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Have You Learned any Lessons this Winter?

22. February 2010

Welcome back to the FamilyPreparednessGuide blogsite! Some lessons help us learn how to Keep It Super Simple! I received this missive from one of my Blog Talk Radio Show listeners: “What I call a lesson learned… I spent 48 hours at the Jessup Fire station in Maryland in the 1st big snow. My crew and I did a lot of [...]

Have You Considered What You Can Learn From the Haiti Earthquake?

19. January 2010

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Welcome to the FamilyPreparednessGuide blogsite! One of the favorite guests on the FamilyPreparednessGuide talk show is Carolyn Nicolaysen. She’ll be back on the show Wednesday evening at 7:00 PM (CST) to discuss the effects of the Haitian earthquake. More than enough mention has been given by the press—but are they missing the point of the lessons [...]

Have You Met Rich Fleetwood?

18. January 2010

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Have You Met Rich Fleetwood? Welcome to the FamilyPreparednessGuide blogsite! Monday night’s dynamic guest on the FamilyPreparednessGuide talk show will be Rich Fleetwood, founder/director of the SurvivalRing.org website. Rich has spent many years preparing for the role he plays in the preparedness industry. He’s engineered a massive website to provide preparedness information and Keep It Super Simple! Rich [...]

Do You Recall These Incidents in 2009?

26. December 2009

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Welcome back to the FamilyPreparednessGuide blogsite! Though I don’t normally dwell on the causative factors of the need to be prepared, I wanted to remind you of some of the natural, disasters, people-caused, and personal disasters and emergencies that occurred to people in the U.S. during 2009. Obviously, this is not a complete listing! 2009 — Some [...]

Another Set of Rules of Threes!

7. December 2009

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Welcome Back to the FamilyPreparednessGuide blogsite! At the beginning of my blogs several months ago, I had started a series of Rules of Threes. Now that the 11th edition of Making the Best of Basics is in the marketplace and selling well, I can focus on completing the series. Rule of Threes #12 – Total Preparedness Requires [...]

Did You Know You Could Become Prepared by Taking Baby Steps?

1. December 2009

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Welcome back to the FamilyPreparednessGuide blogsite I will Keep It Super Simple! Wednesday night’s BlogTalkRadio show will introduce you to Jodi and Julie, two bright young sisters-in-law who were attempting to get a year’s supply of food storage put together. As they started this process, they realized there was SO much to learn and they were so [...]

Have You Shopped at Pleasant Hill Grain?

19. November 2009

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Welcome back to the FamilyPreparednessGuide blogsite! I will Keep It Super Simple! Saturday’s Blog Talk Radio Show will feature a great business that will help you get you prepared or even better prepared. The guest I will be interviewing is Carly Hansen—a bright young star in the preparedness industry. Catch us at www.BlogTalkRadio.com/James-Talmage-Steven, Saturday 1:00 PM CST. We [...]

Did You Learn More About Healthy Food Storage Utilization Today?

3. October 2009

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Welcome back to the FamilyPreparednessGuide blogsite! Rita Bingham was my guest today, and she gave us some good advice about how to Keep It Super Simple! She discussed the following (from my notes): Nutrition Detectives handout (Dr. David Katz) will teach you AND the children/grandchildren to read labels and learn more ways to incorporate healthier foods into your [...]

Did you follow the 7 Steps of Spiritual Preparedness Series? A Review

1. July 2009

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Welcome back to the FamilyPreparednessGuide blogsite! This is your review of the 7 Steps of Spiritual Perspectives for Personal & Family Preparedness: 1. Mandating consideration of family preparedness a 1st priority. 2. Measuring vulnerabilities which affect your family. 3. Mounting a plan that will give you the level of comfort you seek. 4. Mastering your mind to commit to the [...]

What’s Your Level of Family Preparedness?

22. May 2009

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Welcome back to the Family Preparedness Guide blogsite! As you approach the end of the school year, kids out of school, outdoor living, summer vacation for the family––all those distractions. You would normally let the “freedom” of the season lull you into a state of feeling pretty good about life and family. [...]

Why Would You Prepare Your Family?

6. May 2009

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Welcome back to the Family Preparedness Guide! Preparedness Rules of Three #17 –– Make a family preparedness plan. Just do it! If you need any reasons for making a plan for the care and protection of your family, you’re on the wrong blog! Or, you’ve just come back from another planet! Before you start [...]

Swine Flu Update

1. May 2009

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Welcome back to the Family Preparedness Guide blogsite! The Swine Flu problem is gaining intensity––at least in the press! Whether it will spread is still a matter of conjecture. I prefer to err on the safe side of reasonability. That somewhat defines the concept of preparedness! Go to Carolyn Nicolaysen’s website for her full [...]