Saturday I made the trip to the Big Town to the East of me...a 45 minute drive...and did a bit of shopping. I don't normally shop. I accompany my husband when we stock up...usually every four to five months. Today I went alone...scary! I have wanted to head to WinCo by myself for several months. Last time Bill and I were there I noticed they had really "ramped-up" their bulk storage aisles (my favorite place). I wanted Gamma lids...Bill thinks they are a waste of money. I don't. Bill thinks I'm a bit nutty with my food storage. He appreciates my bargain shopping, the gardening, canning, baking, etc. but I think he's a bit uncomfortable with the 200 pounds of flour, 100 pounds of sugar, boxes of salt, yeast, baking powder, jars and jars of home canned fruits and veggies, etc. He tolerates the 200 pounds of rice, wheat berries, beans, corn, almonds and walnuts because we grow them and I tell him I
NEED that much for the year...the stuff I have to buy makes him nervous. I'm not Mormon, so I couldn't use that as an excuse. I was raised in a predominately Mennonite community so I've tried that one on him...I don't think he buys that either. You see, I have turned a extra bedroom into a food storage room...he's been in there twice: he said it scared him. I showed it off to a dear friend and she thought it was a bit much, too. I really
do hate to shop and love having everything I need just steps from the kitchen. I really
do love to can and I really
do feel good about the food storage.
AND WE USE IT! I'm not an Extreme Couponer...my food storage is almost 100% from scratch stuff...no Del Monte, Dole or Chef Boyardee or Dinty Moore. After reading a few prepper blogs, prepper web-sites and reading a few economic collapse books I think I'm a low-end prepper...if there is such a thing. I don't spend much time worrying about a Zombie Apocalypse or an incurable Virus that only my family and I are immune too...I worry about our struggling economy and the devaluation of the dollar. I worry about Peak Oil and Outrageous changes in our Weather. I'm not into or excited about guns, martial arts, camouflage or isolation. I don't hate nor am I frightened by the Government, other countries, Democrats, Republicans, Whites, Blacks, Christians, Muslims or Jews. I don't care if you are Gay, Straight, Blue or Green, blind, in or out of a wheelchair. I care if you are happy, well-fed, well-read, fair, even handed, open-minded and curious...but I don't hate you if you aren't and I don't blame anyone/race/party/country for the economic mess the world is in: it is the nature of all things...every living thing reaches it's carrying capacity and then collapses upon itself....I just plan on being well fed and home when it happens!
Oh Dear! I went on a rant when all I wanted to say was I bought 6 Gamma Lids and a new pair of Dansko shoes for work (I'm full time now and
not a sub)!!
(So do you think I'm a middle-aged hippy or a prepper?)