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Happy Homemaker Monday August 27th, 2018

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I am linking up with Sandra from Diary of a Stay at Home Mom for Happy Homemaker Monday The weather ..... We've had a few simply beautiful days in the upper 70s - lower 80s with blue skies and fluffy clouds.  I've walked out of work and thought ..... wow!  Now this is perfection!   Right now I am .... Taking a break from hand-washing dishes.  I really don't enjoy it!  LOL  But I have been watching the YouTube channel " Shelly's Home Life" and it makes cleaning more enjoyable!  If you haven't watched her before, check her out.  Great recipes, she does some planner-ing, grocery hauls, and clean-with-me types of videos.   Thinking.... My mind is always racing.  I'm always thinking about a whole mess of things. Right now I'm thinking about the changes that I have already made to my life and the goals I want to set up for September!  Something fun or interesting that happened. .. I watched the entire movie ...

The Monday Book Report, Edition #2

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I am linking up with  Mailbox Monday It's Monday!  What Are You Reading?  The Sunday Post @ caffeinatedbookreviewer  WHAT DID I READ THIS WEEK:    I only finished two books this week.  "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou and Colleen Coble's "The View from Rainshadow Bay"   My Thoughts : I have long respected Maya Angelou and her gift with words.  She was a very special talent.   "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" chronicles her early life.  She is very open and honest about the life she led.  Her upbringing was not an easy one. She was very introverted and impressionable.  Thankfully a good woman put a book in her hand and gifted her with a love of reading.  Ms. Angelou's writing is so engaging and her word choice spins a tale with very heavy subject matter, yet she is able to somehow capture her very own light and weave it throughout.  What a gift t...

Happy Homemaker Monday for August 20th, 2018

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I am linking up with Sandra from Diary of a Stay at Home Mom for Happy Homemaker Monday Please let me know if you can see my pictures this week!  I am not sure what happened in my last post.  I am technically challenged! Also, I just started a brand new weekly post called "The Monday Book Report" - I'll talk about everything I've read, plan to read, and exciting bookish things happening around the world and the web. The weather ..... Although the weather is "perfect"  (80s and sunny)  I am ready for FALL!  On my bedside table.......  My study Bible, a floral box, purple pen, and small pink box of stamps.  Right now I am....   Getting a very late start on my meal prepping for the upcoming week.  Weekends are just never long enough.   Thinking.... of starting a fall bucket list later today.  Something fun or interesting that happened . ...  I've decided to join my local library's face-to-face book club!...

The Monday Book Report, Edition #1

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WHAT DID I READ THIS WEEK:   I read Blake Crouch's " Dark Matter ", you can see the review HERE . (As of 8/19/18, Kindle edition still on sale for $1.99!)  I also read Maya Angelou's " I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings ".  Review is not up yet, but I can tell you that it was amazingly fantastic.  Finally, I am finishing up " The View from Rainshadow Bay " by Colleen Coble.   FAVORITE QUOTE FROM A BOOK I READ:  I have two.  Well, I have more than two, but here are the ones I'd most like to share, both from "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings".  The first because it rings true with me and the second just because it's beautiful.  "Of all the needs (there are none imaginary) a lonely child has, the one that must be satisfied, if there is going to be hope and a hope of wholeness, is the unshaking need for an unshakable God." "The world had taken a deep breath and was having doubts about continuing to revolve....