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GIVEAWAY HAS ENDED. THANKS FOR ENTERING. I am back with another great product from Apothederm.  If you remember, I reviewed and loved the Apothederm Stretch Mark Cream just over a year ago.  See it HERE. I still get quite a few hits and questions regarding that product review.    Apothederm sent me their Acne Clarifying…

SMART CHEFS STAY SLIM Lessons in Eating and Living from America’s Best Chefs By: Allison Adato Forward by Art Smith Published:  December 31, 2012 **** Chefs are around delicious, tempting food all day. So how do they manage to look good while eating so well? When People magazine editor Allison Adato found covering the restaurant…

The website www.bloggymoms.com has a feature called The Blog Dare or writing prompts for your blog.  Today’s post prompt instantly reminded me of something I have been wanting to write about on here anyway. Schools should…… Schools should……not worry so much about what kids eat or don’t eat and focus instead on their education. With that…

I am so excited to bring you my first author interview!  I am thrilled to introduce you to H.W. “Buzz” Bernard, author and retired meteorologist.  This interview is part of his Blog Tour for his new thriller, PLAGUE, sponsored by www.pumpupyourbook.com. I first found out about Buzz after reading his debut novel, EYEWALL.  Check out…

If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything, is ready, we shall never begin. Ivan Turgenev, Russian novelist and playwright Are you waiting to start on that new resolution?  Are you waiting for a Monday, or when this project is done at work, or when the kids are older, or when I feel…

I have been following Ann Voskamp on Twitter and reading her blog for some time.  Last year I used her Page-A-Day calendar based on her book for my daily encouragement.  Her book, ONE THOUSAND GIFTS has been on my to-read list for at least a year.  (I know you are thinking, why haven’t you read…

THE END OF YOUR LIFE BOOK CLUB By:  Will Schwalbe Published:  October 2, 2012 **** “What are you reading?”That’s the question Will Schwalbe asks his mother, Mary Anne, as they sit in the waiting room of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. In 2007, Mary Anne returned from a humanitarian trip to Pakistan and Afghanistan suffering…

Resolutions.  The new year makes us think about the things that we want to change about ourselves, our schedules, our homes.  We have a fresh start to “be better” and “do better”.  But don’t we really get a fresh start every day?  Why do we wait until January 1st to “start over”?  Over the last…

Back in August of 2011 I reviewed a new book called 31 DAYS TO BUILD A BETTER SPOUSE by Ashley Pichea.  I read it each day for a month and really tried to focus my efforts on the lessons I was learning along with praying more for my husband.  To read my review, click HERE.…

You all know how I love to make lists.  I like that satisfied feeling of checking off a task.  I feel like I have accomplished something rather than at the end of the day, feeling like all I did was run from one thing to the next.  It is also a way for me to…