This whole no spend thing has been very hard to maintain these last 6 weeks. We have been more creative in finding no-money solutions, but we have had a series of mishaps that has made the no spend months almost null and void. The series of mishaps and forced spending has included: 1. The air conditioning in my van ceased to exist due to leaks in two lines. No this has not been fixed yet, but I have already spent…
***Just a note of warning: Blog posts will be a bit irregular because our home computer crashed last night. It will be going to the repair shop and get fixed or rebuilt. Either way, hopefully soon! Anyhoo…back to the regular post for today! The canning update! I will laugh because I don’t have a lot to update you on. The very intense heat of the last few weeks has all but killed my garden. Half a row of beautifully producing…
Water is extremely important in preparedness and self-sufficiency. A person can only live three days without water. How much water does a person need to store? Ideally, a gallon a day per person for drinking water. For non-drinking water, I don’t think you can have enough water stored. How many days of water storage do you need? This would depend on what you are preparing for. Right now, I am planning and buying three days’ worth of gallon size containers…
What about the cost of preparedness? Well, what about the cost? I think of the costs of preparedness in a few different ways. The monetary costs of preparedness can be a lot or a little, depending on what you are preparing for. You have to decide on what you can afford and what you can’t afford to live without. Most of what you buy and stockpile can be done cheaply and over time. You have to think about your priorities…
Great article! I think everyone needs to read this because too many people believe the government will take care of them when they should be taking care of themselves! Paratus Familia: The key to good government…..: “When was the last time you saw incredibly well behaved children? Someone ‘dressed’ to travel? Or a congressman who kept his pants zipped…”
For the last year, I have been making my own dishwasher detergent. I use the powdered version as I haven’t found a liquid one that I like and works well. My kids have their doubts on the powdered version working well, but if they would keep up on the dishes and not let the food dry to the dishes they would find out differently! The great thing about this recipe is that it uses some of the same ingredients from…