Preparedness
05 Oct 2009 by Preparedness Pro filed in Preparedness
Well, the day has come! We drew winners of the two giveaway items we've got for you. For this 2 week giveaway I'm giving away some delicious chocolate and some vanilla Morning Moo's Milk Alternative. I LOVE this stuff. It's got 2% milk fat in it, so it's like drinking 2% milk. It has just a tad of sweetener to enhance the palatability of it. So... the winners are...*drum roll*
Lisa Lacoparra
and
Debbie Kirk
Contact Sarah at preparednesspro dot com to make arrangements to claim your prizes!...
05 Oct 2009 by Preparedness Pro filed in Preparedness
The second most important aspect of preparedness is your Mental Preparedness. This category isn’t just about attitude, it’s about knowledge as well. Today you will receive some resources for mental preparedness that I have found incredibly useful, all in one article.
James Wesley, Rawles, author of www.survivalblog.com
To start with, yes, there is an abundance of information available on the internet. However, a word of warning. In order to get the most reliable information for your mental...
02 Oct 2009 by Preparedness Pro filed in Preparedness
This will be a short one, folks, as I have 5 hours of teaching and 3 hours of traveling to do today. Which brings me to my point.
There seems to be a mythical view of how I get prepared… as if I spend every waking moment doing so. And as a result I perhaps have more time than others.
Photo c/o blogs.zdnet.com
Well, let’s be clear. I have a JOB, just like all of the rest of you. My JOB involves teaching, writing, researching, and communicating. I easily work
12 hours a day. Then when I’m...
01 Oct 2009 by Preparedness Pro filed in Preparedness
Diatomaceous Earth photo c/o shadowridgedonkeys.com
So what’s in my buckets of wheat? Diatomaceous earth! Don’t worry. You don’t have to pronounce it. Just USE it. What is diatomaceous earth? Well, it’s a HECK of a lot better than oxygen absorbers. It doesn’t suffocate wheat and it easily takes care of the weevil eggs that are inherent in all wheat. (The better the quality of wheat though, the less you have.) Oh, and it’s good for you too!
Let’s start with the wheat first though. Wheat is...
30 Sep 2009 by Preparedness Pro filed in Preparedness
Sumatra, Indonesia, was hit hard by the December 2005 tsunami. (U.S. Navy photo by Jennifer Rivera.)
A true disaster brings with it much death and destruction. Whether the disaster is an earthquake, hurricane, tsunami, or a long-term power outage, preparedness is not about standing up to the impact of such an event. After all, you will die or you won’t. There’s not much you can do against the forces of Mother Nature or a nuclear warhead right in your midst. But what we must prepare against...
29 Sep 2009 by Preparedness Pro filed in Preparedness
Morning Moo's Cans photo c/o everyday_something
If you're in Las Vegas, NV; Henderson, NV; Gilbert, AZ; Southeast Gilbert, AZ; or Mesa, AZ you should feel pretty darn special cause you're getting a product that isn't available anywhere else. Costco now has 2 special 6-packs of the Morning Moo's/Blue Chip foods that they are selling. In one 6 pack they have "breakfast items" and in another 6-pack they have "dinner items." The 6-packs contain 6 #10 cans. Some of these items are SO dang good...
28 Sep 2009 by Preparedness Pro filed in Preparedness
Preparedness is a full-time job for me. I live it, breathe it, and think about it constantly. Obviously I teach and write about it regularly as well. I used a Saturday this weekend to learn about how I can be better prepared. Then I spent some more “spare” time reading a novel that illustrates other possibilities I may not be prepared for yet. Why? Because I believe that preparedness is about honor.
US Military in Iraq, February 2008. Photo by Patrick Baz/AFP/Getty Images
Many people would...
24 Sep 2009 by Preparedness Pro filed in Preparedness
How long will your wheat last? What's the best way to store it? How do I keep insects out of it? What do I do when it smells like the can?
Today I was doing a training which involved going over the shelf life of various foods. One woman in attendance incorrectly stated to the entire class that “wheat goes bad easily because it has oil in it, and so it goes rancid if you’re not careful.”
I got to talking to my husband and asked him what other misinformation he may have heard about wheat....
22 Sep 2009 by Preparedness Pro filed in Preparedness
Debt can weigh you down Photo c/o usoge.gov
“I’ll start getting better prepared once I get out of debt.” This statement makes me cringe, frankly. It’s a myth—a deceptive rationale—for SO many reasons.
For starters there’s the misconception that being out of debt has “everything” to do with being better prepared. And yet there are countless aspects to preparedness that don’t require ANY money for success. Instead, they require an appropriate amount of willingness, a constant quest for...
21 Sep 2009 by Preparedness Pro filed in Preparedness
Grapefruit
Interesting. I have a new find that I want to share with you all. The funny thing is that I’ve had this item in my preparedness supplies for some time. But I admit, I had no idea what it was capable of doing. I had it in there simply as a “just in case” item as opposed to a SUPER multi-purpose item. It is *drum roll*… Grapefruit Seed Extract (GSE).
It usually comes in a 4 ounce bottle and is a clear, relatively thick liquid. The tiny hole at the top of the bottle allows you to...
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