Monthly Archives: June 2012

Fires are raging in the western United States. Some homes have burned down. Others are in danger. If a fire was burning near your home, what would you do? Would you be ready to evacuate at a moment’s notice? In Ready or Not #260: Be Prepared and Be Safe, I share one person’s experience of being prepared — and one example of someone foolishly wanting to stay in his home to protect it from vandalism.

Are you prepared to leave your home with just a moment’s notice?

Have you ever given yourself the opportunity to try something you didn’t want to try?  Yep, I thought so; you don’t ever put yourself into sticky situations.  I, on the other hand, seem to do that very thing all the time.  And so it goes…

In Ready or Not #259: Alcohol Fact and Hydrogen Peroxide White, I share that sticky experience that I got myself into. Let me tell you, I was very lucky in how things turned out.

Is food storage genetically connected? Read Ready or Not #258: Food and Relatives and tell me what you think.

Ready or Not #257: Straighten Your Bent Nails talks about lessons I learned from my grandfather. As he taught me how to straighten bent nails at the end of the day, I learned other lessons that were more far reaching than just straightening out those nails.

What lessons can YOU learn from my experience?