Food Brick and Water Brick Giveaway! Eartheasy.com has graciously agreed to sponsor a pre-Thanksgiving Giveaway to one of our loyal readers so they can get their food and water storage off the ground! Today you get the opportunity to win FOUR water bricks and FOUR food bricks! Water Brick The Water Bricks can hold up […]
Prepare to Celebrate A Christ-Centered Christmas This Year
I already have neighbors with their Christmas lights on, trees decorated, and shopping done (annoying over-achievers)! We get it! We can all see you and realize you are way more on the ball than the rest of us – at least me! Christmas used to be an exciting time, but since becoming a mom it’s slowly turned into […]
Growing Carrots: It’s Easier Than You Think!
Written by Mike the Gardener Carrots Are Easy to Grow at Home Carrots are a very popular vegetable to grow in most homes gardens. You can eat carrots raw, steam them, and add them to stews and soups and so much more. Besides the ways you can consume carrots, they are easy to keep for long […]
How to Wear a Bullet Proof Vest Correctly
Ok, I get it! I wore the bullet proof vest all wrong in my post about them. I appreciate everyone’s concerns, emails, tweets, comments, etc… So before anyone decides to sue me (which by the way you won’t get much, unless you’re looking for debt), I thought I would share the CORRECT way to wear […]
Bullet Proof Vest: What You Should Know Before Getting One
Have you ever considered getting a bullet proof vest? Before running out and adding one to your stash, there are a few things you should know first. Why Would You Need a Bullet Proof Vest? You have enough to worry about with food, babies, and bills – so what would you need a bullet proof vest for? The […]
Are You Prepared for an Ebola Outbreak?
It was eye-opening to learn this week that I’m a lot closer to Ebola than I thought… My Relative –> Has a Co-Worker –> that is the Boyfriend of an Infected Person. Hopefully, you could follow that, but if not don’t worry about it. The point is, we are all probably only a few people away (or less) […]
Top 10 Features of My Wonder Oven
Joyce from My Wonder Oven.com is here to let you know about these awesome energy-saving, non-electric slow cookers! The best part is she’s giving one away so be sure to enter below! In order to slow cook food, all you do is bring your food to a rolling boil for about 10-15 minutes and then quickly place it […]
Sleep in the Wild: Add FOXtail Hammocks to Your Bug Out Bag (+ Giveaway)
For those of you that know me, I love my sleep! I don’t function well without naps and at least 10 hours of sleep at night! I’m pretty sure I suffer from chronic fatigue, but I’m too tired to go see a doctor about it ;) Anyways, enough about my sleep addiction. I recently found […]
How to Grow Kohlrabi in Your Fall Garden
Written by Mike the Gardener I have purple Kohlrabi growing in my fall garden right now and I will be the first to admit that it is simply a vegetable that most people have never heard about. In fact, I am yet to have a neighbor, even those that do garden, come over and know what […]
Win An All American Sun Oven!
The folks at the All American Sun Oven company are giving away a deluxe Sun Oven! The retail price of this set is $399! The All American Sun Oven is manufactured right here in the USA. The company stands behind their product. Globally, Sun Oven has worked to bring this off grid cooking solution to […]
CODE RED: Are You Prepared For Your Period?
I created quite a buzz amongst Pinterest and my friends when I decided to challenge everything we’ve been taught about periods and introduce using menstrual cups instead. My favorite comment I received from that post was… “Thanks for not being afraid to speak-up and tell the world about menstrual cups. I can finally sleep at night knowing I’m prepared […]
Keeping Your Family Calm in an Emergency
Written By: Lee Flynn Dealing with an emergency is rarely easy, but you can make the process simpler by preparing in advance. Many families have no emergency plan in place. The unfortunate reality is that most people will experience an emergency situation at some point. Hurricanes, floods, tornadoes and even blackouts can leave your family […]
Coxs Honey Group Giveaway
Today we are hosting a Coxs Honey Group Giveaway so our readers will have a chance to win some raw, unfiltered, pure honey. Cox’s honey is sponsoring this giveaway today and we want to thank them for giving us this opportunity. Not only does their honey taste great, but here are 15 other ways you can […]
Rational Survivor – My Interview with Kyle
Recently, I had the privilege of being on Kyle’s podcast over at Rational Survivor. I don’t know how he does it, but he produces a new show nearly everyday. It was fun getting to chat with him for an hour or so about our preps – and even though he’s not a fan of Texas or anything in […]
Countdown to Preparedness – Interview with Author Jim Cobb
About Countdown to Preparedness Tell us about your book. My latest book is Countdown to Preparedness. It is a non-fiction book geared toward both new and experienced preppers. The book is set up similar to a college course in that each week there is a reading assignment and specific tasks to be completed, as well as […]
