Blog Tour: Love Finds You in Victory Heights Book Review

I love books about WWII and Love Finds You in Victory Heights by Tricia Goyer and Ocieanna Fleiss is a great book based during WWII.

The war has stolen Rosalie’s fiancé, Vic, from her forever. But rather than wallow, Rosalie distracts herself by cramming her days full of activity—mainly by shooting rivets into the B-17 bombers that will destroy the enemy.

When a reporter dubs her “Seattle's Own Rosie the Riveter,” even more responsibility piles up. Her strong arms bear all this, but when intense feelings surface for Kenny, the handsome, kind-hearted, and spiritually unwavering reporter, the fear of losing another love propels Rosalie to leave.

It’s only when Rosalie realizes that God has brought her to this place—and this person—for a reason, the sparkling grace of God compels her to let go of her own strength and lean on His, as well as open her heart to love.

One of the two authors, Tricia Goyer, is the author of twenty-four books including Songbird Under a German Moon, The Swiss Courier, and the mommy memoir, Blue Like Play Dough. She won Historical Novel of the Year in 2005 and 2006 from ACFW, and was honored with the Writer of the Year award from Mt. Hermon Writer's Conference in 2003. Tricia's book Life Interrupted was a finalist for the Gold Medallion in 2005. In addition to her novels, Tricia writes non-fiction books and magazine articles for publications like MomSense and Thriving Family. Tricia is a regular speaker at conventions and conferences, and has been a workshop presenter at the MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) International Conventions. She and her family make their home in Little Rock, Arkansas where they are part of the ministry of FamilyLife. For more on Tricia visit http://www.triciagoyer.com/

The other author, Ocieanna Fleiss, is a published writer and has edited six of Tricia Goyer’s historical novels. She lives with her husband and their four children in the Seattle area. For more about Ocieanna visit her blog.

My Opinion

I love books based during WWII and this book hit just the right spot for me! It had a great mix of romance, history, feminism, and friendship! I love the main character Rosalie and learning about her struggles, accomplishments, relationships, and love! What a great time period for women and showing how strong and capable we are!

This book also had a wonderful Christian atmosphere and really showed how important trusting it is to trust God! I loved that!

I recommend Love Finds You in Victory for all historical fiction lovers and romance lovers! This was a great book!

Buy It: You can purchase Love Finds You in Victory Heights for $9.35 on Amazon.

* Thank you to Litfuse for this book for review! Disclosure - This book was given for review for my honest opinion. No other compensation was given.*

Weight Loss Event: Moms Into Fitness 60 Day Slimdown Review

Are you having trouble losing the extra baby weight after your baby's birth like I am? Well, I have found a great site and a 60 Day Slimdown program that is sure to get you on the right track!

This Cutting Edge System will boost your metabolism and have the pounds melting off within the first 10 days. Get started today with the 3-phase Nutrition Plan any mom can follow, a detailed Fitness Calendar and Progress Tracker. Check your fitness level on Day 1 & Day 60 with the Fitness Test to see the stronger, leaner, new you.

In Phase 1 all workouts can be done in 30 minutes or less. Then in Phase 2 you will challenge your body even more so you continue to shred your core - and lose even more fat! All in 45 minutes or less. Also included, a bonus Phase 3 so you learn how to see results after the initial 60 Days.

In 60 days you will Super Charge your body for the Ultimate Slim Down. All you need is 1-2 sets of weights!

The 3-Phase Meal Plan is simple. No grocery lists, no tofu and broccoli, we’re talking REAL meals! Pork Tenderloin, Grilled Cheese, Smoothies, Shrimp Tacos and much, much more! The recipes are designed for the whole family to enjoy. Then in Phase 3 Lindsay teaches you how to do it on your own, easy as 5-4-3-2-1.

You can even use the 60 Day System if you are breastfeeding! Simply follow a few rules in each of the 3 Phases of the Nutrition Plan.

Each DVD will challenge your body in a different way with so many workouts your body will continue to get leaner and leaner. Postnatal Boot Camp will have you doing Intense Interval Training to jumpstart that body! In the CFS Method DVD you will train your core to fire from the inside-out, creating ab muscles that work like a Corset. Then Core Metabolic Jumpstart will have your metabolism boosting while shredding the core. And Shed 5 Fast will melt off the pounds!

