Category: Emergency

• Extreme Weather Driving – College Student Editions

  

  Are you dealing with the freezing temperatures, snow, and an nor’easter that are slamming much of the US right now? Many parents are afraid of their college children driving back to college or to their new states, starting new jobs. This is perfectly understandable! Heck, I was in my 40’s when I really learned to…

  Jacqui S

  January 6, 2018

  Car Emergency Essentials, College Advice and Resources, College Care Packages, College Life, College Needs and Wants, College Student, Emergency, Getting Ready for College, Lifestyle, Parenting Teenagers, Parenting Teens, Road Travel, Teen Safety, Teenagers, Teens, Travel, Travel Needs, Winter, Winter Driving

• How To Prepare for Nuclear War

  

  This is not your normal post for December! But, it’s a relevant one for what’s in the news lately. It’s scary to think that nuclear war could happen during our lifetime. If high enough, the power grid could be wiped out across most, if not all, of America. This post is about how you can…

  Jacqui S

  December 4, 2017

  Disaster, Emergency, Health, Lifestyle, Nuclear War, Off-Grid Living, Prepper, SHTF, Society Collapse, Tips, United States

• 7 Financial Causes of Stress in America

  

  I read an article on MSN about what the #1 cause of financial stress in every state was. As with most of these types of articles, i.e. “the most searched item online in each state”, I assumed it was going to be a fluff article. This one for the most part, showed legitimate concerns.  The…

  Jacqui S

  August 24, 2016

  Challenge Yourself, Change, Emergency, Employment, Extra Income, Finance, Happiness, Lifestyle, Retirement, Uncategorized, United States, Vacation, Work

  Education Costs, family, Financial Stress, happy, life decisions, lifestyle, Nicer Lifestyle, Paying of Debt, Paying Rent, Retirement, Second Income, Unable to Retire, Underemployed

• Tragedy and a Sue Happy Nation

  Tragedy happens at the most unexpected times and places. We go to the airport to fly for business or vacations. We go to the mall for shopping. We go to a nightclub for a night of well earned frivolity. We go to a movie theater for entertainment. In 2012 there was a shooting at an…

  Jacqui S

  July 5, 2016

  Disaster, Emergency

  Cinemark, Colorado, Legal Fees, movies, pastimes, Security, sue happy, Suing, Tragedy

• Helping our Kids Avoid Becoming a Victim of their Generation

  This past week, a promising student from Stanford University, Brock Turner was sentenced to six months in jail for raping an unconscious woman on campus.  This is a horrendous act and he should have been punished for more than the six months he was given. With that said, I’m going to take a different spin…

  Jacqui S

  June 7, 2016

  Disaster, Emergency, Lifestyle

  Alcohol, Brock Turner, College Parties, Drunk, Education, Rape, Real Life, Suspect, Victim

• Prepping and Off-Grid Living

  

  Don’t let the name of my blog fool you.  I’m not a full-time dreamer. I am very goal oriented, do what I have to, to get where I want in life.  In the next few years, while I’m living in a new location, close to where my daughter goes to high school, I will be…

  Jacqui S

  February 17, 2016

  Disaster, Emergency, Prepper, Uncategorized

  Disasters, Electromagnetic Pulse, Emergencies, Financial Collapse, Life Straw, Natural Disaster, Off-Grid Living, Prepper, Prepping