Summer travel time is coming! I love traveling with my family, but we’re cheap/frugal/poor, so we don’t usually fly anywhere, we just go places within driving distance. We do road trips more often than anything, and we’ve been doing them for a LOT of years. When I first wrote this, we also didn’t have a […]
22 Survival and Preparedness Movies Your Kids Can Watch
This list is part of my eBook, Prepared Kids: A Parent’s Guide to Raising the Next Generation of Self-Reliant, Responsible Adults! Looking for preparedness movies you can watch with your kids? Do such things exist? Yes, yes they do. While many movies in the preparedness/survival genre aren’t appropriate for little viewers (ie. rated R), I’ve […]
Introducing the Prepared Kids eBook!
I’m so excited to introduce to you my latest project, the Prepared Kids eBook! Do you have children in your life? This book is for you! Packed full of practical information for helping raise your children to be prepared now and as adults! Going past just lists of supplies or skills, this book focuses on […]
23 (mostly beginner) Preparedness Sewing Projects
Want to try your hand at sewing? How about taking on a project that, besides honing your sewing skills, will help you be better prepared when it’s finished? I’ve rounded up 23 great sewing projects from around the web that are perfect for preppers to get started sewing on. Almost every one of these would […]
Food Storage and Survival Radio Episode 78: Preparedness Gifts for Kids
Episode 78: Preparedness Gifts for Kids Listen here! Ditch the toys this holiday season and get the kids gifts to help foster preparedness! In today’s episode I share 15+ of my favorite gifts for children from infants to the older teens who are ready to live on their own. Mentioned in the show: 15+ Great […]
Food Storage and Survival Radio Episode 55: Hunter Education
Episode 55: Hunter Education Listen here! Have you taken a Hunter Education course? In this episode I share my experience going with my children, what we learned, and why you might want to enroll yourself or your children even if you never plan to hunt. Mentioned in the show: Utah Hunter Education Firearm Safety and […]
Food Storage and Survival Radio Episode 51: Interview with Connor Boyack of the Libertas Institute of Utah
Episode 51: Interview with Connor Boyack of the Libertas Institute of Utah Listen here! Should prepping and politics go together? Find out how one prepper, Connor Boyack, works to advance the cause of liberty every day, and why he’d even want to. Plus, we talk about Connor’s new book, The Tuttle Twins Learn About The […]
The Tuttle Twins Learn About the Law: Book Review
What is the proper role of government? What makes a good law? Why should I even care? Isn’t “politics” some kind of dirty word anyway? Oh dear. Now I did it. I said “politics”. Wait! Don’t click off this post! Whether you love politics or hate it, I’ve got a book for your family and […]
Jake and Miller’s Big Adventure: A Prepper Book for Kids Review
There are lots of preparedness books for adults, but what about the next generation? Is there a book to help our children learn about preparedness? I recently received a copy of Jake and Miller’s Big Adventure by Bernie Carr who writes at Apartment Prepper. This is a children’s book with preparedness tied in to the […]
Shoes for Survival–Nine Tips for Keeping Shoes on Your Feet No Matter What
What’s on your feet? All through history, there have been civilizations that have run around their whole lives bare footed. I’m not one of them. I like shoes. Especially in an emergency, shoes protect your feet from injury that can be incurred through unstable walking surfaces and debris on the ground. They will help you […]
