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, you were “Gertrude Johnson’s grandchild,” even when you were an Read more…
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 chose to live away from nosy neighbors and have a Read more…
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 he ended his time with the US Navy and we Read more…
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 ourselves “THE GLORY DAY PREPPERS.” We all have the same Read more…
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 and talked on the phone for too long. Hard work Read more…
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 was harder to find the budget to stretch and cover Read more…
A New Jersey Prepper? Now you’ve heard it all! Who would have thunk? We’d be preppers… Certainly not us! What changed you asked? We’ll to be quite honest, life is always changing, but we were ok with ignoring the changes taking place. (didn’t you ever hear of ROSE COLORED Read more…
I guess I have always been interested in preparedness but usually I was regarded as kind of a nut. Well the past couple of years have really become a wake up for a lot of people including me. I had a large home in the country with all of the things one Read more…
How much do you love your family? I am sure your thinking what kind of question is that there is no way to measure the love one has for their family( wife -kids -husband etc) well then let me ask you this what would you do to save there lives? Read more…
About the middle of last year (2011) I told my husband I needed more room for food and that he needed to “build me a pantry!” At first he looked at me a little oddly, then he said, “Well, I guess I could put some shelves up in that first bedroom.” Read more…