Sadly, many of my friends are going through their own personal emergencies and disasters: loss of a job, death in the family and even a good friend starting breast cancer treatments as a single mom. Thankfully, I feel blessed to be a part of each of their support system as I know they would do the same for me if the situations were reversed. Each personal disaster that I see my … [Read more...] about Creating A Support System for Personal Emergencies and Disasters
Simple & Inexpensive Prepper Projects
Prepping With Potatoes
Potatoes are cheap, store well, and are easy to find thus making them a great friend of preppers. Recently 10# bags of potatoes have been on sale for $1.99 in my area leading me to search for many ways that prepping with potatoes can be done. Here is how I have been using these sales to further increase my food stores. Prepping With Potatoes - Dehydrating and Freezing For … [Read more...] about Prepping With Potatoes
Write Your Representatives | Today’s Sunday Skill
Being politically active and letting your voice be heard is an important part of preparedness. Following the news and subscribing to political grassroots organizations serves not only as an early warning system for civil, financial or political unrest but as an opportunity to have your voice matter. Believe it or not, our governmental officials ARE listening to what we have to … [Read more...] about Write Your Representatives | Today’s Sunday Skill
Stocking Up On Over the Counter Medicines
Stocking up on over the counter medicines should be a top priority for any beginning prepper. OTC medications are often inexpensive and easy to accumulate because they are widely available. Over the counter medicines can be lifesaving in an emergency situation and I encourage you to make sure you store each of the following in addition to the Physicians Desk Reference or a … [Read more...] about Stocking Up On Over the Counter Medicines
How To Turn Off Water To Your House: Todays Sunday Skill
There are many reasons that you would need to know how to turn off water to your house: broken pipes, frozen pipes, and outside water contamination are just a few. For today's Sunday Skill you will need to find where the water comes into your house. If you have a house with a basement, it is probably there. Mine happens to be housed in the basement next to the sump pump. If you … [Read more...] about How To Turn Off Water To Your House: Todays Sunday Skill
Are You Preparing For December 21?
The much discussed Mayan end of the world prediction date of 12/21/12 is just a few days. Are you preparing for December 21 any differently than you normally prep? Have you felt an urgency to step up your prepping regime in anticipation for Friday? Or are you just starting to think that perhaps prepper's aren't so crazy and you better get stocked up in the next 4 days? Even … [Read more...] about Are You Preparing For December 21?
How To Open a Can: Sunday Skill
Today's Sunday skill is teaching your kids how to open a can with a mechanical can opener. This is another one of those tools where most of us are so used to popping out the electrical can opener that if we have a mechanical one, it is likely buried in the back of your drawer and your kids have no idea what it is. It won't do much good for you to have a stocked panty if your … [Read more...] about How To Open a Can: Sunday Skill