One habit I’ve tried to maintain since my school years is physical activity. To be clear, I am not a health nut. I eat too much chocolate and desserts. I used to be addicted to soda. I love juicy hamburgers. My Wii Fit character is, ahem, chubby. But, I do exercise and have regularly done …
They say the best things in life are free. I think that’s true. That’s why I agreed to host a giveaway for 500 pieces of free letterhead back in October. I love “free”! I was solicited by a person from the online printing company, UPrinting.com, to host this giveaway. In fact, you can read the …
I received the book, The Inconvenient Marriage of Charlotte Beck by Kathleen Y’Barbo, in June. I finally finished it tonight. It is the third book in her Women of the West series. I was unaware of this when I selected it as my Blogging for Books choice. It was rather difficult to get into (hence …
How many times my children have said some profound little statement, unbeknownst to them, that has gotten me to think! Children take things so literally, and their point of view can be eye opening. That’s what from the Mouth of Babes: Stories about Life, Children, Faith and This World we Live in is about. The …
About a year ago, I was purchasing some books for my husband on Christian Book Distributors’ website. Once I had found the ones he had requested, I decided to do a bit of looking for…ahem…myself. 🙂 I found several books in which I had been interested covering various home schooling topics. On the “other customers …
I didn’t realize how long it had been since I “dated”, if that’s what you want to call my teen boy-and-girl-together experience. Reading Departures by Robin Jones Gunn flooded my mind with memories of days gone by. I had never read any of Robin Jones Gunn’s books before, nor had I heard of her characters, Christy …
Recently, I have found myself in the midst of stress – and lots of it. We’ve had some vandalism to our personal property, my children have been physically harmed by neighborhood bullies, we have had a midnight visitor show up twice seeking money, as well as some other personal issues with which we are dealing. …
I have a great book (no, this isn’t another post about the movie!)to recommend to everyone! It is geared for those serving in full-time or part-time ministry work, but it’s great for anyone! It is called It’s a Wonderful Life (of course, I would love a book with that title, right? ;o) It is written …
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