Another year has come and gone which is always good (and bad) – because I realize how much I accomplished & didn’t accomplish last year! I may have fallen short on a lot of things I was hoping to do, but I did finally lose that last 10 lbs that I’ve been trying to get rid of […]
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How to Filter and Purify Water for Survival
Note: This post is part of the Prepared Blogger‘s 30 Days of Preparedness series to celebrate National Preparedness Month. Day 26: How to Filter and Purify Water for Survival Water is essential to survival. If there is one survival skill you should learn, I would recommend how to filter and purify water so it’s safe enough to drink. […]
What’s Your Family’s Fire Escape Plan… Besides Stop, Drop, & Roll? (5 Things You Need to Include!)
Does your family have a fire escape plan? Better yet, have you ever practiced it? After my daughter’s 2 year old check-up, I was reading through the instruction sheet they gave me on how to keep her alive and it recommended to practice a fire escape plan. My first thought was… what is our fire […]
Entertaining Kids Without Electronics: 8 Games They Will Love
It’s easy to overdose kids with TV, video games, and catapulting Angry Birds around (everything my kids are currently doing right now :) – but I encourage you to try to disconnect from electronics to help teach your kids they can actually survive without them. Entertaining kids without electronics doesn’t have to be a lot of work, but it does […]
Store Gasoline Indefinitely with PRI-G Fuel Stabilizer
Like thousands of others, before Hurricane Ike hit we rushed to the store to buy one of the last remaining generators – but once the lights went out we realized we had a big problem – we didn’t store enough fuel to keep it running. And a year later we ran into an even bigger problem – the generator […]
How to Prepare For a Hurricane (7 Things I Should Have Done BEFORE it Hit)
We’re officially in Hurricane Season now and if you aren’t ready, I suggest you get ready – especially if you live in an area that is likely to be hit! I know some people make a game out of waiting until the eye of the storm is practically on top of them, but if you try and do […]
37 Creative Storage Solutions to Organize All Your Food & Supplies
One of the biggest concerns people have when beginning to prepare is… Where the heck do I put everything? With pantries shriveling away it makes it difficult to store hardly anything in them, and if you’re trying to store a year supply of food and supplies… you can just forget it! But don’t worry, there is hope! […]
Make CANNED CHICKEN – Lasts on the Shelf for 3+ Years!
Making my own canned chicken was one of those projects I kept putting off until I ordered 80 lbs of chicken and either had to can it or waste it. I was leaving town for a week so I stayed up for 24 hours straight and got it all canned! Luckily nothing blew-up, but canning chicken was […]
Preserving Eggs with Mineral Oil – One Year Later…
Last year I showed you How to Preserve Eggs With Mineral Oil and a few of you asked if it really worked – well, the answer is – YES! Mineral Egg Experiment Because I care about you so much, I’ve had eggs in my fridge for OVER A YEAR just to see if rubbing them with mineral […]
Food Storage Inventory Spreadsheets You Can Download For Free
When this question hit my inbox, I was ecstatic! I love to see people actually doing something to get prepared! Once you decide to start, the planning part can make you want to quit. I feel your pain, and hopefully I can help you with this before you smash your computer to bits! QUESTION: Do you know of […]
Best of Prepared Housewives: Top 10 Preparedness Posts of 2013
I can’t believe 2013 is already behind us and the New Year is here, but I think I say that EVERY year! I meant to post this last week, but I’ve been bumming it around, haven’t gotten out of my pjs, been potty-training my 3 yr old, drinking too much hot chocolate, lighting fires to stay warm (and because they’re pretty), […]
Create Your Own Emergency Preparedness & Food Storage Binder
Get Prepared the right way! When creating your emergency & food storage plan you need to make sure you have a place to keep it all! There are so many emergency preparedness and food storage binders out there, but my favorite by far is the one I’ve made myself. When you make your own you […]
Meal Plan For The ENTIRE Year & Get Food Storage DONE at the Same Time!
Coming up with menu plans week after week that please everyone was making me fully understand the phrase, “I would rather stick a needle in my eye!” There’s also something about 5 o’ clock that triggers everyone’s internal alarm clock (at least in my house) to immediately start screaming, yelling, or whining about EVERYTHING! To make matters worse, when I try to hide in my […]
Are You STILL Using Pads & Tampons? Use the Menstrual Cup Instead!
WARNING BOYS (& maybe some girls): This post may contain TMI and forever scar your brain (at least that is what my husband told me when I tried explaining how AWESOME these menstrual cups are :) If you choose to read on you do so at your own risk. My sister was mortified when I told her I was […]
50 Emergency Apps: Turn Your Phone into a Life-Saving Device!
One thing most of us carry at all times is our phones, so why not make them smarter? Phones these days can do much more than check emails and take pictures; they can do CPR too (well, almost)! They can be more useful in an emergency situation than you may realize! There are thousands of apps and […]