Politics

Inauguration Violence: How To Stay Safe

January 17, 2017 By ParkerMama

Protestors are promising to disrupt many of the events surrounding Donald Trumps's inauguration. Some are even promising inauguration violence. Here are some ideas to help you make it through what potentially could be a stressful few days. (This post contains affiliate links. Thank you for supporting our site through your purchases!) Inauguration Violence A group … [Read more...] about Inauguration Violence: How To Stay Safe

Post-Election Survival Checklist

November 4, 2016 By ParkerMama

Unlike any other election in history, the 2016 Presidential election stands to go down in the books as the election that divided the country. After the last vote has been counted, and the winner announced, a peaceful transition of power may be more than can be asked of our weary nation. It's time to start thinking about preparing for possible post-election survival … [Read more...] about Post-Election Survival Checklist

Water Storage and Flint, Michigan.

January 19, 2016 By ParkerMama

Water storage has been on my mind since the state of Michigan's crisis with safe drinking water that began several months ago. Flint's tap water became contaminated with too much lead after the city switched it's water supply in 2014 to save money while under state financial management. Ensuring residents have safe water to drink has been a struggle. You can't boil lead out … [Read more...] about Water Storage and Flint, Michigan.

School Resource Officers: I Just Want Our Kids To Be As Safe As We Were

January 25, 2013 By Prepared Mom

I remember my first year of teaching. It was 1st grade in a low income area serving a population of students that were currently homeless. It was one of only a handful of public schools in the country dealing with the educational crisis caused by homelessness. I was a bright eyed, bushy tailed teacher ready to change the world. I remember those years in that school so fondly. I … [Read more...] about School Resource Officers: I Just Want Our Kids To Be As Safe As We Were

Preparedness for a disaster makes a lot of sense. With recent and predicted events like Hurricane Sandy, The Colorado Wildfires, Fiscal Cliffs, and rising food and gas costs just in 2012 there is no denying that things are changing in our world. Whether or not you believe "The End of the World As We Know It" is near there are plenty of everyday things to worry about: loss of a job, health emergency, local weather events to name a few.

I find that I worry less about the big "what if's" out there the more emergency planning my family does to deal with the unexpected. I will share the survival tips and tricks I have learned while on this preparedness journey and hope that you join in with lots of comments. We all have a lot to learn from one another.

Now, lets get started prepping! Pick a post and start reading. At the end of every post the blog randomly selects three more survival posts for you to check out. Set aside 10 minutes a day to build your preppers knowledge base. We can never be done learning or prepping, right?