Self-Isolation/Sequestration Readiness

Well, when this post is published, we will be on our 5^th day of Covid-19 self-isolation or sequestration.  More and more of our friends have opted for this ‘solution’ to the world-wide pandemic as the virus expands its reach. 

This post is all about the food and supplies we stocked up on.  We avoided over stocking any single item including paper products.  As for hand sanitizer, we’ll have to rely on what we have on hand plus our stock of hand soap as sanitizer was not to be found during our shopping forays…

We normally have a couple of snacks and miscellaneous food items out on the counter but this was a bit over the top.  We will wish that we had more cookies and other sweets as time goes on… Fresh fruit and vegetables will also be a challenge but we’ll deal with that issue all in good time.

The pantry in the laundry room right off the kitchen is as full as it’s ever been!  We certainly have more canned goods on hand than usual.  Chili, soup, canned vegetables, Spam, chicken and tuna are ‘in stock’.   

Our refrigerator was also jammed with lots of variety.  Salad, tomatoes, juice, eggs and butter are among the staples.

This is our meat and cheese drawer.  It is packed, mostly with various types of cheese and cheese spread along with extra Amish butter.

The freezer isn’t very large but it too is packed.  In addition to the chilled bottle of vodka, there are vegetables, fruit, snacks, meat and bread.

Now this may look like a lot of paper products to many people.  The first picture is of the toilet paper for the upstairs bathroom and I will admit that there is one package more than usual on hand.

The second photo is of the paper products that we store in the garage store room.  It may look like a lot but other than the tissues, there is actually less on hand than we normally would have after a visit to Costco.

These are our cleaning supplies and storage/garbage bags that we store on shelving in the garage.  It looks the way it does most of the time with no extra effort to add to the on-hand product. 

This is our “second pantry” in the store room at the back of our garage.  We normally do have extra food items on these shelves but the shelves are a bit more crowded than usual.  The top of the shelving unit has paper plates and cups plus Keurig pods…all normal on hand products.

The second photo shows the rest of the shelves.  Among other items our stock includes vitamins, health supplements, mouthwash, juice, cereal, BBQ sauce, Heinz Tabasco ketchup (an essential!), peanut butter, mayonnaise, cooking oils plus a variety of nuts, fruit and tea.

As I mentioned previously, the freezer in the kitchen is relatively small so we’re happy that we kept (at Laurie’s insistence) our old refrigerator when we bought a new one years ago.  As you can see, this freezer is packed with frozen food.  Included are several fish entrees on hand as well as chicken, hamburger, pork chops, sausage, bacon, lasagna, sliced beef and turkey plus more of that Amish butter and a few other items.

I know!  We definitely ‘missed an opportunity’ as shown in this photo.  Other than some leftover pasta, a package of yogurt, more fruit juice and a carton of half and half milk, along with little used beer and other beverages, the lower portion of our garage based refrigerator is almost wasted space.

So…what are you doing to cope with the Covid-19/Corona Virus Pandemic?  We definitely fall into the high risk group so self-isolation was a “no-brainer”!

Laurie and I are fortunate to be able to purchase and store extra food in order to cope with this situation.  Many folks are not as fortunate.  We contribute to our local food pantry every month and I'm stepping up our donations during this crisis!  Can you help too?

Whatever our or your situation is, no one could predict this world wide disaster or the negative ramifications that are now taking place and the many more problems that will result from it…  Humanity will survive this ‘plague’ of sorts and will learn from it.

Just click on any of the photos to enlarge them…

Thanks for stopping by for a visit!

Stay Safe, Stay Well and Take Care, Big Daddy Dave