New to Preparedness? Start Here!

Are you just diving into preparedness, and you don’t even know where to start? I guide you through the first steps here in this category.

New to Preparedness? Start Here!

Start Prepping Here – Basics of Sanitation

You never know when you’re going to be without water.  Or even just without HOT water.  I think I’m being prepared for some kind of water outage because I feel like we’ve had so many of them!  One year on January 1st, our pipes completely froze.  Today, I woke up […]

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Start Prepping Here: The Basics of Food Storage

Oxygen, water, food.  Those three things are the things that we use more than anything else. And when it comes to food, you likely spend more money on food and other items at the grocery store than on any other single line item on your budget.   If you want to […]

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Start Prepping Here – Basics of Water Storage and Usage

We’ve all heard the laws of 3’s.  You can live 3 minutes without air, 3 days without water, and 3 weeks without food.  Water is high up on the list and unfortunately, we need it for so many things!  It isn’t just for drinking.  We need water to clean our […]

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The First 10 Things Any New Prepper Should Buy – A Reminder for the Rest of Us

I’ve asked myself several times, if I had to start prepping all over again, what would I do differently?  What would I do the same?  How would I improve on my journey, if I had the chance?  My journey started accidentally with couponing.  I amassed a whole bunch of food, […]

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The First 12 Things a New Prepper Should Do – A Refresher for the Rest of Us

Are you relatively new to preparedness?  I’ve seen it in Facebook groups.  People get into a prepper group, and the first thing they do is ask – “Where do I even begin?”  It can feel SO OVERWHELMING!  I mean, water storage, food storage, every day carry (EDC), bug-out bags, even […]

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The First 11 Things a New Prepper Should Learn – A Refresher for the Rest of Us

So I’ve worked through creating this series for National Preparedness Month, and I’ve had to ask myself some questions –  What things were the most important to me?  What things did I use the most?  Are there things that I think could be the difference between life and death that […]

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The Life of a 21 Year Old Prepper

When I was young and we still lived in Missouri, my mom began her own and our family’s preparedness journey.  Whether stocking up on food items inexpensively through couponing, or learning skills that would benefit us if we ever didn’t have access to daily conveniences like grocery stores, or storing […]

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New to Preparedness? Start Here!, Preparing Our Finances, Preparing Our House Systems, Preparing Our Strategy

The Three-Legged Stool of Preparedness

Oftentimes we think of Preparedness in terms of what we have.  Do we have enough groceries to go A Year Without the Grocery Store?  How about making sure that we have enough personal care items or household repair supplies?  That can feel so overwhelming in itself, but it also pigeonholes […]

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A Prepping Newbie Successfully Passes Her First Test

Unexpected Circumstances “This Arctic blast will bring temperatures to zero and could last all week,” the weather forecaster warned. I looked up from the solitaire game on my phone. I glanced from the TV to my husband, who likewise, locked eyes with me. He raised an eyebrow as if to […]