Water Storage and More

Since I am still dealing with limited typing and I have been receiving so many questions, I have decided that until I can type again I will forgo the posting schedule I had and just answer your questions and deal with immediate concerns. Thank you so much for all the questions and comments. I am sure when you have a question there are a dozen people out there with the same question who just haven’t...

Building our General Store

First let me thanks you for all your encouragement and well wishes. My finger is healing but still throbbing and I am still typing one finger, hunt and peck, so this may be another week full of random posts but we will survive. I’ve had lots of time to think about what our week 2 should involve as we build our store. I intended to follow the order in my Mother Hubbard ebook when building our...

Answering your questions on glow sticks

Here’s an up-date on our wounded preparedness warrior…Carolyn is doing very well and should be back into the swing of things again by Monday.  She really appreciates all of your well wishes.  In the meantime, we have had lots of questions, so here are some answers about glow sticks… Glow Sticks: Somebody asked a question about freezing glow sticks to reactivate them. Glow sticks burn brightest at...

Preparing for a Volcanic Eruption

It’s me again, Erica.  With Mt. Redoubt threatening to erupt my mom thought that it would be good to post some information on what you can do if you are caught with volcanic ash in your yard.  This is an excerpt from one of mom’s articles which appears in Meridian Magazine today: Ash can fall hundreds of miles away. If there is ash falls in your area: Stay inside. Close doors, windows and dampers....

How do you prepare for this emergency?

Hello!  My name is Erica I am Carolyn’s daughter.  My mom requested that I let you all know about her latest “emergency”.  Last night she had a bit of an accident and cut the tip off of one of her index fingers…OUCH!  We’ll spare you the details beyond that.  She is, however, on the mend and in good spirits.    This being said, she is going to have to take a break for a few...