The Next Step

Hello all! Happy new year!
Early last year, I wrote about a crazy feeling I had - like I needed to prepare so my family could survive some unseen disaster. Thankfully, no such disaster has hit us.....yet. But the feeling hasn't gone away. I feel a  it better about though, since I have spent the last year doing something about it. Not a lot, mind you. I have a right budget and have to do things in small steps. After writing that blog last year, I went out, bought some lumber, and built myself some pantry shelves in an unused space in my bathroom. Since then, I have been buying an extra box of this, an extra can of this.... Yesterday, I looked at the shelves and thought "if we had to, we could live for a week or so off the food on our pantry" and it was a proud moment.  Today, I decided to move onto the next step. What's the next step? I wasn't sure. The furnace kicked on in reply.  If the power went out in the middle of the winter, how would we stay warm? Our furnace is propane, but the fan that circulates the warm air, yeah, it runs on electricity. So this is my next mission. Figure out how to keep 4 people, 3 cats and a dog warm.....for a week.