BBBRRRRRR

It is very cold here. But, we have not gotten any snow yet. I kind of was hoping that we would get snowed in. After being gone for 3 weeks the hubby is home. I wanted us to be snowed in for a few days!! Oh well. It is raining and might turn to snow tomorrow. I do think that the weathermen really go overboard. It seems like the last year or two they just want us to panic with every storm, rain, or snow. It is really getting on my last nerve and I hardly watch the weather anymore.

Survival Guide For The Modern World: How to Stay Alive, Survive and Thrive in Uncertain Times

Survival Guide For The Modern World: How to Stay Alive, Survive and Thrive in Uncertain Times was a free book for kindle when this post was written.

 Survival Guide For The Modern World: How to Stay Alive, Survive and Thrive provides the ultimate guide map and essential action plan to help you dodge disasters, circumvent catastrophes and escape emergencies that have virtually inundated the current day to day world we live in.

Discover the secrets of how to prepare for and survive any emergency or catastrophe, whether created by man or Mother Nature, and learn how to stay one step ahead in this unstable and unpredictable day and age with valuable instructions on:

How to properly and safely shelter yourself, whether at home or out on higher ground.

How to protect yourself in time of mass panic.

How to effectively store and prepare food.

The role of money and what you can do to be financially ahead of the game.

And much, much more!

The world has become an unrecognizable place for all of us: weather patterns continue to be more extreme with each passing season, violence runs rampant, images and stories of destruction and mayhem lead our evening news - and now, even our precious children are no longer safe.

As a human race, we will need to fight for our survival. We will need to adapt to our new environment, to prepare ourselves and our families for anything or anyone that poses a threat to our well being.

The only question is...are you ready?

Camping Recipes: 97 Easy To Make Meals, Tips & Handy Ideas For Use In The Great Outdoors (

Camping Recipes: 97 Easy To Make Meals, Tips & Handy Ideas For Use In The Great Outdoors was a free book when this post was written.
Are You Looking For Easy Outdoor Recipes? These quick and simple meals will leave your family impressed. Not only are there entrees, but side dishes and desserts as well. Youcan prepare many of the same things over a campfire as at home with some good planning andthe right equipment. A Dutch Oven and large skillet are the 2 primary modes of cooking here and with a good fire, meals can be prepared in less than an hour in many cases. Outdoor Cooking Is Too Hard Right? Wrong,unless you are not asportsman of any type, this should be right up your alley. You can make pizza, short ribs, stuffed potatoes and many more items.

