Monthly Archives: October 2008

Spaghetti, Kidney Beans, Mushrooms

It’s time to focus again for a moment on increasing your food storage by spending just ten dollars. Here are three things that are good to have on hand — mushrooms (pieces and stems), dark red kidney beans, and three … Continue reading

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Ready or Not #18: Coal

Every year, I ask Santa for coal, but every year he brings delicious cheese and beautiful gifts instead. I just don’t get it – what am I going to have to do to get some coal? I guess I’ll just … Continue reading

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Ready or Not #17: Wood Storage

A couple of years ago my friend called me and asked, “What kind of wood are you burning?” I thought that it was an odd question. But I asked my husband what we were burning and he said peach wood. … Continue reading

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Ready or Not #15: Hurricane Ike Lessons Learned

The following observations are reportedly from a letter sent to a friend from people in Texas who just experienced Hurricane Ike. In turn, my friend sent it to my e-mail and I wanted to share it with you because it … Continue reading

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What’s New

In addition to the Ready or Not articles, the kits, and the $10 will do it, we’ve started adding some recipes.  On the left-hand side of the site under pages, you will notice that there is a recipe link.  The … Continue reading

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Ready or Not #16:Homemade Remedies

I have a friend that works out in the hot sun everyday so he makes sure that he drinks lots and lots of water. The problem is, because he is hot and because he drinks lots of water, he doesn’t … Continue reading

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