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Archive for February, 2011

ABOUT THE BOOK

Are you a ‘Doing it all’ or ‘Do what matters’ woman?

Whether a stay at home; or working mom, an airplane-hopping executive, an empty-nester caring for multiple generations or a single juggling high demands of career and personal life, today’s fast-paced modern world leaves women gasping for balance. We as modern Christian women want to look to the Bible for guidance on how to manage our lives — but because the world of women looks so different today than it did when the Bible was written, it is hard to find chapter and verse that seems to apply to our situation today.

Thankfully, God has given us exactly that timeless, unchanging guidance for how to find peace, clarity, and God’s best for our lives once we know where to look! The Life Ready Woman: Thriving in a Do-It-All World, reveals a profound biblical roadmap for how each of us can find the abundant life we are longing for, rather than the stressful, torn, how-do-I-balance-it-all life we often feel like we are trying to keep up with today. Actually being a LifeReady Woman means that you are clear about your life, bold in your faith, and able to find God’s best for you, and the end result will be that you not only survive but thrive in our do-it-all world.

God has given every wonderfully unique woman different skills and abilities, different desires, and different temperaments — and every woman around the planet and through the ages is certainly living in different circumstances. But no matter what a woman’s life looks like, the Bible says that God has an individual mission and plan that He’s carefully designed for each of us. And He wants us to find it. Starting January 2011, The Life Ready Woman and the Life Ready Woman Video Series will help every wonderfully unique woman to thrive as she identifies and courageously pursues God’s unique design and callings for her. LifeReady Woman puts you on a roadmap to make decisions that will lead to relief, delight, and fulfillment instead of regret.

MY THOUGHTS

I haven’t had the chance to read this book in its entirety because of the arrival of the twins. So far, I’ve found the book to be helpful in identifying areas that women struggle with and areas we need to be strong in, biblical basis for solutions to our problems, and relevant real-life examples. The first part of the book sets up the reader for part two which I haven’t reached yet but is promised to delve further in to key areas. As I have time, I will add to this review!

GIVEAWAY AND CONTEST!!!

Giveaway: As part of this blog tour, I’m giving away a copy of The Life Ready Woman. To enter the giveaway, simply leave a comment on this post. I realize I haven’t said a lot about the book, so feel free to read other reviews from the blog tour.

Contest: In celebration of Shaunti Feldhahn’s Life Ready Woman, MomLife Today is giving away 2 Weekend To Remember Gift Packs and much more!

Not only, is MomLife Today helping promote Life Ready Woman, but they are thrilled to announce that Shaunti will be joining MomLife Today as a regular contributor!!!

Weekend To Remember Get-Aways offer marriage-changing principles that you can take home and apply to your daily lives to strengthen your marriage. Whether you are newly engaged or have been married for 50 years, you will find value in the tools provided at the getaway.

Don’t miss this opportunity to receive a conference registration for you and your spouse … and more! MomLife Today will be randomly selecting NINE lucky recipients to receive one of these great gifts:

1. 2 Weekend To Remember Get Away conference registrations for two. $259 value each pair (Two couples will receive this.)
2. 2 Life Ready Woman DVD packs. $149 value each (Two different people will receive this gift.)
3. 5 The Life Ready Woman books. (Book will go to 5 people.)

To enter click one of the icons below then tell your friends. Winner will be announced on March 2nd on the MomLife Today website.

About 2 weeks ago, I wrote about the things I’ve learned during our twin pregnancy. One of the things I mentioned is that milk does wonders for heartburn. Well, I need to revise that statement …

Whole milk does wonders for heartburn. 2% milk doesn’t do a thing.

I really wasn’t a milk drinker for years and years unless it was raw milk straight from the cow. (For those who are new here, I used to live on a farm.) My DH is a milk drinker but only whole milk.

So, after being afflicted with pregnancy heartburn and knowing that our little ones needed calcium, I started drinking regular store-bought whole milk. Raw cow’s milk during pregnancy is considered a no-no, by the way.

Well, earlier this week, our jug of milk was getting low and we had the threat of bad weather, so DH stopped to get a gallon. Unfortunately, so did the rest of the county, and he came home with a jug of 2% milk. Not a problem, because milk is milk, right?

Apparently, not really.

Last night, I had a horrid time with heartburn (blame it on the pizza I ate!). Over the course of a couple of hours, I drank multiple glasses of milk and still had heartburn. Normally, with whole milk, two or three mouthfuls did the trick. With 2% I could’ve drank the whole gallon and still not had any relief.

I imagine, and this is not scientific at all and is purely a guess, that the fat content in whole milk is what coats the throat and helps neutralize the stomach acid. Since 2% is an extremely watered-down version of whole milk, the fat content is gone and so is the heartburn relief.

Moral of the story: stick with whole milk if you want relief and sleep!