Why the Next 10 Years Could be Catastrophic and How to Prepare
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- It has happened before, it will happen again. Are you prepared?
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Dear sweet Liesa! My husband and I have been living off of my preps. He never believed I needed to have so much in our pantry, until, he lost his job. He hasnt worked since October 2023. He just started bck to work this past thursday. We have been living off of no more than $50 per month at the store. Now he is in favor of both the pantry and out money stash. He didnt even know I had the money stash. Now he is all for it. Now we have to rebuild as we are able. Great video today, and everyday!!!
That is awesome!
Wow. I had a similar situation. My husband had emergency surgery on Dec 9th. He has diabetes and he got an infection. They left the wound open and I've been changing his dressing several times a day. He just went back to work a couple weeks ago but it sure showed me I need to get back to preparing. I could eat out of my stock, no problem. He has never been on board but I realized he may not be around and no one else is going to be here for me. He actually is a hinderance to prepping because he is such a picky person with his food. Out of frustration, I slacked off but I got to get back on the ball for me at least.
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@kimhill8475 you can always let him eat what he likes but make sure to make/can your favorites too. He may change his mind if he gets hungry enough or gets bored with his limited menu.
I'm happy that both of your husband's have recovered from their separate issues that caused them to be off work. And I hope this year will be great so that you can replenish your stocks & put a little money back again. Good luck.
Something not food related: If you have a keyless car make sure you have batteries for your remote. I also made sure all my favorite recipes are in a binder instead of completely on the computer.
This has never even occurred to me to have an extra battery for our keys!! Such a great idea. Thanks for sharing.
Any time I open something like peanut butter, bag of flour, shampoo, etc., I write the date on it with a sharpie. This tells me how long something lasts in my house. When I find a good sale, I know how much to buy and how long it will last us. This also saves me from wasting money overstocking in one area or another.
Great tip!
I do the same. It helps a lot.
Same here. It’s very enlightening and helpful.
I learned peanut butter, Mayo and salad dressing last about six months on the shelf. I learned the hard way by having to toss several jars.
My experience has been that the condiments go pretty quickly but plain peanut butter without the nuts (chunky) has pretty much an indefinite shelf life around here. @@Nwladylaura369
My daughter and son-in-law as I type, are in my backyard putting in a walkway and 2 × 8 raised garden for us. My husband will be 80 this year and I'm not far behind him and on a walker full time. I've also got 10 5 gallon buckets. I've never gardened so I'm real excited to play in the dirt. My heirloom seeds came in last week. I guess I got too excited because 30 packages were delivered.
It happens haha! You'll do great!
I think you are doing the right things. Some people play golf, some fish etc. Some garden. I am almost 70, I will be gardening for the 3 rd year only. Canning, 3rd year also. It is enjoyable to me except for pulling weeds. That I could do without. Good luck to you. The sky is the limit!
Stock the pantry, have ability to survive without some of our conveniences. Have cash on hand not all in the bank.
I think you will enjoy playing and digging around in that soil. There’s something about it that’s very therapeutic and calming.
I (TN)learned to pressure can at 55. My friend Debbie who lives 2,000 miles away(Idaho) is my go to for tips. She didn’t have Ball canning lids in her area at one time during Covid. I mailed to her 6 dozen because we had them here. Love your show!!
Been retired from trucking now for about 3 yrs now.. So,, been doing all the great home cooking , canning etc.. Then the other day we said, we have not gone out to eat in a long time, so let’s “treat” ourselves.. Well I must say I was disappointed,, didn’t enjoy,, felt bloated.. And my hubby says,, our food at home is so much tastier… and satisfying.. 👍 Thank you for all your videos.
Like you we are disappointed when we go out to eat. Wow does eating fresh out of garden spoil you along with the freshly canned foods in winter. All of my canning/freezing of food is done within hours of picking. Being retired sure helps that time frame.
I too very rarely eat out. I'm still driving but the last 3 years have been a home nightly driver.
Met a friend for breakfast Saturday morning. 😮$34 for 2 people!!!! I'm perfectly happy gathering my eggs at home.
I understand that!! We call all our canned and frozen food our "fast food". I can put a pond of cornbread in the oven and before it's ready, have a roast, veggies and delicious fruit drinks all cooked just waiting for the cornbread. Canned meat will melt in your mouth. Love canning.
We dropped $100 last week for a beef chuck roll at our local Sam's Club and cut it up ourselves. Steaks. we tenderized before freezing and the rest I canned into shelf stable stews and soups. Came to approx. $5 a pound and lots of piece of mind. Still have 31 chickens of the sixty we harvested last summer. Stretching things as far as we can. Saved for three years for a freeze drier. I am 70...you to can do it folks.
You asked what we are doing besides prepping for the next 10+ years. I am 81. I have lived thru many changes. Because AI is rewriting history and distorting everything we read to follow a certain agenda I decided to write, not digital, my own personal history for my great grandchildren. They are learning the history that big tech wants them to know not how it really was. My words will be accompanied by photos, ration books,and pertinent documents from my mother and mother in law and myself. It will be a kind of genealogy, but not an ancestral way. I am also looking for old book, such as Foxfire to keep for them. We are fast losing our history and culture.
What an amazing gift you are creating!
Retired university professor. God Bless You. Our young people know nothing about anything. When asked, they do not know our form of govt that we are supposed to have. They have NEVER changed a light bulb, etc etc. And, I retired in 2007, can't imagine what it is like now.
Such a gift I would truly desire to have. Bless you for passing on such knowledge to your family. I’m 51 and have learned to can, garden and have a 1 to 1 1/2 year stocked pantry. I’ve been writing down instructions on what to do and recipes as well for shelf stable meals. My children are clueless and don’t want to learn except for my youngest (15) who sews and crochets (self taught too) and learning to cook. I guess that is hope
@@Nisa-gm5wgYes, there is hope always. You are blessed to have that 15 year old.
Foxfire books are available thru their website. The Foxfire museum is in North Georgia. I've also bought a few off Amazon.
I've always canned. However when my husband and I decided to move into the woods. We sat down and figured out how much food we would need to make it till April. At that time we had six children and one on the way so we had to can up a lot. We did make it through the winter that year into April. From that point on of course I can't more as the kids grew. Kids eat a lot of food. One of my children said I never knew we were poor we ate so well! I never felt like I was poor I just knew that canning was the way to go and freezing. We had a large farm which was also very helpful
That's awesome girl, you are awesome ❤😊
Thank you for approaching this topic. Everyone knows something is happening, but too many are afraid to acknowledge and prepare. Two weeks after "15 days to slow the spread", I knew we were in trouble and made my "list", did something every day to prepare and today I continue to do the same. At the same time, I built my "community", We know we heading into darker times, but in the end God wins. Keep praying. Keeping looking up. Faith over fear.
