by Tess Pennington | Jun 22, 2012
MESSAGE FROM TESS Good Afternoon, I want to thank all of you for being patient with me while my family and I moved cross country. I grossly underestimated how time consuming the move was going to be. But now I can finally say we are settling in fine and I am so happy...
by Tess Pennington | May 31, 2012
MESSAGE FROM TESS Happy Friday Everyone, Over the past 46 weeks, I have often stressed the importance of re-learning the lost knowledge of our ancestors. Well, today is no different. Our ancestor’s knew more difficult days would come and planned in advance to...
by Tess Pennington | May 18, 2012
MESSAGE FROM TESS Greetings and Salutations, By now, most of you that have utilized the 52-Weeks to Preparedness suggestions can feel more secure about going through a disaster. With 7 weeks left, there is still a lot of information to cover! So, I hope that you will...
by Tess Pennington | May 12, 2012
MESSAGE FROM TESS Happy Friday Everyone, Howard Ruff once said, “It wasn’t raining when Noah built the Ark.” The funny thing about the unknown is that no one can be too sure how it’s going to turn out. Most of us are realists and understand that in regards to the...
by Tess Pennington | May 4, 2012
MESSAGE FROM TESS Greetings Everyone, Spring is here in full force, which always makes me think about digging in the garden. This week we continue discussing the subject of sustainability. We’ve spent most of the year getting preps in order for shorter-term...
by Tess Pennington | Apr 27, 2012
MESSAGE FROM TESS I am blown away that there are only ten weeks left until we finish our 52-weeks to Preparedness series. Over the last 12 months, I hope that your preparedness supplies have grown, as well as your knowledge base. I firmly believe that as a community,...
by Tess Pennington | Apr 20, 2012
MESSAGE FROM TESS Happy Friday! I hope that all of you are winding down from the week and are ready to put your feet up and read this week’s newsletter because it’s packed with lots of great information. Everything that we have talked about and prepared for comes down...
by Tess Pennington | Apr 9, 2012
MESSAGE FROM TESS Hello Everyone, I hope that each of you had a wonderful Easter weekend. For me, the three-day weekend went by so quickly spending time with family and friends. Although, the first shoots of Spring are popping up and many of us have enjoyed a rather...
by Tess Pennington | Mar 30, 2012
MESSAGE FROM TESS Happy Friday Everyone, Have you noticed that the longer we prepare, the more our priorities begin to shift? No longer are we concerned with the Joneses or the current trends of the moment, but now we are concerned with learning to live more simply,...
by Tess Pennington | Mar 23, 2012
MESSAGE FROM TESS Hello Everyone, With 14 weeks left in this series, it is my hope that you have built a solid preparedness foundation and feel confident enough that you will thrive with your supplies. Over the last 38 weeks, we started creating a short-term...
by Tess Pennington | Mar 16, 2012
MESSAGE FROM TESS Hello Everyone, I want to be the first to say, “Welcome to your weekend!” I know you must be tired from your work week, so I want to invite you to sit down, get comfortable and leisurely read this week’s newsletter. You deserve it! Remember,...
by Tess Pennington | Mar 9, 2012
MESSAGE FROM TESS Hello Everyone, I have so many things to share with you this week. I am excited to offer a space where you can help our community simply by sharing your person preparedness story. Stories from like-minded preparedness folks, such as yourself,...
