Our General Store…Veggies…Help Someone This Year

As you gather with family this week and reflect upon all you have to be thankful for I hope you will remember those who are suffering through tragic situations and commit to helping someone this holiday season. Now may be the time to just help for some and the time to teach self reliance principles for others. Raffle tickets to help a deserving family here at Totally Ready, are still available and selling...

Eat Your Fruits and Veggies

Did you know the food pyramid has undergone another change? Scientists are now recommending we eat between 7-13 servings of fruits and vegetables a day. That is up from 5-9 servings just a few years ago. Why the change? The following article will help you to understand why we need to eat more to get the same nutrients we received from fewer serving a few years ago. By LANCE GAY SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE In spite...

It’s Real Butter

Have you ever eaten powdered butter? Not so great. I have powdered butter stored and I love it for baking but to eat, well, I’d rather not. As you know I am all about storing foods which bring comfort during a crisis. For me butter is one of those. While I don’t use lots of butter, in fact very little, when I make cornbread I have to have butter and honey! This is the real deal, pasteurized cream and...

Our General Store…Think Fruit

This morning I went through the Sunday paper and checked out all the ads and also all the coupons and came to a conclusion. It’s a bad week. The coupons were awful and the stores had the same old same old loss leaders on sale. Because fruit is so important in a well balanced diet we are going to concentrate on fruit this week. Yesterday there was a great article in our local paper about canned fruits...

Money Saving Wednesday…gardening

Since we are planning to grow our own food this summer, at least part of it, now is a good time to think about how we can accomplish this with the smallest financial investment. Fruits and vegetables are not our only gardening concern, however. We want to keep our homes looking beautiful and places our family looks forward to coming home to. Here are a few ideas to help you do this on a slim, or no...