Budgeting 101 #5: How to Actually Stick to a Budget

This is the 5th post in an ongoing series called “Budgeting 101.” You can START THE ENTIRE SERIES WITH POST #1 HERE.   I wrote a post about making a budget, and I think it’s helpful if you’re new to budgeting. But especially around this time of year, I hear so many people …

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2016 goals using this principle: one specific and measurable goal from each of the categories on Zig Ziglar's Wheel of Life

My 2016 Goals | What Are Yours?

I’ve written about my relatively new goal-making process that helped me actually keep my 2015 new year’s resolutions… well, most of them. Granted, last year, I made the goals in march, soooo I only had to keep them for 10 months. (Win! I’d highly recommend that.) Haha Going for the …

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cutting costs at Christmas: brown paper packages tied up with string

Cutting Costs at Christmas

I love this time of year. From right before Thanksgiving all the way through New Year’s. I love how simple Thanksgiving is, and I love preparing the food with loved ones. Then, I love getting out the Christmas tree the next day & watching our little ones throw all the …

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Stuffed Spinach Shells: an easy and delicious weeknight meal. Easy to double and freeze too!

Spinach Stuffed Shells

These stuffed pasta shells are one of my favorite comfort foods. Plus, it’s so easy to double this recipe and then freeze your extra batch or give it to a friend. I suggest serving it with a home-made salad doused in Olive Garden dressing (they sell that in stores now!!!!!!) It’s …

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Mama's Chili

Mama’s Chili

Y’all. I am sharing my mom’s chili recipe over at Jessica Wood’s blog today. Remember her? She shared her to-die-for Apple Pie Crescent Rolls here last month. Those were tasty. Anywho, she and I did a chili exchange this week. She shared her mom’s crockpot recipe here the other day, …

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Delicious crockpot chili that truly can be left in the crockpot all day long. Perfect for those cold fall and winter evenings.

Crockpot Chili

Today, I’m excited to share another delicious recipe from blogger, Jessica Wood. She and I are doing a chili exchange this week. She’s sharing her mom’s chili recipe on my blog today and my “mama’s chili” will be up on her blog later this week. I can’t wait to try her chili! It …

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