What truly sucks about pregnancy brain is that it gets worse AFTER you have kids. My theory is that you “give” half your brain to each child. So my first-born has half my original brain. She’s pretty smart. My second-born has 1/2 of my “half of a b…

the headlamp is a great suggestion. I love it!!!!
and I love the camping idea. Its a good way to look at it, and not nearly so scary.

Thanks for the imput, I really loved your ideas.

I got snowed in without power for a few days here (Van Is.) in December and the thing that would have made life much easier would have been a headlamp for hands-free reading and cooking. It’s nothing a trip to MEC can’t fix! Speaking of which, a simple camp stove is a good idea too, for boiling water if you can’t get to the store (or they run out), not to mention for heating water for your hot water bottle! Just don’t use it inside so you don’t end up on the news as another victim of carbon monoxide.

And I have to say, based on the experience of last winter, if there is a general disaster with widespread utility outages, it will be a heck of a lot more than 72 hours before things are restored. Plan on a week at least. Assume that it will be the dead of winter–and know that a good mummy sleeping bag will keep you warmer than a pile of blankets. I guess what I’m saying is be equipped to camp for a week so that sheltering in your house will be easy. And trust me, easy is what you want in an emergency!