Being Prepared is a Part of Life
I think being prepared is part of life. You pack for a trip, you anticipate the things you will need and you acquire them before they are needed. It’s a way of life, a way of being responsible for yourself Read more…
To Be Truly Hungry
I don’t have any friends among Preparedness fans and I know that none of my own friends are even remotely interested in reading this post. However, that said, I sincerely hope that the message I want to share will help Read more…
If Ye Are Prepared…
In the summer of 2002 my family moved to south Texas. My husband was working across the border in Mexico everyday. Our daughter was about to turn 3, and I was very pregnant with our first son. The news was Read more…
Living in the Path of a Tsunami
It seems everyone is joking about zombies these days. Having avoided horror movies most of our lives, we must admit we’re still not exactly sure what zombies are. We are not worried about preparing for something that doesn’t seem like Read more…
I Didn’t Know We Were Prepping
I grew up in a small town in Minnesota where nobody seemed to have their own name until they were an adult- and until that time, you were “John Olsen’s boy,” or “Jean Brown’s eldest daughter.” With the older generation, Read more…
Self-Reliance Is Common Sense
My husband and I often are asked about why we would need to be prepared more than minimally. We share with people how it has benefited us personally. When we moved out of the city and into the country, we Read more…
My Brother Has Been Prepping for Years
My brother has been prepping for YEARS! Long before it was “‘cool” and before it even had a name. (We just called it being prepared and being smart.) My husband and I didn’t worry too much about it all until Read more…
It’s a Love Affair–Short and Sweet
At age 55 I have a new love in my life, it is prepping. My husband of 36 years is in love with it too, so there is no jealousy on either side. We started a home group, we call Read more…
Preparedness From a “Young Gun”
am the perfect example of “Generation X”. (We were the original generation…before Y & Z followed us). I grew up in suburbia. We spent more money than we had made in the day, ate microwaved food, watched too much tv Read more…
It Has to Start Somewhere
It has to start somewhere. For us, many years ago, it started by buying two cans of vegetables and putting one aside. As a young family with one income we didn’t have much. Then as the kids came along, it Read more…