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I would love to claim this as mine , but have to admit , I was given this advice . I was talking to a person who has been prepping a lot longer then me and he let me in a great tidbit . We are all storing food , grain , ammo , first aid and other items . Most of us are storing other home items also . There might be other ways , but this is now my way and it is super easy .
You need 5 gallon buckets , these do not need to be food grade , you put your toothpaste , shampoo , soap , tp , anything that else you think will be needed for a months use . Then you use a sharpie , mark it Jan 11 , Feb 11 , and so forth . It will make the questions , do I have enough of ' blah blah ' easy . We can look at out food supply and its easy to count . But how many bottles of shampoo are enough , bars of soap , toothpaste , tp , it is hard . The guess work is taken out now . You dont need 12 tubes of toothpaste , you can put one in every second month , but on the monthly consumables you would fill each month up with them . Then when the month comes in you can grab a bucket , open it up and unload your months supply of all the little necessities to get you through .
So make a list of what you need each month , water tablets , if using a water filter , put some every month or so in a bucket . I had everything organized in sections , I had first aid on a set of shelves , I had food on others , necessities on another , ammo - weapons in safes . So , when I need something I would go to the appropriate shelf and get my supplies , I will still use this method , but now I have 5 gallon buckets marked for each month that I stored it , so when needed , I will grab the oldest bucket and know I have the supplies to get through the month , now this is small things that make life worth living . I have also included older magazines and some help books in the buckets . I have found that I am using 2 buckets lol , so when listed I list them as A and B , A has the more critical necessities and B has the extra not so critical items .
I now can look at my supplies and know that I do have enough bottle of shampoo , aspirin , tp , toothpaste , when I started I saw boxes of these items and was like I am GTG , but after filling and few buckets , I realized I was way under prepped on these items , now I am an over achiever on some things , I might not use a full bottle of shampoo in a month , but it can be used for items , so I might use it more . But I would rather have 1/4 bottle of something left and be able to save it .
If you read this and have a more comprehensive monthly list , I would love to hear it , I have no problem reloading my buckets . I am new , so some monthly list would rock , Oh yeah womanly items are great , no more wondering if this is enough .
You need 5 gallon buckets , these do not need to be food grade , you put your toothpaste , shampoo , soap , tp , anything that else you think will be needed for a months use . Then you use a sharpie , mark it Jan 11 , Feb 11 , and so forth . It will make the questions , do I have enough of ' blah blah ' easy . We can look at out food supply and its easy to count . But how many bottles of shampoo are enough , bars of soap , toothpaste , tp , it is hard . The guess work is taken out now . You dont need 12 tubes of toothpaste , you can put one in every second month , but on the monthly consumables you would fill each month up with them . Then when the month comes in you can grab a bucket , open it up and unload your months supply of all the little necessities to get you through .
So make a list of what you need each month , water tablets , if using a water filter , put some every month or so in a bucket . I had everything organized in sections , I had first aid on a set of shelves , I had food on others , necessities on another , ammo - weapons in safes . So , when I need something I would go to the appropriate shelf and get my supplies , I will still use this method , but now I have 5 gallon buckets marked for each month that I stored it , so when needed , I will grab the oldest bucket and know I have the supplies to get through the month , now this is small things that make life worth living . I have also included older magazines and some help books in the buckets . I have found that I am using 2 buckets lol , so when listed I list them as A and B , A has the more critical necessities and B has the extra not so critical items .
I now can look at my supplies and know that I do have enough bottle of shampoo , aspirin , tp , toothpaste , when I started I saw boxes of these items and was like I am GTG , but after filling and few buckets , I realized I was way under prepped on these items , now I am an over achiever on some things , I might not use a full bottle of shampoo in a month , but it can be used for items , so I might use it more . But I would rather have 1/4 bottle of something left and be able to save it .
If you read this and have a more comprehensive monthly list , I would love to hear it , I have no problem reloading my buckets . I am new , so some monthly list would rock , Oh yeah womanly items are great , no more wondering if this is enough .
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