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Counting Stars by Andrew Peterson Album Description: Andrew’s songs remind us again and again of simple, solid things like love and friendship and hope and redemption and beauty and how our stories were meant to be shared, and how the darkness will not always hold sway, and how we, being human, need to hear those things over and over again, because otherwise we become disconnected from the very stories we’re living in. Andrew Peterson’s new, twelve-song project, Counting Stars (produced by Ben Shive, with Andy Gullahorn) manages to do all that without ever leaving home. Framed in a largely acoustic…

Traveling Made Easier: Travel Kits

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Are we there yet? He touched me!!! I’m bored!! She’s staring at me! Are we almost there? I don’t know about you, but I’ve heard those statements more than once on a car trip. Wouldn’t it be nice if the kids (and parents) looked forward to the car trips instead of dreading them? Travel Kits: A Simple Way to Bless Others by Donna Rees Travel Kits is a wonderful e-book put out by The Old Schoolhouse. It’s packed with beautiful illustrations and ideas to help you create fun filled travel kits for your family. In addition to blessing your own…

Review: The Dot Girl’s First Period Kit

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***Male readers may want to skip this post due to topic content.*** Normally, I am not one to talk about feminine matters on my blog, but when I was given the opportunity to review The Dot Girl’s First Period Kit, I knew that I would make an exception for this product. Menstruation is a fact of life for girls, so I liked the idea of a kit that might make things a little easier for Munchkin. As tweens/teens, many girls enter this part of their lives with a little concern and hesitation. They may be a bit embarrassed by the…

July 20, 2010

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Review: The Gardener and the Vine

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It is time for a FIRST Wild Card Tour book review! If you wish to join the FIRST blog alliance, just click the button. We are a group of reviewers who tour Christian books. A Wild Card post includes a brief bio of the author and a full chapter from each book toured. The reason it is called a FIRST Wild Card Tour is that you never know if the book will be fiction, non~fiction, for young, or for old…or for somewhere in between! Enjoy your free peek into the book! You never know when I might play a wild…

Review and Giveaway: CarolinaPad Studio C

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Introducing the newest Studio C collections from Carolina Pad available exclusively at your local Walmart Just in time for the back to school rush, Carolina Pad has introduced their newest collections in the Studio C line. From beautiful to funky to fun, these new Studio C collections have something for everyone – young or old. We were given the opportunity to sample some of the products from each of the new collections. I was impressed with not only the fun new styles, but also the quality of the products that we received. I also like that Carolina Pad is an…