Book Review - Everything Romance

Everything Romance!

This book is not a book that you sit down and read. It's full of short stories, recipes, poems and golden nuggets of information. They have scriptures sprinkled in among the rest of this book.. which is simply delightful.  It's everything love... almost as if it's a book written specifically to celebrate love. It's a book that you can open again, and again, and again for inspiration and ideas every day for months and never get bored or receive the same information more than once. I can say that it will definitely put some spice into any marriage. 

I for one love this book, and will be giving one away to my husbands niece who will be getting married in a month. I know it will be used!

You can read a bit of the stories along with a recipe and some other goodies from the book HERE. ENJOY!

I received this book for free from WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group for this review which is my own honest opinion in its entirety. 

Cleaning Schedules!!!

Hi everyone!

It's been a little while since I last posted anything. Things have been a little bit crazy. This past weekend I threw a bridal shower... this coming weekend I will throw a lingerie party... the next weekend I will attend a rehearsal dinner.... and the next weekend I will be standing as the Matron of Honor in my best friends wedding!

I have hardly had time to THINK much less post anything on my blog and I am so sorry for that. I hope to have pictures up and posted very soon of the shower, everything turned out wonderful!

Which brings me to my question for today... if you read any of posts from years ago, you will all know that I struggle, very hard, to keep my home clean. That is something that has never came easy to me. I grew up with my father and two younger brothers, I never had my mother around to teach me how to clean or show me those things... I was on my own at a very young age and I still have a hard time figuring out when to do everything.

So.... for all you ladies who are able to keep your home somewhat presentable... to the point when you have unexpected guests come over you do not simply die of humiliation and embarrassment... what's your secret? Or your schedule... your cleaning schedule.

Do you have a routine that you do daily, weekly, monthly?  How in the world do you keep up with your home?

Please... for the sake of all other mommies, stay at home OR working... tell us what you do.

Thank you so very much, in advance, for your advice! If you have any tips on getting the kids to pitch in, let us know that as well!

Book Review - Fierce Beauty

The author shares her real, raw, life stories with us readers... The tragedy she experienced as a child... So sad.

The fact that she was able to come from that a beautiful woman of God is nothing short of the true Grace of God shinning through.

This book will have you in tears at points. Her stories are full of meaty insights that are very thought provoking. This is the first book I have read written by her, and I love her way of writting her stories... She has such a way with getting her point across.. she paints beautiful imagries in your mind.

Beauty is truley on the inside... Not the outside... A very humbling book and I highly reccommend it!

I received a free copy of this book from Waterbrook Multnomah in exchange for a review. I was not asked to write a positive review in exchange for a copy, but choose to write a review that is constructive, honest and helpful to other consumers.

Our Vow Renewal!!!

Well, we had such a WONDERFUL time at the beach house!  Thank you, every single one of you, who helped me pray for pretty weather. It only rained about 15 minutes for one night, after dark. Thank you Jesus it was so beautiful out there.  If you could imagine listening to the sound of waves crashing against the sand on the beach to fall asleep at night... no words can describe it!

My husbands niece, and my best friend, Bethanie was with us for the first night... she became so ill that her fiancée had to rush her to the nearest emergency room over an hour away from us! She was severely dehydrated and had to be given fluids before they sent her home. She was going to take our pictures for us...

So... we had to improvise. After we found out she was o.k., we dressed up and headed the few short feet to the beach with camera in hand. I placed the camera on a sand mound and recorded us renewing our vows... you couldn't hear anything we said for the loud waves of the Gulf... but I was able to transfer some of the video clips into low quality still pictures.  Afterwards we used the timer feature with a 10 second delay to take some better quality still shots... it was so funny watching me focus the camera on my hubby, click the button, RUN as fast as I could towards him and pose before the click! lol.  We only did this a few times since it was so awkward. 

I can't wait to go back again... next time with the kids! We walked the beach and picked sea shells and brought some sand back home for the kids. They asked us too :)

SO... here are a lot of the pictures... in no certain order... for you to view! :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

  

 

No Words.... :)

10th Anniversary Giveaway Winner!

The winner of my Anniversary Giveaway IS......

DeeMama who said...

What a sweet and romantic story! You have a captivating way with words! How blessed you are to have found your soulmate! I thank God every day to know that I have mine as well! :)

Heres to countless more Anniversaries for you and your hubby!

In His Name,
Dee

Please send me a convo with your mailing address (within this week) to angel.m.buck@gmail.com and I'll send it out to you! If I have not heard from you by then I will need to choose another winner.

Thank you

&

Congratulations!


I'm guessing everyone already has this book if no one wants to claim it :p