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 […]
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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 […]
Be Crafty: Learn the Double Crochet
Welcome back to the world of Crochet! Last week, we learned two basic stitches, a slip stitch, and a single crochet. How did the single crochet go? If you haven’t posted a picture of your crochet in the comments, please do. I would love to see it. Don’t worry if […]
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 […]
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 […]
Be Crafty: Learn to Crochet
By: Joanne Jones One of the best feelings is to snuggle under a handmade blanket on a cold night. The feeling of knowing that someone cared enough about me to make sure I was warm and thought of at the same time. There is something almost magical being wrapped in […]
Stuff People Forget to Prep – Medical Preps
So I sat down to start working on this week’s blog posts, but I opened my blogging planner but realized that I had had a brilliant idea for a short blog post series that I hadn’t written in my planner. Seriously, I mean it was brilliant. I remembered sitting at […]
Is There too Much Month Left at the End of Your Money?
You can find the first three parts of this Financial Preparedness series here, here, and here. Pretend with me that it’s August 20th. You head to your pantry to see what you can make for dinner and realize that the pantry is rather sparse. Since you don’t want to dig […]
September Is National Preparedness Month!
You’ve had those times, haven’t you? You have one month to get some kind of big project done. Maybe you are helping organize a wedding. It’s the last month before the wedding and you feel like there’s so much to get done in just a little time. Maybe you remember […]
Homesteading in the Burbs – Fall Is on its Way
I saw a meme on Facebook the other day. Something along these lines: I have a love/hate relationship with fall. I really do adore the cooler temperatures, the beauty of the falling leaves. Yes, I do love sweaters, and (*gasp*) pumpkin! But I hate what fall represents. Fall means that […]
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