I thought we had months more but I forgot we used up my back stock. I need to make an inventory now.
I bought two survival books one for survival , other medical . It’s very knowledgeable. I’m glad I stocked food before price increase. Now I’m stocked on underwear, shoes, sneakers, boots, socks, sweaters, pajamas, coats. Rainwear. I had two bags full of good will items perfectly good some new I’m saving now in case someone needs. The old clothes I use rags, save buttons, zippers, and bought extra thread. I bought extra oil for my car and battery replaced to new. Wipers, and added survival kit to car .
Feminine hygiene products, even if you're not in the age group to need them they'll make a good barter item. Towards the end of the year, if you have a health savings account with funds that must be used up or you'll lose them, put them to good use by finding items you can add to the nonfood pantry. There are way more eligible items than you might think.
Tampons can be used for gardening. Tampons can be used to make firestarter. Tampons can be used for water filtration. That being said it is a good idea to stock some and study how y'all can use them.
I've been doing this since my first apartment back in the late 70s. I worked 2 jobs and never had time to shop, so I had back ups for my back ups. Has always come in handy too! One item I keep multiples of is gallons of bleach. Every August/September, I got through my OTC cold & flu meds and restock. I was so glad I did this year especially, when I was sick for 3 weeks and could not get to the store. I am also working on making herbal salves and tinctures this spring to be an alternative back up for some OTCs.
My son and I eat on paper plates. When we are through eating, we put left over bits of food on them and take it out everynight when we feed the cats, and give it to the opossums. Baby Wipes, ladies pads, extra seeds, print a list of what veggie takes what fertilizer and when, printed and written recipes, crochet or knit written patterns, addresses of where to send bill payments.
My husband has skin issues so I stock up on bar soap, shampoo, conditioner, laundry detergent...all fragrance free 🙏....candles....1 bc I like to burn them so I watch for clearance ones and 2 emergency candles bc of weather issues in our area...definitely flashlights and headlamps for my husband...we camp also and these have come in handy quite few times!!🙏
I started dating some of my non food items when I started using them because I didn’t realize how fast or slow an item was lasting. Try dating the inside of a roll of toilet paper to see how long it actually lasts. I was shocked! Same with a box of kleenex, roll of paper towel, jug of fabric softener. How can you stock a years worth unless you actually don’t know how fast you go through products.
Tampons panty liners I’ve actually used for bandage gauze type situation and they work great and their sanitized leave in conditioner so you don’t have to use water for conditioner. Just spray it in and leave it. I lived in a van for a while and paper plates for my salvation that really saved a lot on time and water, just a thought
Canning jars! They have many uses. I can in them, of course 🙄 But I store freeze dried food in them. I sometimes grab one for leftovers if all I have is plastic and need glass. My washing machine once broke, I put laundry soap in a small jar to take to the laundromat 🤷♀️ Meijer has them right now BOGO 50% off.
Don’t forget your pets. I have a diabetic girl. I always keep an extra vial of insulin, a box of syringes and a flat of her special dog food in rotation.
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Just a few Nonfood things to have on hand:
Reading glasses,
baggies,
packing/duct tape, electrical tape
waterless/low water bathing cloths,
rubber gloves for cleaning things you don’t want to touch,
safety glasses,
scrub brushes,
sponges,
mop buckets,
bar towels and rags,
bug spray,
rodent control,
air horn,
sunscreen,
multiple fire starters,
reference books,
extension cords,
Lightbulbs
Zip ties
Small toolbox
Note pads, pens and pencils, sharpie markers
Hope this helps😃
Keep Calm and Prep On
I recently had that event occur that surprised me how my stock pile made a great fall back for our family. My husband had a surgery with extended recovery. Surprised how well we survived that year because I prepared for a rainy day. Thank the Lord!
Can openers. Multiple. They break easy. Extra boots and other clothes. Extra seeds, extra garden and yard stuff, cleaners, bug sprays and bombs, flea drops for pets. Everything.
With my dad going through radiation therapy and having a chemo pump, his port needs to be covered when showering; my parents and I learned that the glad press and wrap acts as a great waterproof bandage; will be adding this to my preps
Great tip
Press and seal is amazing and great for a lot of things
Wow! Wish I knew that when I was in that situation. Great idea!
Love press n seal. Use it all the time,
My vet recommended it for wrapping a paw with stitches so it would not get wet and it does not stick to the fur.
I stood in each room in my house with a pen and notebook a couple of weeks ago and wrote down what I need for each room - light bulbs, bath towels, locks for bedroom doors. It was a lot of things I forgot about.
Such a good idea!!!
