Saturday, April 9, 2011

Review - Stuff Every Husband Should Know


Stuff Every HUSBAND Should Know by Eric San Juan


This book is full of helpful hints for the average newlywed guy. When to be quiet and when to help out. Even tips on how to do things like fold clothes, a few recipes, even how to surprise your wife with breakfast in bed.

What I really like is in the introduction Eric talks about "manning up" and marriage is not a choice between "your wife is always right" and "you need to put her in her place." It's about putting your marriage first and getting done what needs to get done. The fact is that is what your wife is doing throughout the marriage.

When choosing a house he suggests you pick something that is important and also pick something that you can let go of. And then suggests the wife do the same, then you guys have a good starting point when shopping. After the marriage and kids, the house is the biggest decision you'll ever make.

The book also made me chuckle. He often tells the man when NOT to say something. "Never suggest her period is inconvenient for you. If you don't like it, how do you think she feels?" Or on How to Live with a Pregnant Wife "don't compare your discomfort to hers."

It has a lot of how to lists, I even appreciated the ones on wall repair. I now know how to repair a large whole in the wall. And there is how to fold laundry, how to go grocery shopping as fast as you can. How to paint a room. Lists of things you need to have.

Honestly this is what I am going to give as a wedding gift for now on. Now they need to do one for women, "What Every Wife Needs to Know." What do you think Quirk? If I wrote it would you publish it? ;)

Ladies, go get this book for your men. It's a good read even if you aren't newly married.

Amazon - $9.95
Kindle - $7.96
Barnes & Nobles - $9.15
Nook - $7.96

Friday, April 8, 2011

Giveaways Galore!

Today I am doing a short blog to gain me extra entries in super cool giveaways!

First up we have Me vs. College which a cute little voodude that Mrs. B of Confessions of a Pagan Soccer Mom has created herself.

So you can see what a darling this is, so go on over and get some entries for yourself...you know you want to! And follow Jon's blog because he is a laugh riot!

Next up we have Pagan Culture featuring 2 CDs from Magickal Earth, so there will be 2 winners.

This is another blog I encourage you to follow. Magaly Guerrero found me a few weeks ago and I started following her and I haven't looked back.

I add blogs often, but only a few do I keep following due to time restrictions. These are 2 that I am keeping!

Thursday, April 7, 2011

Book Review - The Peach Keeper


Right off the bat I want to say that Sarah Addison Allen is my favorite author and this story made me happy. That's right, the mood I felt when I finished this book was happy. I nearly turned to the first page to read it again, but I must be adult and get on with my other books that need reviewing.

There are so many secrets in Walls of Water, Paxton and Colin Osgood are twins and from a very rich family. Paxton runs the Women's Society and Colin is a landscaping architect who travels the world and comes home only when he has to. Willa Jackson runs an organic sporting goods store and is living her life trying to make up for how reckless she was as a teenager and young adult before her father died. She avoids the locals and usually keeps to herself or hangs out with other transplants in the town. Sebastian also grew up in Walls of Water, but when he returned he became best friends with Paxton and truly her only ally.

You will find romance and friendship and buried family secrets in this story. I love the town that has mist so thick that people catch it in jars to sell. Anyone not local can't even move around until it clears.

The characters are full of different dimensions and interactions that make it so realistic. Sarah Addison Allen also includes some real insight into all the different relationships, even the ones with themselves. How do you reconcile who you were in high school to who you are now? Are you fighting your own nature?

I could chat my way through this story, but I can't give it away. Read this story, you won't be disappointed.

Amazon.com - $14.07
Kindle - $12.99
Barnes & Nobles.com - $14.04
Nook - $12.99

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Book Review - Yo Mamma so Extraordinary


Review - Yo Mamma so Extraordinary - a treasury of yo mamma compliments by Zachary Reese and Ethan McCreadie.

Why all the mamma insults? Reese and McCreadie tackle it from another angle, with compliments!

I really enjoyed this book, it made me laugh harder than the yo mamma insults do. The book is also full of fun pictures and the text is all over the place. This book will never bore you.
  • Yo mamma has so many cats it's like DAAAAMN! Which one should I pet first?
  • Yo momma so thoughtful I didn't even have to ask her to cut the crusts off my PB&J. It's like she just knew I was a no crusts kind of guy.
  • Yo momma has such a green thumb. These are probably the most delicious cucumbers I have ever had, and I don't think I've ever seen tomatoes this red. How does she get them to be so red?
  • Yo momma so wily, it wasn't until I was in college that I realized her "Virgin Mimosas" were just a clever way to get us to drink more orange juice.

