Tricia Goyer’s Praying for Your Future Husband

 Are you intentional about seeking God's desire for your future? Then pray for your husband-to-be! Sharing personal stories, insightful reflections, practical applications, relevant Scripture, and heartfelt petitions, Robin Jones Gunn and Tricia Goyer encourage you to begin your loving relationship with your spouse by supporting him in prayer---even if you haven't met him yet.

Book Jacket:

From when we were small girls, most of us dream of “The One,” our future husband. We think about what it would be like to be a bride. We wonder who that special guy is and when we'll find him. The great news is that what you do now can make a difference in your life and the life of your future husband!
Authors and good friends Robin Jones Gunn (Christy Miller series) and Tricia Goyer (author and former teen mom) believe God answers women's prayers for husbands—even husbands they may not meet for years. They invite young women to pray boldly for their future mate … while also asking God to prepare their own hearts.
In Praying for Your Future Husband, Robin and Tricia share their two vastly different experiences, including the things they did right and the mistakes they made on the path to meeting and marrying their husbands. Each chapter includes helpful Bible verses, prayers, and practical application, along with true stories of women who prayed for a husband and how God answered in remarkable ways.

Scraps of Life Book Review: I was excited at the opportunity to read this book for two reasons. First off, I was familiar with the authors work and eager to read more. Secondly, I'm the mom of three girls. This book really hit home. I appreciated the honesty of the authors. They both opened up and shared their stories of their life which included the mistakes and the right turns along the way. I loved the practical, hands on information given for the reader to follow along and it bridges a gap in the mother-daughter relationship when it comes to discussing dating and seeking a life long commitment to one man.


This is a wonderful book for a mom to read and then pass along to her unmarried daughter. I look forward to sharing this with my daughters. Thank you, Robin and Tricia for writing this book.

Are you on twitter? Then follow @RobinGunn and @triciagoyer.
Check out their websites: http://www.robingunn.com and http://www.triciagoyer.com 

I was given a copy of the book to read through LitFuse Publicity Group. Our own opinions are expressed in the review.

Alexa Ranking Blog hop! Help improve your rank!

 

*IF YOU stop here today, please leave a comment so I can come visit you. In your comment tell me how you are following me, all the links are on my right side bar, I will follow back!

If you’ve been participating in our Alexa Blog Hops the past few weeks, you have probably seen a significant improvement in your Alexa rank. If you are a new blogger looking to decrease your Alexa rank & gain new GFC (Google Friend Connect) followers, please participate.

You will need to install the Alexa Toolbar on your browser. it only takes a few seconds! There are toolbars for Explorer, Chrome, and Firefox. (for those that are worried, don’t be this is NOT an additional toolbar, just a little “A” icon that will show up in your toolbar) FYI- if you don't use the toolbar you won't see your ratings decrease.

The Alexa Toolbar will allow you to keep track of your daily Alexa Traffic Rank- which will give you an idea of how your blogging efforts are paying off. you can also use it to check out the Alexa Rank of any website.Your Alexa Traffic Rank will most likely fluctuate daily and the lower you are the better.

Here are the rules:

*Download the Alexa toolbar.

*Add your blog name & URL to the linky list below.

*Then, follow any blogs on GFC that interest you (be sure to leave a friendly comment on their blog letting them know that you are a new follower so they can follow back!) if you are already a follower of their blog, just leave a comment asking them to visit you for the Alexa hop!

*Feel free to grab the Spearmint Baby Blog Hop banner & post on your blog to get new people involved. (the more new people the better!)

* Please note that I keep this blog hop open all week so you have plenty of time to visit all of the blogs on the list.

Be a sweetie and follow the Blogs that are the hosting this Hop: We have Spearmint Baby and her 3 cohosts me, SusieQTpies Scraps of Life, Kelly’s Lucky You, & Our Family World. THANKS! We do follow back

Freebies, Coupons & Deals for today

Here are a few coupons and freebies I found today. Most I found on Facebook. Do you have any to share? If so feel free to leave them in the comments and/or your blog link to other deals.

• Enter to win $1,000 until Aug. 15th. I'm one of the sponsors. ENTER HERE.

• Hobby Lobby 40% off coupon. PRINT HERE.

• Pilot or Flying J's free 44 oz drink coupon for August which requires you to LIKE their Facebook page. PRINT HERE. We always stop there as a half way point on our trip to Louisville. Yay!
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• Enroll your Homeschool Child into the Pizza Hut BOOK IT reading program. Deadline is Sept. 1st. GO HERE.

• Make sure your school is enrolled in the BOOK IT program. Find out if they are, HERE, and if not give the info to someone at your school. It is a FREE reading incentive program.

• Free coupon for a slice of Freschetta. Did you know you can buy just a frozen slice? Very crazy but worth trying for free. You have to LIKE their Facebook page and on August 4th they will be giving away tens of thousands of coupons for free FRESCHETTA® By the Slice Pizza! Get all the fabulous details and sign up for your reminder email at http://FreeFreschetta.com/ and their Facebook page is: http://www.facebook.com/FreschettaSimplyInspired

• Homemade Simple coupon book ($35 in P & G coupons) go HERE to get the book mailed to you.