Just check out the Table of Contents Below:
All Purpose Baking Mix 9
Homemade Box Oven 10
All Purpose Seasoning Mix 11
Biscuit And Pancake Mix 12
Main Dishes 13
Easy Hamburger Stew 13
Hearty Grilled Fish 14
Baked Stuffed Fish 15
Blackened Fish 16
Buckwheat Pecan Pancakes 17
Baked Burger Casserole 18
Camp Chili 19 Camp Style Hash 20 Campfire Pasta with Meat Sauce 21 Campfire Stew 22 Buckwheat Pancakes 23 Camping Sausage 24 Easy CampingStew 25 Hobo Pie 26 Pepperoni Pizza 27 Succulent Hash 28 Pork And Beans 29 Campfire Goulash 30 Mozarella Chicken Rolls 31 Chicken Campfire Style 32 Coffee Can Stew 33 Camper’s Corned Beef & Cabbage 34 Campfire Trout 35 Easy Stroganoff 36 Peek-A-Boo Egg 37 Flank Steak Teriyaki 38 Foil Dinner 39 Easy Foil Burgers 40 Chicken Foil Style 41 Grilled Sausage & Sweet Mustard In Tortillas 42 Honey Mustard Grilled Chicken 43 Hot Dog Surprise 44 Camper’s Meat Loaf 45 Big Man Breakfast 46 One Skillet Breakfast 47 Onion Swiss Steak 48 Pizza Baby 49 Pizza 50 Polish Sausage & Cabbage 51 Short Ribs 52 Beef & Berry Stew 53 Beef Kabobs 54 Spaghetti 55 Sticky Beef Ribs 56 Texas Steak with Grilled Onions 57 Venison Goulash 58 Creamed Chipped Beef 59 Side Dishes 60 Aunt Sarah's Chili Sauce 60 Buttermilk Biscuits 61 Au Gratin Potatoes 62 Campers Potatoes 63 Baked Potatoes 64 Camping Biscuits 65 Campground Coffee 66 Cheesy Fondue 67 Fried Rice 68 WildDandelion Salad 69 Dutch Oven Biscuits 70 Great Outdoors Potatoes 71 Irish Soda Bread 72 Mexican Coffee 73 Nasturtium Tea Sandwiches 74 RoughingIt Dumplings 75 Potatoes & Onions 76 Roasted Corn 77 Russian Tea #2 78 Fun Twisters 79 Desserts Beverages & Treats 80 Baked Bananas 80 Quick Peach Cobbler 81 Trail Mix 82 Camp Cobbler 83 Campfire Cookies 84 Cinnamon Coffeecake 85 Cherry Fudge Candy Brownies 86 Cinnamon Flavored Apples 87 Skillet Cookies 88 Peanut Butter Surprise Balls 89 Grilled Orange Egg Custard 90 Graham Cracker Crunch 91 Hobo Popcorn 92 Homemade Granola 93 Honey Granola Bars 94 Hot Cocoa 95 Kids Trail Mix 96 Quick & Easy Cobbler 97 No Bake Special K Candies 98 Peach Cobbler 99 Dutch Funnel Cakes 100 Power Bars 101 Pumpkin Indian Cakes 102 Rice Krispie Squares 103 S'mores 104 Beef Jerky Trail Mix 105 Bonus Section I 106 Backpacking Simple Food Ideas 106 Bonus Section II107 Camping Ideas – Easy Recipes 107 Campfire Recipes 2 108 Campfire Recipes 3 109 Campfire Recipes 4 110 There is even a couple of bonus sections packed with different recipes and tips that you can use to better plan your outdoor adventure. You can check it out here: Hit the Buy Button Now!

Cheating on a Chicken Coop: 8 Cheap Ideas to House Your Backyard Hens and Save Money

Cheating on a Chicken Coop: 8 Cheap Ideas to House Your Backyard Hens and Save Money was a free kindle book when this post was written.

Brand New: Save Money on a Chicken Coop!

[Note: This is a short "idea" book, not a set of building plans. Wherever possible, I have included links to simple building instructions for these ideas online, but you'll need to be somewhat creative with the materials available to you. If you're ready to save some money on a coop and start thinking outside the box ('outside the coop'), then please read on!]

You're thinking of getting some chickens to lay eggs in your backyard. And then you look at the price of chicken coops. Holy manure! $900 for a fancy box? What are they thinking? You decide that maybe you can make your own chicken coop on the cheap. So you download some free building plans.

Browsing through the coop plans, your eyes fix on the simplest hen house design. Okay, you're thinking, that might be doable...in about five weekends. Then you read on and realize you don't own a table saw... and you've never even heard of an auger bit. So you put your coop-building project on the back burner for awhile. This is a real shame, because you'd love to have chickens.

It shouldn't have to be this way. Somewhere between the overpriced, readymade coops and the major DIY construction projects is a middle ground. I wrote this short book to introduce you to some functional alternatives: coops and non-coops made of affordable materials that are fairly simple to create (even for a non-builder like me).

Contents Include:

1. Cheaper Alternatives
Skipping the High Cost Chicken Coops

2. The 8 Things Every Chicken Coop Needs
Add Them To Any Structure and You Have a Coop

3. A-Frame Chicken Ark
A Functional and Affordable "Normal" Coop

4. Garden Hoophouse
Really Simple and Dirt Cheap

5. Chicken Box
Minimalist Design for Non-Builders

6. Go Native
Use Local Materials

7. Repurposing Big Ticket Items
Curbside Treasures and Old Vehicles

8. Making a Small Bantam House From a Wine Barrel, or Pickle Barrel
How About a Garbage Can?

9. Converting a Doghouse, Shed, Storage Area, or Extra Room
Building a Roosting Room in Your Garage

10. The De-Constructed Coop
Letting Them Figure It Out

The coops in this book will never look like a $1500 gingerbread house, but they are as clean and functional as any other design. Making use of available structures and affordable materials, they keep costs and prep times to a minimum. Most importantly, your back yard chickens will have everything they need and will be thrilled with what you give them. As you know, happy chickens lay lots of eggs!

