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MY JOURNEY AS A COMBAT MEDIC By:  Patrick Thibeault Published:  July 24, 2012 *** My Journey as a Combat Medic is a no-holds-barred look at the modern medic in the US Army, allowing us a glimpse at the training as a soldier and as a specialist, as well as deployment and front line duties and the…

BECOME THE CONFIDENT MOM YOU’VE ALWAYS WANTED TO BE 31 Strategies to Improve Your Confidence as a Woman, Mother, and Family Manager By:  Susan Heid Published:  January 3, 2013 How many times have you felt something is lacking in your family life? You just can’t keep up with the daily demands of managing a household,…

photo courtesy of www.aholyexperience.com Continuing my count of One Thousand Gifts, numbering each one. 1000 Gifts 9. Getting back on the treadmill after holiday eating10. Downton Abbey Season 3 starting11. Watching Patrick play his first middle school basketball game12. Birthdays13. A clean house14. Giggling girls15. Answered prayers

If you missed my post on the Motivated Moms Planner and App, check it out HERE. Today is the LAST DAY to get the eBook at the discounted price!

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…