Free Disaster Prep Ebook

Our friends at American Preppers Network are offering a free mini-ebook titled: “It’s a Disaster and what are you gonna do about it?”

Check it out now while it's still available!
http://americanpreppersnetwork.com/2013/11/its_a_disaster.html

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Food Storage for Black Friday?

When you think of Black Friday shopping, I’m betting the last thing in the world that you think of shopping for is…Food Storage.  Hopefully, after reading this short blog post, I’ll help you’ll change your mind.  The odds of you and your family experiencing some type of disaster seem to be increasing every day. Whether it be financial problems to the uncertainty of what the future may have in store, you can no longer afford to put off preparing for the “what-ifs” that may come your way.

Let’s look at some headlines from the past few days.

Tornadoes, damaging storms sweep across Midwest...

MORE THAN 60 REPORTED TORNADOES HIT MIDWEST, AT LEAST 3 REPORTED KILLED

'INCOME GAP' WIDENS...

Parents Serving as Emergency Support for Adult Kids...

AMERICA’S CITIES ON THE EDGE: THE ECONOMY CONTINUES TO WEIGH HEAVY ON THE U.S.

Are you prepared?  What if you found yourself smack dab in the middle of one of the situations listed above?  

• What would you do if you were in a town affected by the tornadoes?  The grocery stores are all closed. There is no clean water to drink.  No heat or electricity.   How do you plan to keep your family fed, or keep them warm? 
• What if the economy takes a nose dive and your company if forced to lay you off?  Do you have a pantry full of shelf stable food that can sustain your family during the time you are looking for work?

The Good News…

It’s not too late to get prepared!  

I am in the same boat.  I am learning right along with you.  I spend a lot of time researching and trying to learn whatever I can to prepare my family.  The purpose of this website has always been to share the things that I learn along the way. 

Two things that I have learned about food storage…

1. FOOD STORAGE IS EXPENSIVE!!!
2. It is easy to become overwhelmed when thinking about starting to fill your food storage pantry!

This is where Thrive Life (formerly Shelf Reliance) comes in handy.  I have mentioned Thrive before, but I haven’t spent enough time talking about the Thrive Q.   In a nutshell, the Q is a tool that Thrive Life has provided that will allow you to break down the huge task of filling your pantry into an affordable, manageable task.  The Q is a way to Simplify life and build your own home grocery store with monthly food delivery.

• You start by creating a list of items that you want to purchase. 
• Next you set a monthly budget. 
• After that, the Q tool will work its magic.  Each month you will receive your shipments of Thrive Life foods.  It truly is a “Set-it and Forget-it” solution.

It’s completely customizable— you decide the budget, and you choose what you want delivered.
Check it out.  I think you’ll quickly see the value of the Q tool.

There is still time to fill your pantry and to prepare your family for the hard times that will come.
Stay tuned for some pretty amazing Black Friday Deals from Thrive Life!

Whether you choose to purchase Thrive Food Storage or just some extra shelf stable foods at the grocery store, I challenge you to think twice this year about your Black Friday purchases.  Take this chance to save a little bit of that cash that you would have otherwise blown on Black Friday gadgets and gizmos and FILL THAT PANTRY instead!

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I am now a member of the Thrive Life Family!

I have mentioned many times before that I am a big fan of Thrive Foods.  I have been a fan of the Thrive Life Company and especially the food for quite a long time.  In the past, I have sent many of my friends and readers to Thrive.  After all this time, I have finally decided that I want a piece of that Thrive Pie!  J  I am happy to announce that I have joined the Thrive Life Family and I am now an Independent Thrive Life Consultant!

Why Thrive?

I’ll admit it…I’m a compulsive shopper.  If I run to the grocery store to pick up a gallon of milk, you can bet I’m coming home with not just the milk, but also a gallon of Ben and Jerry’s ice cream, maybe a couple of candy bars that were on sale 2/$1.  Not to worry though…I snagged the 2 liter bottle of Diet Coke to offset all that sugar! 

I can’t count how many times this has happened.  What should have been a relatively inexpensive trip to the store, quickly spiraled out of control!  Not only did I end up spending WAY more $$ than I should have, I’m gonna’ be lying in bed all night with a sugar buzz and a ton of heartburn.

It’s time to change my way of thinking.  I am going to create my own “Home Store”.  I want to be able to run downstairs rather than to the grocery store when I need something at the last minute.

Up to this point, we have done a decent job of stocking our cold storage room, but almost everything in that room is perishable!  I’m tired of having to worry about expiration dates or spoiled food.

I have chosen Thrive foods as my go to source to build my home store.  Thrive doesn't just do the basics.  They produce all the raw ingredients necessary to create some of the best recipes! 

It’s November, I really, really want strawberries to top my shortcake.  I dare you to compare the strawberries you find during the off-season at your grocery store versus Thrive Freeze Dried Strawberries.  You will quickly find that there is no comparison!  Thrive Berries are superior in every way.

I am quickly learning that regular canned foods from the grocery stores are a bad idea for our family.  We have always purchased canned food, just in case.  We don’t necessarily like canned foods.  We don’t eat canned foods…we just purchase them to take up space on our shelves…again…Just in case. 

We are truly wasting money by not eating what we store, because we don’t store what we eat.  It is time that we reallocate our monthly grocery budget to purchase more of the shelf-stable Thrive foods that we enjoy. 

As I continue to build my home store with Thrive Foods, I will show you the difference with each and every recipe we create.

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Contacting your loved ones in case of emergency

If some sort of emergency event happens in your area; after taking care of your immediate needs (medical or otherwise) - Send information to your loved ones as quickly as possible. 

 

Send a quick message, with info such as:

• Your well-being
• People that are with you and their well-being
• Your location
• Your short-term plans (where are you going, when you will try to contact again, etc.)

During the tragic event in Boston today, cell phone voice service went down very quickly.
If you are able to get a voice call to go through, it is best to contact someone that is not in the effected region.  Meaning if something happens in Utah, I plan to contact my Brother in Texas.  He will then contact the rest of my family to update them on my well-being.

If cell phone voice service is down…

A lot of times, cell phone data (internet) and text messaging will continue to work. 
Because cell phone data was still working, people were able to send quick text messages, post on Facebook, post on Twitter, blogs, etc.  Social networking websites are the perfect place to quickly post your information. 
This may be old news to some of you, but I hope that there is at least a little bit of information that you hadn’t known or thought of before.

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