52 Weeks Savings Plan: Watch for these February bargains
If you’ve been following the 52 Week Savings Plan, you should have a whopping $10 set aside. Don’t worry, that little bundle of money will continue to grow! Each month I’ll be sharing tips for making...
View Article52 Weeks Savings Plan: Watch for these March sales!
March brings with it the promise of spring and some special March sales that can help you both prepare and save money. Two holidays that will generate some special savings are St. Patrick’s Day on...
View ArticlePrepper To Prepper: Free Preps!
Who doesn’t love free? I have been welcoming free items as long as I can remember. Free hand-me-downs were a favorite when my five little kids were growing like weeds. Shelving and furniture freebies...
View Article52 Weeks Savings Plan: April discounts are here!
When I lived in Phoenix, I could never understand the fascination with spring. Phoenix has pretty much just one season, sunny! So, when I moved to Texas, it was amazing to see red-breasted robins show...
View Article52 Weeks Savings Plan: April showers bring May bargains
April showers may bring May flowers, but they also bring wild and crazy busy days for families like mine. Also, I might add, a lot of extra expenses with end-of-school teacher gifts, upcoming vacation...
View Article40 Quick Ways to Save Money for More Prepping
One difficult fact of prepping is that it requires money. You don’t have to be rich and there are hundreds of frugal ways to prep, but sooner or later, you’ll have to fork out some of your hard-earned...
View Article52 Weeks Savings Plan: Give this a try and have an extra $1378 by the end of...
I spotted this ingenious and simple 52-week savings plan* on Facebook a few years ago, posted it on my Facebook page, and it went viral with thousands of likes and even more shares within a couple of...
View ArticleSmart Advice to Help You Survive the Government Shutdown — or any other...
As of today, the current federal government “shutdown” is the longest in history. Digging into news stories that are making headlines, ones claiming “chaos” and near-apocalyptic consequences, most...
View Article8 Classic Summer Jobs For the Industrious Teen
Whether you consider yourself a prepper, a survivalist or are simply striving to be self-sufficient, the basic building blocks for all these are responsibility and dedication. We teach young children...
View ArticleBuild your emergency kit with this Junk Drawer Challenge!
Your junk drawer, love it or hate it, just might be the gold mine you’ve been looking for when it comes to equipping your emergency kits and other preps. The Junk Drawer Challenge saved me loads of...
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