September 2020 Back to Basics Newsletter

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September is welcomed as hot summer days give way to cooler daytime temperatures, pleasant evenings, and brisk mornings. The harvests draw closer to an end. Fall fruits are waiting to be plucked, enjoyed, and preserved. School is back in session (although this COVID back-to-school year is a bit different from what we are accustomed to!) And September is the National Preparedness Month! Between it all, it is the perfect time to polish up your preparedness! Take the time to fill more storage shelves, renew the 72-hour kit, and make plans for the “what if” challenges and disasters. We have long been told “If ye are prepared ye shall not fear.”  As we face the storms that life brings, the peace preparedness brings is worth the effort and cost put forth in advance. Let us batten down the hatches, call the family together to work as a team, and enjoy whatever life brings.  As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.”

Included in this month's newsletter:
Provident Living: Cold Hard Cash - Tips to avoid debt and live within your means.
Disaster Prep: Make a Plan! A list of things to help you make a plan for your family.
Treasure Thoughts: Two quotes to help us with our money!
In the Southern Utah Garden: Tips for September "things to do" in the garden.
Using the Harvest - An apple a day. Recipes and tips for using apples this fall.
Provident Living - Watching your pennies. Tips to save money in a variety of ways.
Custom Fit Your Kits! Ideas to add to your 72 hour kits.
Spiritual preparedness - Quote from Elder D Todd Christofferson.

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August 2020 Back to Basics Newsletter

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The dog days of summer are here – those hot, sultry days that make it hard to spend a full day outdoors. Yards and gardens are tackled in early mornings so the work is done in the cool summer air, or one can wait for the sun to set and hope the temperature drops then. The garden is hopefully producing a bounty of juicy tomatoes, and squash to share. The lawns are lush, or maybe struggling a bit under the summer sun. The preparations and extra work from the spring are paying off! So it is with our efforts to establish a food and supply storage. The work you do today will be realized in a future day. Being prepared can become a way of life – provident living. For those who have been at it for a while, it is second nature. For those in the beginning stages – take heart! Before long your harvest of food lined shelves, packed 72-hour kits, and barrels with water, will become a part of your life. As we prepare – and continue to add to the program we establish for our individual families – we will reap the rewards of the promise – “If ye are prepared, ye shall not fear.” And that peace is the best dog day blessing that there is!

Included in this month's newsletter:

* The Principle of Preparation - We have been counseled for many years to be prepared. Here is a list that helps us strive for this goal.

* Food Storage in a Shortage - ideas to obtain and resupply when shelves are often empty.

* Spiritual and Temporal Preparedness - Quotes from Spencer W Kimball and L Tom Perry to inspir us.

* In the Southern Utah Garden - A list of things to do and plant in August.

* Using the Harvest - ideas to use your pears, peppers and tomatoes.

* Disaster Prep: What level are you? Five levels of preparedness described to help us identify where we stand with our preparedness.

* Provident Living: "A penny saved is a penny earned!" - ideas to help you save some hard earned cash!

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