Lindsay Brin, C.P.T. & B.S.E. Exercise Science, is a fitness and nutrition expert, and a former NFL cheerleader. For nearly fifteen years, she’s been helping women achieve healthier bodies and minds. She has starred, choreographed and designed 13 fitness DVDs for weight loss. And in 2005 Moms Into Fitness, Inc. was born to help moms stay motivated and find a flat stomach again!

My Opinion

I love that these workouts are made specifically for us moms that are having trouble losing that troublesome baby weight! I love that they include a food plan and so many great DVD's to help!

The one aspect that really stuck out to me while doing the DVD's is that they really focus on core and how to strengthen it! As an athletic trainer, I know how important your core is and training it properly! I love that Lindsay really focuses on this, especially for new moms!

I also love how unique many of her exercises are! I learned some great new moves and I know I will use them for a long time!

The meal plan was easy to follow and even I could cook the meals they recommend. They even give the recipes, which is really helpful!

I recommend the Moms Into Fitness 60 Day Slimdown System for all postpartum mothers and, even if you aren't, there are great moves and exercises and it is sure to tone and strengthen and skim off that extra weight!

Buy It: You can purchase the 60 Day Slimdown System for $49.99 on the Moms Into Fitness website.

* Thank you to Moms Into Fitness for their product for review! Disclosure - This product was given for review for my honest opinion. No other compensation was given.*

Weight Loss Event: SurfShelf Giveaway

I recently got the chance to review a really awesome gadget that allows me to surf the Internet, play games, or watch TV shows or movies on my laptop while I am working out! It is the SurfShelf and you can check out more about it and what I had to say about it here.

I am so excited to tell all of you that SurfShelf would also like to sponsor a giveaway of one SurfShelf to a lucky winner!!!

Enter here for a chance to win:

(1) SurfShelf

Ok, here are the rules:

1) This giveaway will end September 8, 2010 at 12:00 P.M. (noon) central time.

2) Must include email address in comment/entry to qualify to win (so I can let you know you won)

How to Enter:
***Mandatory Entry***

(must do this one before all others to qualify to win)

- Be a follower of The Review Stew on Google Friend Connect (publicly) and tell me you are currently one or became one in a comment below

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1) Subscribe to my feed by clicking on the book or subscribe by email (must confirm address) on left hand side of blog - let me know you did in a comment

2) Tell me how you found my blog!

3) ‘Like’ SurfShelf using the Facebook ‘Like’ button on the top of their homepage

4) Vote for my blog on Top Mommy Blogs, Top Baby Blogs, or We're On the Fence - make a separate comment for each

5) Enter any of my other giveaways - see the list on right hand side of blog. Let me know each giveaway entered in a comment (up to 5 entries only for giveaways entered)

6) Grab my Weight Loss Event button or my blog button and post it on your blog - let me know you did and the link to your blog in a comment. (If you grab both, that is two separate entries!!!)

Winners will be chosen randomly by Random.org, contacted by email and SurfShelf will send your prize by mail.

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Doodle Dypes AI2 Cloth Diaper Review

Are you all ready to hear about my latest cloth diaper to top the "World's Cutest Diaper" list??!!! I am so excited to tell you about Doodle Dypes and the very, very cute and very easy to use diaper they sent me!

Sandy from Doodle Dypes is a grandma of two granddaughters. She was medically retired from work and needed something to fill her free time so she started making cloth diapers for them. She enjoyed it so much that she wanted to expand it into a business. Well, she did and it is now ran by her and her daughter. She makes fitteds and pockets as well as AI2 diapers in her shop.

I received the cutest print (seen below) that is patterned after one of my favorite children's books, Guess How Much I Love You. It is an AI2 (all in two) diaper that has a snap-in insert and snap closures. The inner is organic bamboo fleece.

My Opinion

First of all, let me tell you that Sandy from Doodle Dypes is so friendly and great to work with! (Thanks Sandy!) She was very helpful in helping me choose a diaper and getting it to me quickly, even though she was busy! You will for sure enjoy buying a diaper from her!

And like I said earlier, this diaper is now on the top of my Cutest Diaper list! I absolutely love the book it is based on and the pattern is so cute! It is perfect for boys and girls and I love that I don't have to cover it up with a cover because this diaper is an AI2 and doesn't require one!

