Surviving on Shoestrings: Cell Phone SOS – ICE My Phone

September 15, 2014 by

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ICE MY PHONE SOS Episode 61

My guest, Laura Greenwald has launched the “ICE My Phone Campaign”.  She is on a campaign to help you!  Best of all it’s FREE, easy and FUN way to make sure someone can help on your behalf if you are not capable.  Better yet, it’s a way you can encourage your loved ones to set up their phones (for FREE) to help them in times of trouble.

SOS-ICESurviving on Shoestrings has created this graphic  to help make your ICE contacts easily noticed by any emergency personnel and/or Good Samaritan who may be helping you in a time of trouble.  Click here for your FREE Kit with instructions to download this image (or other images) that helps identify people in your contacts list as ICE contacts.  Laura & I hope you will use this image and the vital information she shares in the interview in order to get in touch with family and friends and be as safe as possible in an emergency.

The ICE My Phone Campaign is just one of many endeavors of my friend, Laura.  She and her mother have been on a painful journey that has brought about much fruit in order to help others hopefully avoid similar pain.  It’s a true testament to someone when they can turn a tragedy into a driving force to help others triumph.   Please be sure to visit her websites at Get Your Stuff Together  & The Back Up Plan  for more great, free resources and to find her books.

Best Blessings & EnJOY the show,

Donna Miller

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Surviving on Shoestrings: 20 Uses for Old Panty Hose

August 25, 2014 by

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20 useful things to do with old nylon stockingsPanty hose, stockings or nylons, whatever you choose to call them – they just aren’t as popular now as they once were.  So maybe you have a surplus of them or you always ruin a pair before you get much use out of them.  They’re not just for legs if you think outside the panty hose box.

Today I’m on another weird rant of using what you have – even if you didn’t know you could use it that way!  Panty hose as a clothing item, once rendered useless for its original purpose either by obsolescence or damage, is actually quite a versatile fabric with a wide array of uses in life.  Panty hose can be used around the household, for beauty and health, in crafts and in the garden!

These legs were made for movin’!

 

Best Blessings & EnJOY the show,

Donna Miller

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Surviving on Shoestrings: Forming a Survival Group

July 21, 2014 by

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SOS COLLAGE Charley HogwoodForming a Survival Group is the topic today on Surviving on Shoestrings.  Author Charley Hogwood, who wrote: “The Survival Group Handbook: How to Plan, Organize and Lead People For a Short or Long Term Survival Situation” joins me today.  Charley’s insight into the complexities when gathering ‘like-minded folks’ together to survive is both informative and enlightening.  He touches on a vital element we don’t often think of for survival – other people.

What does this have to do with making ends meet?  Think bartering, sharing skills, comrades on a difficult journey and more!

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Full Disclosure:  Yes, I (Donna) am an Amazon affiliate and should you decide to purchase the book linked above, I will gain a small payment. In return, you shall have my gratitude along with a great book.  (:

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Surviving on Shoestrings: Tips to Saving Money on Meat

June 23, 2014 by

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SOS Saving Money on MeatJune 23, 2014: Saving money on meat takes a little bit of skill, practice and detective work.  In this show, I’m going to share with you some of the tips to saving money on meat that we’ve used over the years and some new ones I’ve just recently learned about!

If you have other tips to saving money on meat, please post a comment or connect on our Facebook Page (below) and share!

The more cooks in the kitchen the better the savings!

Best Blessings and enJOY the Journey,

Donna Miller

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Surviving on Shoestrings: Helping Kids Prepare

June 16, 2014 by

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Jake and Miller cover1 A fun book for helping kids prepare, Jake and Miller’s Big Adventure: A Prepper’s Book for Kids is not only encouraging to children but also helps remind parents and grandparents alike that prepping is actually an adventure!  Helping kids prepare, plan and imagine scenarios develops critical thinking skills that will come in handy as they grow.

