Hi I’m Kayleigh, author for the Suburban Prepper Mom blog. Like you, I’m navigating how best to keep my family healthy and happy in increasingly likely emergency scenarios. It might be harder when you live in the city and have small children that keep you busy, but it can still be done! I hope that joining this community will help you stay motivated and give you fresh inspiration. I suggest bookmarking this page so you can easily refer back to the resources here.
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Subscriber Bonuses!
Below you’ll find all the bonus materials you get as an email subscriber! Currently, this includes:
- Food, Water and Supplies Editable Tracking Spreadsheet (see video and download link below)
- Getting started with cryptocurrency trading PDF
- Kitty Litter Toilet Instructions PDF
- NEW: Printable Mylar Bag Labels
PDF: Mylar Food Storage Bag Labels
These are in fillable PDF form so you can type and then printe them out. You can print these on regular paper and tape them on, or buy waterproof printer sticker sheets like these ones. Or just print one off as a sample of what to remember to write on your bags! They are also colour coded if you wish to organize into food categories.
PDF: Crypto Info and Crypto.com Set Up (with link for an extra $25 in CRO)
Kitty Litter Toilet Instructions – print and include in your emergency prep binder
Food, Water and Supplies Tracking Tool
This video walks you through how to use the tracking spreadsheet:
Here is your free Food and Supplies Tracking Spreadsheet (Microsoft Excel document):
Refer to the timestamps if you want to go back to specific instructions in the video.
Video Timestamps:
0:10 – Save two copies
1:09 – Use it in full detail or just get inspiration from it
1:24 – What is not included in the spreadsheet
2:15 – Spreadsheet first tab (screen sharing begins)
2:35 – Mylar dry food storage tab
2:54 – Printer-friendly, reminder about formatting
4:00 – Water storage tab
6:09 – Household consumables tab
7:52 – “TL” Tabs section begins (freeze dried storage)
8:00 – Reliability, quality, variety
9:08 – Link for discounts
9:29 – Example of Thrive Guide (FAQ document)
9:45 – Comparison of freeze dried can sizes
10:24 – Explanation of cup measurements (can help inform ordering priorities)
11:13 – “Store what you eat, and eat what you store.”
11:49 – Storage targets based primarily on family can size for TL tabs
12:23 – Estimated storage targets based on the Canada Food Guide
12:54 – Screenshare of TL tabs on the spreadsheet
13:31 – Adult vs child-size portions (planning your storage targets)
14:30 – Examples of how I categorized fruit and vegetables based on nutritional quality
15:59 – Filing in the TL tabs & showing how it auto-populates
17:13 – Let this inform your food storage thought process
18:27 – Don’t get overwhelmed – thoughts on how to prioritize
20:33 – Edit and add your own tabs to the spreadsheet
Facebook Community
Don’t try to add emergency preparedness into your busy family life all by yourself! Make new friends, share advice and ask questions in our Suburban Prepper Moms private Facebook group.
When joining the group:
- It’s a private group, so you’ll have to be approved by admin prior to accessing the group.
- Please answer the group membership questions and confirm you’ve seen the group rules so an admin can let you in.
How to invite friends:
Please invite your friends! The best way to do this is to send them to this blog first (suburbanpreppermom.com) so they can get the tracking spreadsheet too. Then they can request to join the group themselves. When you invite your friends direct to the group, Facebook doesn’t always show them the membership questions, or even alert them to the fact that they were invited to the group! This makes it hard for admin to know who really wants to participate in the group. We also get a number of bot accounts requesting to join, so answering the group membership questions helps us filter these out.