In preparing our families for an emergency, we can’t forget the four legged family members. Pets need to be included in your emergency plans. Having their own emergency kit of essential items ready to go is an easy way to have your pets ready to evacuate if you ever need to. Today we’re going to […]
Build The Perfect Bug Out Bag Book Review
Want to put together the perfect 72 hour emergency kit but don’t know where to start? Or do you already have a kit but don’t know what’s in it for sure or how to use any of it? Creek Stewart from Willow Haven Outdoor has a new book out called Build the Perfect Bug Out […]
Five Reasons to Update and Rotate Your Emergency Kits!
Once you get an emergency kit put together either for your home, office, car, or bugging out, there is a tendency to stash that kit somewhere and forget about it. Don’t do it. Be friends with your kit. Check in on it at least once a year–every 6 months is even better. And some kits […]
Reusable Hand Warmers
A couple of years ago I purchased some HotSpot reusable hand warmers from Emergency Essentials. Similar reusable hand warmers are available from other sellers and on Amazon. Have you tried these? Here is what they are, how they work, the pros and cons, and some possible uses of reusable hand warmers. What are reusable hand […]
Video Review: Daily Bread Freeze Dried Lasangna with Meat Sauce
Welcome to my house for a video review of some freeze dried lasagne from Daily Bread. The process is the same for rehydrating most brands of freeze dried meals, so even if you are not interested in Daily Bread’s meals, you’ll at least see how easy it is to “cook” freeze dried food. Sorry the […]
Want a Fun Family Night? Stage a Mock Evacuation
Monday nights at our house are typically our Family Night (in our church it’s called Family Home Evening). We play games and spend time together and have a spiritual lesson and treats. Always treats. I love to occasionally toss in preparedness lessons or activities. Sometimes working in the garden is the activity (those nights are […]
Headlamps are a Glorious Thing
Have you ever had to fix a car at night? What about reading a map in the dark? Or setting up a tent in the dark when you got to camp a little later than you thought you would? Or going out to check on the chickens or feed the horse after dark? Or just […]
Baby 72 Hour Survival Kit
Babies and toddlers have a whole different set of needs than we adults do when it comes to a survival situation, so your standard survival kit isn’t going to work for them. We’ve always just stuck baby stuff in our survival kits when we had a baby in the house, but this time I’m doing […]
Emergency School Backpack Survival Kit Thoughts
Suppose something catastrophic happened while your kids were at school. They are there a good part of the day, right? Unless you home school which would solve this little dilemma for you. But the majority of us send our kids off to school somewhere every weekday. We already have a plan in place with the […]
Mountain House for Dinner: Review of Wraps and Macaroni and Cheese
The folks at Mountain House sent me some samples of their freeze dried meals to try, and really I was pretty excited. I’ve had some Mountain House before and actually had compared it to a couple of other brands of “backpacker” foods and for flavor and texture, the Mountain House was my favorite. So in […]