Yearly Archives: 2009

Recently I wrote an article about taking pictures and documenting your possessions (Article #26 – Documenting Your Treasures at www.apreparedhome.com).  This article, Ready or Not #161: Documenting our Treasures (form), is a follow-up article, with something that will actually be … Continue reading →

I love Thanksgiving time.  I think that it is one of my favorite holidays because there isn’t a lot of decorating (a.k.a. – STRESS).  Advertisers have basically passed it over – going from Halloween straight to Christmas — and so … Continue reading →

The problem with fruits like apples and bananas are that they have too much natural sugar (and that is why everyone loves to eat them), but you just can’t keep them looking nice once they have been sliced, and when … Continue reading →

Before we know it, the sugar rush of Halloween will be over and we will need to  start thinking seriously about Thanksgiving and Christmas. That is when the sales start for all of the delicacies that we usually only buy … Continue reading →

As part of the government’s emergency preparedness campaign, they have teamed up with the Ad Council to advertise the Ready Campaign.  Read about it in our post Ready or Not #47: Ready Campaign.

Bad things keep happening to good people. Earthquakes, fires, hurricanes — the list goes on and on.  Read Ready or Not#30: Properly Trained to learn why having the appropriate training when natural disasters strike is so important.

What is more important: water for crops to feed the people of America or small, two-inch sized fish?  California is in the third year of a drought yet irrigation water is not being allowed into the waterways of the San … Continue reading →

As hard as it is to believe, winter will soon be upon us.  One of my favorite ways to prepare for cold winter weather is to drink hot chocolate and I try to practice that as often as I can.  … Continue reading →