One of the ways I stay on top of news that’s relevant to me and my world is by creating my personalized Google Alerts profile. When you enroll with Google Alerts, you provide key words in which you’re interested. So Read more…
This article is a continuation of Part I of the Water Filtration Facts and Fiction that I had posted last week in which I reviewed several different aspects for which consumers should be on the lookout when determining which water Read more…
There’s a great deal of success for your preparedness efforts waiting to be snatched at your local thrift store, or a myriad of other places. And today I’m going to give you just few of those ideas. But before I Read more…
Having an abundance of water available for future challenges is meaningless without having reliable methods of water filtration for any of the water you’d use; as such I felt that it was important to research the topic of water filtration thoroughly and present my 
findings to you here. What I thought would be a standard week-long project turned into many months of work as I discovered that the water filtration industry is wrought with tricks, deception, and ignorance. Unfortunately, as a result of actual interviews with industry executives, I felt that in some instances the water filtration manufacturers actually prey on the fact that consumers aren’t educated in the science and the expression of that science in order to sell their products.
The Preparedness Pro teaches you how to make your own sugar scrubs from all-natural ingredients and WHY a prepper would even care about them.
National Geographic Announces The Date of Their Premiere Season for “Doomsday Preppers” Some may have thought it wasn’t ever going to return, but they were wrong. Yay! You’ve heard it here first! National Geographic’s Doomsday Preppers is a go! Their Read more…
Preparedness doesn’t come easily for any of us, but one of the best ways to truly build a foundation of preparedness is if you engage in activities that aid in your mental preparedness. The very best way I know to Read more…
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One of the things that I enjoy most about the beginnings of a new year is laying out my list of library books to study that year based on what 
my new targeted aspect of self-reliance is for that year. For example, this past year my goal was to master auricular therapy and to at least try my hand at raised garden beds. This year I want to master making artisan breads and some other alternative health care modalities. So I mosey over to Amazon and do some looking around based on my chosen topics, add the library books to my wish list and purchase them throughout the year. (I frequently purchase used library books because they are can be significantly less than the new ones and in great condition.)
When Christmas time rolls around I’m instinctively drawn to some of the more old-fashioned Christmases in the form of decorations, recipes, enjoyable traditions, etc. While I love the modern conveniences of today as much as the next person, for some reason the more old-fashioned approach to Christmas just lifts my spirits. So in the spirit of Christmas I thought I’d share with you 3 of my best recipes that I love to use at this time of year. I learn these kinds of recipes from historical records, journals, and family recipes which have been passed down for generations, as well as from some great books I always seem to find in the “For sale” section of my library each month.
I have specific price points set for the various items I purchase including toilet paper and batteries. When a product reaches a particular price point, I stock up. Well, recently I was made aware that Amazon has a “Subscribe and Save” option on their website for some common items that I always 
purchase and includes free shipping. Even better, usually if there’s a coupon in circulation that I would normally be using in a physical store, Amazon has that coupon available on their site that is mine for the using, simply by clicking on it at the time of my order.