How to be a Cheapskate & Why You Should! For years the title “Cheapskate” has had negative connotations. The tightwad with the calculator determining down to the last fraction of a cent each of his dinner companions owe as you split the check, the date we all have had on the two for one coupon, …
A What to do Checklist After a Loved One Dies (2 links) The death of a loved one is a SHTF event. It turns your world upside down and inside out emotionally, financially, and legally. For you it is TEOTWAWKI. Your life will never be the same. Sadly in the mist of your personal grief, …
Add a Hand Pump to an Electric Well Imagine the frustration of a grid down scenario when you have a well but can’t power it to bring up the water! No one wants additional costs to installing their well and if your well was one that was installed back when we believed electricity was always …
20 Unconventional Uses for VapoRub As a child the aroma of vaporub used to waft through our home late fall to early spring. Someone in the household during those months always was suffering from congestion and mom had the humidifier going with the vaporub filling the top container.It was then and still is now in …
Run or Not to Run From a Shooter Millions of people have watched the governments RUN. HIDE. FIGHT. ® video on how to escape harm from an active shooter. For the most part it’s a good video with reasonable rational good advice on avoiding the shooter. (if you haven’t perhaps seen it, it is included …
Making Your Resources Stretch Further During Uncertain Times Times are tight all over the world for just about every economic group. Everyone needs to make their resources whether in currency or physical assets stretch further. Times are also uncertain all over the world as we as the human race deal with natural disasters and especially …
Making Amish Black Salve Many of us are following the lead of the Amish when it comes to making our own products particularly preppers who are concerned for a day when those products will be unavailable store bought and homesteaders who often live very simply do it yourself lifestyles. The Amish black salve is known …
Frugal Recipes For Hard Times Everyone has had hard times, some more than others and some harder than others. As a single parent I have had my share! But no matter how tough a time you are experiencing you and your family especially if you have children need proper nutrition. That is not always easy …
Golden Rules for Using Cast Iron Cookware Cast Iron used to be the only good choice for cookware and is still preferred for those who cook over an open flame. It was around long before the non-stick cookware or copper bottom cookware that has become so popular these days and I believe it will be around …
Why MIY Wine I share enough wine recipes with you all that I know you must wonder if my pantry looks like a winery! LOL It doesn’t. I am actually not a wine connoisseur at all. I prefer a cooler or cocktail. But I do recognize the benefits of knowing how and occasionally making my …
