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@lindamcdermott9980 5 минут бұрын
Nice to see you again. I like that gift wrap bag, I may get one. Happy Thanksgiving 🦃.
@melissahyatt9626 56 минут бұрын
YAY good to see you! Love the gift wrap thing; I’m going to have to get one. My wrapping paper is a mess. Happy Thanksgiving 🦃🍁🍽
@laurawood4476 2 сағат бұрын
Good job
@donnaott4373 2 сағат бұрын
Glad to see you
@donnaott4373 2 сағат бұрын
Its like an old fashioned view master
@greenfoxgaming6721 2 сағат бұрын
Missed you 😢.
@christinewelch8365 2 сағат бұрын
Nice to see you again. And it’s great to see that we all have one area that drives us crazy!! Mine is the laundry room! Happy Thanksgiving although it does feel weird to say that when we celebrate in October (Canadians). I can’t believe that it’s almost time to decorate for Christmas!!
@TheAtWhatCostBlog 2 сағат бұрын
I agree! I can't believe how quickly the year is going by either. Have a wonderful holiday!
@christinewelch8365 2 сағат бұрын
@ 😊💃
@peggersf9709 3 сағат бұрын
👋👋 Great job. Some decisions are hard. Happy Thanksgiving and enjoy the family time
@TheAtWhatCostBlog 3 сағат бұрын
Thank you! Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family too!
@garyesue323 4 сағат бұрын
Enjoyed watching!
@TheAtWhatCostBlog 3 сағат бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@CharlesCamp-e6d 24 күн бұрын
I enjoyed the video ..I have to wonder how your family dealt with the TP shortage of 2020 since you do not stock anything...Our supply lasted from Dec 2019 to March 2024 without havinv to buy any...Our supplies turn a disaster or emergency into an inconvience and we are in a position to help others...
@TheAtWhatCostBlog 22 күн бұрын
Wow! Thats a long time!
@maryjomccallister9102 29 күн бұрын
I agree with everything you said except the hot coffee in the morning. 😂
@jmull8638 29 күн бұрын
I know I'm late to comment, but it was good to see your post and know your family made it safely through the storm. It sounds like God, in His faithfulness, has been giving you many opportunities for growth as you trust in Him. Praying for your dear family as you seek to serve Him in this challenging season ❤
@niniruffles856 Ай бұрын
Have you been to the Blue Ridge Mountain Christian Writers Conference? Agents and publishers attend and take appointments. The conference is held at Ridgecrest, NC in May. My son was diagnosed with epilepsy when he was 7, so I know your pain. He is thirty now. I feel very thankful.
@TheAtWhatCostBlog 29 күн бұрын
I have not, but I will check it out. Thanks! Both our boys are doing really well right now and I am thankful for that too! Such a scary ride. 💕
@PattyBorden Ай бұрын
The more you talk, the more I hear the Lord's hand of protection on your family! Love hearing of His provision in our times of need, and your advice for things that can be done ahead of time.
@PsychologyMix Ай бұрын
Love your videos!!! Binge watching them while cleaning/decluttering!!!!
@gerriebell2128 Ай бұрын
This is the first of your videos I have ever watched. To me, your choice of the words, “very challenging experiences” all by itself, DOES minimize what some people especially in northwestern North Carolina have been through. Those people experienced death and destruction, and trauma, not just “challenges”. They can’t even go near bodies of water because of the smell of decaying bodies. Whole towns are completely gone. Whole houses were washed away, some with people inside. I’m in Southern California and it breaks my heart to see what these people have been and are going through. Explaining that your purpose is to just show what worked for you is very good- it might help a lot of people prepare well for any but the most dire circumstances (which you just can’t prepare for at all, so I’m not being critical here). People need to know these things.
@TheAtWhatCostBlog Ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing your perspective. At the time of this video we were still pretty unplugged from the world. Most of our area still does not have internet or cell service and so getting information was and has still been somewhat delayed. But yes, the loss there is devastating. I have also heard encouraging stories of people helping people, spiritual community being built where there was once wasn’t any neighborly connection, and spiritual revival despite a very good reason to lose faith. Despite the circumstances I trust that God works all things together for our good and His glory. Again, thank you for sharing your perspective.
@gerriebell2128 Ай бұрын
@@TheAtWhatCostBlog yes. I hope I didn’t sound mean. I watched a couple of videos from Heavenly Minded Home lately, and watched Justin Rhodes that he filmed just as it was happening, with massive fast moving rivers of water moving suddenly through his land. He is a 3rd generation farmer/homesteader, and he kept yelling, “this is the 100-year flood!!!” I just watch these and pray. I’m praying for revival in general to come on this world, too. Heidi on Heavenly Minded Home talked about “survivor’s guilt”, because she knows people whose houses are gone or a tree fell and broke the roof or windows, etc, and “all” that happened to her is their basement got flooded and they couldn’t get much of the the water out till power was restored, and all their clothes were destroyed by moisture and mold. So I pray comfort and peace on you because directly affected or not, you are mentally and emotionally affected anyway. People talk about preparedness but there are SO many things you just cannot ever prepare for and you just plain need God’s help. 💕💕
@TheAtWhatCostBlog Ай бұрын
@@gerriebell2128 You didn't sound mean at all! This is all hard. Our home did not have any damange, but about a quarter of the homes in our neighborhood are a total loss. Seeing someones homes split entirely in half, flooded, and a total loss is hard. We also had a report of a mother holding her two babies under a tree in their home. There are 10 foot walls of trees down waiting for clean up on almost every road. It will take time for everyone to recover. I can't imagine an entire town gone. It's heartbreaking. I can relate to the survivors guilt. I agree, all we can do in pray and help those who we are able. Thanks again for your thoughful comments, I appreciate them.
