Female Friendship & Loyalty

Despite their many differences, Rizzoli & Isles are best friends with a peculiar and compassionate relationship. As exec-producer Janet Tamaro explains, "There's something rare about their relationship that I see in the world but not enough on television: two smart, strong, competent women who instinctively drop the protective shield when they're with each other."

I think it's really special when you can find that friend who accepts you no matter what. You don't always have to agree with each other, have different ideas, but can be true friends. It's said that true friends are like diamonds, rare and precious. It's important to be able to have that person you can drop your walls with and lean on for support. Do you have a relationship similar to Rizzoli & Isles?  

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Keys to the Kingdom Book Review

FORMER SENATOR JOHN BILLINGTON KNEW WRITING THIS NEW YORK TIMES OP-ED PIECE MIGHT GET HIM KILLED . . .

July 6th

The congressional inquiry into the 9/11 attacks left several secrets unanswered. The top three are Saudi Arabia's full role in the preparation for and the execution of the plot; the Kingdom's willingness and capacity to collaborate in future terrorist actions against the United States; and why this and the prior administration conducted a cover-up that thus far has frustrated finding the answers to the first two questions. 

Now, there is an even more ominous unknown. Does Saudi Arabia have the bomb? . . . The United States should take prompt action to prevent this potential conflict from becoming a reality. 

Shortly after this appears in print, his suspicion comes true: Senator Billington, a co-chair of the 9/11 Congressional Inquiry Commission, is murdered near his Florida home. Sensing the danger he faced before he was murdered, Billington left ex-Special Forces operative Tony Ramos detailed instructions for an investigation into Saudi complicity in the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Now Ramos, in conjunction with Billington's daughter Laura, must uncover a shocking international conspiracy linking Saudi Arabia -- the Kingdom -- to Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda, in a race against time that will span Saudi Arabia, India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan.

But will Ramos and his team be able to stop al-Qaeda from unleashing nuclear disaster on American shores and beyond?

Destined to be a titan amongst thrillers, Keys to the Kingdom is infused with inside information and insight into the world of terrorism that only Senator Bob Graham -- as former Chairman of the Senate's Select Committee on Intelligence -- can offer. 

                                                                  Read an Excerpt 

Mandie's Thoughts - This is something I think my husband would really have enjoyed but he takes forever to read and I had to get a review up. I've always had a lot of respect for Bob Graham being that he was the Florida Senator for two terms. This isn't the usual romance, paranormal, cook book, or young adult I usually review but I still enjoyed it. The Senator put together a very fast paced action packed book. A few times I wondered if this was really fiction.

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What Are Your Kids Doing This Summer?

I love summer. It's a great time for fun family activities. This summer, however, the smoke from wildfires near our house have been keeping us indoors. Recently, my 11 and 14 year olds have been releasing the pent up energy from being stuck inside to make videos. So far, they've made a music video using the song "Hot & Cold" by Katy Perry, and they've also made a super cute, short thriller film with a killer teddy bear.

Taylor Swift Tickets | Katy Perry Tickets | Jersey Boys Tickets 

Bon Jovi Tickets | Backstreet Boys Tickets

We've also organized their rooms, joined some other local families in a weekly "Amazing Race" game with fun challenges at local businesses and parks, have taken a couple of trips to the beach, and they're continuing their BJJ classes.

I've been trying to come up with more activities we can do, especially indoor ones as there are many days where the smoke is really bad.

What are you doing with your kids this summer?

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Island Girl Book Review and Giveaway

                               About Island Girl

What Would You Do If You Were Told You Had Alzheimer’s? 

Island Girl is the emotionally riveting story of a 55 year old mother, Ruby Donaldson, fighting to reunite her family as she struggles with the diagnosis of early on-set Alzheimer’s.

Ruby refuses to let the disease control her future, but first she must find a way to convince her older daughter Liz to grow up and come home; to take her place as head of the family thereby securing the future of their home on the Island, and ensuring that Liz’s younger sister, Grace, will be cared for in the only place that is safe for her.

But there are good reasons why Liz and Ruby have been estranged for years, and Liz can only wonder why she should forgive her mother a lifetime of sins just because she’s sick. Does Alzheimer’s grant Ruby instant immunity, a moral get-out-of-jail-free card?

Ruby always thought she’d have a lifetime to make things right, but suddenly time is running out.

                                                               Read an Excerpt 

About Lynda Simmons

Lynda Simmons is a writer by day, college instructor by night and a late sleeper on weekends. She grew up in Toronto reading Greek mythology, bringing home stray cats and making up stories about bodies in the basement. From an early age, her family knew she would either end up as a writer or the old lady with a hundred cats. As luck would have it, she married a man with allergies so writing it was.

With two daughters to raise, Lynda and her husband moved into a lovely two storey mortgage in Burlington, a small city on the water just outside Toronto. While the girls are grown and gone, Lynda and her husband are still there. And yes, there is a cat – a beautiful, if spoiled, Birman.

When she’s not writing or teaching, Lynda gives serious thought to using the treadmill in her basement. Fortunately, she’s found that if she waits long enough, something urgent will pop up and save her – like a phone call or an e-mail or a whistling kettle. Or even that cat just looking for a little more attention!

You can visit her website or connect with her on Twitter and Facebook 

Mandie's Thoughts - This was a very emotional book for me. The author really know show to pull those strings. This tells the story of three women - Ruby, Grace, and Liz in alternating chapters. It deals with family dysfunction and heartache. By the end I was both happy and sad. This would be the perfect book club pick!
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Lucky Stiff & Wanna get Lucky Book Reviews & Giveaway

Wanna Get Lucky -

A young woman plunges from a Las Vegas sightseeing helicopter, landing in the Pirate’s lagoon in front of the Treasure Island Hotel in the middle of the 8:30 Pirate Show.  Almost everyone writes her off as another Vegas victim. 
But Lucky O’Toole smells a rat.  She’s head of Customer Relations at The Babylon, the newest, most opulent mega-casino and resort on the Strip, so she’s got a lot on her plate: the Adult Film industry’s annual awards banquet, a spouse-swapping convention, sex toy purveyors preying on the pocket-protector crowd attending ElectroniCon…. 

