Waterproof Bible, A Mosaics Review

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May 162013
 

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Have you ever gone someplace spectacular in the great outdoors? Someplace so awe inspiring that you so wanted to have your Bible with you to read about the glory of God in such a place, yet you left your Bible at home because you knew that where you were going wasn’t going to be friendly to printed material?

Now, when you go camping, hiking, boating, to the pool, lake, ocean, get deployed or even just have a habit of wanting to read in the tub but don’t because you have the dropsies, you can take along the Waterproof Bible.

Yes, you read that right. I had the privilege of reviewing a WATERPROOF BIBLE!!!!!!!

This is so cool. It is produced by Bardin Marsee Publishing to fill the need of being able to take the Bible everywhere. This Bible is so hard to mess up. It doesn’t rip (even my manly man of a husband couldn’t get it to rip when I had him try it). This Bible can get wet, get totally submerged, mud on it, dropped in a river, taken up in the Himalayas, accidentally shoved in the freezer while wet, go visit sharks and any other random place that it can go. Dirt just rinses off, the pages are very sturdy synthetic material and very hard to mangle (I think having it bitten by a rattlesnake would put holes in some of the pages probably, and dropping it into an active volcano will probably render it melted but I’m not sure I would be willing to try and fish it out of hot lava myself…). I’m not too sure how well it would hold up if it is run over with a lawnmower if it is left out in the grass on mowing day, and I’m not too willing to try that test myself (as it was, having HubbaHubba try and rip it apart was nerve wracking enough!)

If you are a person who insists on writing in your Bible, don’t use a water based pen. Ball point pens and dry highlighters work best or you run the risk of smears or it rinsing off when you tip your kayak over in the rapids.

They have several different translations of the Bible to choose from. They carry KJV, NKJV, ESV, NLT and NIV so you can choose the version that fits with your ideology. You can purchase the Waterproof Bible at several different retailers if are so excited you can’t wait for one to get shipped to you or go through their website, especially if you want to order something a bit more customized that they offer.

I so look forward to going camping with this Bible later this summer. I’ve always been rather scared to take our good paper Bibles out with us on outings like that before, and now, I can’t wait to do so! Plus I can read it next to the pool while the girls are swimming the summer away and not have to worry about it getting ruined.

—I will add photos later after I get them edited. I am just now getting back to routine after a family emergency that required us to make a hasty trip to my parents’ home ten hours away for nearly a week. More on that and what else that has been going on in our lives recently (all rather crazy stuff) later after I get caught up. Thanks for bearing with us in this season of life.—

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Magazines.com Giveaway (and review)

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May 102013
 

“Disclosure of Material Connection: I received one or more of the products or services mentioned below for free in hope that I would mention it on my blog. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”

Magazines.com is a site where you can find a magazine to fit every interest. You can find a subscription for everything from cooking, crafting, photography, health, to the Civil War. If there is a magazine published for a particular interest, you will probably find it at Magazines.com.

This year for Mother’s Day they are offering some very good sales (they also typically have great pricing) and you can get your mom a magazine that correlates with her interests for a great price! I got a subscription to Paula Deen’s magazine and I can’t wait to get my first issue and see how I can make her yummy down home recipes fit our lifestyle.

You can see the specials for Mother’s Day at Magazines.com , follow Magazines.com on www.facebook.com/magazines.com and also on Twitter.

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I have the opportunity to give away one $10.00 gift code to Magazines.com to one of my readers! You can use it to get a totally free magazine or reduce the price of one that exceeds $10.00. Use it for yourself or send a subscription as a gift. To enter, just leave a comment telling me what magazine grabs your attention the most. Giveaway ends on Tuesday May 14 at 9:00 p.m. central time. Random.org will be used to choose the winner. The winner will have until Thursday May 16 to email me back with their acceptance of the prize or another winner will be chosen.

Prize is furnished through Magazines.com and Created for Home is not responsible for prize fulfillment, lost or misdirected entries. Winners must have a mailing address in the United States. I was given this opportunity through Propeller

Congratulations to Alaine! I’ve sent you an email, check your inbox! Keep an eye out for more giveaways!

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Super Star Speech!

 Crazy Life  No Responses »
May 022013
 

My youngest has had an issue with enunciating clearly and the eldest has a few issues with saying her “v” sounds. I was hesitant in using the public schools for their speech services for the girls, plus we have the issue with being a one car family. So I was thrilled with being given the opportunity to try Super Star Speech by Deborah Lott.

Deborah Lott is a licensed Speech Language Pathologist with a masters degree in Education/speech pathology. She has a heart for people who need help with their children’s speech issues who may not be able to afford traditional speech therapy, can’t get services locally or wish to supplement our children’s speech therapy.

This book has been a godsend. It is laid out and so easy to use. You are guided to figuring out what your child needs to work on, are given the tools to succeed and it is very easy to implement. In a few short weeks, I have noticed less of Bug’s “v” sounds coming out as the “b” sound, and Beans’ speech is becoming clearer the longer we work on it. There are activities, lessons, everything you need to succeed is included in this book. I appreciate not having to purchase extra materials that may be hard to find or having to buy multiple products to use over both of the girls.

