2021 - FEBRUARY - What Did You Do To Prep This Week/Month

Started the new thread.

Still working on decluttering the sewing room. Things are looking good and more space means more preps.

Husband put motion sensor lights up on the back porch and the garage. We have lights on the back porch, but they're switch operated. We've found that the motion sensor light on the front porch is pretty useful for checking out night critters and deterring some.

I had almost completely recovered from the radial nerve entrapment, when it came back with a vengeance. Not really sure what I did, just regular chores, sitting at sewing machine and computer...

I found ice packs worked better than heat packs. However, I still wanted to be able to move around. So I "invented" a sash with a pocket to put the ice pack in, and now I can conveniently tie it like a sling around my back and shoulder. I can even adjust the position of the ice pack by sliding the sling up or down. It has helped greatly in stopping the pain from inflammation.

My sister had prepped some dehydrated food many years ago when I got her onto the bandwagon. She is now checking dates on some things she'd not rotated and found a bunch of veggies and grains that she's decided are too old to eat. Rather than waste it, she's been feeding it to a flock of about 30 wild turkeys on their property. They love it and are getting more tame, too. I told her, "good on getting some extra meat rations when the time comes!"

My bell pepper plant in the spare room is still producing bell peppers. I guess it likes it's sunny spot by the window. It only produces a few a month, because it's a little colder in that room, but it's enough for us to chop into salads and omelets. The other plants are doing well, too.

I had bought some sweet potatoes for Christmas dinner, but because of sickness, we didn't have Christmas until mid-January...and I forgot to prepare them. They have sprouted, so I guess I have a head start on sweet potatoes for the garden!

(Where's the 'Love' button?? We need one!)

Rick, I want your granddaughter on my team! Awesome that she's learning to be a rugged individualist who can take care of herself!

We are officially out of wood for the wood stove. We let it go out today. We shaved it close with 3 cords, so next year, our plan is to order 4 cords (of course, the 3 cords were from the year before, as last winter we barely used the wood stove!).

The ice and snow kept us inside, but we had plenty of entertainment with books, TV, sewing, quilting, and in Husband's case, watching videos on gardening, building, some documentaries, and other interesting things.

Husband did have to brush snow off the solar panels and the decks several times the last two weeks. I'm glad to see the end of this winter.

Since we were housebound, I made some pacifier clips, and 4 small quilts for the babies, and got them mailed off. These were in addition to the burp cloths, bibs, and washcloths I made a few weeks ago. I also made a scrap quilt, trying to get that bag of scraps gone! I do have to make one more baby quilt, but I'm waiting until they know of the baby is a boy or girl.

I made my sister a patchwork tote bag, and a fabric bookmark. I made card stock and fabric Valentine cards for our grandniece, and mailed them to her each day. On the last day, I sent her 3 dresses I bought on sale, and a fabric heart envelope for her valentines.

I have gone through a bunch of my sewing stuff and got rid of about 1/3 of what I have. Most of it was stuff that was given to me, and I've hauled it around for years in various moves, but never used it. Decided it was time to pass it on to someone else.

Soon we'll be planting seeds...