4.30.2008

A Years Supply..

My Dad is really into food storage which is great! He had inspired me...You should see his storage room filled to the brim. It is great to think that if there was something bad we could maybe hold up at his house, but it is not always the case so slowly I have been buying somethings that can hold us over for a while. Travis' idea was to buy this huge thing of soup packets at Costco with enough soup to last 3 months for the both of us. But then we thought we needed water so I bought a water container and slowly some other items. I have been trying to decide where I should begin and today I recieved an email from my friend Jeannie with a list of food storage items that you can buy for $5 a week. I love you all and want you to be prepared so if you haven't started I think this is a good place to start. Take a look.....Oh also if you have ideas for the rest of us let us know, I love new insight.

FOOD STORAGE FOR $5 A WEEK

Week 1: Two cans tuna fish, 2 boxes salt

Week 2: 5 boxes of Macaroni and Cheese, 4 cans tomato soup
Week 3: 3 cans mushroom soup, 1 2.5 lb peanut butter
Week 4: 1 bottle vitamins
Week 5: 4 cans tomato soup, 1 10 lb powdered milk
Week 6: 1 bottle aspirin (500 tablets)
Week 7: 1 100 lb container wheat
Week 8: 1 5 lb powdered milk
Week 9: 1 5 lb honey
Week 10: 4 cans tuna, 4 boxes macaroni and cheese
Week 11: 1 10 lb sugar, 1 box salt
Week 12: 4 cans mushroom soup
Week 13: 1 bottle vitamins
Week 14: 1 100 lb wheat
Week 15: 1 box macaroni and cheese
Week 16: 1 5 lb honey
Week 17: 2 cans tuna, 4 can tomato soup
Week 18: 1 10 lbs sugar
Week 19: 1 100 lbs of wheat
Week 20: 2 10lbs of sugar
Week 21: 10lb powdered milk
Week 22: 1 can mushroom soup, 1 10 lb sugar
Week 23: 1 can tuna, 4 cans tomato soup, 1 10 lbs sugar
Week 24: 1 10 lbs sugar
Week 25: 2 cans tuna, 2 cans mushroom soup
Week 26: 1 100 lb wheat
Week 27: 3 10 lbs sugar
Week 28: 1 10 lb sugar
Week 29: 1 10 lb powdered milk
Week 30: 2 10 lb sugar
Week 31: 1 can tuna, 3 cans mushroom soup
Week 32: 1 can tuna, 4 cans tomato soup
Week 33: 1 100 lb wheat
Week 34: 2 cans tuna, 1 box salt
Week 35: 1 10 lb powdered milk
Week 36: 2 10 lb sugar
Week 37: 4 cans tomato soup, 2 boxes salt
Week 38: Week 39:1 100 lb wheat
Week 40: 1 10 lb powdered milk
Week 41: 3 10 lb sugar
Week 42: 2 cans tomato soup, 1 10 lb sugar
Week 43: 2 cans tomato soup, 2 cans mushroom soup
Week 44:Week 45:1 10 lb powdered milk
Week 46: 4 cans tomato soup, 4 cans mushroom soup
Week 47: 1 10 lb powdered milk
Week 48: 4 cans mushroom soup, 1 10 lb powdered milk
Week 49: 7 cans of tomato soup
Week 50: 7 cans of mushroom soup
Week 51: 2 10 lbs sugar, 1 box salt
A few weeks you will have "off" to replenish the kitty. I haven't figured it out myself, but by the end you should have 700lbs of wheat, 240 lbs sugar, 40 lbs of powdered milk, 13 lbs of salt, 10 lbs of honey, 5 lbs of peanut butter, 45 cans of tomato soup, 32 cans mushroom soup, 15 cans tuna fish, 10 macaroni and cheese dinners, 500 aspirin, and 730 multiple vitamins plus they suggest adding 6lbs of dried yeast and 6 lbs of shortening and this should be enough to sustain 2 people for a year. For every 2 people you have in your family add $5 more and double or triple the amount of whatever you are buying that week.

8 comments:

Jacque said...

Wonderful! I am starting this next week!!And, I love swing dancing, but Tigh is so not into it! hah! I will try to get him to go!!!

Julie Burns said...

Hey! I have been doing the same thing as you, Gotta love COSTCO! Thanks for the great idea! BTW, this is Julie Burns, aka Julie Miller, you may not remember me, but I was a year behind you at NSHS I found your blog on Tatum's page... Thanks again, I am going to start on this list right away! (It's a good thing to share too!)

Julie Burns said...

One more thing... I like to write the expiration dates with a sharpie marker in big letters on the top or front of the box/bag so I know when to replace items. Just a little idea...

Penny and Aaron Owens said...

Wow, this is it, now I don't have any excuse to get prepared because someone has already layed it all out and done the hard part. Thanks!
By the way your little boy is adorable, congratulations.

JaNae said...

Hi Lynz! It's good to hear from you. Your little boy is so cute! Your blog is awesome. I love browsing and catching up on everyone's lives! Thanks for the food storage tips. It's something we've been trying to work on also.

Ashlee said...

I have been trying to get our years supply as well. In February, we decided it would be a good idea to buy as many grains as possible. We got some large buckets of the hard wheat for just under $24 each, which compared to prices now, was a great deal. We got them just in time! Companies are having a hard time keeping wheat and rice in stock. I still need lots of the every day stuff, so thank you for posting this list. It makes it feel much more manageable!

Maria said...

Hey- I just found your blog through Alisons. You have a baby, he is soooo cute. Your trip looks like it was so fun. Just wanted to say hi.
Maria(kjar)Hutchinson

Melissa said...

Lynzie-
Your little boy is so cute and you guys sound like you are always having so much fun! The food storage tips are great since that seems to be a thing right now. I'm going to start. I think I can handle $5.00 a week!