Getting Real

Re-evaluating!

I feel like I’ve come full circle from when I started this blog. (If you don’t know the story you can find it under my photo in the sidebar. Click Debut Post.) I started this blog when I felt God urging me to give up writing, specifically my WIP. I did and it was like…

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Never Say Diet

Never Say Diet by Chantel Hobbs What they Say: Chantel Hobbs, a mother of four, recounts her struggles with obesity, body image and health in Never Say Diet. Realizing that choosing to live well was one of the best gifts she could give her family, Chantel is so excited to encourage YOU this Mother’s Day…

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What Would I Do Without Clorox Wipes?

Not get much house cleaning done! That’s for sure! I have a confession to make. I hate to clean house, do laundry, do dishes, etc. For a while I was blessed with having someone come to my house every other week and mop the floor, clean the bathrooms and dust. But that came to an…

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Calling All Readers and a Contest!

It’s been a little quiet around here! I know, I know this blog has been book review heavy and such, but that’s because I’ve been living life, meeting deadlines, and LOVE to help promote fellow writers. I just started Twittering, so my day to day activities are recorded there. But I’d love to honor my…

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Ramblings on Family and Being Nice

Chris made an interesting observation while he was on a weekend field trip with his junior high. “I’m really nice when I’m away from home.” At home Chris is characterized by being bossy, nit-picky, and sometimes just plain nasty with his siblings, especially the two that rub him the wrong way. I can relate to…

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Everything to Everyone?

How can I be everything to everyone? A mother, parent, teacher, homeroom mom, field trip attendee, housekeeper, cook, wife, shopper, chauffer, writer, blogger, not to mention a helper to my mother who’s been living with us for two and a half months. Her living here has been much better than I expected, and I admit…

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Spring Cleaning!

Not only does my house need a spring cleaning hose down, so does my daily routine. It seems since Christmas I’ve been off schedule. The only thing on schedule is my exercise routine. Though if you looked at the scale you wouldn’t be able to tell. I keep putting my house and my daily chores…

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Good Friday

Tonight I’m going to my church’s first ever Good Friday service. My pastor believes Christians focus too much on the resurrection and rush over the part about Christ sacrificing for our sins in a most brutal and painful way. His goal is to take us through the events of Good Friday and make us so…

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Just Curious…

If you’re reading this blog I assume you’re either: a) desperate for some reading materials b) are a writer…interrupted c) or love reading d) other If you fall under B or C, then why aren’t more of you entering my contests for free books. Maybe you’re skipping the book reviews and author interviews on my…

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Life’s a Three Ring Circus

This past weekend we took the kids and my mom to the local circus. It’s always a thrill to sit in the big arena and watch all the animal, dare devil and acrobatic acts. Though while my eyes flitted from ring to ring trying to soak it all in I noticed my little girl was…

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