I made plans for my pantry by doing that process with what meals we eat, but that is BRILLIANT to go through each room for other ideas 😀
Bravo ! I've done this as an inventory of household goods for my home owners insurance. But I never thought of doing this for my Preps !! ❤
Great idea! I'm doing this tomorrow.
Locks! Great idea. I’ll be moving to my late mama’s vacant home this summer and the bedroom doors do need locks. Thank you for sharing. Blessed be!🙏🏿
@@danam.8709 And take photos for insurance purposes too! Keep a copy of them on a stick drive in a safe or off premises.
Coffee filters, soap, ziplocs, laundry soap, pony tail holders, feminine products, jars, it’s endless
“You can never have enough hats” 😂😂😂 love this!
I have a set of assorted eyeglass screws, replacement nose pieces, and a set of tiny screw drivers. This has been invaluable in repairing eyeglasses.
I have a fairly large stock pile of old body washes, shampoos, conditioners, and laundry detergent from when I did semi-extreme couponing almost 10 years ago. One tip I have is to give everything that is a liquid a shake or stir it up before using it if it’s spent more than a year on your shelf. It may not be so much that the product doesn’t work anymore, but there is a very real possibility that it’s just separated. I had a few shampoos do that on me. It worked fine after giving it a good stir. 💙💙💙
In addition to most of things you mentioned, we keep a collection of toys and games, cards, puzzles. Items for our dogs like extra blankies and winter wear ( they are little dogs and one is always cold). We have crutches and walkers, a wheelchair (we aren’t getting younger). Extra cookware, dishpans. Clothesline. We keep extra rock salt and cat litter for icy roads or walkways. Lots of yarn, fabric and sewing supplies. Replacement parts for essential tools, oil and washer fluid and spare wiper blades for the vehicles. All the necessities for our boom sticks…..
Non food items that I always have: old scrappy tshirts that I have turned into rags. I clean with them and depending on how dirty the job was, I wash and reuse or throw them away. Dad taught me that. Works great with old towels too, cut ‘‘em and keep them as rags for the garage.
Tissues, matches/lighters, candles, paper hot and cold cups, latex gloves, bug repellants, duct tape. One of my favorite non-food preps is office supplies. I go to Staples and Target during their back to school sale, and stock up on 10 cent notebooks, pens, tape, ink cartridges, etc.
Blessings Lisa from sunny Chicago. It is scary to me that friends and family are coming to me for pantry items. I ask them, how do you allow yourself to run out? You know when you open the last item, it needs to be replaced. My response to them now when they say they need something, I say, I need money. Don't come to me empty handed. I paid for my preps.
Absolutely 100% agree! 👍
My first very large Wal Mart shipping order I wrote down everything we used that week. Figured 6 months - 1 year of needs and ordered it all. Cost about $1100 but now I just purchase small amounts as we replenish once a month. Great video; yep we have plenty of toilet paper 😁.
We keep push lights in every room in case power goes out and we switch batteries out every 6 months or so. They have been very helpful.
I have a serious vision impairment and the dark actually makes me feel claustrophobic. I keep flashlights and other emergency lighting hanging from bedposts and from several electric lamps in the house. Discreetly, of course, otherwise it would look really WEIRD to a guest. ;) Also keep solar powered flashlights in the window sills.
Guess what? I’m so excited. My grandson bought me a pressure canner today. 🎉🎉🎉❤
That is awesome!
90 % of my prepping at this point is done with a grid down event in mind. No electric. No running water. No sewer. No town services. No medical services. That prepping is done with the understanding that 90% of the population likely won't survive. So, what I'm stocking is based on what I can use without those services (primarily electricity) and the tools I need to facilitate using my preps without electricity. How much I store is also with the idea that I live in a very small home kept in mind. Most things are required to do at least double duty. I've made my own laundry soap for years, and frankly, I've got enough supplies to last me until I die. I store Dr. Bronner's in gallons because I can use it for dishes, floors, bathing, and just about any cleaning job. I store vinegar. I have 10 packs of 24 each washcloths and a bidet (with two backups still in the box). They work without electricity and without any water pressure beyond a gravity fed system. I have three camping/solar showers.I have enough gauze bandages/trauma bandages/Israeli bandages to fill a 4x8 shelf. I have a second 4x8 shelf with tape, ointments (plus essential oils and wax/shea butter), regular bandages, ace bandages, vet wrap, thermometers (glass/non-digital), bp cuff, stethoscopes, surgical kits, suture kits, dental kits, snake and bug kits, birthing kit, gloves/masks, tweezers/hemostats, headlamps (rechargeable batteries), all of my mom's nursing books plus some other medical books, puppy pads (great for incontinence, birthing human or animal babies, and just about any other messy emergency ... but not sterile so keep that in mind), extra sheets and blankets, dishpans/buckets, etc. Wound care of any sort without medical services is all on 'you'. Think of what damage a chainsaw can do and the time that wound would require dressing being changed. You can't have enough gauze dressing stocked up.
