Those who bring sunshine to others cannot keep it from themselves. Joie de vivre (zhwa-de-vee) is French South Louisiana-speak for "a joy of life". It is my hope that reading some of my posts will bring a smile to your day, or a little food for thought, or maybe even a stirring in your heart. Sprinkled throughout these pages, you will find many excerpts from some of my publications including the Mrs. Tightwad's Handbook series. Enjoy! (THIS SITE MAY TAKE A LITTLE MINUTE TO LOAD.)
Joie de vivre!
Love, Laugh, Live!
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SURVIVING HARD TIMES
- ---> Seeds for survival gardens? How reliable are they?
- ---> How to make three months of food last six months, and why you need to know...
- ---> How To Check Any Gasoline Pump for Accuracy
- ---> Put a 'Shelter Box' in Your Emergency Preparedness Plans
- ---> How To Make a Homemade Emergency "Multi-Tool" With a Bic-type Lighter
- ---> How To Convince Others To Prepare For Disasters and Other Hard Times
- ---> Banging your head against the wall?
- ---> Survival and Preparedness Wit and Wisdom
- ---> How To Do Laundry When There Is Little or No Water
- ---> Emergency Disinfection of Drinking Water: How long do you REALLY need to boil water to purify it?
- ---> Are You As Prepared As You Think You Are?
- ---> Urban Survival During a Severe Crisis
- ---> Thoughts on Rural America in Times of Crisis
- ---> Lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina, Part One
- ---> Lessons Learned from Hurricane Katrina, Part Two
- ---> Katrina Insomnia
- ---> The Edges of Survival
- ---> The Survivor's Rule of Three
- ---> Think Small to Get Out of the City
- ---> Thinking About 'Fleeing to The Mountains' If a Severe Crisis Hits Your Area? Read This Before You Bug-Out!
- ---> Where To Find The Latest Breaking News about Pandemic Influenza
- ---> How To Recognize Suicide Bombers
- ---> FEMA Getting Ready For Catastrophic New Madrid Earthquake Events to Hit America's Midsection
- ---> If You Are On a Diet, Do Not Read This
- ---> How To Skin a Snake, Make Beautiful Snake Skins for Belts and Hatbands, and Prepare Snakemeat for Cooking or Freezer
- ---> Chainsaw Safety Chaps May Help Newbies Stay in One Piece
- ---> Learn How To Make Dozens of Useful Knots With This Animated Website
- ---> Herbs and Things for Copperhead Snakebites and Brown Recluse Spiderbites
- ---> How I Grind Grain The Old Way With Handheld Grinding Stones
- ---> What to do with all those apples...
- ---> Low cost snacks to tame those wild potato chip monsters
- --->Undercooked Beans Can Be Toxic
- ---> If You Are On a Diet, Do Not Read This
- ---> Rabies: Everything You Don't Want to Know, But Should
- ---> Courage Boosters
- ---> SPECIAL NEEDS in an Emergency Situation - Solar Power for the Hearing Impaired
- ---> NOAA Weather Radio For the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Foods That Are Perfect for Camping, Traveling, Disasters or Crisis Events
TIGHTWAD GARDENING
HOW TO COOK AND LIVE LIKE A REAL CAJUN - Jazz Up Your Kitchen Without Setting Your Mouth on Fire
- ---> Jambalaya-ya-ya
- ---> You are probably from Louisiana if...
- ---> Red Beans and Rice, Old Time Creole Style: A Story and a Recipe
- ---> Wash Day on the Bayou (another Red Beans and Rice story)
- ---> Recipes for PureCajunSunshine's Red Beans & Rice (long and short versions), plus two Creole seasoning blends
- ---> Twelve Days of Christmas in Cajun Land
- ---> Jazz Funerals...and all that jazz
- ---> What To Do About New Orleans?
HOME REMEDIES AND FIXES THAT WORK
- ---> Everything you need to know about alcohol-free elderberry syrup for preventing colds and influenza
- ---> How To Remove a Tick the Fast and Easy Way
- ---> Homemade Honey Cough Syrups That Really Work - Now Backed By Science
- ---> Adulturated honey looks, tastes and smells exactly like pure honey, and is more common than you think...
- ---> Fast Relief From Bug Bites and Stings With Homemade Honeysuckle Lotion
- ---> Cooling Herbs and Foods to Help Beat the Heat
- ---> Keep Cool with Old Fashioned Summertime Drinks that Help Lower Body Temperature
- ---> How to Make Herb Teas
- ---> Nature - Real Help for ADHD Sufferers
QUICK FIXES, SUBSTITUTES & EASY FORMULAS FOR OVER 100 'CAN'T-DO- WITHOUT' ITEMS
- ---> "I Can't Believe It's Not 'Hidden Valley' Ranch Dressing Mix"
- ---> Make your own mosquito dope
- ---> Homemade Ant Poison That Really Works
- ---> Homemade Poison Ivy and Weed Killer That Really Works
- ---> Mold and Mildew Cleaner for Leather and Wood
- ---> Homemade Vinegar Is Fun and Easy To Make
- --> The Fun Way to Repel Trespassing Dogs and Cats
- ---> How to make a cat repellant that really works
STORYTIME & MORE
EXTREME WEATHER
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Who is Mrs. Tightwad?
