{ Happy Homemaker Monday - 07/30/2018 }

Good morning friends. I apologize for this post going up a little later this morning.  With everything that has transpired the past week, my insomnia has decided to come back and visit me the past few days.  Last night was quite frustrating, and because the pollen has been so high in our area, my a…

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{ When Calls the Heart }

I just finished catching up on When Calls the Heart.  Truthfully, I watched the first season when it first aired, and loved it, but then as often happens, I got distracted by other shows and didn't go back to catch up until a few days ago.  This past week has been hard for me, and through grie…

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{ The art of inheriting secrets by Barbara O' Neal - TLC Book Tours }

About  The Art of Inheriting Secrets Print Length:  359 pages Publisher:  Lake Union Publishing (July 17, 2018) When Olivia Shaw’s mother dies, the sophisticated food editor is astonished to learn she’s inherited a centuries-old English estate—and a title to go with it. Raw with grief and reeling fr…

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{ Happy Homemaker Monday - 07/23/2018 }

Good morning friends. It's not a good day for me, I'm extremely sad and heartbroken at the moment.  If you've been reading my blog for a while, you know that my grandmother was one of the most important women in my life.  I loved her more than anything in this world. The past few years …

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{ Burnt Toast }

There are moments in life, that immediately take us back to another time.  Maybe it's a memory from adulthood, or as most often it occurs, our childhood. Burnt Toast!!! I was making some breakfast for myself this morning, and I used a bread roll in the toaster.  Because it was thicker than the…

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{ Getting back into the swing of things }

As much as I love getting away, and enjoying a change in scenery, there is nothing quite like returning home to my belongings and my family. I find a sense of comfort and peace in being surrounded by my every day chores, my routine and usual humdrum of daily life, maybe because I'm a creature …

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{ Happy Homemaker Monday - 07/16/2018 }

Hello friends, I'm back :) I apologize for the lack of Happy Homemaker Mondays the past two weeks, but as you already know, I was in San Diego and didn't have my laptop with me.  I surely did miss sharing this Monday feature with you all though and am so happy to be back home to do it. We h…

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{ The Orphan's Wish by Melanie Dickerson - TLC Book Tour}

About The Orphan’s Wish Hardcover:  352 pages Publisher:  Thomas Nelson (June 26, 2018) From  New York Times  bestselling author Melanie Dickerson comes an inspired retelling of the beloved folk tale Aladdin. Orphaned and alone, Aladdin travels from the streets of his Arab homeland to a strange, faraway…

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{ Evangeline Odete......the reason I've been missing from the blog }

Hello friends! I am currently in San Diego, California, and have been for the past two weeks. I had mentioned it in passing, a few weeks ago, but wanted to come in and show you the reason why there have been no Happy Homemaker Monday posts, or any posts in general. It's been a whirlwind around…

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{ What Blooms from dust by James Markert - TLC Book Tour }

Paperback:  352 pages Publisher:  Thomas Nelson (June 26, 2018) Just as Jeremiah Goodbye is set to meet his fate in the electric chair, a tornado tears down the prison walls, and he is given a second chance at life. With the flip of a coin, he decides to return to his home town of Nowhere, Oklahom…

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