Misc. Ramblings

I’ve never really brought up the topic of my religious beliefs/feelings.

I am a Christian! I love God! I believe that His son died on the cross and rose on the third day for my sins. He rose and is sitting at the right hand of the Father. I know this! There is no if/and/buts about it.

But God and I are in a little bit of a tiff right now. You all know that I’ve been in some very bad pain, and going through hell on earth with my health. I know that one of God’s names is Abba. If you’ve read the translation, that’s like calling him papa, or daddy. So when I suffer the things I do I call out to my Daddy, and I feel as if he’s not helping. I know no earthly father who would allow their child to suffer so and not do something. So I argue, and he listens. He understands the turmoil that I’m going through, and He has a reason. Doesn’t mean I have to like it. And I don’t.

Now, where the Prayer Notebook comes in. With the tiff that God and I are in, I feel horrible about life, and I don’t want to pray. Prayer was not even in my top 10 list. Then I went to Tomoson and found the opportunity to review the Prayer Notebook. I saw this as a clear sign from God that I needed to get off my buttocks and pray again. What I like about the Prayer Notebook is that it helps me to pray without ceasing and that you should pray in private. The Prayer Notebook allows me to do that with ease. I don’t have to go into my inner chamber to pray, but I can be on my iphone and pray without anyone knowing that I do so. I actually had someone say to me the other day, “I didn’t know you prayed!” I wasn’t sure if that was a compliment or a put down, but I took it in head of Matthew’s words.

It takes only a few clicks and I can add a prayer, categorize it, and I won’t forget to pray for someone. Check out these screen shots:

Now it’s time for you to win a copy of your own Prayer Notebook for your iPhone.

I need you to do it, and I need to do it quick. So leave me a prayer request, follow me on twitter @miscramblings, and follow me on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/miscramblings

Make sure that you leave a separate comment for each entry. Know I will be praying for you!

I received one or more of the products mentioned above for free using Tomoson.com. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers.

OMG – I have just read the most wonderful book by Bernice L. McFadden! Here, you need to hear what it’s about!

Description:

Gathering of Waters is a deeply engrossing tale narrated by the town of Money, Mississippi–a site both significant and infamous in our collective story as a nation. Money is personified in this haunting story, which chronicles its troubled history following the arrival of the Hilson and Bryant families.

Tass Hilson and Emmett Till were young and in love when Emmett was brutally murdered in 1955. Anxious to escape the town, Tass marries Maximillian May and relocates to Detroit.

Forty years later, after the death of her husband, Tass returns to Money and fantasy takes flesh when Emmett Till’s spirit is finally released from the dank, dark waters of the Tallahatchie River. The two lovers are reunited, bringing the story to an enchanting and profound conclusion.

Gathering of Waters mines the truth about Money, Mississippi, as well as the town’s families, and threads their history over decades. The bare-bones realism–both disturbing and riveting–combined with a magical realm in which ghosts have the final say, is reminiscent of Toni Morrison’s Beloved.

Review:

I’ve done a review before on a book of Ms. McFadden titled Glorious. The author wowed me with this book, and has done the same with Gathering of Waters. As you can tell from the description above, the book sounds WONDERFUL! But the book is so much more! The book is raw with emotion, life, and experience. Not only do you feel for the characters, you are transformed into the characters and experience everything that they do. I have said this on Twitter in regards to this book:

Finished this book today:http://t.co/OIgaTl5P@queenazsa is an astounding heart wrenchingly wonderful master of prose!

I mean this today as much as I meant it then. I am not sure there is enough praise that I can give this book.

In regards to the publisher, Akashic Books, it is proof to the company’s worth to have Ms. McFadden as one of their authors. Since I am a book snob, and find typos in books (even by the ‘biggest’ of authors) I can honestly say that the editors at this house are worth their weight in gold.

Here’s the good news! One of my wonderfully awesome readers is going to have a chance to read this wonderful book. Follow the directions on the Rafflecopter form below and enter today!

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Enter to win a Kindle Fire from BeeSavy!

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You’ve all listened to me on the things in life that I love most. Bacon, Rafflecopter and GetGlue. Today, I’m all about Rafflecopter and letting you know a few things that are going on, and let you in on their Rafflecopter Launch Giveaway! So, buckle your seat belts and keep your hands inside the post at all times.

