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A Perfect Pet for Peyton Review and Giveaway

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A Perfect Pet for Peyton

Have you ever read the 5 Love Languages?  Did you know there is also the 5 Love Languages of Children book?  These books written by Gary Chapman are life changing!
A Perfect Pet for Peyton is a Children’s book that goes along with the book The 5 Love Languages of Children.
About the book…
This wonderfully imaginative children’s hardcover book by bestselling authors Gary Chapman and Rick Osborne, featuring four-color illustrations (with hidden details!) by Wilson Williams, Jr., will help children learn the importance of love. Based on Gary’s highly successful The 5 Love Languages®, A Perfect Pet for Peyton tells an entertaining and playful story of five children who each, with the help of Mr. Chapman and the unique pets at his special emporium, discover their own personal love language. Children and parents alike will experience firsthand the power of the love languages as they cuddle up and spend precious time together reading this book over and over again.
*Free interactive app with in-book experience COMING SOON to the Apple App Store.
The 5 Love Languages: http://www.5lovelanguages.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/drgarychapman
My Thoughts: This is such a sweet story.  It goes through each love language in a way that kids can understand.  It is very creative!  I also love the illustrations and colors used in the book.  The setting is a nice petstore with a lot of animals and the author has done an amazing job of tying everything together.
How would you like to win a copy of this book?
Here is the Rafflecopter, make sure to leave a comment to get to the other entries 🙂


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Army Wives Season 6 Kindle Fire Giveaway

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I am VERY excited about Army Wives season 6 starting on Sunday.

It is going to be a good season, I can tell. I was able to watch the 1st episode last weekend and my friends and I all thought it was really good! We can’t wait to see the next episode!

Please make sure to tune into Army Wives Sunday March 4th 9/8c. It is a two hour long episode. YAY!

Who else is excited to see what all the Army wives are up to this season?

Now to the giveaway…because Lifetime is awesome they are letting me giveaway TWO Kindle Fires with Army Wives branded covers to the readers of Soldier’s Wife, Crazy Life.

Kindle Fire

How cool is that?

Army Wives Season 6

Good Luck everyone! And make plans to watch Army Wives on Sunday evening 🙂

Use the Rafflecopter to enter 🙂


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Disclosure: Lifetime is providing the Kindle Fires for the giveaway! I was not compensated in anyway for this post.

Intro To Army Life by Allison Mewes Book Review

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I was happy to receive the book Intro to Army Life by Allison Mewes for review.

ABOUT THE BOOK:
Intro to Army Life: A Handbook for Spouses and Significant Others Entering the Army Lifestyle was created to encourage, educate and inspire those entering the army culture. No one hands you a guidebook when you enter Army life; you either have to learn the hard way or stumble upon resources on your own…until now. Intro to Army Life gives you the tools and resources necessary to make your transition into the Army lifestyle easier, less stressful and more fun. You don’t have to learn the hard way—all the information you need is here, ready to help you make the transition. Along with engaging personal narrative and stories, Intro to Army Life includes:

• Army hierarchy and social structure
• 15 tips for dealing with a deployment
• Perks of a military ID
• Top 25 Army acronyms
• Military discounts and how to find them
• Top 10 resources for military children
• Fun facts, such as where the term “military brat” originated
• …and much more!

Intro to Army Life is an excellent resource for the individual reader or for companies promoting educational resources for the U.S. Army.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Allison Mewes became an army spouse one week before her husband left for a three-week Annual Training and then deployed for a year to the Middle East. While he was away, she wrote this book. Her experiences as a newlywed entering the army lifestyle, along with the humorous things that happened along the way, inspired her to help other military spouses and significant others make the transition into army life.

My Thoughts: I really wish I had gotten this book when Ben first joined the Army. In fact, if I ever hear about a friend about to become an Army spouse I am going to send a copy to her. This book is perfect because it tells you what you need to know without making it too complicated. She breaks down everything into basic chapters. This is great when you read it the first time and great to use as a reference for later on. She has included a ton of resources that would be very important for an Army spouse to have. I really liked seeing the 10 resources for children especially. That information is so important. I also really liked the pictures of the uniform describing what everything means. This is going to be a great book to have for reference. I may have been an Army wife for 6.5 years now but there are still situations and parts of Army life I still don’t know about. So if you are new the Army or even if you are a seasoned spouse, this would be a great book to have on your bookshelf.

