So, this week

...I was at a receiving. If you are unfamiliar with a receiving, its an event held at a funeral home where the family of the dearly departed (or is that future zombie) receive friends who have come to pay their last respects. Sometimes its an open casket thing and sometimes not.


Why am I talking about attending such a sad event (especially when I was on the family side of the event)? Well, while I was there I took the little kids to another room to play some and burn off a little energy. One of the kids noticed a set of stairs leading to the 2nd level of the funeral home. Since most funeral homes I have been too have been 1 story, I found this odd too. Well, one of the employees at the funeral home let us know that the upstairs is where the owners live.

WHAT?! You mean someone actual chose to live above where the dead lie. And the dead aren't even covered by the earth? They can just crawl out of their casket? Creepy. Seriously, creepy.

Suffering from the heebie jeebies,
The Wife

Interesting Posts from around the web

You never know what you'll find while surfing the web. Today is a list of one's I found and liked.

Selecting equipment for 72 hour kits
Way better 72 hour kit than I have
Road signs warning of zombies
Natalie Portman - Zombie Slayer?
My fav online Zombie game (I can't believe it took so long to infuse plants and zombies. They must be reading my mind!)

Spending too much free time on the web,
The wife

Personal Preparedness

One of the goals on this site is to make sure that if the zombies began attacking you’d be prepared. But I bet you are thinking, “Yah, sure you want us to be prepared but how prepared are you? Really?” Well you can only truly lead by example so today I’m going to tell you about my stash. No, nothing illegal, just referring to my emergency supplies.

Do you remember the post where I discussed having a “to go” pack? Remember the pretty picture? Well, if not, here it is again for your viewing pleasure. 

This is actually a picture of my “to go” pack for The Family. Please, hold your applause to the end. I know it looks rather impressive and you are wondering what kind of goodies and useful things are in there and what’s include for each person in The Family. Well, to tell the truth, I am not sure what is in there.

• Is there enough stuff for everyone in the family to make it 3 days on the road/away from home? Ummm……maybe.
• Well, what is included for each person? Ummm…lets see…I think there’s some deodorant. Yah, there’s some deodorant in there.
• What about food supplies? Foo- what?
• First aid supplies?
• Flashlight?

You know, I don’t think I like this line of questioning.

As you can see, I don’t really know what I have. Which of course is as bad as not having the stuff to start with. So my goal is to inventory my emergency supplies over the holiday and figure out what we have so I can determine what is needed for The Family.

How about your own emergency supplies? Do you have any on hand? What do you have?

Wondering if The Husband will finish the inventory,
The wife

The DREAM Home – Location, location, location

The dream home concept was one that The Husband came up with. The idea is, if you could build your own zombie proof home today (you know, you have unlimited $$, resources, etc), what would you include?

This will be the first of many articles. Today is where would we build.

Location can be more important than other factors. If you choose a highly populated area, you of course would be in area where the outbreak would occur faster and there would be more individuals to fight for supplies and more zombies to fight. Then again, these areas have more supplies and would find out about the outbreak faster than less populated areas (of course this could be argued as there would be a considerable amount of confusion at the epicenter of the outbreak). In less populated areas, you have the opposite pros/cons. You are likely to find out about the outbreak later and have less places to procure supplies from (this is why its important to stock up!!). But you would have less people to fight for supplies and less zombies to fight off (at least initially). 


Not only do you need to think about how populated the area is but what the climate is like too. I mean if you choose an area in Rockies, you will have to plan for major snow storms in the winter. Meaning you have to keep on hand more supplies to keep you and your family warm. Does snow slow zombies down? Wouldn’t it be nice if they’d freeze in place if the temps were low enough? How about Florida? Hot, humid summers. Hurricanes galore. Marshy land nearby filled with gators that will be looking for a meal. Mild winters though. And the smell from the rotting flesh you could be exposed too….I feel sick just thinking about it.

Don’t forget to check and see if you are in a flood area. Because Mother Nature does not care if there are zombies abound or not. The rain will come anyway.

So let’s see:

√No flood plains
√No highly mountainous regions (Rockies)
√None of the higher populated cities (LA, NY, Dallas, etc)
√No Florida
√No beaches
√No deserts
√No California (I fear the earthquakes would knock me into the ocean)

 
So where are we choosing? What and tell you our great spot so you’ll build there too. Pfff.

Gathering floor plans,
The wife

Christmas Time

Christmas a magical time of year. A time for peace on Earth and good will towards you fellow man. I think I hear a Charlie Brown Christmas Carol playing....Or is it really a time for the zombie apocalypse to truly run rampant? If one zombie were to walk into one department store right now, how long before everyone we hold near and dear would be a zombie?

I bring this up, because Christmas has a way of lulling us into an unguarded state. Be it the joy you feel from the holiday or the zombie like state you are in from all the parties, shopping, decorating and gift wrapping, you must stay vigilant. Be on the look out for those who are less responsive than other. Maybe they are a zombie in disguise. At least with the holiday season, we now have large candy canes to aid in our personal defense.

Wondering if gift wrap tubes can be used for defense,
The wife

As a side note, I have seriously been neglecting this blog. I wish I could say its because I have been working diligently to get my supplies in order, but it is not the case. No zombies have yet to invade my home/neighborhood but I still keep a silent watch. After the new year I plan to provide even more updates and random thoughts. I will even be reviewing some food items (MREs, freeze dried, etc). Wonder if your food supply will be delicious? Guess we will find out.