To Do (2010 Remix)

[zophos]

I'm not a resolutionist, but I do like a good list. Also, I feel very unorganized right now.

Here's what needs to get done some time in the next year:
• Fix Evelyn's dresser so that the drawers actually work. That $40 I spent to buy it on craigslist doesn't seem so thrifty now.

• Sort out her clothes that don't fit anymore (anything 9 months and

Comments

[princessmargo]

My list is: Lose weight, Be nicer to Jake, and Get a job. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you if you do for me. :P

Did I tell you that Evelyn is the first baby whom I have not actively avoided? This is a high compliment, ya know.

[qousqous]

You should keep a two week supply of food in your house, and some method of preparing it. But a two week supply of food is less than you might imagine.

[princessmargo]

I'm burning with curiousity about this statement. For example, do you have a camp-stove? a bbq grill? a case of Sterno? Do you live in a city that's prone to disasters? Exactly what items would you lay in?? Disaster Plans fascinate me.

[qousqous]

I have a camp stove.

I don't live there any more, but Vancouver (as well as the western parts of Washington and Oregon) is in the Cascadia Subduction Zone, where a ~9.0 earthquake is expected any time in the next 200 years or so. This sort of event will destroy most bridges and render the region basically impassable for at least a week or two, and probably generally impractical to travel around for months. (For a visual idea of this, see the map on page 14 of this PDF.) It will probably be more or less impossible to get food for at least a week, so it's a good idea to have some on hand. I tend to keep a well-stocked pantry, so I don't really worry about having enough food.

Water is more of a problem, and I used to keep 4 to 6 9.5 L jugs of water around. This is also generally useful in Vancouver, where sometimes it rains too much and the reservoirs get muddy and the tap water turns brown and gross and possibly undrinkable.