Archive for ' Organization'

iPhone App: Prep & Pantry Posted:January 23, 2012 By:thesurvivalmom

iPhone App: Prep & Pantry

Guest post by Liz Long.   Prep & Pantry is an iPhone app that lets you keep track of all your preps and everything in your pantry. It really is a great little app, and worth [...]

One simple goal for your first month as a prepper Posted:July 31, 2011 By:thesurvivalmom

One simple goal for your first month as a prepper

When someone asks me where to start when it comes to preparedness, I almost always say, “Start de-cluttering!”  I know they were expecting advice for buying buckets of wheat and bags of beans.  Neither of those [...]

INSTANT SURVIVAL TIP: Those Buckets Aren’t Just For Wheat Posted:October 30, 2010 By:thesurvivalmom

INSTANT SURVIVAL TIP: Those Buckets Aren’t Just For Wheat

It was my lucky day when I discovered the free buckets available just for the asking at my grocery store’s bakery.  “How many do you want?” were the words that nearly brought tears of joy to [...]

Preparedness Essential: The Survival Mom Binder Posted:October 10, 2010 By:thesurvivalmom

Preparedness Essential: The Survival Mom Binder

I’ve spent hours and hours online researching everything from how to make homemade laundry soap to making a homemade food dehydrator.  I even researched how to make homemade fire starters using dryer lint.  All these pages, [...]

Organize Your Emergency Evacuation in 5 Simple Steps Posted:July 07, 2010 By:thesurvivalmom

Organize Your Emergency Evacuation in 5 Simple Steps

“All for one and one for all!” makes a great family motto when it comes to an emergency evacuation.  When everyone has designated jobs and knows exactly what to do, your family can be packed and [...]

INSTANT SURVIVAL TIP: To Do vs. To Buy Posted:April 22, 2010 By:thesurvivalmom

INSTANT SURVIVAL TIP: To Do vs. To Buy

Every family I know is cutting back on extra spending.  When your goal is preparedness, though, the fact of the matter is that money is required if you’re working on food storage, making trips to the [...]

Posted:January 05, 2010 By:thesurvivalmom

More resources for your SurvivalMom Binder

If you’re like me, much of the information you count on is stored on your computer.  However, there are times when a computer isn’t the most reliable way to keep stored information. Households can lose electricity [...]

Posted:September 14, 2009 By:thesurvivalmom

Divide and Conquer Your Clutter!

80% of what we own, we never use.   –Blueprint Magazine, 2007  Every once in a while, I imagine getting news that our family has to suddenly leave our home, for whatever reason.   I picture myself scrambling [...]

Evacuation time at TheSurvivalMom’s House Posted:July 05, 2009 By:thesurvivalmom

Evacuation time at TheSurvivalMom’s House

It’s a good thing that my family has been prepped and informed about such things as evacuations, 72 Hour Kits, and when not to panic.  Yesterday we experienced a rare evacuation from our home, and I [...]