I have trash bags (different sizes/thickness), baggies, foil, parchment paper, plastic wrap, scrubbies, dobies, dish rags/towels, bleach tablets, shop rags, towels and washcloths, 2 gallons of odoban, bar soap, tooth powder (paste can mold in the tube), etc.
For short term I do keep 6-12 months of toilet paper, paper towels, toiletries, things like Vicks, Noxema, antibiotic ointment, OTC meds, etc.
In my opinion, items to keep our bodies and our home clean, and wound care are the single most important. Basic cleanliness cuts down the potential for illness and/or infection. Being able to properly clean and dress a wound until it can remain uncovered can mean the difference between life and death.
Outside of these items, I have all of the tools I need to cook, bake, mix, chop, slice, press, dehydrate, can, and store food we grow and animals we harvest. My husband has three times the number of hand tools than he has electric tools. He is also a blacksmith, makes his own forges, can cast and smelt just about anything that we might find that we need. I have a non-electric washing machine, my old wringer washer that can be hand cranked, various medical equipment, various ways to filter water to make it potable, a small greenhouse and a large garden, a shallow well and hand pump, a water catchment setup, washline and clothespins, and a small solar/helix combo. We also have 16-18 months of food storage ... enough to last until the next garden can be planted and harvested.
Wow! Impressive! Your list helped me to take note of a few items I still need to get…
May I suggest NeilMed sinus wash? It's a buffered saline solution. Besides cleaning out your nose, you can use it to irrigate wounds and eyes. Since it's buffered, it doesn't burn. Always use with distilled water. You can pressure can it to keep it sterile if needed. In a real emergency, it can be used as iv replacement fluids as long as it's sterile.
Wonderful list!
Only one question. Looking at long term, what kind of clothes pins do you use? I'm looking into stainless steel so I don't have to worry about them breaking down if/when they get wet😊
@@diannamc367 We have wooden ones, but they aren't the generic wooden versions available for low prices. We have about 300 of them which should last 'us' for as long as we will last. Depending on the size of your family, the stainless steel may be the better option.
We don't buy too many paper towels or paper napkins. I do keep a small stock on hand for yucky stuff, camping trips, and emergency use but 99% of the time we use 'unpaper towels' - made from flannel and or linen. I buy flannel by the yard (and keep it on hand), cut 12" x 10" rectangles from it, zigzag the edges and we store them in a basket on the counter. We use them to wipe up spills, as napkins for meals, runny noses, etc. Buy flannel on sale for roughly $3/yd - it's a huge cost savings for us! They get washed in the regular laundry each time I do a load :-)
Great tip. I tried making Menstral pads, but I need a better pattern. I no longer need them, but someone might. I've made diapers and burp rags. That was fun. 😅
Qtips and nail clippers. Little things that we miss terribly when we don't have them. :)
I started keeping all of my reading glasses, even though they no longer serve a purpose for ME. I put each pair into a sandwich bag, and if I can still read the magnification designation inside the frame, I put an index card with the magnification written in large text with a Sharpie. All old glasses go into a translucent box for "someday somebody many need them." Glasses, cases, and repair kits all in one box. Great video. Inspires me to keep at it!
Wouldn't be nice to wakeup and see evetything perfectly without glasses/ contacts?
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🧻🧻🧻, extra canning supplies (jars, lids, rings, gaskets, jiggler/gauge, canners, racks, etc), matches, candles, propane cans for outdoor camp stoves, tarps, tape (duct tape), contractor trash bags, measuring spoons/cups, cooking/baking/eating utensils, cat litter (for traction in winter, or soaking up spills, or cats or ), marking paint, whistle (one with every flash light), socks, undies, medications, head lamps, batteries, I mean I could keep going, lol
I think about things one wouldn't normally think about. If someone in the house has crowns, make sure you have "Recap-it" in the house!
Great tip.
filters.. water, air, vaccum, furnace, cpap. Anything in your house that uses filters. Furniture polish, window cleaner, bathroom cleaner. Always liked these types of videos to double check my supplies. thanks
You can mix your own window cleaner with the following ratio: 1/3 water, 1/3 rubbing alcohol, 1/3 white vinegar.
My husband (our cabinet shop is on our property) built 3 sections of between-studs storage in the main bath. Toilet paper rolls fit on their sides but I’ve moved them and now use it for storage of supplements & vitamins. It’s a rarely-used bathroom since the girls moved out so moisture isn’t an issue.
After me being sick in December and him not knowing where everything was, I made a master list, just by category, alphabetically-so he can locate anything easily.
