The Write Prepper’s Prep & Plan program is an ongoing blog series to help those of us who procrastinate get things done so we can protect those we love. By building a proper mindset around the concepts of prepping and planning, this series knocks down all the crazy myths about peppers and focuses on practical, low-budget things you can do in order to be ready when the unexpected happens. No one can dispute that not only do bad things happen, they usually happen when you least expect them. But, with the proper mindset, we’ll be able to plan for and meet all challenges whether they are weather-related, illness-related, or any other life-changing event.
Winter Car Emergency Plan: An Update
Do you know what you’d do if you got stuck in a snowstorm on a highway for hours or overnight? Well, today we’ll discuss what you need to survive a winter car emergency. And it includes snacks.
Prep & Plan: Disaster Review
A lot of unhappy things have happened in the world. Things that prove that any one of us, at any time, may have to deal with a disaster and be forced to rebuild our lives.
Prep & Plan: Summer First Aid Kit
It’s time for Summer travel and today we’re building a DIY First Aid kit that can travel with you anywhere and possibly save your life or the lives of those you love.
Prep & Plan: Summer Road Trips
What would you do if you got stuck in a on a highway for hours on the hottest day of the summer? Or had to sleep in your car overnight? In this week’s Prep & Plan post, we discuss what you need to survive a Summer car emergency.
Sweater Weather is Here!
Sweater weather is here and I’m reposting a short primer on how to care for your favorite knits, both old and new.
To Plan A Year
It’s that time of year again! Time for my End of the Year Ritual that gives me permission to set aside time to so I can reflect on the past, offer gratitude for the present, and dream about the future. And I don’t know of any better way to both end one year and begin a new one.
Prep & Plan: Updated Holiday Planners
Although it’s December, there’s still plenty of time to begin planning for meals, guests, and gifts. This post includes two free printables: A Holiday Planning Schedule and a Holiday Meal Portion Planner that you can adapt for your own needs.
Prep & Plan: Regroup Week
Thanksgiving is over, but it’s now time to review the holiday and make any notes for the rest of the holiday season as well as for next year’s feast.
Prep & Plan: Autumn Garden Tasks
It’s that time of year again, at least for most of the country. Frost is looming (if not already here) and it’s time to do a final clean up in the garden. Below I’ve listed some of the top tasks to consider in order to protect your garden from the winter and to prepare it for the spring.
Prep & Plan: Firewood
It’s that time of year again! The time of year where we build up fires in our outdoor firepits, bonfires, indoor fireplaces, and wood stoves. That means it’s also time to check and restock your wood supply for the winter, if you haven’t already done so.
Prep & Plan: Thanksgiving Preps
It’s after Halloween and I’m behind on my Thanksgiving planning. Life and deadlines took over the past few weeks, but it’s never too late to so some pre-planning for Thanksgiving (and maybe other holidays like Christmas and Hannukah
Prep & Plan: Travel Safety Tips
Tips for keeping yourself and your family safe while staying in a motel, hotel, or short-term rental.
Prep & Plan: Traveling with Pets
It’s time to hit the summer road and today’s post offers a checklist of things to remember when traveling with your beloved pets.
Prep & Plan: European Travel Tips
Traveling to Europe this summer? This post is loaded with some of my favorite travel blogs, podcasts, and advisory sites to keep you safe and help you have the time of your life.
Prep & Plan: Travel Packing Lists
It’s time to travel and that means it’s also time to pack. So what’s a busy person to do on the eve of making a long-haul flight to Europe? Pull out a packing list.
Prep & Plan: TSA Travel
It’s time to travel again and this week’s Prep & Plan post is about TSA PreCheck and Global Entry, two federal programs that make airplane travel easier and more efficient.
Prep & Plan: Saving Sweaters
Since we’re storing winter clothes, today’s post is about making sure our sweaters are both clean and itch-free. It’s an unusual remedy, but it works beautifully and will keep you sweaters soft while in storage.
Prep & Plan: Summer Sweater Care
It’s that time of year again! It’s time to go through the previous season’s clothes and store them properly so they’ll last until next Fall.
Prep & Plan: Ironing & Pressing
It’s still Spring Cleaning time and today we’re talking about how to clean you iron so you can press your summer clothes as you take them out of storage.
Prep & Plan: Herb Gardening
It’s time to think about the garden, and one of the easiest gardening projects is also one of the tastiest: Herb Gardens. I’ve included a list of the easiest plants to grow as well as a few resources for the novice gardener.
Prep & Plan: Spring Garden Resources
It’s time to hit the garden, so I’ve compiled a list of my favorite free gardening YouTube videos and blogs that are suitable for gardeners of all levels.
Prep & Plan: Spring Cleaning
It’s National No Housework Day! To celebrate, I’ve listed a number of FREE resources to help you plan for Spring Cleaning.
