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I love this time of year. I adore walking out into my yard and seeing the flowers sprouting up everywhere. When I drive down the road, trees all around me are in bloom. The beautiful light gree of the leaves that are unfurling make me smile. And yes, even the […]
Hey, Mama! I don’t know about you, but life feels tough right now. Time is getting tight, money’s getting tighter, and there’s still so much to do to prepare? If you’re new at this, the question might be where do I begin? If you’ve been doing this awhile, the question […]
If you are in the market for beefing up your food storage, starting tomorrow – Tuesday, April 18th, you’ll have an opportunity to take advantage of Thrive Life’s Freeze Dried Food Sale. I’ve been purchasing through Thrive Life for nine years, and we still regularly use their foods. I believe […]
Show of hands. Who is rolling in the dough with so much extra money to spare right now? Hmmm… I’m not seeing a lot of hands up. Probably because you all are in a similar situation to us. Money is tight right now. I’m pinchin’ pennies so hard that […]
Who is the “Mom on the Run?” If you’re a mom, that person is likely YOU. Next to home – and maybe work – the single location where many of us spend the next largest chunk of our time is in our vehicles. And while we often take time to […]
It’s one thing to get locked out of your house or your car when you have your purse, your phone, or other helpful tools at your fingertips. But what do you do when circumstances leave you without anything at your disposal? So my husband is a pastor of our local […]
As the country was plunged into a deep freeze over the week of Christmas, it created problems for many people from cancelled flights, to frozen pipes as far south even as Austin, Texas! Our family was no exception. We ended up with frozen (and eventually burst) pipes and therefore no […]
It’s Thanksgiving week. Oftentimes, this week or this month is one that we take to reflect on the things that we are thankful for. But, I’m betting some of you out there have had a rough year. Some of you may have lost a loved one. Maybe you were diagnosed […]
If you’ve been around here for awhile, you know that I am not at all alarmist. I don’t work on fearmongering. I usually just present ways for all of us to prepare more, to live better, do more with less, or to teach you more skills. But something is going […]
The days are still fairly warm, but the evenings are starting to get chilly. After the sun goes down, which is earlier and earlier, I can’t sit out on our back porch swing without a jacket or sweater. Fall is definitely in the air around here. The trees, which have […]
