You've got this, Mama!
If you’ve been around here for awhile, you know that I am not at all alarmist. I don’t work on fearmongering. I usually just present ways for all of us to prepare more, to live better, do more with less, or to teach you more skills. But something is going […]
While we can only live for three days without water, we can live as long as 3 weeks without food. But it would be three miserable weeks, which would ultimately end in death, if we had nothing to eat. So we need to get food systems in place NOW to feed […]
We started this series in September and we’ve covered a bunch of different topics from sanitation, to water basics, to why we prep. Did you think just MAYBE I was going to forget to cover………….food? I mean this is A Year Without the GROCERY STORE. Yea, we’re going to cover […]
So let me ask you all a question – Do you know someone who is gluten intolerant? I’m betting you know at least several! How about someone who is allergic to eggs? That would be a hard one to swallow (or not to swallow in this case) in our family! […]
Long-term food storage is exactly that. It’s stored food that lasts a LONG time. For example, did you know that grain was found in Egyptian tombs? So was mummified beef, but that’s beside the point. Don’t believe me? Check it out here. If you didn’t catch the first three posts […]
We’ve been talking about food storage a lot as we’ve kicked this blog off, but there’s a huge reason for it. While normal life may be going on around us, it only takes one event, like an ice storm to bring our world to a screeching halt. Having food set […]
So I promised yesterday to explain the correlation between my savings category in YNAB and my food storage – and it isn’t that it takes all your savings to stock your stash of food. That would be bad. When we talk about food storage, there are two kinds – short-term […]
According to GoBankingRates.com’s survey, the percentage of Americans who have $1000 in savings went up by twelve percent last year! While $1000 isn’t much, hey, it’s a start! Go Dave Ramsey Fans! While other financial gurus have talked about putting money aside, Dave is one of the most prominent who has […]
