Monthly Archives: March 2014

shop till you drop

Prepper Fest in Phoenix, AZ this weekend.  Went down yesterday without a budget limit – good?  bad?  ready to buy many of things I’ve been looking at/for our possibilities bag! This Goal Zero Yeti 150 was not on my list … Continue reading

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grinder update

am not a hunter, but have found that we enjoy sausage, just not the additives and fat.  So began learning how to make my own, even if it is store bought meat. Yes, I have one of those hand crank … Continue reading

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catching up

  DH is away for the weekend, and so its time to catch up.  FINALLY some rain, so no garden work.  Instead did some canning.  Have no idea of how many lbs of butter, about 1/2 and 1/2 sweet and … Continue reading

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