Before we moved, If you had taken a trip down to my basement, you would have seen that it’s decently stocked. Would it have helped to have more things in it? Doesn’t it always? I also have a decent working knowledge of basic preparedness – with the exception of animal […]
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10 Lessons We Learned Our First Week in the Country
Some of you may have been wondering where I’ve been over the past two weeks. So a week ago last Saturday, we moved into our home in the country. This week, we’ve been at our denominational leadership gathering. Both events have had me a bit over a barrel. It didn’t […]
Update from the Farm
Do you dream of having your own plot of land one day? Maybe even a farm? One that you can homestead? A place where you can grow much of your own food? Having land where you can husband animals, where kids can run, where you have a little bit of […]
What a Dream Can Do – The Journey of A Year Without the Grocery Store
Dreams More than three years ago, I had a dream. I thought about writing a book. A lot of people dream about it. Perhaps you’ve dreamed about it. But I didn’t do that on my own. I wanted to take a class that walked me through writing my book step […]
Income vs. Outgo & 10 Ways to Substantially Save Money Each Month
When we consider financial preparedness, it is so easy to sit in our homes, watching our TV’s (or computers) and to belly-ache about how costs are rising or how it’s hard to make ends meet. It’s both as simple as income vs. outgo and NOT as simple as income vs. […]
Thanksgiving – Prepper Style
Christmas time is right around the corner. I love the beauty of Christmas and its decorations. I adore watching the kids open their gifts, but my favorite holiday is Thanksgiving. This year I have so much to be thankful for, and I wanted to take some time to share some […]
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 […]
Start Prepping Here – The “Why” You Do The Things You Do
Everyone has reasons for everything that they do, even when they don’t know what those reasons are. Sometimes people may even know why they are doing what they are doing, but they can’t even express it in words. Our prepping has reasons behind it too. Why We Do What We […]