Say ‘Hi’ To Rafflecopter

Rafflecopter makes the whole process of running giveaways on your blog really, really easy. Over 80,000 giveaways have been created with Rafflecopter, and if you didn’t know yet, there’s a new version in town! Oh yeah, it’s free. If you haven’t used Rafflecopter,sign up and launch a giveaway in the matter of minutes. There were times when I had friends asking for me to get them an ‘in’ to the Rafflecopter society…no more, now it’s open to all. So take advantage of the new system. I’ve become quite a giveaway snob if I do say so myself. I won’t enter one now if it’s not on Rafflecopter. I have better things to do with the extra time that Rafflecopter saves me (like enter new giveaways).

Now… They’re Give Away Something Awesome!

To celebrate the new year, they’re going to give away a 16GB Apple iPad2 and several Kindle Fires. The giveaway starts Monday 1/9 at 12:01 a.m. and lasts for a month. To enter, simply tell us who referred you to this giveaway! (YEAH BABY, YOU KNOW IT’S ME @ MISC. RAMBLINGS!) You can receive additional entries by tweeting about this giveaway, following them on twitter, and giving them feedback. In addition, they’re  doing something a little special to make things more fun:

Suggest a Mascot Name – You’ve seen the Rafflecopter smiley-face dude hanging around the web. The poor guy needs a name, and they want to leave it up to you to decide what his (or her?) name should be. For an additional entry, suggest a name! After the giveaway is over, they’ll go through the list of names and pick out their favorite suggestions (be creative!) and bring it to a vote on Facebook. If your name is chosen, you’ll win a Kindle Fire and be immortalized in Rafflecopter history.

Help Spread The Love… And Win!

Nine months ago, they set out to create an app that makes it super simple to manage the process of running a giveaway on your blog. In 2012, with your continued support, they’re looking forward to making Rafflecopter even awesome-r.

SO MAN, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? ENTER AND MAKE SURE YOU TELL THEM THAT MISC. RAMBLINGS SENT YOU!

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You all know how much of an apple junkie I am, so when I heard about this offer from some blogging friends, I had to let you know!

Support for Special Needs and Replace My Contacts are giving away an iPad2!

I’m posting this to enter a contest offered by Replace My Contacts at Support for Special Needs! I want to win the iPad2!

So, really, what are you waiting for. Entering is EASY!

“Forget to Remember,” by Alan Cook, an amnesia mystery.

Carol Golden isn’t her real name. She doesn’t remember her real name or anything that happened before she was found, naked and unconscious, in a Dumpster on the beautiful Palos Verdes Peninsula in Southern California.

QUESTION: If you lose all your identification and don’t remember your name or anything else about yourself, the government will: a. Give you a new birth certificate and Social Security card; b. Give you a new birth certificate but not a Social Security card; c. Give you a new Social Security card but not a birth certificate; d. None of the above.

Here are some reviews:

“Captivating! It has all the makings of a good action-packed
movie as well.”
–Kathy Johnston, DNA Expert

“The book takes you on an adventure in internet sleuthing,
DNA sleuthing, and good old hold-your-breath cliff-hanging
moments as our victim tries to reclaim her life.”
–Alice Fairhurst, Southern California Genealogical Society

“It is a page-turner that you can’t put down, and the
characters stay with you, live in your house and follow you
around way after you finish the book.”
–Ildy Lee, Singer and Composer

 OMG! I was given the opportunity to review this product from Pssst… I love when they allow me to try wonderful things and give things to my friends. I will admit. I used my first coupon to try it and it was gone in nearly 24 hours. (It’s so good you can eat it right out of the container and not use toast or the recipes that came with it.)

Because I love my readers so much – I am going to offer 2 $1.50 coupons for the Land O Lakes Cinnamon Sugar Butter. The first two readers who post their email address in the comments will get the coupons. Go!

I’m a big child. No really I am. So when I’m stuck in bed, and there is nothing on TV, I don’t want to read, and I’m just plain bored…I play with my iPhone. Well Panda Cub Productions has done it again. They’ve helped me decide who is full of shit, and who isn’t. I used to go by the brown eye rule (your eyes are so brown you must be full of shit) but passed up so many folks who I knew were full of it.Introducing the Bullshit Detector!

I’m so happy to announce that the following are the numbers chosen at Random.org to win the Gorton’s FREE Seafood Giveaway on my blog:

So a big congrats to Candace, Kelly, and SLS! I’m so happy for you, and I’ll be contacting you momentarily to get your addresses!

Do you ever have a time in life when you just don’t care? It’s too much to bother to pick up your laptop or turn on your computers? There are enough things in life pulling at you from all angles? Well that’s where I’ve been for the past week or so. I want to let you know that the new week has new things coming up for me as a person, and as an author, so I hope you will stick with me and see what’s in store.

Coming up this week:

Why being a mom sucks
Gorton Giveaway!

I can’t wait to get these things going for you.

Huggles,

Tami