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FOR TODAY

Outside my Window … dark. I hear cars driving up and down our street.

I am thinking … that I am very glad that the birthdya weekend is over. It was wonderful and fun and much loved by my little five year old, but Mommy is exhausted!

I am thankful for … my husband taking special care of me this evening. Wisdom teeth were taken our earlier today and he has been very solicitous and bought me fudgesicles.

From the kitchen … please note aforementioned fudgesicle. 

I am creating … a week in the life album. I followed along with Ali’s posts last week and am excited to see this album develop.

I am going … to have a quiet week this week. I’m not planning to be incapacitated by this wisdom teeth thing, but I thought it best not to plan too much just in case. I am wearing … my jammies and am curled up under the afghan my mom made me for college. My “blankie,” the girls call it.

I am reading … Gideon the Cutpurse (a young adult book about timetravel). I just finished Miss Read’s Village School and am in chapter 2 of 1 Peter for Bible study.

I am hoping … for some time in this beautiful fall weather this week. We have a family at church that apples available to pick and I want to try and take the girls out there the end of the week if nothing unusual comes up.

I am hearing … Heroes on the television, and fingers tapping on the laptop. 

Around the house … things are picked up and girls are a-bed. 

One of my favorite things … fall. I’m am loving the cooler weather, the falling leaves, and am looking forward to making some pumpkin treats for the girls this week.

A Few Plans For The Rest Of The Week … like I mentioned before, not much. N1 has ballet tomorrow and we have Bible study and Awana on Wednesday. Other than that, nothing!

Here is a picture thought I am sharing with you…

October 6th, 2008 | Category: From the Punkin' Patch | Leave a comment

Tickles with Grandpa.

October 5th, 2008 | Category: Punkin' Pics, The Punkin's | Leave a comment

The girl’s birthday cake for her jungle themed party. Round cake. Green icing. With a tree and monkeys.

She pronounced it perfect.

October 4th, 2008 | Category: Punkin' Pics, The Punkin's | Leave a comment

Someone is five today.

(Photo idea shamelessly stolen from Cheri!)

Someone is also still very silly.

Happy Birthday to my firstborn baby girl.

October 3rd, 2008 | Category: Punkin' Pics, The Punkin's | Comments (3)

So. Very. Daily.

My little monkey.

October 2nd, 2008 | Category: From the Punkin' Patch, Punkin' Pics | Comments (1)

Happy October.

Working with Noelle on the concept of yesterday, today and tomorrow. Personally, I adore that she calls it “the other day” (yesterday), “this day” (today), and “the next day”, but if you aren’t familiar with her lingo it gets quite confusing!

October 1st, 2008 | Category: From the Punkin' Patch, Punkin' Pics, The Punkin's | Comments (1)

This week, the
Christian Fiction Blog Alliance
is introducing
John 3:16
Tyndale House Publishers (September 9, 2008)
by
Nancy Moser

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Nancy Moser is the author of three inspirational humor books and eighteen novels, including Solemnly Swear, Time Lottery, a Christy Award winner, and her latest historical, Washington’s Lady.

Nancy and her husband Mark live in the Midwest. She’s earned a degree in architecture, traveled extensively in Europe, and has performed in numerous theaters,
symphonies, and choirs. She gives Said So Sister Seminars around the country, helping women identify their gifts as they celebrate their sisterhood. She is a fan of anything antique—humans included.

Find out more at Nancy Moser.com and Sister Circles.com

ABOUT THE BOOK

Five people looking for a reason to keep living are about to find it in the last place they expect… In my usual “big cast” style comes a story of what happens when one man puts his faith on the line and holds up a John 3:16 sign at a sporting event. Roman Paulson’s life revolves around his son, Billy, a University of Nebraska football hero with a promising life ahead of him. But when Billy’s coach encroaches on Roman’s relationship with his son, Roman fears he’ll lose Billy forever. Roman isn’t the only one whose world turns upside down. He’s one of five unsuspecting people whose lives intersect on a bright fall day.

If you would like to read the first chapter of John 3:16, go HERE

October 1st, 2008 | Category: Book Love | Leave a comment

This week, the

Christian Fiction Blog Alliance
is introducing
Faking Grace
Multnomah Books (August 19, 2008)
by
Tamara Leigh

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

After Tamara Leigh earned a Master’s Degree in Speech and Language Pathology, she and her husband decided to start a family, with plans for Tamara to continue in her career once she became a mother.

