day 3: things you may not think of when preparing for a hurricane

June 3, 2021.Reading time 13 minutes.

Welcome back to Hurricane Preparedness Week! I hope everyone is doing well. We actually had measurable rain yesterday for the first time in like 6 weeks. When you live in a tropical area you do not think you will have weeks without rain, but it happens, especially the last 5 years or so. You may […]

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Hurricane Prep: Wrapping It Up

June 20, 2019.Reading time 7 minutes.

So,this is the final post for preparing for a hurricane, or any disaster. You can read the other 2 posts in the archives. Here are some things you might not think of when preparing your kit. 1- What are you going to put everything in? When we first moved to FL, I would put out […]

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Hurricane Prep: Drinks for CKD To Have On Hand In Your Kit

May 30, 2019.Reading time 6 minutes.

Updated 5/7/2022: As you read the first paragraph, I am still in the process of updating my Kidney Coach classes. I have so much going on with other things, I have not had the time to do it yet. Once I do, those blog posts will be edited, and then I will continue with the […]

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Making A Food Kit for Hurricane Prep For Dialysis Patients

May 9, 2019.Reading time 7 minutes.

So, last week I told you about my 5 day food kit, but I am a non dialysis CKD person. What if you are on dialysis? Well your food kit will look much different, and if you have Diabetes too, well again different. Every time I do one of these posts, I am going to […]

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Hurricane Prep with CKD

May 2, 2019.Reading time 14 minutes.

In March of 2017, I was officially diagnosed with stage 3 CKD. In April of 2017 I did a blog post, on my homeschool blog about food prep for hurricanes, with CKD. I am sharing that original post below, and will write what I have learned, and edited from the original list. We did end […]

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What Does $30 Of Meat Look Like From Misfits Market? May 11, 2022
Welcome back to another food budget topic. I have chosen to go even lower carbs on my health journey. I will write more about that in a future post. I had good success losing weight last year following 100 grams of carbs per day. I lost about 20 pounds and was able to maintain that [...]
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Happy Mother’s Day! May 8, 2022
My posts are infrequent right now, due to the business of life. I am currently taking classes, and doing important work for the rescue I volunteer for, and I need to complete my homeschool daughter’s High School transcript this Summer. All of these are time-consuming and don’t leave much time for blogging. Plus, I am [...]
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Is It Still Possible To Create $5 Dinners With Inflation? April 23, 2022
Hello, hello. You may have noticed I have not written anything in like 10 days. I took a much-needed break from blogging. I still have not had time to take the new AKF Kidney Coach Class, but I hope by the end of May I will have it done. Then I can edit the old [...]
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Extreme Grocery Budget Challenge Week #14 Dollar General April 13, 2022
Hello, hello! Before I start my grocery haul for this week I want to remind my regular readers that the Kidney Class will begin again, after I take the updated class. It might be a couple of weeks, as I have a lot going on in other areas, but I will get to it. This [...]
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Taste Test Tuesday: WW Pumpkin Spice Muffins April 12, 2022
Welcome back to another Taste Test Tuesday! Today, I am taste testing a WW inspired recipe I found quite by accident. I had this rather large can of pureed pumpkin in my cupboard. I don’t even know why I bought it, as I don’t even know if I like pumpkin. I am a texture kind [...]
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Beginner Weight Training For Menopause! April 10, 2022
Hello, Sunday readers! I hope your day is going well. Yesterday, I talked about Menopause in relation to how it shifts fat deposits more to our waistline, and can impact a ladies possibility to lose weight. I hope you watched the very good video I shared with you and read the tips I gave. In [...]
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Menopause, Belly Fat, and Weight Gain April 9, 2022
Hello, and welcome to another Self Care Saturday post. In the month of April, I am focusing on the topic of Menopause. If you did not see my first post, you can find it in the archives. Menopause is a fact of life. It is part of the middle ages, and there are different aspects [...]
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Extreme Grocery Budget Challenge: Week 13 April 7, 2022
Hello, and welcome to week 13 of my Extreme Grocery Budget Challenge. This is a year long challenge, and possibly more. If you have been following from the beginning this started as a dual challenge at 63 dollars per week, for a family of almost 3 adults now, and a challenge to see if someone [...]
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Kidney Class Week #13 April 6, 2022
Hello, and welcome back! Have you been following along? I missed last week because we had family in from out of state and I was at the beach. You can find all previous weeks in the archives. This Kidney Class is the property of the American Kidney Fund, for which I am a volunteer Kidney [...]
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True Story! April 5, 2022
Hello, and welcome to another Taste Test Tuesday! Wait, I thought this was a true story. Well, it is, sort of. A few weeks ago, I think they came from Aldi’s, but I might have gotten them at Misfit’s Market, I bought these sweet Italian chicken sausages, from the brand True Story. Now, I have [...]
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day 3: things you may not think of when preparing for a hurricane

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Hurricane Prep: Wrapping It Up

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Hurricane Prep: Drinks for CKD To Have On Hand In Your Kit

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Making A Food Kit for Hurricane Prep For Dialysis Patients

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Hurricane Prep with CKD

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