This is an idea book, not a set of building plans. However, for many of these coop designs, you will find links in this book to step-by-step online instructions, building plans, "how to" videos, and photographic slideshows depicting coop constructions and conversions. The others have pictures, descriptions, and hopefully will inspire you to go out and customize your own simple version of what you see. If you know how to cut wood with a handsaw and screw in a screw, I think you'll be just fine. These designs are about as stripped-down as any designs can get.

Just Say 'No' to Overpriced Coops

There are better alternatives, and I think you'll find a few of them in this book. If you can't afford an expensive chicken coop and aren't handy enough (or don't have time) to build a typical hen house from scratch, then welcome to the club. I hope this short book will give you some fun ideas that are practical enough to use. Most importantly, this book should help you think 'outside the coop' so you're not boxed in by expectations. As long as you include The Eight Things Every Chicken Coop Needs (covered in the book, along with 8 different coops), then you can call any contraption a coop and your chickens will be very happy to live there.

Hop on for the ride. It costs less than $4 and it might well save you $400.

Emergency Preparedness Tips For Winter Storms

When you want to make sure that you are ready for harsh winter conditions, you'll find that there are a few things that you need keep in mind. Being unprepared for winter weather can result in everything from severe injuries to sickness, even to death, and if you want to make sure that you and your family are going to be okay, remember that you should prepare as thoroughly as possible.

Your Home

Your home is going to be the first thing that you need to look at. You and your family might be trapped there for days or even weeks if the storms are very bad, so make sure that you have all of the essentials that you need. How well are you currently prepared and what can you do to really be safe? The things that you need are very simple, but unless you take them into account, you may suffer in the time that it takes for rescue to come.

First, do you have a heat source? Even if your furnace is running fine, remember that you should setup a backup heating source on top of it. Space heaters are one way to deal with it, as is keeping enough wood around for your fireplace. Also make sure that you have a good method to create the fire if necessary.
Also make sure that all your pipes are insulated. In the case of a sudden temperature drop, you may find that the water in the pipe expands. This can cause the pipe to burst, but it can also stop up your water supply.
Know what you are going to do if a fire breaks out. Are your smoke alarms and fire extinguishers in working order? Does everyone know how to use them? You'll find that good fire safety precautions are essential when you want to make sure that your family stays safe.

Is there enough food, water and medicine in your winter storm emergency backpack? What first aid supplies do you have at your disposal? You may need to get by for a few days without being able to get to the store.
Make sure that you keep at least one cell phone with two charged batteries on hand in case your telephone service shuts down. This can help you call for emergency assistance should the need arise.

The Essentials

When you have the above taken care of, you'll find that you are in pretty good shape for winter storm preparedness. Also make sure that you consider the following. They are also quite important and can be found in a number of different ways.

When you have important objects like flashlights, radios and weather radios, also make sure that you have the new batteries that go along with it. Test both items and batteries regularly to make sure that they still work.

Blankets are another thing that you need to think about. Winter storms are cold, and making sure that everyone has at least two to three blankets is important. This can keep everyone comfortable if the heat is interrupted.

What do you have that will help you remove snow, ice and sleet? Windshield scrapers, hoes, brooms and even shovels should be kept where you can reach them.Make sure that you keep things like rock salt, road salt and sand on hand to break through frozen surfaces. It is important to keep these items handy as well.
If you are worried about getting help, look into emergency flares and other types of lighting.

Conclusion

Remember that survival is your primary goal in the event of a winter storm situation. Make sure that your home is ready for everything the weather can throw at it, and that you and your family can survive for as long as it takes. The steps above can help improve your chances for survival by a wide margin.

Chris Perry has been in the emergency preparedness field for several years. He hopes to help families all over the world avoid heartache by helping them be prepared in a disaster situation. He also writes for the site [http://www.ntemergencysurvivalsupplies.com/] which offers emergency backpacks [http://www.ntemergencysurvivalsupplies.com/emergency-backpack] emergency food and water, first-aid, and other preparedness goods.