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300x1420_11I wasn’t going to accept the invitation to promote another eBundle so soon after that once-a-year giant sale eBundle I shared a bunch about last week. I love finding good deals on great books, but I’m not a sales blog and I know that a person only has so much they can invest in books and bundles.

But this bundle? It is filled with a lot of good books about fertility and health in general which makes me automatically interested. But the reason I’m promoting it is not because of the topic. It’s because of who wrote two of those books and what the success of this sale means to them and their families.

The whole bundle looks amazing. I’ve been interested in natural health and fertility for the past ten years and have learned a lot. The topics are important for any woman, and I know that a lot of you might find the bundle a huge resource worth having.

But the two books? They are Pain Redeemed & Embracing Beauty. Written by two amazing women who I love and am honored to have in my life.

I reviewed Pain Redeemed for March of Books. But I can’t tell you too many times to get a copy and read it. Natasha is one of the strongest women I know. You don’t have to be struggling with infertility to be encouraged and blessed by this book. Nor do you have to be a mom to appreciate the principles of dressing and contentment that Trina talks about in her book, Embracing Beauty. They are both well worth the price, and I hope a lot of you will get them and read them.

I’m not going to be blogging about this bundle again, but I wanted to put this up so that if you were interested, you’d have what you need to make the decision on whether or not you want to buy this bundle. Personally, I’m planning to get one for myself because I think that it’ll be well worth it. I think you will agree!

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Here’s what you get in this bundle:

  • 30 eBooks, spanning fertility information, matters of the heart, real food and recipes, and pregnancy and baby information
  • 1 week long meal plans
  • bonus FREE content
  • and an entry to win a grand prize worth over $1130.00!

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    Click here to read a full list of the titles and all of the other resources you get when you purchase a bundle for yourself.

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    Reading Challenge 2013—Checkpoint #4

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    reading-challengeThe rain is pouring down outside. It’s been doing that a lot this year. There’s a mini lake in front of our house, and a mini river behind it. The ground is soggy, and it is cooler than usual.

    Normally, I’d be busy tending my garden. By now, it is normally bursting into tiny plants, and growing like crazy. This year, we haven’t even been able to get most of it in the ground. We’re about 14 inches ahead on rain, and there’s no sign of it stopping soon.

    I must admit that all this rain would have me a little more stir crazy than I am if it weren’t for the all the extra hours I’ve been putting in to getting my business going and for the preparations we’re making for our new addition.

    The bright side is, with it rainy and wet outside right now, there’s a greater chance that I’ll pick up a book when I have a spare moment than running outside to look at my garden. I’m trying to keep positive, because I know rain can’t last forever and I’m grateful for what I’m sure the moisture is doing for some of these dry places who need it badly.

    But back to the Reading Challenge. I talked quite a bit about books this month. I finally got my hands on one of those eBundles I kept mentioning. I finished reading a book about Christmas. I finally got my review of American Patriots up. And, more excitingly, I’ve picked up a few books to give away later on this year as well. I love doing giveaways, so I’m excited!

    I’m almost finished with reading The Christian Mama’s Guide to Pregnancy. I’m not sure if I’ll give that one a full review or not. It had some good points, but I couldn’t relate to a lot of it. However, it’s the “prequel” to another book I’ll be reviewing later on this summer so I wanted to read it.

    I’m not sure how May is going to turn out yet. If it stays as rainy as it has started, my goal is to polish off two books this month. We’ll see how that goes!

    How was your April?

    When you run out of bookshelves…

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    I’m a lover of real ink and paper books, but I couldn’t possibly store every book I ever want to read. As it is, my shelves are filled and over flowing with books. I have a couple boxes unpacked in the shed. And I still pick up more treasures from time to time.

    It’s just that these days, not all of those treasures take up literal shelf space. Now, a growing collection of books is stacked neatly on a few virtual shelves in my possession.

    A few years ago, I made a happy discovery when Scott and I found ourselves with an iPad. It was the world of eBooks. I’ve got a growing collection of interesting and useful how to and inspirational books tucked away into the files of my iPad. I still love the real deal, but that iPad is pretty handy and has opened up doors of reading material that otherwise I’d probably not have access to.

    When you run out of bookshelves, it’s time to start thinking about eBooks. I think that’s why I get excited about things like the eBundle I’ve been mentioning a lot this week.

    Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase through one of these links, I may receive a small, one time commission from the sale. I appreciate your support of this site! Thank you.

    I’ve already got plans for what books I’ll read first when I get my bundle. Thankfully, reading pdfs in my kindle app is pretty easy to do. I’m looking forward to this a lot.

    I think I’ll read 31 Days to Clean first. But I’m definitely excited about the working from home and style books as well.

    What books in the bundle would you read first?

    If you haven’t taken a peek at it yet, you should head over and read through the list of the 97 eBooks you could get if you bought a bundle. (The sale lasts for a few more days. Don’t miss out on this awesome deal!)

     

    Here’s some more posts I’ve written about eBooks

    Quick & Easy: Garbanzo Salad

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    I ate a bowl of garbanzo salad for lunch. For supper we had our version of fresh spring rolls. (for the third time in two weeks, I might add. Yum!)

