June 4, 2007
- 5 Minutes for Books - Organizing for Life and Becka and the Big Bubble
Organizing for Life
Just hearing the title, Organizing for Life: Declutter Your Mind to Declutter Your World, made me want to read this book. I admit that I am, as author Sandra Felton calls us, a messie.
A Messie wants to be in control, so she keeps everything in sight so that she will have [...]
May 28, 2007
- 5 Minutes for Books - Chronicle Books for Kids and the Potluck Club novel
Welcome to another week of 5 Minutes for Books. Today’s reviews are by Jennifer. The winner for last week’s Chocolatherapy book drawing is Kahri from Our Peculiar Life. Congratulations Kahri! And for those of you who didn’t win, but are still craving chocolate, you can click through the link and order this great book [...]
May 25, 2007
- This time EACH one of you gets a free book…
Our inbox is stuffed with requests for us to share information with you. And far too often we must say no - we simply can’t write about it all.
But this fun offer caught my eye and I thought you might like it too…First - for any of you located in LA - Ragu is teaming [...]
May 21, 2007
- 5 Minutes for Books - Chocolatherapy Review and Giveaway
Welcome to 5 Minutes for Books and congratulations to last week’s winners…
The winners of the Get a Hobby! book are:
Becca at Becca’s Blank Slate
Tina at She Plants a Vineyard
Jessica B
Kelli at Holding the Mirror up to My Soul
Jodi at Mama Jodi’s World
The winners of the bilingual alphabet book from Sweet Arts Design are: [...]
May 14, 2007
- 5 Minutes for Books - Part 2 - A Book for You…
This is the second review of today’s double feature here at 5 Minutes for Books. We are separating the reviews into two posts so that you can enter your comments separately. The children’s book review is a contest with three copies of the children’s book available to win. If you missed that post, click here. [...]
May 11, 2007
- Win a Copy of Amy Knapp’s Family Organizing Handbook
This is the seventh and FINAL contest in our Mother’s Day Giveaway. To enter to win, leave a comment at this post. If you are new to the Mother’s Day Giveaway, head over to read the rules in our sticky post and find out what other fantastic prizes you could win.
PLEASE NOTE: Entries for [...]
May 7, 2007
- 5 Minutes for Books - This week’s review and contest: Ordinary Mom, Extraordinary God
Welcome to “5 Minutes for Books” - our newest column at 5 Minutes for Mom. Here we will feature both children’s books and books for Mom, usually with a copy to giveaway.
At 5 Minutes for Mom, we love to review and giveaway books. So, we thought, why not organize it all into a regular weekly [...]
May 4, 2007
- Hannah Keeley’s Total Mom Makeover
This is the third contest in our Mother’s Day Giveaway. To enter to win, leave a comment at this post. If this is your first visit to our Mother’s Day Giveaway, read the rules in our sticky post and find out what other fabulous prizes you could win.
Hannah Keeley’s Total Mom Makeover - a [...]
April 17, 2007
- What Was Your Baby’s or Toddler’s Favorite Book?
When Jackson was a baby, he used to carry around a tiny red board book about trucks. He took it everywhere — even to bed!!! Janice had to go out and buy two extra copies in preparation for the inevitable — a misplaced book with nap time looming.
And toddler Julia’s favorite book is called [...]
March 22, 2007
- Mama Said There’d Be Days Like This
Hey girls, this is Susan here today. Janice is taking a long nap so I thought I’d share about a fun book I just finished reading.
Jenn Doucette’s book Mama Said There’d Be Days Like This reads like a really great mom blog.
With each page I found myself nodding, laughing and saying to myself, “Yup… [...]
March 12, 2007
- Ocean Star – A Memoir
Now here is a book you simply must read. Ocean Star tells an incredible story of triumph over suffering and redemption through forgiveness.
Christina’s life story could not have been more dramatic if a Hollywood screenwriter created it. Her life and this memoir are as intense, emotional and complex as a carefully crafted novel.
Christina survived [...]
February 15, 2007
- A British Bestseller
Have you heard about the British bestselling novel The Yummy Mummy? It was just released here in North America last month.
Since our goal is to bring the best of all-things-mommy, I decided to give this one a read.
By the end of the prologue, I could understand its popularity. The writing seemed fresh and the story [...]
February 1, 2007
- What Are Your Favorite Baby Names?
I know – I am baby crazy over here! What can I say? After so much waiting, now I just can’t think about much else. Susan said to me tonight, “Can you please post about something else?!?” And I promise I will tomorrow – but I just couldn’t resist first asking you about what baby [...]
January 29, 2007
- Out of Sight – Out of Mind (Part 2)
So yesterday I told you all about my huge problems of messiness and procrastination. I live in a world of piles but whenever I get all super organized and start to file and tidy up my work space – putting urgent items out of sight but clearly marked urgent – I get in a worse [...]
January 28, 2007
- Out of Sight – Out of Mind (Part 1)
I have a problem. (Well of course I have quite a few – but lets keep this post focused.)
I am a procrastinator and a messy one at that. (Okay – I suppose a have two problems that apply to this post.)
You see, if I don’t like to do something, I tend to put it off [...]
January 4, 2007
- The Healthiest Kid in the Neighborhood
I am not sure who ate more sweets this Christmas – my son or me. But I do know that the one reason I am relieved when the New Year hits is that we can get back to our regular eating habits.
What about you? Do you indulge over the holidays? Are you looking for [...]
November 16, 2006
- Are You Protecting Your Child from Video Game Addiction?
“If you have a child who plays video games (or may in the future play video games), shut the cover of this book now, march up to the check-out counter at this moment, and purchase it. Immediately. Period.” – from Playstation Nation by Olivia and Kurt Bruner
Not too many authors start out commanding you [...]
November 10, 2006
- A Fun Way To Save Money
Here’s a great site to check out… It’s called Title Trader and it allows users to trade books, cds, and dvds with one another through a point system.
The owner of the site emailed me today to let us know about it. Here is his explanation of how Title Trader operates:
“The site works by users posting [...]
November 3, 2006
- Interview with Shannon Woodward, author of “Inconceivable”
Yesterday, Susan shared how inspired she was by the recently published book Inconceivable. Today we are thrilled to have the chance to chat with the author Shannon Woodward.
Janice: Shannon, thank you so much for joining us today.
This week is National Infertility Awareness Week and we are so pleased to be featuring your book Inconceivable [...]
November 2, 2006
- Inconceivable
“What do you do when the answer is no? What do you do when you struggle to your knees and lift your head and survey the world through grieving eyes?”
Inconceivable by Shannon Woodward
The book was on my kitchen counter, waiting for Janice to pick it up. It was 2:30 AM and I was [...]
