Know how when you are pissed off at somebody everything they do just makes you more angry? Like at #*$*(# at the office who has the darn nerve to sit and quietly work at their desk? Well that has been just about everything for me today. Not entirely sure why but I am really annoyed without any particularly good reason.
Anyway I have been looking at our weak points lately.
First and foremost our food storage situation is not good right now. From the point where I started earning real money we were moving, then we got to Germany which has it's own issues. We have established, then tried to eat up, a decent 90+ day food supply wherever we went. In about 2 months we are headed back to the US. Among other things we are going to vigerously pursue a serious food storage program. This will be the biggest single goal we will be pursueing. I expect it will take a year or two to really get to where we want to be.
In terms of skills I need to get better with a handgun. I am not where I need to be and for better or worse this is the gun most likely to be fought with. Some professional training will happen to pursue this objective. Attending an Appleseed would be interesting also. I don't really need any sort of cool guy CQB rifle stuff. A shotgun course might be worthwhile but that is low on the list and years away.
We have some work to do on cross training between Wifey and myself. I need to improve or build some domestic skill sets and she can use some defensive and primative living skills. This is probably going to be a work in progresss for the foreseeable future. That is OK since it doesn't really end until I know everything she knows and visa versa.
That really answers the questions for my house.
What are your weak points and what are you doing about them?
Anyway I have been looking at our weak points lately.
First and foremost our food storage situation is not good right now. From the point where I started earning real money we were moving, then we got to Germany which has it's own issues. We have established, then tried to eat up, a decent 90+ day food supply wherever we went. In about 2 months we are headed back to the US. Among other things we are going to vigerously pursue a serious food storage program. This will be the biggest single goal we will be pursueing. I expect it will take a year or two to really get to where we want to be.
In terms of skills I need to get better with a handgun. I am not where I need to be and for better or worse this is the gun most likely to be fought with. Some professional training will happen to pursue this objective. Attending an Appleseed would be interesting also. I don't really need any sort of cool guy CQB rifle stuff. A shotgun course might be worthwhile but that is low on the list and years away.
We have some work to do on cross training between Wifey and myself. I need to improve or build some domestic skill sets and she can use some defensive and primative living skills. This is probably going to be a work in progresss for the foreseeable future. That is OK since it doesn't really end until I know everything she knows and visa versa.
That really answers the questions for my house.
What are your weak points and what are you doing about them?
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Need a new bugout plan. Moved so close to the old retreat that it's not far enough away to provide much safety from a local event now. Procrasting on putting much time/effort/money into it, think I might just be happier taking my chances here - but there's others to consider besides me. Really came to light when I had to move the BOBs to get at something else recently, haven't touched them really since we moved, and they need some serious updates. Unless I was heading to a motel, or cross country to family, not sure where I'd even go now. I live near one of the Great Lakes, almost thinking of getting a unimproved rural lot on the Canadian side to cache some goods, and bugout by boat if I had too. Might be some advantages in having foreign real estate close by? Wouldn't want to try crossing a Great Lake in my present boat either, unless maybe if the forecast was for at least 2 days of clear weather and zero wind.
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