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Earthquake Preparedness

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Ever since moving to California (and having my daughter) I’ve been earthquake focused. We live only a few miles from the San Andreas Fault Line. This past year I experience my biggest earthquake yet and I remember thinking a jet had just roared past our house……until I saw the waves sloshing out of the pool! All of our large furniture is bolted to the walls and the large TVs are tied down with the little kits you can buy at the hardware store. I have earthquake kits prepared and our entire family has an earthquake plan discussed and thought out. After so many recent large earthquakes in the news I’m re-evaluating our kits today and making sure we are ready if one were to hit southern California. Just thought I’d share my master kit list and some great links I’ve found over the past few years:

Earthquake Master Kit List


Palm Desert Special Earthquake Publication (Go to this page and click on Earthquake Safety)
Putting Down Roots in Earthquake Country (PDF downloads)
Family Emergency Plan (FEMA) (includes download-able forms)
Household and Personal Inventory Book (download-able book)
Make Your Family Safer (collection of articles and tips)

And lastly, this is all over the internet so I’m not even sure who the original author was….it is a list of the first 100 things to disappear in a disaster or panic. Kind of put things into perspective and gives you an idea of how to plan:

Are you Prepared?

The Underwear Box

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We’ve spent the last few months casually potty training Sienna. She’s been REALLY great if I let her just run around the house naked, but she hasn’t had much interest in wearing underwear.

I told her on Tuesday: No more diapers. Well, that didn’t go over so well because she didn’t want to wear “big girl” underwear….and I can’t take her out in public without pants on!
Now she’s potty trained! So what happened since beginning of the week? Here is what worked for us! I made this pretty little box and we call it her “underwear box.” It holds all of her underwear and she gets to pick out which pair she wants to wear in the morning and after nap time .

The Underwear Box via lilblueboo.com

I can’t believe how excited she is to pick out a pair of undies….it is hilarious. I know everyone’s kids are different, but thought I’d pass the idea along for those of you who are in potty training stage!

The Underwear Box 2 via lilblueboo.com

Random Tip – Photos before Drywall

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If you are renovating a home, building a home or just renovating a room….. before the drywall goes up…… TAKE PHOTOS of what is behind your walls! My framer told me to do this and I can’t even tell you what a lifesaver it has been! I’ve been have this musty smell come out of a few of the light switches and under the bar sink in the kitchen. By posting my question and the photo below on a DIY website, a plumber was able to help me pinpoint what was wrong without me having to tear out all the cabinets!

Random Tip - Photos before Drywall via lilblueboo.com
Now we will probably have to just cut a small hole. I’ve used these photos with electricians to find wiring and to check what the framing looked like behind a wall in order to raise a door up. It has saved a TON of headaches. Just wanted to pass the tip along!
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