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>~Monday Madness Blog Hop~Week 7

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~ Sweeping Me ~
Sweeping Me

Please add your blog link. Next week I will use Random.org to pick a blog to be featured.
This week it will be Cross My Heart Art Designs!

Only Rule is to follow your host and hostess.
Happy Hopping. Please try to follow at least two blogs. Lets show our support for each other. Also, please leave a comment on the blog you join so they know. You know how busy people can get!
Spread the word, the more that enter the hop the more we can hop back! Have fun and happy hopping!

Thank for joining us!

>~ Some Musical Picture’s ~

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You weren’t allowed to take picture’s during the show. I know, I know I was upset about this myself. They assure me that they took picture’s all during the rehearsal’s and the disc’s are availbe for purchase for $2.00. We shall see. The first picture is so you will know who my daughter is in the show. The only shots I could take were after the show. I thought it was adorable and I am so glad my daughter has no fear of the stage. I just didn’t like the prissy girls that are so mean to her and was so obvious about it on the stage. Makes me want to hit their mother’s for raising their daughter’s to be little prissies. I love me daughter and teach her to respect other’s and to stand her ground and thankfully she does.

My daughter’s role was Cordelia Gleedrival

She’s not in this I just wanted to show you their set that they all worked so hard on. They all did a wonderful job.

Mary

>And the Winner is………

>Here are the winners
Autism Awareness Hop
Charm Factory Bracelet
Nutella Gift Bag ~ (2 Winners)

Autism Awareness Giveaway Hop ~

Shanna Bailes ~ www.momcaboodle.com ~ Check out her blog at MomCaboodle

Charm Factory Bracelet ~

Susan Berger said…
I would love to win the “love to shop” bracelet but the heart one is super cute too!
I liked Charm Factory on Facebook
I follow Sweeping Me on Facebook
I subscribe to Sweeping Me email
Thanks!
susanberger1972@yahoo.com

MARCH 24, 2011 1:28 AM

Nutella Gift Bag ~

gbphipps said…
I voted for you. I hope you get the grant!

APRIL 5, 2011 6:42 AM

I have no email for (GBPHIPPS) I hope they see this and respond.

Added Surprise I will give up my Nutella Gift Bag ~ Thank you all who voted!!!

And the winner of my bag is ~

Steph K. said…
I voted and left the same comment there as I will here… It is true that I have always wanted to try Nutella but I really voted because I love the information and savings that you pass on to your readers.
beacon_bear@yahoo.com

MARCH 30, 2011 12:28 AM

Thank you all who entered!
I have 1 giveaway going on currently and about to add some more so stay tuned!

Vicki Hinze ~ Deadly Ties

All winners are chosen by Random.org. All winners have 48 hours to respond by email or a new winner will be picked.

>The Emperor’s New Cloths The Musical

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I am going to see my beautiful daughter in her school’s rendition of this play tonight. She has worked really hard on this and I am so proud of her!

Mary

>~Who Do I Think I Am~

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To be honest sometimes I don’t even know. I do feel at times very confused. I focus on things that really are out of control. I also worry a heck of a lot. I find in this world I don’t have my place yet. I am not young by any means and still I am searching for something. I feel it is out of my grasp and when I think I might be close, I lose it again.

I do the wrong things at the wrong times. It’s very frustrating. I try to make everyone around me happy and yet inside I feel so miserable. I put on that happy face and just plug through life. I don’t want to do that anymore.

If I find something that makes me happy, I ruin it or put myself down easily to give up hope about it. I find that my time could be better spent on a lot of things and they aren’t. People ask me questions and I have the answer but I know it’s not what they want to hear so I say what they do want to hear. I am not rich, I am not pretty, I don’t do the right things at the right times. I don’t even care sometimes. I would like to be more then I am but lack the will to do those things. Or I put myself down so I don’t do them. I don’t put my foot in front of the other in fear I will fall.

I think I am doing the right thing and of course it’s not. I am impulsive and irresponsible sometimes. I get depressed more then most. Some of my family has the same problem. I think about going to the doctor and maybe finding out what is wrong with me. I know something is. I am afraid of what it is. I don’t know if I want to know what it is. I am very confused. I feel very alone. I miss what I can never see or hear again. I want things to be different but don’t know how to do it. I think this might be one of those days that things just aren’t good so I look down at myself and think and know things should be different.

Dear God how do I do that?

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>Who Do You Think You Are?

>Christina Perri – Jar of Hearts Official Video

ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS SONG!!!

My favorite is “Your gonna catch a cold, from the ICE inside your soul.”

Heck, I just love it all!

Happy Thursday!

Mary

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>What They DON’T Tell You!

>TLC’S Extreme Couponing ~ Check out this article from A Full Cup

Here’s the article:
~ What They Don’t Show You ~

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>Deadly Ties by Vicki Hinze Reveiw & Surprise!