 

And here is a link to the blog tour!

Here is the author’s website and you can find the book on Amazon!

 

 

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Cooper and Me and the Military book review and giveaway

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Cooper and Me and the Military

 

Raising children in a Military family has its challenges. It is nice to come across anything that can help in that journey. Books are a great resource for children in the Military. I was given the book Cooper and Me and the Military by Monique and Alexa Peters to review.

Cooper and Me is a children’s book series was started by a young girl, Alexa Peters (now 13), who has always loved to write stories and draw pictures about her experiences as a means of expressing her feelings. Cooper and Me grew out of Alexa’s gift for storytelling and compassion for other kids. The mission of Cooper and Me is to both entertain young children and help them gain emotional resilience as they navigate the challenges of everyday living.

Alexa Peters (age 13) was inspired to write a story about family friends who were separated by deployment. She wanted to write this book to help kids process their feelings about loved ones being away from home and honor those in service.
Overview:
Meet Trooper, Cooper’s best friend, and learn how he was adopted by Gracie and Joe and their parents, who both serve in the military. Find out how this family stays close despite being separated.
A must-read during patriotic holidays and for anyone with friends and family in the military, this book helps children know, that even when loved ones aren’t with us, they still love us and think about us. This book, along with all the other books in the Cooper and Me series, includes these interactive features:
• A Special Memory Creation
• Life Lesson
• Connections
• Learning Together
In addition to a fun adventure, each Cooper and Me story teaches an important Life Lesson and features interactive materials at the back of the book to drive the message home. Included are activities that help children name and process their own feelings about what they’ve read.
Julie’s thoughts on the book:
As soon as I took the book out of the mailer I knew I was going to love it. The cover is bright and has some pretty cool illustrations on it. The story is interesting and I think a lot of Military children can relate to it. My son said it was “cute” and enjoyed it. I also really liked that at the end of the book there were questions I could ask my son about it. One of them was “Have you ever missed someone? How does that feel?” I thought it was a great way to connect with your children through the book.
I know we plan to check out other books in the Cooper and Me series!
Please visit these sites to learn more about the book:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/cooper_and_me

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GlassesUSA

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Do you wear glasses? I do. I also have contacts but usually wear my glasses. I like to have more than one pair so that I can wear different glasses when I feel like it. I have bought glasses in a few different brick and mortar stores but I find them pretty expensive. I don’t want to have to spend that much every year. That is why I was glad to hear about GlassesUSA.com. They are affordable and have a great selection to choose from.

When it comes to picking out new eyeglasses, I look at the price, the look and the feel. I don’t want something too expensive but I want my glasses to be cute and attractive. I usually buy glasses that are green, purple or blue in color. At GlassessUSA.com you can find a great pair for a great price. They have a lot of different looks for whatever your style might be. They also have a virtual mirror where you can upload a picture of yourself and virtually try on the glasses. How convenient is that?

Here are a couple of pairs of Prescription glasses I think look pretty nice:

Glasses Glasses

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They are having an early holiday sale right now if you are thinking you would like to buy glasses from GlassesUSA.com. Take 30% off any pair of glasses and get FREE US shipping with the code: Holiday2011. Basic single vision lenses included and upgrades are available for an additional cost. Also take 10% off any order of prescription glasses. Code: Blog10.

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Empire Covers Car Cover Review

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Product Review DI was contacted by Melissa at Empire Covers to do a review of one of their products.  Empire Covers has a nice selection of covers for all types of needs.  They have Car Covers as well as other types of Vehicle Covers, Boat Covers, Bike Covers, Sports Covers and RV Covers.  They also carry a selection of car accessories.

I decided to go with a car cover.  As you know we just moved into our new house.  We have a garage that we would love to use for a car but not sure that can happen before winter gets here.   Since my husband is the one that has to get out of the house early, we thought a cover for his car would be best.  When you get to the site you can search for car covers based on your car’s make, model and year.  This is to ensure you get the exact cover for your car.

