Author: Karen Morris

Medical, Preparing Our House Systems

How My 2020 Flu Failures Made Me Better Prepared for the Coronavirus

I’ve been hit hard by the flu this year.  During the last two weeks where I was mostly down, I had plenty of time to think about this year’s bout with the flu and the lessons that I’ve learned from it which have made me better prepared to deal with […]

Pandemic, Preparing for "Disasters"

What You Need to Know and Do About the Wuhan Coronavirus

First off, if you’ve been here for any length of time, you know I am NOT an alarmist.  I want you to read this article in that vein.  I am NOT trying to scare people.  Instead, I want people to be informed and make appropriate decisions.  Don’t worry about this […]

EMP, Preparing for "Disasters"

An EMP Hits and You Aren’t Home! What Do Your Kids At Home Do?

We have some fun family traditions.  Among these are a New Year’s Eve feast of steak and mushrooms for the entire family.  The idea behind it is that we thank the Lord for the blessings of this last year and look forward to God’s goodness in the coming year.  Another […]

Preparing Our Strategy, Travel

Flying Across the Country – AKA How to Prepare When Flying

I’m not sure if I’ve mentioned this before, but my husband is an elder in our (fairly small) Presbyterian denomination.  This is one of the two weeks that the elders and their wives get together each year.  So my husband and I are flying across the country this week – […]

Mentally, Preparing Ourselves

8 Lessons I Learned in 2019 – and a Teaser on What’s Coming Next

The great thing about getting to the end of a year is that we get a real chance to stop and look back at the year that we’re just finishing.  So much has changed this year, and I wanted to take some time and reflect and share some of the […]

From Karen

Change Comes to Everything Nothing Ever Stays the Same

Everything comes with change.  Whether it’s a new year coming along or a child getting a driver’s license or starting a new garden.  Nothing ever stays the same.  Everything has a season of beginning and ending.  My daughter recently asked me whether or not I would be happy when all […]

Preparing Our Strategy, TEOTWAWKI

Normal People Preparing for TEOTWAWKI – Outfitting Your Bug-Out Vehicle

We’ve done a lot of talking about “The End of the World as We Know It” or TEOTWAWKI.  In the first post that kicked off this series, “Bugging Out vs. TEOTWAWKI – Don’t Get Them Confused,” our whole premise was that just because TEOTWAWKI happened, doesn’t mean that we are […]

Preparing Our Strategy, TEOTWAWKI

Normal People Preparing for TEOTWAWKI – Communication is King

One of my greatest fears when it comes to TEOTWAWKI is that I’m going to be separated from my kids.  If I’m out running errands in the nearby town that I do most of my shopping in and we experience an EMP while I’m out, I’m concerned that I won’t […]

Preparing Our Strategy, TEOTWAWKI

Normal People Preparing for TEOTWAWKI – TEOTWAWKI and Keeping Your Kids in Clothing That Fits

Am I the only one whose kids grow like weeds?  We just finished back to school shopping, for those of you who send your kids out to school.  How are your kids doing?  Are any of your kids already starting to outgrow some of their clothing?  Maybe they aren’t already […]

Preparing Our Finances, Saving Money

You Were Given $500! What do you with it?

Have you been here?  You’re standing in Wal-Mart and you see that canning supplies are on a mega-uber sale.  Do you buy them?  I’ve picked things up, put them in my cart, walked through the store and picked up other things on my list.  Then toward the end of picking […]