Do Not Despise the Day of Small Beginnings

“We live by faith; and if that faith be weak, trust God that weak faith is faith, and that weak faith is true faith… It’s not great faith that is essential to salvation but faith that links the soul to Christ, and that soul is, therefore, saved.” —Charles Spurgeon

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Moneymoneymoooooney (Money!)

My rule of thumbs for anything financial: never spend more than you make. Keep it in the black and not in the red. DO NOT SPEND (unless the shoes are SUPER cute… Or the friends want to eat out… Or someone’s getting married. Or having a baby. Or it’s Christmastime. OR BIRTHDAYS). That’s the most important thing, riiiiiiiight? Never spend more than you make? I worked a few jobs, went to college, got a career job, opened a Roth IRA and deposited money in it (once). Shunted money into savings. Saw a financial advisor (ONCE). Trolled the internets for forms of passive income, because who KNOWS what the future may hold with accidents, bad health, unexpected disasters, etc. Then this guy came around and we started talking about this thing called marriage and with marriage comes moving and houses and…. KIDS. And the thought begins: when a two income family becomes a one income family because Mama wants to stay with the kiddos…. And if the previous family didn’t ...

The Power of Ghee

Ghee has no power whatsoever but man, it tastes so good. (In other news, I have been getting walloped by this season’s totes mcgoats cold viruses. Red, yellow, black, and white, they’ll get Whimsy sick, alright.) Ghee is a type of clarified butter, yeah? It can be made from ordinary (organic/grassfed preferred) stick butter. What differentiates ghee from butter is that the butter is simmered until the milk proteins and stuff separate from the lovely, golden goodness and then the liquid gold is strained to leave a substance pretty darn close to being lactose free. Close. Very close. The foam simmer stage Anyway, I have been reading about this for months and could never find it in a grocery store (I found out two days ago that I was looking in the wrong place. It’s on the cooking aisle next to the coconut oil.) so I finally decided to make my own. Couldn’t be that hard, right? ...

The ACV Effect

Ah, Apple Cider Vinegar. Where should I begin? You’re the cure-all (like bone broth). Perhaps you don’t taste quite as good, but that’s probably ‘cos you're just misunderstood and people don't understand that it takes a refined palate to ingest and enjoy your go-go juice. You’ve been heralded as one who helps prevent diabetes and insulin resistance, promotes weight loss , whisks away acid reflux and heartburn , melts away warts . Among other things. Many, many other things (natural deodorant anyone? Anyone…? Well…). But dang, sister, those are some braggadocios claims, there. You’re brand isn’t pulling any punches either (Bragg. The spelling doesn’t fool anyone). But do you actually do what people claim you do? ~oOo~ I first heard about the wonders of Bragg’s Apple Cider Vinegar (ACV) a year or so ago from my dear Older Sister (https://christinelife.wordpress.com). Warts, unsightly, disgusting, horrible, nasty little body invaders, have been a battle for me sinc...

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