We hope you took a few  moments to complete our short preparedness quiz. The quiz was designed as a tool to measure ones self-reliance. If your score was a bit low (like mine was) you may realize you still have a lot of work to do to be fully or even partially self-reliant.Realistically, most of us aren’t really preparing for the Armageddon, but rather for an emergency or disaster that might disrupt our normal way of life for a period of time - a time period that may last a week, a month, six months or even longer.As most of us are just ordinary people, living full and busy lives, working regular jobs, not former military, special-force professionals or hardcore  "Preppers"  we are just not sure how to begin an emergency preparedness plan. So that is the goal of this blog, to provide a common sense approach to what we feel is an important topic - "Personal Self-Reliance", and to do so without using any fear tactics. We know this blog won’t provide us with all of …

In the event of a long term emergency situation, how well equipped or prepared are you to survive?  (And we’re not talking about a 2 or 3 day power outage, but a situation where you are without resources for an extended period of time.)  Try this old fashioned quiz to evaluate your strengths and weaknesses with regard to your preparedness.           Everyone begins with +20 points. Select one answer from below each of the questions.Score_____ 1. How often do you grow a vegetable or fruit garden? Every year +10                  Some years +5                            Never -5_____ 2. Are you an experienced hunter? Ye …