Stay On Your Toes!

Getting enough good sleep is going to help you in so many ways when times get tough. You will be able to stay alert and have more energy. Having a clear mind will help a lot when SHTF! You will be quicker on your toes and notice more things around you. Keeping your family and home safe!

 If you ever have trouble falling asleep use some of these tips to get some help with it.

• Stay on a regular sleep schedule. Go to sleep at about the same time every night. Or whenever you do get to go to sleep. 
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• Don't take naps in the afternoon. This will disrupt your sleeping well at night.
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• Keep your home cool at night. Sleep  is a lot better when it is cooler.
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• Use your bed only for sleeping and other bed things. Don't work or eat in bed.
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• Avoid caffeine from the early afternoons on.
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• If you smoke - QUIT!
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• Don't eat anything heavy right before bedtime.
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• Check the medicine that you use. Sometimes the medicine you take thinking it will help you, actually makes you sleep deprived. Which hurts you more in the long run.
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• As much as possible - spend about 30 minutes in the sun each day. It resets your body and makes you feel a lot better just by getting that dose of Vitamin D.
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• Maybe move your clock out of the bedroom so that when you can't fall asleep , your not just laying there watching the clock. 
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• Have a good bed and pillows . When you are comfortable you will sleep better and wake up more refreshed.

 

 

Food Storage Recipe - Tater Tot Casserole

Tater Tots were on sale this week for 99 cents a bag. YAY. Two bags in the freezer and my son's favorite meal.

NEED:

1/2 pound of ground beef. I used to make it with a whole pound , but everyone in the house complained and I toned it down a bit. Which was cool, saves money.

salt and pepper to taste

1 can of condensed cream of mushroom soup

shredded cheese - we like colby-jack!

1 package of frozen tater tots - 16 ounce bag

Fry up the ground beef and drain it very well.

Stir in the cream of mushroom soup and season with salt and pepper.

Put this mixture into a casserole dish.

Layer the tater tots on top of this in an even layer.

Top with shredded cheese.

Bake in a 350 degree oven until the tots are golden brown and hot.

Food Storage Recipe - Jungle Hash

Grab your Iron Skillet for this yummy skillet recipe.

NEED:

3 slices of bacon

1 pound of ground beef

3/4 cup of chopped celery

1/2 cup of chopped onion

1/2 cup of chopped green pepper

1 teaspoon of salt

1 15 ounce can of kidney beans , drained

1/3 cup of uncooked long grain rice

1 1/2 cup of water

In your big ole iron skillet , fry up the bacon until it is crisp , crumble it.

Pour off the drippings.

In the same skillet cook up the ground beef , celery, onion, and green pepper until the ground beef is cooked thru and the vegetables are tender.

 Season it with salt and pepper.

 Spoon off any excess fat and stir in the remaining ingredients.

 Cover and cook until rice is tender.

Food Storage Recipe - Easy Chicken Alfredo

When you 're snowed in you can come up with stuff to eat on a whim and if you have a well stocked pantry you will have a lot of variety!

 

Just grab a box of alfredo flavored mac&cheese.

 

 Add a can of chicken and cream of chicken soup. 

 

Cook the noodles, add it all together. 

 

The soup is used in place of the milk.

 

 Add broccoli if you have it. I use frozen chopped.

 

Quick lunch that the whole family will enjoy.

Some Cool USB powered items

I found this USB fan at a dollar store and it is supposed to be for plugging into a computer , but the neat thing is that it plugs and works off of the Portable Solar Panel Charger and the smaller solar powered USB charger also. So cool.

 

 Now it is making me want to get all of the USB powered items that I have ever seen LIke:

USB Fridge Cooler Beverage Drink Cans Cooler/Warmer Refrigerator for Laptop PC Computer

 

 USB Camping Lights

  USB Mini Desktop Fan


 There are so many neat things that work off of USB and could make living off-grid so much nicer.