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I received a package today. A package containing tools to help us in our journey to financial peace. Dave Ramsey is selling a Financial Peace starter kit at a reduced price of $42 this month. I have heard stories of people having success with Financial Peace. Real people. Not rich people. People who make middle to low income wages like our family. That peaked my interest. I talked with my husband and asked him what he thought. I asked him if he would be willing to sit down and watch the DVD with me, if he would read the books. He agree and so began our journey. As I am typing, my husband is reading Dave Ramsey's "Complete Guide to Money". I took a break from reading Dave Ramsey's "The Total Money Makeover" in order to write this post. I am hoping that by sharing in our journey that a couple things will happen. First, that others will be encouraged to start their own financial peace journey. Second, that by sharing our journey it will help me with acc...

Growing up, my absolute favorite side dish at Thanksgiving was stuffing. My mom would make Sage stuffing using her grandmother's recipe. It was delicious. Throughout the years that I have been preparing the Thanksgiving meal, I have added to the recipe to make it my families favorite. My husband used to like my grandmother's stuffing because she added sausage. And since I really like mushrooms, I decided to add mushrooms and sausage to the recipe. This year, I started my stuffing only to realize I could not find my Sage. Since we recently moved, I still have boxes to unpack and it is hiding .... somewhere. I told my husband that I couldn't find my Sage and he responded "It's okay. We probably wont even notice." Fast forward to dinnertime. After my first few bites, I told my husband that I thought the stuffing was good, but I could definitely tell there was no Sage. He said "I didn't want to tell you, but I can tell a difference too." Oops. I...

Let me start by saying that this "salad" is not healthy in any way, shape or form. Not. At. All! Which is why I only make it three times a year, Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas. It may not be healthy, but it is delicious and a family favorite. It used to be that my husband was the only one who really ate the Cranberry Salad. The kids would eat a little bit when they were younger. Now, there is a race to see who gets the most. I actually have to ration it and remind everyone to share! Prepare night before - ground up cranberries, sugar and mini marshmallows The next morning, add in the rest of the ingredients. Add in cut up apples and grapes and fold in cool whip Child approved! (She loves wearing hats) Cranberry Salad 1 package cranberries 1 cup sugar 3 cups mini marshmallows 1-2 apples, cut in bite size pieces 1 cup grapes, cut in halves 1 container of Cool Whip The night before, grind up cranberries in a food pro...