2023-09-28 11:00
I’ve recently been talking with a friend who – like me – loves preparedness, but doesn’t have time for reading. I had to chuckle at how similar our disposition… Read More
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2023-09-21 11:00
Oftentimes hiding something in plain sight is the simplest and easiest way to hide items. It’s the same way with your garden. The easiest place to hide edibles is in a gard… Read More
2023-09-14 11:00
Last week on the blog, we discussed Bugging In. During that discussion, we mentioned a rarely discussed topic Guerrilla Gardening.
If we would ever live during a SHTF situation o… Read More
2023-09-07 11:00
If you’re in the preparedness community, you’ve heard about bugging out. I mean, if you regularly read my blog, you’ve heard about bugging out. What you… Read More
2023-08-31 12:00
Don’t you wish we could know the future? At times I do. I have two sixteen-year-old children. There is a lot that will more than likely happen over the next two years. &hell…Read More
2023-08-29 00:48
September is National Preparedness Month, and we’ve got a lot planned for this month to help you move your preparedness forward!
We have something for everyone!
Four Live Zoom Calls &n&hell…Read More
2023-08-24 11:00
As you pack your own bug out bag – remembering what you shouldn’t pack and why, and then understanding what you should pack in your own bag, we need to discuss a third category w… Read More
2023-08-17 12:00
Bugging out is one of those topics that’s integrally tied into prepping. So last week, we talked about what I don’t put in my bug out bag and why. This week, I’… Read More
2023-08-10 12:00
When the topic of having a bug out bag comes around, there are a lot of “experts” who know what to pack. Some of these people have military experience which can be importan… Read More
2023-08-03 12:00
Bug out bags seem to be one of the topics that everyone loves to discuss. Ohhh. Let’s have this list of stuff to put together so I can be prepared. It’s t… Read More
2023-07-27 12:00
In the preparedness community, we talk about bugging out with regularity, and we should. If you’re not prepared and ready to leave at a moment’s notice, you may feel pressu… Read More
2023-07-20 12:00
How, when, and where should you bug out – very few prepping questions are more deceitful or perplexing!
I don’t know about you, but I don’t have a bug out location that we… Read More
2023-07-18 18:30
Mom on the Run is LIVE! So as most of you know, today is the launch day for Mom on the Run! It is available in Kindle, in paperback, and Audible audiobook.
Last week, Jason White… Read More
2023-07-13 12:00
You’ve been watching the news. You live in a major city and political elections didn’t go the way that a lot of people in your city wanted them to go. So instead of d… Read More
2023-07-12 16:46
Hey everyone, it is Prime day – Part 2! Don’t forget that there are still deals from yesterday that are in effect. Now if you don’t currently have a Prime… Read More
2023-07-11 21:35
So it’s unusual for me to put out more than one blog post in a day, but I felt that this needed featured in its own post. First off, if you are interested, you can also get… Read More
2023-07-11 17:11
Hey everyone, it is Prime day! This year, this is supposed to be even better than Black Friday. So let’s jump in to Amazon’s Prime Day Deals and see what is currently… Read More
2023-07-06 13:00
SO in last week’s post, we discussed the fact that TEOTWAWKI (The End Of The World As We Know It) and bugging out are two totally different things, but people often confuse them by thi… Read More
2023-06-30 03:00
Bugging out is a hot topic in the preparedness community, but I have quite a different take on Bugging out than most people do – mostly because I’ve had to bug out three (almost… Read More
2023-06-16 23:19
In my opinion, summertime is the best time of the year! It’s cookouts, special summertime food, but that food is made all the better by amazing condiments. So I want to hel… Read More
2023-04-24 13:48
I love this time of year. I adore walking out into my yard and seeing the flowers sprouting up everywhere. When I drive down the road, trees all around me are in bloom.&nbs&hell…Read More
2023-04-18 04:20
Hey, Mama! I don’t know about you, but life feels tough right now. Time is getting tight, money’s getting tighter, and there’s still so much to do to prepare?&n&hell…Read More
2023-04-17 20:48
If you are in the market for beefing up your food storage, starting tomorrow – Tuesday, April 18th, you’ll have an opportunity to take advantage of Thrive Life’s Freeze Dri… Read More
2023-04-10 20:31
Show of hands. Who is rolling in the dough with so much extra money to spare right now?
Hmmm… I’m not seeing a lot of hands up. Probably because you all are in a s… Read More
2023-04-04 05:24
Who is the “Mom on the Run?”
