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How to Clean Your Clothesline: Step-By-Step Tutorial

May 11, 2022 By Prepared Mom Team 2 Comments

The weather is nice, it's time to start hanging out your clothes for the season to dry. But your clothesline is filthy!! Here are some tips to get it cleaned up for your freshly washed clothes!

It’s spring, and when you go out to hang your clothes on the outside line for the first time this season, you might find that your clothesline doesn’t look like it’s been sitting in a fresh mountain breeze all these months, but that it’s been sitting in mud and other strange things the whole time. […]

Filed Under: Homemaking, Preparedness Tagged With: clothesline, drying clothes without power, grid down, hanging clothes to dry, off grid, organic household cleaning tips

50+ Ways to Use Household Items as Emergency Supplies

November 7, 2021 By Prepared Mom Team Leave a Comment

Don't throw away that broom; that single sock has a purpose; put those plastic soda bottles to work with these 50+ clever ways to use household items as secret emergency supplies!

Do you ever find yourself staring at household items and wondering what to do with them when their initial purpose is used up? When emergencies come, we sometimes find that we are not as prepared for all the needs that arise as we would like to be. While we all know the typical items to […]

Filed Under: Organize, Preparedness Tagged With: emergency items in your home, emergency stockpile, household items

13 Turkey Frying Safety Tips

November 19, 2017 By Prepared Mom Team Leave a Comment

Follow these turkey frying safety tips to keep your Thanksgiving Day feast one that emergency personnel never have to visit!

Follow these turkey frying safety tips to keep your Thanksgiving Day feast one that emergency personnel never have to visit! Thanksgiving Day is one of the busiest days for firefighters. Go figure that with millions of households elbow deep in mixing stuffing, mashed potatoes, roasting turkeys, and browning marshmallows for their sweet potato casserole, kitchen […]

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Daylight Savings Time – 12 Chores You Should Do

March 10, 2016 By Prepared Mom Team 3 Comments

Daylight Savings Time, whether it's beginning or ending, is a great time to track those twice a month chores you need to take care of! Get the checklist here!

Daylight Savings Time always brings big groans at our house. We dislike the change to our routine, to our sleeping pattern, and the sun setting so late in the day for most of the spring/summer when we tend to not be sun-lovers in the first place. It does have one benefit, though. I’ve also always […]

Filed Under: Homemaking Tagged With: chores, daylight savings time

5 Must Have Cast Iron Pieces

May 4, 2014 By Prepared Mom Team 13 Comments

5 must have cast iron pieces for any PREPared kitchen from MomwithaPREP.com

I used to hate the idea of working with cast iron. Everything stuck, it was a hassle to clean, and it was so persnickety. But after a little education, a little elbow grease, and some practical advice, I LOVE my cast iron! Here are my… Top 5 Cast Iron Must-Haves The Skillet The all-purpose item. […]

Filed Under: Camping / Hiking, Homemaking Tagged With: alton brown, cast iron

Learn to Pickle in an Afternoon with A Primer on Pickling: Book Review

May 2, 2014 By Prepared Mom Team 6 Comments

If you've ever wanted to try your hand at pickling and don't have a clue where to start - I've got your e-book right here! A Primer on Pickling!

I used to love dill pickles. I’d eat them on burgers and just grab spears to snack on. Then I had my first son who stole my love for pickled items from me. My taste buds could never handle the intensity of the flavor after that period. Turns out, he grabbed it and made it […]

Filed Under: Homemaking, Reviews Tagged With: fermenting, pickles, pickling

8 Tips to Spring Clean Your Pantry (stop groaning, it won’t hurt much)

April 23, 2014 By Prepared Mom Team 13 Comments

It's time to Spring Clean that Pantry! Yep, it's time to clean, take stock of your food storage, and begin to SEE what you have in your pantry. Really, it won't hurt much! >>> Mom with a PREP

It’s time to Spring Clean that Pantry! Yep, it’s time to clean, take stock of your food storage, and begin to SEE what you have in your pantry. Really, it won’t hurt much! Today, I’d finally had it. I was done trying to find the food I’d just purchased, tired of finding dust everywhere, tired […]

Filed Under: Food Storage, Homemaking Tagged With: pantry, spring clean

An Amazing Way to Store and Organize Spaghetti Noodles

April 22, 2014 By Prepared Mom Team 5 Comments

An Amazing Hack to Store and Organize Your Spaghetti Noodles in the Pantry for Food Storage

What do you do when your pantry shelves are running over with boxes and packages, and your spaghetti noodles just end up all over the place? You find a hack to help organize your food storage area better! The Ultimate Spaghetti Storage System – a Magazine Rack! When I was doing the spring cleaning in […]

Filed Under: Food Storage, Organize Tagged With: diy, hacks, kitchen tips, pantry

All the Ways I Use Vinegar in My House

March 3, 2014 By Prepared Mom Team 17 Comments

There are big lists of a million ways that you can use vinegar, but I share how I use vinegar in my household on an everyday basis.

In my house, vinegar can do no wrong , and it’s the superhero of my cleaning arsenal. Come find out how I use it in my home every day. You’ve probably even seen a ton of websites with 1001 uses for vinegar in your home. Or maybe just 101 uses for vinegar. I have to […]

Filed Under: Homemaking Tagged With: natural cleaners, vinegar

Preparedness Planner & Record Keeper – Personalize Your Planner!

February 11, 2014 By Prepared Mom Team 99 Comments

Mom with a PREP | The Preparedness Planner & Record Keeper - How I use it to help build a better pantry for my family!

LABOR DAY SALE – The Preparedness Planner & Record Keeper is on sale over Labor Day weekend for 50% off! GRAB IT NOW before it’s too late! USE CODE LABOR50 It doesn’t take long to realize, once you’ve started to prepare, that you need to go about this in an organized fashion, or you’ll find yourself overwhelmed […]

Filed Under: Organize, Reviews Tagged With: emergency binder, grab and go binder, preparedness planner

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