All About the Panic-Free Lifestyle of Self-Sufficient Living

“Listening, Working and Trusting” 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 Read more…

My name is Jackie.  I am a wife, mother, outdoor lover.  I have 3 young children who just love to help me learn how to be ready for anything.  Prior to 2009 I thought I had life pretty figured out.  Read more…

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 Read more…

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Read more…