Starting Out and Prepping

3-31-2021

I have gotten started and the excitement is unreal. I woke up this morning, got out of bed, and grounded my feet under me. The vibrations coming from my toes to my knees to my hips, then finally to my heart was awesome. I could feel one thing and one thing only; God telling me to move! It’s time I kept hearing. It’s time to get my items needed for the car, get organized, do laundry, pack, clean up, put together my snacks and food ideas for the road, write, and finally sleep before heading out. 

The trip to Fleet Farm was short, easy, cheap and done before 10am CST. I brought everything back, got it out of the car, and took the food items to the kitchen. I left any other items in my hallway where I throw everything before I decide to “clean” it up. The joys of living in my own spot, the joys of not feeling the OCD kick it to be “clean”, and damn it feels good to just set stuff anywhere I want and not worry about it.

As, I’m in the kitchen I start to tear open the dried fruit I got; cranberries, raisins, small apple chunks. I peel apart the plastic bags for the mixed nuts; pecans, walnuts, etc…I don’t remember all the nuts in mixed nuts! I open the meat portions I choose to mix with all these goodies, and ladies and Gents, it is bacon jerky….YES! I am pouring everything into a big mixing bowl and I can start to smell the tartness of the dried fruit, the earthy smell of the nuts, mixed with salt and sweet, and then put a little bacon into it…It smell amazing. I separate out 1/2 cup into snack baggies and created 30 snack options that don’t have to be purchased on the road. I look around and see what else I could grab from my kitchen and I bag up the apples, the honey, the teas (tension tamer and immune support tazo teas). I have cereal and realize I can put those in baggies as well and have breakfast on the go for many days! YES! That was done, finished, completed! I stood there looking at the bountiful food, praying over it with words of Love and Support to my body as I travel, and Thanking God for what He has provided me on a small budget and with food that is tasty. 

1 Corinthians 10:31

“So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.“

Blessing our food is healthy, good, natural, and allows us to eat “clean”. Thank you, God, for this opportunity to praise you in a different way; everyday! Creating the meal, creating the snack, the details of what we all have in our homes. This is a blessing!