Today we have another fun giveaway sponsored by campingsurvival.com!In an emergency, it's nice to know what's going on. If you're stuck in your house with the power out and a blizzard raging and the power company knew they'd have power restored … [Read more]
Waxing Cheese Update
Had to use some of the waxed cheese from storage the other day and thought I'd update the cheese waxing post. Here's some thoughts on the waxing cheese experiment: This was my first attempt at waxing cheese. It worked pretty well. To do it … [Read more]
The Mom Tool: Leatherman Squirt P4 Review
In my front pocket every day (well, except when I'm wearing a dress) is a handy dandy little tool. It looks like this: It's a Leatherman Squirt P4--a little "fits in your pocket or hooks to your keychain" style leatherman (only 2 1/4 inches … [Read more]
The Difference Between Instant and Non-Instant or Regular Powdered Milk and a Question for my Readers
Make sure you get to the question at the bottom of this post even if you don't want to read about powdered milk :) I had a comment on the powdered milk post about the difference between instant and non-instant powdered milk. There are two basic … [Read more]
Getting Preparedness Gear on the Cheap
You all know I'm cheap. I do not like spending money and rarely buy anything new. In the wake of the free canning jar episode, I thought I'd let you all in on some other methods of finding canning supplies without paying an arm and a leg, then I … [Read more]
Making Canned Milk Products from Powdered Milk
Back when I started storing food I stocked up on some canned milk products like evaporated milk and sweetened condensed milk. I've found they don't store very long--the expiration date on the can is pretty much all they're good for and I don't … [Read more]
Herb Seed Winner and Other Stuff
Planning a giveaway ending on Christmas Eve you know I'm not going to be notifying you Christmas day if you're the winner, but I actually did notify the winner about a week ago and I'm just now getting around to posting it. The winner of the … [Read more]
Scored Some FREE Canning Jars
My UPS guy called yesterday morning and let me know that a friend of his was moving and had some canning jars they didn't want to take with them and did I want any. Well, of course I do. So I loaded up some boxes for the loose jars, … [Read more]
Catch Up
Here's a quick catch up post. It's cold. It hasn't snowed in the last week and there's still lots of snow on the ground, but it is useless snow because it is so dry you can't pack it into a snowman or anything. It's the kind that … [Read more]
Fabulous Homemade Canned Salsa
I was going to write something fantabulous about Christmas or winter or something, but to be honest, my brain's about done, so I'm pulling out the Salsa post I've been wanting to write. It's kind of Christmasy because some people I love are getting … [Read more]
