'Take your passion and make it happen...'

'Take your passion and make it happen...' I remember the lyrics of the theme song from 'Flashdance'.

I know that dates me BIG time. But something happened to me about 2 years ago and I didn't recognize it then. I do now.

I only WISH my food storage looked that good. No, 2 years ago I assessed the foods I had stored so diligently haphazardly under the stairs (and in the basement and under the bed and and - you get the picture). I realized that if I had to feed this to my family, 3 times a day for who knows how long, we would all die. Me of exhaustion from all the time consuming effort to prepare my wheat, beans, rice, sugar, milk and a few canned foods into something edible, and my family from the dramatic increase in fiber! I mean dramatic like the national debt the last 4 years... but I digress.

Shortly after that realization, Shelf Reliance came into my horizon. Like a cumulo nimbus, coming in from a distance... And my decision to become a Shelf Reliance Consultant ignited a passion within me to never have to face my family with an empty or meager pantry. I knew I wanted to be able to get my own food storage at the CONSULTANT price. I knew I could get it on a regular monthly basis and I knew I would also receive lots of free food in the bargain. What I didn't know was that from the very first month as a new and ignorant member of the SR team until this very month, I would make a profit as well. Imagine that? Food AND money. Could it get more logical, Mr. Spock?

The security I now have when I look at my food storage is miles from the false security I had 2 years ago. I'm no where near finished with my preparedness but I'm oh so much more in control. And that makes me a passionate promoter of the same sense of security to everyone I know. And that passion is spilling out all over this blog tonight as I extend my hand to you -

Let me help you find the peace of mind and the success I've found with Shelf Reliance. This is an out loud, open invitation to my family, friends and acquaintances to follow my lead. This is the TIME, today is the DAY! You can easily start your own profitable business selling something everyone actually NEEDS - FOOD! Click HERE and watch a 15 minute video on what this is really all about and then call me! Make Preparedness your PASSION and then watch it HAPPEN!

Grandkids and Callydoodles

2 of my 5 grandaughters were visiting with me several weeks ago, and as per my usual 'Dodo' activities, we decided to make cookies! The older of the 2 grandaughters, who considers herself most wise and authoritarian is Jaycee.

The younger middle of the pack child, Cally, who is going through the 7 year old geekypest stage and is AKA as 'little Dodo' wanted chocolate chip cookies (my personal choice ;)

But the older one insisted that they were too sweet. She chose Snickerdoodles (to me the sweetest cookie going but nobody asked me ;) This of course outweighed Cally's choice. Enter sad face, she's used to coming in second or third place :(

Enter happy face! Cally said 'Let's put chocolate chips in some snickerdoodles.' What a great idea, Cally YAY! How to make 2 girls happy with one recipe. I'm all over it. Until....Enter my BIG sad face...

I look in my cupboard and have no shortening, no butter, very little flour and no eggs! Chocolate chips I have plenty. So this is what any THRIVE grandma would do...

I get out Butter powder, Rice flour, Egg powder and Shortening powder, all in my THRIVE homestore. I mix them Snickerdoodles up quick!

(just tilt your head to the right to copy)

Roll them in cinnamon sugar...

Dot them with chocolate chips...

And Voila' you have CALLYDOODLES!! And 2 happy grandaughters! You can fill your own Homestore with these recipe lifesavors right here.

Now just add Milk! Or THRIVE instant milk if you have run out!!

New and Most Popular

Thought I'd use this space to tell you what's new from Shelf Reliance. I just found out today that they will be unveiling new shelving systems that have cupboard doors on them! Yep if you don't have pantry room or don't want the look of open storage shelving in your kitchen, these might be perfect for you. Also there is a new fuel storage system. These are cedar/paraffin patties that will cook very hot for about 40 minutes. They come in 32 and 90 patty boxes. Fuel storage is difficult. Mountains of split wood to store. Propane tanks. Etc. These are compact and make a great addition to your preparedness stash! And last of the new, MRE's. With the heating unit inside. 12 new flavors. Now for the best selling and most popular: FD PINEAPPLE:

FD MOZZERELLA CHEESE:

FD SAUSAGE CRUMBLES:

FD CHICKEN:

FD SWEET CORN:

COCONUT MACAROONS:

FD POMEGRANITE YOGURT BITES:

Just think what a case of each of these FOOD products would mean to you in times of trouble. You can order these easy as pie from my website right here.

The $2 Strawberry

Here it is in all it's glory. The $2 strawberry. Looks good, right? Juicy? Sweet? Worth it? NO! Not worth it at all. This is the thing. I bought these strawberries 1 1/2 days ago. What a deal, huh? $1.99 for the whole package. Couldn't wait to eat them on my cereal, as a snack, on my salad. So I worked yesterday. No big deal. This morning I got up, swam and then poured myself a bowl of Special K with the plan to slice up some strawberries on top. This turned out to be the only strawberry that was not wearing a mink coat. FAIL!

Now I should know better. I teach people that Americans throw out 25% of their food each week! I hate to waste food! Ask my kids about that one. I talk about rubber celery and furry berries. Furry berries! Like I said, I know better.

So I got out my THRIVE freeze dried strawberries that I share at my tasting parties. The can has been open for a couple month. This is what I saw:

A handfull on my cereal. Easy! They are prewashed, pre chopped and ready to go. No furry stuff.

MORAL OF THE STORY~ Either eat those fresh strawberries ASAP, or run the risk of strawberries with mink coats, costing $2 each. Or just get yourself a bunch of these to store in your cupboard.