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 really are for an emergency! Coming on a surprise day in September, each [...]
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As we promised on Tuesday, we have now added three sub-pages to the new Emergency Preparedness tab. To check them out, simply click on “Emerg Prep” at the top of our site. Then click on each of these three icons to learn more about each area of emergency preparedness that is covered in [...]
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As we have grown and expanded our food storage knowledge, we have continually added to our site. While the site has expanded with so much information, we still want to make sure that it’s still easy for beginners to navigate. Since we are about halfway through our Summer Crash Course we decided to [...]
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Julie and I were out of town all last week for a large family reunion (yes, in case you didn’t know, we are sister-in-laws). We drove about 2000 miles round trip on a fun adventure all around Alberta, Canada.
Well on the way home I had quite an adventure. We were traveling in our [...]
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Well it doesn’t HAVE to be a husband, maybe tell your mom this is what you want, or get it for your mom… you get the drift.
To help you help your special someone come up with a thoughtful and fun gift for you we have put together a little handwritten note you can pass along [...]
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We have had several comments and questions about the Swine Flu recently. We had a reader refer us to this video which we find to be VERY helpful in explaining Swine Flu and helping us to assess how worried we should be.
This is a good time to re-evaluate our food storage supplies. If [...]
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Yes that’s right, I finally convinced my husband (Mike) to write a guest post for us. YAY! I am so grateful for how supportive he has been with watching the kids while I work on the blog, helping me film videos, and listening to me talk non-stop about FOOD STORAGE. But I [...]
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Brought to you by Mozy’s biggest fan – Julie!
The one part of getting started that we haven’t addressed until now is getting your computer backed-up. Chances are you have a lot of important stuff on your computer like financial documents, email, digital photos, music and more. Unfortunately, computers are vulnerable to hard drive crashes, [...]
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For those of you who have been to the Fun with Food Storage Party all week, you may already have received the party favor – Our Emergency Preparedness Plan Workbook. We made it in excel because that way you can customize and alter the sheets to fit your families needs. For those of you who [...]
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