Yearly Archives: 2009

New Links to Videos

I have added some more links on the video page.  They are a series of nine videos taken a a food storage seminar in Salem, Utah.  They are short and very interesting to watch. Enjoy!

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Ready or Not #38: Step 2 — Writing Down Your Recipes

If you have been working hard on writing down your personalized family menus, it has probably been a real eye opener.  Has your family been eating enough fruits and vegetables or do they need to step it up?  Are you … Continue reading

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Ready or Not #37: Step 1 — Deciding What to Fix

What is the hardest thing about cooking breakfast, lunch and dinner every day? Let’s all say it in unison, “Deciding what to fix!” It isn’t the clean up, although that can be a bother, and it isn’t even the preparation … Continue reading

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Ready or Not #36: Social Collapse

This is going to be my last article on the pandemic.  I’m tired of running around yelling, “The sky is falling, the sky is falling!”  Even though a pandemic will be a difficult thing to live through, most of us … Continue reading

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Ready or Not #35: Quarantine Family Members

What if family member gets sick?  I know, it’s a lousy question, but we have to face reality.  If the anticipated 30% of the population gets sick during a pandemic, then chances are, somebody in your family is going to … Continue reading

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Ready or Not #34: PureWorks and Face Masks

Last week we talked a little about possibly changing the way we greet others so as to not pick up or pass along a pandemic virus — actually any type of bacteria or virus.  We also talked about the possibility … Continue reading

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Ready or Not #33: Pandemic – Preventative Measures

The government has stated that the H5N1 virus (Avian Flu virus) is changing (through rapid mutation) and they expect it to eventually be able to transmit from human to human not just bird to human.  They also know that it … Continue reading

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Ready or Not #32: Pandemic and Medications

I had a lot of time to think the other day as I was sitting in the emergency room -for S-E-V-E-N  HOURS!  Don’t worry, everybody is okay, but as I was sitting there and observing what was going on around … Continue reading

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