The year 2012 is almost over, and good riddance.
This year started off on a bad note. Today, one year ago, was the last time I saw my aunt in person before she got put into a coma. I talked to her on New Year's, and my last words to her were 'I'll call you later.' When I tried to call back, she had gone into distress and they had put her into a medical coma.
I'm not expecting the next week to be easy. I'm going through a lot of emotions. Husband is too. But I'm doing like I usually do and try to be strong for everyone. For example, I have to take Little Miss and Husband to the doctor today. Little Miss has a cough that won't go away and I suspect Husband has the flu. For once, I'm the healthy one, having just gotten over a sinus infection.
My house got broken into this year, and while it sucked, they didn't take anything that can't be replaced. And I got a job for the first time since 2010 as well, but when Husband (finally) got hired, our schedule's conflicted too much and I ended up leaving my job to stay at home with Little Miss. Not that I minded so much. Working nights and taking care of a four year old were a bit more than I could handle, especially since we couldn't really afford daycare.
My grandmother got sick and ended up having to be put into a nursing home, where she will more than likely be for the rest of her life. This kills her, I know. She's 97 and such an independent woman. She hates being at the nursing home, but she knows it's for the best.
There have been so many more things I could bitch about that happened this year, but one big thing that is a good positive - Husband finally got his job. He loves his job, enjoys working and providing for us and I'm glad he does. Not because I don't like working, but because I know he wasn't happy sitting at home doing nothing all day. We've also decided that I can go back and get my CNA license and possibly go back to work when Little Miss starts school, though I'm still undecided on if that's what I really want to do yet or not. I suppose we'll just see what happens. After all, she doesn't start school until August anyway.
God, she'll be five. Five! She's getting so big...I told Husband that I'll probably mope around all day the first day of school. He laughed.
Here's to hoping 2013 has more good than bad. Hope everyone else has a Happy New Year.
Sunday, December 30, 2012
Friday, December 28, 2012
Preppers? Not really.
I have learned that I hate being of the people who scramble around stores at the last minute whenever they're calling for a storm or bad weather, throwing things into the grocery cart and wondering if I really have everything I need.
For example, when Superstorm Sandy was on her way, my Grandmama (Hubby's Grandmother) INSISTED that we were going to get slammed by the storm. Even though we were in Central Virginia. She decided she needed to go to the grocery store RIGHT THEN and needed Husband and I to take her. That was a hellish experience, let me tell you. She was basically grabbing things and putting them into the cart because she was sure the power was going to go out for at least a couple of days and she needed lanterns and a camp stove and all the canned goods she could manage. She even thought that since Husband and I live in the middle of nowhere in the mountains, that when our power was out it would get too cold for Little Miss (which it more than likely would) and convinced us to let Little Miss wait the storm out with her.
Watching all of those people scramble around and freaking out because all the lanterns were gone made me think - wow, I'm totally one of these people. In the event of a disaster, I am completely unprepared. My whole family is. We have no stockpiles of anything, no emergency kits of any sort, no plans or anything. And I think that needs to change.
Do I plan on being a "doomsday prepper" or whatever. But I do believe in being prepared for natural disasters or anything else that comes our way. And with the 2013 looming ever closer, I feel like a good resolution would be to prepare for anything that may happen and to become more self-sustainable.
I'd like to at least have the 72-hour Emergency Kit that's recommended by FEMA (though I know how well FEMA works, more often than not), an emergency kit for the car and an emergency kit for both cats and for Polly to start off with.
I'd also like to get some chickens, with the prices of everything going up, I think it would be a good idea. And healthier, seeing as the eggs would be organic and the chickens wouldn't be pumped full of chemicals. I'm also considering getting some dairy goats and a couple of pigs, for butchering purposes.
I just wish that my yard was good for growing something - it's mostly rock underneath the topsoil. It'd be useful to be able to grow something eventually. Though, I'd like to move to home with more land so all of this would be possible, so right now the goats and pigs and chickens are long term goals. The chickens may be more of a realistic goal while we live in this house, but first I need to learn how to take proper care of chickens. I don't want them dying on me five days in.
For example, when Superstorm Sandy was on her way, my Grandmama (Hubby's Grandmother) INSISTED that we were going to get slammed by the storm. Even though we were in Central Virginia. She decided she needed to go to the grocery store RIGHT THEN and needed Husband and I to take her. That was a hellish experience, let me tell you. She was basically grabbing things and putting them into the cart because she was sure the power was going to go out for at least a couple of days and she needed lanterns and a camp stove and all the canned goods she could manage. She even thought that since Husband and I live in the middle of nowhere in the mountains, that when our power was out it would get too cold for Little Miss (which it more than likely would) and convinced us to let Little Miss wait the storm out with her.
Watching all of those people scramble around and freaking out because all the lanterns were gone made me think - wow, I'm totally one of these people. In the event of a disaster, I am completely unprepared. My whole family is. We have no stockpiles of anything, no emergency kits of any sort, no plans or anything. And I think that needs to change.
Do I plan on being a "doomsday prepper" or whatever. But I do believe in being prepared for natural disasters or anything else that comes our way. And with the 2013 looming ever closer, I feel like a good resolution would be to prepare for anything that may happen and to become more self-sustainable.
I'd like to at least have the 72-hour Emergency Kit that's recommended by FEMA (though I know how well FEMA works, more often than not), an emergency kit for the car and an emergency kit for both cats and for Polly to start off with.
I'd also like to get some chickens, with the prices of everything going up, I think it would be a good idea. And healthier, seeing as the eggs would be organic and the chickens wouldn't be pumped full of chemicals. I'm also considering getting some dairy goats and a couple of pigs, for butchering purposes.
I just wish that my yard was good for growing something - it's mostly rock underneath the topsoil. It'd be useful to be able to grow something eventually. Though, I'd like to move to home with more land so all of this would be possible, so right now the goats and pigs and chickens are long term goals. The chickens may be more of a realistic goal while we live in this house, but first I need to learn how to take proper care of chickens. I don't want them dying on me five days in.
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