Cuddles and Crumbs

Earthquakes, floods, and other disasters can seriously disrupt normal life. Services may not be available, transportation may be cut off and roads may be blocked. In some cases, you may be forced to evacuate. Be ready to respond to any situation by assembling and maintaining a Disaster Supplies Kit.

Water
Plan on one gallon of water per person per day. Store water in plastic containers such as soft drink bottles. Avoid using containers that will decompose or break, such as mason jars or glass bottles. Use water for health.

Because water is so important to human survival, it should never be withheld. Drink at least two quarts per day, as long as supplies last, and look for alternative sources.
Food
Store at least a three-day supply of no-perishable food. Choose foods that require no refrigeration, cooking, or preparation and are compact and lightweight. If food must be cooked, include a can of sterno.

Food suggestions:

• Ready-to-eat canned meats, fruits, and vegetables
• Canned juices, milk, soup (if powdered, store extra water)
• Staples-sugar, salt, pepper
• High energy foods-peanut butter, jelly, crackers, nuts, health food bars, trail mix.
• Comfort stress foods-cookies, hard candy, sweetened cereals.
• Vitamins

Container
Store the supplies in an easy-to-carry object such as a large, covered trash container, camping backpack, or a duffel bag.

First Aid Kits Have two first aid kits. Keep a complete first aid kit in your home and car.

Items to include:

• Sterile adhesive bandages in assorted sizes
• 2-inch sterile gauze pads (4-6)
• 4-inch gauze pads
• Hypoallergenic adhesive tape
• Triangular bandages (3)
• 2-inch sterile roller bandages (3 rolls)
• 3-inch sterile roller bandages
• Scissors
• Tweezers
• Needles
• Moistened towelettes
• Antiseptic
• Thermometer
• Tongue blades (2)
• Tube of petroleum jelly or other lubricant
• Assorted sizes of safety pins
• Cleansing agent-soap
• Latex gloves (2 pair)
• Sunscreen
• Aspirin or non-aspirin pain reliever
• Anti-diarrhea medication
• Antacid (for upset stomach)
• Syrup of Ipecac (use to induce vomiting if advised by the Poison Control Center)
• Laxative
• Activated charcoal (use if advised by the Poison Control Center)

Contact your local Red Cross chapter to obtain a basic first aid textbook.

Supplies and Tools
 Clothing and Bedding

• Include at least one complete change of clothing and footwear per person.
• Sturdy shoes or work boots
• Rain gear
• One blanket or sleeping bag per person
• Hat and gloves
• Thermal underwear
• Sunglasses

Sanitation

• Toilet paper, towelettes
• Soap, liquid detergent
• Feminine supplies
• Personal items-shampoo, deodorant, toothpaste, toothbrushes, comb and brush, lip balm.
• Small shovel, for digging and expedient latrine
• Plastic garbage bag and ties
• Plastic bucket with tight lid
• Disinfectant
• Household chlorine bleach

Special Items
Include items for household members with special needs, such as infants, elderly, or disabled individuals.

Babies
Formula
Diapers
Bottles
Powdered Milk
Medications

Elderly people
Heart and high blood pressure medication
Insulin
Prescription drugs
Denture needs

Favorite entertainment items
Coloring books and crayons
Games
Books

Important Documents
Keep these records in a waterproof container.

• Will, insurance policies, contracts, deeds, stocks and bonds.
• Passports, social security cards, immunization records
• Savings and checking account numbers
• Credit card account numbers and companies
• Inventory of valuable household goods, important telephone numbers
• Family records (birth, marriage, death certificates)

Storage Suggestions
Store the kit in a safe, convenient place known to all family members. If possible, it should be a cool, dry, dark location. Keep a smaller version of your Disaster Supplies Kit in the trunk of your car. Keep items, or groups of items, in water-proof and air tight plastic bags. Change the water supply every six months so it stays fresh. Rotate the food every six months. Ask your doctor or pharmacist about the proper procedure for storing prescription medications. Replace batteries often.

*reBlogged from DivineMLee

This morning after doing some house chores a sad news from my sister Badet and cousin Ate Cristy greeted me online.

“Ate, si Uncle Jun patay na”
“Gail did you hear the news Uncle Jun left us na”

I didn’t know how to react. Just last week I saw and read some of his posts in facebook. Uncle Jun (Tarcs to his friends) has a gift in writing. In his blog you’d learn a lot from his entries.

My Papa stayed with Uncle Jun’s family and Papa became their Kuya. My first OJT was with him. I was with him during his stay at Makati Med for his first heart operation. We last saw each other when he went to Dubai for a business trip (sadly we didnt have any pictures taken) this is also the time that he told me of his plans to volunteer and made me promise not to spread this plan to the family. In one of his office he had a big poster of Judy Ann Santos which kept him amused. For the last month he posted old photos of the family remembering each event. I guess it was a sign of him saying goodbye and reminding us how important family is.

I know Uncle is happier now with his dad, lola Kaye, Auntie Grace, and Papa. I will forever miss you Uncle Jun.

After reading few blogs here and there I realized that I haven’t been writing/updating this one. Bad me!

“balit-tad” (baliktad) a Tagalog word which means up side down, example: wearing the right shoe on your left foot. 

This is Vierte’s current favorite Tagalog word, he would sometimes read his book the wrong way and call my attention to announce “ma book is balit-tad” or when he wears his shoe/slippers in the wrong foot “Oh-oh balit-tad…Mama ano ba yan!” and laugh. He picks up his Tagalog words when Coy and I talk and his Bisaya words when he hears me talk to my Mama or my siblings.

His Lolo Dino insists that we speak to him only in one language para di daw maguluhan. Coy and I on the other hand wants him to learn Tagalog and Bisaya para naman pag umuwi kami he can converse with his cousins at di “mabebenta” kasi naiintindihan nya yung mga taong nakapaligid sa kanya. Next year when he starts school Arabic and French classes are included in the curriculum, this mommy is very excited to learn with him.


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potty-wee training update


Vierte is nappy free at home except at night for bedtime. We had 2 afternoon nap wee accident but after that so far wala na. During his nap every 45 mins I try to carry him and whisper “wee wee in the bathroom”, he would reply “not yet mama” sabay iyak. Ngayon everytime I try to carry him iiyak agad sabay “not yet weewee mama”. There would be days he would wake up in the morning na walang weewee yung nappy nya. This worries me kasi baka magka UTI. While dressing him up for a weekend trip to the mall he would tell me “I wear nappy mama ok” 


Hopefully before he starts preschool no nappy na talaga.


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