Mary Kay Sale

So I've meant to do this for a week, but I've actually felt well enough and decided that getting the baby room (former junk room/spare bedroom) cleaned while feeling well was more important. For those of you who haven't heard, we are expecting. I can't say much more than that because we don't know much more than that! But you'll know when we know!

In honor of the 11 new lipstick colors, 6 new lipgloss colors, 10 new mineral eye colors and 1 new cheek color I'm having a buy 2 get 1 FREE on all Mary Kay colors (of equal or greater value). This is really a great deal. Hope on over to my website and shop around. Have some fun on the free Virtual Makeover section of the website too.

I'm also doing a 20% off all sets or collections: i.e. Satin Hands Set, Satin Lips Set, Miracle Set, Body Care Collections.

This is to kick off my now monthly Mary Kay sales. They will always be listed to the left with a link to my website. If you become a follower of this blog though, you will get an extra 5% discount on your entire purchase. And don't worry for those of you who are already followers. You automatically get the extra discount!

If you are interested in joining an email list, just drop me a note and I'll add you to it. Happy colors this month!

Oh, please have your orders placed by June 30th at noon for the sale prices to be applied!

Book Reviews

Today's my catchup day for book reviews. I finished two more of the 39 Clues Series, #7 The Viper's Nest by Peter Lerangis and #8 The Emporer's Code by Gordon Korman. This series is just a fun read. I love learning about all the different places Amy and Dan Cahill go. They learn to trust each other, they grow together, all while trying to stay alive. I still love the idea that each book is written by a different author because you get a feel for how each author writes. You have the same characters, with the same attitudes and yet you can see the difference in dialogue between each book. It's really fun. I know #9 is already out and #10 is due to be released on August 31. It's all very exciting. If you have kids or just love a fun read, this is the series for you!

Next is a book I've waited for for a long time. Rick Riordan's new series The Kane Chronicles: The Red Pyramid. What a fabulous book I would recommend for anyone and everyone. I loved all the Egyptian mythology in there and I really liked the way he has woven a fun, exciting adventure around the myths. Carter and Sadie have great personalities and take turns telling the story of how they get sucked into a world with Egyptian Gods. Together they learn to depend on each other and are truly family even though they did not grow up together. I loved the lessons learned and taught about trust and the importance of sacrifice for the right reason. I can't wait for the next installment to find out how the next problem will be solved.

And last but not least Melissa Marr's new book, Radiant Shadows. I've always loved faery stories, especially ones about the true nature of faeries, not the Disneyfied version. This is another Wicked Lovely novel. Marr never takes the story the way I think she is. One book ends with a problem that hasn't quite been solved and yet the next book is about a character that has been introduced previously and focuses on that character. This story is about Delvin and his struggle to find his place in the Faery realm. I really liked how his story took everything into account and weaves in and out of what I've already read. He has a lot of hard choices to make and I enjoyed seeing the consequences, good and bad, that came about because of choices made in years past. It is a great read if you don't mind a little language.

Girl's Camp

I just spent the last three and a half days as an assistant cook for girl's camp. Kudos to the eight other women with me. We all worked well and have all vowed never to cook again (at least not for a week!). After three seventeen hour days with little down time, serving 300 people three times a day, we are/I am beat. I have to say it went well, it was well planned out, we had way too much food, I can't believe how much they ate, but it was good. There are always the few complainers that make life difficult but for the most part it's all good.

And the best part is . . . I get to sleep in my own bed tonight! Hopefully not with the scorpion that stung my husband while I was gone! :)

2nd Annual Summer Treasure Hunt

Wanna win something this summer? Take a look at the 2nd Annual Summer Treasure Hunt. There's a winner everyday from today until partway into July, with a variety of prizes, mostly books and such, but I'm hosting a day and will be giving away a Mary Kay Set. Come take a look and join the fun!

Book Buzzin' and Review

I just finished a fabulous book by Karen Hoover, The Sapphire Flute, Book One in the Wolfchild Saga. This wonderful book has magic, shape shifting, dragons, mystery and intrigue. I loved the characters and they way things were woven together. I'm excited to see how this series plays out. I have my ideas, but love to be proven wrong!

Here's a treat too. I have the first chapter to L. C. Lewis' new book Awakening Avery. Have a read and let me know what you think! It didn't past very well, but here's the link to my facebook to read it.

Book Buzzin' & Review

Well, I sure didn't expect all the comments to my post on Prop 100. Thanks to everyone who did! There was a great dialogue posted on my facebook wall if anyone is interested in that. I sure have learned a lot from different people.


Anyway, I have these great intentions to post more than once or twice a week, but it seems like the end of the week comes and goes before I can blink. So here we go. This week I'm buzzin' about a great book that I've had the opportunity of reading a few chapters from. Joan Sowards' book Chocolate Roses. From what I've read it is a funny, good read. Here's the back blurb.



Janie Rose Whitaker's world revolved around her chocolate shop until Roger Wentworth and his young daughter moved into the apartment across from Janie's. Anyone would think Roger fit the mold of the "perfect" guy, but soon Janie discovers secrets that could keep them apart forever. Thoush she resists getting involved in Roger's complicated life, they are drawn further into a bittersweet relationship.


You will laugh, cry, and crave chocolate as you read this LDS paraody of the classic novel Jane Eyre.



Take a look at it and let me know what you think!



Here's my book review of the week, D. J. MacHale's Morpheus Road The Light. If you like ghosts stories you will love this book. From the author of the Pendragon Series and Are You Afraid of the Dark? he sure knows how to keep an audience on the edge of their seats. I thought I had the plot line figured out, but I was wrong. I love a book that can throw me like that. I'm excited for the next book in the series, especially with how the epilogue worked. He did a fanstastic job and I would recommend this book to anyone.

Prop 100

I just realized I never explained what Prop 100 was. It's a proposed 1% sales tax for three years. The money would go to education and public safety if passed. Another thing I never mentioned was the budget cuts that are happening in education. Last year they cut something like $42 billion from education. That hurt but we all made due. Teachers were let go and some were hired back. However, this year, even if Prop 100 passes they are still going to cut another $45 to $50 billion from the budget. If it doesn't, it's something like $70 billion that will be cut. Pretty crazy if you ask me.

Teachers already spend enough in their classrooms. With these kind of cuts it will come down to teachers paying for everything in their classrooms out of pocket and/or parents being expected to pay for things like textbooks, workbooks, paper, etc. Not a good situation either way you look at it.