Emergency Archives – Flights of Fancy Mom

Extreme Weather Driving – College Student Editions

Jacqui January 6, 2018 7 Comments

Are you dealing with the freezing temperatures, snow, and an nor’easter that are slamming much of the US right now? Many parents are afraid of their college children driving back to college or to their new states, starting new jobs. This is perfectly understandable! Heck,…
Read more

Car Emergency Essentials, College Advice and Resources, College Care Packages, College Life, College Needs and Wants, College Student, Emergency, Getting Ready for College, Lifestyle, Parenting Teenagers, Parenting Teens, Road Travel, Teen Safety, Teenagers, Teens, Travel, Travel Needs, Winter, Winter Driving

How To Prepare for Nuclear War

Jacqui December 4, 2017 2 Comments

This is not your normal post for December! But, it’s a relevant one for what’s in the news lately. It’s scary to think that nuclear war could happen during our lifetime. If high enough, the power grid could be wiped out across most, if not…
Read more

Disaster, Emergency, Health, Lifestyle, Nuclear War, Off-Grid Living, Prepper, SHTF, Society Collapse, Tips, United States

7 Financial Causes of Stress in America

Jacqui August 24, 2016 20 Comments

I read an article on MSN about what the #1 cause of financial stress in every state was. As with most of these types of articles, i.e. “the most searched item online in each state”, I assumed it was going to be a fluff article….
Read more

Challenge Yourself, Change, Emergency, Employment, Extra Income, Finance, Happiness, Lifestyle, Retirement, Uncategorized, United States, Vacation, Work

Education Costs, family, Financial Stress, happy, life decisions, lifestyle, Nicer Lifestyle, Paying of Debt, Paying Rent, Retirement, Second Income, Unable to Retire, Underemployed

Tragedy and a Sue Happy Nation

Jacqui July 5, 2016 0 Comments

Tragedy happens at the most unexpected times and places. We go to the airport to fly for business or vacations. We go to the mall for shopping. We go to a nightclub for a night of well earned frivolity. We go to a movie theater…
Read more

Disaster, Emergency

Cinemark, Colorado, Legal Fees, movies, pastimes, Security, sue happy, Suing, Tragedy

Helping our Kids Avoid Becoming a Victim of their Generation

Jacqui June 7, 2016 0 Comments

This past week, a promising student from Stanford University, Brock Turner was sentenced to six months in jail for raping an unconscious woman on campus. This is a horrendous act and he should have been punished for more than the six months he was given….
Read more

Disaster, Emergency, Lifestyle

Alcohol, Brock Turner, College Parties, Drunk, Education, Rape, Real Life, Suspect, Victim

Prepping and Off-Grid Living

Jacqui February 17, 2016 0 Comments

Don’t let the name of my blog fool you. I’m not a full-time dreamer. I am very goal oriented, do what I have to, to get where I want in life. In the next few years, while I’m living in a new location, close to…
Read more

Disaster, Emergency, Prepper, Uncategorized

Disasters, Electromagnetic Pulse, Emergencies, Financial Collapse, Life Straw, Natural Disaster, Off-Grid Living, Prepper, Prepping