Hello everyone,
I'm so sorry to have been missing in action!! It's been a challenging month between my daughter being sick, then me getting it, then my son getting it, then my daughter getting it back, then me... well you get the picture!!
But I'm back now and I have lots to share. I've done some reading and I have some book reviews to share, I got some goodies in the mail and I would love to share about those (and some giveaways too!) and I would love to update you on my "frugal" journey. It's been lots of fun and I'm starting to see savings already.
Anyway, I'll be popping in to check on you guys too! Hope you are all well and blessed!
Love and blessings!
Margaret
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Saturday, February 6, 2010
» Blog Archive » Fit Mommy Friday & Progresso Soup Pack Giveaway
I found this great new blog today, I'm sure I'll be hanging around there for a while! Anyway, she's having a great Progresso soup giveaway. I would love to win this and maybe you would too!
Fit Mommy Friday & Progresso Soup Pack Giveaway
Check out the link above and let me know what you think!
Love and Blessings!
Margaret
Fit Mommy Friday & Progresso Soup Pack Giveaway
Check out the link above and let me know what you think!
Love and Blessings!
Margaret
Friday, February 5, 2010
It's Friday Follow Time!
Welcome to the Friday Follow celebration hosted by One 2 Try, Hearts Make Families , Midday Escapades! We invite you to join us every Friday to get more blog followers and to follow other interesting blogs. It is all about sharing and having fun.
Here’s how YOU can join the celebration:
–Link up your blog name and URL using the MckLinky below. Only need to add on one blog to be seen on all the blog hops.
–Follow the Friday Follow hostesses listed in the first 2 slots. This week Hearts Make Families will not be participating due to technical issues. She will be back next week.
–Follow as many blogs as you’d like.
–Take a moment to comment on the blogs telling them you’re from Friday Follow.
–Follow back when you get a new follower through Friday Follow.
The Blog Hop is the same at each of our three hosts blogs so you do not have to add your blog at each site. Just one – but you can follow each blog. Follow a few or follow them all.
The list is new each week. The links do not carry over. Please link up each week for new participants to find your blogs. The list is only open to add your blog links on Fridays. It will be visible all week to visit the blogs listed.
Please be patient with following or getting followers. With the tremendous response there are a lot to visit. The Mcklinky will stay here so you can visit blogs at your own pace.
Love and Blessings!
Margaret
Here’s how YOU can join the celebration:
–Link up your blog name and URL using the MckLinky below. Only need to add on one blog to be seen on all the blog hops.
–Follow the Friday Follow hostesses listed in the first 2 slots. This week Hearts Make Families will not be participating due to technical issues. She will be back next week.
–Follow as many blogs as you’d like.
–Take a moment to comment on the blogs telling them you’re from Friday Follow.
–Follow back when you get a new follower through Friday Follow.
The Blog Hop is the same at each of our three hosts blogs so you do not have to add your blog at each site. Just one – but you can follow each blog. Follow a few or follow them all.
The list is new each week. The links do not carry over. Please link up each week for new participants to find your blogs. The list is only open to add your blog links on Fridays. It will be visible all week to visit the blogs listed.
Please be patient with following or getting followers. With the tremendous response there are a lot to visit. The Mcklinky will stay here so you can visit blogs at your own pace.
Love and Blessings!
Margaret
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Remember I told you about Coupon Mom?
Well she loaded a great new episode last week to help get you ready for Super Sunday!! This is very timely for me since I'm heading to the warehouse store tomorrow! LOL! The current video is helping a SAHM stock her office for under $100!!! I don't get paid or compensated to share this. I just love Coupon Mom and I want to share what I'm learning!!
See what other shoppers are saying about the Coupon Mom Show and join in on the conversation at the official site: http://show.couponmom.com. Tune in next week to see how Coupon Mom conquers catering a party for only a few dollars per person!
I'm serious, I've been saving so much more money since watching her videos and following the tips I can use. I even got some great deals at CVS!!! And check out her (free) forums too.
Love and Blessings!
Margaret
See what other shoppers are saying about the Coupon Mom Show and join in on the conversation at the official site: http://show.couponmom.com. Tune in next week to see how Coupon Mom conquers catering a party for only a few dollars per person!
I'm serious, I've been saving so much more money since watching her videos and following the tips I can use. I even got some great deals at CVS!!! And check out her (free) forums too.
Love and Blessings!
Margaret
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Faith 'n Fiction Saturday: Why Read?
I'm joining this meme over at My Friend Amy's Blog. (Well she's not really my friend yet because I don't know Amy yet, but I'm sure I will soon with the help of this meme!!).
So the question this week is Why Read?
I read for several reasons:
1. I read to know more about the Word of God. Each day that I read, I learn more and more about Him and what a loving, kind and merciful God he is.
2. I read to learn. I love learning about different cultures and traditions. I love reading the news to learn more about the world about me.
3. I read for enjoyment. I love all kinds of fiction, non-fiction, biographies, self-development books. I love them all. I can read pretty much anything (except textbooks!).
4. Most recently I started reading to review. This is a new thing for me and it's sometimes tedious, but on the other hand it's opening up so many new interests and paths of study for me. Lately I've been reading mostly books by Christian authors with a splash of fiction thrown in.
So there you have it! Those are some of the reasons I read!
Maybe you will join us next week for the next question!
Love and Blessings!
So the question this week is Why Read?
I read for several reasons:
1. I read to know more about the Word of God. Each day that I read, I learn more and more about Him and what a loving, kind and merciful God he is.
