I am in the Cleveland Ohio area. We were heavily hit by tornadoes on Tuesday afternoon. I took to my basement and hope for the best. Everyone is safe, but I have been without power for almost 3 days. I was so worried about all of my grass fed organic beef, and other assortments of meat in my freezer going bad, so yesterday I took all of the meat from my upstairs freezer/fridge down into the basement chest freezer. This was a difficult task, considering the leg problems I have, but I loaded up a couple of soft sided freezer bags and went up and down those stairs 6-8 imes. Then I proceeded to carry down four large 20 pound bags of ice that I was lucky enough to get. Ice is a hot commodity around here because of the power being out. I made LOTS of trips up and down the stairs. Boy was that a WORKOUT! I am so grateful for this app and this community, because I know even three months ago I could not have done what I did today, but because of working out and finding different strategies, I am down over 80 pounds since January 2024. All of the meat was just starting to defrost a little bit, so the timing was perfect. I felt like I was rescuing my children-LOL- that’s because I realize this FOOD is like medicine. It is healing me and I will defend it at all cost! I am also happy to report that at 3 AM last night, my power came back on! Hooray! The MEAT IS SAVED! Can I get an amen and a hallelujah?

Posted by Amy Faith at 2024-08-09 13:00:09 UTC