About Me

I am a wife to a firefighter/EMT. We have 3 wonderful and lively children, 2 boys and a girl. I love being a mother and wife, and could not imagine a better life for myself. Our family belongs to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

My husband and I had been having the feeling that we should start building our food storage and have a GOOD 72 hour kit for our family. I have never given food storage and emergency preparedness a lot of thought. Even though we have been cautioned by our church leaders to be prepared for the unknown. I had a hard time spending money on food that our family would not rotate through. It just seemed like a waste to me. Then, a friend of ours from Utah, was hosting a THRIVE food storage party. From the time a heard about THRIVE, it just felt right. I had never tried the food, but had heard and read rave things about the quality and taste. We researched it a little and I talked to a consultant and it seemed like this would be the way for us to go to build our food storage. We decided that I should sign up as a consultant. I was like a little kid at Christmas waiting for my package to get here with the food storage samples. It arrived and I was not disappointed. The freeze dried fruits were amazing. The Freeze dried meats tasted like meat, even the TVP, which I had sworn off after tasting some my in laws had years ago, was good. In fact, my family loves the Taco TVP, we use it to make tacos and nachos. Shelf Reliance offers many of the things we use daily. I made a breakfast casserole, using the egg powder, we use the butter powder on our THRIVE freeze dried veggies. Since receiving my consultant package, I have used Thrive products in my daily cooking. This is food storage that my family will eat and rotate through. The TVP is cheaper than meat bought in the grocery store, the egg powder is a better buy than buying dozens of eggs in the store. So it can save us money. AND I don't feel like I'm spending money on products that we will never eat as a family unless we have an emergency. This is food we will and can eat on a daily basis. I have NEVER been excited about food storage, but now I cannot wait to see what new uses I can come up with for THRIVE products and how I can use them in all of my cooking.

Food Storage and Emergency Preparedness is a learning process for me. I want to learn how to cook with what we store, learn about things we need to have in out 72 hour kits, how we can be better prepared for ANYTHING. Our Church is not the only organization that cautions us to be prepared, the American Red Cross also cautions individuals to be prepared for the unknown. The unknown could be anything from weather disasters to a job lost. I want to know that my family will be prepared.

This blog, I hope may be informative to others. It'll be my outlet for information that I come across, recipes using food storage, my thoughts and ideas on food storage and emergency preparedness, and also specials through Shelf Reliance and information regarding Shelf Reliance. Shelf Reliance has given me a whole new outlook for being prepared that I never thought I'd have! If you have any questions, thoughts, ideas feel free to email me at: fran@teamshelfreliance.com