I’m sitting at the dining room table at exactly midnight with a bowl of Raisin Bran at my elbow, a computer keyboard under my fingertips, and Christmas lights twinkling from across the room at me.  There’s something so utterly serene about sitting alone in a room at midnight that when it happens I often...
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Amazon has a bunch of free Kindle books today. Christmas Dog Healthy Children’s Lunches Money, Possessions, and Eternity Living Successfully with Screwed-Up People Finally, here’s a book for $1.79 that I’ve been wanting to read: Shepherding a Child’s Heart by Tedd Tripp.  I’ve heard lots of good things about this book from people I...
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If you’re looking for a special doll for a little girl on your Christmas list, you might consider the My BFF doll by My Twinn.  This is a 23 inch doll whose coloring and clothing you can customize.  I was given the opportunity to design one of these dolls for my daughter and found...
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I’ve got a cookbook giveaway for y’all today! After hearing from yet another friend whose copy of my cookbook is ripped and stained and all beat-up from use, I’ve decided to do a contest.  Do you have a worn out copy of Family Feasts for $75 a Week? Comment below with a link to...
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The good news is that no one went to bed hungry.  The bad news is that I broke down and got the butter out to go with the bread and soup for dinner bringing our grand total for the day to just under $3.   Because really, how can you be expected to eat fresh...
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It is 3PM and I am hungry, which makes dinner feel far away.  I can’t imagine being hungry for hours every day, and even worse, I cannot imagine routinely having hungry kids and not be able to feed them. Breakfast was oatmeal.  I made about 3/4 as much oatmeal as usual, so the serving...
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One of the most interesting books I ever read is called Hungry Planet: What the World Eats. It features photos of families from all over the world surrounded by one week’s worth of food.  Details are given regarding the size of the family and the price of the food purchased, and as you can...
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Could you feed your family for a day for a couple bucks? Millions of people all over the world do it every single day. For more information, visit 2 Dollar Day. Or come back here tomorrow.
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