Simple Deceit ~ Book Review

Title:  Simple Deceit

Subtitle:  A Mennonite Community's Way of Life Is Threatened by Outsiders

Author:  Nancy Mehl

Publisher:  Barbour Publishing, Inc.

Date:  12/01/2010

Harmony Mennonite Series Book Two

About the book:

Harmony, Kansas, has grown on Gracie Temple, including its Mennonite residents, a teen girl in desperate need of a friend, and farmer Sam Goodrich. Gracie decides to stay and take on freelance graphic work, but when her new client is a developer intent on bringing tourism to the area, Gracie is blamed for the idea and someone makes it look like she burned the barn of a resident who refused to sell to the developer. When even Sam seems to question Gracie’s actions, will she run back to the city or stay and fight for all she has come to love?

My thoughts:

Well seeing on how I totally missed the first book in this series I loved this book. Gracie is such a loveable character and there is a bit of mystery in the small town of Harmony, Kansas. The people of this town are so close knit and most of them look out for each other and I love the fact that meal times are such a big thing. This book kept me wanting to read more and more and not wanting to quit. I was totally surprised by the ending with the Sheriff. I highly recommend this book.

You can purchase this at:

Amazon.com for $9.56

Barnes & Noble for $9.56

ChristianBooks.com for $9.69

Images and excerpt are from NetGalley and Barbour Publishing.

I was not paid for this review, I did however receive a copy of the book for my Kindle from NetGalley. The opinions of this book are mine and mine alone.

FREE Revlon Flat Iron? Yep!!

     

I have natural curly hair and if I don't straighten my hair and the humidity gets to it, look out because they waves are coming out to haunt me. I blow it dry but that never seems to work near as well as a flat iron and well my flat iron took a crap and mama needs a new one. Anyway I just came across this awesome thing, if you refer 20 people to NoMoreRack, you get a FREE Revlon flat iron. Awesome right? Well you can do it to!! What is better than FREE? So go on over, sign up and get started on getting your referrals.

The fat lady sings!

Yep, that is me! I am singing and doing the happy happy dance. If you follow me you will remember that I was not very happy the other day but I have to admit that everything has been corrected and all is well.

I am the very happy winner of the Galanz 0.7 cu. ft.700W Stainless Steel Microwave. Woot!! Shh, they have not announced it yet. lol The company made the contest right! I am very proud that they did the right thing and all is good now.

There will be a review coming about this when I get my brand new microwave. It will be the first new microwave in 23 years and I am so excited. Now for a little information about M2Cmart.

M2Cmart.com provide M2C(Manufacturer toConsumer) trading services for the global trading industry.

M2C is devoted to help top GMC manufacturers sell their self-owned brand products directly in the global consumer marketthrough total SCM solutions and marketing services provided by M2Cmart.com.

Global resellers can procure world-class quality merchandise at wholesaleprices from top?manufacturers directly. We have already established inventoryin your country and can fulfill your order within 1-5 business days.

- Competitive wholesale prices offered by manufacturers directly

- Reliable product quality is backed by GMC (Global ManufacturerCertificate) audits

- Local orders are quickly delivered to your door

- Local sales support is currently available in your country

- No minimum order requirements

- Escrow services are available for buyer protection

So, hop over to their facebook page and become a fan then request to receive a $10 OFF COUPON on their wall. And for giggles tell them I (Tammy Graham) sent you.

They will send it to you in your messages then you can go shopping on their website for lots of items for your home and garden.

Silly me sent out some page suggestions and I sent it out for the page Manufacturer Mart, which is theirs also, but it's not their fan page where you can get your $10 OFF COUPON. What they want is the fans so if you would hop over and become a fan, I would be very grateful!! You can do that HERE and don't forget to request that COUPON.

Even though I am ANGRY.............

I have to admit that even though I am a bit angry about the contest that I mentioned in an earlier post (you can read HERE) I do have to say that M2Cmart is a great company. I don't have to agree with what anyone does, ever. But that does not make them any less of who they are or what they have made themselves into. You know, my Grandma used to have a saying "Boy this world would be in a world of hurt if we all liked the same things!" And she is right. 

I do have to say that I don't think that rules should get changed mid-game because I don't think that is fair but I have also learned that life is not always fair and I think that you will all agree with me.

I have asked for you all to help me out in the contest that I am in, that ends on June 22nd at 11:00pm but negative comments towards the company aren't helping me. lol No matter how mad I am about it all only GOOD comments will help, imagine that.

I do have to say that I have dealt with M2Cmart before and I do like the company and I do recommend them so make sure you hop over and check them out and see for yourself.

And right now if you LIKE them on Facebook you can get a $10 coupon code. If you go to their website there is a message that comes up and tells you and you can click on it. Make sure you do that!!

 And you know what, tell them I sent you!

And don't forget to stop over and leave a comment on my wall post for the microwave too!!

Galanz 0.7 cu. ft.700W Stainless Steel Front Countertop Microwave Oven with 6 Auto Cooking/One Touch Menu

Please and Thank YOU!!

I am beyond ANGRY!!!

I need everyone's help! I was contacted by a company, M2Cmart to spread the word about one of their featured products on Facebook. That was easy peasy! And also with this whoever does this and then gets the most comments on their wall post will WIN the featured product. So I get ask some friends to help me get comments and it is working I am up to 160 comments.

