What are everyone's prepping plans for 2013? Here are mine:

My big ones are to add to my water and food supply. I currently have one 55-gallon drum of water and a couple cases of bottled water. I plan to add another 3 cases of bottles, two 5-gallon LCI jerry cans, and another 55-gallon drum by the end of 2013. Also planning on adding 1 or 2 IBC totes for rainwater collection.

Also currently have six assorted #10 cans from Mountain House. I plan on tripling that by the end of 2013 and adding more cans of food in the pantry also. I'll feel a little more secure when I have somewhere in the 1 month range for 3 people set aside. And start making jerky with the deer we kill in the back yard.

Also wouldn't hurt to double the amount of ammo I have on-hand. Currently about 500 rounds for the .45 and around 5k rounds for the 10/22. Also want to add a shotgun and a rifle to the collection. I've also been wanting to make the Jeep a little bit more pavement-friendly (it's tough as nails and goes anywhere, but sucks to drive on the road) and keep a little gas on-hand for it rather than just what's in the tank.

With a new baby on the way, our nesting instincts are kicking in. Our big ones this year are to:

-filling the gaps in the panty and freezer and keep them full
-at least double our drinking water supply
-finding some sort of a back-up power supply and/or heating method for the house
-help DD get a preparedness mindset of her own in her apartment
-continue working with DS and DD on their survival skills
-repack my Jeep Liberty (the family BOV) so that we can more easily fit both emergency supplies, groceries and the baby and her gear (i.e. stroller)
-building a baby bob and updating the famly bob and my bob/ghb
-DD and DS are also planning a survival weekend this summer with my nephew

Personally, I'm also going to have a healthy weight loss challenge in 2013. I've put on 30 pounds so far during this pregnancy and I have no expectations that it's just going to melt off when she's born. Taking advantage of hiking all our local trails is going to be my go to exercise of choice.

For myself, I'm feeling good about the supplies we have on hand given the storage we have and the state of our finances. In 2013, I'm planning to learn how to use a chainsaw and get one. I'd also like to get out camping more. My ham shack is still in boxes and I need to get it going and get a couple of antennas up. I'd also like to put a mobile rig in my car.

haven't used the pressure canner yet... will try some chicken, ground meat, and hot dogs...work on losing weight..shoot a little more practical rifle and 3 gun...a few more peppers and aromatics in the Earth Boxes and harvest seeds...possibly look into a technician license for amateur radio

Jackie,
Breast feeding is one good way to take off pregnancy-induced weight gain. As long as you breast feed, you're expending calories at a 25% greater rate than normal. So, the longer you breast feed, the better for you and your baby.

Breast feeding is on the agenda. Thanks JPickett!

hahha!! Poor Izzy. You know I love ya! I didn't take any offense.

FWIW, when my son was born, he had medical complications that made traditonal breast feeding nearly impossible. Our solution was to combine the best of both worlds: we bottle fed him with my pumped breast milk. It worked out beautifully. He was getting breast milk, but I still had to defend myself because several people made uniformed, wrong assumptions based on the bottle. With no intention of ingiting the breast feeding wars here on ETS.... it makes me mad when people judge others based on limited information, and our breast feeding status seems to make us instant public targets. You, Izzy and every other ETSer have never made me feel that way, although Frisket (I think) had a thread a few years ago that came really close. He planned to stock formula to help his neighbours in an emergency and a few voices chimed in to say that he should save his money and instead extoll the virtues of breast feeding to those people. My blood got a little bubbly during that one.

I still remember the little buzz,tish,buzz,tish,buzz,tish of my wife's pump, daughter refused to latch so she pumped for 6 months but her supply dried up when she got sick then and no amount of pumping could get it going again.
We kept on living normally, had a portable pump that ran on 4 AA's and I carried a spare pack of Eneloops and a MAHA C401FS charger. She would be pumping while I was driving and we had the other 4 batteries in the c401fs plugged into a 12v port on the dash.

Definitely water,its my Achilles heel,also a wood burner heater of some kind,some cord wood.IE,better cold preps,we can do better.

Will get a greenhouse built as finances allow comfortably,so far thats looking good.Play more with the hydroponics in the greenhouse.

Getting lazy on the range,actually we have been busy last couple months,want better skill with the shotgun.Weve been working up on mechanics and stronger loads.

I support Mommy rights 100% !!! You feed anywhere you like in my book.IMO there is nothing more natural,healthy or beautiful than a baby and its Mom.