If you’ve been prepping for more than five minutes, chances are you’ve got a stack of 5-gallon buckets taller than a defensive lineman at your place. But let’s be honest: do you really know the secret life of these humble homestead heroes? Grab a Diet Dr. Pepper and hold on Read more…
OK. Picture this: The world’s gone sideways—maybe it’s a grid-down event, maybe it’s the Great Toilet Paper Shortage of 2025. Whatever it is, you’ve survived. Congratulations! But now you’re standing in a makeshift bartering bazaar next to Steve (you know the guy—he’s the one who hoards sardines and always looks Read more…
Preparedness Failures: Confessions From My Closet of Cringe Picture this: Me, standing in my “Closet of Cringe,” arms crossed, staring at a lineup of failed preparedness projects like they’re my personal mugshot collection. There’s the leaky “vacuum-sealed” jar that let moisture in faster than a teenager at a pizza party. Read more…
Waterproof Your Willpower: Prepping When You’re Just Not Feeling It(Because even the most hardened prepper sometimes needs a nap and a cookie.) Let’s just be honest for a second: there are days when the thought of organizing my pantry feels about as appealing as alphabetizing my neighbor’s DVD collection from Read more…
Honoring the past by being ready for the future. Every Memorial Day, we pause. We wave our flags, we bow our heads, and we dig out that one star-spangled shirt that somehow only gets worn between May and July. But this day isn’t just about potato salad and patriotism—it’s about Read more…
Let’s be honest: silence in a household is usually only achieved when everyone’s asleep… or hiding from chores. But in a grid-down scenario, learning to manage noise isn’t just about peace and quiet—it’s about awareness, courtesy, and not sounding like you’re throwing a cymbal solo every time you go for Read more…
They say money makes the world go ‘round, but I’d argue it’s actually duct tape, bungee cords, and that one guy named Steve who somehow knows how to repair a composting toilet with a butter knife and a half-chewed pencil. In a world where preppers are stocking up on freeze-dried Read more…
I once watched my grandma wrestle a chicken into Sunday dinner without breaking a sweat or a nail. She wore an apron like a superhero cape, wielded cast iron like a medieval weapon, and had a sixth sense for when the jam hit the right jellin’ point—all without asking Google Read more…
Spoiler: My inflatable pillow sounded like I was sleeping on a bag of angry Doritos. There’s a sacred rule in the prepper world: don’t wait for the apocalypse to discover your survival gear is lying to you. And yet, there I was—a fully functioning adult woman with a (meticulously packed, Read more…
Let’s be honest, not every tomato in the garden deserves a love letter and a back massage. Sometimes, you need crops that are more “independent cat” than “needy golden retriever.” Welcome to the Passive-Aggressive Garden—a plot where survival-of-the-fittest meets “plants, you’re on your own,” and somehow, it’s still harvest time. Read more…