Not long ago, I had the opportunity to visit with a new prepping friend who had come to one of our Ladie’s Weekend Retreats. She and I chatted and enjoyed talking about all the self-sustaining lessons we had learned and sharing ideas to help each other prepare in peace. We were loading her small four-wheel …
Category Archives: Our Preparedness Journey
Prepare by getting hens and chickens.
Our newest members of the Miller preparedness plan: Four Buff Orpington Chicks (hens)! We originally wanted 3 Buff Orpingtons and 3 Black Austroloups. But we are going to have to wait on the Black ones a few weeks. We have had the breed of Buff Orpingtons before and find it to be a prolific …
Executive Order: Martial Law.
What is Martial Law? Martial law is defined as: military rule or authority imposed on a civilian population when the civil authorities cannot maintain law and order, as in a time of war or during an emergency. Martial law can be used by a Government to enforce governmental power over it’s country’s citizens. Examples of …
Prepping beyond the tangible.
Are you storing food, sundries, necessities and other things for an uncertain future? This is one of the main focuses in the Prepping (Preparedness) culture today. GET STUFF. While being prepared with a ‘good stock’ of whatever is both prudent and a wise investment given the economic climate, I believe there are many areas of …
Doomsday Prepper vs. Everyday Preparedness
As an Internet Radio Talk Show Hostess, I have many opportunities to talk with folks who have great things to share with the Preparedness Community. It is my desire to choose guests who have something to teach, or something to encourage listeners on to more preparation efforts. It is however inevitable, that ‘prepping’ seems to …
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Solar Flares, EMPs and Coronal Mass Ejection.
March 7th, 2012 was supposed to have one of the largest solar flares of the 20th century. Is this a sign of more active sun emissions or a cyclical pattern for which we had no technology prior to the last few centuries to gauge? My belief is that it is a combination of both. We …
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Preparation: Prepare Without Fear
You have a great difference that rearranging that subject line above would make. It would read: “To get fear at bay, get prepared.” However, that is not how I feel the true prepared lifestyle really works. In real fact we humans haven’t chosen wisely when reacting to fear. Chaos, emergencies, and emotional instability often force …
What is Prepping or a Prepper?
What does it mean to ‘Be prepared’? Of course it is the Boy Scout, or at least it used to be. I was never a Boy Scout. Also, there is a new verb in society now. That word is “prepping”? Isn’t that what doctors do prior to surgery? And just who are these people who …
Planning or Practicing for Survival?
Most people don’t even give survival a second thought. To many people the the thought of survival means having air conditioning and satellite TV. But what actually is real survival and what techniques are needed or what skills and planning are involved if one were to have to survive, say without shelter or a stocked …
Preparation Food Storage on a Budget
By now you know me well enough that when it comes to food storage, I am not a big fan of ‘cheap food’, but I a also not fan of expensive food either. Some people feel as though they have to get shelves and shelves of food that is quick and easy to fix in …