tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post6230317884837446163..comments2024-03-23T21:38:31.368-04:00Comments on Coffee Tea Books and Me: Saturday Pantry SuggestionsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post-21238359587648570412013-04-21T15:04:05.693-04:002013-04-21T15:04:05.693-04:00Brenda, I do hope having to be locked into their h...Brenda, I do hope having to be locked into their homes has caused many to think of some pantry staples to have at home always. They didn't even have time to rush to the store if they were out of something. In that situation if you already knew your closest neighbor it would help too! We had neighbors who came over if they needed a bandaid or aspirin or anything. They had 4 kids but nothing basic in the house it seemed. They were the first I had encountered who lived like that...but not the last. We are prepared on several levels but not all. <br /> <br /> I too stared at the boy's face. There is no set look for someone who could do evil. Yet he looked so innocent and he was like our children and their play mates at one time. Yes,.. did anyone influence him to the good? What was the turning point in this thinking? His brother was much older than him,..perhaps he had a lot to do with it? Now those adults,..and children, who were hurt or witnessed the scene..how will their life and thinking change and who will influence them? <br /><br /> When your children are grown and talk about their growing years they bring up things you had totally forgotten. Little acts of kindnesses you did or situations from every day life. Likewise people we influence with a smile , a cookie or a kind word even will remember some of them and be changed or influenced. As you say you never know how we can change a life by our acts. ..both big and small. Changing the world for God even. It is a sobering but wondrous thought. SarahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post-19227870100066977512013-04-21T11:25:55.111-04:002013-04-21T11:25:55.111-04:00hello brenda,
thanks for the wonderful post!!!
b...hello brenda,<br /><br />thanks for the wonderful post!!!<br /><br />blessings reginaReginas Cottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12263131368566323993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post-71541096905837695902013-04-20T20:00:31.463-04:002013-04-20T20:00:31.463-04:00Yes!
I need to work on batteries, but we do have ...Yes!<br /><br />I need to work on batteries, but we do have camping lanterns, and the gas bottles necessary to run them. Oh and more water - though we have a well and could get water from there.<br /><br />DeannaDeanna Rabe - Creekside Cottage Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16133684514103206137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post-3229032486145717572013-04-20T18:26:35.671-04:002013-04-20T18:26:35.671-04:00Great Post!!
My mother always kept a bit extra an...Great Post!!<br /><br />My mother always kept a bit extra and we always canned produce, but we had a local grocery store. That store is now nothing more than a "party" store with a few essentials. <br /><br />What really struck me on keeping a pantry was looking out the window one day and seeing the neighbor man walking back from the store with ONE roll of toilet paper. Um, it was him, his wife and three children in the home. <br /><br />I thought, "How dumb is that." And vowed never to be him!! I went to Sam's at the next opportunity and bought a case. <br /><br />Its a 15 mile round trip to a Family Fare (spartan brand) store. Too far during a power outage, ice storm, or I forgot the cream of whatever soup. Or worse, stomach flu in the middle of the night. Gas being the price it is, its not prudent. I have friends that don't understand it at all, but then again they live within walking distance of a Meijer and several major stores.<br /><br />(But still trying not to be like Granny!!!)mdoe37https://www.blogger.com/profile/03019276985594142350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post-78936285652432336182013-04-20T17:30:08.307-04:002013-04-20T17:30:08.307-04:00Oh I thought of you, Brenda and the post that you ...Oh I thought of you, Brenda and the post that you would write on this. The whole "sheltering at home" idea was just incredible to me. I hoped that people had the basics...food, toilet paper, and Tylenol. That's correct, isn't it? ☺ It is so true that there is no way that we'd ever have thought that an entire city would be told to stay at home with the doors and windows locked. Incredible. Boston did get some good practice with this earlier this year in one of the big snowstorms where everyone was told to stay home or they'd be arrested. Hmmmm...I won't think about that too long. I could come up with a conspiracy theory. <br /><br />Thanks for all you do to make us all aware. We never know.Veehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00618654361869856894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post-24793867389402417442013-04-20T16:59:44.472-04:002013-04-20T16:59:44.472-04:00Good advice as always! You never know what will ha...Good advice as always! You never know what will happen that will make you happy you have a stocked pantry.Manuela@A Cultivated Nesthttp://www.acultivatednest.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post-85773685437757747462013-04-20T16:50:09.874-04:002013-04-20T16:50:09.874-04:00Hi Breanda;
You certainty have gotten me thinking ...Hi Breanda;<br />You certainty have gotten me thinking about being prepared and I have followed thru to some extent. We can never be to prepared. Love and Hugs to you and your family. Nana Nanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14955937231372636671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post-36019686512095764302013-04-20T13:55:48.553-04:002013-04-20T13:55:48.553-04:00Wise counsel. It is a way of life that we all need...Wise counsel. It is a way of life that we all need to heed.La Tea Dahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03138624485398178242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post-31051627440773020992013-04-20T13:42:38.095-04:002013-04-20T13:42:38.095-04:00I've been having similar thoughts in regards t...I've been having similar thoughts in regards to Bostonians suddenly stuck in their homes with whatever supplies they have on hand...<br /><br />I should take this opportunity to thank you for awakening me to the subject of preparedness. I can honestly say that it had never even crossed my mind until I began reading your blog several years ago. As I mentioned once, I fell away from blog reading for a while because of busy-ness, but now that I'm back, your deep pantry/prepping posts are helping to shape my thinking, planning, and purchasing. And praying. :-) Thank you very much for your writing here on that topic.Kerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05544930173539144894noreply@blogger.com