I think I found the right number to start blogging.

...These are His children and we are to raise them to know Him and his ways.

Raising children is a challenge, but Heavenly Father would not give us a challenge we could not handle........

Well I think I'll be using blogspot again to blog.

I had a though

I thought that my blog needed some good music.  I really like this group they are awesome, I wish we had some groups like this around here.  These guys know how to have fun.  I am so going to buy there albums.  If you are wondering what I'm talking about just watch the YouTube video on my blog page.  They call themselves "They Might Be Elders", got to love their name too.

Preparedness

I don't know about all these storms, but to me it seems that we should prepare for anything. I know that I have not fully prepared for all this weather we been having. I just pray that Heavenly Father keeps watch over us.  I think this has been a wake up call for us to all get prepared to be able to weather the trouble ahead.  I need to do a lot of work to get things up to speed for my family.  Just wondering what to put in my kits that I think we need besides the basic for a emergency kit.  I think that a battery charger is a good idea, but let me put it out there that there are so many solar powered battery chargers at reasonable prices.  I looked it researched it on the Internet and found even the solar power car battery charger I wanted at a cost of only $35 to $45 dollars.  This saves all the trouble of finding the solar cells to build my own panel and it will be cheaper.  I also have seen many chargers for regular batteries to which are reasonably priced.  I would suggest picking up one of these if you can.  Also remember you also want to be able to go mobile if you have to and solar is the way to go for this.

Off the grid.

I was looking at a way to do solar energy for cheaper than what they charge at the companies that install the systems.  To my surprise I found out just how easy it is to make your own solar panels for under $100.00.  This seems to me to be a lot less than what they charge you for a home install.  The average cost of a solar energy system is anywhere for $25,000 and up.  I only need a solar panel for recharging a 12v battery, this is so I can keep my vehicle and radio batteries charged.  I have yet to see what the total cost will be, because the solar cells I'm looking at are in lots on e-bay.  So I could get them as cheap as $5 to $50 dollars for the number I would need to make my panel.  This would also be great source of power during a power outage.  I started thinking about this for the sole purpose of having a way to have power in a emergency situation.  I know that we should be prepared for the welfare of our families.  So I'm researching this cause this would be a better power source than a generator, if I can make it cost effective in the long run and could be more portable too.  I believe we should be ready to be mobile as well as prepared to be sufficient at home.