[JDoutrider]

Yes, Granny passed on over the Christmas Holiday last year. I truly miss her and her thread. Here's what I have saved from the three full threads:

GRANNIES SURVIVAL THREADS Thread #1 is here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/1990507/posts?page=9901

Thread #2 is here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2181392/posts?q=1&;page=1

Thread #3 is here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2299939/posts?q=1&;page=1001

No one has taken the threads over. A fellow called Kartographer has started a survivor (Prepper) thread which has taken on a life of it's own. I wonder if he is aware of Granny's threads... there is much on them that he could use if he had a notion too. I'm pinging him to this one just as an after thought!

We ended up in Northern MN btw...

[metmom]

Somehow I missed the news of Grannies passing. What a loss.

I enjoyed her threads as well.

[teenyelliott]

Oh, I am SO sad, and really surprised, to hear that no one took those threads over. I had saved the third thread as a favorite, thank you for the first and second. I never really fit the "prepper" category, although homesteading and prepper often go hand in hand.

For me, the doom and gloom that seems to surround the prepper groups is depressing and kind of panic-inducing, where as the lifestyle of homesteading is a gratifying peaceful kind of thing. Just a gradual change in the way we live, a slow removal from what was a "supposed to" life, to a "want to" life. :)

And hey, CottonBall, I should have put you on my ping!

[CottonBall]

We ended up in Northern MN btw...

GOOD to hear from you again! I thought you were farther west? Did you move again or do I just have memory issues?