October

Suggested Assignment: Have working smoke detectors in home (check every month, replace batteries yearly). Install carbon monoxide monitors throughout home. Learn about house fires. Also, replace stored water and fill any empty water containers.

AMAZING DEAL AT COSTCO: 
As of 6:50 pm at the Lehi Costco the Tundra dual fire extinguishers are $14.97 plus a $7 instant manufacturer rebate making the total to $7.97.  Once these are gone, they are gone.  Orem is already out.


Other great deal at Costco is a $7 instant manufacturer rebate on other dual fire extinguishers (final cost $25.99), dual carbon monoxide sensors (final cost $15.99), and dual smoke alarms (final cost $22.79).

In search for great fire safety videos, I found several I think are fun to watch and very informative.  They are in order of which ones I liked the most.

Children's Videos
Hot! Hot! Hot! (Cartoon)
Fire Safety for Young Children

Informative Videos
NBC Today Show: Kitchen Fires
NBC Today Show: Dryer Fire
CBS Early Show: Home Fire Safety
NBC Today Show: Juvenile Fire Setting
Smoke Detector Safety Video




72-Hour Kit Recommendations: 3-6 MRE meals, other food: pouch or pull top cans of tuna, meat, fruit, hard candy, energy bars, instant hot chocolate, artificially sweetened drink mix (it flavors treated water), etc. No dehydrated foods including jerky-watch salt.

UtahMOMof7 compared prices at many Utah stores to find the best deals on food. Click on the link view it.

-Case Lot Prices and Comparison Document




Food Item Suggestions: 19 lbs nonfat dry milk, 36 oz of evaporated milk (per person).

I created a new recipe blog in hopes we many can submit the food storage recipes their family likes.  The  blog currently has my family's yogurt recipe which I grew-up on and had many parfaits, yogurt pops, and used to substitute sour cream.   It's soooooo easy to make because it uses powered milk which is why it does not need to be cooked.  (Powdered milk is already treated so there is no danger in harvesting bad bacteria.)  I hope you like it.  tm3recipe.blogspot.com

A fun food storage item is the shelf-stable Gossner's Whipping Cream from Logan, UT.  The shelf life says 3 months but the two vibrant old ladies who told me about it say it really last for 6 months.  8 fl oz is $0.85 and for 1 qt it's $2.50.  I like having it on hand because often times I don't plan my meals or desserts a head of time.  Also this really does whip up if refrigerated for 8 hrs before hand.  Once opened, store in fridge and use it up within 1-2 weeks.

“Just as it is important to prepare ourselves spiritually, we must also prepare ourselves for our temporal needs.” Elder L. Tom Perry