Still, Lucky can’t resist turning over a few stones. 
When a former flame is one of the snakes she uncovers, Lucky’s certain she’s no longer dealing with an anonymous Sin City suicide.  To top it all off, Lucky’s best friend Teddie—Las Vegas’ finest female impersonator—presses to take their relationship to the next level.  Leave it to Lucky to attract a man who looks better in a dress than she does.

Lucky must manage the Babylon’s onslaught of outrageous festivities, solve a murder, and struggle to keep her life and libido from spinning out of control… not to mention keep her balance in six inch heels. 

                                                    
Read An Excerpt
Mandie's Thought - I absolutely LOVED, I mean loved this book. If you are a fan of Janet Evanovich you are really going to love this. It was fast paced and quirky. I wasn't too sure about Teddie at first, especially with Dane around but I eventually warmed up to him. This book is full of spunk and oh so funny!

Lucky Stiff

Lucky O'Toole -- head of Customer Relations at premier mega resort the Babylon -- thinks it's just another night in Las Vegas. A tractor-trailer has spilled its load of a million honeybees, blocking not only the Strip but the entrance to her hotel. . .The district attorney for Clark County -- apparently the odd man out of a threesome on the twelfth floor -- is hiding in the buff in one of the hotel's laundry rooms. . . And Numbers Neidermeyer -- one of Vegas's less-than-savory oddsmakers -- is throwing some major attitude at Las Vegas's ace private investigator, the beautiful Jeremy Whitlock.

The next day, Lucky discovers Ms. Neidermeyer has been tossed into the shark tank at the Mandalay Bay Resort as a snack for the tiger shark. When the police show up at the Babylon with a hastily prepared search warrant, applied for by the district attorney himself, and Jeremy lands in the hot seat, Lucky realizes her previous night was far from routine.

Amid the chaos of fight weekend, the Babylon's hiring of an eccentric new French chef, and her madam mother's scheme to auction off a young woman's virginity, Lucky is drawn into a deadly game where no one is what they seem, a game that will end only when she discovers who made fish food out of Numbers Neidermeyer.

Lucky O'Toole and fabulous Las Vegas -- life doesn't get any better.
Mandie's Thoughts - This book was another home run for Deborah Coonts. She has a fan for life from me. Her characters have so much life and she is a fantastic writer. Any fan of the Stephanie Plum series will love this! If you are looking for something fun and maybe not so realistic then this is for you. I enjoyed the banter between the characters and Lucky is a strong lead. I hope to read many more in this series!
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Veiled - Our Book Club pick for July & Giveaway

     Can love survive the forgetting effects of the Veil?

"I have always existed, not just me but all of us,

the spirits who wait to live."

 

Tess is an unborn spirit, who is about to embark on a much awaited journey into mortality to a brand new planet called Earth.  She is chosen by the Eternals for an important mission, and is put through rigorous training, which exposes her to some of her darkets fears and insecurities.  These experiences, however, enhance her gift as a discerner of thoughts and reader of auras - thus helping her become one of Heaven's most powerful angels.  But even angels falter, and deep inside her, a gnawing fear is growing.  Will she meet her soul mate in life?  Will their love be strong enough to overcome the forgetting effects of the Veil?  And, is she prepared to take on the responsibility of keeping the most dangerous renegade and leader of the Fallen Angels at bay during mortality?

      This is our Book of the Month for our Book Club on our Time 4 Mommy Community in July. I wanted to read this as soon as I read the description for it!  After we have all read it the author will stop by and discuss it with us!      
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PSA - Kids and Water

  Yesterday I was at a birthday party and someone asked me to watch their baby. Well I didn't know the baby was mobile and the next thing I knew he was at the edge of the water.

   This could have been bad, very very bad. Luckily it wasn't, he just wanted to be with all of the other kids. It just takes a split second for something to go wrong with kids and water.

    If you have a pool PLEASE use safety pool covers when you're not around. If you're at the beach, don't ask me to watch them :/ 

    My girls are 4 & 6 and luckily they stay at the very edge of the water. I couldn't imagine having a baby again. When my girls were little we had covered area that they couldn't get out of when we were at the beach. At the pool I'm on them like white on rice, I'm scared to death! I take every precaution possible!

Pregnancy Planner Review & Giveaway

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Becoming a mom is extraordinarily exciting! However, with so much to accomplish before the baby arrives it can also be hugely overwhelming and the Family Facts Pregnancy Organizer & Planner can help her get organized before the baby arrives.

With the Family Facts Pregnancy Organizer & Planner, everything she needs to plan for her baby's arrival is right at her fingertips. It's like having a support staff to find and keep track of all that essential information. Inclusive of:

·       Baby Registry Information

·       Lists for mom and baby

·       Who to call when you go into labor

·       Questions for healthcare providers 

·       And so much more!

This handy all-in-one resource helps pregnant women reduce the stress that comes from all she has to do to prepare for her new bundle of joy. Helpful tips and advice throughout. Written to accommodate both first-time moms and women who already have children.

Mandie's Thoughts - This is a great resource for moms, especially first time moms. There are cute tips, stickers, and my favorite part was the plastic bound. It makes it easy to clean! I also love the areas to write baby names, keep track of your prenatal appointments, and baby shower registries/ gift log.

                                                                               





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I Love My Daddy Giveaway Hop! June 16th - 19th 12 - Winners!!

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