by Tess Pennington | Jul 15, 2011
MESSAGE FROM TESS Have any of you been wondering when we were going to get to the rice and beans portion of this 52 week series? Well, today is the day! In addition, we will be expanding the simple 3 day food and water supply, which you purchased during the first Get...
by Tess Pennington | Jul 8, 2011
MESSAGE FROM TESS Dear Reader, Someone asked me the other day why I am committed to prepping, and throughout the conversation with them, I felt like my faith was being questioned. At the end of the discussion, I was reminded about how many people misunderstand why we...
by Tess Pennington | Jul 1, 2011
MESSAGE FROM TESS What a week! I have been sitting at the edge of my seat reading about the havoc occurring Greece, the wildfires in Arizona and New Mexico, the devastating floods; it’s just unreal what is occuring. A lot of people think I am crazy for...
by Tess Pennington | Jun 24, 2011
MESSAGE FROM TESS Dear Reader, Every wee I receive a variety of questions from my readers. I enjoy helping you and wanted to thank each of you for your kind words and for taking the time to read Get Prepped. In the next week or so, I will be uploading our past...
by Tess Pennington | Jun 17, 2011
MESSAGE FROM TESS In 2000 I returned from a trip to discover that my home had been broken into. Our home was surrounded by glass windows, but we hardly had any curtains. The burglar only had to break a window near the back of our home, open the window, and crawl...
by Tess Pennington | Jun 11, 2011
MESSAGE FROM TESS Dear Reader, When life comes at you hard and fast, how do you react? Many of us brace ourselves, hold our breath, and pray that we will get through relatively unscathed. We are all creatures of habit that require some structure in our lives, but...
by Tess Pennington | Jun 3, 2011
MESSAGE FROM TESS Have you ever thought of your preps as being your own personal insurance policy? I overheard my neighbors discussing how they would rather be over prepared than under prepared with having flood insurance. That statement made me think that our...
by Tess Pennington | May 27, 2011
MESSAGE FROM TESS This week we are pressing on with our preparedness endeavors, and our goal is to be disaster ready. For two weeks, we have concentrated on hurricane preparedness. (This is good because we have two weeks until hurricane season commences.) Remember...
by Tess Pennington | May 20, 2011
MESSAGE FROM TESS I hope that everyone has had a chance to pick up a few of the preparedness items I have suggested in Get Prepped. Hurricane season starts in two weeks, and I am going to put my focus on getting those of you who may be affected by these...
by Tess Pennington | May 13, 2011
MESSAGE FROM TESS Dear Reader, To be fully ready for an unforeseen disaster, we have to lay a basic foundation of basic living supplies before we can move onto other preps. In week 1 of Get Prepped, we focused on creating a 2-week supply of food and water, and in...
by Tess Pennington | May 5, 2011
MESSAGE FROM TESS Dear Reader, Welcome to week 2 of our 52-week series Get Prepped, which focuses on finding cost-effective ways to get you prepared for disasters. Throughout the year, I will walk you through the steps of preparing for a short and long term disaster. ...
by Tess Pennington | Apr 29, 2011
MESSAGE FROM TESS Dear Reader, Because preparedness is something very dear to me, I have made it a personal goal of mine to get as many prepared as I can. I have challenged my readers to beef up their preparedness efforts in order to get ready for life’s...
