The other day I was on my way up to Salt Lake City to work a “self-reliance conference.” At that time, my car had the entire back window occupied by a vinyl sign for Women of Caliber, mentioning the firearm Read more…
We’ve get to post the pictures of the aprons that were submitted along with a list of the top 3 winners. We also had to make some big adjustments to how the contest played out. But first…here’s our winners!! First Read more…
We’re announcing the winners of the two drawings we just held recently. The first one was brought to us by Gold Eagle Co. and they created a nice $90 Severe Storm Preparedness Giveaway package including the fab product STABIL. *grin* Read more…
Ah…prepping for babies. I just LOVE babies. I don’t care if they’re crying or fussing or beautifully sound asleep, I just love them. They are so snuggly and precious—those smiles that melt your heart like nothing else can. Those cute Read more…
There’s plenty of thundering, blowing, raining and hailing going on all over the country–though some areas sure could use MORE rain. I don’t know about you, but I look at such instances as if they are giving us a Read more…
During the World Wars, finding creative ways to “do without” or to use “essentials” in lieu of preferred ingredients was a way of life. Potatoes were abundant as was oatmeal. As a result, many of the recipes during that time Read more…
The world is definitely getting crazy—even in our “free” nation of the U.S. The action we need to take as pursuers of self-sufficient lifestyles is to ask ourselves WHAT and HOW do we need to address this? The types Read more…
By Garfield Refining, Guess Contribution An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. That said, an ounce of gold or silver can offer far more value than what it’s current monetary value may provide in the event Read more…
There has been a “rest of the story” kind of story brewing for several weeks since I first wrote and published the article about the LDS Canneries on May 4th of this year. So when the LDS Church finally provided Read more…
Get your sewing machines revving because it’s time for another Preparedness Pro contest. Create and submit a winning bib apron style and you could win a Brother HC1850 Computerized Sewing and Quilting Machine!! 1st Place: Brother HC1850 Computerized Sewing Read more…