THEN, I receive a message from M2Cmart this morning telling me that 95% of those comments do not count. WTH??? Are you serious? Here is a snippet of what they said: 

So far, you're leading the campaign with more than 160 comments! That's quite impressive & amazing! Yet having a second look, we find that most of the comments, up to 95%, is made by five friends of yours, and we feel regret that those repeative posts doesn't count.
On the other hand, there's one fan of ours is sharing with different freinds, which means each comment is written by different writers, and she's doing even better.

We apologize for not letting you know before, & the rules of campaign may be misleading.
Considering the effort you've done, we're offering you a $20 coupon to shop for anything at our website, solar light, coffee press, air pot, etc.
Hope you don't mind.

Now, no where in the rules does it say anything about that.

Here are the rules:

Visit our Facebook Shop & Share the Featured Product to Get It Free!

Rules——
A. Fan who shares one of our SHOP’s featured products or leaves comments, gets a $10 coupon.
B. Fan who gets at least 10 comments & likes on his(her) wall post of our featured products, gets a $20 coupon.
C. Fan who gets the most comments & likes may have the featured product for free!!

I think that I have been wronged! What do you think? Will you help me out? We have been talking about their featured product, a microwave. So I am asking that everyone help me out and let's show them that I can get the comments needed to win.

Here is the featured product:

Galanz 0.7 cu. ft.700W Stainless Steel Front Countertop Microwave Oven with 6 Auto Cooking/One Touch Menu

 Now, will you all hop over to my Facebook and "LIKE" my post and leave me a comment on the post?

 I hate asking but they have me angry now!! And if you need a vote for something let me know and I am there!! I am going to go over and open my facebook up so that nobody has to request to be a friend right now, this is how angry I am.

THANK YOU!!

Sunday Stealing ~ Me drink??

I have to decided that I am giving up playing the Zygna games and I am going to get back into blogging. It was so much more rewarding and I miss it. So I am starting off with the Sunday Stealing. I used to enjoy doing this just to see what answers everyone else would give. So here it is:

Today we ripped off a blogger known as blogger and blog named PT-LawMom. It is not her first trip to this rodeo, we've victimized her once before, in August 2008. Since it's long we will do it in parts. She does not say where she ripped it. But, it was probably stolen there as well. So, of course, that will be as far as we go. Tracing back our theft's thieves might take some time. Link back to us at Sunday Stealing!

Sunday Stealing: The Seriously Random Question Meme, Part 2

Cheers to all of us thieves!

21. Have you ever had a garage sale?  Yep, I think 3.

22. What color is your cell phone?   It's black but it has a skin of the Flag on it.

23. What is the last alcoholic beverage you had?  Margarita on the rocks with salt, my fav!!

24. Are you happy right now?  In life, yes. Today, NO!

25. Who came over to your house last?  My daughter's friend Kasey.

26. Do you drink beer?  Occasionally but it's not my favorite.

27. Have your brothers or sisters ever told you that you were adopted?  No, that would not be nice.

28. What is your favorite key on your key chain?  My house key.

29. What was the last movie you watched at home?  Wow, it's been so long ago I can't remember.

30.What is in your pocket?  Nothing.

31. Who introduced you to your bf/gf/husband/wife?  My Hubby introduced himself to me:)

32. Where do you hurt?  Right now my hips are killing me.

33. Has someone ever made you a build a bear?  Nope.

34. What’s something fun you did today?  Laughed

35. What is your favorite aisle at Target?  All the Housewares. lol

36. When is your birthday?  August

37. Is there anything hanging from your rear view mirror?  Oh yeah, I graduated in the 80's.

38. How many states in the US have you been to? 18 or 19

39. What kind of milk do you drink?  Ewww!

40. What are you going to do after this?  Give the kids snack.

If you would like to play along you can do so here.

Let's Get Social ~ Blog Hop

I am getting social again!

What is the Let's Get Social Blog Hop? I know you want to know so if you hop on over HERE you can learn all about it but for a little start I will tell you that it's a new way to meet other bloggers and get new followers for your blog. Every Sunday you can meet new people so why not get it on it. It's a great way to build your blog.

So if you are coming over for the Let's Get Social Blog Hop leave me a comment on how you are following and I will follow you back!! I will be seeing you around :)

Magnets that can KILL your KIDS and PETS

Have you ever saw any of these super strong magnets? Well, if you have and you have them around your house or you know anyone who has any of them, make sure you hop on over to San Diego MOMfia and read the incredible post about the danger of these.

Not only are these extremely dangerous to your children they are also dangerous to your pets. Take the San Diego MOMfia post into consideration before you buy these for your kids.

I have also found them called "Sticky Balls" and I found this description on Amazon.com for a 3/8" magnet that looks like a little flat battery: Neodymium-iron-boron is a fancy way to say super strong magnets. A single 1" magnet has more than 10 lbs of pull; two of them face-to-face are virtually inseparable. Smaller ones make phantastic door catches that can pull a twisted cabinet door straight and hold it closed. Use them to hold knockout bars to lathes, chuck keys to drill presses and blade wrenches to table saws. Rare earth magnets have innumerable applications on jigs, fixtures and hardware as well. Handle with care! Separated magnets can snap back and pinch skin.

Please beware of these!!