Making the Plan

Today is the big Making the Plan day. I've researched quite a bit and everything is in my head, scratched on notes and in a Word document on my computer. Today is the day to get the plan made. A firm outline of what I'm doing will be put together and I'll share it on this blog. My biggest reference point is a great website that I have found. FoodStorageMadeEasy is a fabulous site with all kinds of ideas, lists, binder etc. to help you get it going. It's really all there. However...there are things I need to do a bit different for my situation, my family and our needs. This will be my version of Making Food Storage Easy.

In trying to figure out this entire Food Storage process in my head...I've come up with 3 categories that I'm focusing on.
FIRST - Short Term Food Storage
SECOND - Emergency Preparedness
and THIRD - Long Term Food Storage
My class on Thursday will focus on how I break down these 3 categories and then focus on my journey this week to get a good handle on the Short Term Food Storage.

Short Term Food storage will consist of what our family needs to eat comfortably for 3 months. I will start by making sure we have 15 days of food in our home and then we will multiply it by 6 over the next couple of weeks so that we have a total of 90 days or 3 months. I'm gathering this amount of food for 2 reasons. First, So that I have food in my house when it comes time to prepare dinner. And Second, So that if cash gets tight, there are no closings in our real estate business for a few weeks, groceries aren't an issue.

In the past when these cash flow crisis arise...we tend to do a lot of eating out...which is the exact opposite of what we should be doing. We are working harder, stressed and eating on the go which is a budget buster as well as a physical buster. We tend to feel horrible!! My pantry is always full...but we have nothing to eat!! - Drives my kids crazy!!

We'll be putting together a complete Short Term Food Storage Plan which will include menu's, shopping lists, shelf set up, rotation and Grocery shopping to replenish the food.

More on this to come as the week rolls on!!