04/12/12, 04:16 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2011
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Quote :Personally, I simply think of myself as a Housewife.
I'm not preparing to survive anything. It's simply my responsibility to care for my family & this mindset worked well when we were without power for 9+ days during the October storm.
I am a housewife also. My Hubby works 36 hour shifts and I cannot drive due to an arm injury. We have five kids and I need to feed them.Cause of the prices rising and pay not increasing I have had to go back to what my grandparents taught us. I would love alot of land.Not in the budget now. I am not preparing for world destruction. I would not want to live threw something that horrible. My grandmom grew up canning preserving and her sister to cooking school. So making my own vanilla or bread, cakes, dinners etc is something that is is old school for me. Due to my food allergies. I need to buy items on sale. I grew up with home cooked homemade meals every night. gravy, and mashed potatoes, grown, cooked, and mashed by hand. I never had a tv dinner til I went to a friends at 23. I used to have the most prepared diaper bag. So for me this has always been a way of life. So I am neither. I am old school! I raise my kids that way and That's the way I like it. Did I have what I needed for the storm last august yes. did I put my furniture outside away yes does that make you a survivalist or prepper not that makes you smart! Do I want my lawn chair to go through someone's window! Hell no! Thats just being ready for mother nature. Last year I was on the beach when the earthquake hit. I must tell you I sat and wondered if my house was in one piece and if my son was o.k. If I had no home when I got home what would I do? So now I keep a tent in the front of my garage and a couple of other items. That's just smart. We want to buy a camper to travel with our kids so the camping grill and stuff like that would all be duel purpose. Both my Boys are scouts and my brother is their leader so this is all a way of life for us.
Quote: All three, the survivalist, the prepper and the outdoorsman all have many things in common .... the ability or need to harvest food, living out of a base of operations, being able to live decently without modern conveniences like electric lights, etc. The survivalist, and the outdoorsman to some degree, have the focus that they need less of all the modern conveniences compared to preppers to get thru hard times.
I don't feel I am any of these SO I guess I am just good old fashion person. Raising my family the old way and I would miss my washer though. I grew up hanging my wash out to dry. I would love to live without all the gadgets these kids want and think they need. I love to have a very simple home. I have tried to clean out everything to live that way. A simple alarm clock no ipod gadget. I loved my grandparents house and all the neat things they had. My grandmom's laundry room was also a pantry. I miss those times. She would play cards with me etc. Simple wholesome lifestyle. How many girls do you know that played in dresses! My hair set in rags. I think I am rebelling now! LOL!
Last edited by rainy5; 04/12/12 at 04:42 PM.
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