2. I read to learn. I love learning about different cultures and traditions. I love reading the news to learn more about the world about me.
3. I read for enjoyment. I love all kinds of fiction, non-fiction, biographies, self-development books. I love them all. I can read pretty much anything (except textbooks!).
4. Most recently I started reading to review. This is a new thing for me and it's sometimes tedious, but on the other hand it's opening up so many new interests and paths of study for me. Lately I've been reading mostly books by Christian authors with a splash of fiction thrown in.
So there you have it! Those are some of the reasons I read!
Maybe you will join us next week for the next question!
Love and Blessings!
Friday, January 29, 2010
Blog Tour: Tea with the Hezbollah by Ted Dekker and Carl Medearis
Tea with Hezbollah: Sitting at the Enemies' Table, Our Journey Through the Middle East by Ted DekkerMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
About the book:
Tea with Hezbollah combines nail-biting narrative with the texture of rich historical background, as readers join novelist Ted Dekker and his co-author and Middle East expert, Carl Medearis, on a hair-raising journey. They are with them in every rocky cab ride, late-night border crossing, and back-room conversation as they sit down one-on-one with some of the most notorious leaders of the Arab world. These candid discussions with leaders of Hezbollah and Hamas, with muftis, sheikhs, and ayatollahs, with Osama bin Laden’s brothers, reveal these men to be real people with emotions, fears, and hopes of their own. Along the way, Dekker and Medearis discover surprising answers and even more surprising questions that they could not have anticipated—questions that lead straight to the heart of Middle Eastern conflict.
Through powerful narrative Tea With Hezbollah will draw the West into a completely fresh understanding of those we call our enemies and the teaching that dares us to love them. A must read for all who see the looming threat rising in the Middle East .
My Review:
What a FASCINATING book. Mr. Dekker and Mr. Medearis, told the story in such an interesting way. The fact that two Christian's went to the Middle East to meet with Muslim and Jewish "terrorists" is just amazing to me. But what is even more amazing is the nature of the people they met with along the way. It was so interesting to read the transcripts from the conversations with Hezbollah and the Hamas as well as the Muslim clerics and Christian leaders. Also the story about Nicole that is told throughout the book really helps set the perspective of what the American perception is. The truth is, these are people, some are good and some are bad, just like here in America. They have families, they laugh at jokes, they cry at injustices, just like we do. This book has forever changed my perceptions of the Middle East and it's people.
Jesus told us to love our enemies. After a terrible act committed by a few, my fear of my enemies was much higher then my love (can you say non-existent?). But just like those Americans who commit acts of terror, we cannot blame a whole society. I will be more willing to study these other cultures more to learn more about them. This book was a great beginning. I give it 5 pairs of reading glasses!
Learn more about purchasing this book at http://www.randomhouse.com/. This book was provided for review by the WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group, the opinions are my own.
Love and Blessings!
Margaret
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Friday Follow
I found this the other day and told myself I needed to participate this week! I want to be able to "talk" to people about the love of Christ and my efforts in being frugal. I hope you will join me!
Copied from the One to Try Blog: Welcome to the Friday Follow celebration hosted by One 2 Try, Hearts Make Families (currently not working) and Midday Escapades! We invite you to join us every Friday to get more blog followers and to follow other interesting blogs. It is all about sharing and having fun.
Here’s how YOU can join the celebration:
–Link up your blog name and URL using the MckLinky below. Only need to add on one blog to be seen on all the blog hops.
–Follow the Friday Follow hostesses listed in the first 2 slots. This week Hearts Make Families will not be participating due to technical issues. She will be back next week.
–Follow as many blogs as you’d like.
–Take a moment to comment on the blogs telling them you’re from Friday Follow.
–Follow back when you get a new follower through Friday Follow.
The Blog Hop is the same at each of our three hosts blogs so you do not have to add your blog at each site. Just one – but you can follow each blog. Follow a few or follow them all.
The list is new each week. The links do not carry over. Please link up each week for new participants to find your blogs. The list is only open to add your blog links on Fridays. It will be visible all week to visit the blogs listed.
Please be patient with following or getting followers. With the tremendous response there are a lot to visit. The Mcklinky will stay here so you can visit blogs at your own pace.
Love and Blessings!
Margaret
Copied from the One to Try Blog: Welcome to the Friday Follow celebration hosted by One 2 Try, Hearts Make Families (currently not working) and Midday Escapades! We invite you to join us every Friday to get more blog followers and to follow other interesting blogs. It is all about sharing and having fun.
Here’s how YOU can join the celebration:
–Link up your blog name and URL using the MckLinky below. Only need to add on one blog to be seen on all the blog hops.
–Follow the Friday Follow hostesses listed in the first 2 slots. This week Hearts Make Families will not be participating due to technical issues. She will be back next week.
–Follow as many blogs as you’d like.
–Take a moment to comment on the blogs telling them you’re from Friday Follow.
–Follow back when you get a new follower through Friday Follow.
The Blog Hop is the same at each of our three hosts blogs so you do not have to add your blog at each site. Just one – but you can follow each blog. Follow a few or follow them all.
The list is new each week. The links do not carry over. Please link up each week for new participants to find your blogs. The list is only open to add your blog links on Fridays. It will be visible all week to visit the blogs listed.
Please be patient with following or getting followers. With the tremendous response there are a lot to visit. The Mcklinky will stay here so you can visit blogs at your own pace.
Love and Blessings!
Margaret
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