Empire Car CoversI ended up with the Titan Quatro 4L Car Cover which is supposed to be great for all types of weather.  Snow, rain, sun and dust. The cover comes all folded up and it is pretty easy to put on your car.  There is even a great video to show you how to do it on their site.  I would say it took me about two minutes to put it on, 30 seconds to take it off.

The material feels pretty strong to me and I found the color to be nice.  I kept it on overnight and although we didn’t have any rain or snow, it did keep the dew off of the car.

I think this will be great for the icy and snowy mornings we might get this winter.

Right now they are having a fall sale.  Enter the code: SPT10 for 10% off.

You can find Empire Covers at Twitter as well.

 

 

Faith Deployed…Again Review and Giveaway

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A few years ago I read Faith Deployed and just loved the book!  It was the perfect thing to read during our deployment.  So when I heard Jocelyn Green was going to come out with another one I was very excited about it!  I am also happy to take part in the Faith Deployed…Again Blog Tour that is taking place this week.

This book is set up the same way as the first one.  Each devotion starts with a bible verse and after is a question and a prayer having to do with the devotion.

This book is broken down into eight different sections.

    • Basic Training: Guiding Principles for Military Living
    • Intimate Allies: Protecting Your Military Marriage
    • Tour of Duty:  Overcoming Deployments and Other Separations
    • Soul Armor:  Guarding against Spiritual Attacks
    • Stationed in Christ:  Dwelling in the Lord, Near and Far
    • In God’s Service:  Living for the Lord
    • Home Front Hope:  Moving Forward in God’s Strength
    • For Blue Star Moms:  Trusting God with Your Service Member

My favorite section was “Stationed in Christ:  Dwelling in the Lord, Near and Far.”  Having lived in Germany for four years I could relate to the devotionals about being stationed overseas or in a far off place.  I also loved that there is a chapter for the moms of our service members.

What I like most about this book is that you don’t have to read it all the way through.  You can keep it on your nightstand and read a different devotion each night.  Or if you are struggling with different issues you will probably be able to find a devotion that can help.

How would you like to win a copy of this awesome book?  Jocelyn Green has given me an extra copy to give away to one of my readers 🙂

The giveaway will start today and end on Tuesday September 13, 2011.

To enter

Mandatory Entry: Leave a comment telling me why you would want to win this book 🙂

Extra Entries:

  1. Tweet about the giveaway.  Make sure to included @armywifejulie in your tweet.  1 tweet per day.  Please leave 1 comment for every day you tweet. (1 entry)
  2. Follow me on GFC.  If you already are just let me know that. (1 entry)
  3. Blog about the giveaway.  Make sure to leave the link in your comment. (3 entries)
Good Luck everyone!  Winner will be chosen using Random.org.
 I received a copy of Faith Deployed…Again and a copy to giveaway in exchange for this review.

 

100 Postcard Giveaway from Uprinting.com

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How would you like to win 100 postcards from Uprinting.com?

You can use your own artwork & photos to come up with a pretty cool card.

Uprinting offers postcard printing as well as other online printing services such as brochures, calendars, business cards and more.

This is going to be a quick giveaway!  It starts right now and will go to Thursday June 2nd at 8pm Central time.

One winner will receive:

100 Postcards
5″ x 7″
14pt Cardstock Gloss
Front Only printing
2 Business Days Print Turnaround Time
Restriction: Limited to US residents 18 years old and above only.

To enter:

Mandatory: Please leave a comment about who you like to send snail mail to 🙂

Extra Entries: Follow me on GFC (1 entry)

Tweet about the giveaway (1 entry per day)

Follow Uprinting.com on Twitter (1 entry)

Make sure to answer the mandatory question and leave 1 comment for each entry.  Winner will be chosen by Random.org on Thursday night.


This giveaway is sponsored by UPrinting, no monetary compensation was given and I will receive postcards for hosting.

For more information about postcards, please visit UPrinting online printing services.