Our journey to become better prepared.

The beginning of this is a little cheesy, but I thought the video was interesting. I’ve been researching alternative air conditioning, and this is one electrical DIY solution.

In the tradition of such geniuses as those who created the word “staycation,” I have decided to call my upcoming baby hiatus a “bacation.” The word sounds kind of like something you would order at a waffle house. Anyway, it’s not actually a baby vacation, in fact I expect it will be the opposite, but [...]

I just love this video. It shows you how to build a self-watering container with a Tupperware container and water bottles you would normally just throw away. Unlike in the DIY container plans I found before, the only tool you need here is a knife. Amazing – enjoy!

I haven’t been as consistent with these as I had planned when I started them, but vacation and some other things got in the way. At any rate, I figured it was time to start doing them again.
This week / recently:
1) Watched numerous YouTube videos about gardening and preparedness topics. I learned how to use [...]

If you haven’t already, check out The Armed Citizen. It’s a blog with an account of crimes stopped each day by, well, armed citizens (thus the name). Quite often, the bad guys get exactly what they deserve. You definitely won’t find most of these stories on CNN (although you should, but that’s another story). Most [...]

Another interesting article from CNN Money.

Article about 7 cities in America whose debt has been rated at “junk” status. If there’s a recovery, I guess they didn’t get the memo.

“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.” – George S. Patton
Happy Memorial Day.

It occurred to me the other day that someone reading this blog might wonder how, with all of my preparedness efforts, I’ve never once mentioned firearms. There are a couple of reasons for this, and I suppose I should lay them out.
First: As someone who reads a ton of survival blogs (at last count, I [...]

Yesterday, I got a free variety pack of seeds in the mail from Hometown Seeds, which is wonderful – who doesn’t enjoy getting free things? I haven’t used anything from them before, but so far they seem like a nice small business. I plan to use some of the lettuce seeds they sent to replant [...]