Financial Peace Revisited by Dave Ramsey

by Carol3 Comments
Financial Peace Revisited by Dave Ramsey I'm not a money person, period. I don't understand it or care, really. I don't think about it that much, tracking where it comes from and where it goes is a pain. I've heard that arguments over money are one of the main difficulties facing married couples, but that's not true in our house, because David's not a money person, either, which is a problem. We read Financial Peace as part of a workshop we attended over about three months at our church. It's simple, clear baby steps are perfect for us. Ramsey explains them in terms we can understand, gives clear goals, and encourages partners, spouses to actually communicate, not yell or let one person be solely responsible. If I had to boil it down, Ramsey advocates saving, getting out of/avoiding debt and then moving on to investing for retirement and college.  I like, too, that it is Christian-based and encourages giving, but it's still practical. I'll grant...
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Winners!

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Congratulations to the winner of The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson and a temporary tattoo. Suzie And a bunch of people won temporary tattoos. Have fun with them. Ken Dina Renee Catherine@The Blonde Diaries Paula Patterson Dawn Jessica diane Rebecca S. Cox heatherzilla John Freda Mans Janel Joani Julie P. bermudaonion Rebecca N. Lisa Rita K amanda I will be e-mailing everyone. I just need your mailing addresses. Thanks....
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Teaser Tuesday

by Carol12 Comments
Grab your current read. Let the book fall open to a random page. Share with us two (2) "teaser" sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12. You also need to share the title of the book that you're getting your "teaser" from...that way people can have some great book recommendations if they like the teaser you've given. Please avoid spoilers! I'm cheating a little today, with three sentences, starting  on line 4. My teaser: "About eight years ago, almost by chance, I found a novel by Julián Carax in the Cemetery of Forgotten Books. You had hidden it there to save it from being destroyed by a man who calls himself Laín Coubert, " I said. She stared at me, without moving, as if she were afraid that the world around her was going to fall apart. -pg. 162, The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón Teaser Tuesdays is hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Play along....
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Guest Post- Balthazar Rodrigue Nzomono-Balenda, author of Freedom of Press the Sitting Duck

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I would like to thank Balthazar Rodrigue Nzomono-Balenda for taking a page in my notebook today to talk about his journey to becoming published.   My journey to being a published author I hope my story can inspire any writer around the world, who is determined to find a publisher that’s willing to publish his/her works. I have been asked to share my experiences which I would like to do now. On June 2008, I was publishing poems at the International Library of Poetry’s website (Poetry.com), when I received an invitation to Las Vegas by the International Society of Poets, which was one of the world’s largest poetry organizations.  I was invited in Las Vegas because I was one of the nominees as Poet of the Year 2007. I was invited because of my poetic accomplishments at Poetry.com. It was an opportunity for me to meet the Pulitzer Prize Laureate, W.D. Snodgrass, Academy of American Poets Past Chancellor David Wagoner and others. But I couldn’t...
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Mailbox Monday

by Carol8 Comments
Thanks to Marcia at The Printed Page for hosting Mailbox Monday. Here's what I found in my box this week.     Leonardo's Swans by Karen Essex I won this at historical -fiction.com. Thanks, Arleigh! Isabelle d’Este, daughter of the Duke of Ferrara, born into privilege and the political and artistic turbulence of Renaissance Italy, is a stunning black-eyed blond and an art lover and collector. Worldly and ambitious, she has never envied her less attractive sister, the spirited but naïve Beatrice, until, by a quirk of fate, Beatrice is betrothed to the future Duke of Milan. Although he is more than twice their age, openly lives with his mistress, and is reputedly trying to eliminate the current duke by nefarious means, Ludovico Sforza is Isabella’s match in intellect and passion for all things of beauty. Only he would allow her to fulfill her destiny: to reign over one of the world’s most powerful and enlightened realms and be immortalized in oil by the genius Leonardo...
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