Safe Diet Pill
Posted by Vicki on Feb 13, 2010
Lots of speculation abounds on safe diet pills. The safest I know of are a healthy diet and plenty of exercise. I believe that to be true for people 1 to 99. *LOL* The level of exercise might vary, the types of foods might vary as well, but it’s still the safest way that I know of to lose those pesky pounds.
Somehow I don’t have much worry when it comes to the girls at this point. They are active enough to eat anything without a worry of gaining weight.
Eczema
Posted by Vicki on Feb 13, 2010
I am forever thankful that the girls’ eczema is not serious. With the right kind of soap for their baths/showers, and lotion from time to time, it is managed well. In the winter they tend to need a bit more lotion, but I have only had to get a special cream acouple of times to manage their outbreaks.
Some of my friends have described horrible outbreaks, which makes me all the more thankful that the girls have mild cases.
Walking On Broken Glass
Posted by Vicki on Feb 10, 2010
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Christa Allan, a true Southern woman who knows any cook worth her gumbo always starts with a roux and who never wears white after Labor Day, weaves stories of unscripted grace with threads of hope, humor, and heart.
The mother of five and grandmother of three, Christa teaches high school English. She and her husband, Ken live in Abita Springs, Louisiana where they play golf, dodge hurricanes, and anticipate retirement.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Leah Thornton’s life, like her Southern Living home, has great curb appeal. But already sloshed from one-too-many drinks at a faculty party, Leah cruises the supermarket aisles in search of something tasty to enhance her Starbucks—Kahlua and a paralyzing encounter with a can of frozen apple juice shatters the facade, forcing her to admit that all is not as it appears.
When her best friend Molly gets in Leah’s face about her refusal to deal with her life, Leah is forced to make a decision. Can this brand-conscious socialite walk away from the country club into 28 days of rehab? Leah is sitting in the office of the local rehab center facing an admissions counselor who fails to understand the most basic things, like the fact that apple juice is not a suitable cocktail mixer.
Rehab is no picnic, and being forced to experience and deal with the reality of her life isn’t Leah’s idea of fun. Can she leave what she has now to gain back what she needs? Joy, sadness, pain and a new srength converge, testing her marriage, her friendships and her faith.
But through the battle she finds a reservoir of courage she never knew she had, and the loving arms of a God she never quite believed existed.
If you would like to read the first chapter of Walking on Broken Glass, go HERE
Hunter’s Moon
Posted by Vicki on Feb 9, 2010
I am in the process of reading the book, and admitt I haven’t finished it yet. But what I have read is quite intriguing and I can’t wait to see how it ends!!!
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Don Hoesel was born and raised in Buffalo, NY but calls Spring Hill, TN home. He works as a Communications Department supervisor for a Medicare carrier in Nashville, TN. He has a BA in Mass Communication from Taylor University and has published short fiction in Relief Journal.
Don and hopes to one day sell enough books to just say that he’s a writer. You can help with that by buying whatever his newest novel happens to be.
He lives in Spring Hill with his wife and two children.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Every family has secrets. Few will go as far as the Baxters to keep them. Bestselling novelist CJ Baxter has made a career out of writing hard-hitting stories ripped from his own life. Still there’s one story from his past he’s never told. One secret that’s remained buried for decades. Now, seventeen years after swearing he’d never return, CJ is headed back to Adelia, NY. His life in Tennessee has fallen to pieces, his grandfather is dying, and CJ can no longer run from the past. With Graham Baxter, CJ’s brother, running for Senate, a black sheep digging up old family secrets is the last thing the family and campaign can afford. CJ soon discovers that blood may be thicker than water, but it’s no match for power and money. There are wounds even time cannot heal.
If you would like to read the first chapter of Hunter’s Moon, go HERE
Bad Bad Me
Posted by Vicki on Feb 5, 2010
A few months ago I started a list of the books that I had read, and then things got busy, and I fell behind on updating it. I am rather disappointed that I fell behind as I really liked keeping track of how many books I had read each month. Here lately I am sure that the numbers would be incredible as I don’t have much else to do but read. NOT that I’m complaining!! Reading is one of my most favorite things to do!! I do miss all of the other things that kept me busy though.
