January 2009 Give Away

Each month we will be offering an item or two, or three… as a give away to help meet your preparedness needs. The requirements to be entered into the drawing will change each month but they will all be simple tasks designed to create more dialogue and sharing of ideas.For January I will be giving away an Adult Deluxe 72 hour kit with a value of $122.00. This kit can be viewed at TotallyReady.com and includes...

What’s New at Totally Ready for 2009

I have been thinking a lot about the next year and what changes I want to make to my blogging and writing schedule. I have a few ideas and I’m sure more will emerge as the economic and disaster scenarios play out during the year. There are, however, a few plans I would like to share now. We will finish up the 52 weeks of our Seven Steps program in January. I know many of you joined us late or could not keep up...

Seven Steps Week 49

I hope all of you had a great holiday and are ready for an exciting new year.  As  I read reports in the news with speculation abounding for a crisis filled year, I am so grateful that we have been preparing for just such a challening time. As we gathered during the past week I was excited to hear and see the preparations our family has made. I gives me a real sense of peace to know they are ready, or getting...

A few travel tips

I was just speaking with someone in Washington and she was telling me about the crazy weather there, then I got an email about the crazy weather in Portland. We all have heard of the snow and power outages in the mid west and in New England and it occurred to me that today would be a great day to pass along a few travel tips for those who are braving the road this week. If you have not already done so, copy the...

Seven Steps Week 45

Since this is Christmas week and many will be traveling I am going to spend just a minute today reviewing what we have accomplished over the last eight weeks . We have: 1. Written a will and made our funeral arrangements known to our family, or at least written them down. We have mailed this information to our out of state contact. 2.  We have worked on our car kits and added: a rain poncho, lighter and phone...