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Prep Monday—So What’s Up with Prepping These Days?

Oh, I still hear a lot of prepper ideas and plans and things, but has anyone else noticed that the sky doesn’t appear to be falling these days? We had some tense moments in 2015, like Jade Helm and the economy and the Pope’s visit with Congress and the UN and whatnot, but it’s now […]

Fan Friday—Happy New Year! And the Great American Healthcare Scam

Yeah, yeah. New year, new me, blah, blah, blah. New me who is apparently not going to have health insurance. Let’s talk about that. The very definition of insurance is protection from catastrophe. Back in the old days, if you had health insurance, it was in case you ended up in the hospital for surgery […]

Work Wednesday—The Weather and Stuff

As you know, if you read anything at all, Missouri is rapidly becoming the new Sea of the Midwest. Forget Lake of the Ozarks, although they opened all 12 gates AGAIN this year and well, there’s flooding there as well as a house sliding into lake . . . the St. Charles area is flooding, […]

Prep Monday-on-Tuesday Again—Flooding

I’m no stranger to flooding, having grown up in the Missouri River bottoms. One of my earliest memories is down on the family farm looking at the high-water marks left from 1953 onward. In 1986, I was no longer living at home, but we drove in to see the devastation. That one dampened the basement, […]

Fan Friday—Happy Holidays and the Great American Bullshit Scene

So, you probably know that there’s a bunch of stuff on the Internet about “divide and conquer.” You know, where someone, somewhere, is just stirring up stuff to get us all at each other’s throats . . . Let’s think about this. Back in the old days, I sure don’t remember anyone yakking about the […]

Work Wednesday—Tile, or The Job from Hell

Well . . . you’ll have to wait until next week to see the pics of the new kitchen counters, because they’re installing them THIS WEEK! Yay! But last week, well, see for yourself: The remaining cabinets, except the two we’re waiting on; hardware attached, except the three cabinets that need different screws. And […]

Work Wednesday—Kitchen Progress

My husband has been out the farm for a week now, working his tail off. I arrived last Monday in time for the appliance and tile delivery. Too much tile. Way too much tile. See, they were supposed to deliver all this stuff on November 16, then rescheduled to November 30, because they were still […]

Prep Monday—Everyday Carry or Not?

This is liable to be a hot topic, especially in light of recent media coverage. Many advocate everyday carry, concealed or open depending on your state’s laws, but relatively few people practice this. Some carry all day long, indoors and out, everywhere they go; some only when they’re traveling in a “bad” area or out […]

Holiday Week Mix-Up—Thanksgiving

Kind of have a dilemma here. Since it’s a holiday week and all, I’m going to combine a few posts. I know, I know, you’re thinking, “Crap, and she slacked off last week too!” Oops. Sorry. So. Let’s start with prepping: Around here, folks, it’s getting chilly. Last weekend, at the farm, it was 19 […]

Prep Monday—Is It Time?

Is it time to bug out? I don’t know. I’m ready, but the house isn’t quite. Oh, we could certainly make it work, and we’re about one-third moved, but we have one small problem: Last kid in high school. Even though he’ll be 18 next week, he’s still a senior in high school and I’m […]