2010 February

survey thanks!

February 27, 2010 By Penny Leave a Comment

UPDATE HERE ***Well it looks like I cannot extend the survey, thank you all so much and if you missed out, here is the 50% off coupon code anyway

please enjoy this 50% off coupon code, V79N48Q5 good this weekend on anything in my bookstore!

Be blessed!

Filed Under: bookstore

organization, survey and a 50% off coupon

February 26, 2010 By Penny Leave a Comment

Recently I have been as busy as a chicken, and going in about as many directions. I would just love it if you could help me out a bit . And I would love to bless you too. I have prepared a survey and if you would take a few short minutes to answer less than 10 questions I would love to bless you with a 50% off coupon to my bookstore . The coupon will work with most of the items in my bookstore, and with all of the items in the left side column for sure. Here is the link Click here to take survey
Thanks so much for helping me better serve you.

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Filed Under: bookstore, new books by Penny Raine Tagged With: home

Secrets of the Organized by Jill Cooper ~ guest post

February 25, 2010 By Penny 1 Comment

Secrets of the Organized

by Jill Cooper

http://www.LivingOnaDime.com/

1. Never stop picking up.

Try picking up during TV commercials or while you are waiting for something to boil on the stove. You will be amazed how much you can get done in five minutes.

Have the entire family spend five minutes picking up the family room or living room before they go to bed. Set a timer for young kids so they don’t get overwhelmed.

If your family members go to bed at different times then have each member pick up his or her items before bed time. Once this becomes a habit, you will be amazed how much easier picking up becomes.

2. Stop making messes.

Keep a trash can in every room. No one likes carrying one small piece of trash from the family room to the kitchen so it usually ends up on the floor. Keep small trash cans everywhere. In our office we have two trash cans, one next to the desk for throwing away regular office trash and one next to the shipping table for throwing away envelope tabs, extra invoices and other shipping trash. If you need two trash cans in a room put them in there. Make it easy to keep things clean. Throw that sticky food wrapper straight into the trash. Don’t lay it on the counter to make another mess that needs to be wiped up later. Don’t lay that dirty spoon on the counter. Rinse it and put it in the sink or dishwasher.

As you’re undressing, don’t throw your dirty clothes on the floor or on the furniture. While they are still in your hand, put them in the hamper or if they’re still clean, hang them up.

Keep the hamper close to where you undress at night. If it is convenient, you will be more likely to use it.

Before you leave the bathroom, hang your wet towel on the rod. Don’t drop it on the floor or leave it in a pile.

3. Think ahead.

What are you having for dinner?

Are the kid’s papers signed and ready for school?

What clothes are you wearing tomorrow?

4. Never, Never Procrastinate.

Keep straightening things all the time. For example, when you put away groceries and you see that the cans of soup have fallen over, take two seconds to re-stack them.

When you put linens or clothes in their drawers, make sure everything in those drawers is neatly stacked.

Pick up as you go. Each time you walk through a room, pick up something.

Stop thinking about it! Just do it.

5.Train family members to rinse their own dishes and stack them in the sink (or better yet to put them directly into the dishwasher). It may take a while to develop this habit. For kids, you may want to do something like charge each member a dime for every dish not rinsed or make them responsible for doing all the dishes for a week.

Remember Thomas Edison? What if he had given up after his first 5, 10, or 100 light bulbs? Where would we be now if he had thrown up his hands and quit at his first failures? The same is true with getting and staying organized. Keep practicing and you will create a productive new habit.

6. Attitude, Attitude, Attitude.

Stop dreading taking care of your home and start taking pride and pleasure in it. Think of an organized home as a special gift of peace and pleasure that you are giving your family. A disorganized one causes turmoil and frustration. Besides — You probably spend more time worrying about it than it would take to clean it.

7. Use rooms for their intended purposes.

Don’t let kids get undressed in the family room – that’s why they have bedrooms.

Eat food at the kitchen table or bar, not in bed. This alone can save a huge number of messes.

Fold laundry in the laundry room immediately after taking it out of the dryer and put it away immediately.

8. Be a wise steward of your time.

If you see something that needs to be clean, clean it as soon as possible.

