72 Hour Kit

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Today I updated our 72 hour kit. What is a 72 hour kit, well it is a bag with things you need to survive for 72 hours after a disaster.  Since I live in Arkansas that means tornado, flooding, earthquake, or any man-made disaster.  It takes the government usually about 72 hours to set up operations and provide help to people after a disaster so until then that means you have to take care of yourself.  We have a 72 hour kit in our house but a lot of people also keep one in their car and where they work so they will always have what they need.  While looking online I found a good checklist of items that should be in a 72 hour kit here. In addition to the list, which can vary on what you put in I would also add iodine tablets (which help with radiation poisoning), and pet food.  I put all my stuff in a backpack so  I only included what I really needed off the list (ex: flashlights so no candles). It is all about knowing what you need.  As far as food remember that in a real emergency you will need food that provides great energy so protein bars and food that does not require a lot of preparation. So I have protein bars, tuna fish lunch on the go packages, oatmeal/granola bars, small canned fruit that have a flip top.  You should not spend tons on money for a kit but should try to find things around the house that would work if possible. It may seem like you will never need this right now, but I don't want to take the chance that someday I won't have it when needed.

TV Shows

With all the finales happening are you wondering if your favorite tv show will be coming back in the fall?  Well check here to find out:http://radiobigboy.com/?p=12291.

I myself am disappointed in losing heroes, flashforward, forgotten, and dollhouse. Sometimes it is enough to make you want to stop watching tv shows.  Thankfully we still have chuck (my favorite), fringe, and a handful of other shows. We are not big reality tv fans, we kinda avoid those shows and stick to the shows that require you to think.   Two shows they canceled that I enjoyed for the story line where kings and philanthropist. I did not expect these shows to stay, but kings was based off of David in the old testament and based in a modern kingdom.  Philanthropist was based off the real life story of a rich guy who went into dangerous areas doing good. John's favorite show Dollhouse got canceled, this show was about an underground organization that controlled people and could wipe their brains and implant memories and personalities to do what ever they wanted the people to do. Of course one of these "dolls" wakes up and tries to stop this from happening.   I am looking forward to our summer shows which start back up soon including: royal pains, burn notice, psych, eureka, and warehouse 13. It seems most of our summer shows come either on USA or syfy.

Hulu

If you have internet and have not yet discovered Hulu you are missing out. What to do if you don't have cable or cannot tivo/media center your favorite tv shows, well you watch them on hulu.  Hulu allows you to watch your favorite shows for free online (currently it is free but that may change in the upcoming year but the fee will be nominal). Check out this favorite site at:  www.hulu.com. Enjoy

Fudgy Buttons

Today I was feeling like I needed to make something chocolate, and have I found the recipe for that. This recipe is called fudgy buttons and is really quick and easy to make.  I believe it took me about 10 min to make.  They are really sweet so don't eat too much. To view the recipe and make some yourself click here fudgy buttons.

Easy Cobbler

Friday, May 21, 2010

I know there are a lot of options when it comes to cobbler. Here is a recipe from John's mom that we love to use because it is so easy.
Ingredients: 1/2 cup of butter, 1 cup of milk, 1 cup of sugar, 1 cup of flour, a can of any fruit filling.

Directions:  Melt the butter and pour in a deep baking dish. Mix sugar and flour in bowl, add milk.  Add this mixture on top of the butter in the baking dish. Bake 10 minutes at 350 degrees.  Take out and pour the fruit filling mix into the center of the baking dish. Bake until solid, usually takes about 25-30 minutes depending on stove.  Sprinkle cinnamon sugar on the top afterward.  Serve with cold vanilla ice cream.

Chocolate Gravy

I have decided that I will post some of John and mines favorite recipes. If I am really good John will make me chocolate gravy for breakfast. Since John cooks this without a recipe from memory and it does not really have measurements like all southern cooking, I have found a good site that lists how to make it: chocolate gravy.

Ending April

I spent the rest of April and beginning of May studying for finals and then taking them. I also had to prepare for mock trial for lawyering skills in which we learn how to talk and present in court.  I finished my externship with the judge and completed my 15 page opinion. I felt like this round took forever and would never end. April was a crazy month for us our cats got sick, our ac pipes burst and had to be fixed, and our new car broke down.  John's 31'st Birthday was quiet. His mom and family came over to eat lasagna and cake.  We went to Iron Man 2 as his gift. We really liked the movie, but we love those action comic book type movies. Well that is a summary of the last month. I am currently taking the summer off. I am looking for a clerkship, and hopefully will find one, but if not I will just volunteer somewhere.  I have 3 pages of things around the house that I have been putting off doing to get done. Other than completing those items my goals this summer are: to have weekly date nights with my husband, get our grocery/dinner menu under control (see my new favorite site: once a month), and try to remember that I am a human(law school makes you forget that). I have been looking around at blogsites and have found a few new favorite sites. They are now under blogs that I follow hope you enjoy.

San Franciso

John took a work trip to the sungard conference April 10-15 in San Francisco.  He spent most of his time in classes but with the spare time he did have off he had some fun. He got there a day early on Saturday he and Peter from work went to the Oakland Temple to do endowments.  They also geocached and took pictures of the golden gate bridge.  The conference provided parties almost every night the first night was a fake casino game night and the third night was a dinner/ theater.  John and his coworkers went to a baseball game on night, and yes John ate a baseball hot dog. This is the first time that John had been to a baseball game. The other night they spent going into china town and eating an authentic meal-John said it was amazing. On the way home his flight had problems so he was late for his second flight, which meant that he got pushed to a flight 5 hours later. He was stuck at Denver airport for over 5 hours, poor guy we have been stuck at that airport many times. In all he came home with a few trinkets-I got chinese balls from when he went to china town. He has already posted most of the pictures.  John rode the trains and was outside at some scary times at night. He was not impressed with the city-was really dirty and had lots of scary people(including the people who peed on the buildings sides).  I don't know if he would want to go back again, I guess john is not a cityslicker.

Easter Weekend

For Easter weekend my parents came down. We watched general conference most of the time (which is when Latter Day Saints watch their church leaders talk from Salt Lake). Conference takes two days-thank goodness for media center. We also went to garvan gardens in Hot Springs. The flowers where very pretty and I loved the waterfalls.  The weekend ended with my dad getting a flat and a big southern dinner on Sunday. We had our ham, rolls, veggies, and banana pudding. I loved seeing my parents and getting them to just relax for a weekend.

Free Blog Templates

Since I love to change my blog templates I thought I would share some of my favorite sites for free ones. Enjoy

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