Yes, empty ones. (Although I'm sure the icing is plenty yummy ;)).
So we have been counseled by prophets and apostles to have a supply of long-term food storage. This supply would be useful in many different circumstances from wide-spread events such as serious natural disasters (think about Hurricane Katrina or the tsunami and earthquake in Japan in 2011) to individual personal tragedies, such as job loss or government shut-downs. Having a supply of food can be a financial help as well as something for peace of mind.
And my husband and I want to follow the counsel and become prepared.
To become prepared, we are working on storing many staples like rice, wheat, oats, milk, flour, sugar... You get the idea. And for convenience, we want to put them in buckets. Do you know how expensive food-grade buckets are if you buy them brand new? They are pretty pricey, when you start adding it all up. We know, because we've checked. But my mother-in-law told us that we can get icing buckets at bakeries! So I have been going to the grocery store bakeries and asking if they have any empty icing buckets. And I have been hitting the jack-pot! What a blessing to not have to buy them! Sure, it takes some effort to clean out the buttery icing residue... But they are still free! And we can store our long-term food items and become better prepared.
What a weight to have lifted off our shoulders, knowing that, in the event of another government shutdown and the possibility of my husband not getting a paycheck on time (or at all), we will still have what we need. And how grateful I am to have tools to help us, such as empty icing buckets we got for free :).
What are you grateful for today?
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