The Harried Homemaker Preps

Thanks to all who weighed in on my Sun Oven woes. You all gave me food for thought and I have not given up the fight! Now, for something com...

This is the third part of my Sun Oven series. Part One is here and Part Two is there . I wasn't quite ready to post about my attempt at...

This is the second part of my series on the Global Sun Oven. You can read part one here . -------------- The next thing I did after I unp...

My 9-11 Story: The Young and the Clueless The morning of September 11, 2001 dawned bright and lovely in the large Midwestern city I was li...

Yesterday Hubby Dear and I took advantage of the amazingly lovely weather (76 degrees and very low humidity. Wow!) and went outside to measu...

Welcome to the first installment of my series on the  Global Sun Oven.  First, my disclaimer. The Global Sun Oven Company sent me a Sun Oven...

I'm a bit late with my monthly summary, but here it is. To cap off a very interesting August , both of our water heaters died last week...

I DVRed the one hour special "Livin' For the Apocalypse" on TLC after reading about it on Survival Blog. Just as Rawles predic...

I just love the Publisher's Clearinghouse Prize Patrol. I never get those sweepstakes entries in the mail, and if I did, I probably woul...

This recipe couldn't be easier, and yet it is one of my family's favorite ways to eat vine-ripe tomatoes. My mom came up with this c...

In between accidents and trips to the hospital, I've been busy reading and making plans for our homestead. Can you guess what we're ...

It's the world's klutziest woman checking back in. :) I got a new accessory today - an arm sling.Turns out I separated my right sho...

I haven't posted in a while and you might be wondering if a stack of 5 gallon buckets of wheat fell on me or if I got stuck in my bunker...

Hubby Dear and I recently celebrated 13 years of wedded bliss. My in-laws provided us with babysitting so the Hubs and I enjoyed a kid-free ...

For 1 case of non-fat, non-instant dry milk (including shipping): March 2011: $78.92 June 2011: $95.05 August 2011: $107.17 That is...

First, allow me a little SHTF gardening pontification: Many preparedness-minded people have a pack of "survival seeds" socked awa...

July in Review: The Garden - July has been a tough month. Like much of the nation, we've been under the grip of a heatwave that just won...