Top 5 Tips For Surviving The Zombie Apocalypse

There was a time when having a man on the moon was thought to be impossible. There was a time when the world was thought to be flat. In time the unthinkable became a reality.

I'm still holding out for the day when my husband the stud muffin starts to use a laundry basket, stranger things have happened.

There are those who think the world is going to end in December of this year. Others have been stock piling foods and supplies for an eventual end of the world scenario. My family is preparing for the Zombie Apocalypse. Okay, more my kid's and I. The stud muffin is not yet a believer.

Mark my words, we are one bird flu away from your neighbor trying to take a bite out of your backside. Why not be ready for it? Here is a list of survival tips:

1. Watch the movie Zombieland and every episode of The Walking Dead on AMC. Be sure to take notes. The stud muffin thinks my love of zombie movies has led me on my current path of preparation, but I think they are more prophetic.

2. Get yourself to the gym. I rather get a root canal and nipple piercings at the same time rather than run, but I've signed up for the "Run for Your Lives Zombie Infested 5K and Obstacle Course" in June. For three miles zombie will chase me through an obstacle course. What better way to prepare for the coming Zombie Apocalypse? We are building a team from Excelsior. Join us in the 11:00am heat. Our team name is Excelsior Double Tap.

3. Learn how to use a gun and a bow and arrow. To take down a zombie you have to shoot them in the brain. The stud muffin has been on me to learn how to shoot a gun for years. I've been too scared to touch a gun, but now that I must prepare for zombie killing, my kids and I will be at a nearby shooting range soon learning gun shooting and safety. I'm currently looking for a place where we can learn to shoot a bow and arrow. With the recent popularity of the Hunger Games, I would imagine they will be popping up everywhere.

4. Become familiar with basic survival skills. When the zombies come we may have to flee our homes and learn to survive on the road or in the wild. So far the only camping I've done is at a place with hot showers and wi-fi. This summer we are going to try camping without electricity, while brushing up on what plants we can or can not eat.

5. Educate yourselves and your kids on how to navigate around without a gps or the internet. I've suffered with a life long disability known as "No sense of direction". The kids and I are working on using landmarks and the stars to know which way we are going. Another survival skill that will pay off if we need to go mobile.

When the Zombie Apocalypse does come my family and I will be ready. In the meantime we will be spending lots of time together watching movies, going to the gym together, doing target practice, reading books on survival skills and practicing these skills, going camping and studying the stars, all together.

My kids are 21, 19 and 13. I can't think of a better way to bring us all together and have some fun along the way, purely to prepare for the Zombie Apocalypse of course. Not at all because my kids are growing up too fast and I want things to do with them. This is about survival.