For years, my family did a "camping at home" exercise twice a year, in winter and in summer. It's really simple - on Friday night, shut off the gas and electricity. Turn them back on again on Sunday.

How do you keep cool in the summer, and warm in the winter? How do you preserve the food in the refrigerator and freezer? How are you going to cook food, clean the dishes, and clean yourselves?

Try it yourself for a weekend. If you don't find something that you had overlooked in your preparations, I would be very surprised.

Onward and upward,
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