Thankful for an Increase in Retirement Money $$ via My Hubby

Thank You, Lord Jesus Christ, for your provision and care! 

Dear  Team Member,

 

Duff & Phelps (an independent valuation firm) and the ESOP Trustee (GreatBanc Trust) have completed their annual valuation and determined the value of ❤ Stock to be $9,491 per share, an increase of 35% from the previous valuation of $7,022. The value of 一 stock in participants’ accounts in both the❤ Legacy Stock and ❤ ESOP Leveraged Stock Funds will be adjusted by Vanguard and reflected in participants’ accounts by the end of next week.

 

The full announcement is attached to this message and will also be available in the Virtual Town Hall Documents Library, linked to an announcement on SourceOne, and posted on bulletin boards.

 

This message has been sent on behalf of A. S.

 

Best regards,

 

Information Technology Service Desk Chicago, Illinois 60626

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Living Like Y2k In a Covid-19 World

Our state's  Shelter-in-Place declaration has been heeded and started off with a bang as Hubby felt very motivated to clean and organize.  Overstuffed, disorganized, messy storage room be gone! We found soap, toilet cleaner, air fresheners, home decor, photos, Epsom salts, candles, Starbuck's tea, and food!!  Lookeee here: 2-pound cans of unopened, vacuum-filled dehydrated veggies from our stockpile of Y2K food.  Three cans of mixed vegetables, 1 can of Carrots, and 1 can of  Broccoli -- all canned in 1999.

These foods are sometimes touted to last maybe 25 years; but do we trust these online posts??  Our answer is yes.  Our cans were never opened, not bulging; kept in a cool, dark spot;  did not smell rancid nor look discolored.  Might do other posts on recipes using these. 

 However, Do Your Own Research if in a similar situation or uncertain;  and proceed at your own risk. 

opened can of dehydrated mixed-veggies

Average Dehydrated Product Shelf Life
Product	Years
Apples	20+
Adzuki Beans	25+
Alfalfa Seeds	15+
All Purpose Flour	10 - 15
Bakers Flour	15 - 20
Barley	30
Black Turtle Beans	25
Blackeye Beans	25
Broccoli	25
Brown Rice	3 - 5
Buckwheat	20+
Butter & Margarine Powder	3 - 5
Buttermilk Powder	10 - 15
Cabbage	25
Carrots	25
Celery	25
Cheese Powder	10 - 15
Cocoa Powder	10 - 15
Corn	20
Cornmeal	20 - 25
Cracked wheat	20
Flax	10 - 12
Fruit	20+
Garbanzo Beans	25
Garden Seeds	3 - 5
Germade	30
Gluten	5 - 10
Granola	1
Great Northern Beans	25
Groats	30
Hard Red Wheat	30
Hard White Wheat	30
Honey, Salt, & Sugar	∞
Hulled Oats	30
Kamut	30
Kidney Beans	25
Lentils	25
Lima Beans	25
Macaroni	20+
Millet	25+
Mixes *	3 - 10
Noodles	10 - 15
Onions	25
Peppers	25
Pink Beans	25
Pinto Beans	25
Popcorn	30
Potatoes (all)	20
Powdered & Whole Eggs	5 - 10
Powdered Milk	25
Quinoa	20
Refried Beans	25
Rolled Oats	30
Rye	30
Small Red Beans	25
Soft wheat	30
Soybeans	10 - 15
Spaghetti	20+
Spelt	30
Sprouting Seeds	15+
Tomato Powder	10 - 15
Triticale	30
TVP	10 - 15
Unbleached Flour	10 - 15
White Flour	10
White Rice	30
Whole Wheat Flour	10 - 15
Yeast *	3 - 5
∞ = Indefinitely.  Shelf life estimates are based on industry studies from sources deemed reputable. Since individual storage practices and conditions will vary, Food Assets and the canneries must disclaim any liability or warranty for particular results. * Products that contain yeast (leaven) should be considered as having a shorter shelf life than products that do not contain this ingredient. There are active enzymes in leaven, which create carbon dioxide gas, the same gas used in food storage (dry ice method). The gas is harmless to food. Leaven by itself has a 2 year shelf life (see Yeast above).

source: FOODASSETS.com

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REDDIT post by AJE

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Novel Coronavirus: (Bottled) Water, Water Everywhere @ COSTCO

A. How to Waste Money

Reading the News made me think that it was wiser to  order online for Kirkland Paper towels because too many people were grabbing them.  Oh, boy --there was plenty at my local COSTCO (ewww, I wasted $3 for s/h from COSTCO.com).   It was my fave toilet paper brands that were completely out- of- stock at the store: Scott  1-ply, and Kirkland Select 2-ply.  

B. We also bought 2 cases of bottled water. Good idea? This guy says Nope! and thinks there are better ideas. Read on:

Drinking the water that had dripped from my gutters?!!  Hmmmm.... I don't know about that.  However, I *did* buy  bottled Juice, extra food, and cereal; plus these pretty soaps in plastic bottles.  Nothing wrong with washing hands more often.

In other news, hubby's company office in Suzhou, China has reopened after several weeks.  NO ONE got infected with the Coronavirus, thank God.

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COSTCO Wholesale

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