Great video! As a single person who buys paper plates from Sam's Club (the 600-count), you will hear no criticism from me LOL I also buy the club packs (and smaller) of toilet paper when they are on "sale" because it will last forever and you never know when someone may need a roll. Something else that I have are extra fans because I sleep under one year-round and it took only once for it to quit in the middle of winter to make sure I always have at least one backup. Matches and lighters to light my candles when the power goes out and I have a flashlight in every room. I also bought a camp stove and a small charcoal grill as well as several bags of charcoal.
Maybe go through each room such as bathroom, laundry room, kitchen, bedroom. Look in the cupboards of each room. Remember the things you wear to get extra of those. Coats, shoes and such may be harder to come by with the things that are going on in the background.
Having medical apparatus on hand can be beneficial if someone is injured. Canes, crutches, walkers, wheelchair, etc. We kept what my father used when he died. 15 years later, my mother has needed them. These can be found relatively cheap at thrift stores sometimes. Also a bedside commode can be more comfortable than a bucket if there's a water outage. They can also be safer for the elderly or infirm at night.
Yes. I saved my aircast boot from a torn tendon years ago. When I broke my leg last year, they gave me a new one. I saved the new one for church and trips to town. I used the old one when I was out gardening or other dirty work.
Having a bedside commode is useful. If for some reason y'all cannot get to or use your regular toilet, they can be useful to have one just on case y'all need it.
A tip I just learned from dr Grundy , don’t keep water in plastic, it leaches indocrine disrupters , especially when or if it gets hot. So I started saving water in gallon jars .
Flushable wet wipes. They will come in handy in a water shortage or a plumbing emergency. Takes up very little space and I could use them instead of my stored water for personal hygiene if needed
Over the door shoe organizers are great for keeping hygiene supplies hidden while stockpiling them.
I have worked hard getting free samples of body wash, shampoo and lotion and filling one up. They have sites and APPs on how to get totally free samples. Just click on view offer and fill out the forms. I even have laundry detergent samples. I also have purchased some at the Dollar Tree off and on to really build it up.
I use a little less than one roll of toilet paper every week and I built up a stash. I do not feel bad about it.
I use lots of lip balm and when I had trouble finding it I decided to learn how to make my own. I rotate through flavors and try new ones. I used to only be able to buy the mint or strawberry because that was all the stores stocked that I could use. Now, I have a whole new world of lip balm flavors. Chocolate, butterscotch, cake batter, vanilla, watermelon and coconut are my favorites that I can make. I got to say goodbye to the bitter mint that smelled like the Vapo Rub or the weird strawberry flavor.
Lip balm
1 part bees wax
1 part cooking oil
1 part Shea Butter (for UV protection)
Flavor extract that can be found in the baking aisle at most stores including craft stores.
Melt the first 3 ingredients together in the microwave or double boiler method. Add several drops flavor extract. Stir. Carefully fill lip balm containers. You can reuse empty ones.
I need to make some new ones this weekend because I am down to one tube.
Get a steam cleaner so you do not have to use and stock up on lots of chemical cleaning products.
If you buy a mop that uses the bottles of special cleaning products, figure out how to refill the bottle because y'all might not be able to buy the already filled special mop bottles of cleaning products.
Chapstick, Body Lotion & Razors, can't do without.
I've started stocking diapers. My kids are the right age to surprise me at any time. Even if they don't have kids when it hits the fan, plenty of other people will.
Empty nester here, but I do have a small stash of diapers and of re-usable, washable diapers (not just cloth diapers but these are plasticky pants with snap closures and inserts) in case I have to take in someone with a baby. Also, a bucket with plunger for washing those re-usable diapers lol!
We had so much snow that the hills and mountains next to our main highway in and out of town was blocked after several avalanches in several areas. The other highway was flooded so no one could come in or out of our town. Luckily we had just made sure we were stocked up on paper products, laundry, meats and can goods.
Thank God...isn't it absolutely crazy how we are now seeing usefulness in our preps for natural disasters more than we ever have. My moment was last Thanksgiving when my son and grandson drove 12 hours to visit me. One day later we were getting sick, one right after the other. I definitely couldn't cook from scratch but had already canned a turkey and other things. Dinner saved by grandma!
Darn it Leisa, I was drinking coffee!!! You totally got me with the comment about why you stock aluminum foil. Now everything smells like coffee.
I keep a few rolls of gorilla tape and some heavy clear plastic sheeting on hand, also several rolls of painters tape. Plastic sheeting is great for covering a broken window (on the car or house), stopping drafts in the winter or smoke during wildfire season. Gorilla tape if the plastic "patch" is going to need to be longer term or painter's tape if it's a short term issue. Wide painters tape also works pretty well on its own for sealing drafts around windows and doors. Painters tape is easier to remove than gorilla tape or duct tape, so I prefer using that when it'll work.
