One Kings Lane

Have you heard of One Kings Lane? Amazing gifts for you or for friends! I found out about it from The Nester. 

I just bought a little herb garden set for $9 and some great Seda candles. 

One Kings Lane is a private sale website that features items up to 70% off on home furnishings, decor, gifts, candles, accessories and more. I received a gift certificate to One Kings Lane for my birthday, and it's so hard to decide what to spend it on because I want so many things! Go check it out! 

Bookworm

I must confess something to you. I'm a bookworm. I always have stack of books on my nightstand that I'm currently reading or that are next in line to read.

I remember when I was younger, I would read every spare minute I had. If we had to drive in the car somewhere, I'd bring along my book and devour as many pages as I could before we made it to the grocery store. My parents used to say, "Morgan, put down the book and look outside at the scenery." How many of you have had to tell your kids to put the book down and stop reading?

My love of reading translated into my college education. When I settled on a degree in Elementary Education, I selected math and history as my concentrations. I picked math because there was no subjectiveness as far as grades were concerned. You either got the problem right or wrong. No gray areas. Obviously, my OCD tendencies were showing themselves there. History is a subject I have always loved; especially American history or military history. I don't know if it's because my dad has such a love of history or if I was just blessed with great history teachers. Either way, after some time in the education department, I decided to change from Elementary Education to a full on History degree. The History world is full of reading. For one class, I was expected to read a book a week during the semester, and they were great books! We had incredibly stimulating class discussions on these readings, and I always left craving a little more.

However, by the time I received my degree, I was burnt out on reading. It made me feel kind of lost to not want to read because it really is one of my passions. But having to read and being able to read what I wanted when I wanted was completely different. Time passed and slowly I began to pick up some books again. Quick, easy reads that didn't require any thought.

Years have passed now, and I'm back to my pre-degree bookworm status. My Amazon cart is always full of my next purchases. I redeem Swagbucks for Amazon cards. I joined Paperback Swap (Genius! Go sign up and tell them made2sing referred you.) I love participating in things like The Bloom Book Club.

Here are the books I just purchased on Amazon yesterday.

 By Angie Smith, who blogs at Bring the Rain

I've heard great things about this book; several people have mentioned it lately.

This book was just announced as the next book for The Bloom Book Club. If you want to join in, we don't start reading until October 17th, so you have time to get your hands on a copy!

And here are the books I'm currently reading.

I'm actually one chapter away from finishing this book. Incredible account of the life of Mary Beth Chapman, wife of Christian music artist, Steven Curtis Chapman. You may be familiar with the tragic loss of their 5 year old daughter, Maria. 

Bobbie Houston, along with her husband Brian, is the pastor of Hillsong church in Australia. She's a powerhouse for Jesus, and I can't wait to finish this book.

Lisa Bevere's ministry is all about inspiring women to be who they are in Christ. She just released Lioness Arising last week (which is in my Amazon cart), but I wanted to read this book first. 

So I want to know; what are you all reading?

*All images courtesy of www.amazon.com. Go there and buy these books!

It's Here!

Just received a package from Prissy Peacock Designs! While browsing online, I fell in love with the Black and White Houndstooth Longall from Prissy Peacock's Etsy shop. I was thinking it would be the cutest outfit for Trace to wear to USM football games once the weather got a little cooler. I messaged Laura to see if she could applique a gold "T" on the front to bring in the black and gold like Southern's team colors. This is the end result!  

I am beyond happy! I can't wait for it to cool down a little so Trace can go to the games styling his new look. He will definitely be wearing Prissy Peacock Designs for the Homecoming game on October 9th! 

Go shop Laura's Etsy store. You won't be sorry! 

Groupon Deals!

Have any of ya'll tried Groupon? It's a website that offers a daily deal, and there will be a certain number of people who have to buy the deal in order to get it.

For example, today I just bought a $25 Groupon for $50 worth of personalized photo cards from Photo Card Creations. I'm thinking Christmas Cards! The deal required 20 people to buy in order for it to go through. You only have that day to buy it. As I'm typing, 30 people have bought that deal and it has 13 hours and 30 minutes to go.

Many Groupons are region/city specific but a lot, like the photo card offer for Brooklyn, are not. If you have time, just click around on different cities to see what their deals are! Go check it out!

Giveaway Day at The Nesting Place!

Pop on over to The Nesting Place and participate in Giveaway Day! Even if you don't win one of the incredible giveaways, it is a great way to find new incredibly talented businesses. I can seriously say I want to order something from each of the businesses participating in Giveaway Day.

ONLY GOOD TODAY, MARCH 16th!! SO HURRY!!

And I'm even being sweet enough to tell you so you can go register to win against me. Haha.

Free Wrapped Canvas!

I just found out about this deal from Canvas People! They are offering you a free 8x10 gallery wrapped canvas through tomorrow. This is a $55 dollar value! You only have to pay $14.95 in S&H. I think this is an excellent purchase! I have always wanted to get one of these, and thanks to Canvas People- I just did! Here's the picture I used:


This pic was taken when we went to Gatlinburg back in November. I can't wait to see it on the canvas. These would make great gifts too!

So hurry on over to Canvas People and take advantage of this incredible deal!!

Diapers.com

Have you heard of diapers.com? I love this site. They carry all the name brand diapers for cheaper than Walmart and Target. Right now, all the diapers are on sale!! I only buy Pampers and those babies get expensive!, so any time I can find them on sale, I jump on it! The convenience of having them shipped straight to home is great...you can buy in bulk and not have to lug the big boxes to your car with baby in hand. They also always have free shipping on orders over $49.00! They carry a variety of baby items besides just diapers, including formula, clothes, carseats, medicines, breastfeeding items, etc. So go check them out! And while you're at it, let me give you my referral code and you'll get $10 off your order! Just type MXRG2057 in the referral code box when you check out. Hope you enjoy! This is my new favorite website!!