All In A (Tues)Day's Work

Daniel once asked me if I thought we had enough food storage for 6 months. Huh? How the heck am I supposed to know that?? Sheesh. The Church once suggested having a 2 year supply. Then it went to a 1 year supply. Then they said, just get 6 months worth of food storage. Then 3 months. Now they have a 1 month kit you can buy. If you'd like to know more go HERE. Go ahead. Do it! So I have just been thinking of how much we actually have and what we would need to get to 6 months. Or even a year.

That said, do you remember one of my first pictures for my project? It involved my food storage room...
Isn't it beautiful?! I have been really trying to get in the mood to "organize" it. You know, get to the nitty gritty and see what I really have down there. How many cans of tomato sauce can one family use, anyway? And how much do I really need for 3 months? Six months? 1 year?? So I happily searched many sites/blogs about a year supply. There are a lot out there. I decided that with my wheat collection, I could just about have a year supply. Hmmm. So! I made a log of each group of foods and non foods needed for a 1 year supply for a family of 5. You know, Grains, Legumes, Oils, Sugars, Fruit, Veggies, Deoderant, etc, etc. Did you know that a family of 5 should have 500 pounds of wheat?? Well, well, well. I actually have 430 pounds of wheat. And I know how to use it.

So I went through every can and box and shelf and found that I really am not too far off of a 6 month supply for my family. I am lacking a bit in some areas, though. So that's what I'll be working on for the next little while. You know, my legume list is pretty darn adequate for 1 year! My toiletries, on the other hand, would have us not brushing our teeth for about 8 months. We are having an Enrichment meeting next week about just this thing. I'm so excited!! I love my food storage and I love that I use it daily. I hope we never have to fully depend on it to sustain us. But I'm grateful it's there.

Happy Tuesday To You All!