I saw a comment a few days ago, that cracked me up! He said the first two years of the 2 weeks to slow the spread was the hardest. 🤣🤣We still need to remember to laugh too!
Pray, prepare and pray more.
I'm a Jesus lover. So, while we prep for our physical needs, let's not forget our spiritual needs. It's going to get really rough.
Me also. This is a whole different kind of evil here, global elites. Everything that’s happening and going to happen is in their playbook. WEF.
This is a whole different type of evil happening now.
TH-cam is deleting my post. 😡
I stopped eating all processed foods and bread then went keto then carnivore. I lost 65lbs and with gods help got off all my meds (11), and cured numerous diseases including diabetes and high blood pressure. We all need to stop eating the junk that that's created in factories. Stick with natural organic foods you grow and buy meats from your local ranch/farm. Grocery store foods have tons of chemicals and additives to help make it last longer or at least "look" like its still fresh, even meat has dyes and chemicals added. This is why our health is so bad in this country. A lot of processed foods made in USA is banned in other countries due to all the additives. Our government and USDA do not have our best interests at heart. It's all about money and profit to them. USDA, EPA and other government agencies are controlled by big pharma and food processing plants. Big pharma pushes junk food, bugs and fake meat to keep us sick and using more medications. They are all corrupted. Use the brain that God gave you and research who makes your food.
Couldn’t have said it better myself as a 75 year old woman I live alone and went to the processed food as it’s not fun cooking for 1 every day all the mess getting things out prepping the food cooking it then all the cleanup that’s all you would be doing every day so now Ike casseroles and divide it into the freezer containers or baggies and freeze it flat eventually I have enough variety that I only have to cook once a week the dollar store has the reusable foil containers that I can reuse a few times . I buy frozen fruits and veggies and even they have chemicals on them so I process and freeze my own in season and try to eat in season in my area just because the store has it doesn’t mean it’s fresh things could be on a boat for a week and then on a truck for days more so frozen is fresher it’s processed most time the same day or the next day . I’m in Canada so there you have my take on things .learn nutrition which leisa has a lot of in her videos find out what fruits and veggies has what vitamins and minerals and two from there pick what you like don’t buy what you don’t like as you probably won’t eat it just double up on what you will eat that’s been stressed many times in her videos . Stay smart and safe people . ❤*
I work in a school kitchen, we have more kids with allergies this year than we have ever had, peanuts being #1. Lactose #2. Gluten #3. 2 children under the age of 7 have full on celiac disease confirmed by a children's hospital. This is an auto immune disease. We have 2 children under the age of 10 on diabetic pumps, because their diabetes cant be controlled with regular insulin shots. This is a public school in a city that has 5 elementary schools. We have 300 students in our school. These statistics are crazy. We are ruining our kids. Most of the parents rely on us to make sure their children eat properly, refuse to make home made food for them. We have a special ordering system in place for these children, we actually have 1 child that has a documented allergy to beef. We can't have peanuts or fish in the school at all, because 4 children have anifilactic allergies to nuts and fish. That means employees cant bring these things into the school either. We use sunbutter in place of peanut butter. This is real. Some how. We have messed up our kids with processed food. And it shows.
How is this happening? Why are our kids, us and animals sick and dying. Oh I know..poisoned, food, water and air and using our kids as pin cushions. The US is the sickest nation on earth. Learn at geoengineering watch.
That is horrible. But at 64 I have type 1 diabetes. Celiacs. hashimotos. The body is attacking itself. The beef allergy could be from a ticketed. It is called lonestar
Gut health!!!!!
Vaccines also!!!!!
Students with type 1 diabetes using insulin pumps isn't a sign of them not having control with "regular" shots. Regular shots is old technology. Pumps all students so much more freedom in managing their diabetes! Having a pump, and likely a CGM, allows them to avoid needing to fingerstick all the time. Pumps provide real-time information on their blood sugar.
My first canner was passed to me by my late mother in law. I found the original manual yesterday while cleaning out her house and the canner was made the year I was born (1967). 😂😂
That is awesome!
that's awesome! I recommend having the gauge tested.
@@AusbandHolistic I don’t use this presto canner any longer. I upgraded to an All American one a couple years ago. But I’ve kept the presto because it was my mother in laws canner ❤️ she passed away in January.
It reinforces the saying "nothing is a coincidence ".😊
@@lisabeam8315 so very true. Finding the instruction manual brought tears to my eyes. We’re finding so many things that are so special. Things we never knew she had.
I bought 5 raised garden beds. Adding to my current beds. Im addicted to gardening. Thanks to 2020, the best thing to come out of it. Since 2020 I've been gardening, pressure and water bath canning. I had no help but youtube videos and reading everything I could. Thank you for all you do.
TH-cam is like the encyclopedia gardening and home repairs we homesteaders refer to.
I witnessed my mother pull out one pound of ground beef for dinner for 5 unexpected guests. I was me and my kids. I asked how. She said Meatloaf. It was a 4 pound Meatloaf. It was amazing! She even threw in veggies that she ground up. You could not even tell. She threw in cheese chuncks. She basically stood there and cleaned out her fridge of leftovers. 😂❤😊
I’m doing all the things from sourdough, fermenting, gardening and canning and micro greens. I even canned my first batch of ugly chicken. U say this to say once a Girl Scout always a Girl Scout even at 73. But in my opinion being prayed up is the most important thing we can do. Yes, my friend, Jesus❤❤❤
Ugly chicken is the best. You can make so many things with it. Try canning beef and pork especially when it goes on sale
I have cut back on a lot. Learning simple living. Im now able to make double mortgage payments. Hoping to have the house paid off in 4 years before I retire.
That’s great!
I did the same, paid it off last year. It's a great feeling!
We did the same as well and paid off our home March 2020, one week before the government shut us down. I just had a feeling to become debt free asap and we had been diligently paying debt off for 7 years. 2020 I found channels like Lisa and Homestead heart and leadfarmer 73 that encouraged me to can, garden and to create a pantry. I’m prepared but I can always prepare for others like family. Wishing you great success in paying it off sooner too.
Look into paying on the principal rather than making two payments. It will save you more on interest and pay off faster.
I switched to Einhorn wheat to make bread. I cook from scratch, grow a garden, can, bouggt a whole cow and pig, have chickens and turkeys. I also invest in books
I just bought some Eiinkorn flour but don't really know how to use it so I'm just using it to replace some of the regular flour in the bread I bake. I think I need a book.
Thats a whole subject. The flour we have in the US was developed to make a particular product. The light, white fluffy highrising loaf. You may not get this end product using different flours. Cutting out part of your ap flour an substituting with anything else is a good way to start. Itll be denser and chewier, but still lovely and nutritious.
@@dalegaa4094 You can't replace Einkorn for wheat flour for breads, well at least not 100%. Einkorn has no gluten, so, it's better to make like banana breads. Also, it needs rest time, just like wheat bread so it can have time to absorb the liquids. It may look like it has, but, I give about 15 minutes after preparing the dough to let it absorb before baking. It's a HUGE learning curve. And, like Kamut, it's kinda sweet.
