Monthly Archives: August 2009

The 7 Day Challenge: PRIZES, PRIZES, PRIZES!

Today we are revealing the 10 th piece of our Seven Day Challenge puzzle: AWARDS AND PRIZES! We’re so excited and grateful to all the generous sponsors who have donated prizes to help make the challenge even more fun and … Continue reading

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The 7 Day Challenge – Facebook Fun

Today we are revealing the 9th piece of our Seven Day Challenge puzzle: FACEBOOK FUN AND SUPPORT! Can you believe it’s almost September??? We have been working hard lining up some amazing sponsors for the challenge (check back Monday for … Continue reading

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Hints (and confessions) for the Seven Day Challenge

Since Jodi confessed on Monday about her “gardening failures” I figured I would make my confession about what bits and pieces of my food storage and emergency preparedness plans were lacking. With the Seven Day Challenge approaching on a surprise … Continue reading

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Food Storage Lessons Learned From Gardening

Today I want to share with you a story (or confession) about my garden this year. As you may recall from my “It’s Garden Time” post and my “Jiffy Pots” post, I had high hopes for my garden this year. … Continue reading

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School’s OUT FOR SUMMER! Or is it Summer School Is Out?

HALLELUJAH! We are officially done the summer crash course! CONFESSION: We KNOW it got kind of boring and are so excited to be back to normal, posting about our food storage successes and failures and getting officially ready for the … Continue reading

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Beyond The BabySteps: Non-Food Items: Inventory List

For our Summer Crash Course we have been revamping all of the BabyStep pages and last week we updated the Step 10: Non-Food Items. On that page we give a great list of ideas for non-food items to have, but … Continue reading

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Beyond the BabySteps: Comfort Foods: Yummy Recipes!

For our Summer Crash Course we have been revamping all of the BabyStep pages and last week we updated the Step 9: Comfort Foods page. On that page we give a great list of ideas for comfort foods but we … Continue reading

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AND THE WONDERMILL WINNER IS… il

We’re excited to announce the winner of the Seven Day Challenge sign up giveaway. The winner is getting this great WonderMill Hand Grinder! So, here we go…. drumroll – and the winner is: LINDA AMORI! We’ll be emailing you later … Continue reading

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Beyond the BabySteps: Fruits and Vegetables: Sprouting

Sprouting can fall under several of our BabySteps since you can sprout many grains, legumes, and other foods. However, the biggest benefit of sprouts is that they can act as a fresh “vegetable” in your diet so we are covering … Continue reading

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EXTRA EXTRA – DON’T FORGET!

We hope you have had a great summer and are getting ready for a great and exciting fall. The Seven Day Challenge is almost here. Remember the Seven Day Challenge is where we will find out just how prepared we … Continue reading

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