Made in The USA

In today’s age of ‘out sourcing’, almost every product we buy has ‘made in china’ or a similar country attached. When we pick up our phone to make a customer service call, our calls are often transferred over seas. In this day and age ‘made in America’ has become something rather rare. According to the [...]

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Welcome to Shelf Reliance

This is a great video telling a bit about Shelf Reliance and Thrive foods featuring Kelsey Nixon. Enjoy! ~ Go to TawnysThrivingHome.com to shop products and get the best deals on food storage and emergency preparation products.~ ~Always be in the know… Sign Up for my Newsletter~

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Giveaway!

Happy Saturday! Smockity Frocks has been kind enough to let me do a giveaway on her blog! 3 Chances to win! Hop on over & check it out! She has some great articles about frugal living & yummy recipes, so subscribe to her blog while you are there! That is why I love the idea of “Shelf [...]

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Recipe: Granola Bars

Jaime at Thriving Food Storage, Posted this delicious granola bar recipe. I thought you might enjoy it! Granola Bars A few days ago my sister who has helped me with the design of my blog sent me a txt asking when I changed my blog.  I had no idea what she was talking about as [...]

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30 Days of Faves: 72 hr Kits

How Prepared are you? If you and your family had to evacuate, what would you take? If you faced a power outage, how would you eat? What would you do in a disaster situation? Most of us are not prepared. It is just not something you think about. Unless you live in an area with [...]

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Helping Others

With the recent Tornadoes, Wildfires, and other disaster occurring around the country, many are asking the question “How Can We Help?”. One of the greatest needs during a disaster is Food. And food banks QUICKLY become depleted or the foods they have expire. The VERY BEST thing you can donate when it comes to food [...]

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Food for thought

In rural america we are fairly accustomed to short power outages last a few hours to all night. But a disaster can bring with it outages that last much longer. Due to the recent wild fires, many are without power for various reasons. Some have no idea when or for how long power will be restored. These [...]

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The “Home Store” Savings

Your making dinner. Everything is going perfect. You mix your dry ingredients in your bowl for your families favorite Corn Bread. You open the fridge to find… YOUR OUT OF MILK AGAIN! How will you finish dinner? What will the wee ones drink to give them a full tummy before bed? You NEED milk!! You [...]

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My new Favorite Thing: Thrive

You may recall my desperate attempts at finding powdered eggs while attempting the WWII Ration diet. My search for powdered eggs quickly launched me into several “survivalist” & “preppers” websites. At the time, I didn’t think much of it. But after further research, being prepared and food storage was an avenue I had been looking for without [...]

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