home remedies

I'm always looking for ways to help my family. Whether it be coupons at the grocery store, or staying up late to finish those cupcakes, no matter how big or small, I like to do it. I think that prepping has so many different meanings and one for me is helping my family. I recently told my sister about the plans my family has made to prepare for "the end of the world as we know it" and though it isn't her cup of tea, she has given me her support. She and I are both sick right now (the nasty cold/cough/exploding head/runny nose yuck) and she came across a recipe for a homemade cough syrup. I jumped at it! It's made with all natural (as in from nature) ingredients. I don't have a cough yet, but if it starts, I'm gonna make this! She's been drinking it and swears it works, so I thought i'd share it with you.

Home Cough Syrup

3 tablespoons lemon juice
1 Cup honey
1/4 cup warm water

Mix all ingredients together and take 1 tsp as needed.

She needed 1 tsp every 2 hours. The great thing here is, all these things are yummy so I wouldn't mind taking some every couple of hours! My favorite part is I don't have to worry about what I'm putting in my mouth or my kids mouth. I LOVE it and hope you do too!

the other parts

I started yesterday by talking about how much I like food and thus making food prep an obvious first move on my part. Food storage is not the only part of prepping for my family though. We want to be ready for "The End of the World as We Know it", whenever that may be. I'm a stay at home mom, and my husband is a Coastie, we're not rich by any means. We do what we can when we can in regards to prepping. I'm always looking for coupons and sales at the grocery store, and when needed items go on sale, I stock up! We are also preparing with weapons. We aren't limiting ourselves to one particular type of weapon, nor will I tell you everything we have and where they all are :) I will tell you some plans we have for our weapons stockpile. We're planning to have weapons for defense, and weapons for hunting. Living here, there is plenty of hunting to be done, so we're getting into learning how to hunt and trap for our food. With my husband's military background, it make sense for him to be in charge of the weapons. He's teaching me as we go. I'm learning the ends and outs of our guns and I'm looking forward to learning how to shoot them. Our goal is to have long range rifles, hand guns, hunting rifles, knives, and anything else we could use. We're learning how to take ordinary items and use them as weapons.

We are reading books, watching video, and learning from those that have gone down this road already. We're learning how to garden, how to sew, how to make fire, and how to properly store food so we're ready for whatever might happen tomorrow. We're looking into land off the beaten path and building our retreat house. We want a safe place to go when our current home is no longer safe. We have a long way to go before we are fully prepared, but we're getting there!

This is the beginning of our journey and we invite you to come along and experience it with us!

Each day brings a new experience, a new thought, a new technique, and I want to share it with you as my family goes through it!

that's all for now from this coastie wife

change change change

I started this blog back in January. It's now September and I haven't touched it since my first day (whoops!). My first, and only post, was about our upcoming move. We have since moved up the hill, and got a 4 bedroom instead of a three bedroom!! WOOHOO!! On top of that change, I also have both of my little girls in pre-school now. I have about 3 1/2 hours to myself each day. I have plans of grandeur for that time: dishes, laundry, vacuuming, cleaning the fish tank (oh yea, we got one of those too), and then there's the garage. The "dump zone" as I call it, needs some work, to say the least! I've made some progress, but not enough.

This brings me to my next big change. Prepping. Don't know what prepping is? I'm not sure if there is one definite answer that works for everyone. I don't remember how my husband and I were first introduced to prepping, but we're both on board now. How do I look at it? Glad you asked! I love food. I love to cook it, I love to eat it. I really love to buy it, just ask my husband :) When I open my cabinets and there is no food, I even have mild panic attacks. That is just no good! I LOVE knowing that I have food in case of any kind of emergency. My biggest part of prepping is currently food storage. It's an obvious and fairly easy thing for me to do. There could be a natural disaster in my area (which is VERY possible, I DO live in the Pacific Northwest) that leaves me with no power and no way to get to the grocery store. Having a food storage in that scenario would be VERY good. There could be a financial difficulty where I had no money to buy food, widespread sickness, you name it, it could happen, and in those situations I FEEL safe and comforted knowing there is enough food in my home to feed my children and myself for an extended period of time. Prepping makes sense. That's why I do it. I try to encourage those I know to store some food. It's smart. As a Christian family, I also try to store more than my family needs. I want to be able to help others in their time of need.

I'm changing the direction of my blog. I'm still a Coastie wife. Now I'm a Coastie wife who's trying to prepare for what may happen next. Prepare for the worst, and hope for the best. I'm going to blog my challenges and my successes. I'm going to share what works for us and what doesn't. I hope to help someone else in this world prepare their family for the future. Feedback is always welcome. I'm new at this. I invite you to learn with me and teach me and maybe I can help teach someone else.

that's all for now from this Coastie Wife!