Prepared

I am finally trying to get my act together with the whole emergency prepardness stuff. It helps tremendously that 1) my mother and mother-in-law gifted us very useful items for that exact thing this Christmas (including the Eddie Bauer survival kit in the picture) and 2) my ward Relief Society has decided to work on 72-hour kits this year through our enrichment activities. We even got calendars to help us focus on a few items each month so that we aren't overwhelmed and buying 100 things all at once. I can totally handle the "little bit at a time" approach.

Our RS lesson last week outlined a year long plan and then our ward specialist brought up the idea of an emergency kit for more common uses that goes in the car. I was so glad she reminded me of that idea since I have been thinking about making one of those for a long time now--something I dog-eared in a Real Simple magazine at least a year ago and then totally forgot about. But now, I have one all put together and tonight it will go into my car--yay!

As a mom I wanted our car kit to hold things we can use right away if we need to. Things like water, snacks, band-aids, and wet wipes will probably get used sometime this week--and I am thrilled to know I will have those items right there with me when we have tears and grumbling tummies as we drive around town. Due to our crazy "stuck in the snow" adventures last weekend at the cabin I felt like we also needed to include winter supplies like a small snow shovel, hats and gloves for each member of our family, and warm fleece jackets for all of us that just stay in the car (and then in the spring when we have impromptu park outings the kids have a warm layer handy just in case.) The kids modeled their new winter gear for me today. I spent just less than $20 at Old Navy online and got 4 hats, 3 pairs of gloves, and a fleece jacket for Bentley (all on clearance!)

I used this site to help me gather items for our kit. I also liked this short and simple video which added some bigger items to make the car kit more like an emergency 72-hour kit. Here's to being safe and prepared!!