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So you stock up and save, but where do you put it?

Right now, I have four boxes of cereal stored in my laundry basket in my bedroom closet.

(And as I write that, I wonder why I’ve never stored anything in there before.  Sure, I have to dump it out when I do the laundry, but it wouldn’t be a bad place to store laundry detergent.)

Why, you [...]

Do You Carry ID?

A few weeks ago, the local news was reporting the story of a young woman who went out for a morning jog and got hit by a bus while in a crosswalk.  The woman was not carrying identification or a phone and was unconscious.  They were reporting her general stats (height, weight, age, hair color) [...]

It’s Emergency Planning Time Again

Once again, around the blogosphere, conversation has turned to emergency planning.  Of course, September is National Preparedness Month.  Over on Wise Bread, they’re discussing stocking up food for an emergency.  So far, it sounds like readers have anywhere from enough food for the rest of the week to enough food for a few years.  I’m [...]

How’s your insurance coverage?

If you have a house, you probably have homeowners insurance, but for those of you who rent (or some condo owners), do you have renter’s insurance?  Are you prepared if there is a fire, flood (broken water pipes, anyone), or theft?

Last week, my friend’s home was burglarized.  We’re pretty sure that it was a planned [...]

Fire drill!

Quick!  There’s a fire alarm going off right now!  What do you grab?

I’ve thought about this at home, but at work is a different story.  Earlier this week, we had a fire drill.  It wasn’t like grade school where we know it’s coming.  We had no idea, but it became pretty clear that it was [...]