Here’s another one to think about. You’re at work when you get a call from the school that there is an outbreak of some fast spreading, highly contagious, nasty virus and it’s possible one of your kids has it (they are showing symptoms). You need to get all your kids out of school and take […]
Archives for February 2011
Saving Seeds: Squash
Saving squash seeds is pretty simple. The pictures I’m using are from a winter squash called Long Island Cheese. For summer squash, you want to let the squash get big and over-ripe like we did with the cucumber so the seeds can mature before trying to save the seeds. The squash will be long past […]
How About a Movie this Weekend?
At one point I thought about compiling a list of movies that were preparedness or survival themed, then realized I don’t watch that many movies, so I’d have a hard time having anything useful to say about most of the survival movies out there. So, in lieu of me making a list, check out these […]
Book Review: Making the Best of Basics
I recently got a copy of James Talmage Stevens’ bestselling book Making the Best of Basics: Family Preparedness Handbook–a fairly thorough guide to basic preparedness. For a little background, let me tell you this–Mr. Stevens has been publishing this book since shortly after I was born. The guy has been around preparedness a little bit. […]
Happy Presidents Day
And as this holiday originally began as a celebration of George Washington’s birthday, here are some quotes from him and Martha, his sweet wife: On the right to keep and bear arms: “A free people ought not only to be armed and disciplined, but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status […]
Special Survival Situations: Pregnancy
Here’s a situation that’s obviously on my mind lately. What if an emergency hits while I’m pregnant? With the rate that ladies are pregnant in this world, the possibility that someone you know is going to be expecting a little one when an emergency happens is pretty good. I’ll say now that every woman handles […]
Winners!
We have winners of the Welcome Giveaways! I want to thank you all for participating and following me over to this new location. I wish I had a bunch more prizes for you! Winners have been notified by email, so if one of these is you, check your spam folder for my email from yesterday […]
Addictions, Cravings, and Survival
Take a look at your day to day life. Is there something you don’t think you can go without every day? Do you smoke? Enjoy your morning coffee? Have that cola/other beverage pick me up in the afternoon? Supplement every meal with some sweets? Or even have the drive to check your Facebook every 20 […]
Reminder
Today is the last day to sign up for the giveaways, so make sure you get the form filled out in case you haven’t yet–it’s at the bottom of that giveaway post! I’ll get winners picked and notified in the next couple of days. Good luck to you all–I wish I had lots more prizes. […]
Survival Situations: Power Outage
Here’s another survival situation that hits close to home: Power Outages. Unless you’ve been able to get your home completely off grid, you’re pretty dependent on power from the local power company to keep your place running. Usually a power outage hits without much warning (except you know it’s snowing or windy or whatever might […]