Crossroads Gun Show: January Meetup
Yes, it's time again for a Crossroads of the West gun show
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Yes, it's time again for a Crossroads of the West gun show
<a href="/images/uploads/2010/01/sweetcondmilk.jpg"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-2938" title="sweetcondmilk" src="/images/uploads/2010/01/sweetcondmilk.jpg" alt="sweetened condensed milk" width="260" height="260" /></a>When I started storing food, I thought it would be a good idea to store forms of canned milk like evaporated milk and sweetened condensed milk. I bought quite a few cans and have used most of them over the years. However, I only have two recipes I regularly make that call for evaporated milk, and one that calls for sweetened condensed milk, so I did not use every can I purchased before they expired. <!--more-->
LDS Home Storage Center prices changing in January
<img class="alignright" title="TioletBag 500x500" src="http://emergencyportabletoilets.com/images/uploads/2009/12/TioletBag-500x500-250x300.jpg" alt="TioletBag 500x500" width="250" height="300" />
Preparedness Stocking Stuffer Swap
<img class="alignright size-full wp-image-2902" title="CashGold-main_Full" src="/images/uploads/2009/11/CashGold-main_Full.jpg" alt="CashGold-main_Full" width="350" height="221" />Everyone knows times are not good and although we're told they're getting better - they clearly seem to be getting worse. I've recently had an experience that has severely highlighted financial preparedness for me, I'd like to share the lessons I've learned in the hope that others can avoid my current situation - allow me to give you some background:
As snowflakes begin to frequently drift down, my wife began her odd seasonal transformation from warm, to cold-blooded being. I'm not sure how many of you are familiar with this process, but it is the true mark of seasonal change around my home. Appendages seem to have ice permanently on them, and thus have an odd habit of always finding their way to me, which is cause to no small amount of distress.
We had an emergency at work today, involving a critical server that was not properly cared for by its department. Due to the severity of the situation, I was called in to help recover the server. I had to go pick up the server from the data center and bring it back to to office to work on it. It was important enough that my boss offered to let me take his car, a 2006 Cadillac CTS. I think he was a little surprised when I declined, in favor of driving my 1998 Corolla instead.<br /> <!--more--><br /> By any benchmark, his car is superior to mine in every way. It's faster, has a better sound system and is likely far more fun to drive. So why did I decline? I had two reasons. First, we were in what we all considered to be an emergency. This was no time to take a joyride in the boss's car. But more importantly, his car did not have my emergency tech kit. I didn't think I'd need it, because I was only planning to drive 15 minutes away, pick up a server, and drive 15 minutes back. Nothing was expected to go wrong, at least in the journey itself. But I didn't know what kinds of circumstances I would encounter in that journey. It was not the fear of the unknown that held me back; it was the expectation of the unknown.
<img class="alignright size-full wp-image-2857" title="country living mill" src="/images/uploads/2009/11/country-living-mill.jpg" alt="country living mill" width="196" height="247" />You all know why you need a wheat grinder. There's only so much you can do with all the wheat in your long term storage if you can't grind it into flour. So just in time for the holidays we've got a special buy on the Country Living Grain Mill. This is a hand crank grain mill that is built in the USA of industrial grade components and has a lifetime warranty. It is relatively easy to crank as far as hand grain mills go. My small kids can grind flour with it. You can check out my full review, and see videos of the mill in action on <a href="http://selfrelianceadventures.blogspot.com/2009/04/country-living-grain-mill-review-sale.html" target="_blank">my blog post here.</a><!--more-->
<img class="alignright size-full wp-image-2845" title="2012 Roland Emmerich Poster" src="/images/uploads/2009/11/2012-Roland-Emmerich-Poster.jpg" alt="2012 Roland Emmerich Poster" width="270" height="400" />Last night a few prepper friends and I went to the midnight opening show of the new survival/TEOTWAWKI movie 2012. I wasn't sure what to expect as I had already heard that they had blown it or that it was really bad. But I figured even a bad movie can be enjoyed (through mocking) if you've got a group of friends with you!
SureWater high-capacity water tank review
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