I also love that the inserts attach by a snap so I don't have to worry about digging in a dirty diaper pocket to get out the inserts (like with pocket diapers) and at the same time this diaper dries much, much faster than a normal AIO.

The diaper fit my son perfectly and did not leak any solids or liquids! The snaps were easy to close and the inserts were very absorbent.

I recommend Doodle Dypes cloth diapers for anyone that wants a really cute but also very functional cloth diaper. She has tons of cute prints to choose from and the print I received was only one of many cute ones!

Buy It: You can purchase a Doodle Dypes diaper for $20.00 on the Doodle Dypes online store.

* Thank you to Doodle Dypes for their product for review! Disclosure - This product was given for review for my honest opinion. No other compensation was given.*

Travel Tabbi Review and Giveaway

My family is a firm believer in supplements and vitamins as being part of a healthy lifestyle! I have even started my own home business selling Shaklee vitamins since I believe in them so much! They have dramatically changed my family's health (for the good!) and we have never looked back!

Therefore, we are always traveling with a lot of vitamins and supplements on trips. Sometimes, it can be a hassle to carry different bottles, find which ones are which and sort them! But not anymore! I have fell in love with the Travel Tabbi and I don't know how I lived without it!

The Travel Tabbi is a versatile vitamin and supplement organizer. Now you can travel without compromising your health. Tabbi is soft-sided and easy to pack. It's flexible, with customizable, detachable pockets. It's durable, made from industrial strength nylon.

You can depend on Tabbi to simplify travel, protect you on your journey, and get you to your destination ready for health and success.

Tabbi was invented by Debora Hankinson, a hard-traveling health professional. Frustrated with the difficulty of packing supplements in Ziplock® bags, pill bottles and rigid storage devices, Debora realized that a better organizer was needed... something flexible, durable and travel-friendly. And that's how Tabbi was conceived!

My Opinion

Everyone I know is jealous of my Travel Tabbi! It has so many compartments that are removable if you don't need them and they can arrange all of your vitamins and supplements so neatly! Traveling is hard enough with a 10 month old and we are always on the go somewhere visiting the grandparents, aunts or uncles, or friends! But now traveling has become so much simpler - especially remembering to bring our vitamins!

I love that it rolls up into a small little bundle that barely takes up any room! I never have to worry that I am taking the wrong vitamin because they are all separated and I can arrange them by what vitamin they are or which person in my family should take them. You can even label them!

I absolutely love my Travel Tabbi and this is one of the best time-saving and space-saving products I have ever used! Traveling has become that much easier - especially with a baby!

I recommend the Travel Tabbi for all frequent travelers or people who take a lot of vitamins/supplements and haven't found a great way to arrange them or carry them! This is so perfect and they have thought of everything with this product!

Buy It: You can purchase the Travel Tabbi for $24.95 on the Travel Tabbi Website.

Win It: Travel Tabbi is generously offering (1) Travel Tabbi to a lucky winner!

Enter here for a chance to win:

(1) Travel Tabbi

Ok, here are the rules:

1) This giveaway will end September 6, 2010 at 12:00 P.M. (noon) central time.

2) Must include email address in comment/entry to qualify to win (so I can let you know you won)

How to Enter:

***Mandatory Entry***

(must do this one before all others to qualify to win)

- Be a follower of The Review Stew on Google Friend Connect (publicly) and tell me you are currently one or became one in a comment below

Extra Entries (Make a Separate Comment For Each!!):

1) Subscribe to my feed by clicking on the book or subscribe by email (must confirm address) on left hand side of blog - let me know you did in a comment

2) Tell me how you found my blog!

3) Become a fan of Travel Tabbi on Facebook - tell me in a comment and tell them The Review Stew sent you!

4) Vote for my blog on Top Mommy Blogs, Top Baby Blogs, or We're On the Fence - make a separate comment for each

5) Enter any of my other giveaways - see the list on right hand side of blog. Let me know each giveaway entered in a comment (up to 5 entries only for giveaways entered)

6) Grab my Weight Loss Event button or my blog button and post it on your blog - let me know you did and the link to your blog in a comment. (If you grab both, that is two separate entries!!!)

Winners will be chosen randomly by Random.org, contacted by email and Travel Tabbi will send your prize by mail.

* Thank you to Travel Tabbi for their generous samples for review!

Disclosure - This product was given for review for my honest opinion. No other compensation was given.*