What is a Life Cube? Emergency Unit, Bug Out Home and More…

What is a Life Cube? Emergency Unit, Bug Out Home and More… Have you heard of these before?  Ok, I’ll admit to feeling like a little kid when I watch the videos on their site of how easy these things ‘inflate’…I won’t lie.  They look fun!  But they may remind you of a ‘bouncy house’ …

Top 6 Prepper Gifts to Give or Get

This is a short list of my top 6 prepper gifts to give or to get.  Actually, if we really look at these items – it doesn’t matter if someone is a prepper or not.  They are useful and helpful for anyone! But you and I know…that giving or getting these goes much deeper than …

Your Preparation Station Radio Show: Disaster Readiness & Book Giveaway

Thursday – July 17, 2014 – In this episode of Your Preparation Station, we talk about Disaster Readiness as approached by best selling author on the subject: Jim Cobb.  It was again my pleasure to spend some time visiting with Jim again!  We had the opportunity to talk about his newest book, The Prepper’s Long …

Book Bonanza Giveaway: Prepper’s Long-term Survival Guide

This Week the Book Bonanza Giveaway offers the chance to win “Prepper’s Long-Term Survival Guide.” This is a great book written by best selling author, Jim Cobb who has authored several of the top selling preparedness books that have hit the market in the last few years. Most people think that preparing for an emergency …

Weekly Book Bonanza – Giveaway #3: “Jake & Miller’s Big Adventure”

Far too often the little ones become either scared and confused or left behind while adult family members lead the charge to prepare for an uncertain future. Jake and Miller’s Big Adventure: A Prepper’s Book for Kids is not only encouraging to help the children want to participate but also helps the parents and grandparents …

Prepper Websites: True Identity vs. Niche Marketing

If you have listened to ANY of the “Your Preparation Station Radio Shows” from the last 3+ years, then you’ve heard me preach this before. “When it comes to learning more about being well prepared, do a little recon on the person/website from whom you’re taking advice.” Even today, a website came across my path …

Prepping to Be Prepared.

Exactly what does the phrase “Be prepared” suggest? Obviously, at one time it was the Boy Scout Slogan (perhaps it still is, however, I’m not a Boy Scout). Additionally, exactly what is this brand-new word “prepping”? Sounds like something you hear that only medical professionals or surgeons do before a procedure. Well, both of these …

Need your help with these old Barn Treasures

A couple of weekends ago we decided to get into the old barn and see what we could see.  This is just a small sampling of the treasures we found…but I think we could use your help – so if you have some answers to our questions, please post a comment! Obviously these are rail …

Update on Our Preparedness Adventure – A New Chapter

It seems like we’ve been on the journey of Preparedness for a lot longer than it’s been ‘popular’ (Is it actually popular or just a new niche/fad? Hmmm)…but the truth of it all is that this journey is just that – a journey, an adventure –  not a prize to be won or a finished …

Keeping Up with the Joneses

Although we are not the Joneses, we’re the Millers, the old adage mentioned in the subject line came to mind as I was lamenting having not updated you lately about the recent radio shows and our preparedness journey. So, after this brief side-note about that saying, I do promise to truly update you where I …