Most of this blog is a collection of excerpts from some of my publications in the Mrs. Tightwad's Handbook series.
- ---> HOW TO SURVIVE DISASTERS AND OTHER HARD TIMES (Prepare for life's uncertainties without spending a fortune)
- ---> HOW TO MAKE HOME REMEDIES THAT REALLY WORK (with a special section on colds and flu)
- ---> HOW TO COOK AND LIVE LIKE A REAL CAJUN: Jazz up your kitchen without setting your mouth on fire...
- ---> HOW TO GET RID OF INSECT PESTS WITHOUT SPENDING A FORTUNE
- ---> QUICK FIXES, SUBSTITUTES & EASY FORMULAS FOR OVER 100 "CAN'T-DO-WITHOUT" ITEMS
Every handbook features pull-out guides with lots of information for fast reference at your fingertips.
Mrs. Tightwad's Handbook series is being considered for future publication as eBooks, before going to print as hardcopy books.
For more information, please leave a message at any one of the "comment" links at the end of any blog post here. Leave your email address if you want me to contact you. (I will not publish or share your email address)
For more information, please leave a message at any one of the "comment" links at the end of any blog post here. Leave your email address if you want me to contact you. (I will not publish or share your email address)
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Dear U.S. Department of Homeland Security:
I am writing to you for further instructions as to what the next step is for me to take in protecting my family from possible attacks by terrorists. I have my duck taped ... now what?
I found the duck here: http://www.pep-c.org/homepage/
Nice site! It would make a great model for other local communities to follow. The Gig Harbor, Washington folks really do "get it".
WHAT'S UP WITH ALL THIS PREPAREDNESS STUFF AROUND HERE?
The unexpected can befall anyone: illness, accidents, serious injury, unemployment, fire... the list is long and is an equal-opportunity dealer. Everyone is vulnerable.
With the right knowledge, you can do better than just survive... you can thrive, even when the unexpected happens.
With the right knowledge, you can do better than just survive... you can thrive, even when the unexpected happens.
Man's education will not teach us how to survive Armageddon, but I hope that some of my posts and publications will help smooth some of the rough spots in your roads through life. A case of The Unexpecteds can wreck even the best laid plans. Being prepared to help yourself and those around you brings greater peace of mind.
For the past decade, I have been working on a monster project that has gotten way too big to self publish. I needed to break it into pieces, or else suffocate beneath its sheer size and weight.
One bite sized piece of it is called Mrs. Tightwad's Handbook #1 HARD TIMES HANDBOOK: HOW TO SURVIVE DISASTERS AND OTHER HARD TIMES Prepare for Life's Uncertainties Without Spending a Fortune.
This is not your average disaster survival handbook. True to Mrs. Tightwad's skinflint tradition, this handbook will also help you save time and money every day. Whether you are very well prepared, or if you are only slightly prepared, you will benefit from this practical, can't-do-without kind of book.
Much of the handbook has been author-tested; the rest of it has been given a honest nose-in-the-dirt test drive by someone, somewhere in the real world. I hope no one ever needs to put some of this stuff to actual use, but much of my blog contains excerpts from my upcoming Hard Times handbook that would be of help you in case you are ever put to the test...
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UP TO THE MINUTE WORLDWIDE EARTHQUAKE MAP
(dead link...trying to find another good'un)
COOL NEWSREEL!
Click on any topic below to see articles from newspapers across the USA (selected by Google)
They will show up immediately beneath this list:
RESOURCES for you and yours - This list is under construction...lots more coming your way
- ---> CBS NEWS Disaster Links--Huge collection of useful links
- A USDA Forest Service USA Active Fire Map of wildfires of 100 acres or more occuring in timber, or a wildfire of 300 acres or more occuring in grass/sage.
- ---> Emergency Disinfection of Water - EPA web page
- ---> Nuclear War Survival Skills - Free online book, latest updated version (Oakridge National Lab, USDOE)
- ---> A free online cyberencyclopedia of practical wisdom for daily living. The Preparedness Nuggets Pages are a collection of ideas for sustainable and frugal living.
- ---> Walton Feed has lots of food storage info. Supplier of whole grains and other foods.
- ---> Hotels & Motels That Will Accept Pets in Emergencies and Disasters
- ---> Pets and Disaster: Be Prepared
- ---> Hurricane Preparedness - Good info even for seasoned 'cane veterans. Lots of great links, including retrofitting your home for flood and wind threats; lots of good NOAA stuff, too.
CURRENT MOON
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