Design a 30-day SS challenge

[Alaskan]

You can have your will recorded at the courthouse. It becomes public knowledge, but chances are nobody would go look it up anyway. But if the “will” disappears due to family discord that sometimes goes on, it would already be recorded for retrieval.

I have just recently been doing all of the "death" stuff.

Up here if you file your will with the courthouse, it is NOT accessible to the public until after your death.

Other stuff I found:

If you file a living will at the local hospital, they put it into their electronic records. They suggested i make a homemade hospital card to put in my wallet that says my living will is filed with them. Then if something happens to me in a different town and the hospital is contacted, they can send the other hospital the living will.

It has been awhile since my church has had a "death supplies" box. So I have been restocking all of the needed stuff.

I am almost done gathering all supplies... then I will have to figure out a bag to carry it all in.

 

[Trying2keepitReal]

I just recently went thru all our food, dated it all, pushed the old to front to be used first and made an inventory of what we have and then a list of what we need to have us at a healthy 6 month supply

 

[JanetMarie]

I would like to build a survival shelter on our property out of all natural materials, and live in that. Gather only from our land for food, use water from the creek (filter it of course). In reality this would only last for a few days.

A more reasonable 30 day SS challenge would be to do one or the other, and the gathering would have to include what is growing in our garden.

 

[Trying2keepitReal]

What about learning a new skill? I would like to learn to clean, card and spin wool. But I also need to learn how to knit. I would love to make our own wool socks instead of buying commercially made ones. And sweaters and hats and etc.

 

[JanetMarie]

I learned how to knit and crochet quite a while ago. I made a queen size wool blanket that took 12 years. I can't use it, because I'm now sensitive to wool.

To make another one, I would get the huge knitting needles, and some kind of thick, thick soft yarn.

I grew cotton last year, and gathered some cattails and thought about getting a drop spindle.

 

[JanetMarie]

I have some clay that was dug on our property, and have a wilderness survival book that tells in detail how to make pottery from it. I was just reading about it last night. Thought I would get some of the clay out to see if it's of quality to work.

 

[tortoise]

I have some experience with this...

Don't forget things like your phone charger, any meds you might need, dollar bills and/or change for the vending machines. Sure - they all are supposed to take credit cards but the 11 days DH was hospitalized a couple months ago - not a single vending machine would take a CC. Or bring your own snacks. I always make sure to wear clothes with lots of pockets.

I was allowed to stay with DH so I brought my own toiletries. Things like chapstick, slippers, and even your own pillow can make things much more comfortable. If you take a particular sweetener in your coffee and it doesn't come in a pink package - bring your own.

DH has an insulin pump and he needed new transmitters and extra insulin and all the "stuff" that goes along with it. He sleeps with a cpap machine and it needs distilled water. He also NEEEEEEDS his own personal fan. A hospital stay for us is like moving. No bueno!

TY! I edited to add details from your suggestions

 

[Trying2keepitReal]

As with any type of life, making sure all living wills, beneficiary (ies), health directives, etc are reviewed and updated as life circumstances change. I know that we have had to re-visit who we would want to care for our children over the last couple years. And make sure that someone other than yourself and/or your spouse know where these documents are stored.

 

[baymule]

As with any type of life, making sure all living wills, beneficiary (ies), health directives, etc are reviewed and updated as life circumstances change. I know that we have had to re-visit who we would want to care for our children over the last couple years. And make sure that someone other than yourself and/or your spouse know where these documents are stored.

You can have your will recorded at the courthouse. It becomes public knowledge, but chances are nobody would go look it up anyway. But if the “will” disappears due to family discord that sometimes goes on, it would already be recorded for retrieval.

 

[Chic Rustler]

It is January and many of you are in VERY cold temperatures right now, and even in summer, this might not apply to you.

No air conditioning! Here in Texas, the heat can reach triple digits and the humidity is sometimes so thick you can almost cut it with a knife. LOL The AC runs and gives us precious relief. Today's homes are built with electronic controls-right from your smart phone! Many new homes have no windows facing the street, for privacy or safety? Homes don't have air flow considerations like they used to.

In east Texas, in the 1800's houses were built with a "dog run" down the middle with rooms on either side, often with a covered porch front and sometimes on the back. The dog run usually caught a breeze, which was a welcome relief from the heat. People often put their mattress on the porch to sleep at night. The kitchen and maybe a sitting room was on one side of the dog run, bedrooms on the other side.

We can't rebuild our homes, but what if your AC broke? What if it took a couple of days for parts or for a tech to even get to you? Or what if a hurricane or storm knocked out power?

My Daddy's mother, my Grandma, taught me this, Sprinkle the bedsheets with water and turn on a fan. The evaporating water makes a cooling effect that will even have you reaching for a cover. Or, hang a damp towel or bedsheet over a window, the breeze blowing in will be cooler.

Picture from the internet.

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when i was a kid we stayed outside because it was cooler than in the house (metal skinned 10x50 mobile home) then at night my brother and i would put a box fan in the window and drape a sheet over it to sleep under.

this was 1996. we were old timey, just poor.