The Sick-Season Survival Kit: Prevention, Preparedness & My Favorite Tea Recipe
Illness is always just around the corner, especially in the fall and winter. I think it is wise to be ready for lockdowns and illness to happen again.
35 Things You Need To Be Prepared For Winter
Winter is upon us again in the Midwest. We just had our first snowstorm that lasted about 18 hours. However, many things can happen in 18 hours to make winter more dangerous and deadly if you are not prepared. One of the most common things that people prepare for in the winter at home is power outages due to blizzards, snowstorms, and ice storms. Power outages can last for an hour or stay for several days. With a power outage,…
Winter Preparedness: Getting Ready For Snowstorms and Blizzards
I have lived in the Midwest all my life. Snow, snowstorms, ice storms, and blizzards are just a part of life. In fact, you can get a bit immune to them. You know almost exactly when the school is going to let out early or call it for the day. With the great advances in technology, you know when the storms are going to hit which gives us ample time to get ready. Some storms are definitely worse than others….
Ten Ideas For Christmas Shopping With A Self-Reliant Prepper Perspective
Christmas is coming around the corner. To say that I find Christmas shopping painful would be an understatement. However, I have a few tips and tricks to buy presents that fit into my values and beliefs without sacrificing my pocketbook. I have a budget for everyone on my list and they are well aware of it. I almost never buy toys that are electric, take batteries, or need electricity to operate them. My kids figured this out years ago and…
10 Things You Should Always Have In Your Car
That being said, there are certain things you should always have in your vehicle. Whether you are a prepper or not, you should always be prepared for emergencies with your vehicle. You could leave home and run into bad weather. You could be stuck on the side of the road with a broken-down car, or the weather is so bad you can’t see.
Should I Stay or Should I Go? A Prepper’s Guide to Evacuating or Staying
As preppers, we like to think we can live through and survive anything. We are tough. We are prepared!However, there is a reason we have and talk about bug-out bags and 72-hour kits incessantly. We want to be prepared if we should have to leave in hurry for any reason. While we want to stay in our prepper palaces, sometimes that is not feasible.What should be the criteria for staying or going in an emergency situation? Why would you leave your…