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Showing posts with label Recommended Reading. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Recommended Reading. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

A Year of Reading: The Plan and List

I shared with you all in an earlier post the books I have been reading in January. I have now finished Large Family Logistics and I'm working my way through the fiction piece by Francine Rivers. I have really come to appreciate the idea of reading several books at one time. I love sitting down throughout the day and picking up whatever I feel like digging into at that time. My reading plan was to read through at least 2 books a month. I'm a little ahead of my goal for now, but I'm sure that will change through the year. I'm just glad to be ahead in January.

These next two books are my February reads, but I confess that I have already started both of them. I guess that is a good confession though :-)



March reads:


April reads:


May reads:



I plan to do a short review of each book after I finish them.

Happy Reading!!




Thursday, January 13, 2011

That's Life....



I haven’t blogged as much this week and I guess my only excuse is that we have just been enjoying life. I love to share though so here is a glimpse at what we have been doing:

Monday was a snow day here in our area and we spent the day at home. The kids were up at the crack of dawn and I fixed everyone breakfast before Eric left for work. I wish he could have stayed home and enjoyed the snow with us, but he had/has a 4W drive truck and made it there just fine. Noah went down for a nap after that and I worked out while Olivia watched a movie. After that, Olivia and I went out to play in the snow. She lasted about 30 minutes before the cold got to her. :-) It started snowing again mid-morning so we decided to stay indoors the rest of the day. We played games, baked chocolate chip cookie, and made Chicken tortilla soup for supper.

By Tuesday the roads were clear so we went to do some grocery shopping, visited my mom, and ate lunch with Eric. We also had dinner with my parents that evening.

Wednesday was another slow day and I did some house cleaning then took the kids to play at our McDonald’s indoor playground. The temps have been very cold this week so we have tried to stay indoors as much as possible. I made pancakes and bacon for supper last night and we attended mid-week service at our church.

Today we woke up a little later that normal (7:30) so we had to rush around and get ready for Story time at the library. The kids love all the singing and craft time so we try to go every week. We also picked up quite a few books. After that we decided to join some friends at McDonald’s again then came home for lunch and naps. I'm making Sloppy Joes and french fries for supper then we have a church event to attend tonight.



I’ve also been doing a lot of reading lately and I wanted to share a few of the titles:



I finished this book last week and I will say it is a must read for mother's with littles.


I'm still working my way through this book and I have enjoyed it so far. I know that I don't have what you would call a large family yet, but I love anything that will help me stay organized with children. You might not apply everything she says because it just might not work for you, but she has lots of experience to learn from in raising a family.

I'm listening to the audio version of this book and browsing through a few sewing books just for fun.


These next 2 books I have on hold at our library and they will probably be my February reads.


I've read the first book in this series and it was a good fiction read.

I'm also working on a post to share with you all the books I plan to read this year

Happy Thursday everyone!!!

Sunday, November 15, 2009

My First Award and Other Wonderful Blogs!!!!


I have been out of town and off the Internet for several days so I am a little behind in posting this award. So here is a special "THANK YOU" to Mandy at The Trenches of Motherhood for awarding it to me. I'm also listing 15 new to me blogs that I am giving this award to today. Hope you enjoy each of these blogs as much as I do!!
  1. This Life I've Found (All Things Ada)

Thursday, July 30, 2009

Understanding More of the Proverbs 31 Woman.

Today I attended a recording session of Revive Our Hearts radio and all I can say is that I have come away blessed. This was my first and I am sorry to say last session I will attend because the ministry is relocating there radio recordings out of state. It was wonderful to see several women joined together and gleaning from the Word of God. I want to share with you a few highlights of today's study.

The verses we focused on today where Proverbs 31: 21, 25.


v. 21 She is not afraid of snow for her household, for all her household are clothed in scarlet.
What is the "snow" that we are not to fear?? And how do we apply that in our lives??
  • Both physical and spiritual trials of life
  • She prepares her family for the trials of life. Even the trials of God's ultimate judgement on earth.

Another definition of "scarlet" is "doubly clothed."

She is a woman who is knowledgeable, alert and knows what is to come. She is prepared. She is proactive. The choices she makes today are for tomorrow. She is a woman who plans ahead.

The reason this woman does not fear is because she "fears the Lord."

v. 25 Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she laughs at the time to come.

  • This is a strength of mind, heart and soul.
  • Dignity can also be defined as might, beauty and honor.

You could also define the second part "she smiles at the future."

She lives in constant tranquility of mind. -John Wesley

She knows that the final chapter has been written and she rejoices!

For more on this topic tune in to the future broadcast on Revive Our Hearts radio.

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Reading for a Godly Wife, Mother, and Woman.

Inspired by a recent comment on this blog I decided to do a post on books. Here is a list of books that I have enjoyed myself or that someone I trust has recommended.

Parenting/Mothering:
  1. Shepherding a Child's Heart by Ted Tripp (Eric and I are reading this together right now.)
  2. Sacred Parenting by Gary Thomas
  3. Have a New Kid by Friday by Dr. Kevin Leman
  4. The Duggars 20 and Counting by Michelle and Jim Bib Duggar
  5. Family Driven Faith by Voddie T. Baucham Jr.
  6. Mother by Kathleen Norris and Jennie Chancey
  7. A Mom After God's Own Heart by Elizabeth George

Marriage/Being a Godly Wife/Woman

  1. Created to be His Help Meet by Debi Pearl ( This is the book on my nightstand right now. Very Convicting!! I plan to right a review some time in the near future)
  2. The Excellent Wife by Martha Peace
  3. Feminine Appeal by Carolyn Mahaney
  4. Sheet Music by Dr. Kevin Leman
  5. Becoming a Titus 2 Woman by Martha Peace
  6. Lies Women Believe by Nancy Leigh DeMoss
  7. A Wife After God's Own Heart by Elizabeth George
  8. Passionate Housewives Desperate for God by Jennie Chancey and Stacy McDonald

I know there are many more books that should be on these lists and as I come across more in the future I will add to them. Please feel free to comment and leave suggestion. I feel that I can never stop learning from those who have and are walking the walk God has called us to.