I sprout my Einkorn and it’s more digestible that way. Tastes fine and has more nutrients I’m told. I also prepare it another way, by boil ing the whole kernel until al dente and serve with butter or olive oil and seasoning (salt and pepper are good on it).
@@dalegaa4094 check out "a modern homestead" she cooks with Einkorn. I use several of her recipes including bread. It has really helped us.
Hubby bought me one of those little butane stoves, plus 6 extra cylinders as a belated Valentines gift (He was ill at the time) What an awesome piece of kit to have for a black out. (Thanks Babes!)
I am also on a canning spree again. Fighting the flu, but I will do it! Cleaning out the freezer and prepping like the King is coming...(well, He is...but you know.... :-))
I am no longer able to do regular gardening in the ground. I now garden in 18 gallon totes plus a few used stock tanks. I grow lots of Swiss Chard and kale as I eat lots of green smoothies. Grow lots of tomatoes which I dehydrate as I can no longer do the lifting required to can. I also grow and dehydrate zucchini. I have a young helper. I walk with a rollator and cannot lift much. Doing this new way of gardening is fun and productive. .
I'm in the same boat. But this year I'm going to try hydroponics. No more hauling tons of dirt for my garden.😂
I do quite a bit of dehydrating too. It is quicker for me. I dehydrate my strawberries when I get an abundance. I do all my herbs, celery,tomatoes,peppers,bananas, citrus fruit, ginger, onions, carrots etc. I have dehydrated ground beef, I cooked it first drained the grease and laid it on silicone trays. Rain country you tube channel talks about it.
We're 71 & 80 years old. We're building our house to age out in close to a rural, historical, traditional village. We plan to be debt free in 18 months. We'll have a container garden and chickens. I've got several years of food put back and will be adding to it. We have a close, multigenerational, supportive community. We have several income streams and are closing out our accounts at Schwab. Assets in hand... We have backups for our backups.
If you close out your accounts where do you put your money you’re cashing in? Where is a safe place??
@@sandrajones7896 we're building a mini-homestead that's 30% over budget. Actually, over the years, we've invested in small condos that rent like hotcakes! Also, PMs...
@@sandrajones7896 The way the Country is going. A lot of people are bringing their money home. They are going to the mattresses. A lot of banks are failing. The FDIC cannot
cover all the banks. The FDIC has 99 years to repay you if your bank fails.
The Country is not stable.
This is my question which is never answered. I have a disabled son and have saved a substantial amount of money for. It is way too much to withdraw and keep lying around in any form. I live in thr suburbs and due to family responsibilities cannot move to the countryside, in fact there is no countryside within a few hundred miles of me really. Have done enough urban prepping but am expecting to lose my life if shtf. At least I have Jesus!@sandrajones7896
I've been planting fruit trees and bushes for years in our backyard. Most have finally started yielding
I want to put out fruit trees at my place. I am glad it’s going well for you.
I just planted out 12 new fruit trees, and 2 nut trees, 3 more red raspberry bushes and a grape vine this month. This was added to my previous 11 fruit trees and 3 currant bushes, and 6 raspberry bushes. And an asparagus bed started from seed a year ago. I'm 74 now and just learned to pressure and water bath can 2 years ago. Planted 386 tomato plants last year and canned almost all of it. Green beans is my go to planned for this year.
@@suesmyder You are doing well. You are definitely putting in the work.
Another great fiction book is One Second After, by William R. Forstchen, to give you an in depth idea of what to prepare for in a grid down EMP situation. Reality of death, reality of fear. Help you to find that community because no one can do it alone.
I believe one of our best preps is to invest time and energy in improving (or maintaining) our health. We need to be in at our best physically, mentally and emotionally to tackle the challenges we will face.
So right you are! Many people neglect taking care of themselves. I’ve started intermittent fasting so I’m not eating and snacking all day. A good bonus is that I lost almost 15 pounds in one month too🤗
@@Nisa-gm5wg I'm so afraid of what they are doing to the food. I grow a lot and buy the best as possible my dollar can afford. Being prepared has helped me do that. I don't know how much I've lost. But, in the last two years I went from a size 12 to an 8. Not even trying just not eating what they are selling as much. Honestly, I don't need to lose anymore. Being a tall size 8 I feel like a string bean.
Check out city prepper he has a free ebook on this! Also he’s great.
Dental care is critical to stay up to date with as well as overall health.
I bought $250.00 of medical supplies today.
I bought $250.00 worth of medical supplies last Month.
I keep my medical supplies in Rubbermaid totes and First responder bags.
I am charging my 4 electric lanterns as we speak. Amazon has electric lanterns. I have 2 outside gas lanterns.
I have 7 rechargeable flashlights. One is being charged now.
I also have regular D-Cell flashlights.
Costco for Batteries.
Lehmans for oil lamps. You will be living a 1800’s life style.
I dont disagree
Grow what you can through the summer, under lights in house etc ... Make sure that you are doing canning that you are doing water bathing that you are dehydrated if you can afford the machine get a freeze dryer just do what you can to stockpile whatever you have on hand! We started with a bug out bag that has grown immensely make sure you've got like you do all of your medications make sure that every first aid item is available anything you need to start fires anything you need to keep yourself going. Don't forget that even though we talk to people we know and love it doesn't mean they're listening and they're doing so be sure to have extra on hand for those sad people with the closed eyes.
Costco this month had a lantern that can run off of recharge, solar, or battery, and I love it.❤ And yes, Costco batteries for the win along with my rechargeable ones.
I would learn how to make some of your own medical supplies. Look at getting solar chargers.
Love Lehmans!!!
Wife now has 28 new chicks now i have to enlarge the run soon. Live chicken is a form of pantry storage, we have not bought eggs in over a year. We had eggs to hand out to family during the egg shortage. Thank you Liesa for every thing.
Our excess goes into the freeze drier and then to family and friends for their long term pantries.
I found Leisa to prepare for retirement and make supplies/pantry/needs easier without a paycheck. Now, 3+ years later, my knowledge has grown so much from learning from Suttons Daze. Thank you, Leisa! My bills are paid, my pantry is full, and she has taught me every step of the way. Fourth coming and retirement will be difficult but a tad bit easier . ❤
Thanks for sharing!
The glyphosate and GMOs in our food is the main thing causing leaky gut that is causing allergies and autoimmune disease.
I totally believe it's something in our food supply. I have several autoimmune diseases & it's unreal. But I do learn to adapt each day.
It’s the oxalates in fruits and vegetables…research them…they are making us so sick
I have a plunger and a bucket to wash clothes if I have to like when I washed cloth diapers years ago.