When the blessing of children proved elusive, Tamara became convicted to find a way to work out of her home in order to raise the children she and her husband longed to have. She turned to writing, at which she had only ever dreamed of being successful, and began attending church. Shortly thereafter, her agent called with news of Bantam Books’ offer of a four-book contract. That same day, Tamara’s pregnancy was confirmed. Within the next year, she gave up her speech pathology career, committed her life to Christ, her first child was born, and her first historical romance novel was released.

As Tamara continued to write for the secular market, publishing three more novels with HarperCollins and Dorchester, she infused her growing Christian beliefs into her writing. But it was not enough, and though her novels earned awards and were national bestsellers, she knew her stories were lacking. After struggling with the certainty that her writing was not honoring God as it should, she made the decision to write books that not only reveal Christianity to non-believers, but serve as an inspiration for those who have accepted Christ as their Savior. Her inspirational romances are peopled with characters in varying stages of Christian faith, from mature believers to new believers to non-believers on the threshold of awakening.

Tamara Leigh enjoys time with her family, volunteer work, faux painting, and reading. She lives near Nashville, Tennessee with her husband, David, and two sons, Skyler and Maxen.

Two of her latest books are Splitting Harriet and Perfecting Kate.

ABOUT THE BOOK

All she wants is a job. All she needs is religion. How hard can it be?

Maizy Grace Stewart dreams of a career as an investigative journalist, but her last job ended in disaster when her compassion cost her employer a juicy headline. A part-time gig at a Nashville newspaper might be her big break.

A second job at Steeple Side Christian Resources could help pay the bills, but Steeple Side only hires committed Christians. Maizy is sure she can fake it with her Five-Step Program to Authentic Christian Faith–a plan of action that includes changing her first name to Grace, buying Jesus-themed accessories, and learning “Christian Speak.” If only Jack Prentiss, Steeple Side’s managing editor and two-day-stubbled, blue-jean-wearing British hottie wasn’t determined to prove her a fraud.

When Maizy’s boss at the newspaper decides that she should investigate–and expose–any skeletons in Steeple Side’s closet, she must decide whether to deliver the dirt and secure her career or lean on her newfound faith, change the direction of her life, and pray that her Steeple Side colleagues–and Jack–will show her grace.

If you would like to read the first chapter of Faking Grace, go HERE

September 23rd, 2008 | Category: Book Love | Leave a comment

This week, the
Christian Fiction Blog Alliance
is introducing
The Bride Bargain
Barbour Publishing, Inc (September 1, 2008)
by
Kelly Eileen Hake

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Life doesn’t wait, and neither does Kelly Eileen Hake. In her short twenty-three years of life, she’s achieved much. Her secret? Embracing opportunities and multitasking. Kelly received her first writing contract at the tender age of seventeen and arranged to wait three months until she was able to legally sign it. Since that first contract five years ago, she’s reached several life goals. Aside from fulfilling fourteen contracts ranging from short stories to novels, she’s also attained her BA in English Literature and Composition and earned her credential to teach English in secondary schools. If that weren’t enough, she’s taken positions as a college preparation tutor, bookstore clerk, and in-classroom learning assistant to pay for the education she values so highly. Currently, she is working toward her MA in Writing Popular Fiction. No matter what goal she pursues, Kelly knows what it means to work for it!

Kelly’s dual careers as English teacher and author give her the opportunity explore and share her love of the written word. A CBA bestselling author and dedicated member of American Christian Fiction Writers, Kelly is a reader favorite of Barbour’s Heartsong Presents program, where she’s been privileged to earn numerous Heartsong Presents Reader’s Choice Awards; including Favorite New Author 2005, Top 5 Favorite Historical Novel 2005, and Top Five Favorite Author Overall 2006 in addition to winning the Second Favorite Historical Novel 2006!

Her Prairie Promises trilogy, set in the 1850s Nebraska Territory, features her special style of witty, heartwarming historical romance.
ABOUT THE BOOK

Set down upon the wild American plains during the 1850. Clara is desperate for a home and a future for herself and her aunt. When Clara Fields and her aunt are kicked off their wagon train, a store owner in Buttonwood offers a chance at redemption. If Clara is able to wed his grandson off to any of the local girls within a month, he’ll sign over his two-story house.

Desperate to provide for the woman who raised her, Clara agrees to find a bride for the man’s son–a stalwart bachelor. How hard can it be to find a bride for one handsome Doctor? Apparently more difficult than she imagined when Saul Reed seems determined to ramain single.

Will Clara’s faith and wits help her wrangle a resolution to The Bride Bargain. Striking a bargain with a lonely trader to fool a head-strong doctor could lead Clara to an unexpected avenue of romance.

If you would like to read the first chapter of The Bride Bargain, go HERE

September 17th, 2008 | Category: Book Love | Leave a comment