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After experiencing shortages during Covid, I’ve learned to stock up on these types of items. I always pick up extras of everything that I use on a daily basis as they go on sale at Costco. My daughter always jokes about going shopping at my house. I have heavy duty stainless steel shelving units that I store my paper goods on (no mice here) in the garage. I also have a pretty good stash of first aid products, toothpaste, cotton swabs, alcohol wipes, glasses cleaner wipes, OTC pain relievers…and the list goes on. Rubbing alcohol, hydrogen peroxide, vinegar. It has taken awhile to get my shelves filled, but buying a little at a time won’t break the bank and gives a greater sense of security.
I also try to stock up on scotch tape, freezer tape, light bulbs, soaps, toothpaste and toothbrushes. Even sewing items.
Disposable razors (or razor blades); thread and needles, safety pins, elastic, buttons; matches, disposable lighters, sterno cans; tons of nails, screws, nuts & bolts (I salvage parts whenever I dispose of a broken item). Save screws from broken glasses/sunglasses - will nearly always need to replace a screw in the next pair; Baling wire, twine, duct tape (of course). My pantry includes the tool chest LOL.
Great idea for non-food products. I have them but they are all over the place. I am painting and refreshing my house and many items are being donated to help someone else. Between you and Prepper Potpourri, I am doing better at organizing things.
If you're beginning to stock non-food items, i recommend to note the products you use from the time you get up to the time you go to bed in list torm on paper; I guess you could list electronically too. Then decide which are most needed and go from there looking for sales. I recommend some well sealed, general wound care products. May you never need them but when you do is not the time to go driving from store to store looking for them assuming you've got the cash flow for them at the time.
Thank you for the video. Having lived through several earthquakes and the dreaded Y2K scare, I have a non food pantry built up. When TP disappeared from the store shelves, we were set for a year. But the one thing I don’t have is paper plate, napkins and eating utensils. Will get those on Friday. Thanks for the reminder to review our pantry’s.
Thread, needles, various elastic. Sewing supplies. All useful for mending and fixing clothes and other fabrics/linens.
Nail files, draino, house filters (water and furnace), extra car air/oil filters, oil, wiper blades & fluid, house sponges, dental filling kit (from any drug store), lidocaine patches (for sprains), baggies, extra hand can opener, wasp/hornet sprays, ant traps, rubber and nitrile gloves, mice traps, on, and on, and on...
car fluids, pet health supplies, garden supplies, light bulbs, filters for water filtrations/purifiers, printer paper.
Absolutely! I try to keep items around that are non-food around.
Tip for kiddies:
Keep their favorite books regular and coloring close by. Or put a set in your to go bag.
Physical games like UNO. These could be life (and sanity) saving.
just triple stocked my most valuable commodity. Coffee filters. (*coffee in foods pantry). I cannot survive without this life saving liquid.
Me either!
I second that. I can survive a lot if I have coffee.
coffee filters can also be used for art stuff with kiddos
Same here!
I usually have two sizes of paper plates, regular big ones and medium ones for sandwiches and bagels. I keep a little notebook to keep track of supplies. I think you’re good on trash bags. 😆 Besides who knows how much they’ll go up in price in the future.
Hello Leisa :) I am just getting started on my non-food pantry. When i started inventory to make a list, I was a little pleased that I had been starting to stock up on things without realizing it on really critical things first aid, hygiene, and items for the furry ones. And I see nothing wrong with the paper plates. If the power goes out, its easier to toss out a cheap paper plate than having dirty dishes stack up ( nasty). I have always had at least one flashlight for every room in the house, yes even especially the bathroom.
Also paper plates burn so you can heat water or food.
Matches, candles, basic first aid book, tools, diy books, rag’s, heavy duty mop & bucket, hand pump, 5 gallon buckets / tote, mylar bags, oxygen absorbers, campstove, butane burner, gas, wood, plastic/tarp, cord/rope, duct tape, nails/screws, weather radio, generator, solar outdoor lights, vitamins/meds, pet food / treats etc.
Thank you for your video.
I'm big on laundry soap.
As for paper products, yes I have lots but I prep to return to cloth by buying my old sheets for $2 from the New To You store the ladies run to raise money for the local hospital.
I've even found brand new sheets there still in the original packaging from the long gone stores that used to be here.
Handkerchiefs, Reusable Bum Wads, Large Band-Aids, Slings, Toga's, Room Dividers, Shade Cloth, and if I need them, undies. But I'll have to sew those. All made from used sheets.
Where would I get that kind of cloth material after a serious SHTF event or three?