We learned before the pandemic that our pantry was a necessity, we had to live off it due to disability causing my job loss. We had to sell the family home, since I couldn't do stairs anymore. Even while I couldn't get around well, my hubby helped me can, and vacuum seal, and store those awesome items found on sale, and we just keep going. I learned to pressure can, and keep adding to my recipes, thanks to your Canuary series. I saved up and got a freeze dryer and we used it constantly for a year straight. We bought only super priced clearance items, or our garden harvesting and put it up, while canning as well. It is definitely the best inflation fighter there is. We see daily that our investment continues to pay us dividends, in low cost scratch cooked meals. I am getting better with my seasoning and spices(flavor profiles), to make the plain meals taste better. And I have always added oatmeal or rice to meatloaf, heck I only wished that I would have thought of beans. But now beans go into a ton of meals and I freeze dried the leafy greens that my hubby doesn't like the flavor of and powdered it to make a green powder to add to everything from spaghetti sauce to brownies. It's great for us, and the flavor is hidden for him. Keep stashing away those deals, and keep a list of prices for foods you enjoy, so you know what a good deals is.
My Granny was born in 1924. She raised my sister and myself. She taught us to always be prepared for anything & everything!
We don't consider ourselves preppers, this has always been our way of life!
Leisa, please talk about WATER. God has put that on my heart for years now. PLEASE talk about water. All this rice, beans and other dried goods that need water will be useless of no one has any that is good. I love you for how hard you try to help people be prepared. Just PLEASE talk about WATER. This was a great video. I'm 57 and hubby is 63 showing signs of what took his dad. I've been preparing for 10 years. I'm truly scared. God has never let me down. So, I pray A LOT. I guess that's why we "older people" are here. To help? My kids are lost. We are older and alone. The 4th turning is HERE. I'm glad my parents are long gone. I'm glad I was a kid to very older parents. God be with us and protect us.
I do a lot of bone broths and that is my cooking water. Rice and beans and pasta can be cooked in bone broth. Pressure can bone broth. Use water to wash and drink. We have a water collection system but live in the desert. 😢
I also had older parents and over 80 years ago they had 4 young children to raise on one income. They rented and worked hard, I think my parents landlord allowed them to have a garden. The landlord were farmers and became good friends. By the time I was 4 they bought the farm I was raised on with money that came from my Dad having lost a leg from an injury at work. We come from hard working stock. Consider everyone who is here now either your parents or grand parents went through the last tough times and made it or you would not be here. I will be 70 this spring.
Time to can those dry beans now! They take a lot of water so do it while there is still water.
There is a way to do beans called Fast Beans. Rose Red Homestead has at least one video on it. Leisa may have one, too. I haven't checked to see. You cook them, drain them well, then dehydrate them. You store them in a vacuum-sealed jar. It takes very little water to rehydrate them. I haven't done any yet, but I plan to do it soon. Certainly, canning them means that you will need no extra water to heat them up. You can also buy these small packages of water that are sealed and would be safe for quite a while. One packet might be enough for each serving, if you wanted to put some back. If you live in an area with regular rains, you could use tarps and large buckets to collect it. It would have to be filtered, but you'd have some to use. Well, if we don't have anything dangerous in the air, that is. I, too, am very concerned about having water. We cannot afford to have a deep well dug at this point, and we are not that close to a water source. Relocating isn't in the picture for us, so we will have to figure it out the best that we can. You can also store water in clean barrels for a long time. It will have a flat taste, but you'd still be able to use it. Get some of those life straws, too, if you can. Then, if nothing else, you could use whatever water is around in puddles or ditches. There is a process for filtering it before using the life straw or similar tech to make it drinkable. Hopefully, Leisa will do a video on it for us as well. God be with you.
I have Sawyer Waterfilters, katadyn pocket black with spare filters to prefilter .. for my Big Berkey Waterfilter with spare filters.
Get those if you can,.. if you cant afort it.. (I am verry poor,.. but saved years for those,...)
Stick with 2 to 4 Sawyer mini Waterfilters!!
Sounds like we are in the evil cycle. The BIBLE TELLS ME THIS SAME STORY. This is judgement against a nation that has forgotten GOD ALMIGHTY. This isn't religion this is HIS STORY . Love to listen to your channel thankyou. I learn so much.
Amen Debby!
I started sewing when I was 13 years old. I made my clothes then because it was cheaper to make them than it was to buy them. Sewing has saved me thousands of dollars through the years. I made my wedding dress, children’s clothes, quilts, curtains, shower curtains, pillowcases, crafts for gifts, robes, Cushion covers, dog bed covers, and many more items. I have repaired my friends and families clothing quite a bit. I always have a stack of mending, replacing zippers, fixing backpacks. The one thing I do, is when I am folding clothes or doing laundry if I see a rip or something wrong with the clothing I fix it right away or mark it so that I can repair it. I do preventative maintenance too. I stitch around my towels and sheets and items like that so that they don’t fray.
I would encourage people to learn the skill. My sewing machine is my security if the economy goes down. I can fix many things for people so they have something to wear. It’s not easy all the time and I made many mistakes over the years but I have learned and I’m glad that I have
What machines would you recommend to a beginner?
I cleaned out my extra fabric ( a lot of it was for doll clothes that I'm now too busy to make), and still have a BUNCH of fabric because we will need clothing or quilts. I also weave (36 inch, 4 harness) and have fabric and thread/yard to weave for clothes, towels, shawls, etc.
@theunknownknowsBYvoivod It depends on what you want to do. Heavy coats, summer tops, children's clothes, leather stitching, embroidery, pants, nightgowns, quilts? Think of the heaviest fabrics and the number of layers you will need to sew. I was in a historical reenactment group many yrs ago when I killed my Singer machine by trying to sew through 7 layers of velvet for a Renaissance gown. I told salespeople what I needed to sew. Most of them said that I needed an industrial machine. I went to a Pfaff store and she showed me a regular machine that sewed through 9 layers of heavy fabric. I bought that about 35 years ago. In about 2003, I saw an embroidery machine ( Brother) that looked new but was about 1/ 2 the price. A woman had purchased it, then brought it back in a couple of months because she wanted the one with the Disney characters built in. I have both of them now and use both as needed. You may need to save $$ up for it, put it on lay away, or get a good working used machine, but get one that has a least amount of plastic and more metal - then you will probably have one that will last for years.
@@TUKByV I would look for a good used machine. I have an old Kenmore that isn’t computerized. I have a 30 yr old Pfaff machine that is computerized. The older ones are made better.I had my Pfaff completely refurbished and it cost quite a bit but all the parts were made in West Germany, not China. Good brands are Pfaff, Kenmore, Bernini, Viking. I would have it serviced first and clean out the lint from bobbin case and use Zoom sewing machine oil at least once or twice a month, especially in the bobbin case
@@katiejo711 I will look for such machines. Thank you.
I have a list of items i get at Dollar Tree every payday. Mostly band aids soaps and stuff. Just $5 or $10 every 2 weeeks adds up fast.
