My “prepper syndrome” started a long time ago when I was a little girl. I can remember my mother canning and canning and canning…and she said was for “just in case something happens” . I never asked or understood what that meant but it stuck in the back of my Read more…
Hiya! My name is Sandy, and I don’t have a bunker full of foodstuffs or the super-cool armory of doom. What I do have is freckles. *smile* One day, as I was sitting at my desk in my nice little office, clitty clacking away at the computer, I realized Read more…
Yes, you can be a prepper too! You probably already have some of the items you need right in you own home. Look around and see what items you already have that will help you to be more self-reliant. Do you have a bbq pit, camping gear, sleeping bags, Read more…
Having been born and raised in the Deep South (Montgomery, Al to be exact) and not from an independently wealthy family, it turns out I have been a prepper all of my life without realizing it. I cannot remember a time in which my parents, grandparents or even great grandparents Read more…
Growing up I was raised to have a self-reliant and “Can Do” attitude. But I did not truly understand or comprehend what preparedness was and what it meant to me until the first years of my marriage. In fact there was a specific incident that cemented the prepper lifestyle for me. Read more…
75% of all dr. visits are stress related. According to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, if we do not secure basic needs such as security of body, employment, resources, the family, healthy, property, food, and water our bodies will respond with a feeling of anxiousness and tenseness, with no motivation to Read more…
Here the 20 year old son of a passionate prepper shares his thoughts on whether or not the concept of prepping is crazy and what he believes members of society should be on the look-out for. If you ever wondered what your kids say about your prepping when you’re not Read more…
When friends or family start looking at us strange – we just say “It’s a Hobby.” It’s fun to try some of the “old fashioned” ways of preserving food. It gives my husband and I something to do together other than watching TV. It’s amazing how many people will Read more…
I started prepping about 2 years ago when my husband decided at the age of 68 that he would work 2 more years and then call it quits. I realized I needed to PREPARE for a change in our lifestyle. I never really paid attention to the cost of food Read more…
Where to start? Well, when 9/11 happened it changed my thoughts, as it did many Americans. I had lots of thoughts, ideas & fears of what could happen & my children’s futures, but, didn’t start any kind of prepping, just didn’t know what or where to start. About a year afterwards Read more…