Archive for ' May,2011 '

My top 16 tips for beginning homeschoolers Posted:May 18, 2011 By:thesurvivalmom

My top 16 tips for beginning homeschoolers

Taking on the education of your children is a daunting task, and most of us need simple baby steps to get started.  Here are a few that have worked for me and other homeschooling families. 1.  [...]

Stepping into homeschooling Posted:May 17, 2011 By:thesurvivalmom

Stepping into homeschooling

As the current school year comes to an end, a lot of parents begin wondering if homeschooling might be the right option for next year.  My family is finishing our seventh year of homeschooling, and there’s [...]

6 Perfectly Sane Reasons to Be Prepared Posted:May 12, 2011 By:thesurvivalmom

6 Perfectly Sane Reasons to Be Prepared

Guest post by Alexis Bonari All humans have a very basic need for self-sufficiency and in these times of extreme uncertainty over a multitude of issues, this instinct manifests itself in some equally extreme ways. It [...]

Survival Survey: Picking up the pieces Posted:May 11, 2011 By:thesurvivalmom

Survival Survey: Picking up the pieces

One of my Facebook friends, Ellen, asked the following, and I thought it would make a great Survival Survey question. I’m in Alabama, where we are still digging out from the April 27, tornados. There are [...]

The Wondermill Junior: It can do anything! Posted:May 11, 2011 By:thesurvivalmom

The Wondermill Junior: It can do anything!

I think it wasn’t until I’d purchased my eighth bucket of wheat that it suddenly dawned on me that I had no way to grind it.  Buying the wheat was the easy part!  Figuring out what [...]

Soup of the Day, literally Posted:May 10, 2011 By:thesurvivalmom

Soup of the Day, literally

Have you ever thought about soup as being one of the most economical meals you can prepare?  Any and every soup contains two or more of these five basic categories of ingredients:  a soup base, protein, [...]

Savers are Losers! Posted:May 10, 2011 By:thesurvivalmom

Savers are Losers!

Guest post by Chris Slife, President of Howling Coyote Silver Company This article is a rebuttal to, Buying gold — is it better than saving? Savers are Losers! For most of us, saving usually means setting [...]

A taste of hyperinflation Posted:May 09, 2011 By:thesurvivalmom

A taste of hyperinflation

Wheelbarrows full of German marks and stacks of Zimbabwean dollars paint a surreal and absurd picture of economies gone bad.  It could never happen here in America.  Right?  Well, I think we got a taste of [...]

Posted:May 06, 2011 By:thesurvivalmom

Book Review: Stacey’s Quest

It’s official.  There’s an EMP book for everyone.  If the doomsday scenario of One Second After weren’t enough, and the non-stop attacks in Light’s Out didn’t thrill you, then Stacey’s Quest might be more your cup [...]

Buying gold – Is it better than saving? Posted:May 06, 2011 By:thesurvivalmom

Buying gold – Is it better than saving?

Guest post by Nicholas Boyle In the current financial climate, many people are giving a lot of thought to how they should use their money. Some are happy to carry on as normal, but others may [...]