I shared with you back in April about our Emergency Preparedness Kit. I hadn't quite finished it and I pledged to finish it soon! It's now finished. The dollar store helped me finish out the remaining items. Here's a picture of 75% of the **things I added. I'm not comfortable putting our ID/Phone#list/information cards on the internet. So I left those out. Here's a picture of some of the loot I added:
Supplies in the kit:
✔masks
**bleach (I'm thinking a bleach laundry pen)
**AA batteries
✔candles
✔matches/lighter
✔dawn
**1 whistle per person
✔cloth gloves
✔sun block
✔bugspray
✔rope (parachute cable)
✔garbage bags
**pocketknife
✔flashlight (I didn't actually put this in the box- it is always plugged in so when the power goes out it is fully charged)
✔diapers
✔wipes
✔deodorant x2
✔shampoo
✔bar of soap
✔toothbrush/ toothpaste
✔razor
✔hair ties
✔pads/tampons
✔glasses (perfect solution for my old ones that I didn't know what to do with!)
✔contact solution/contact case
✔3 rolls of toilet paper
✔ roll of paper towels
**gum
**plastic utensils✔Bible
✔blanket x3 (one for each of us)
✔change of clothes for each person
✔notebook and pens (there are 3 notebooks and 3 pens, one for each of us)
**cash (inc. coins)
**pictures of each family member (laminated)
**card with phone numbers laminated (police dept. fire dept. poison control)
**copy of identification cards (copied and laminated)
**deck of cards/uno
✔first aid kit: I made my own according to the Red Cross website:
✔box of Bandaids
✔tylenol/benadryl
✔alcohol pads
✔antibiotic ointment
✔rubber gloves (We have 2 pairs- so 4 total)
✔gauze
✔ace roll/wrap
✔hydrocortizone cream
✔thermometer
✔cold compress (I used the peri pads they gave us at the hospital. After my c-section they weren't really needed. You bust them like a cold pack and they stay cold for an hour)
3 days of food:
**soup
✔ramen
✔granola bars
✔crackers
**peanutbutter
✔3 days of water: I bought a bottle that is 3 quarts, and then 12 1 pint bottles.
As I as researching how to put together our emergency kit, I came across a pet kit and a car kit. I have put these together too.
Our dog is seriously a member of the family. How in the world could I ever leave her out??
Sadie-dog kit:✔food (1 small bag/2 gallon ziploc bags)
✔waterbowl
✔couple bottles of water
✔leash
✔medicine (she takes Ascriptin for her arthritis/joint paint)
Car Kit: We each have a simple first aid kit in there already.
✔blanket
✔flashlight
✔shoes✔water (24 hours worth)
✔granola bars
My flashlight is in the glove compartment and is regularly checked by my wonderful husband for dead batteries!
I hope all this stuff is never needed and fingers crossed- since we are prepared we surely will never need it. Be there is always the "what-if" in my mind and I'm glad we're prepared!
Oh yeah did I mention it marks #55 off the list!
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