Who knows, maybe I can resurrect my reading list, and give a little insight on what I really enjoy reading!
I’ve been currently reading Fern Michaels. Her Sisterhood series is pretty good, as well as her Kentucky and Las Vegas series.
Fastest Way To Burn Fat
Posted by Vicki on Feb 5, 2010
Now it wouldn’t matter if she knew the fastest way to burn fat, she could do it with regular exercise, instead of the pills, and rigerous dieting. She was sure that she would be much happier in her new life! It would take some getting used to though, not counting every calorie, not living in a big town with everything at hand…it was mind boggling to think of it!
Adult Acne Treatments
Posted by Vicki on Feb 5, 2010
She was finally free. Free of her demanding job, free of her cramped apartment, and free of all she did to make herself look good enough for the work she did. The adult acne treatments, the makeup, the diets, the fitness. Not that any of that was a bad thing necesarily, but she had hated the feeling that if she had gained one pound that it would put her in jeopardy of losing her job.
Never Say Never
Posted by Vicki on Feb 4, 2010
This week, the
Christian Fiction Blog Alliance
is introducing
Bethany House (February 1, 2010)
by
Lisa Wingate
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Lisa lives in central Texas were she is a popular inspriational speaker, magazine columnist, and national bestselling author of several books. Her novel, Tending Roses, received dozens of five-star reviews, sold out thirteen printings for New York publisher, Penguin Putnam, and went on to become a national bestselling book. Tending Roses was a selection of the Readers Club of America, and is currently in its fourteenth printing.
The Tending Roses series continued with Good Hope Road, the Language of Sycamores, Drenched in Light, and A Thousand Voices. In 2003, Lisa’s Texas Hill Country series began with Texas Cooking, and continued with Lone Star Cafe’, which was awarded a gold metal by RT Bookclub magazine and was hailed by Publisher’s Weekly as “A charmingly nostalgic treat.” The series concluded with Over the Moon at the Big Lizard Diner.
Lisa is now working on a new set of small-town Texas novels for Bethany House Publishers. The series debuted with Talk of the Town and continued with Word Gets Around and Never Say Never. A new series is also underway for Peguin Group NAL, beginning with A Month of Summer (July 2008), and continuing with The Summer Kitchen (July 2009) and Beyond Summer (July 2010). Lisa’s works have been featured by the National Reader’s Club of America, AOL Book Pics, Doubleday Book Club, the Literary Guild, American Profiles and have been chosen for the LORIES best Published Fiction Award. In 2009, A Month of Summer was nomiated for the American Christian Fiction Writers Book of the Year award.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Kai Miller floats through life like driftwood tossed by waves. She’s never put down roots in any one place–and she doesn’t plan to. But when a chaotic hurricane evacuation lands her in Daily, Texas, she begins to think twice about her wayfaring existence.
And when she meets hometown-boy Kemp Eldridge, she can almost picture settling down in Daily–until she discovers he may be promised to someone else. Daily has always been a place of refuge for those the winds blows in, but for Kai, it looks like it will be just another place to leave behind. Then again, Daily always has a few surprises in store–especially when Aunt Donetta has cooked up a scheme.
If you would like to read the first chapter of Never Say Never, go HERE
Moving Soon
Posted by Vicki on Feb 1, 2010
Well I finally got the go-ahead from Dad to find a house for us. *sigh* I only hope and pray that it will be easy to find something that will work for us!!
We have animals, so that makes it a bit harder to find a rental, plus we need a place for Chief, which makes it even more difficult. We have a portable corral and everything, so that simplifies fencing, but still we have to have room to set the corral up, and also it pretty much eliminates in town living.
I am confident that things will work out, that we will find the right place for us…but all prayers are appreciated!!
Xbox Games
Posted by Vicki on Feb 1, 2010
It amazes me how much time children are allowed to play their xbox games or whatever system they have. I am not against having an xbox, or playstation, or whatever, but I do think that kids need to be encouraged to read, play, ride bikes, and be active.
We have a playstation, and if I let them, the girls would play for hours at a time, but even they get bored to playing it, because I have always encouraged them to ride bikes, jump rope, walk, play soccer and baseball…