    What do these two meals have in common?

    Both of them are simple, fast, and require minimal or no cooking. Those are the kinds of meals that I like to keep ingredients handy for on busy, summer days. When it is too hot to think of turning on the oven, and I’m too busy to spend much time on supper, it feels good to have some simple options that are delicious, cool, and quick!

    Today I want to tell you about the first recipe in a mini series I’m starting that will tell you some of our favorite summer time menu items. Not all of them are cold, but they are all quick & easy! Some of them are simple enough that there’s no real recipe. Just a few ingredients mixed together and served!

    Here’s the “recipe” for what I ate for lunch: Summer Garbanzo Salad

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    What You Need

    • Cooked Garbanzos
    • Fresh Tomato, diced
    • Fresh Cucumber, diced
    • Dollop of Mayo (or dressing of choice)
    • Mustard (just a tiny sneeze)
    • Fresh Parsley, minced (optional)
    • Olive Oil
    • Salt

    What You Do

    Put everything into a bowl, season to taste. Mix and serve with lettuce or just buy itself. Yum!

    Variations

    Here’s another way I like serving this salad!  Before I add the veggies, I’ll sometimes lightly mash a few of the beans. Mix it up, and serve it with a little extra dressing and some finely shredded lettuce inside of a whole grain pita pocket. It’s perfect for a summer picnic!

    What do some of your Quick & Easy Summertime meals consist of? I’d love to hear!

    P.S Don’t miss out on this amazing Homemaking eBundle that’s on sale for just a few days. 97 eBooks for $29.97. There’s even some simple summer recipe eBooks in there!

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    what I got excited about last week

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    Let me tell you about something that got me really excited last week.

    It was the discovery of the most awesome eBundle I’d ever seen. It is a bundle of 97 eBooks and courses that includes probably the biggest selection of amazing eBooks all in one place that I’ve ever seen. My eyes got pretty big as I read through the list of what all was in this bundle and I knew that they’d picked the perfect name when they came up with The Ultimate Homemaking Bundle.

    You get 97 eBooks & courses that have a total value of around $600 for just $29.97 To me, it looked like the epic homemaking bundle, and I can’t wait to get my hands on it!UHeB-443x4431

    It has titles from my wish list (31 Days to Clean and The No Brainer Wardrobe, just for starters).

    It has titles I’ve seen around and wished I could check out. (The Good Wife’s Guide & That Work’s For Me, for example.)

    It has titles I’ve never seen before but now really want to read. (The Minimalist Mom’s Guide & 42 Days to Fit were only two of them.)

    And best of all, it has titles by some of the authors and friends who I am honored to know and work with. (Embracing Beauty & Hula Hoop Girl were each written by a member of my Blogging Mastermind Group)

    It even includes The Bootstrap VA, the book that inspired me to take the leap of faith and stop thinking about my dream job and make it a reality.

    (Click here to read the full list of titles included in the bundle)

    Truth be told, there are so many awesome looking books in this Ultimate Homemaking eBundle on so many different topics, and for such a great price I think almost anyone would find it worth the $29.97 it costs to get your hands on it. That’s just about $0.30 a book. I call it a steal of a deal.

    And the best part is that you can gift individual titles from your bundle if you want. I already am thinking of several people who would love books from the bundle and who I’d love to share them with!

    The eBundle sale lasts for just one week. You’ll want to take advantage of this opportunity to get such a great library of practical books right away!

    I’m really excited about this, and I think you will be too. Be sure to read the FAQ page about how to download these to your iPad, Nook or Kindle, and to check out the special offers as well.

    Happy reading! :)

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    What books are you most excited to see in this bundle?

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    Christmas Stories—a book review

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    _240_360_Book.748.coverOne winter when my siblings and I were young, my mom bought a special book to read us during December. It was one of the Christmas In My Heart series by Joe L. Wheeler. I loved that book. (It was the beginning of a love for any of Dr. Wheeler’s story collections I could get my hands on. But that’s a whole different topic.)

    Winters in Alaska are dark, long and cold. And the memories I have of all of us curled up in the living room while the wood stove crackled, listening to our special Christmas stories each December are warm ones. I always determined that I would try to recreate that special memory in our home one day.  It may be well past Christmas time, but Max Lucado’s Christmas Stories caught my eye when I saw it. I hoped it would be something like the Christmas In My Heart Series that I still someday hope to collect in its entirety.

    Christmas Stories was a lot different than I expected. Instead of a collection of heartwarming, beautiful old stories from the past, it was a continuing story from the 1800s about a little town and the old, often repeated story of an angel, a candle and Christmas Miracles. It talked about a new Minister, and his introduction to the country people and the story of the candle.

    It was, however, a book with two very different, and interesting stories in it. While it might not have been the kind of book I was looking for to read to our little family during the Christmas season, I enjoyed reading about the Christmas Candle and the way it reminded people of our GOD who still works miracles on behalf of His own. The second story is more modern. It is set in Texas and told the story of a German wood carver who made a nativity set and the effect it had on the church and others for years to come.

