Count Your Blessings: IG Style

I took a week and half 'vacation' from instagram, these are my count your blessings since I got back on.

Fishtail Ponytails/ Bday Ecard For Bff Pilar/ Four Pages of Restart Notes/ 

Restart With J*/ Chasing Jupiter and History Novels For Sis/ Proverbs Art/ 

Manual Mode/ Breakfast cookies and Español/ Water 

Noah's Ark Craft/ WW1 Project/ Snowing!/ 

#Scorethrifty/ Lindor Truffles/ Mother's Coffee Mug

Today is: Monday February 11, 2013

Outside my window: Darkness has settled

I am thinking: The things I still have to do on the computer

I am thankful for: The sound of Melting snow drip drop

I am hoping: To come up with a good plot for a story

I am hearing: Laughter in my parents room

I am wearing: Tank top with a sweater on top and purple pj pants

I am reading: Joy Takes Flight

I am creating: My Shutterfly album

Around the house: Its relatively clean as we have finished our chores

One of my favorite things: Gooey chocolate chip cookies

For education this week: Money managing 

A keeper of home skill I am using/ Learning: Freezer cooking

A Godly character trait I am working on: Perseverance

Scripture I am meditating/memorizing: Psalm 91:6

Praying for: A special friend

For the rest of the week: I hope to finish lots of homeschooling

Book Review- All For a Song

Dorothy has her family, faith in God, loving fiance, and her music. She thought that was enough. Little did she know she would embark on a journey of a lifetime, leaving the nest and flying out a bit before marriage ties her down again. All For a Song is not your typical novel.

Dorothy was a great character! She was different from your average perfect main character. The author  crafted  her with such a sincerity and honesty that her struggles were felt deep. Dorothy having been sheltered all her life chooses to leave all that she knows behind and experience "life." I somewhat understood her reasons for wanting to see the world over the next hill, but I could not throughoughly bond with her reasons. I also thought she was a bit naive. "Where was her discernment" was the common thought with the choices she made. Her flaws made her easier to relate to, but made for a somewhat sorrowful read.

Most of the characters professed to be Christians, but to me the were truly laking in their morals, especially Aimee Semple McPhearson.

This was such an emotional tale. You witnessed how the main character experienced freedom in the Lord, how the effects of the world influence her either for good or bad, and the redeeming love found in Jesus Christ. I definitely enjoyed reading this book, and would recommend it to those who enjoy emotionally bound books and a good read.

I was provided this book, for free from Tyndale Publishers, in exchange for this independent and unbiased review.