The Life Ready Woman by Shaunti Feldhahn & Robert Lewis Book Review

 This book has an interesting Christian perspective of how women should balance it all. With everything that is going on with me I can relate to the women that are stay at home moms that juggle parenting, cooking, cleaning, and in general being a homemaker. I can also identify with other roles as a woman: wife, sister, daughter, aunt, pet owner, landscaper, gardener, homeschooler, seamstress, etc. One has many many roles being a woman no matter if you hold a paying job or not. God has a direction for all of us. The scriptures are a road map to knowing your calling and purpose in life. With the additional insight from this book to apply to our lives we can gain a better understanding of what it is to be The Life Ready Woman in our times. Just make sure when reading this book you have the time to ponder it and see how it all applies to your own life.

About The Life Ready Woman from the press release:

Are you a ‘Doing it all’ or ‘Do what matters’ woman?

Whether a stay at home; or working mom, an airplane-hopping executive, an empty-nester caring for multiple generations or a single juggling high demands of career and personal life, today's fast-paced modern world leaves women gasping for balance. We as modern Christian women want to look to the Bible for guidance on how to manage our lives -- but because the world of women looks so different today than it did when the Bible was written, it is hard to find chapter and verse that seems to apply to our situation today.

Thankfully, God has given us exactly that timeless, unchanging guidance for how to find peace, clarity, and God's best for our lives once we know where to look! The Life Ready Woman: Thriving in a Do-It-All World, reveals a profound biblical roadmap for how each of us can find the abundant life we are longing for, rather than the stressful, torn, how-do-I-balance-it-all life we often feel like we are trying to keep up with today. Actually being a LifeReady Woman means that you are clear about your life, bold in your faith, and able to find God’s best for you, and the end result will be that you not only survive but thrive in our do-it-all world.

God has given every wonderfully unique woman different skills and abilities, different desires, and different temperaments -- and every woman around the planet and through the ages is certainly living in different circumstances. But no matter what a woman’s life looks like, the Bible says that God has an individual mission and plan that He’s carefully designed for each of us. And He wants us to find it. Starting January 2011, The Life Ready Woman and the Life Ready Woman Video Series will help every wonderfully unique woman to thrive as she identifies and courageously pursues God's unique design and callings for her. LifeReady Woman puts you on a roadmap to make decisions that will lead to relief, delight, and fulfillment instead of regret.

BUY IT:
Buy it on Amazon.com for $9.69.

Here is a video clip about The Life Ready Woman:

Link:http://mediasuite.multicastmedia.com/player.php?p=s3k79xhw



About Shaunti Feldhahn:

Shaunti Feldhahn is a former Wall Street analyst, best-selling author of the book For Women Only, national speaker, and regular commentator in the media. She has been featured on The Today Show, PBS, TNT and Fox News- to name a few. You can learn more about her many activities by visiting her website Shaunti.com or get some great mom advice from her at MomLifeToday.com. She and her husband live with their two young children in Atlanta, Georgia and enjoy every minute of living at warp speed.

About MomLife Today:

At MomLife Today you will enjoy community with real moms experiencing every age and every stage of MomLife—right alongside you.

Moms need friends we can walk through life with, but more importantly we need friends who will encourage us and equip us in our role as moms in an honest and transparent way … and that’s just what you’ll find by becoming part of our MomLife Today community! We believe that every MOMent counts!

We admit it, being a mom 24/7 is not easy. Rather than lament the role of motherhood, however, we choose to embrace that role and learn from each other how to make it through each day with the right attitude. Come share the joys, sorrows, insanity, and special moments of motherhood with us as we live it and candidly write about it…we’ll have lots of fun along the way! Join us, and do tell… What’s happening in your MomLife Today? www.momlifetoday.com

About The Weekend To Remember Get-Away Giveawy: (please use the attached HTML post for the contest content.)

In celebration of Shaunti Feldhahn’s Life Ready Woman, MomLife Today is giving away 2 Weekend To Remember Gift Packs and much more!

MomLife Today is sponsoring a Weekend To Remember Get-Away Giveaway. Shaunti Feldhahn has just signed on with MomLife Today as a regular contributor.

Weekend To Remember Getaways offer marriage-changing principles that you can take home and apply to your daily lives to strengthen your marriage. Whether you are newly engaged or have been married for 50 years, you will find value in the tools provided at the getaway.

Don’t miss this opportunity to receive a conference registration for you and your spouse … and more! MomLife Today will be randomly selecting NINE lucky recipients to receive one of these great gifts:

2 Weekend To Remember Get Away conference registrations for two. $259 value each pair (Two couples will receive this.)
2 Life Ready Woman DVD packs. $149 value each (Two different people will receive this gift.)
5 Life Ready Woman books. (Book will go to 5 people.)

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DISCLOSURE/DISCLAIMER: Thanks to Amy Lathrop of Litfuse Publicity Group for sending me this book for free to read and review. My thoughts are mine and my family's own opinion and have not been altered by anyone else. I did not receive any other compensation for doing this review.