    Maybe some winter, we’ll read it together at Christmas time by our own little fireplace. If not, it was a good step in my search for our next favorite Christmas Story Collection!

    Thanks to booksneeze for a copy of this book for review purposes.

    the most wonderful time of the year

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    I wait for it every year. As soon as the air turns warm at night, I know it won’t be long. And after the sun goes down, and dusk starts to settle, I go out on the porch to sit and watch and wait for that looked for moment of magic.

    Monday night, it happened.

    I crawled under the covers and took one more look out the window into the darkness. And then I saw a tiny sparkle in the night air. And then another, and another. The fireflies are back!

    And for me, it’s the happiest season of all.

    Fireflies. Dogwood blossoms. Leaves of bright green. I can’t think of any happier season.

    (The fireflies right here aren’t synchronized. But a few hours from here, they do. It books up so fast, but one day…I hope I can see that in person.)

    Reading Challenge 2013—Checkpoint #3

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    reading-challengeI’m not entirely certain why, but maybe it had to do with March of Books. Maybe it has to do with the fact that we moved our remaining two bookshelves into the living room and sorted and organized all our unboxed books again. Whatever it is, with April’s arrival, I have finally felt like tackling my reading pile in earnest.

    In March itself, I didn’t do so well with reading. Between all the behind the scenes March of Books stuff, and getting ready to launch a brand new site (Which is now up and running at Adornabelle.Com.), I didn’t get a lot of extra time for anything after work.

    That’s okay, though, because the one book I did read was one of the best. Pain Redeemed is such a beautiful, courageous book. It is so small, but so very touching, and I felt honored to be able to review it on Kindred Grace as a part of March of Books.

    I also mostly finished an old book from my childhood, Montana Meadow Star. It was fun to relieve the memories of my Dad reading to us kids at night. It also inspired me to start reading aloud again to my hubby! We use to read a lot when we first got married. But after three moves, months of books in boxes and really crazy job schedules, we got out of the habit. We’re currently working through For His Honor and enjoying a lot of laughs along the way. I’ve missed reading together, and am glad we’re doing this again.

    What have you read in March?

    Look for the Helpers

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    Last night I lay in bed and mentally wrote a post about the most wonderful time of the year. This morning I don’t feel much like pushing the publish button.

    Instead I find myself choking over a newsfeed of pictures and stories of people who shouldn’t be in pain right now. People who shouldn’t have to plan funerals for tiny little boys who just wanted to cheer for their daddy as he crossed the finish line.

    My eyes flood and I feel angry and hopeless and sad. I’ll never understand why people can purposely try to destroy the lives of other people who aren’t in any way involved in their particular political agenda or personal vendettas. I’ll never understand why tragedy turns into politics and why we think that we can keep things like this from happening by enforcing background checks or taking guns away. It isn’t the weapons being available or not so much as it it is about what is in the heart. And that’s a much deeper issue that is much harder to fix. Human beings will always find ways to hurt each other so long there is hatred and greed and pride in this world. And I know that’s not going to change this side of Heaven.

    In the middle of all the sad pictures and stories, I saw this.

    “When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, “Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.” – Fred Rogers

    I can’t change the bad that has happened. As much as I wish I could, I can’t take away the fact that people are hurting right now. But I’m just glad, that in the middle of tragedy, there is the one glimmer of beauty and goodness that gives me hope again. It is in the faces of those people who quietly step up and become those helpers. Some of these tears I’ve cried are tears of thankfulness and pride for the fact that not everyone will turn away from those who need their help.

    So today, my heart is hurting and I’m saying prayers for Boston. And I’m cheering those helpers on. May God bless them.

    American Patriots—a book review

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    American-Patriots-Santorum-Rick-EB9781414382685I don’t think it is a secret that I love history. When I get the chance to grab a book about History (especially American History) I have a hard time passing it by.

    In January, I started reading a new history book. It was American Patriots, a small book by Rick Santorum. I enjoyed it because it told the stories of little known men and women who played a part in the writing of our Nation’s story. It talked about people I’d heard of, but didn’t really know the details of who they were or the background of their moment in history.

    Some of the stories were graphic in that Mr. Santorum didn’t hide the fact that sometimes Freedom comes with a steep price, and that there were times when there was a lot of bloodshed, sometimes for the wrong reasons. Some of the stories were sad. Some of them made me laugh. But in all, I enjoyed getting more glimpses into my nation’s past.

    I find that there is so much to learn from the people and events of the past, and that in spite of dark hours, there are always those who stood up and shone in their day in history. It inspires me to be that person in my chapter.

    The book itself is small enough to be read quickly, but long enough that you can’t rush through it. It is divided into three sections, and in the back it has a copy of our Declaration of Independence. (I imagine everyone has read it, but If you haven’t before now, you should.) I think American Patriots could be a great homeschooling resource in the future, so it now has a home on my bookshelves. It will be in good company. I hope that our children will love history, and learn from it so they can know what our nation once was, and why in spite of what she is now, I’m still proud to be an American.

    Thanks to Tyndale for sharing a copy of this book with me for review purposes.