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Top 5 Mishaps of Preppers

May 17, 2012 By Lynette Leave a Comment

We all have those Oops! moments, right? I know I do. After all, I'm just human. But, two years behind me in preparedness, I wonder what I would do differently and I wonder if my mistakes can help someone else. Let's see? 1) I spent way too much time trying to figure out the "right" way to prepare. There is no right way. There is a lot of information available to those who wish to follow it but everyone must consider their own circumstances, budget, and mindset. 2) Water Storage - You will do good to survive past 3 days without water. I wish, in the beginning, my husband and I had … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Becoming Self-Reliant, Food Storage, For Beginners, Prepping in General Tagged With: budget, food storage, garden, grow your own, self-reliant

Refrigerated Medications in a SHTF situation

May 15, 2012 By Lynette Leave a Comment

Ok, so this picture is pretty old-school with more diabetics using pens and pumps now-a-days, but the morale to the story is the same. What do you do if you are dependent on drugs that must stay in a cool dry place and you're faced with a power-grid down situation long term? I remember Hurricane Hugo. I was living in Charlotte, NC and the storm barreled up through South Carolina and hit Charlotte, NC as a Cat 1 storm. No one was prepared for that! That was 1989. I was diagnosed in 1987 with Type 1 diabetes (insulin dependent or some refer to it as juvenile diabetes) and all of a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Prepping in General, Uncategorized Tagged With: preppers, self-reliant, storm preps

Talk About Tuesday – PracticalPrepping.wordpress.com

May 14, 2012 By Lynette Leave a Comment

I do the Talk About Tuesday post for folks that may follow my blog and not Facebook, etc. The blogs I showcase are REAL people, REAL experiences, and REAL advice. The blog I'm talking about this week is a gentleman that I ran across with a quick google search. But, I took the time to read his posts and loved the B1G1 story! This is also how WE got STARTED with our food storage, per se! My husband and I didn't spend thousands on food, etc.... we did it as we could and I incorporated coupons as I saw fit. Couponing took a bad rap when Extreme Couponing hit the airwaves, but couponing is a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Effective Couponing, Food Storage, For Beginners, Prepping in General, Talk About Tuesday, Uncategorized Tagged With: budget, coupons, food storage, preppers

Around here today – Our Chickens!

May 12, 2012 By Lynette Leave a Comment

Preparedness takes on so many levels and for us, growing our own animals for meat and eggs has been part of the process.We've raised rabbits, hogs, and chickens in the past and currently we are down to chickens - but according to my husband - that's getting ready to change! I see.... rabbits in my future! Again! But, rabbits were pretty easy. Their poop just dropped to the ground and I scooped it up with a flat shovel. The hogs were terrible, just because we didn't have the resources needed to raise hogs the easy and efficient way. The waste was horrible and without a way to dispose of in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Becoming Self-Reliant, For Beginners, Prepping in General Tagged With: self-reliant

City Cottage e-Magazine – FREE

May 11, 2012 By Lynette Leave a Comment

I just ran across this post of facebook from Frugally Sustainable and the post was about a free e-magazine called City Cottage. The owners are founded in the UK but their subjects are close to most preppers hearts! Raising your own animals for food - I totally related to the author as she spoke about loading the pigs for the trip to the butcher. I hated the day when we loaded ours! It's a catch 22 for me. I knew we were raising them for food but daily, they would run out when I fed them or watered them. They would... well, let's not go down memory lane here. Anyway, the magazine is free … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Becoming Self-Reliant, For Beginners, Prepping in General Tagged With: home grown food, preppers, self-reliant

Let’s Get Physical! (Physical Preparedness)

May 9, 2012 By Lynette Leave a Comment

Have you tested your physical preparedness? This week I have pushed mine to the max - literally pushed mine! You see, our nice convenient riding lawn mower has been in the shop for about 2 months. They are waiting on a part. We have borrowed a loaner a couple of times but this past weekend I told my husband, "No worries. I'll mow the grass... all 4 acres of it!" He kind a chuckled. Here is what I am using... a 21" cut - NON self-propelled mower! Ok, you can laugh now! I wanted to try this for experiment for a few reasons. 1) I hear a lot of people in the preparedness community talk … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Becoming Self-Reliant, For Beginners, Prepping in General, Uncategorized Tagged With: physical preparedness

Talk About Tuesday – 2 Blogs This Week!

May 7, 2012 By Lynette 1 Comment

The Talk About Tuesday posts are websites I find that I enjoy and hope my readers will too! Each Tuesday, I'll post a website/blog for you to check out! This week - there are two new finds to talk about: The 72 Hour Kit blog and Living Large In Our Little House. Sometimes I find the "Talk About Tuesday" blogs through trackbacks to my own blog or from Facebook likes. I enjoy reading the blogs and mostly enjoy spreading the word! So, The 72 Hour Kit is a relatively very new blog, as best I can tell. Based on my reading I believe they are just now starting to prepare and have some great … [Read more...]

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Do You ‘Carry’ to Church?

May 6, 2012 By Lynette Leave a Comment

Are your church greeters carrying? Does your church have a security team? Has the thought ever crossed your mind? The thought had never really crossed mine until I took my conceal carry permit class. The gentleman that taught the class talked about his church’s “security team.” These guys/gals were in the parking lot and stationed inside the church as greeters, but they train (on their own time) as security personnel – securing the church and paying close attention to folks as they arrived for church services. I also attended another conceal carry class, as a visitor, and the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Security Tagged With: self-reliant