How to prepare your family to survive and thrive in todays uncertain world
So if you’re following the story, you know that my family … well, extended family … has ended up with a slew of land. Honestly speaking it’s more land than we need. So what is the point of all of this, and why did we buy as much as we did? The obvious reasons Well, [...]
If you recall, I was writing the other day about how we started looking for land to park our extended family on. We were looking high and low, and as you probably know if you’ve done this before, it’s tough to find just the right spot for just the right price. We looked in four [...]
I hate to burst your bubble but you can’t survive alone. Chances are you can’t even survive as a family. This assumes of course that a major event has occurred, something akin to the end of the world for all intents and purposes. If you’re alone, you won’t survive. Sorry! No way! I can keep [...]
If you are anything like me, you have most of your preparedness material on your computer. I have spreadsheets, records, plans, journals, e-books, scanned records, and just about everything I need on my computer. Don’t get me wrong, I have a big bookshelf as well, but I have a ton of information available to me [...]
I promised an announcement today, here it is! Some of you have been asking me to show you how to put together a long term storage plan in more detail. After thinking about it a bit and discussing it with my wife, we’ve realized that this is a huge undertaking and one that needs to [...]
Well, that time of year is here again. Summer is over, fall has arrived, and winter is on its way. In our neck of the woods that doesn’t usually include snowfall measured in feet, but we’re pretty well guaranteed a few nice storms. In fact, the winter storm survival scenario I wrote about was based [...]
My day job, aside from being a loving father and adoring husband is a very technology centric occupation. I work at a desk and it is somewhat difficult to find jobs in my field outside of urban areas. This does not fit well with our desired lifestyle nor do I find the suburbs a particularly [...]
Our family, like many others in this day and age, tends to enjoy various forms of electronic entertainment. Computer games, Xbox, Wii, movies, TV shows … the list goes on! That’s all well and good but what happens when the power goes out? It’s important to keep low tech entertainment options around. And plenty of [...]
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