3 Essentials to Prevent Home Invasion Home invasions are one of those things that only happen to other people, like rape, robbery, murder, and identity theft. Until they happen to you, and you become that other person! No one should live in fear. Just the opposite. We should have our homes, possessions and selves secure …
How To Travel Safely During a SHTF Event Any non-personal community wide or larger SHTF event carries with it the possibility of bugging out temporarily or even getting out of dodge for the long term. You have your BOB and at the very least an idea of what will travel with you in a GOOD scenario. …
Escape From the Trunk of a Car We all like to think that we will never be the victims of a violent crime, until it happens to us! I have no reason to believe that I would ever be a target of anyone. But neither did all the victims out there who survived and so did …
Creating a Safe Room Most of us remember the Jodie Foster movie “Panic Room”. Now that was a safe room! What about the rest of us? Those of us who don’t have riches? Do we need a safe room? Yes, I think we do. Not necessarily in the style of the panic room but somewhere …
The Black Dot Campaign This is another one of those great ideas that could backfire badly! The purpose of the black dot on the palm of your hand is to identify yourself as an abuse victim who needs assistance but can’t for whatever reason verbally express that need to those around you. It is a …
Poisonous plants quiz At this point I usually tell you that quizzes are really just a fun testing tool and not to take them too seriously. To just use the quiz as a tool to tell you what areas you might want to do some more research. After all who writes them? and what are their …
Items NOT to Can Like most new canners when I begin canning, I wanted to can anything and everything that would fit in a jar! I was soon disappointed to learn there are items it simply isn’t safe for ME to can. There are a lot of differing opinions in regard to what can and …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Drowning First Aid We have discussed both how to assist someone else who is drowning and what to do if the person drowning is you! But what do you do once you have them or yourself out of the water? The EMT’s or a lifeguard may not be standing …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Save Yourself from Drowning This is a subject that has recently become near and dear to me. This summer my son who is a certified lifeguard assisted in a rescue where the parents were attempting to save their 10 year old son and all three ended up fighting for …
What Can’t be Canned? Learning what can’t be safely canned is almost as important as learning how to can what can be canned. It is especially difficult for the new canner as he/she has the bug and wants to can everything they lay hands on! Some items just simply can’t be safely preserved by this …