Prep & Plan: Cleaning the Kitchen
Now that the pantry and refrigerator/freezer are clean, it’s time to tackle the rest of the kitchen. Have a clean, organized kitchen will help you with your long term food storage plan.
Prep & Plan: Cleaning the Refrigerator & Freezer
Last week we handed the pantry, and today we’re tackling the fridge and freezer. It’s not as hard as it sounds!
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Prep & Plan: Cleaning the Pantry
Today is the day we tackle the pantry. So grab your Legal Pad 2 and let’s get to work. I promise, once this is done, Spring Cleaning will be so easier to face.
Prep & Plan: Digital Storage
In this Prep & Plan article, we’re discussing how to protect your digital data from cyber warfare. It’s easier and cheaper than you think.
Prep & Plan: Home Emergency Binder
To continue our work with protecting our documents during an emergency, today we’re discussing how to build a Home Inventory for our more valuable possessions.
Prep & Plan: Family Emergency Plan
Being prepared is a mindset. But building up this mindset also comes with work and meetings. Today we’re discussing the Family Emergency Communications Plan meeting and why it’s so important not to wait to have it.
Prep & Plan: Spring Cleaning Routines
Today’s Prep & Plan post is all about Spring Cleaning! Although it’s still February, it’s never too late to work n the cleaning schedule so that when Spring hits, we won’t be overwhelmed.
Prep & Plan: Family Disaster Plan
Talking about disasters is never fun, but today we’re discussing the Importance of a Family Emergency Binder and a small home safe to grab in case of an emergency evacuation.
Prep & Plan: Disaster Plan Review
Today we’re beginning our Disaster Preparedness Plan with a review of the disasters that have happened or could happen and what we’d save if we have the time.
Prep & Plan: Winter Car Emergency Kit
What would you do if you got stuck in a snowstorm on a highway for hours or overnight? In this week’s Prep & Plan post, we discuss what you need to survive a winter car emergency.
Prep & Plan: Holiday Storage
It’s January and the decorations are put away, but now is the time to look for holiday storage solutions for next year. And today we’re talking about great ways to keep things organized.
Too Many Planners? Never.
It’s a new year and it’s time for all the new planners. Do you use planners and notebooks to keep track of your life and goals? Or do you just wing it?
Prep & Plan: Week Eleven
Christmas is over, but there are still leftover cookies to enjoy. So grab your favorite treat and let’s work on our Family Holiday Notebook so we can regroup and plan ahead for the 2022 holidays.
Prep & Plan: Holiday Planning
In the next installment of the Prep & Plan series, we’re taking about how to organize and store holiday wrapping paper and all the supplies that go with it.
Prep & Plan: Holiday Budgeting
I can’t believe the holidays are here, but those who prep & plan never stop working towards their ultimate goal of emotional and financial freedom from the noise of this world.
Prep & Plan: Holiday Notebook
Thanksgiving is over and it’s time to review what worked, what went wrong, and consider what changes need to be made for next year–all in our Family Holiday Notebook.
Sweater Care for Cold Weather
It’s finally sweater season and I’ve written a short primer on how to care for your favorite knits, both old and new.
Thrift & Thanks
The Saturday after Thanksgiving is an important day in our house. It’s the day we head to the mountains to shop and drop off clothes at our favorite thrift shop and then give thanks at a local Revolutionary War-era pub.
Prep & Plan: Holiday Planner
The holidays are upon us and it’s time to begin planning for meals, guests, and gifts. This post includes a free printable Holiday Planner that you can adapt for your own needs.
Prep & Plan: Holiday Plans
I can’t believe it’s week seven in the Prep & Plan series. Today we’re discussing short term storage solutions for our winter and holiday preps as we try to beat the supply chain shortages.
Prep & Plan: Winter Supplies
It’s time for week 6 in the Prep and Plan series! This week’s homework is to go through all the winter clothes and figure out what needs to be fixed and replaced before the snow hits and the shelves empty.
Prep & Plan: Winter is Coming
It’s week 5 in the Prep and Plan series and this week we’re talking about preparing the household for winter in spite of the supply chain shortages.
Prep & Plan: Thanksgiving Preps
It’s week 4 in the Prep and Plan series and this week we’re talking about
Thanksgiving and other holiday plans we can prepare for now before the big rush!
Prep & Plan: The Holidays are Almost Here
Prep and Plan Week 3 is back with some ideas to jump-start your holiday meal planning.
Prep & Plan: Week Two
It’s time for week 2 in the Prep and Plan series! This week’s homework is much easier so we can all catch up with last week’s assignments.
Prep & Plan: The Beginning & a Muffin Recipe
Prep & Plan is a new blog series, just in time for National Preparedness Month, to help those of us who procrastinate to get things done so we can protect those we love.
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