If you don’t need the expanded edition (which is what we used), the book is broken down into different smaller books so you can just purchase what you need for your situation, which will save you money. The cost of the Super Star Speech Expanded Edition is only $39.95 which is cheaper than a lot of copays any more. Super Star Speech is a good deal.

I can highly recommend the use of Super Star Speech for those needing to improve their child’s speech and pronounciation. It has done wonders for my two girls (if you have a major speech disorder/problem, it is still advised you have your child evaluated and that you make use of any services you can, especially in the case of apraxia).

I was given a copy of Super Star Speech Expanded Edition for the purposes of this review by the author. All opinions and results are mine and mine alone, no other compensation was received.

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Spanish for You, A Mosaics Review

 Crazy Life  1 Response »
Apr 292013
 

Where we live, Spanish is quickly becoming a very useful language to at least know the basics of. I struggled with Spanish in high school long ago and haven’t been able to retain any of it really. My husband remembers more of his Spanish from high school, but then he has been to Mexico a few times to actually use it (in my neck of the world growing up, we had no reason to use it aside from class).

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Recently we were given a chance to review Spanish for You, a very economical choice for you if you are wanting to teach your children Spanish. It is geared towards Grades 3 and up, contains audio files so you don’t have to worry about your (mis) pronunciation as much, self check worksheets, a parents’ guide and flashcards. Spanish for You is conceptually based and you choose a theme (we got Fiestas, all the work had to do with that theme) so the words you learn for vocabulary all tie together and have use with each other unlike learning vocabulary in some other programs that just toss lists of words at you.

This honestly is a pretty good program for older kids. You see, Bugs is finishing her K/1st grade year and while this is adaptable to younger children, it wasn’t the best choice for us at this time. With the eldest of my students still about a year below the suggested start age, I found it hard to adapt with the small amount of Spanish I have retained after all these years. I can see this working way better for adapting for younger students if you have one in the age range already. My youngest wasn’t interested at all yet so I didn’t force her to try it.

I will say Bugs has learned some new words in Spanish and she loves to use them, albeit a bit randomly. ;-) This will be a much better fit for us in a few years than it is now for our studies of Spanish. I love the relative ease of use this is. You can pace this program very easily to meet your needs and the needs of your students. You can also do some extra work and totally customize it to fit your student(s) learning style.

This is a good program and I think that if you are looking for a Spanish curriculum for your family, you should check out Spanish for You. It is affordable and could very easily meet your needs.

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Homemade Orange Vinegar for Cleaning

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Apr 152013
 

I use a lot of vinegar for cleaning in my home. I find it does just as good of a job if not better than the chemical cocktail cleaners you buy at the store, and it is so much cheaper. Add in the fact that it doesn’t aggrevate my migraines or cause other allergic reactions in my family, it is a great deal for us health-wise too.

However, I really don’t like the smell of regular vinegar. My husband doesn’t either. In fact, he absolutely can’t stand the smell of vinegar. Which, is mainly my fault. You see, when we were in college, we got into a prank war….I left an open bowl of sauerkraut in his closed up car in the late spring for about three days…Granted, I didn’t think he wouldn’t go anywhere for that long and that it would have been found well before then…But to say that he wasn’t impressed is an understatement (and he still married me, believe it or not. And before you jump on my case for something so “mean” let me say, he did some pretty good ones too).

While I can tolerate the scent of vinegar (and I know that it normally doesn’t take too long to dissipate), I did find myself wishing for something that would have a better scent to it. I read somewhere online (couldn’t tell you where) that you can take orange peels and put them in a bottle, dump vinegar on them and let it soak and you get orange scented vinegar. I decided to try it, and low and behold, it worked. I just added orange peels as my girls ate oranges (mainly cuties, a few tangerines got in too) and let it sit for about three weeks. I left the peels in and just pour some of the vinegar out when I am needing to clean.

It works like a charm. The vinegar combined with the orange leaves a nicer scent behind. It helps to clean beautifully too, plus I get the purported benefits of the orange oils that have seeped out of the peels. You can look and find articles online about how good orange oils are for you and for cleaning.

If orange doesn’t work for you, you could try lemon or even lime peels (or why not a combo for a fun citrus scent so you can at least pretend you are in the tropics). And I have mixed up a spray bottle of half vinegar and water plus about fifteen drops of a thieves/germ fighter essential oil blend and added some peppermint essential oil to it to make it smell a bit better. That stuff cleans very well too, especially in the bathroom.

I think if my lavender takes off this year (I’m sprouting some, we’ll see how they grow) I may make some lavender infused vinegar for cleaning later and perhaps even mix in some eucalyptus oil or tea tree or rosemary with it. The possibilities are near endless with this project. I may like it even more than when I made my own homemade enzyme cleaner!

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