@findingmyhealing57 Ай бұрын
Plug into autism one and gaps diet
@TheAtWhatCostBlog Ай бұрын
I will certainly look into that! Thanks!
@findingmyhealing57 Ай бұрын
Work with homeopath, natural path, functional medicone dr
@PsychologyMix Ай бұрын
I love your faith based approach!!! It’s very unique and God has blessed me by your channel
@TheAtWhatCostBlog Ай бұрын
Thank you! That means a lot!
@PsychologyMix Ай бұрын
That’s such a great tip!!!! I also do the inverse and take a picture whenever my house is clean, so I can remind myself, I got it this way and I can get I back there and I’m not always a “failure” (we are not failures but I back talk to my negative self talk)
@TheAtWhatCostBlog Ай бұрын
That's a great idea!
@dianecender9606 Ай бұрын
Board games and cards puzzles help keep the mind busy when its very quiet. Crank radio with battery and solar option for some back round noise. Bring your solar lighting that you have outside to inside the house to save battery for lighting also is a good tip I keep powdered milk and powdered eggs in my house for these kinds of things. With water you can make most anything with that. If you want things at a minimum just use what you have in your home and make a small version of things needed Heat Power light water food. The other thing i would suggest in walkies talkies. No cell towers no cell services
@TheAtWhatCostBlog Ай бұрын
This is such a good list! 💕
@dianecender9606 Ай бұрын
also if your kids like to draw just give them a pencil and paper ask them to draw something they really love
@TheAtWhatCostBlog Ай бұрын
@@dianecender9606yes! We went through almost an entire ream of paper in 9 days. 😂 they are very creative kiddos.
@dianecender9606 Ай бұрын
My little one is 21 now... she always loved the arts and now is a substitute music teacher. She graduates this year
@CindyClough Ай бұрын
Mary Beth, I'm glad you and your family are doing OK after the storm! Thank you for sharing your experience and how minimalism was a tool for weathering the storm and its effects!
@TheAtWhatCostBlog Ай бұрын
Thanks for watching and I appreciate you saying that!
@deb4375 Ай бұрын
Thank you for your videos. I'm so glad you are alright. You and your family are in my prayers. I have been praying for your one son with epilepsy and I will include your other son too. Another person I follow recently had her son diagnosed with epilepsy and is in my prayers. 🙏
@TheAtWhatCostBlog Ай бұрын
Thank you so much! 💕
@faithrada Ай бұрын
I know some feel a generator is not a 'High Priority' item since it is rarely used.. BUT . I look at it this way.. it is AVAILABLE for USE .. so that peace of mind has real value... whether IN USE or not.
@TheAtWhatCostBlog Ай бұрын
I think it’s about the only “just in case” item I can justify. 😆
@judihulslander298 Ай бұрын
Excellent video! Your planning writing skills were certainly evident. And sharing things to do better was helpful for all of us, whether or not storms are typical of our areas. I will definitely have more shelf stable items on hand, even though a grocery is close by. Praise God your damage was not greater. You are an inspiration. Shalom!
@autobotdiva9268 Ай бұрын
when the house "starts back up" after a windstorm is accurate
@chapman1569 Ай бұрын
I have had a lot of gatherings every week in my small and cluttered home, decorated with hand me downs. They were my best friends because they took me as I was. My guest cooked, I cleaned up, the kids had the living room for their stories and plays, aleut's had the kitchen table. Just make sure the there are seating options, ditch the cushions, liberate the sofa and chairs. If you dont have room for people to sit, it is not welcoming. I stopped visiting one of my friend because I had to make my way to a chair through the clutter on the floor and try to declutter a chair to sit. This friend had bedbugs and because she has so much clutter it made it challenging to get rid of them. She accidentally brought this problem to my home, it was a nightmare. I have been helping that friend for 20 years to declutter and move , I can't do it anymore and she hasn't changed her ways, she is still a shopaholic and a hoarder.
@chapman1569 Ай бұрын
Excellent first hand account and post hurricane analysis. Good luck with your book.
@AZJH8374 Ай бұрын
New subscriber. Looking forward to your channel and journey. God bless you all and many prayers 🙏🏻 Nurse Judi in Scottsdale AZ and Eucharistic Minister 🙏🏻 💖✝️📿😇🙏🏻
@bjgoels Ай бұрын
Those were very good insights. I guess we don't really know what is important until we are faced with extreme circumstances.
