Thursday, October 9, 2008
Thankful Thursday/Using what the Army gave us
I have to give praise and thanks to the people who came to rescue during our time after Gustav hit us. We received help from several different organizations. The Salvation Army and the Red Cross gave out cleaning and personal items by the buckets full. We decided not to take any of these items. I was looked at as snobish by my sisters in law, but it wasn't that I thought I was too good for these things, it was that we didn't feel we needed it and would have rather had someone else have it that did need it. Also very thankful for the many power company trucks and workers that came in from other states to help restore our power lines. We actually had a crew from Alabama get us back on. Thanks guys!
Another group was the Army National Guard, they were a trememdous help to us. They gave out water, tarps, ice, and food, which we did need and took. The food came in the form of MREs, meals ready to eat. These packages are a wonderful assortment of foods. Everything from spaghetti and meatballs to Mexican food, and I have to say, that what I tasted was great. I didn't eat any of these meals due to the high fat and carb content in them, but my boys did. They are made for soldiers who need the protein and carb fill to keep going in the fields, so I understood why they were like that. These packages also contained several others items such as drinks mixes, crackers, a tube of peanut butter or cheese spread, poptarts and/or several types of baked goods (which were delish), candy, and packages of fruit, just to mention a few items. These meals are made to feed a person for the whole day on one meal pack if need be. They even came with these tiny little bottles of Louisiana hot sauce, which I thought was too cute.
*If my camera was working I would take a picture of one of these great little meal thingys.
I ended up keeping all the odds and ends that were in the meal packs that my boys didn't eat, such as the hot sauce, the crackers, the baked goods, the peanut butter, and the friut. The items have a shelf life of three years, so I stocked them on my shelf in my pantry, lol. So this morning I used some of the friut to make muffins with, and they came out so good too. I made cranberry and blueberry muffins. At first I thought Hummm maybe not, but to my surprise they were very good. My son ate 4 of them, so I know they were good, lol.
Well the weather is gorgeous outside, thank you God, so I think we will go do school on the patio. Have a great day everyone.
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Thursday, October 9, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by gabbie427
Those muffins sound good!! Glad they came out so well, and the son loved them!!!
God's Blessings,
Amy Jo
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Thursday, October 9, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by morningsunshine
MREs have a longer shelf life than that! don't they? My bro (in the guard) gets us MREs for our 72 hr kits.
I know they have a lot of carbs and proteins - I think I heard that one MRE has enough calories to keep a normal person (like me! LOL!) for a whole day. Course, I am not army man running, hiding, building, not-sleeping-for-48-hours....
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