Guess what time it is? No, I don’t mean what time it is on the clock. If you haven’t picked your head up out of your desk in a while so that you can be assaulted by fliers from Office Max – Office Depot – Staples – and others, It’s […]
Author: Karen Morris
When Life and Preparedness Don’t Mix
Life right now is BUSY!! I’ve mentioned recently that I’ve been walking two miles a day. Besides the time to actually walk, it takes time to get changed and ready. It takes time to get cleaned up afterwards – especially since I’ve been mostly walking outside in the mornings or […]
The Hardest Part of Prepping – And NOBODY Talks About It!
I wanted to have an honest conversation with you guys (I hope you will join up in the comments) today about the hardest thing about prepping. So much of prepping is “relatively” easy. I’ve seen James Wesley Rawles call it the 3 B’s – beans, bullets, and bandages. Food and […]
Preparing……for Your Vacation
It’s almost summertime! It’s a time of baseball games, camping, swimming, outdoor fires in the evening roasting marshmallows, and taking a vacation! For our family, vacations are a highlight of our summer when we are able to take them. But, if you’re like me, that presents us with a little […]
Homesteading in the Burbs – Can You Homestead on 1/4 Acre?
Spring decided to tease us for a couple of weeks. It sprung and then said, “Fooled ya!!” And then came back and went away again. BUT I think it’s finally back for good and perfect timing! We’re taking our suburban ‘homestead’ to the next level! So we decided to take […]
The Cure for a Boring Life
Do you easily get bored with normal life? What about “preparedness” calls your name? If you’re like me, yes, you want to take care of your family. You want to “Murphy-proof” your life. Yep! Me too! You want to build up your skills so that you’re able to contribute to […]
Are You Stuck?
Life Throws Us Curveballs And curveballs can make us feel stuck. While January of 2018 started with frozen pipes. In January of this year, we lost $1,000 in income each month. We knew that it was coming. We understood the reasons behind it. While we weren’t thrilled, we were okay […]
6 Items You May Not Have Considered As Part of Your Preps
I consider myself a prepper – not a crazy doomsday type of prepper, but an every day, make sure my family is taken care of kinda prepper. If you’re reading this, you probably consider yourself somewhat of a prepper. Oftentimes, we have extra food in the basement, cases of water […]
Survival Group – How to Evaluate Potential Members
Have you been for a job interview lately, or maybe you’ve conducted a job interview. If you are conducting the interview, you compare what you are needing in an employee with the skill set of the person sitting across the table from you. You have to evaluate your needs and […]
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