DAD AND SON PROJECT

Okay, hush hush, top secret, behind locked doors.

My Dad loved the outdoors. He was always willing to show or help people learn about the outdoors and being more self reliant. That carried over into home life: gardening, canning, storing food, drying food -- all that neat stuff -- along with the hunting, fishing , camping, and just being able to do for yourself and others.

If you wanted to talk about firearms, he would talk your socks off. If you'd want to talk about farming, he could talk to you 'til the rhubarb was ripe. He knew all about canning, fruits, veggies, meat, bread, and who knows what all. (I should have picked his brain more.)

Well, the two of us had a few ideas. (Can you smell the smoke?) One of them, we had almost finished. Things are getting back to normal, sorta, and I am working on getting it done. There are some items that still need to be checked out, then it's about putting it all together.

I think my Dad would like this. It has been thought out. I hope that it will be of use to all of you out there in the blog world and beyond. So hang on. As soon as I finish up some things. I'll be blogging and putting up some pictures about it.

Stay tuned!

SURVIVAL STUFF: Something you should have with you always

This is really a neat little gizmo. And it could maybe save your life or someone else's one day. We hope that that never happens, but if it does you will be ready.

This little thing is called a ResQMe. It is made here in the good old U.S.A.

It is small and compact. It fits on your key chain. On one end you have a tool for breaking window glass in your car. It will not break windshield glass. It is made for the side windows. Place it in the corner of the window and push it 'til it snaps, then you have broken your side window to exit your car if you can not get the door open.

It also has a built in blade for slicing through seat belts. (I saw a demo and it went right through the seat belt like soft butter.) There are directions on the package.

I bought two. One for Kathi, and one for myself. It is a neat little item that I think every one should have. It is better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it.

I bought ours at ACE hardware. So check it out. And be safe.