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Monday Motivation: Blog Hop

Posted by html404 on February 21, 2011
in Monday Motivation

It has been a l-o-o-o-o-n-g time since I have written a Motivation Monday post, so since my daughter suggested writing them again, I thought I would give it a go since I found myself with some spare time….what?! Did I say that? Yeah, I guess I did. Spare time around here just means that I do not have any pressing client work or homeschooling to do and am sadly neglecting my housework. Ha! 😉

Monday Motivation was just easy to let go, even though I know many of you visited more on Mondays than any other day.

Let me share with you again that I feel very vulnerable sharing too much of my personal life. I am honored that so many of you visit on Mondays, but it is hard for me to be fully transparent anymore. Product reviews are fun. They are safe. For me anyway.

Another thing is, I have yet to discover my own unique style of blogging. I have no idea why people come to read what I write. Personally, I do not find my own life very exciting or that stands out above any others. So what that I have eight children, so what that I homeschool and work from home. There are lots of blogs out there that are waaaay more interesting and fun to read. Believe me, I have read some of them and I love it when I have time to actually blog hop because I get so many laughs!

So if you bear with me and allow me to get to know YOU, then maybe I will get a feel for who you are and that will help me know whether or not YOU are safe to share with.

This Monday Motivation is for all of us. You may not think I have time, but I really love reading comments. So, let’s be motivated to get to know each other by visiting each other’s blog. If you leave a comment this week with your blog link, I will make the effort to return the favor. Starting today.

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Simply To Impress

Posted by html404 on February 20, 2011
in Baby Products, Pregnancy and Birth

Faith and Family Reviews received the following samples in exchange for writing a review. While we consider it a privilege to receive free products to review, our reviews are our honest opinion and thoughts of the product.

Looking for a different way to announce the coming of your new baby? Or perhaps birthday invitations or party announcements? Simply to Impress has a wide variety of quality customizable cards for every occasion.

The paper stock used is sturdy card stock with different textures. The designs are fun and catchy. I would be careful of the photo used because just a couple seem to have a blurry look to them.

Prices vary depending on the paper you choose. The options are photo-style paper, which is cheaper and double-sided premium card stock, which is more expensive. Envelopes are included or may be pre-ordered separately. Shipping is within 2-3 business days.

Here are a few of the samples that I received. I love the first one and wish I had known about it when baby go-go (no not the doll, but my six month old who is on the go, he was formerly known as, Sir Eats Alot, which he still does 🙂 )

Cover Shot Blue

Blue Initial

Climbing Rose

Just Tickled Pink

Doesn’t it make you want to have a baby? 😉 Not quite, huh? Gotta love the baby photos though.

There is a sale on just until tomorrow for 20% off all orders.

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A Lady in the Mist – A Revell Blog Tour

Posted by html404 on February 19, 2011
in Books

Faith and Family Reviews received the following product in exchange for writing a review. While we consider it a privilege to receive free products to review, our reviews are our honest opinion and thoughts of the product.

I have been interested in birth since my first child was born. My interest in midwifery and home birth probably began at about the same time. However, the journey took several years to lead to my husband and I to experience our first home birth, and that was after having five children in the hospital and three miscarriages. So when the announcement of another Revell blog tour arrived, Lady in the Mist by Laurie Alice Eakes, I was definitely interested. As the first book in The Midwives series, this historical novel explores themes of identity, misperception and love’s discovery.

I really liked Lady in the Mist, but it was more about Tabitha, the midwife, her losses, relationship with God and her love life. Not about birth and midwifery, per se. The book did deal with the lifestyle of a midwife, how the community in that time period viewed a midwife (early 1800s) and a bit of history of Tabitha Eckles’ family with its legacy of women serving as midwives.

What I took most from the book was Tabitha’s struggle with God. After the losses she faced, she turned her back on God and stopped attending church. She was deeply hurt and unsure of how to go on with her life other than serving as a midwife. Not only did Tabitha struggle with her relationship with God but so did two other characters. Each of them were on their way back to Him, but it greatly depended upon the people, the circumstances of their lives and how each of them responded to the way God was dealing with them individually; that determined what role God ended up playing in their lives.

