Are you STILL procrastinating getting your disasters kit together? Well we thought of a fun way for you and your family to GET IT DONE! Presenting the Food Storage Made Easy…. Get your family together for a fun night. Whether you hunt for the items in your house or at a store, make it fun! […]
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Food Storage Makeover: Disaster Kits Part Two
Today is the DAY! We got Grandma Lori’s disaster kits all purchased and compiled and she is very excited with the results. We started out this phase of our Food Storage Makeover by discussing the three different options available for disaster kits. After some discussion, we found a solution that worked well for Grandma Lori. […]
Food Storage Makeover: Disaster Kits
We’re so excited about our Extreme Makeover: Food Storage Edition project we are working on with Grandma Lori. We decided to start with getting her Disaster Kits put together. Disaster kits consist of a 3 day supply of food, water, and emergency items). As we went through our Emergency Preparedness worksheets we realized that they […]
Common Substitutes, Measurements and Yields
We recently posted about some info that one of our great readers (Nola) shared with us in a document she put together that had TONS of common substitutions, measurements and yields. We were going to break it up into multiple posts, but then realized it would be hard for you all to use it that […]
Emergency Heat Sources
Keeping warm is essential for survival. Loss of body heat, Hypothermia, is very dangerous and can lead to loss of body parts and even death. Wet conditions quickly increase the loss of body heat. When traditional heat sources are not available, below are a few ideas to help you keep warm: If you get wet […]
What State Do You Live In?
Awhile back we tackled the big question Why Do People Build Food Storages in a 5 part series. One of the main reasons, was obviously Natural Disasters. With the turmoil and devastation that is going on in Haiti right now, we are sobered to remind ourselves and our readers that being prepared for disaster is […]
Exciting New Shelving Solution!
It seems like organization and rotation seems to be at the top of many people’s lists of things they want to work on with their food storage this year. On our BabyStep One page we have a diagram and instructions for how to make your own can rotating rack. While the do-it-yourself solution has worked […]
Jodi and Julie’s Food Storage New Years Resolutions
If you’ve been following us for awhile, you know at the beginning of last year we had some New Years Resolutions. Well it’s a new year, and it’s time for new resolutions. We both have a big goal to help Jodi’s mom get her food storage in order, as well as some of our own […]
Extreme Makeover – Food Storage Edition
For months now Jodi’s mom has hinted that she would like us to help her get her food storage organized, under control, and finished! So for Christmas we decided to give her an “Extreme Makeover” – food storage style. We’re going to be documenting the process for you so you can come along for the […]
We’re BAAAAACK!
While it was nice to have some time off for the holidays, we sure did miss chatting with all of our readers. We really have developed a friendship with a lot of you and can’t keep ourselves away from the blog for long 🙂 We have been teasing about all of the great things coming […]
Hi there! I’m Jodi. I share my preparedness adventures via the blog and social media so you can see what I’m working on day to day.