I've used the re-usable Bum Wads back in my boating days and let me tell you, my bum has never forgiven me for going back to paper.
They have bag sales at the New To You store where you can fill a garbage bag and buy it for $10, it used to be $6, then $8, ... and if they try to charge more than $10, I'm going to complain about the rising costs of free donations. True story.
Anywho, I lucked out with the last bag sale and the store was full of sheets at the time. My god, you can pack a whack of sheets in a garbage bag.
We're water rich, ... but that can always change, ...
Paper plates have been on my mind so I'll probably be picking up a slew of those.
I've been picking up multi vitamins for old folks lately. Found jars of 250 vitamins discounted at the local store and bought three of them. Even discounted they were expensive. But with 750 vitamins I can't go wrong, ... and there's more from last years stock up.
The OTC meds are filling buckets and boxes too.
OK, enough bragging, take care and good luck.
I hate shopping for eyeglasses. My lenses are very expensive, they cannot be made at an in-house lab. I always buy two identical frames. If something goes wrong and my frame breaks, my lenses just have to be popped into the spare frame. I definitely store the spare in a cool dry dark place. I keep the last prescription as a backup pair, because I can't find my glasses without my glasses. Old glasses may not be fashionable or even great visionwise, but if I can function, that is what matters.
We use paper plates occasionally. Instead of of burning, they go into the compost pile. CASH in small bills is good to have on hand at any time for emergencies.
We put the ash in the compost 🙃
🤣Leisa, I hadn't got half way through your video before I went down to my pantry and moved some shelving into there from my office. I can now make more room for non food items.👍 I'll probably move things around again but, hey, it's more room for something.
Hey, Leisa! Though too late for me, I buy feminine hygiene products for my 15 year old niece. And for me and my sister, LOTS of muscle rub. I had an old suitcase full, but I’ve had to use it and am down to two pitiful tubes. That is what’s on my list of must haves. Playing cards( a few regular decks, Uno, and Old Maid🤣), puzzle books, small-scale arts and crafts supplies, candles, lighters, and matches. I could go on and on. Thank you for sharing. Blessed be!🙏🏿
I put dollar store readers everywhere along with flashlights. Especially the closets, the pantry, and the first aid kits.
This makes me laugh. I keep a pair on top of each thermostat!
Wet wipes! Can be used to wash up with in case of no water available!
Propane bottles for heaters, or stoves. Butane bottles for stoves.Gas and oil for generators. Solar lights, small tents, candles, lamp oil, matches, bic lighters, wood for fireplaces, water softener for ice in driveway and steps, battery pacs to keep the amateur radios charged, there's some others but these are the ones that I have prepped as well as paper cups, plates and plastic utensils. No water means no cleaning dishes and like you said, the paper can be burned in the fireplace to heat the next cup of coffee, yeah!
We are constantly adding to our non-food pantry each month. One of the things that we add every week is toilet paper because we have a large family. Thank you for sharing your knowledge of preparedness with us. Have a blessed day.
I store disposable bathing wipes, the kind used to give a sponge bath to a bedridden person. They come in real handy if your water is off. And great for camping.
Keep in mind that these wipes DO dry out after so long. Ask me how I know! 🤣 when this happens, I just add a little bit of water to rehydrate them.
I used to make my own when I raised my nieces and nephews.
Plastic Tub with lid. I reused old wipe container.
Cloths - flannel if y'all want to reuse them. Y'all can also cut a roll of paper towels in half and refold them. Put them in your container.
Y'all can make a solution of warm water and liquid soap. Mix it up. Pour over the container of clothes.
You can also make the liquid solution to pour over dried out wet wipes.
OTC is important, just got through the crud. Your water filters for your well water. Lamp oil and wicks, fonts (2nd hand stores great to look), Matches, plastic sheeting, tape, gatorade/powerade, concentrated cleaner like pinesol. Extra rags and flannel, padded cloth diapers (multitude of uses).
Thanks for sharing
I also have cloth diapers and pins in our storage , cloth diapers can be used for many many things and babies too! We’re big preppers and have a cellar at our ranch , home and lake house! Lol
I think paper plates are great! But most of them i wouldn't burn because they are usually coated with plastic. Very toxic fumes when burned. I mostly use the uncoated variety. But you can't use those for very wet food. But they are great for absorbing excess grease.
A Dr. Once told me medicine only looses 10% a year
I'm thinking of mylar blankets to use instead of regular bedding. Also vinyl mattress protectors to wipe clean. In grid down situation, I can't imagine hand washing bedding for a family.
I have Battery operated Fans they work well I bought 5 of them . the power goes out a lot where I live.
