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Look what I found on amazon last night!!

You can now pre-order the brand new Jillian Michaels Beginner Shred dvd that will be released in September. As some of you know, I’ve been doing the 12 week Jillian Michaels Body Revolution program and I have been LOVING it!! (I’m on week 7)
Even though this says beginner, I don’t have the older shred dvd so I’ll probably order this one!

You can preview the dvd below and if you want to order, just use my amazon affliate link below to pre-order, or click on the link above.

You can pre-order it here for $12.99:
  Jillian Michaels Beginner Shred

My workouts for Week 5 of Jillian Michaels Body Revolution
August 4-9

Monday
(36) mins Jillian Michaels workout 5, (8) mins elliptical
(14) mins Leslie Sansone with weights

Tuesday
(10) mins plus walking around outside at local police dept activity with family

Wednesday
(31) mins Jillian Michaels workout 6, (32) Jillian Michaels cardio 2
(12) mins walking outside

Thursday
(29) mins Home Gym Intervals dvd with elliptical and hand weights, (37) mins Jillian Michaels workout 5

Friday
(30) mins Leslie Sansone 2 miles

Saturday
(32) mins Jillian Michaels workout 6, (5) mins Debby Mack cardio dvd, (15) mins Leslie Sansone 1 mile.

Some of my food this week:

Overall I felt like I had a great week!! I’m really pleased with how the Body Revolution program is going.

I’m trying to make more of an effort to do some exercise or movement in the evenings after dinner since I sit at work all day.

If you’ve been doing at least 10 minutes of exercise, you can enter my August challenge here:
http://66.147.244.197/~empowfu5/2014/08/10-minute-summer-blast-challenge-and-a-chance-to-win-an-awesome-prizepack.html
There’s some GREAT prizes and less than 2 weeks left!! Please enter and share with your family and friends. 

Miracle in a Dry Season by Sarah Loudin Thomas
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

This book was set in the time period of middle 1950s in West Virginia. I thought I would like the story line after reading the back of the book but I was disappointed. I found that the characters were very unforgiving and judgmental; even though through out the book they tried to teach and preach forgiveness.
I was very uncomfortable with the Preachers way of teaching at the church, as well as the main characters struggle with praying and believing in God. I did not like that God was portrayed as a unloving, vengeful being.
I’m sorry to say that I did not find this book uplifting at all, although I’m glad it had a “happy ending” with the two main characters.
I did finish the book but it won’t be something I’ll be keeping on my book shelf or recommending to others.
I received this book complimentary from Bethany House Publishing for blog and social media review. All opinions are my own.

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Book Description: 
In a Drought, It’s the Darkest Cloud That Brings Hope

It’s 1954 and Perla Long’s arrival in the sleepy town of Wise, West Virginia, was supposed to go unnoticed. She just wants a quiet, safe place for her and her daughter, Sadie, where the mistakes of her past can stay hidden. But then drought comes to Wise, and Perla is pulled into the turmoil of a town desperately in need of a miracle.

Casewell Phillips has resigned himself to life as a bachelor…until he meets Perla. She’s everything he’s sought in a woman, but he can’t get past the sense that she’s hiding something. As the drought worsens, Perla’s unique gift divides the town in two, bringing both gratitude and condemnation, and placing the pair in the middle of a storm of anger and forgiveness, fear and faith.

 The end of summer is in sight, and OAC is giving away an iPad Mini back-to-school bundle!It might seem like summer just began for your kids, so if they need some added motivation to get their homework done, remind them they can jump on the Odyssey Adventure Club after their papers are written and their math problems are solved.

As members, your kids can also listen to Album 58 before the album is released to the public! Sign up today for just $5!

Here’s what part one is about (which you can listen to for free HERE):

It’s a time of surprises as Wooton becomes the celebrity guest at Comic-Connellsville and Whit finds himself in conflict over the upcoming “Let’s Get Together Festival” in Odyssey. Plus, hear an interview with writer-director Paul McCusker about the entire 14-part series.

Album 58 was inspired by Focus on the Family’s The Family Project, a 12-session small group experience that explores the theological, philosophical, and cultural underpinnings of the traditional family, and combines that information with inspiring stories and practical tools to help 21st-century families thrive. Plus, here’s a sneak peek of a new episode called “The Lone Lawman”!

 
 Jason, Whit, Red and the gang rustle up herds of fun while performing a new Kids’ Radio show set in the Old West. “The Lone Lawman” features a confused boy getting mixed up with a shifty band of bank robbers. Can a hero on horseback set things right? See just how wild the West can get in this action-packed send-up of old-time radio dramas.

NOW . . . on to the iPad Mini back-to-school bundle. One grand prize winner will receive:

• An iPad Mini

Hurry, the giveaway ends on August 27th. All winners will be announced August 28th on the widget on this page.

Don’t miss a moment of the fun; enter today and be sure to visit this page again on the 28th to see if you won! (You’ll see the winner’s name in the widget.)

All Fall Down by Julie Coulter Bellon
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

WOW!! From the first chapter, this book drew me in with the fast paced drama and excitement! I loved all the main characters-Rafe, Claire and the others from the Hostage Negotiation Team. The story line was very intriguing, exciting, and I enjoyed every minute of it. Claire and Rafe work together in this international suspenseful book to take down terrorists and to keep certain secrets from being exposed. I can’t wait to read more of Claire and Rafe’s story in book 2 of the Hostage Negotiation Team series.

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Book Description: 
Ring around the rosy, a pocket full of posies, ashes, ashes we all fall down . . . 

That simple rhyme turns negotiator Claire Michaels’ current hostage situation into an international incident. Claire just wants to help get everyone out safely, but as the crisis escalates she realizes she’s dealing with an al-Qaeda operative who has the means to become another bin Laden—with the potential to attack America. Claire has her own personal reasons for wanting to stop al-Qaeda, but time is slipping away as negotiations break down. Can she overcome her scars of the past in order to get the hostage out alive and possibly stop an assault on U.S. national security?

Navy SEAL Rafe Kelly is on leave to recover from a knee injury he suffered during his tour in Afghanistan and he doesn’t expect to be fighting terrorists on his home turf. But when he is taken hostage and his brother is kidnapped, Rafe teams up with a hostage negotiator in order to stay alive and get his brother back. The terrorist is always one step ahead of them, however, and the situation quickly turns from desperate to deadly. Will Rafe be able to save himself and his country without anyone he loves getting caught in the crossfire?

Find out more about the series here: 
http://www.juliecoulterbellon.com/p/hostage-negotiation-series.html