I found out about the Fourth Turning about two-three years ago. Since then I've been keeping a closer eye on events. We're definitely on the cusp of something major. Soft men create hard times. Currently soft men abound.
Fourth turning lines up with Grand Solar minimum.
I feel so blessed I found you in 2023. Thanks for the encouragement to build my pantry. May you and your family be blessed!
Welcome aboard! Leisa is the very best!
3 apartment chickens, 2 GreenStalk planters+heirloom seeds, a large freezer, 3 - 30 gallon water barrels and 2-50's. An AA canner, jars & lids, a vacuum sealer.... these are the basis of my apartment self-sufficiency .
storing water is what I'm worried about 💜🙏
can water be canned?
@@bobbiwhite8889 As I understand it, people often can water to fill up space in the canner and to use empty jars until they're needed again. I don't know how long it lasts.
There's a channel called Bushradical on YT who explains how to hand tap a shallow well, and goes through all the materials needed to do it. All can be found at most hardware stores. Just need to verify first that you have a secure location no more than 10-20 feet above the water line to tap your well pipe. There are also reverse osmosis filters available online for around $100, that you can use to purify water from any source in nature - rivers, lakes, even puddles of standing water.
@@bobbiwhite8889 Yes it can! One of the older canning mantras was to keep all of your jars full all of the time and canning water when you have more jars than food. Some folks don't like the flat taste but I bet it will be delicious if that's all you have.
Thanks to you, Leisa, I have built up a pantry of canned meats, greens, carrots, and some jellies. Also have been stocking a stash of staple goods and canned goods in the pantry for years. We are in Florida, so I look at it as hurricane prepping on steroids. Your sincere presentations, sensible explanations and constant encouragement have convinced me that canning and food preservation is not rocket science and I can actually produce long term food for my family.
I'm a hardcore Prepper and I appreciate your concerns, but I truly believe that we will not make it pass the next 10 months without several major life changing event. 10 years from now all I see is sticks and stones. But thank you, best of luck to you and your family and God Bless.
12-15k illegal invaders coming in through the Southern border of the USA.
12-15k / day
I agree!
I work in logistics. A lot of our produce comes from Bakersfield California. It has to travel all the way across the Country by truck. That takes a good truck and trailer. Fuel and a capable driver. We are seeing older drivers and older trucks. If we have no fuel a lot of people will go hungry.
They dug up a lot of our train tracks around here. So food has to come by truck.
Thank you. I had no idea that this was happening. Someone is slowly adding all the ingredients to make the "Perfect Disaster."@@americanharleyrider8
I've bought cans of chunk ham at Walmart, really good!,size of tuna can for about 1.50,make so many things with it scalloped potatoes and ham ham salad,quiche..great for the 2 of us ..
Great tip!
Well, I know it isn’t much but I cooked and canned 12 pints of chicken broth today. Also prepping to can bbq pulled pork this week coming.😘❤️🙏🏻✨
Great job!
Literally every jar you can is one less you have to buy. Keep the momentum going! 💪
Putting in a medicinal garden this week. Pantry is bursting at the seems.
We are ready in terms of food and heat and water stuff but I just turned 70. We live 5 miles from the weapon station and 7 miles from the Air Force base. If someone targets bases we won’t deal with anything. Just hope it’s fast. We add a few things each month
I’m in a DC suburb near a big water way, Naval, Air and big agencies. I hope it’s quick too.
Im within 50 miles as the crow flies from Colorado Springs NORAD. At 72 i guess im as ready as i can be in the time i got left. I got a couple tall not quite mountains between me and it but wont buy much time. Low flying military planes that shake my house . Constantly.
I'm close to Fort Eisenhower and the Savanah River Site. Fort Jackson is just an hour away. I'm 62 and disabled, but I'm preparing to survive if at all possible. I just know that the odds of my area being on the target list are very high.
Then again, I grew up just 3 hours(heavy traffic conditions) from Washington DC, and 45 minutes south of Dover AFB, right on the Delaware seashore. We always knew we were in a "first strike zone" , having grown up during the Cold War.
All we can do now is our personal best to be ready for whatever is coming our way.
Same here, age and close to a base. 😑
We're in the same boat. Getting older, live near a major military base. Nothing we can do about that if it all goes south.
This morning I put together small backpacks with “get home” supplies. I try to learn new skills … first aid, canning, fire starting, alternate cooking etc. I already can, sew, bake, and make home cooked meals to save, I have some preps and skills. Thanks!
Keep coats and walking shoes in the car.
I have an idea on why certain people have been having food allergies. I'm a retired nurse. Introducing foods to toddlers too early can trigger an allergic reaction. Also you said something that's spot on. You said that people aren't supposed to eat a half loaf of bread a day. Overdoing what you put into your body. I have a friend who wasn't feeling well so she porked out on ginger ale. I mean 2 two liter bottles a day! Not an exaggeration. Now she's allergic to ginger. There goes ordering three quarters of the food at a Chinese restaurant!
Sad!! Common sense is rare these days.
I think additives and even the chemicals used on crops before they reach the store contributes greatly as well to all of these allergies in our day and age.
@@MartiBaker-zs3xf It's very possible that could be a contributing factor. Those unnatural substances are not meant for internal consumption. As far as I'm concerned, they ought to be outlawed. My parents had friends who took meticulous care of their lawn during their lives. They had a lawn care company come regularly to spray for weeds. They both died of bladder cancer, first the husband then the wife. I'm sure it was those chemicals. Sad...
@@nolashiflett635 that is so true.
Yeah, you know even the "healthy" stuff contains horrible things in them. It was not until about 5 years ago that I learned many grain products contain glyphosate (including steel cut oats). It's used to dry grain once cut. Same active ingredient in everyday herbicides. And our government "allows" a certain so called "safe" amount of this crapola in our food system. Many of the countries I have lived in will not allow a lot of our foods and seeds to be exported to them.@@suegeorge998
Hi. I was buying 10 pounds of burger at market on paydays, cooking and freezing. Hubby had a day off and pressure canned 17 beautiful pints!! Team work! Thanks for being part of our team.
Great job!
I live in the city and I’m always stressing living here , so many people coming here in Az, my hubby loves it here, basically it’s all about him liking it here and not wanting to leave, regardless what I like or want, so I do the best I can w preparing ect, I lived a lot of my life overseas, I know what war, property ect is like, grew up military brat, seen and done a lot, so I’m just prepping with what I can do, buying things every week, doing the best I can, it’s better than nothing❤
Love my 5 gallon bucket for tomatoes then space them as I need to as they grow!!! Don’t prune much, and get a lot of tomatoes! Same goes for my zucchinis!
I have always grown gardens and hunted but the book that got me fired up to prep was One Second After! The book is fiction but the forward was the motivation that got me going!!