If something doesn’t need to be cleaned, don’t waste your time. If there is no dust, don’t just dust because you dust every Saturday.Don’t overbook yourself volunteering at schools, churches or charities. Learn to say “no”. Notice that I didn’t say don’t do these things at all, just control how much you do so they don’t take over your life.

Don’t overbook your children with their activities, either.

Get rid of fruitless activities. Many of us spend way too much time talking on the phone, watching TV, shopping unnecessarily or killing time on the computer. These are all time robbers when you devote a lot of time to them.

9. Keep on top of things.

If you do small cleanings every day, you’d be surprised how much you can accomplish. In ten minute increments, you can do each of the following: wash the dishes, vacuum, file a pile of papers or clean your purse. It shouldn’t take more than ten minutes for each child to pick up his room before bed and to lay out his clothes for the morning.

Don’t let the laundry, dishes, toys and paperwork get out of control.

Jill Cooper is the editor of http://www.LivingOnaDime.com/.

Filed Under: friend's articles, home sweet home Tagged With: organize, organizing

busy mom’s bible ~ real deal review

February 25, 2010 By Penny Leave a Comment

As part of a promotion I received this bible free to review, my opinions as always are my own .

Beautiful! I tend to collect Bibles. Don’t worry I also give tons of them away. not as many as my dear hubby who has been known to give his favorite to a hitchhiker, but I do keep extras to give. However this one is a keeper, two toned pink leather and beautiful!

I don’t use print bibles as much as I used to, I mostly use online biblegateway or Swordsearch which I have installed on my laptop, but I love having a handy print bible nearby at all times. This one is NIV which is my favorite version. Now some folks would be upset by that but I guarantee you I probably know more Hebrew and Greek than those ‘most folks’ and i would rather spend my time studying things there than trying to figure out some obscure King James word. King James was no bible scholar himself, that translation was a political move. It is the Spirit that teaches and I am in tune with the Spirit of God, so reading a bible in my own language is not harmful. Enough said there.

I also love study bibles, and this one has great notes. I know that the notes are someone’s opinions and I know I don’t have the market in understanding God so I love to hear what others have to say also. This one has good notes. They make you want to study more. In my opinion a good bible draws you in and makes you want to read further and his one does just that. It has a concordance and a topical index. And it has maps! I love maps!

When this came in the mail, I thought I would review it and pass it along to someone else, but sorry folks I am keeping it . Maybe they will give me one to give away. If I had a mom I would get her this for Mother’s Day!

disclaimer- while I was not paid for this post I did receive a free bible and I enjoy it very much! you can get more info here

Filed Under: reviews Tagged With: bible, bible study

Missile Defense Agency logo ~ Is the US still the US?

February 24, 2010 By Penny Leave a Comment

Missile Defense Agency’s Web site features a new red, white and blue logo — described as ‘scarily’ similar to Obama’s campaign logo, as well as the symbol of Islam.

I first saw this earlier today on facebook, in fact I posted a blurb about it, but now it seems fox news has got it too. It was first noticed by some who others would say were “looking” for such things. But obviously it is easier to see than just to be seen by, uh well, you know know non left folks. So what do you see here. And does it look like what I think it looks like? And do we still live in America? And is this even known as a Christian Nation anymore?

Filed Under: current events

not looking like a grandma

February 24, 2010 By Penny Leave a Comment

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Dermajuv Skin Care Products. All opinions are 100% mine.

Dermajuv_skin_care_products Now that I am a grandma I have decided that it is good to be a grandma. That doesn’t necessarily mean I need to look the part. I mean if were a needed thing I guess it would be ok but since I have sucessfuly avoided gray hair for the most part I see no need for a lot of wrinkles either. Well I do have a couple gray hairs but that is only because my children insist on living such an adventurous lifestyle. The answer to having peace in the middle of that is prayer and lots of it .

But I am not giving in to wrinkles. Hmm, so when I got this opportunity to look at some new skin care products I thought it sounded like a blessing. Seems like there are all kinds of new developments and scientists have not left us Grandmas out in the cold. No longer is it just old fashioned skin cream. Now there are anti-aging ingredients. They even have products that are called Complete Rejuvenation System and Eye Revolution Gel . With all kinds of new and scientific ingredients. Wow. I like that. I think I would like for my skin to be rejuvenated.