Preparedness started slowly with me. Actually, it more or less crept up on me. Here is my story. I used to be one of those individuals that only bought what they needed for the next week or so from the store. (gasp!) Perhaps an extra box or two of cereal Read more…
I had the opportunity to live in the south for 10 wonderful years. I love the southern people, and the life style. Six of those 10 years were in Florida. After we had lived there a year, we experienced 4 hurricanes in one season. Each storm brought a trip to Read more…
I became interested in preparedness in 2002. At that time, I would store a little food or medical supplies, only for it to be used up a few weeks later because we needed it. It never really crossed my mind that true preparedness is more than just tangible items like Read more…
“To Prep or Not to Prep . . . That is the Question.” My sincerest apologies to Shakespeare for mangling his quote. I do hope he isn’t spinning in his grave! My aim in using this title is to encourage non-preppers to think about how our lives are constantly changing Read more…
Japan Tsunami. Hurricane Katrina. Iceland Volcano. Minnesota Earthquake. Chernobyl. Gulf Oil Spill. Leak at Prairie Island MN Nuclear Plant. Sure the Minnesota ones aren’t in the same league as the more well known world wide ones, but the fact that I can list them at all, is scary. Tornado’s in Read more…
Life has made me a Prepper. Many years ago I was raising 5 children with no child support. I worked 2 jobs but it was never enough money to support us. At one time we were homeless. We lived at a state park in a tent with Vienna sausage being Read more…
My husband and I worked hard several years ago to make sure that we had a year’s supply of food and household products to take care of ourselves. And there are many times we have relied on those items to help us when work was thin or expenses were particularly Read more…
Yeah I said it and it may be gratuitous use of the word or it may be real. Read on to find out. From a very young age there are so many things that we prepare for in life. We prepare for our first day of school by shopping for Read more…
I don’t know how hard it was for Joseph to come up with a plan to store grain for 7 years….did he know anything about it when he started? How much grain would that be? Where do you store it all? How do you keep it from molding and going Read more…
Okay, you guys have made me feel guilty. I had no intention of writing this but feel since I have read your stories and enjoyed them so much that I should contribute something back. I hope my prepping journey is helpful to someone, it all began a while back and it started Read more…