Author: Karen Morris

Home Security, Preparing Our House Systems

Normal People Preparing for TEOTWAWKI – Making Your Home into a Castle

I’ve written a good deal about TEOTWAWKI.  We’ve had a discussion on TEOTWAWKI vs. Bugging out 1 and 2.   After that, I covered Finding and Storing Water During TEOTWAWKI and Food Systems to Put Into Place for TEOTWAWKI.  I’ve discussed Sanitation Systems and Survival Medical Systems.  I’ve also asked the […]

Getting out of Debt / Debt, Preparing Our Finances

What’s Holding Most People Back From Being Prepared – Part 2

So in part one of this two-article set, we discussed the two major sources of debt in our lives – Mortgage debt and car debt.   ***There are links in this post.  Some of the links may be affiliate links. My promise to you is that I will only recommend the […]

Getting out of Debt / Debt, Preparing Our Finances

What’s Holding Many Back from Being More Prepared?

Americans are known for lots of things.  We are known for our love of baseball and football, for apple pie, eating out, pick up trucks, and DEBT. The average person in the United States currently carries more debt than we ever have before.  According to Money Magazine as a people in […]

Political, Preparing Our Strategy

How our Preparedness Needs to Change as a Result of This Election – Part 2

So in the last blog post, we started talking about how our preparedness needs to change as a result of this election.  The main thing that we discussed was Food Security.  In this second blog post, I want to address four further areas of Security that really need to change […]

Political, Preparing Our Strategy

How Our Preparedness Needs to Change As a Result of This Election – Part 1

Preparedness was the last thing on my mind last Saturday afternoon. I was at a lady’s tea for my church when I heard a notification from my phone go off saying that Biden had won the election.  It wasn’t what I was expecting and put a little bit of a […]

Preparing Our Vehicles

Join The Prepared Vehicle Challenge – Prizes Awarded!

Life Is Busy In a recent blog post, I gave you all a recap of what is going on in my life right now.  My husband who was an elder at our church was recently made the pastor of our church.  And for me, I’ve been immersed in projects.  One […]

From Karen

What a Dream Can Do – The Journey of A Year Without the Grocery Store

Dreams More than three years ago, I had a dream.  I thought about writing a book.  A lot of people dream about it.  Perhaps you’ve dreamed about it.  But I didn’t do that on my own. I wanted to take a class that walked me through writing my book step […]

Organization of Our House Systems, Preparing Our House Systems

Tips and Tricks for Organizing Preparedness Supplies

Have you ever tried to find something that you KNEW that you purchased for your preparedness, but you couldn’t find it?  Remember that time you wanted to go camping, but you couldn’t find your camping stove?  Or maybe you could find every sleeping bag but ONE.  Organizing your preparedness supplies […]

Political, Preparing Our Strategy

This Weekend’s Action Steps to Minimize Election Consequences

The election is just around the corner and Covid numbers are progressively (whether really or artificially) going up.  Illinois has already started reinstating stricter control over its populace because of Covid numbers.  What some governors really want is control.  Even last Friday, Steve (my husband) and I were watching The […]

Mentally, Preparing Ourselves

10 Everyday Decisions that Impact Survival and Preparedness

We make decisions every day.  We decide if we want to sleep in or get up early, and we decide if we want to read a book or watch a TV show.  Should we answer a phone call or let it go to voicemail.  Some decisions that we don’t even think about […]