A Little Bit About Me
Prepper Since Y2K, First-Time Gardener, Life-Long Bargain Hunter, And Debt-Free Aficionado
I wish I could say I’ve got self-sufficiency and homesteading and food preservation skills down-pat. But not only would that be a terrible lie, it would also fail to serve my goal of reaching out to wannabe, newbie, and advanced beginner girlvivalists.
You see, until the Y2K scare, I couldn’t have found a flashlight in a power outage to save my life. If the water supply to our house had been cut off, even for a few days, I would not have known that you can drain your water heater for a surplus 50 gallons. It would never have occurred to me to keep even a small amount of cash on hand in case, by some small chance, ATMs stop spitting out money.
But over the years, I’ve changed. I’ve become a disciple of those who’ve mastered all kinds of domestic and suburban self-reliance skills, right down to and including cooking from scratch! (Who knew that loaves of bread weren’t born that way?) I’m not saying I’VE mastered what my mentors have, only that I am willing to learn and have come a long way since I started on this journey. These days, I still wouldn’t call myself a survivalist, but I happily think I’ve finally become a girlvivalist.
What’s a girlvivalist, you ask? Well, if you’re like me, you’ve probably never met a hardcore survivalist in your life—at least not the kind who are portrayed in the media as being white supremacists and members of militant militias. Still, you’re coming to the slow but sure realization that you just don’t have a level of preparedness necessary to protect yourself and your family in the case of emergency or disaster, whether that hardship comes in the form of a personal difficulty like a lay-off or prolonged illness, a natural disaster like a tornado or hurricane, a terrorist attack that affects an entire region of the country, or even the swine flu.
This site is for you! With even the basics of emergency preparedness in place, you will be far ahead of the rest of the pack and can consider yourself a bona fide Girlvivalist. And as long as you keep your plans and preps organized and updated on a regular-enough basis, you’ll sleep a lot easier at night.
Especially, of course, if you keep a flashlight with fresh batteries in your bedside table.
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