Have you seen this?? People living in tiny homes? Like, homes smaller than most people’s bathrooms? I must say, I’m intrigued. Fascinated. Even worse, me and the hubs are actually considering this! Whoaaa. Wait a minute. That’s freaking tiny! I’m all for efficiency and minimalism but I like to cook- where would I put my pots [...]
Unless you have your head in the sand or you’re busy watching Jersey Shore you know the instability the world is in right now. I’m expecting an economic 9/11 to happen here in America. Could I be wrong? Sure, but I don’t think I am. Look around. Read between the lines. Something’s going on. Of [...]
Oil. Whether you drive a Ford Expedition or not, you depend on this black liquid every single day of your life. Unfortunately, in the years ahead that is going to change. How easily you adjust to this change depends on the actions you take now. In this post I attempt to explain the what, when, [...]
Having a long-term food storage supply is a must-have these days. We all need to be prepared for any sort of disruption in the supply chain. Natural disasters, civil unrest, and spiking gas prices are just some of the reasons to have a back-up plan to feed you and your family. I recently got my [...]
Okay, I know it’s March but it’s never too late to make a yearly goals list, right?! Here are my goals for the year that will hopefully move my family towards a more prepared self-sufficient lifestyle: 1. To have 80% of remaining debt paid off 2. Increase food storage to at least 3 months 3. Build [...]
Having access to clean drinking water is hard these days and I believe it’s going to get even harder in the days to come. City water can’t be trusted and bottled water is not much better (not to mention the burden all the plastic bottles is having on our environment). That’s why I’m fortunate [...]
I may have a crush on Joel Salatin. He’s so stinkin’ cool. Pretty far out, right? I first saw Joel in the documentary Food, Inc. After watching it me and my husband looked at each other and said “Who is that guy?!” We’ve been learning about Joel and his farm ever since. In another YouTube video, he talks about [...]
While reading about peak oil and the coming economic collapse, I stumbled across these videos featuring Nicole Foss. She is the co-editor of The Automatic Earth and seems to be a brilliant lady at that. In this video she explains how financial systems work and why they are a more urgent matter than peak oil and climate [...]
I’m not sure what your thoughts are regarding raw milk but I’m here to tell you that you need to be drinking it. Okay, if you won’t go so far as to consume something in it’s <gasp> unadulterated, God-given, natural state then fine but please, please quit drinking that disgusting, putrid liquid they call processed “milk.” It [...]
I’m not sure about you but I hate consumerism. Sure, we all need some things to live comfortably but one day I looked around and felt that I was being suffocated by stuff. I also got sick of giving everybody my money every payday. Below is a short list of things I’ve given up. Some with relative ease [...]
