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Friday, February 3, 2012

Step in the Right Direction

Contribution by Saul Martin
I travel a great deal for work. Most weeks I am out of town Monday until Thursday or Friday. Leaving my wife and kids has always made me nervous. Nothing has happened to make me overly concerned; I’ve never even had something stolen out of my car. I guess it’s just all the news coverage you see about break-ins and thefts that have me concern as well as the crime statistics I’ve read. To ease my mind, we had adt chicago come set up a home alarm system a couple of weeks ago. I sleep better at night knowing there is an extra layer of protection there for my family. My wife says she loves coming home and deactivating the alarm. She can tell no one has been in or is in the house. The kids fight over who gets to press the code to deactivate it or set it before they go to bed at night. I think it was a step in the right direction to keeping my family out of harm’s way!

Thursday, January 26, 2012

I Would Rather Read a "How To" than a Crummy Novel - how about you?

While I have been able to get back on track with my reading, I am still not back to where I was before. I have actually found that reading educational books - like how to's - has helped me ease back into enjoying reading. I have been reading books on better gardening techniques, how to sew, books about homemade knitting gift ideas, good housekeeping concepts and all sorts of others.
The more I talk to people the more I realize that this happens to a lot readers. It's sort of normal ebb and flow of life and trying to find time to read on top of finding books worth reading. I have noticed that I will read the first 3+ chapters of a book and if I am not totally engaged I will not try to find time to read it. So I have found myself more interested in learning how to use a knit kit than reading a story about vampires and their strife. I think it is partly just that I am burnt out on the genre I was so entrenched in and partly because my children are becoming more and more active - giving me less and less time to get chunks of reading in. But do not fear - my reading is picking up again and I will be back soon with some great reviews. Thanks for sticking around!


Monday, January 9, 2012

Don't Miss Out on the $500 Cash Giveaway over on My Other Blog!

I just wanted to let you all know that I am hosting a $500 cash giveaway over on my mommy blog! Don't miss your chance to win $500 in paypal cash OR a $50 Amazon.com eGift Card or a $30 Amazon.com eGift Card. Go to the Jump into 2012 Giveaway post to enter!


Wednesday, January 4, 2012

My Suggested Books for Your New Kindle!

Were you one of those lucky ducks that got a Kindle or Kindle Fire for the holdiays this year? I am still in love with the Kindle I got for Christmas last year. 

If you did get a new Kindle, here are some great books for you to check out: 


Here are some cool accessories too: