Chicken Noodle Soup just like Lipton

June 15, 2010 - "Chicken Noodle Soup just like Lipton" By Joseph Parish. Have you ever reflected upon your childhood days when your mother would stuff loads of chicken soup into you when you were feeling ill? It was simply because the remedy has worked for ages and it had been passed down from mother to daughter. Researchers have discovered that chicken noodle soup has some very excellent anti-inflammatory properties which contribute to it usefulness in dealing with sore throats and colds. Click here

Tasty Instant Split Pea Soup

June 14, 2010 - "Tasty Instant Split Pea Soup" By Joseph Parish. Split Pea Soup is classically made from dried peas. It has a vast Array of variations resulting from its popularity within different nationalities but the general idea remains the same. It is traditionally a part of the cookery for many foreign cultures and has been adopted in America as well. Click here

Adding Beans to Your Menu Selection

June 13, 2010 - "Adding Beans to Your Menu Selection" By Joseph Parish. Often when discussing food storage I hear individuals complain that they do not care for beans. Although these people would like to benefit from the storage option available to them, they simply dislike the usual consistency associated with beans. Children usually dislike beans and for that specific reason. Well, all is not lost as there are alternatives that will not only allow you to store these products but also to actually allow your family to enjoy eating them. Click here

Growing Mushrooms indoors

June 11, 2010 - "Growing Mushrooms indoors" By Joseph Parish. Have you been looking for an alternative way to grow some sort of food indoors during other then your normal gardening season? Do you reside in an area where your usual temperatures drop extremely low? Are you looking for an alternative method to raise the equivalent amount of food that you would have in a small garden patch? If this is a problem for you then perhaps this article would be of some benefit to you. Click here

Using your Stored Food in Actual Recipes

June 10, 2010 - "Using your stored food in actual recipes" By Joseph Parish. Your stored up food supply is useless to you if you can not come up with imaginative ways in which to prepare it. With this thought clearly in mind I would like to present several useful and tasty methods of employing your food storage supplies to make an actual meal. The first one I will provide you with is Southwestern Chicken Delight. Click here

Permit to Carry

June 9, 2010 - "Permit to Carry" By Joseph Parish. Did you make a few criminal mistakes years ago in your younger years? Are those skeletons coming out of the closet now to haunt you? If these problems are facing you when you attempt to get a handgun permit then perhaps legal actions may help your situation. Click here

A Child's Bug Out Kit of Entertainment

June 7, 2010 - "A Child's Bug Out Kit of Entertainment" By Joseph Parish. I have previously mentioned in my writings that when a bug out situation arises it is imperative to provide the younger members of our family with something to occupy their time. In this case it is what I call “A Child's Bug Out Kit of Entertainment”. Click here

Daily Preparations for Emergencies

June 6, 2010 - "Daily Preparations for Emergencies" By Joseph Parish. The time to start preparing and to establish a sufficient supply of preparedness items is way before an event actually happens. Before these problem times arrive and you are required to bug out you need to carefully look at what items you and your family use and are needed on a daily basis. Next in order to get an accurate count on the quantity of items necessary you should then multiply this figure by the number of days you expect to be in a bug out condition. Click here

The 2010 Census has begun

June 3, 2010 - "The 2010 Census has begun" By Joseph Parish. It has become a reality the other day when one of the census workers approached me while I was in my yard and wanted to ask me questions. My wife says that I gave the people a rather difficult time in that I refused to provide them with any information what so ever. Granted, Click here

Where the end of friendship begins

June 2, 2010 - "Where the end of friendship begins" By Joseph Parish. During times of crisis friendships often become strained and stressed out. It doesn’t matter how close of ties that may have previously existed it becomes a time of uncertainty and suspicion. Click here

Ammunition inventory

June 1, 2010 - "Ammunition inventory" By Joseph Parish. Have you ever considered inventorying your supply of ammunition? You may wish to give that idea a slight bit of consideration. If you are like me you purchase ammo on a regular basis and over a period of time can easily forget what you have for emergencies supplies. Click here

In honor of the soldiers who have given their lives

In honor of the soldiers who have given their lives for our country.

Should you invest in a Scanner?

May 31, 2010 - "Should you invest in a Scanner?" By Joseph Parish. I have several friends who seem to be addicted to eavesdropping upon the goings on of the various police and fire activities carried out over the small handheld scanners. Unlike the earlier versions of these scanners from years back they are all self-contained and no specific crystal selection is necessary. I personally have one of these small units and they are great to use. All you need to do is basically select a specific band and you are set to go. Click here

Do Your Hurricane Preps Now

May 30, 2010 - "Do Your Hurricane Preps Now" By Joseph Parish. There are detailed items that are indispensable in any hurricane kit and there are the optional bits and pieces that are nice to have. Let’s first talk about the necessities that should be included in such a kit. Click here

Mistakes in Food Storage

May 30, 2010 - "Mistakes in Food Storage" By Joseph Parish. During a recent move I quickly discovered that my food storage solutions were a somewhat dismal failure and required a bit of modification. Previously, I would stock up on foods that were inexpensive and provided the proper nourishment during emergency conditions. Little consideration was extended to whether my family or I usually ate the product or not. Click here.

Oldest Medal of honor recipient dies

Retired Navy Lt. John Finn, the oldest Medal of Honor recipient from World War II, died Thursday at his southern California ranch. He was 100. It seems appropriate that if Lt. Finn's time was up that it happen on the eve of Memorial Day. Thanks John and God Bless. You may be gone but you will always be remembered.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100527/ap_on_re_us/us_obit_war_hero

Girl Outs Mother's Citizenship Status During First Lady's School Visit

A second-grader may have unwittingly blown the whistle on her mother's citizenship status during Michelle Obama's visit to a Silver Spring, Md., school -- and right in front of Mexico's first lady.

http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/politics/Girl-Outs-Mothers-Citizenship-Status-During-First-Ladys-School-Visit-94268584.html

We're taking our country back one step at a time

This is how it goes in 2010 at the ballot box: old orders are upended, political lions become roadkill, chosen successors get left behind and the outsider, riding a wave of discontent, becomes the new front-runner.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100519/us_time/08599199018500

Home School Blog

Be sure to check out our homeschool blog at http://firststateacademy.blogspot.com/

If you homeschool you are sure to find some interesting material here.

U.S. rights group sues to protect right to swear

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which filed the lawsuits earlier, argues that the right to use profanity is protected by the U.S. Constitution. Fear not Americans for your right to use those four letter words are being protected. LOL

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64D3D820100514?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews&rpc=22&sp=true