If you’re a mom, that person is likely YOU. Next to home – and maybe work – the single location where many of us spend the next lar… Read More
2023-03-10 13:00
It’s one thing to get locked out of your house or your car when you have your purse, your phone, or other helpful tools at your fingertips. But what do you do when circumstances… Read More
2023-01-17 13:00
As the country was plunged into a deep freeze over the week of Christmas, it created problems for many people from cancelled flights, to frozen pipes as far south even as Austin, Texas! &hell…Read More
2022-11-29 13:00
I don’t know about you, but when we finished pulling our produce out of our garden this year, I wanted it to be DONE. Strangely enough, that’s also the time that we began t… Read More
2022-11-25 13:00
While I love the smells and tastes of Thanksgiving, after a long day of cooking and eating . . . and eating . . . and eating, I have to admit, the next day I don’t want to eat any more… Read More
2022-11-22 13:00
It’s Thanksgiving week. Oftentimes, this week or this month is one that we take to reflect on the things that we are thankful for. But, I’m betting some of you… Read More
2022-11-01 14:00
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 mor… Read More
2022-10-11 13:00
The days are still fairly warm, but the evenings are starting to get chilly. After the sun goes down, which is earlier and earlier, I can’t sit out on our back porch swing withou… Read More
2022-09-15 13:00
It’s ALMOST Fall! With fall, we can often experience storms – especially where we live on the prairie. And one of the results of having little storms on the prairie (… Read More
2022-09-13 13:00
Oftentimes we think of Preparedness in terms of what we have. Do we have enough groceries to go A Year Without the Grocery Store? How about making sure that we have enough person… Read More
2022-09-08 13:00
A Year Without the Grocery Store isn’t just a concept that lives in a void. There are three necessary legs that support it: knowledge with practice, a proper stockpile, and menta… Read More
2022-09-06 13:00
Simple, Helpful, Effective Prepper Tasks
Sometimes we know we need to accomplish preparedness tasks, but we don’t know where to start. Today’s blog post is simply about hel… Read More
2022-09-01 13:00
Every Friday, we have a tradition that my kids love! We take my mom and father-in-law grocery shopping. Okay. That’s not the part that they love. They love what… Read More
2022-08-30 13:00
In many parts of the United States, we are experiencing soaring temperatures and drought conditions this summer. It has provided the perfect opportunity to test out some garden water cons… Read More
2022-08-25 13:00
We’ve all heard the laws of 3’s. You can live 3 minutes without air, 3 days without water, and 3 weeks without food. Water is high up on the list and unfortunately… Read More
2022-08-23 13:40
When we are cooking without power – especially if we’re cooking over a firepit – we need to be able to start a fire. But what if we don’t have matches? Ye… Read More
2022-08-18 13:00
I don’t usually start thinking about firewood until much later in the course of the year. But this year with rumors of rolling brown-outs, with the prices of electricity, natural gas… Read More
2022-08-16 13:00
Last week, we began our discussion on 5 Ways to Make Water Potable – Part 1. This week, we’re going to continue this discussion with more – SIMPLE, CHEAP, and even SU… Read More
2022-08-11 13:00
Most of my readers are probably aware that we lived in Ferguson, Missouri, at the time of the riots. It was a tough time for our city, but it was a tough time for our family. In 2014, our fi… Read More
2022-08-09 13:00
The US suffered a period of prolonged drought from 1934 – 1940. This was part of what caused the Dust Bowl – a period of severe dust storms. As I’m sure that yo… Read More
2022-08-04 13:00
You’re out at a park with your kids, and they’re having a blast. For summer, it’s a fairly cool day in the mid-80’s. The sky is the soft blue of a lovely… Read More
2022-08-02 13:00
Last week, be began to delve into the topic of how do you help your husband get on board with prepping? It’s not an easy subject when a husband and wife aren’t on the same… Read More
2022-07-28 13:00
Being prepared is more than just having some extra toilet paper and food stashed in your vehicle. Vehicle preparedness also means being prepared for two of the biggest problems as a mo… Read More
2022-07-26 13:00
If you’re on my e-mail list, you got an e-mail from me last week asking what the goal of your preparedness is. I heard a lot of different answers containing both triumphs and str… Read More
2022-07-21 13:00
You’re driving down the road at night and out of nowhere, you see debris in the middle of the road. You can’t swerve and miss it, so you hit it head on and run over&hellip&helli…Read More
2022-07-19 14:23
When I teach people how to set up their short-term food storage menu, I tell them to have each family member write down their 5 favorite meals. Once they have that list of meals, I te… Read More
2022-07-14 14:00
When we talk about sanitation in our homes, normally we think of keeping things clean, having running water, and working plumbing. While having a decently clean car may somewhat paral… Read More
2022-07-12 17:22
When my youngest was about six, he and I would be out in town without his siblings. I’d often hear, “Mom, I’m thirsty.” Translated: “Mom, can… Read More
2022-07-12 17:10
People with diabetes and insulin resistance can struggle to find the right foods for their diets when everything is going smoothly. I have a close family member who has diabetes, and I… Read More
2022-07-12 16:57
How much time do you spend in your vehicle? For most of us, it’s a lot less time than we normally spent in our vehicles last year. But that doesn’t mean that there ar… Read More
2022-07-12 16:39
As I was going through my e-mail recently, I received an excellent question from one of my readers. Anne-Marie wrote in and asked me this, “Over the last couple of years I’… Read More
2022-07-12 16:09
For as long as I can remember, I have understood the concept that emergencies can easily happen while I’m out and about. Because of that, I started preparing my backpack for ever… Read More
2022-07-12 15:24
After most weddings and funerals, we eat a meal. When a couple is celebrating an anniversary, going out to eat is oftentimes part of the celebration. I don’t know about at… Read More
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