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Book Description from Back Cover:

Her enemy will stop at nothing for control…she will risk everything for freedom.

A horrific crime shatters Lisa Harper’s idyllic childhood. Her father is dead and her desperate mother, Annie, quickly marries Dutch Hauk, an abusive monster who soon reveals his hatred for Lisa. To protect her, Annie defies her ruthless husband and forfeits custody to a trusted friend. Enraged, Dutch vows to keep Annie and Lisa apart—and he does. Years later, though keenly aware of Dutch’s evil intent, Lisa and her mother seize a chance to be a family, safe in a home where love dwells. But they fail to fathom how far Dutch will go to keep his vow.

Determined to control his women, Dutch proves resourceful. His associates in crime are feared at the highest levels across the globe—and for Lisa they plan a fate worse than death. Yet she too has formidable connections: ones like former Special Operations officer Mark Taylor. Burdened by his own traumatic past, Mark has loved Lisa from afar. Now, for Lisa and her mother to survive, Mark must risk his life—and even more difficult for him, he must trust God—as one question haunts them all: Can Mark and Lisa untangle these deadly ties before it’s too late?

My Opinion:

Vickie Hinze creates a suspense filled tale that keeps you hooked, you will not want to put this book down! I loved how the characters were portrayed in this book. Deadly Ties is a Christian romantic suspense novel. It’s the second book in the series, and some things in this story won’t be entirely clear unless you’ve read the first ~ Forget Me Not. With that being said go get Forget Me Not you will not regret it. I must say I really liked this book and would recommend this for your reading list. Even if you haven’t read Forget Me Not you will still be able to keep up with this storyline which has a nice blend of romance and suspense. I would have given this 5 stars had it not been for the fact that Anne, Lisa’s mother in the book stayed with an abusive man for so long. Coming from my background ~ My father was abusive ~ that part of the book made me cringe. But I still liked the references to God and that there was nothing “dirty” about the romance. I think this would be a great read for a young adult. I give this 4/5 stars.

Author Bio:

Vicki Hinze is an award-winning author of more than twenty novels (including Forget Me Not), three nonfiction books, and hundreds of articles. Hinze is active in Romance Writers of America and serves as a vice president on the International Thriller Writers board of directors. Vicki lives in Florida with her artist husband, a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel. Visit www.vickihinze.com for more about Vicki’s books, blogs, and writing programs.

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Disclamier ~
This book was freely provided by WaterBrook Multnomah Publishers in exchange for my honest review. No compensation was provided. All opinions are my own.

~ GIVEAWAY ~
I am giving away my ARC to one lucky winner! This is in no way sponsored or endoresored by the publisher or author. I am just passing on my book to one lucky reader!

If you would like to read this book for yourself all you have to do is follow GFC and Fill out the FORM!

Please rank this review ~ http://waterbrookmultnomah.com/bloggingforbooks/reviews/ranking/6862

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Open to US and Canada Residents only. Winner will receive a read copy (ARC) of this book from me. Winner will have 48 hours to claim prize if not a new winner will be chosen. Contest ends 4/27 9pm. Good Luck!

>Drug Store Deals ~ Week 10

>Just wanted to post the deals I got from CVS. I had a $5 off $40 that had to be used by 4/10. So Sunday after church I went to CVS. This is what I purchased ~

I paid OOP about $13.00 the original bill came to $68.00 before my coupons and ECB’s and their in store deals. I could have probably saved more had I broken up the items into groups and made more then one transaction. If you know anything about me that doesn’t happen. If I have to go back it has to be because I forgot something. I like to go just once sometimes twice a week. OK, so OOP was $13.00 and I got back $21.73 in ECB’s. Good deal? You decide.

I used 4/$4.00 Off Air Wick. (online ~ used 2 computers)
I used 1/$5.00 off Similac (Sunday Paper)
I used 1/$1.00 off 2 Rice Krispies (online at Kellogg’s)
I used 1/$1.00 off Corn Flakes (online at Kellogg’s)
I used 1/$2.00 off 2 Special K bars (online at Kellogg’s)
I used 1/$1.00 off 1 Special K bars (online at Kellogg’s)
I used 1/BOGO Free Biore Product ($9.00 off) (Sunday Paper)
I used 1/.75 cents off Raisin Bran (online at Kellogg’s)

Then I used my ECB’s and my Total came to about $13.00 with tax.

Like I said I did get $21.73 back in ECB’s.

Have a great day!!!

Mary

>Just A Reminder~Giveaways!

>These are my giveaways. Please feel free to enter them all. They are ending soon! Get those entries in!

Autism Awareness Giveaway Hop! (Over 50 Blogs) ~ 4/14

Gift Bag Up For Grabs ~ 4/15

Charm Factory Bracelet ~ 4/15

Thanks,
Mary