Sometimes you have to believe that politics alone, are not the only reason we are in an economic mess. The people in general are too dumb for democracy! Let's try to keep politics out of this duscussion, and stay on the subject of why most of our poulation may be too dumb for a domocracy to...

I did Red Cross Disaster Services for ten years and saw an awful lot of emergencies and disasters. This was an article I had written previously about preparing for an emergency. Thought some of you might find it helpful if you have been a little overwhelmed wondering where to start your...

A recent post about waiting on orders for a new duty station had me thinking about the adjustment to a new location, new base, etc. How do you prepare for it? Do you scout out the location on your own? Do you try to get into contact with current military spouses? How long of an adjustment...

We're due to be out of the house (if the inspection goes awesomely) on the 21st of December. We have someone coming in and moving our items for us, but what do you do about the ones you don't want touched? We've decided to bring with us the items that we don't want to be touched by the movers...

I saw the original thread started in 2008 (most of the post were from 2008) so I was wondering about those of you yhat had posted on that thread where are you now? Did you get all the things done on your list or is there a "done"? Have you learned lessons along the way and if so what have you...

Seems like something to think about. I thought I'd share as others may find this helpful, or at the very least interesting. Slideshow The Worst May Not Be Over: 11 Ways to Prepare for a Double-Dip Recession - US News & World Report Article How to Plan For a Double-Dip Recession - Rick...

A recent budget cut was passed eliminate a certain type of program that gives funding to parents to help with child care. This really affects many centers in Ohio and mine is one of them. Allthough our director says we will be ok, I feel she is sugarcoating things because our centers have MANY...

We are currently expecting a major winter storm in twenty-four hours. I had already planned a trip to the store for tomorrow. I started thinking of the things I needed to check and see that we have plenty. The things I checked first: -prescriptions -pet food -tp I guess, in my mind...

http://frugalliving.about.com/od/moneymanagement/tp/How_to_Prepare_for_a_Layoff.htm

I live in No. California where all these horrible wildfires are burning. I don't live close enough to a fire to worry about it, but we see the smoke in the air (haven't seen the sun in two weeks) and we can smell it when outside. This week our temperatures have been 107-112 so I've spent the...

So.... I don't live out in the country... although I want to. I don't have a homestead per se, although I want to. I still must deal with the 'preparedness' and 'emergency' situation. I have surfed some sites that are a little 'out there' and it's great, because I take what I need and leave...

This year hubby and I will be spending our days off fishing and camping in an attempt to be more frugal on our vacation time. We havn't really done this before, but we both loved fishing in our youth and we went camping before. I would appreciate any advice from others who do this on how to...

But don't scare me!!! I'm finally going to be getting my wisdom teeth pulled. Yes, I'm almost 33yrs old and still have them. All five of them. Yup, I got extra :toothy: I also have an extra tooth up near my sinuses, but they ain't gettin' that one!! Anyway, I don't smoke & I don't drink...

If you knew that there would definitely be a depression in 6 months to a year, what specific things would you do now to start preparing for it? Would you try to learn any new skills? If so, what ones? If you lived in a city [large or small], how would you prepare? I'd love to hear what all...

Prepare for your tax preparer The 'envelope system' gets you organized, helps you and your preparer find tax savings -- and offers peace of mind. Here's how to put it to work.

Came across the neatest idea to start now for Halloween. Take a large clean coffee can place in an out of the way place and from now til halloween place small trinkets in it. Those little items that find their way into your home. Small balls, keychains,barrettes, action figures, new pencils...

The fall/winter holiday season is my favorite time of the year. I have very specific things I do to prepare for the upcoming holidays that I actually consider part of my traditions. Growing up in our multi-generational house we would begin getting company and start our holiday routines a couple...

Just wondering what everyone was doing to prepare for winter. So far on our list: 1. Take out A/C (we dropped it out the window last summer, so we have had to duct tape some of the fins, and there is a huge hole in the duct tape work letting the outside air in). 2. Putting new batteries in the...

Cuz that's what life is FULL of!!! I won't be able to respond but I wanted you to know and learn from this. Saturday I had a devestating house fire. I've lost everything I own, literally. I even lost my loving little dog Jake. He perished in the fire. :( All my financial plans and goals have...

Julie (Baxjul) had the wonderful idea of having a thread that we could list what we have gotten for 2006 Christmas as we get items.  I think it is a great idea.  We can post items we get all year long for next Christmas and I think it will be a motivator to get it done throughout the year and...