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...

A Sign of the Times…Unempolyment Rates Continue to Rise…Think Preparedness For the Holidays

The latest unemployment rates are out today and we are now at 10.8% nation wide. This means 16 million Americans who are looking for work cannot find it. That does not include those who have been looking for  awhile and given up. California’s rate is now at 12.5%. That is no surprise, as we have discussed the lack of work for farm workers due to the government decision to place the survival of smelt...

A Question About 72 Hour Kits

I received this note this past week and I decided it was worth a response here as it is a really great question. I wonder if it’s just me, but it seems that it takes about a WEEK for the government and non-profit agencies to get things together and get to the areas that are affected. I live in an area in the middle of the ocean so we’re even more isolated than the contiguous 48-states. Why do they say...

The Totally Ready Difference

You may be wondering why we have chosen to include items in our kits that you have not seen in others. Following is a list of these items to help you understand why they will be important to the comfort and safety of your family. Full Size Backpack: Many kits provide a smaller backpack to carry your supplies. Ours are full size to ensure that you can carry all of your essentials with you, including a change of...