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Monthly Archives: December 2016
30 Day Emergency Stay at Home Plan: Food
It’s another cold Saturday morning as I sit once again wait for the doorbell to ring and my Survival Coach John to arrive. Today John will be reviewing my plans for having enough food to survive 30 days without leaving … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, camping, diet, emergency, family, food, health, life, marriage, minimalist, nature, prepared, primal, simple living, stress
Tagged aging, bugging in, camping, family, food, food storage, health, life, minimalist, moments, nature, now, positive thinking, prepare, prepared, preparedness, primal, simple living, survival
8 Comments
Have a Green Christmas
One of the reason’s I shop at Trader Joe’s is paying fair prices for quality food products and I have another. Inexpensive wrapping paper! As most supermarket chains don’t carry paper bags anymore I found reason to utilize these paper … Continue reading
Posted in art, debt, family, finances, food, fun, life, mindfulness, minimalist, nature, simple living
Tagged art, christmas, debt, environment, family, finances, gifts, green, growing up, life, minimalist, moments, nature, now, positive thinking, presents, simple living
29 Comments
Choosing the Simple Life
With recent winter events here in the Pacific Northwest the road conditions have been pretty rough. Even driving an all wheel drive SUV hasn’t been easy. During these times my mind quickly moves to thoughts of providing a little more … Continue reading
Posted in debt, family, finances, growing up, life, marriage, minimalist, simple living, work
Tagged aging, consumer debt, debt, family, finances, frugal, growing up, life, minimalist, moments, nature, Oregon, positive thinking, priorities, simple living, trucks
19 Comments
The Essential Prepper’s Library: 25 Books Every Prepared Family Should Own
Originally posted on TheSurvivalPlaceBlog:
By Daisy Luther – The Organic Prepper Preppers tend to be relatively old-fashioned, and one thing that most of us have in common is a yen to own physical copies of information that we find valuable. While…
Posted in simple living
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30 Day Emergency Stay at Home Plan: Water
Saturday morning yielded yet another knock at the door and a visit with our survival friend and expert John. “Good morning John”, Good morning Bill”. “You know these visits are just 15 minutes long Bill, so lets get started”. I … Continue reading
Posted in emergency, prepared
Tagged adventure, aging, bathing, bathroom, brushing your teeth, bugging in, camping, drinking, family, food, h2o, health, life, minimalist, moments, nature, Oregon, positive thinking, prepared, preparedness, prepping, primal, simple living, survival, toilet, water
4 Comments
Bugging out is not an option here
Yesterday the Portland Oregon area got hit with a snow storm that yielded at the max, maybe 6 inches of snow. I was at work when it started snowing. When I realized that being on the road wasn’t a smart … Continue reading
Posted in emergency, food, life, minimalist, nature, Oregon, prepared, primal, simple living, stress
Tagged aging, buffing out, bugging in, emergency, food, life, minimalist, moments, nature, now, Oregon, portland, positive thinking, prepare, preparedness, prepper, prepping, primal, simple living, snow, snow storm
35 Comments
Emergency Visionary
Most of my upcoming posts will be dedicated to my thoughts and actions on “bugging in” while living in a city. Although I know that bugging in isn’t always an option with certain emergency situations I believe that it is … Continue reading
Posted in adventures, debt, emergency, family, finances, food, health, life, marriage, mindfulness, minimalist, nature, Oregon, prepared, simple living, stress
Tagged aging, bugging in, bugging out, emergency, food, growing up, life, minimalist, moments, nature, now, Oregon, positive thinking, prepared, preparedness, prepper, primal, visionary
11 Comments
Baby it’s Cold Outside
Winter has arrived here in Oregon and with it I have added a new item to my prepper collection. While living in a modern home in the City doesn’t allow for certain options like a wood burning fireplace or wood … Continue reading
Posted in camping, emergency, health, life, minimalist, Oregon, prepared, simple living
Tagged aging, camping, emergency, family, health, heat, minimalist, moments, nature, Oregon, positive thinking, prepare, prepper, primal, simple living, warmth, winter
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