This is part 5 in the Prepper Kit series. If you want to catch the others you can find them here: 10 Kits to Put Together Today to Be Ready for Tomorrow Kit #1 – Providing Your Family with Light Kit #2 – The Kit Your Family Needs This Winter […]
Preparing Our House Systems
If we put systems in place NOW to help run our house when we are without power or water, we will be so much better off. Here’s where you get that information.
Prepper Kit #3 – Clothing Repair Kit (And What to Do if You Don’t Sew)
This is part 4 in the Prepper Kit series. If you want to catch the others you can find them here: 10 Kits to Put Together Today to Be Ready for Tomorrow Kit #1 – Providing Your Family with Light Kit #2 – The Kit Your Family Needs This Winter […]
Prepper Kit #1 – Providing Your Family with Light
Have you ever been in a room at night when the power goes out? I’m sure you have. If you have had your kids with you when that happened, what was their reaction? Probably a gasp or a slight cry if they were older or maybe an outright cry if […]
Developing an Effective Emergency Communications Plan
Friday is our busy day of the week and happily so. It’s our shopping day, but what if while we were out shopping there was a power loss? I oftentimes leave older children at home. Sometimes they babysit one or more of my ‘younger’ children. If I’m out, some of […]
10 Kits to Put Together Today to Be Ready for Tomorrow
Pop quiz time 1.) Where is the closest flashlight to you at this moment? 2.) Do you have an air filtration mask and could you put your hand on it in two minutes or less? 3.) What items do you have to keep your house cool and where do you […]
Items People Forget to Prep — A Dirty Little Secret
Preparedness. It’s as simple as being prepared. For what are we preparing. Some people start with TEOTWAWKI aka The End of the World as We Know it. While that is not outside the realm of possibility, it is much more likely that something much smaller than TEOTWAWKI. It may be […]
Broken Bones and Preparedness
So a week ago last Monday, I was out running errands with my family. My youngest daughter had an orthodontist appointment. Ethan, my middle son needed some new dress pants, new tennis shoes, and strings for his new-to-us (but used) cello. My oldest daughter needed some buttons for a shirt […]
8 OTC Items That Could Save Your Life
This article, written by me, was originally posted over at The Organic Prepper. In preparation for an emergency situation in the medical realm, there are some fairly inexpensive OTC items that could potentially save your life during an SHTF situation. Now I am NOT a doctor, and I don’t play […]
How to Hide Your Preps in Plain Sight
Sometimes it’s hard. We have all this stuff – all these prepper gadgets and gizmos, and these are GOOD to have. The problem hits when people can easily find them, or they know about them even if they are tucked away. Or what if we’ve really maxed out our storage […]
Stuff People Forget to Prep – Home Repair Supplies
When things are going along smoothly, how often do you find yourself running to the hardware store to pick up things to repair something that broke or was damaged by a child or (oops) by yourself? But what if something happens and a trip to the hardware store isn’t […]
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