I know what I think of when I hear, see, read, gander at, and think of the word "prepping." Just a few short years ago, the only thing that was on my mind was the day-to-day. I was a new mom, married to an Army soldier, paying a mortgage, trying to complete my Bachelor's degree, and working a full-time job as a barista at a local bookstore. Life was stressful, mainly because I was alone with my then 18 month old son, while my husband was gone on his second deployment. One evening, while my son was asleep upstairs and I sat at home trying to complete a smidge of homework for one of the many Criminal Justice classes I was taking, I stumbled upon a forum on the Internet committed to prepping.