Yesterday I moved out of the house and into the outdoors when I discussed the first two of four Outdoor Skills that I want to learn or master as part of the 13Skills.com 13-in-13 Challenge. Today, I finish up the list of Outdoor skills I want to tackle when I talk about Land Navigation and… Continue Reading
2013 Skills #8 and #9 – Camping & Fire Making
For the last few weeks, I’ve been exploring a list of skills that I plan on learning or mastering in 2013. This process is part of the 13-in-13 Challenge run by the 13Skills.com website. The seven skills I’ve described so far revolve around Home Preparedness skills – blade sharpening, first aid, composting and the like. … Continue Reading
2013 Skills #6 and #7 – Beer Brewing & Composting
Today’s article concludes the seven Home Preparedness skills I previously identified as part of the thirteen skills I want to learn or improve upon in 2013 as part of the 13Skills.com 13-in-13 Challenge. Composting and Beer Brewing, the skills I’m going to talk about today, have very little to do with each other however they… Continue Reading
Merry Christmas To All!
A very Merry Christmas to all our readers! As I sit here and write this quick post during a brief moment of peace and quiet tucked away from my family on Christmas Eve night, I can’t help but realize how lucky I am. I get to celebrate this holiday with four generations of my family… Continue Reading
2013 Skills #4 and #5 – Food Storage & Canning
Today I’m continuing the exploration of my previously identified Home Preparedness skills that I want to learn or improve in 2013 as part of the 13Skills.com 13-in-13 Challenge. Because they go so well together, I’m going to combine two skills in this article: Food Storage and Canning. Our recent experience in Hurricane Sandy really drove… Continue Reading
2013 Skill #3 – First Aid
In the last post, I outline three main areas that I was concentrating my new skills areas in: Home Preparedness, Outdoor Skills and Protection. Today I’m going to talk about another Home Preparedness skill that I’ll be working on in the 13-in-13 Challenge through 13Skills.com – First Aid. It’s pretty evident why knowing some level… Continue Reading
How And Why To Use 13Skills.com
When I sat down to write about the third skill I want to learn in 2013, I realized that I had only briefly glanced over the site that driving me to learn or master thirteen new skills in 2013. So, rather than talk about a skill in-depth today, I thought I’d spend some time going… Continue Reading
2013 Skill #2 – Blade Sharpening
Whether it’s an excavator digging a house foundation or a bottle opener popping the top of your favorite beer, tools are what allow us to perform difficult jobs more easily. If you take a close look at all the tools we use, you’ll notice that many of them have some kind of cutting function associated… Continue Reading