A Feeling That Something is Coming

A few years ago I just got a feeling....a feeling that something is coming. I talked about it with my husband, who, of course, thought I was crazy....at first. But he supported my effort and we starting collecting items and becoming more organized with the emergency items we already had. Then about a year ago I received an email from my step sister urging everyone get prepared. That’s when I really started.

Survival Insurance

All of our adult lives we insure ourselves. We pay for car insurance, home insurance, life, health, dental and vision insurance. We spend a lot of money on insurance, usually with very little return compared to what we spend on it. Why do we do this? To protect ourselves of course. To protect ourselves, our families and our way of life.

Great, We're Trendy Now

Doing the popular and trendy thing has never been a priority in our lives.

Getting My House In Order

I have always been of the prepping mindset, but recently with events happening in the world, I feel an urgency to get my house in order. We don't have a lot of space in our house (with 5 kids) so we started putting our food storage under our house. We are finally getting to where I don't feel so helpless if something were to happen. I have learned to can chicken, beef, peaches, pear sauce, and applesauce to name a few.

Think Like an Ant

I grew up in the Golden Days. We never had to "want" for anything. Shopping for clothes was seasonal. Food shopping was from local community grocery stores. Freezer and pantry was always stocked with garden goodies from Mema's garden.

There was always summer vacations and camping trips...with and without electricity. I have had a camper or tent in my life since I was 5. Latrines and outhouses do not scare me.

Cause That's What Preppers Do

Okay, you got me. I’ve been excusing myself from writing a story for the Preparedness Pro contest on the basis of being too busy. I mean, hey, the piles of food storage recipes stacked around my office and upstairs in the kitchen are annoying everyone and must get punched and put into the binders I finally made time to purchase and label the other day.

Prepping Really Is SIMPLE and Cheap

Good Morning Preppers to Be!

I am a 63 yr.old grandmother and I have been a 'prepper' for years. I always aspired to be self sufficient and I'm still working on getting off the grid. That being said I feel that everyone is looking for some way to get out of debt and out of the fast lane. We all complain about stress but, are you doing anything to reduce your mental stress of everyday life?

Frugal Self-Reliance Reality

Frugal Self Reliance is the Goal

Being raised in the 60’s by frugal parents created a somewhat frugal ME. I had no idea that I was a prepper, though. That label feels a bit weird, even though I have stepped up my home food store tremendously. I’ve just always done what I felt best financially, buying food and necessities ahead as sales came up, making Christmas presents, buying from thrift stores, any way to save money.

From Sheep to Shepherd

This is my story of how I became a Prepper. Let me give you a little history here. I’ve always been a country girl and I grew up being the only girl in a family of all boy cousins. I can remember learning to skin squirrels and rabbits by tying their legs onto my swing set. I loved running the woods, I played softball, I did every event a girl could do in a rodeo (and I worked the chutes for the guys events) and I loved riding my horse and pawpaw’s 3 wheeler.

An Earnest Plea From The Preparedness Pro

Hey you awesome Preparedness Pro readers!

Some of you have been wondering why you're getting all of these different e-mail notifications as subscribers to the blog. Some of you, perhaps, have felt a bit inconvenienced in your reading habits with this temporary change. Or perhaps you've felt uncomfortably inundated with the words of someone other than what you "subscribed to." Well, this change of pace is because of the MEGA contest that we've got going on right now, The Preppers Outreach Contest. We have a specific tab on this site that reads "Preppers Contest Entries" where you can go and read the various entries and vote for your favorites. But what you may not realize is really the big WHY--WHY have we put together the Preppers Outreach Contest?

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