Disclosure: I got this product as part of an advertorial. It seems that energy drinks are so popular today.  I am a substitute teacher, and I generally see young people with an energy drink in hand whether morning or afternoon.  I am not terribly enamored with energy drinks, but I do drink my share of coffee.  As you probably know, […]

For a Lifetime by Rosemarie Naramore My rating: 3 of 5 stars This is a part of my 2014 Read for Fun challenge, and I happened to get this book for free on Amazon through a special deal. I honestly just chose to read this book because I wanted to read something light and this was a clean, romantic, Christian […]

Disclosure: I got this product as part of an advertorial. Okay, I will turn forty in June, and I know that my skin is not doing too badly, but I want to keep it looking young and healthy.  No woman in today’s culture (or at least very few) like to look their age.  I figure I will do all that […]

Melody Mires has sworn off dating musicians, but when the sexy European conductor Wolf Braun takes over her struggling symphony, her hesitation almost flies out the window with the notes of her flute—until he opens his mouth. Wolf is arrogant, haughty, and seems to have a personal vendetta against Melody. Oh, and he’s her boss. If she wants to keep […]

There is a mystery in Wildwood Creek’s history, a mystery that affects Allie’s present… Wildwood Creek by Lisa Wingate Christian Romance Paperback, 384 pages February 4th 2014 by Bethany House Publishers Allie Kirkland has never been one to take wild risks. But when she’s offered a costuming assistant’s job on a docudrama in the hills near Moses Lake, she jumps […]

As I am now almost forty years old, I know that my skin is not as pliable nor even as clear as it once was.  I have tried every beauty product imaginable, and it seems that I still sometimes have acne and other blemishes on my face.  I don’t have many wrinkles, but I am beginning to notice small ones.  […]

Disclosure: I got this product as part of an advertorial. For as long as I can remember, I have given to charities.  Much of the early money I donated was to my church and its missionaries.  But as time went on, I was able to find many more organizations to help monetarily.  I prefer faith-based charities, but I am not […]

She found peace in a time of war. Desperate to save her dying mother, an American woman accepts her newspaper’s assignment to travel to Italy where she takes photographs dangerously close to the front lines during World War II. But Rachel’s real motive in this journey is to find the father she never knew, an artist she hopes can offer […]

Disclosure: I got this product as part of an advertorial. My daughter (who is ten) absolutely loves doing her nails.  She loves painting them different colors, and if she gets to add something to them for extra decor, she is extremely excited.  Recently, she was sent some gold heart vinyl nail decals, and she was incredibly excited to get to […]

  The Prayer, a Love Story by Jacqueline von Zwehl ~~~~~~~~~~~~~   BLURB:   Do you Believe in Miracles?   Do you Believe in Eternal Love?   Do you Believe in Answered Prayers?   YOU WILL   The Prayer, A Love Story is the inspirational true story of one woman who discovers the secret to living a life filled with […]