Lady in the Mist is filled with understanding of the human heart, intrigue and romance at a time in history when war was nearly imminent each day of these characters’ lives.

“Available February 2011 at your favorite bookseller from Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group.”

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Friday Giveaway Linky

Posted by html404 on February 18, 2011
in Faith and Family Reviews Friday Giveaway, Giveaways

I have decided to start offering a Friday Giveaway Link, so those of you who blog may enter your giveaways. However, if you come across a giveaway that you just have to share, please feel free to enter that too.

Enter your giveaway below and be sure to leave us a comment after you do, thanks!

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St. Patties Day Giveaway over at Arms of a Sister – Win $110 CASH!

Posted by html404 on February 18, 2011
in Blog Stuff, Contests, Giveaways

Ok, I just want you to know right off that I am blogging about this giveaway so I can gain more entries myself! But hey, feel free to enter too! Who wouldn’t want an extra $110 in their pocket? We all have bills to pay, right? (Don’t forget to enter our current giveaways too!)

Arms of a Sister is hosting a giveaway that she and ten other bloggers to offer a CASH giveaway. How “green” is that? 😉 Just had to bring green in for the money aspect and St. Patrick’s Day too.

So head on over and enter to win $110 for you and your family!

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FFR Giveaway-BPA-Free Beginning Solids Kit Review and Giveaway

Posted by html404 on February 18, 2011
in Contests, Eco Friendly Products, Faith and Family Reviews Friday Giveaway

Congratulations to Chelle! You won this giveaway! Winner chosen by Random.org. Thanks to all who entered and to Softlanding for sponsoring this great giveaway!!!

We were sent a BPA Free Beginning Solids Kit by Soft Landing and here is what it contains:

# One small DexBaby Dura-bib; colors & patterns vary
# Two Nuby Nibblers
# Set of three Sassy Feeding Bowls with lids and super grip base
# One Play and Learn Training/Teething Spoon (the spoon will not be packaged since they come in a 2pk and we are opening the package for the sampler)

We really like this kit. The kit contains everything you need to feed your baby (but the food!). The bib gives your babies clothing complete coverage from food spills, so that is really nice. It also cleans up nicely with a good scrub or toss in the washer. The Nuby Nibblers will let your baby eat food without choking on it, which I love! The Sassy Feeding Bowls lids snap shut and they come in 3 different sizes. The feeding bowls also come with a super grip base that grips to your table so your baby can’t knock it off. The Training/Teething spoon is a multipurpose spoon that can be used for feeding your baby, but my 6 month old has been using the spoon as a teething ring too and it works great.

I love that this kit is Eco-Friendly and BPA free! And all in all I think it’s wonderful kit and I highly recommend it! We really couldn’t find much wrong with it except the Nuby Nibblers are messy and a nuisance to clean.

Enter to win a BPA Beginning Solids Kit! Estimated value $25.00

Mandatory Entry: Tell me what else you would like from Soft Landing.

Extra Entries (Please be sure and leave a comment and link for extra entries):

1 Entry:Follow Faith and Family Reviews On Twitter

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1 Entry: Like Soft Landing on Facebook. And leave a comment saying- Faith and Family Reviews sent me.

2 Entries: Follow Faith and Family Reviews on Google Friend Connect (on the our right side bar).

2 Entries: Tweet about this giveaway, but only one tweet per day please. Include your tweet url with your comment. You may write your own tweet or use this one:

Giveaway: Enter to win a beginning solids kit! http://bit.ly/hexXEI @faithfamilyrevw! Please share! Thx!

5 Entries: Blog about this giveaway and link back this post.

1 Entry: for every comment you leave anywhere else on this blog, but please leave a link with your comment!

1 Entry: For every comment you leave on Soft Landing’s blog.

Details:

This giveaway will run from February 18th- March 4th, 2011 at midnight CST. The winner will be chosen through Random.org. Soft Landing will send one winner their BPA-Free Beginning Solids Kit. ($25 value) Winner will be contacted via email on or before March 10th and will be asked for their contact and other pertinent info. Winners will have 48 hours to send me their e-mail at [ffr] [giveaways] [at] [gmail] [dot] [com] (without spaces and parenthesis). Please note: This giveaway is offered internationally.