I LOVE the ugly chicken!! I stocked up on it! So handy & very good. I’m canning baby carrots today. BTW, if you have pets, make sure to stock up on their food! I work with dogs for a living. Mine eat a lot of veggies already to keep their weight down, I grew 30 green bean plants last year just for them. Adding brown rice to their food bulks it up, so I have a lot of that stored. They lost 20 pounds last year snacking on a volunteer cherry tomato plant that produced tons of tomatoes…..we don’t like cherry tomatoes. The dogs love them. Be thinking of them too. I keep 3 months of dry food on hand & rotate it.
Thank you Leisa! Fantastic video and advice! I need to keep going….hubs is 77 and I’m 74. I doubt I’ll be around for 10 years, but my kids could use the food I save. I know they’re doing nothing because they don’t think anything is wrong in the world…..yes, there are some of them who haven’t or won’t wake up. I’ve tried…..they don’t listen. I hate for them and my 3 grands to find out the hard way. ❤❤❤
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My parents and their parents taught us how to stretch out meals by adding some of the ingredients that you referenced. My mother in-law taught me to include kernel corn in my squash casserole to stretch the meals. It really works.
L.C.E, oh boy, I am amongst the living. out of ICU being preped never meant so much. 2 weeks ago I had my throat close. Oh, cancer caught me. Still in hospital. Getting back at it. I will try to catch up. Love ya Leisa
Have a fast recovery. God Bless
Sending you love and prayers: I’m an almost 3yr oral cancer survivor❤
Yes, LCE here too. Thank you for the preps.
There are kitchen "gadgets" that can be very useful, everything from an air fryer to an electric pressure cooker, to a microwave. I buy refurbed ones when I can find them and usually can get two for the price of one new one. I test both and put one away for when one breaks and there aren't any available at an affordable price. I turn out a lot of bone broth with my eight quart instant pot, today I boned twenty lb of cheap chicken leg quarters, canned the meat and made two runs of broth with all of the scraps and bones.
That is awesome!
I make bone broth with my instapot also. It really saves time and energy.
@@marthaadams8326I am usually doing multiple projects when I have the time to process food and using the instapot allows me to clear my counter space for more intensive preps. I can always find a corner somewhere to plug i the instapot.
Learning new skills and learning where to source items either you can’t raise or grow is also prepping. We have down shifted to a town house, but we have farmers markets near us to get fresh produce. We also paid off our mortgage and drive only one car. (We are retired too).
We’ve bought in bulk for years(bc we lived far from stores). I was an extreme couponer turned that into comparing prices online, stocking up on certain sale items every month. You don’t need to go bankrupt trying to stock up. We bought our generator one year, we bought our water filtration system the next, one big ticket item. I turned my dining room into another pantry by just using wire shelves & food safe buckets. I’ve canned for 30 years. I’ve been dehydrating quick meals (like soups) to add to my bug out tote. Foods that just need hot water. Rice, beans, pastas, oatmeal things like that are cheaper to buy esp in bulk. They store extremely well. We’ve been eating much cleaner for years. I have an autoimmune disease. Garbage in, garbage out. We’re doubling our growing again this year with another Greenstalk.
I just came across your channel and I really enjoyed this video. During Covid when I was unable to buy some of my favorite items like whole wheat flour. That was an eye opener. I took one half of my basement and close it up with a door and lock. I put all kinds of food, a mini supermarket. It took me 2 years to store the things we eat and rotate it. I love it. The husband thought I lost my mind but he then realized the value of it. I now have to learn how to can. 😊
I was told that my basement looked like a warehouse. It was said sarcastically. I just chuckled.
Excellent topic. Solar finally working. Pond goung in over the nect couple of months. Woodstove being added to great room when screen porch is put in. Expand garden, including planting fruit trees, when infrastructure and house projects are done.
Sounds great!
Order your firewood now. I pay $225. Cut, split and delivered. It dumped in my driveway. I have to stack it. Get a wheelbarrow to move it. You will want something to stack it on. Tarp the firewood.
My political beliefs may not be similar to others here but I'm in support of this totally! People often tease me. My brother-in-law this week asked me 'What are you...a prepper'? Meanwhile they live in a brand new 800k home. Great for them and very happy for them. I proudly answered "Well, yes I am"! People often tease me for being a prepper (mainly a pressure canner). In the next breath they jokingly state "Well I guess I know where we will go if we run out". Don't get me wrong, I am happy to help my family and neighbors if they need it. But as I've often said "At the end of the day why am I your safety net? Why don't you have your own safety net?". I'm currently teaching my adult son how to pressure can. It was my birthday wish present from him.
You addressed this so well. Reality is sometimes harsh, but doable. Today I continued to organize and pack things to corral what looks like clutter, but are actually preps for a future time. Thanks. 👍
Thank you for this. I am ashamed to admit that i'm 50 yrs old and i just started building my pantry the 2nd week of Jan. I gotta say though, its amazing how far i've gotten in 1.5 months with the minimal income i have to work with, after bills.
Today, i even bought a 36 roll of TT😂. I've never bought more than a 12 pk because its just me.
Its content creaters like you that have been keeping me aware, focused and motivated, so thanks again!
Great job!
My pantry really came in handy during the lockdown. And is also handy when I get the flu, the 'vid, or my frequent double middle ear infections, all of which cut down on my ability to drive and function. Knowing that I have things on hand that can keep me until I can go out again is great.
We lived off our preps for 14 months in 2015 into 2016. I just bought dairy, bread, a Thanksgiving turkey, and an Easter ham, bananas. oranges, and needed coffee late into it. We would occasionally buy chips 5o eat with sandwiches. I had 4 kids- teens- at home and one that had moved out. We also were THE house that all the kids came to, so i fed a lot of other kids. At the end i had a smaller bucket of rice and I still had some dried beans, sugar, oats, and random canned vegetables, mostly not our favorites. What i found was that i had some canned items i dont like but thought " If youre hungry youll eat it," but, nope, i never got that hungry. So, i do not waste precious space storing stuff id eat if i was hungry.
We had a 2nd time when we moved states and our house took a year to sell so we had our mortgage and rent and were so poor we didnt have but $150 a month to eat on with 5 preteen/teens. That was the year of the casserole, stir fries, and soups. Beans and rice and pasta were added to everything. Id make dinner and there would come in 2 of the kids friends and we stretched it to feed others. I always told my kids anyone was welcome. I had one girl ask if i cooked every night and when i said yes, she said her mom only cooked twice a year, on holidays, the rest they got take out. I had been thinking she thought we were poor eating casseroles and such, and she was impressed we had home cooked food. Grow what you can. I had 8 large pots with stick trellises and grew tomatoes, peppers, green beans, squash, zucchini, lettuce, potatoes, okra, and cucumbers while we were in the rental house that year. if stick in the root end of lettuce, celery, green onions, etc to regrow.
