Happy Winter!

As you all know, this family has had Friday night pizza for decades! And through the years we've grown to include BBQ Chicken pizza as well as our basic family pizza. Last Friday night I made Calzone's. They were delicious! You make your regular pizza dough and divide it into 4 balls. Then roll them into 8 inch circles and put your toppings and cheese one one side. Then fold over and seal them tightly. I dipped mine into pizza sauce but dad put the sauce right on the calzone before he sealed it. What a rebel. He also decided that he needed to put more toppings inside. Dad really likes toppings! But they were great and very filling. I recommend them wholeheartedly!

I finally spent some grocery money today. Yoke's had 3 great deals. So early this morning I bought bananas for .33 cents a pound, eggs were 4 for $5.00 and a pound of bacon was $1.88 each, of which I bought 5! So my total was $17.41! That's all I hope to buy this month.We'll see! But whatever I save from grocery and mad money will go to the mortgage! Ya baby!

I also want to report that Dad is now on board with getting chickens of our own! Rejoice, rejoice! He's waiting for a book from the library that teaches about raising backyard chickens and building the coop. So very excited! I try not to worry about the future but the stock market craziness and employment concerns tend to raise a red flag. So the more we can become self-sufficient, the better I feel.

So I hope that each of you will work on becoming more self-sufficient in your lives.Whether it's building your food storage, saving money, doing without the extras like cable or making other sacrifices. It's worth it to have peace in your life!