Thanks and have fun!

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Weekend to Remember Giveaway Contest

Posted by html404 on February 17, 2011
in Contests, Giveaways

In celebration of Shaunti Feldhahn’s Life Ready Woman, MomLife Today is giving away 2 Weekend To Remember Gift Packs and much more!

Not only, is MomLife Today helping promote Life Ready Woman, but they are thrilled to announce that Shaunti will be joining MomLife Today as a regular contributor!!!

Weekend To Remember Get-Aways offer marriage-changing principles that you can take home and apply to your daily lives to strengthen your marriage. Whether you are newly engaged or have been married for 50 years, you will find value in the tools provided at the getaway.

Don’t miss this opportunity to receive a conference registration for you and your spouse … and more! MomLife Today will be randomly selecting NINE lucky recipients to receive one of these great gifts:

2 Weekend To Remember Get Away conference registrations for two. $259 value each pair (Two couples will receive this.)
2 Life Ready Woman DVD packs. $149 value each (Two different people will receive this gift.)
5 The Life Ready Woman books. (Book will go to 5 people.)

To enter click one of the icons below then tell your friends. Winner will be announced on March 2nd on the MomLife Today website.

MomLife Today provides encouragement, advice and resources to help YOU with your daily Momlife! Because…every MOMent counts!

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The Life Ready Woman Blog Tour

Posted by html404 on February 17, 2011
in Books

Video Link: http://mediasuite.multicastmedia.com/player.php?p=s3k79xhw

When the opportunity arose to participate in The Life Ready Woman review, I thought it would be a good book to help me balance family, work and life in general. I was pleasantly surprised that it is not the book that helped me but the truths of God’s word presented in the book that assisted me in learning to accept my calling and the place God has our family at this time.

While I do not necessarily endorse every thought in this book, it does a pretty decent job of sharing what my husband and I personally believe our biblical roles are as a man and woman; as husband and wife.

The thing I appreciated most was the reminder that each of our families are called to do different things. We are not called to do what the Whites or Jones families are doing.

The key is for a husband and wife together to determine God’s wants for their lives, their marriage, their family, and to make decisions based on that rather than on worldly values–or even ‘church culture values.

In today’s society, we are pulled in all kinds of different directions and it takes much wisdom from above and input from our husbands to figure out what direction God wants us to go in. I am grateful for a husband who helps me from taking on too much outside of the home. We do not always get it right, but for the most part things usually balance out. What I really struggle with is working when I never planned to work. It was not until my husband was laid off three years go (don’t worry he’s back to work!) and we needed to figure out a way to make money that I discovered the entrepreneur buried within. I grew up being taught and believing a woman’s place was at home. When we got married Robert and I decided I would work until we had children, but after that I would be at home. All of that change three years ago and we are still learning to balance family, work and life. Accepting and appreciating where our family is right now is how The Life Ready Woman enhanced my life.

This book is sold through any major bookstore.

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FREE ABC Mouse App

Posted by html404 on February 17, 2011
in Education, Technology/Electronics

How many of you have an iPad, iPhone or iTouch? Our family has not ventured into the world of Apple products, but want to, a MAC laptop will probably be our first investment. Lord willing in the next year. Those of you who have an iPad, iPhone or and the iTouch will be interested in this FREE app. If you try it, please let me know how you like it. The information is from an email we received:

Join ABC Mouse™, 1•2•3 Mouse™, and Do–Re–Mi Mouse™, on their adventure through the Grand Canyon!

• Complete 35-page storybook
• Professionally voiced and
• beautifully illustrated
• Includes a full-length song
• about the Grand Canyon
• Available absolutely Free for your
• iPhone, iPad, and iTouch!
Download Free from iTunes Today!
(Click Here)

Click Here to download Search and Explore: The Grand Canyon from iTunes. Or search “ABCmouse” in the app store!