sandhillsis on December 27th, 2009

Outside of the fact we were all sick over the past couple weeks we had a great time celebrating Christ’s birth. When I finally came to, I realized a few of W’s questionable wishes had been delivered.  A flint stick (to build fires with) and a darn sharp hatchet, to name two.
 What was Santa thinking, was all I could [...]

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sandhillsis on December 16th, 2009

 
If you are like 75-80% of Americans or the Jones, you live paycheck to paycheck  and haven’t saved for a rainy day or invested for retirement. The top two reasons you haven’t is sitting in your driveway, in your stomach (or on your hips) in the form of eating out.
That was certainly our reality a few years [...]

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sandhillsis on December 10th, 2009

When I teach Dave Ramsey’sFinancial Peace University I try to bring a treat every week for the participants. I’m not bragging, but this was my last classes’ favorite. They inhaled it like a bunch of addicts. The mom of one of the families called it crack bread.
I said, “Crack bread? What’s that?”
She said, “Oh, that’s what my [...]

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sandhillsis on December 10th, 2009

Like some kind of twisted foodie I take pictures of veggies and fruit in all sorts of states, from naked to streaking and now empty. Then I expoit them by writing about them and giving them funny names. I’m sorry. I’m weak. Bananas are not immune when I’m around, either.
I love to discover new ways to save money esspecially [...]

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