Keeping track is ABSOLUTELY essential

Bookkeeping! UGH!!!  However, you must know where your money is and where it is going.  Being casual about your finances is the road to ruin.  The scripture that changed my life about finances was
Proverbs 27:23-27:
Be diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.  For riches are not forever; and doth the crown endure to every generation?  The hay appeareth, and the tender grass showeth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.  The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.  And thou shall have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens."

I realized that I didn't live on a farm, so I would have to substitute other words to my situation.  We have covered a lot of ground since, but I really do wish that I had know this information at a much earlier age.  Too soon old - too late smart!

Fresh Salsa

Sometimes I have more recipes to share than financial information, but that's the way life is.  You never do the same thing very long.

Fresh (Mexican) Salsa

(I use a small mini chopper and it works well.  I have spent the time hand chopping everything small and it taste the same - but takes longer, sigh!)

4 Roma tomatoes (cut in pieces for the chopper)
1/2 tsp. minced garlic
Juice of 1 lime
1/4 c. chopped green or white onion
1/4 - 1/2 c. fresh cilantro
1 T. sliced jalapeno (jar)  use fresh if you like.
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. pepper

Chop to coarse consistency and adjust the salt and pepper to your taste.  Since the ingredients are fresh and salt causes it to be soupy, I put it in a strainer to drain off the juice.  The juice is awesome -  like fresh V-8.

Hope you enjoy.  Es Westmoreland  Call if you have questions  713-898-0779