@RRavencraft Ай бұрын
I guess all we can do in life is count our blessings. And thank God you had water to wash atleast. I can't imagine high 80's and no way to wash up, wash clothes for 9 days. We live up north in New England and plan for about a month with no power and limited water because we have a well. So food and supplies, clothes, etc...Our woodstove makes all the difference....yet it would be so hard to wash and dry thick heavy clothes, wool omg, etc., so being minimal is out.
@TS-ls9cp Ай бұрын
Here are some preparedness observations from a NC/Helene survivor, if you’re looking to increase your ability to sustain yourself in disasters. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJSslX1nqt5qncksi=RGcBbM4XS_IBirR1
@ciclallisilva4441 Ай бұрын
A loss is a loss no matter how you put it anywhere our country didn't get a big back to back and I was really 💔 some my friends family lived in Florida plus my sis mother in-law home got destroyed as well good thing she wasn't in Florida but to be real we weren't expecting the hurricane Milton and my family wanted to go to Florida for Halloween so it was canceled.
@PsychologyMix Ай бұрын
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
@rg-mi5hh Ай бұрын
Have been remembering all of you in prayer who went through the hurricanes. Could not be easy.
@TheAtWhatCostBlog Ай бұрын
Thank you! We were very fortunate! 💕
@rturney6376 Ай бұрын
Hamburger Helper is crap 💩 food. 😂😂😂😂
@TheAtWhatCostBlog Ай бұрын
I can not disagree! 😆
@rturney6376 Ай бұрын
@@TheAtWhatCostBlog why would feed it and McDonald’s which has human remains in it thanks to the Khadarian mafia to your kids? That is why it’s so cheap. 🙄 I found your video overall Stupid. Yes, people can remove things from their closet when they need to. 🙄 No other content here.
@lauraswihart4816 Ай бұрын
I am not buying any more clothes!
@lauraswihart4816 Ай бұрын
I need help to declutter so bad! 😢
@joannafoster3423 Ай бұрын
So much good stuff in here. Welcome back! Glad your family is safe.
@Alisha_79 Ай бұрын
I wonder if it was my mom that commented that. She claims to be a Christian but is very much only wanting to show a perfect life to the world. She's very much about not talking about your feelings or struggles. Make up on, dressed nice before you leave the house is a must. It took me going through an abusive marriage and a dear friend helping me realize the truth. My relationship with God is so much better now. My relationship with my new(8years together, 7 married] is soo much better because of it too. Was hard to leave my ex husband but he isn't a Christian and never will be.
@Alisha_79 Ай бұрын
In 2020 our government said to stock up 6 weeks of shelf stable food. 2022(I think) they upped it to 6 months. I think heeding our government's advice if not doubling it is a good thing. Our grid is not stable. It can go down completely with just 6 areas attacked. Including part of Canada. The outage would be a minimum of 6 months. We have no back up generators. They have to be built overseas then shipped in. I am not against minimalism. Just in smart ways. When we were without electricity 4 days after a blizzard, we used paper plates. We kept the house picked up. We had no water besides our stored and tub water. So only washing silverware and pots was really nice. ❤ Aluminum foil is useful for "grilling" veggies to hear them up.
@faithrada Ай бұрын
As I understand it.. we do have a number of the HUGE generators strategically placed throughout the country, HOWEVER.. the logistics of moving them is an heroic undertaking.. so yes, it would take MANY months to move them in to place.
@Teenitesy Ай бұрын
I just went through Helene and Milton. Everything is OK, but post fatigue storm exhaustion is REAL. I’m happy you are ok!
@TheAtWhatCostBlog Ай бұрын
Yes it is!
@SooperTrooper100 Ай бұрын
Where?.???? People all over KZbin now talking about their experiences and don’t clarify upfront their location. 8 minutes in and I bailed out.
@TheAtWhatCostBlog Ай бұрын
East Georgia
@TS-ls9cp Ай бұрын
I believe we need to distinguish between minimizing junk that accumulates in our home, and the potential LIFE SAFING lifestyle of being adequately prepared for a wide variety of disasters.
@TheAtWhatCostBlog Ай бұрын
I agree! Just getting rid of stuff isn’t the same as a minimalist lifestyle.
@celiahilbrand6943 Ай бұрын
Thank you for thoughtfully taking the time to share your experience and wisdom- we are thankful to the Lord your family and community were spared the graphic devastation! And whew!!!!
@TheAtWhatCostBlog Ай бұрын
Thank you so much!
@dianasimplifies Ай бұрын
We've only had to use our generator once for 12 hours or so but it was worth having!! Thx for sharing your story, I think it's so important to get the word out. One area I'm not minimalist is easy to prepare emergency type food.
@lovebefree8460 Ай бұрын
I decluttering a do dialisys and hard time to walk
@pjlacey3990 Ай бұрын
I’m so grateful your family is safe and your home is fine. Question, what generator did you get? How many watts or volts? This is something our family should purchase.
@TheAtWhatCostBlog Ай бұрын
I believe it is a Firmin. I’m not certain how many watts, but it was a larger one. We have some other plans for it with our camper in the future, so we went with a larger one. But it came from Lowe’s.
@pjlacey3990 Ай бұрын
@@TheAtWhatCostBlog Thanks!