Today I’m joined by the author, Bernie Carr to talk about her newest book. She also authored the national bestseller: The Prepper’s Pocket Guide: 101 Easy Things You Can Do to Ready Your Home for a Disaster and runs the blog AppartmentPrepper.com

Although this is our first conversation, I know I’ve met a kindred spirit when it comes to helping kids prepare and keeping it within a budget!  We have a great time talking about how to get kids involved and saving money while we prep!

Speaking of saving money, I and several other bloggers and hosts are also offering a Giveaway of this very book.

Enter through June 21, 2014 at 11:59 PM.   CLICK HERE TO ENTER.

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Full Disclosure: Yes, I (Donna) am an amazon affiliate and should you decide to purchase one of the above books through my link, I will gain a small payment and I’ll thank you greatly for it.

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Surviving on Shoestrings: Top 10 Household Items to Never Buy New

June 9, 2014 by

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Surviving on Shoestrings: Top 10 Household Items to Never Buy NewJune 9, 2014  My Top 10 Household Items to NEVER buy NEW  actually came from one of my weekly trips to a thrift store. I realized how easy it is to “go get a new_____” when something breaks or we think we need it.  I’ll admit to often having that as my first though.  But over the years, I come up with at least ten (10) things I will never buy new – ever again!

So as I walked through the thrift store once again looking at all of the household items and I started to compile a list in my mind of the top things that we have learned that it actually pays for us to buy them used rather than shop for a new replacement. I’d like to share my list of items with you in this show and tell you why they made my list!

 

Best Blessings & EnJOY the show!

Donna

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Surviving on Shoestrings: Interview with Tom Martin from American Preppers Network

May 19, 2014 by

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Interview with Tom Martin from American Preppers NetworkMay 19, 2014 – In my Interview with Tom Martin from American Preppers Network, I hope to introduce you to the person behind the very helpful website. If you’re not familiar with APN (American Preppers Network) Please visit their websites soon and connect with people in your state and across the Nation as we share preparedness skills and tips to ready our families for the days ahead.

Today marks the first time I’ve had Tom Martin on the SOS show! I have had the  honor of interviewing him several times over the years – but I’m delighted to spend some time with him today and share it with you here on SOS!  My business, Millers Grain House, has been a Sponsor of APN since 2010.  It is a privilege to be associated with people of integrity that want to help others prepare.

Tom has some great tips from DYI projects to how to use the American Preppers Network Forum and other networking options to help you prepare on a shoestring budget.

 

Best Blessings & EnJOY the show,

Donna Miller

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Surviving on Shoestrings: Learn Frugally Sustainable Skills at Firefly Gathering

May 12, 2014 by

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Firefly2013May 12, 2014 – Today it is my privilege to introduce Frank, Class Coordinator for the Firefly Gathering, one of the largest Earth Skills Events in the nation.  He and I both share a similar hope to introduce people to a more REAL (vs. virtual) life connected with the creation around us and to experience the joy of learning frugally sustainable skills for life. It is a lifestyle that not only lightens the financial burden but the intrinsic value to it is priceless.

Frank is currently establishing a staple food crop chestnut-based forest garden in Sodom-Laurel, NC, where he homesteads and experiments with permaculture farming. He graduated with honors from Shepherd College with a B.A. in Liberal Arts, after spending a year on the city council of Shepherdstown, WV, where he served on the Planning and Zoning Commission, Environmental Sustainability Committee, and Affordable Housing Committee. He is a member of the Northern Nut Growers Association (NNGA) and the North American Fruit Explorers (NAFEX). His writing has been published in the  Permaculture Activist magazine and  Appalachian Voices.

Best Blessings & EnJOY the show,

Donna Miller

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Surviving on Shoestrings: My Top Ten List of Thrifty Kitchen Habits

April 7, 2014 by

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top-10April 7, 2014 – Today is kind of just a show for the fun of it – but no worries – there is worthy content to it. Still the sound effects and David Letterman style of my “Top Ten List of Thrifty Kitchen Habits” was fun to share with you. I hope it inspires you to enjoy stretching your budget

Best Blessings & EnJOY the show,

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