There are funnier ones in the book too that actually get into the cougar mom. I haven't used a star system but this here deserves 5 stars. Go buy a copy! Seriously right now! lol

Amazon.com - $11.01
Barnes & Nobles - $9.81

Monday, April 4, 2011

My Back-Story...



I thought that today I would do a little personal expose. When I was little I went to the First Baptist Church of Owosso and then Bay City. And I LOVED it. Sunday was my favorite day of the week...especially in Owosso. Then I started getting older, making friends. For awhile I went to a Methodist church. Teen years hit and my faith faltered. I did get baptized when I was 14 after my great-grandma Keehn died. I think the death freaked my mom out and we all started going to church again - as I child I had always gone alone. I was enjoying it up until I was actually baptized and my sunday school teacher asked me if I felt filled with the spirit, wasn't it the best feeling ever? I nodded but honestly I felt cold, wet and had water up my nose. That was when I lost my Christian faith.

Many years later, on Halloween night with my first husband I started doing internet searches on withces. I was looking for a spooky story. We were waiting for trick-or-treaters...who never did show up! Anyway I stumbled upon lots of information about modern pagans, witches and wiccans. And it felt like finding home. I started reading after that, Silver Ravenwolf was my first mentor (via her books) and then Scott Cunningham. I met friends, met some crazy people...but even that wasn't a bad experience because that was where I met a lady who is still one of my dearest friends.

As for now my faith still isn't 100%, and I don't like to practice alone. Also living in the boonies means being open about what you practice isn't the safest course of action either.

Maybe someday fate will move me closer to my sisters. But until then I just refuse to put any pressure on myself. One think I love is that this isn't a religion that threatens me with Hellfire for what I don't do. I also don't know if I am a witch, wiccan or pagan. I guess for now I don't think labels are important and I am just me.

Now go over and see Jon at Me vs. College to win his fabulous painting!

Sunday, April 3, 2011

Sunday Stealing: The 5000 Question Meme, Part Three

Cheers to all of us thieves!


51. Make up a definition for the following silly words...
Fruitgoogle: know where your fruit has been before you commit
Ambytime: When is it time for Ambian...Ambytime!
Asscactus: when your ass hair starts to grow back after shaving.

52. What was the last thing you made with your own hands? Cheeseburgers.

53. What was your favorite toy as a child? Barbies

54. How many TV’s are in your house? 2

55. What is your favorite thing to do outside? walk in the woods

56. How do you feel when you see a rainbow? amazed!

57. Have you ever dreamt a dream that came true? yes, but the real bummer of that is those dreams are usually mundane tasks like doing the dishes or driving somewhere. Nothing I can ever use.

58. Have you ever been to a psychic/tarot reader? Yes, at the Triple Goddess in Lansing.

59. What is your idea of paradise? Infinite time for reading and hiking.

60. Do you believe in god and if so what is he/she/it like? I think I do, but I don't know that he/she/it has any kind of personality. It may just be an energy force that we try assigning our own ideals to.

61. Do you believe in Hell? Yes, but I believe it is of your own creating.

62. What one thing have you done that most people haven't? Been adopted by 2 different men...which means I have had 3 dads in my lifetime. Mom get a new husband I got a new daddy.

63. What is the kindest thing you have ever done? I don't think I have done much of anything.

64. Have you gone to WTIT's facebook page and hit "like" yet? If not, why not? (No pressure.) No, should I? From what I see...nah!

65. What holiday should exist but doesn't? Mailperson Day...honor all those people that deal with our mail, dogs and sometimes attitudes on a daily basis in all weather.

66. What holiday shouldn't exist but does? Sweethearts Day...isn't Valentine's enough???

67. What's the best joke you ever heard? I never remember jokes after the fact so let me go find one...nope, no luck. What is your funny joke? Help me find one.

68. Where is the most fun place you have EVER been? The Toronto (Or Ottowa) Science Center.

69. Is your hair natural or dyed? Little of both at the moment. I need to dye it again.

70. Do you have any deep dark secrets or are you pretty much up front? I have a couple of secrets but they truly aren't anyone's business. Nothing from my husband tho, the knows me thru and thru.

71. What is under your bed right now? Probably a whole town of dust bunnies.

72. If you were in the Land of Oz would you want to live there or go home? Live there...totally!

73. If you drive do you frequently speed? No, not since I was pulled over and warned...I took that seriously because I truly can't afford the extra insurance or the ticket.

74. What is the world's best song to dance to? Macarena?

75. What song was on the last time you danced with someone? Oh gosh...probably something of the Kincaid's...I think that is the last show Chris and I saw.

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