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You are so right leisa ! The allergies that are happening are in the food we buy the processing .we have stopped eatting processed food it has not been easy because we were used to alot of sandwiches ,hotdogs ect. We dont eat out anymore either, so we control what's going in our bodies... just want to tell you I appreciate you ❤
We currently have nearly 4 years of preserved food and still going. We have been pressure canning, and freeze drying. The freeze dryer has paid for itself a couple times over now. We like the freeze drying not only because of long-term storage, but it knocks your required storage space down by 10x. The food is excellent when reconstituted as long as you spice it properly when you cook it before freeze drying it. We have 3 pressure canners and our absolute favorite is the All American one. It costs more, but there is no gasket to have to be replaced when they are tough to find in a SHTF event. We can process 19 quarts/ batch in that puppy. I wish I had purchased it years before we did. It was a Christmas gift from my wife several years ago. ❤ She is the best!
Love me some All American Pressure Canners!
Hubby bought me a smaller one to replace my Presto, although I'll be using the 2 smaller canners this year as I can no longer lift my larger All American when it's full. I've been enjoying doing smaller batches of whatever!
@abarn9541 I understand exactly what you mean. The large models are heavy to handle. I do all the heavy lifting and occasionally, I have my wife help (one on either handle), but the majority of the time, all I have to do is dump the water from the canner so it's not so bad (for now) but as we age....😟
I worked on adding another garden bed today. Noticed my peaches are blooming. Love home canned peaches so hoping the weather hold and they don't get kicked.
We are debt free but still working on infrastructure so we are working like crazy to get these projects finished.
Adding to our food and water security.
Hi Leisa, I'm going to continue on with what I have been doing. Putting food away. Canning, accumulating freeze dried foods and water. I'd like to do more than store water. I want a water cleaning system that I can use on nearly every kind of water that I could come across. I live near an artesian spring and a river. I'm going to begin catching rain water too. Thank you for bringing up food banks. People are reaching out to me who don't have enough money to buy extra groceries. ♥
I have lived in an uninsulated cabin without electricity (no solar, propane, etc.) Just a wood cookstove and a shallow well that I had to prime & pump a handle up and down to get water. Did the laundry on a washboard. It got well below freezing temperatures, too. I can do that again, although I am a lot older. I've spent the last 50 years preparing for these times. reading about how people managed during the depression and the times when millions starved in China and Ukraine. I am living in a better climate now, where I can grow a variety of fruits and don't get frost in every month of the year. I am blessed with supportive friends and family.
We live in a Senior community that give us “20” meals a month per person I jaz them up with my canned items & I can many other things to have on my shelf. I have a problem trusting anyone even if they’re is a contact. I trust myself & will continue to can what we two will eat
My pantry saved me after Dennis passed and I was still not back to work because of the pandemic. Now I am in the process of rebuilding what I used from my stores. I don't know what I would have done without my pantry!
I started storing foods in the jab years. I have months and months of frozen vacuum sealed meat. now I'm fermenting thanks to peace out sauerkraut I have learned a lot from you and Anna.
That's awesome!
I have a pressure canner. studding you and ferment homestead on this next journey. Thank you soo much @@SuttonsDaze
Hi I'm a new subscriber in the UK.
I find it useful to workout what I'm prepping for. I've always prepared for temporary lights out power cuts.
Flood is an issue this year and 4 years ago. So that is a big one for me. So my kitchen prepping is stored upstairs not down.
Farmers are rightfully protesting across Europe and here in Wales. So food supply is going to get tricky.
Your tips are all really well founded . Thanks for the reminders.
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Just found you, looking forward to checking out more videos. I retired in 2020, had three apple trees, started gardening in 2021 & have expanded every year since (but I just have my backyard on a small lot -1/8 acre lot, about half available for growing). I now have raspberries & strawberries & currants & gooseberries & grapes & cherries & asparagus, friends let me add to their order so I wouldn't have to meet the minimum on my own and I have Juneberries & buffalo berries coming. I also grow herbs, collect rain water, have a compost bin, started 'farming' compost worms, and I stick flowering plants for the pollinators into the nooks & crannies in order to increase production. I locally source beef, pork, chicken, eggs. My biggest hurdle, other than just not being as fit & strong as I was 40 years ago, is that I'm on meds that make me low on energy, so I'm looking into what natural remedies might counteract that side effect without negatively interacting with the meds. I have so much to learn, in what feels like very little time, it can be overwhelming, so it's important for me to find helpful channels that are realistic but not pessimistic, because the click bait doom & gloom channels can paralyze me. Thankfully, since retiring I've also made three new friends who are like-minded, and two of them are willing to actively mentor me - God is faithful!
68, grew up prepping for winters on the farm. Thabk God my mom And dad showed us how to store food for winter and bad times. They grew up during the depression. So didnt want to go without. I do alot of home canning! And what I cant grow I buy and can! Also buy what I am able to as extras when I get groceries. Also go to a food ban when I need to. Dollar stores are good to get alot of things. Disabled and on low SS. But I can still prepare!
Leisa, I can't agree more about the importance of taking the time to plan. I learned the hard way, jumping in too fast to get a long term pantry going, while working on a garden AND my first year with chickens. It wasn't horrible, but it was stressful and I bought some things I ended up not liking or needing. Thanks to you and this group, and a few others I follow, I have learned SO MUCH!
I've been living this lifestyle since about 2010, so what I do (to answer your question) is to continue on what I've been doing. Stocking, rotating, learning new skills, gardening/food preservation.
Thanks for putting this out there for those just starting out. We've been prepping for at least 25 years now. My kids always thought I was crazy stocking up so much food and other needed items. 🙄 You can never have too much or be too ready.
Great conversation. I try to have more home canned foods as opposed to freezing. I still do freeze some things but since I'm already in an active hurricane zone & we've lost electricity for 9+ days... I can only imagine if something happened to the grid.
I also dehydrate what I can such as frozen mixed vegetables... I now dehydrate them as soon as I get them home. Almost 10 lbs can fit in 1 half gallon size mason jar & I vacuum seal my jars.
I do a lot of dehydrating also. 1: if grid goes out and 2, less storage space.
@@marthaadams8326 yes so true
I really like your wisdom and experience. I've been prepping since 2020. That was my wake-up! Since then, I've learned how to can, dehydrate, make granola....I also make home made ghee. I learned about sealing canning jars with crackers and other dry goods to keep them fresh longer from you. It's a journey, for sure! The blessing of having begun 4 years ago, is that I can now afford the higher prices since I'm only restocking. We can also buy more variety of things. There seems to be no end to learning new skills and making certain there is enough food, water, toiletries, 1st aide and other items. Thank you for your hard work in covering so many areas that we would otherwise overlook!
I'm freeze-drying and canning. Yesterday we had a delicious healthy dinner with meat and veggies. All from jars on my shelf. I also have a small garden in my suburban backyard. Plan is to be on 2+ acres by the time we retire (in 10 years) and then go big on gardening and small livestock. We just have to make it to retirement as planned (i.e. pay off all debt) and we'll be good.
