As we enter into a new year, a new gardening season, and a new stock-it-up season, I am tracking more.
It's not to late to start (I told myself). We ran out of items over this winter, and I want to be better at that. So, in my own planner, in which I keep track of bill payment dates and such, I am now writing down what we use.
Every time I open a package of paper towels (writing down the number in the pkg.), Kleenex, peanut butter, softener salt (always running out), dog food, cat food, coffee (oh, we drink a lot of this), I will write it in my calendar. At the onset of next winter, I will have a better idea of how much we use, and what to pre-stock before the snow starts falling.
If you are like me, you almost giggle when you are able to pull food from your freezer, pantry, and canning shelves, to make a complete meal (and not have to run out for supplies). It makes you feel so grand, that all that hard work over summer was worth it. And it's so healthy.
I'm pretty good at our gardening, canning, and freezing, but that all depends on how well of a season we have. I am always thankful for an abundance of a food, as we either can skip it another season (ha, hasn't happened yet), or have extra just in case we have bad season the next year. I'll be honest. I write it down when I can remember, but I'm not always good at that. Which has me a bit concerned I won't keep up at this new tracking thing.
What do you think? Do you track your toiletries, pantry foods you buy, meats you buy?
I think it's a grand idea. Especially now that prices have gone up and up, and the weather is so unpredictable.
It's not to late to start (I told myself). We ran out of items over this winter, and I want to be better at that. So, in my own planner, in which I keep track of bill payment dates and such, I am now writing down what we use.
Every time I open a package of paper towels (writing down the number in the pkg.), Kleenex, peanut butter, softener salt (always running out), dog food, cat food, coffee (oh, we drink a lot of this), I will write it in my calendar. At the onset of next winter, I will have a better idea of how much we use, and what to pre-stock before the snow starts falling.
If you are like me, you almost giggle when you are able to pull food from your freezer, pantry, and canning shelves, to make a complete meal (and not have to run out for supplies). It makes you feel so grand, that all that hard work over summer was worth it. And it's so healthy.
I'm pretty good at our gardening, canning, and freezing, but that all depends on how well of a season we have. I am always thankful for an abundance of a food, as we either can skip it another season (ha, hasn't happened yet), or have extra just in case we have bad season the next year. I'll be honest. I write it down when I can remember, but I'm not always good at that. Which has me a bit concerned I won't keep up at this new tracking thing.
What do you think? Do you track your toiletries, pantry foods you buy, meats you buy?
I think it's a grand idea. Especially now that prices have gone up and up, and the weather is so unpredictable.
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The house I grew up in had a huge pantry that Dad & Mom kept pretty stocked up, having 6 kids to keep fed, especially when winter months started coming close. Back then, our paternal Grandmother was on welfare and got food from the government, some of which she didn't use, so she sent it on out to us. Now some of it was weird, but I remember being glad for canned meat (Spam-ish), dried egg and milk powder a time or two during a blizzard when we were close to running out. No, it wasn't the same as fresh, but it was better than having nothing.
Ohhh, if kids today had to live like that a time or two, what a wake up call that might be, at least for some of 'em. Hey! LOL
Prayers everyone has a great weekend, and a safe one too.
God bless.
RB
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