May 2011

How Much Should You Spend on Preparedness

31 May 2011

Here’s something I’ve yet to see discussed in any great detail. Is how much to spend on being ready?
You can obviously spend thousands, even hundreds of thousands of dollars on a food, water, shelter and the rest. But I would recommend 1-4% of your yearly budget should go into prepping.
But remember we are looking at [...]

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Honor The Fallen – Honoring those who fought and died in Iraq and Afghanistan – MilitaryTimes.com

30 May 2011

Honor The Fallen – Honoring those who fought and died in Iraq and Afghanistan – MilitaryTimes.com.

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Memorial Day

30 May 2011

Thanks to all hose who serve, that have protected us and died,

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Knowing When To Quit

27 May 2011

Sometimes you just have to change the direction of your life.
There is a stigma attached to quitting something. Quitters are losers and other such thoughts, but are they really?
The thing of it is, why are you quitting?
Quitting because the stress is at such a high level that you are ingesting addictive substances to keep you [...]

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What Comes After Survival?

26 May 2011

Nobody ever thinks about what comes after getting ready.
Sure, they’ll talk about after the end of the world but that doesn’t happen very often. Old age happens all the time.
After you have stored up months and months of food and water and ammo. After you have built up an emergency fund. After you’ve made a [...]

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Tough Times

24 May 2011

It has been a tough few weeks: tornadoes, lots of tornadoes in the midwest, and massive flooding along the Mississippi. Can it get worse? Sure it can. but for now we are happy that it hasn’t.
It comes down to how scared are you willing to be?
I don’t like being scared so I prepare. There are [...]

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Why Self-Expression Is Far More Valuable Than Dying With The Most Toys

23 May 2011

After several years of stocking up on food, ammo, precious metals and the like, my husband and I seemed to hit a dead end. The nagging thought kept occurring to me, “What do we do after we have burned out all the freeze-dried food and really have to start surviving?” Also, I had become weary [...]

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The Parents Household kit

19 May 2011

There are some many things you need in a house with kids there is areason to have a box of these things handy in the kitchen or other room of the house and even the car
Baking Soda, good for shampoo, cleaning, deodorizing, laundry and friefighting.
White Vinegar, for cleaning, disinfecting, stain removal and more.
Ziplock Bags general [...]

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Spring Cleaning: What To Do With Expired Medicines

18 May 2011

If you are starting on Spring Cleaning one of the more challenging things to clean out is the medicine cabinet and first aid kit.
Expired medicines are a bit of a pain to deal with and you generally don’t want to use expired medicines. While most just loss potency, making figuring out dosages almost impossible, some [...]

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Why Is Preparedness Silly?

17 May 2011

Have you every discussed preparing with someone who thought that having some food and water in the house is silly?
You might be in a hurricane  zone, or earthquake or even tornado alley, where disasters are common. But somehow they feel no need to get ready for the big one to hit them.
Now I certainly understand [...]

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