People please listen to what she is telling you! This is truth!
For those who hate menu planning, I find that freezer batch cooking if a life saver. It agrees with those who have not so structured life styles as well as super busy folks. Something worth looking into IMHO!
I buy a Walmart gift card every few weeks and keep them for gas, just in case. I also have grocery gift cards to use as well. They have saved me a number of times when I ran out of money before I ran out of month. I only shop the sales for food, and I can/dehydrate everything I can. There are hard times coming, and we all best be ready. I also collect seeds for my garden. I appreciate that you do not get political. Thank you. There are things that are global and beyond the control of our leaders in this country because we are all affected by global matters. On a personal note, your hair looks nice!
The best thing to bring peace of mind is knowing you’re prepared if something happens…we know we’ll be fine for a very long extended period of time. Having friends, family and neighbors supporting each other helps too.
Our local food bank is a joke. Its full of junk food and desserts, and homemade burnt, bread. And way too much soy in some of the "instant" foods. But they do include 1 one pound bag of rice and beans each month.
I stopped wasting the gas to go get it.
I put that $15 towards good food, canning jars, and canning lids or freeze dried Thrive Life foods.
But I have seen other food banks far away and they give good food. Like meats, can goods, fresh produce, I wish ours did.
My son went to our local food bank. They offered him several cakes every time he went and the produce was already rotting. He quit going
Many food pantries are giving away the food that grocery stores were going to discard and often, it’s not the healthiest or in ‘prime’ condition. It’s one way to ‘help’ but I definitely see and understand your point.
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I’m 62 and my grandparents passed away in 2015 the food they ate was better then the crap fast food people eat now
You are so right about the pinterest pantries! The videos I have watched about having an organized pantry! There are videos showing the person lining up non-essential food items. A dozen bags of chips in a pretty basket. Bins of single serving drink pouches. Cases of carbonated beverages lined up on the floor. Containers of dry cereal. These junk foods will not provide vitamins and minerals. A real pantry has jars of meat, vegetables, and fruit. Buckets of grains, rice, and beans.
My city chickens are a year old now. Picked up a fig and blueberry bare root to plant. I planted comfrey and Mullein last fall . Adding nosturtium, echinacia and a few others this year. Learing about meat rabbits but not ready yet. I learned how you turn sheep wool into yarn even though i dont have one..ever stop learning.Thanks Leisa !
Canning. I am still new to canning and I need to get on it! That's what I need to do to prepare for the next 10 years. I retired in December of 2022 , but I having been looking for a job because SS is not cutting it and I put all the money I had to buy a mobile home. Now I am broke. I can't even get a nibble doing anything! I've applied at McDonald's, Hobby Lobby, grocery stores. I was an administrative assistant for over 20 years, but no one wants an old lady I guess and I don't feel that old yet! Plus I have some mad computer skills for someone my age and my resume shows that! I've been scammed SO many times via email, text, and phone calls about jobs that I now won't apply to companies that I have never heard of. The world is absolutely NUTS right now and I don't see it calming down anytime soon! SO YES!!! PREPARE IN ALL WAYS!!!
Have you gone to a staffing agency? I would if I was as talented as you are.
@@houstonlady1 Not yet. That is on my list for next week though. I've also thought about checking with the senior center and see if they have any information on jobs.
Look for freelance work instead of a job. You’re in charge that way. I’ve done freelance bookkeeping for small businesses for 24 years now in addition to my job. In my freelance work I set my prices and my hours. I’m in charge of everything about freelance. They is my plan for retirement. I’ll retire from the job but will always earn extra money with my own businesses.
@@thecatniplife Thank you! How do you find your freelance work?
@@passionateherbs8183 If you end up seeing two replies from me I made an oops when I hit submit somehow and it "disappeared".
Anyway, old-fashioned networking meetings are how I got started in 2001. I went to local business groups and passed out my business card to business owners who needed some help but didn't want to hire someone as an employee. I found people who needed a few hours of my time. After the first couple, I got them to give me a recommendation on my LinkedIn profile page which I use as my freelance website. I've never been without as much work as I wanted since then. I also have a Facebook page and a Google listing.
Interesting, that your book group picked this book. I have been listening to The 4th Turning is Here as an audiobook from library checkout for a while. I listen to it when I drive so it’s taking me a while to get through it (at 40% now) & have had to recheck it out after putting another hold because so many people are waiting to check it out. Earlier today I was talking to my accountant it came up about the nation’s political divide & she said it’s never been so bad. I was able to counter the 1850s pre civil war were far worse. (I got that focus from this book, even though I knew pieces of that history.)
What I’m working on right now is figuring out a zillion ways to prepare tinned sardines packed in olive oil because it turns out I like them, they’ve been sale every other month, and I’m rotating new tins into my pantry. My Dr wants me to eat more fish 🐟 so I figure this is a good way to up fish from my current once a week (usually tuna into a salad or salmon in a vegetable stir fry) to 2 or 3 times a week.
I’ve been preparing for years. NOT from a place of fear but of self-preservation for my family in any event. We have a plan for living without any power, water, or gas for our home. But now, building our bug out supplies.
Starting with your Project Pantry Planner & purchasing the 24 forever foods. Started a vegetable garden - just hope it produces this year. Trying to learn at the young age of 72 - lol
I'm in the midst of moving states, so I'm eating down my pantry, but once I'm moved, I will be rebuilding.
Thank you for the book advice. I have a pantry and am researching recipes to incorporate more beans into our meals. I hope to do one a week and save printed copies of the good ones. I need to register and attend classes at a shooting range to obtain a hunting license (which will then allow me to purchase protection). I debate buying a freeze dryer as my family is small.
I am a person who prepares always due to lifelong health issues. I do not concern myself with others and what they think. Our lives are changing right now and I have great hope that more and more will find kindness and love and that our culture will be one that people are attracted to. Love is the healing for everything. I believe in God and that each person is on his own path to his destiny.
Thank you for your calm, rational approach to pantries. I have been SO stressed out trying to play catch up. I might actually sleep better tonight! Ordered The Fourth Turning Is Here today!
What a great video. I’ve been canning and preserving for many years. The best thing I ever did for us. Gardening too saving my seeds as well.
This is probably one of the most informational chats you’ve had for the viewers that are looking for the way to stay calm through the scary time of getting prepared. I love the octopus analogy. I’ve been preparing for years also. I started my marriage nearly 53 years ago with nothing but the ability make something out of nothing. Five meals from one chicken. You want a television…save your money until you can buy. There was no credit in our house…there was layaway or nothing. My husband didn’t like layaway and since I managed the $ there was nothing.
Please know that your budget, your lists, you patience, your belief in yourself, Lisa’s octopus analogy and your desire for a better future for you and your family with all assist you as you move forward.
Thank you Lisa for a great video❣️
I agree. We are the same