The data logging thing isn't going well. The Mrs is so busy with garden stuff, infant stuff and trying trying to keep the house going she doesn't do the greatest job of writing down everything she uses (and I don't blame her). I try in the evening to help go over the day and what we used, but it doesn't always happen as the nice days I am usually outside until it is time to shower and get ready for bed.

In the past I have taken a quick look through the garbage to see what I used that day, obviously this was just kitchen garbage and not yucky stuff yet and it does depend on how you do things.



I am working on using a bunch of stuff up, had been using some up before moving but the move was a bit sudden.  Want to be able to get more and make rotation work out rather than the mess I would have now if I just bought some more stuff and did not have it halfway organized.



Place I rent has some things a bit different than I expected so storage is going in another spot and that does not happen instantly.



Anyway, I plan to check this every now and then and appreciate the posts.



It is astounding what it takes to not have to buy something for 2 weeks during normal living let alone a normal month.  And I am trying to look at vehicles, mowers, weed eater, food, clothes, footwear, uniforms, and on and on and on.



Some is easy, uniforms, and some is dang hard like vehicle fuel.  



Rationing makes it simple, but running at normal levels is what makes me really rethink some stuff and make some changes.

YES!! So "easy" when you are in full ration mode, but for most "emergencies", you want to keep on keepin on as normal as possible. Makes it a bit harder.

 

Well, I must report we have scrapped the exercise to do it again later.












 

I guess it's too late for this suggestion, but couldn't you put the stuff in one place, then just take account of what's gone? That would be the stuff used.



I'm using up a lot of my older preps, to use them up for one thing, and to save money for another. I've been resupplying by only getting things on sale, except for the meat. I'm between hunt clubs so more venison is probably out. I got some beef on sale awhile back and canned it.



I'm glad I have food and other preps, it's really helping out now. I'm concerned about the price of restocking my food stores though.



I could start butchering and preserving all the people that insist there is some kind of "recovery" going on and how we are doing better now than ever before.  Or better yet, just feed them to the worms.

Wish we could, but room is at a premium at our small house. Takes superhuman powers just to neatly cram in what we have (and a lot of creative shelving locations).

Well, in an interesting turn of events, we are kind of doing this now for real. With Enterovirus D68 now confirmed in MN and still spreading like wildfire, we have decided that a full bugin is the order to prevent our two kids from getting it. We got in exactly 2 shopping trips after we cancelled our 1 month challenge. Both for fresh produce. This means we have been not getting supplies (other than fresh produce) since 8/26/14.

Still not going anywhere, using walmart.com and Amazon to resupply and not deplete our stock, decontaminating as appropriate.

Order a mobile ten's unit online.....get some Bio freeze or cryodrem. Have wife mausage your back. Stretch...ice....I - -broken though the day.
Find a chiropractor that's like minded.....
Luckily my dads one LOL

I blew my l4-5 ...have issues even two ++ years later....my fear is shtf I'm going urban prone behind the wood pile to cap dome mutant bikers and I get taken out by my own back exploding. Lmao

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I've used that Bio Freeze on the recommendation of my Podiatrist (for plantar fasciitis). That stuff worked wonders for my pain and recovery!


Hang in there `Rat --- we're all pulling for `ya!

Thanks guys. Have the mobile tens unit thing, ehh, helps a bit for an hour or 2.

I hear ya....my leg cramps up ...numb toes etc on my left side from mine...its put a twist in the game from gear to fitness.

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Sucky thing about mine is that I will suddenly fall to the ground. I know the signs and usually have a 3-10 second "warning", but I drop like a brick. I can twist, snap crackle pop and get back up and be "fine", but its kind of weird looking when I do that in a store

Bit of an update:

you need some wooden eggs, you leave one in the nest and keep all the good ones

Never thought of wooden eggs!

 

Even most of the crazies on the TV program 'NAKED & AFRAID" make it for 3 weeks with nothing but a knife and fire-starter!    A month with a house full of everything should be EZ!

What is most difficult is maintaining everything to a point where we don't notice. THAT is what is harder. If we went into true just surviving mode, we would go for, well, long time. Maintaining normalcy gets interesting in the what week now? Haven't had lettuce in a long time, running out of fresh produce stores.

 

I think tj or someone had a sentance at the bottom of their posts about how we don't just prep to skip the astrodome, we prep to not notice the bumps in life.



I know that is pretty far off in wording, but close to concept.



Rationing when you know things are bad, you will go as long as you can go because there is no other way to do it.



But to live normally without access to stuff outside of what you already have, that is a big change.



If I can't keep my little brain occupied with stuff I get bored and want to go out and travel and do stuff and buy stuff.  If I come up with a project and keep myself busy I can stay home and save money.



How much a vacation costs me is where something like that comes into play.

Its just how far can you keep up "normal"? Since we only truly got into "prepping" about 2 years ago, I think things are going quite well .