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I made it a bit longer than my last post. Having had breakfast and more caffeine, I went into the bedroom, sat on the bed, and contemplated my plan. A shower was next. It never happened. What did happen I will probably never know. I do not remember reclining. Waking at about 15:00, though, I knew today was blown. I missed three things. The early meeting, ordering the building supplies, and my appointment. Nothing irreparable.
As for after 15:00, let us just say I am still a zombie. I have not been able to shake sleep. Sassy has been enjoying her own personal traveling jungle gym though. She has been sleeping most of the time, thankfully. She is learning not to scratch. It takes a long time. Sam knows not to use her claws with me, and is quite gentle, except when Sassy is too close and her fangs come out, and talons. Sassy has been improving in these things. The rate of damage is decreasing and the old cuts are fading with fewer and fewer replacements. I am trying, and successfully, to ween her off playing with hands, legs, and feet. Triple anti-biotic cream has been a blessing while she learns. Not every scratch becomes infected, but the ones which do burn and hurt a bit.
Hmm, I have some meat thawed and I do believe that, along with some corn on the cob I will grill in the husk, plus dishes after that, will be my day. If I can get to the math review though, I will add that in. I received the oxygen absorbers today. The desiccants and mylar bags should be showing up soon. I should, while at Lowe's or wherever, check on buckets. I had thought to buy 25 but I think I will go with 10 for now. Or maybe it was 10 I had thought to buy. Whatever. With the kits assembled, I will then simply need to buy the foods. One question though... Should I mix the beans and rice to the percentage I want when opened, or keep them "pure"? I am almost betting that they should all be stored separately, or at least divided by baggies or something if in the same container. Just... curious. That is a month or two off, perhaps. Still, I want to be prepared, kit and mind.
Later.
What I did was to mix proportions of rice and beans in a single pail according to the 25% 75% plan I laid out, but in separate bags, of course, generally the bags they came in, because I bought most of the rice and beans I've laid up so far on sale at grocery stores in 1 lb (beans) or 10-20 lb bags (rice).
ReplyDeleteBefore you open the oxygen absorbers, be sure to have a jar with a tight-fitting lid to put the ones you're not using immediately in. You don't want them exposed to air except for a very short time while you're loading and sealing the mylar bags.
I didn't write about sealing the mylar bags yet, but basically you iron the end across a flat board on a medium high heat setting. I place the board across the top of the pail and pull the mylar flat across the board. It needs to be as flat and wrinkle-free as possible to get a good, permanent seal.
Hmm, the beans and rice or millet I will be buying will be bulk buys, 25 or 30 pound bags. From what I hear, a 5 gallon bucket will hold about 35 to 40 pounds, give or take. So I am not sure how I will do this. I could proportion them into separate bags within the mylar bags, sort of like what you have done. The thing, I guess, that bugs me, is how will the desiccant and oxygen absorber work through those bags (similar to the bags you are using)? Perhaps it doesn't matter.
ReplyDeleteYes, yes, my mother always hated that no matter what she said, I still had questions too. Well, and teachers, friends, shop owners, doctors... they don't really... hmmm... know. Anyway. I will figure this out and either just go with something or other. I run out of time trying to research everything I am not sure about, even with all the time in the world. And often, getting very far in anything is difficult anyway, research wise.