Challenge: Meals for Under $20, Feeding Over 6, in Less Than 2 Hours

Challenge: Meals for Under $20, Feeding Over 6, in Less Than 2 Hours
Having quick, easy meals is always a challenge for a big family - more so if you can make them affordable amidst rising food prices! Jump on in and take a look at the meals we made this last week (ish), (almost) all for less than $20, and feeding more than eight people. We love a good party and these meals will be a hit for your house too! 
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Navigating Junior High

Navigating Junior High
In looking back through my youth, the time of my life that I look back on with the most embarrassment and discomfort, is junior high. That stage between 11 and 13, where you're too old to keep playing little kid games, and think you know everything, but aren't old enough to accept that you don't (know everything, that is), and to top it all off, you want very much to be accepted by a group... any group.. and in the pursuit, you lose a lot of yourself for a little while and make some really un-wise decisions. Anyone else feel that way about those years?

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