Friendly Wednesday Blog Hop! Come link up

 

Welcome to Feeding Four's Friendly Wednesday Blog Hop! I'm glad you're here!

*If you leave a comment to let me know how you are following me I will follow back!

 

How to Participate:

Follow the hostesses - Feeding Four (click to visit and get the blog hop button) and SusieQTpies Scraps of Life Blog (This is ME!). 

If you want me to follow you back, please leave a comment letting me know how you are following me and I will follow back. All my ways to follow are on my right side bar- Email, GFC, Facebook, Twitter and Networked Blogs.

• If you want, create a new Friendly Wednesday blog post on your own blog and be sure to use the button provided on the side bar if you want to!

• Enter your information into the linkup below.
  

• Follow all the other blogs you want. This is a great way to get more followers!

While you are here, check out my TASTY recipes in the tab labeled "SusieQTpies Personal Recipes" and giveaways/deals on right side bar! Have a great day!

Boost Your Buzz $1000 Summer Giveaway

Boost Your Buzz $1,000 Summer Giveaway! 
One lucky person is going to win $1000 USD paid via Paypal!

The giveaway started today & runs until August 15th 11:59 pm EST. Open worldwide. $1,000 CASH prize will be delivered via Paypal as soon as the winner’s entry has been verified. This could be YOU!

Boost Your Buzz $1,000 Summer Giveaway can be entered on Survey Junkie, Simply Stacie or Little Yaya’s (you only have to enter on one of the sites as the forms will be the same on each). This is such an easy set up.

My blog is participating in this event. So please go enter to win! *IF* you are stopping in over the next 2 weeks because of this event, THANK YOU and welcome to my blog! 

CLICK here to get the details and to enter. It is set up so you only have to go to ONE website to enter!! Nice! 

FREE on NOOK and Kindle: Sixteen Brides by Stephanie Grace Whitson

 *I just found out that this book is free for NOOK, Kindle and Sony ereader. I'm not sure how long it will last so go check it out. I read the book last year and the review is listed below. 

Remember you don't need a NOOK or Kindle to read these books. You can read them on your computer or your phone.

From the publisher, Bethany House:   In 1872, sixteen Civil War widows living in St. Louis respond to a series of meetings conducted by a land speculator who lures them west by promising "prime homesteads" in a "booming community." Unbeknownst to them, the speculator's true motive is to find an excuse to bring women to the fledgling community of Plum Grove, Nebraska, in hopes they will accept marriage proposals shortly after their arrival!

Sparks fly when these unsuspecting widows meet the men who are waiting for them. These women are going to need all the courage and faith they can muster to survive these unwanted circumstances--especially when they begin to discover that none of them is exactly who she appears to be.

MY TAKE ON THE BOOK:  What a great read! I love historical fiction.  The author beautifully told a story of life for women after the Civil War.  Many with whom lost their husbands due to the War.  The custom was that women were not to be alone, couldn't take care of building a home or having a hard labor job.  This group of women showed the men in this new town that they could take care of their own business and that they didn't need to be a bride unless they chose to be one.  Of course, over half the group were thrilled to come into a town and get married right away.  They needed that comfort of having a mate right away.
The author was doing research for another book when she ran across a headline "Another cargo of war widows arrived..." which was just the spark needed to get this book going. She took on 5 women's stories and wove them into a delightful read!  I definitely recommend this for Young Adult and up (13 and older) and will have my daughters read this book. 

About the Author:

Stephanie Grace Whitson, bestselling author and two time Christy Award finalist, pursues a full-time writing and speaking career from her home studio in Lincoln, Nebraska. Her husband and blended family, her church, quilting, and Kitty--her motorcycle--all rank high on her list of "favorite things". Visit www.stephaniegracewhitson.com

The book was sent for me to review. The words under MY TAKE ON THE BOOK are of my own tasty words and opinions.

National Ice Cream Sandwich Day Recipes

I scream You scream We all SCREAM for ICE CREAM! Who can resist ice cream? Not many people can resist it during these HOT SUMMER months. Today is National Ice Cream Sandwich Day and I thought that we should share it together, drooling over a few recipes.

I've made this tasty waffle recipe from Friendship Bread Kitchen many times. We all LOVE them. We used the leftover waffles to make waffle ice cream sandwiches. Doesn't it make you want to eat one? To make the recipe, just make these amish friendship bread waffles or use your own favorite waffle recipe and scoop on some ice cream. Add strawberry jam to our vanilla ice cream. These really are so good and a super easy treat. Make waffles for breakfast and then use the extra for an afternoon or after dinner treat. They are great to make up ahead of time and freeze for later, too.

How about you? What is your favorite ice cream sandwich?