Tasty Tuesday - 11/29/11

Here's a list of yummy recipes I've found on the web:

*(Click the pictures to go to the websites)*


No-Oven Peanut Butter Squares ~ from Kraft Recipes:



Cinnamon Roll Muffins ~ from {nifty thrifty things}:



Rolo Cookies & Peppermint Bon Bon Cookies ~ both from The Farm Girl:






Oreo Peanut Butter Mousse Cake ~ from A Turtle's Life For Me:



Samoas {my fave Girl Scout cookie!} ~ from instructables:



Deep Dish Choco Chip cookie a la mode ~ from White on Rice Couple:



Reindeer Cookies {very creative!} ~ from Domestic Goddesque:



Homemade Oatmeal Cream Pies ~ by The House of Bledsoe:

Back to blogging

I know my blogging has been sparse lately...too hectic around here. However, I plan on getting "back in the groove" of things, and updating my blog more frequently.

So....

look forward to:

::Crafty posts

::Recipe posts

::and some book reviews, too!!

See ya soon!! :-)

Book Review - The Encounter

“The Encounter” by Stephen Arterburn is a book about a wealthy businessman who is filled with rage because of his childhood memories. His anger is affecting his life in an extremely negative way. So, with his pastor’s encouragement he sets out on a trip to Alaska in search of clues about his mother, who abandoned him when he was four years old. His goal is to find out why she abandoned him so he can try to understand the reason and ultimately forgive her.
This book was very short and easy to read (I couldn’t put it down and finished it in a few hours), although it’s very predictable. I must say that it was a “cute” book, (and it did make me cry a little bit), but I personally didn’t find it to be the type of book that made me dig down deep inside myself to reveal any great revelations.
In summary, “The Encounter” is a cute fiction book – although it is based on two true stories – that shows us the need for forgiveness. To forgive not only helps the person we are forgiving, but in the end, it helps us to feel better and to let go of bitterness, anger, and rage. This was all shown to us through the characters in the story.


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Book Review: Bible Stories for Preschoolers

Bible Stories for Preschoolers is a very nice book, especially for gift-giving. Overall, I thought the book was a very good book for preschoolers. The illustrations were very bright and colorful, but not too babyish. The stories were very engaging – they are all written for an adult to read to the preschooler – and are filled with some interactive questions throughout each of the stories, which I really liked.
At the end of each of the stories there is a family activity to do, which I thought was a very nice addition to the book, as well as a memory verse.
The only thing I (slightly) disliked about the book was that some of the pages had too many words on them, which lost my (just-turned) 3-year-old son’s attention. But, overall, I really liked this book. It was a nice-sized book (432 pages) filled with lots of stories from the Bible - from Adam & Eve to Jonah from the Old Testament...and stories about Jesus from the New Testament. I think most preschoolers would really like this book. I also think it’s a great book to read together as a family, especially with the extra questions that are written into the stories and the activities at the end of the chapters.


Disclosure of Material Connection: Tyndale House Publishers provided me with a complimentary copy of this book. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. 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.”

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Book Review - The Christian Zombie Killers Handbook

The Christian Zombie Killers Handbook (subtitle: Slaying the Living Dead Within) by Jeff Kinley is a very unique book. It is a mixture of fiction and non-fiction; half the book is a fiction zombie story, while the other half of the book is all about applying the Bible to our everyday lives. The zombie within us is our sin nature, and this book helps us - through the fiction story as well as with lots of Bible applications – learn how to “tame” the zombies within us.
I must admit that after reading the first chapter, I was ready to put the book aside. It was a little boring – filled with too much info on the background of the fiction part of the book. (All of the first chapter made more sense after reading the second fiction chapter.) But, I kept reading, and am very glad I did so. Upon reaching the next chapter (which is the first “Bible application” chapter), I really got “into the book”. This Bible chapter was about right and wrong and why humans sin – and basically started with Adam and Eve and their story.
The Bible application chapters are very much “in your face” and straight-to-the-point, and they really make you look at yourself deep down. These chapters are written in a way that applies to today’s culture. At the end of the book, there’s also lots of discussion questions for each chapter, which would make this book be great for a small group study, also.
Overall, I really liked this book, and intend to go back and re-read the Bible application chapters, and try to study them more in-depth for a personal introspective study.



Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from the publisher through the BookSneeze.com book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. 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.

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