Awesome video & thank you! I have a medical tote full of different sizes of band-aids, pain patches for hurting backs, gaze patches, elastic wound wrap, cotton balls, alcohol, peroxide, blood stop, tubes of Vaseline for wound seal, etc.
pain patches! Thank you for mentioning this item, got to get more.
Thanks for the video. I store similar stuff too. I also keep vacuum seal bags in my stash along with basic office supplies. & duct tape--don't forget that. LOL!
Power banks and charger gear for cell phones.Superglue added to first aid kits,
And duct tape, also screws.
hi lisa 🤗
this is a great video.
i try to separate food and non-food items on my pantry shelves but with limited space, i do what i can. i definitely don't put chemicals on the same shelves with food, but paper products are ok (for me).
inventory is very important. rotation is important. buying what you use is important. i put chemicals and liquids on lower shelves because if there is a spill or if they're heavy, its easier to get to, pick up/move around and clean without getting over food and paper items. tfs
I so really wish I'd started an inventory of my canned goods, store bought foods - cereal, etc. and my non-foods much sooner. I don't even know where most of the stuff is since it's stashed around the house.
We're stocked up on aluminum foil pans - pie, loaf, big ones, small ones of all sizes.
oh Laurie Im the same - I knew inflation was coming a few years back so I bought low and just kept filling rooms - non food, shop food, my canning and gardening - so much (people think Im crazy)
One can never have enough hats!!!
Lol. I bought 500 rolls of toilet paper 2 years ago. This month from my list I bought 500 more rolls. I was down to 3 rolls of tp. I also bought paper towels and paper plates.
2 years ago my family thought I was nuts. Now not so much.
That is awesome!
So need a non food pantry and a food pantry I am sitting in Wyoming as we speak been home bound since Sunday have had over 30 in of snow drop on us in two days it doesn't look like we'll be able to dig out till Saturday or Sunday and I don't live in a rural area I live in town the worst snowfall we've had since they have kept records of the most snowfall in one storm without my pantry we would not be able to survive we can keep going on if we had takes longer have plenty of things in my pantry
Yes make a list but have a method. I think of head-to-toe and room to room. Shampoo,conditioner, face wash, moisturizer. Hair brush, comb, hair ties. Toothpaste, toothbrush, dental floss, mouthwash. Lip gloss. Quip, cotton balls, deodorant, shaver. Soap. Feminine products. Stuff for the feet. Body powder, sunscreen. Birth control stuff (unless babies are in the plan). Then think of what you use in the kitchen, bathroom, etc.
I’m loving your channel more and more these days! Greetings from NY❤
Yay! Thank you!
I tried to like your video, but I couldn't get it to work. I appreciate your efforts to help us become more self-sufficient with our home.
THANKS SO MUCH.
An extra door knob set for your home. My husband has had to change out his mother's and one on our rental property in the last few months. Both knobs would not lock correctly and each was less than 10 years old (which may be the problem - China). Needless to say we now have extras stocked.
we store paper plates, toilet paper and paper towels in a food grade, 55 gallon drum with removal tops in the barn.
I've built up a bit of hygiene and dental supplies, first aid as I was storing food but I need to focus on this now. Our pharmacies are so expensive and Walmart has not been restocked in many items for a long time now. I relied on them. I will switch from Listerine to making a homemade mouthwash and any other costly items I will start looking for alternatives. My fave soap is Sunlight dish liquid - I add some to help the laundry, and it's great to wash very dirty things in addition to dishes.
Back up for people in household with dentures, such as dental tablets, sea bond or other adhesives, re alignment repair kits, You can also use the denture cleaning tablets for other cleaning purposes.
Oh my gosh - Sometime last summer the tp prices stabilized, some went down, package size availability went up and we came across some tp at pretty good prices. We had the tp alternatives conversation, made a collective decision to stay the course with paper tp, then bought enough of the better than average priced tp to "last a year"; within a week or two, the good priced tp was climbing to be a great price. It will be sticker shock whenever we need to replace.
In 2020, grocery, hardware, and auto parts stores were open as "essential". There were some hit and miss good to great prices amid empty shelves elsewhere. One general rule we have had since "always" is that if you're at the store to buy something at an expected price then stumble across some sort of deal, you are free to spend as much money as what you had intended to buy in the first place; unless were struggling and even then it can be OK if its something we use often. For example if you enter a store to buy a single item for $1 and you find them at $.50, without thinking we are good to buy two and spend the originally expected $1. Well, we had more and different cash flow in the first half of 2020 and the other half came across better contractor's bags in slightly bigger boxes at 75% off. We dont use a lot but we do use them for landfill garbage we haul ourselves. I don't know if we ended up with 4 or 8 boxes but I do know we haven't purchased any in 3 years, used them for more and different things since then, and still have some on a garage shelf. At the same time, we have storage space. We are just finishing up hand dish soap (Dawn) purchased @2018 at 75 to 90% off, most at 90% off, when it was being clearanced due to a packaging (and maybe formula) change. Between a sale and then also mis-placed purchase about April 2020, we are about ready to buy shampoo and cream rinse again. For the longest time we used a bottle size change set of clearance laundry soaps we bought in quantity. - A lot of our non-food pantry items have been purchased at deep sale or clearance prices in as much quantity as we can store with as much cash flow as we can muster. In general, once we have "more than enough" we dont replentish until we run out.