The Waiting by Suzanne Woods Fisher Review

My interest in the Amish has grown over the course of many years. I used to live in Ohio and many times we would visit, Lehman's in Kidron, a low tech superstore of sorts that specializes in products used by the Amish community. I love reading about the Amish, trying to recreate Amish recipes, going to Amish markets to buy things and just imagining what it would be like to live like them. I also have a love of non-electric devices for my home and cooking with cast iron.

I received the book The Waiting by Suzanne Woods Fisher which is the second book in the Lancaster County Secrets series. Unfortunately I never received the first book, The Choice, so I have yet to read it. The Waiting proves to be a great stand alone book even if you aren't familiar with the story when you start reading. It is a great book that I couldn't put down. I love all the characters because they seem very genuine. The development of the story is great! I love how it took a different fork and kept me immersed the whole way. Our memories do indeed shape us and we should embrace our path as the characters in this book do. Jorie King, the main character of this book, turns her struggles into strengths throughout the book. I loved getting to know the King and Zook families! The surprise ending of this book will have you wanting for more. I can't wait for, The Search, the third book in this series!! I am hoping I get to review it too for you all here!

Product Description from the back of the book and Amazon.com:
Jorie King has been waiting for Benjamin Zook to return home to Lancaster County so they can marry. When news arrives that Ben has been killed, Jorie finds comfort in the friendship of his brother Caleb. That friendship ripens into love, and it seems that they are meant to be together. But when the unexpected happens, their worlds are turned upside down once more. Will Jorie trust God to lead her into the arms of a new man? A multifaceted story about complex people living the simple life, The Waiting is the second book in the LANCASTER COUNTY SECRETS series. Readers will find themselves transported into the world of the Amish and deeply invested in these wonderful characters.

BUY IT:
Purchase it on Amazon.com for $10.19.

ENTER TO WIN SUZANNE WOODS FISHER'S THE WAITING KINDLE GIVEAWAY
One Grand Prize winner will receive a Kindle preloaded with Suzanne Woods Fisher titles and a Amazon.com gift certificate! The Prize Pack (valued at over $185.00) includes:

* A brand new KINDLE, Free 3G, 6", Latest Generation
* The Choice by Suzanne Woods Fisher
* The Waiting by Suzanne Woods Fisher
* A $15 dollar Amazon.com Gift Certificate

To enter go to The Waiting Blog Tour page on Litfuse and simply click on the icons to fill out the entry form, then tell 5 or more friends about the contest. Enter soon! Then join Suzanne for the Lancaster Secrets Book Club Party on October 28th! She’ll be announcing the winner of the The Waiting KINDLE Giveaway, hosting a book club discussion of The Waiting and The Choice, and giving away copies of both books and other great prizes! Be sure to join her on Thursday, October 28th at 5:00 PM PST (6:00 MST, 7:00 CST & 8 EST) at Suzanne’s Author Page.

Keep up on Suzanne's latest news on Facebook,  Twitter and on her blog!

DISCLOSURE/DISCLAIMER: Thanks to Amy Lathrop of Litfuse Publicity Group for sending me this book for free to read and review. My thoughts are mine and my family's own opinion and have not been altered by anyone else. I did not receive any other compensation for doing this review.

Download N Go Summer Sensations Review and Giveaway

Many of you know that I homeschool my kids by having read my blog. I use what is known as the eclectic way of homeschooling, meaning I combine all sorts of different kinds of homeschooling together to make a curriculum that suits my children and I. The Unit Studies Method is one way I have done some of my curriculum. With the unit study method, we choose one topic and tie it into the different subjects somehow. We try to tie as many of the subjects in as possible for the study.

We love the Download N Go unit studies by Amanda Bennett because they are really fun and we learn a lot. We first learned about them on The Old Schoolhouse Magazine website. They focus specifically on content for K - 4th grade students. Each Download N Go unit study is a week long and has five daily lessons with book list suggestions, hyperlinks to go to online and learn and lapbook elements for each day. Lapbooks are a mini-book that you put together yourself covering key details that you've studied. They are a fun way to enhance the learning experience and give your child some hands on. All they need is a little bit of ingenuity and creativity. A few inexpensive items are needed for the lapbook: a simple file folder, a glue stick, safety scissors, a piece of ribbon, a stapler, and crayons or markers. The Download N Go unit study is complete and they are ready to use as soon as they are downloaded!

I received the Download N Go Summer Sensations unit study free to review and try out. It goes into depth about how seasons change, what summer is all about, how
shadows work, why trees are important in the summertime, and the history of ice cream. This unit study has full color pages that my kids can fill out. We loved the nature walks the best. My kids love getting outside and observing nature especially when they find treasures along the way and can document what they have found. We had a lot of fun with this unit study!

BUY IT:
Download N Go unit studies are fun for homeschooling and during the summer for a fun learning activity. They are very affordable at $7.95 each and there are many titles available to purchase! Just go HERE for purchasing options.

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DISCLOSURE/DISCLAIMER: Thanks to Amy Lathrop of Litfuse Publicity Group for sending me a free Download N Go Summer Sensations PDF to download, use and review. This giveaway is also provided free from Amy Lathrop of Litfuse Publicity Group. My thoughts are mine and my family's own opinion and have not been altered by anyone else. I did not receive any other compensation for doing this review.