My life was highly organized, neat, and tidy before I had kids. I never forgot appointments and always knew where my shoes were! Add 2 busy kids, field trips, managing a household, and suddenly my life was chaos. There's so much to keep track ... Read More
Avoid the Fake News Trap: 9 Tips to Get Accurate Information
Many of us in the prepper world feel like the news is biased, or at best, incomplete. Lately, "fake news" has been in the headlines, reaffirming that we can't believe what we see or hear when it comes to the news fed to us by mainstream media. One ... Read More
Using the ‘Cloud’ in Survival Situations
Every survival situation we prepare for is unique. No two house fires – or tornadoes or evacuations or hurricanes or earthquakes – are exactly the same. We should never rule out any tool to help us be prepared, since true survival depends on ... Read More
13 Clever Ways to Get Non-Preppers On Board
Prepping works best when an entire community is doing it together, but this is extremely rare and not easy to achieve This is especially true when our neighbors, family, or friends aren't at all interested. Yet. Still, we care about them and want to ... Read More
16 tips for finding reliable survival information on the internet
If you're a brand-new prepper or survivalist category and want to learn more, how can you tell if the information you find on the internet is valid or if it's just a bunch of B.S? Here are some things to look for based on my experience in the news ... Read More
The Well-Trained Babysitter
This may surprise you, but I was a lousy babysitter. I wasn't interested in playing with my young charges, had to work hard to gin up any enthusiasm for their knock-knock jokes, and was always relieved when the parents got home. I just wasn't a ... Read More
