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One of the hallmarks of preparedness is food storage. Most people find gathering long-term food storage fairly straight-forward, but short-term food storage can be a bit more confusing, so I wanted to take some time to break down how I do a short-term food storage menu. I want to give […]
The big “C” word has morphed from “cancer” to “Covid.” Everyone’s arguing about it and asking questions like, is it as bad as the media is saying? Is it helpful to wear a mask? Wearing a mask – is it dangerous? Is this virus really dangerous, but being politicized to […]
Some of you may know my story. For those of you who don’t, to put it succinctly, a great part of our preparedness journey as a family started because of the Ferguson Riots. We lived them. But now violence is erupting again in Minneapolis and many other cities across the […]
All of us have heard a lot about flattening the curve. And according to many experts, we have successfully flattened the curve – to a greater or lesser degree depending on where in the country you live. But we have a new problem now. People are thinking about re-emerging from […]
It’s hard to believe that this is our third menu for the quarantine. This week’s gone fast, but we’ve had some activity at home this week which has helped it move along faster. Compost Delivery So on Tuesday of this week, we knew we were getting a delivery of compost. […]
So during tonight’s Bible study via Zoom, I was challenged to figure out how I could help people during this crisis. Because I’m a Christian, I feel the need to help others. As Matthew 5:16 says, “Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works […]
These last two weeks I’ve been blogging more, but other than that, I’ve been doing a whole lot of nothing. I’ve been watching through Survivor, which has been a lot of fun, but I’ve not really DONE a lot. But something about the quarantine really really hit me today. We […]
So how was your first week in quarantine – assuming that you have hunkered down already? Homeschooling? Do you have kids who are now schooling from home? For those of us who homeschool, this is still crazy! (1) We miss our social situations just like people who send their kids […]
So many of our lives have been turned upside down. Whether you are now homeschooling your kids – since many schools have been closed. Are you eating at home on a regular basis now when normally you would have gone out to eat one or two times during the week? […]
Update from Texas So yesterday, I mentioned to everyone that my father-in-law has been exposed to the virus through some friends. I spoke with my father-in-law yesterday. He’s still doing fine. Unfortunately, he’s still been going out to try to get food. I reminded him that we’re sending him items, […]