Love this!
I have an app on my phone called notes. I keep an inventory of things like laundry detergent, batteries, green 1lb propane tanks etc...
When ever I shop, I know what I already have on hand. Thank you for the video and best of luck to you.
I started using that app too, I love it! Actually it’s my brain now!
Hey girl where you been. Lisa the queen… thank you for all the wisdom….hugs
3 things I add to my Sam's order everytime I make a pick up order. Paper Towels. Toilet Paper. 40 ct Water Bottles
spare mop heads, sponges, mouse traps/bait, laundry balls, clothespins
Inventory is a necessary thing to do. I can’t believe it but I ran completely out of toilet paper because I thought we had months more but I forgot we used up my back stock. I need to make an inventory now.
We moved in September and I realized in February I had not bought any paper/cleaning products since we moved. I've been restocking since!
I bought two survival books one for survival , other medical . It’s very knowledgeable. I’m glad I stocked food before price increase. Now I’m stocked on underwear, shoes, sneakers, boots, socks, sweaters, pajamas, coats. Rainwear. I had two bags full of good will items perfectly good some new I’m saving now in case someone needs. The old clothes I use rags, save buttons, zippers, and bought extra thread. I bought extra oil for my car and battery replaced to new. Wipers, and added survival kit to car .
Feminine hygiene products, even if you're not in the age group to need them they'll make a good barter item. Towards the end of the year, if you have a health savings account with funds that must be used up or you'll lose them, put them to good use by finding items you can add to the nonfood pantry. There are way more eligible items than you might think.
Tampons can be used for gardening. Tampons can be used to make firestarter. Tampons can be used for water filtration.
That being said it is a good idea to stock some and study how y'all can use them.
If you think about it, we use/need a lot of stuff. 😯😯
I've been doing this since my first apartment back in the late 70s. I worked 2 jobs and never had time to shop, so I had back ups for my back ups. Has always come in handy too! One item I keep multiples of is gallons of bleach.
Every August/September, I got through my OTC cold & flu meds and restock. I was so glad I did this year especially, when I was sick for 3 weeks and could not get to the store. I am also working on making herbal salves and tinctures this spring to be an alternative back up for some OTCs.
My son and I eat on paper plates. When we are through eating, we put left over bits of food on them and take it out everynight when we feed the cats, and give it to the opossums. Baby Wipes, ladies pads, extra seeds, print a list of what veggie takes what fertilizer and when, printed and written recipes, crochet or knit written patterns, addresses of where to send bill payments.
I stock up on Feminine hygiene products and Baby wipes for my non food pantry. I'm the only lady in my house so this is my own private stock.
My husband has skin issues so I stock up on bar soap, shampoo, conditioner, laundry detergent...all fragrance free 🙏....candles....1 bc I like to burn them so I watch for clearance ones and 2 emergency candles bc of weather issues in our area...definitely flashlights and headlamps for my husband...we camp also and these have come in handy quite few times!!🙏
I started dating some of my non food items when I started using them because I didn’t realize how fast or slow an item was lasting. Try dating the inside of a roll of toilet paper to see how long it actually lasts. I was shocked! Same with a box of kleenex, roll of paper towel, jug of fabric softener. How can you stock a years worth unless you actually don’t know how fast you go through products.
Tampons panty liners I’ve actually used for bandage gauze type situation and they work great and their sanitized leave in conditioner so you don’t have to use water for conditioner. Just spray it in and leave it. I lived in a van for a while and paper plates for my salvation that really saved a lot on time and water, just a thought
lol, 2 ppl in our house, 9 flashlights! i might have a problem! lol
You and me both
Canning jars! They have many uses. I can in them, of course 🙄 But I store freeze dried food in them. I sometimes grab one for leftovers if all I have is plastic and need glass. My washing machine once broke, I put laundry soap in a small jar to take to the laundromat 🤷♀️ Meijer has them right now BOGO 50% off.
May younand yours have a good Easter.
Don’t forget your pets. I have a diabetic girl. I always keep an extra vial of insulin, a box of syringes and a flat of her special dog food in rotation.
This week I loaded up on a, heavy duty tapes, variety of scouring pads and iron out.