Book Review

Secrets

Long-hidden secrets come to light in the shadowed halls of a California villa

Antonia stared out the Studebaker’s rear window as it sped away from her grandfather Quillan’s Sonoma villa, leaving behind the vineyard that had been life to her family — a life now lost….

The old villa needed what Rese Barrett could do as well as any man on the crew. Trained by the best, she had honed her skills with a passion for quality, an eye for detail, and no room for compromise.Renovation was her joy–taking something old and making it new without changing the heart if it. But this time the inn she restored was hers, and this time she worked alone….

The answers were there if he could find them, and the commission from his grandmother Antonia compelled him to do so. Brash and impulsive, Lance Michelli arrived at the inn sure of his quest and sensing his right. After all, it was part of his heritage.

Chef, musician, and spellbinder, Lance talked his way into her plans before she’d even made them and had Rese telling secrets she’d never before revealed. He spoke of faith as if he could touch it, but how much more was left unsaid?

Winner of the Christy Award, presented by the Christian Bookseller Association to honor the best in Christian fiction.

Selected by ForeWord Magazine as a 2003 Book of the Year (Gold Award in Romance category)

I loved this book!! While I was reading I wanted to restore an old home and cook!!! The author has an amazing ability to capture these two things. Wonderful love story too.

Movie Review

I recently watched Mao's Last Dancer. I watched this film with my mother in law who was visiting from California. We had a wonderful movie night for just us girls. Excellent story about a ballet dancer who defected to the United States from China. See the trailer below. I highly recommend this movie, the Asian actors far outperform the American actors. I loved the end of this film.

Enjoy...

Quote of the Day

Quote of the Day

“Great sermons lead the people to praise the preacher. Good preaching leads the people to praise the Saviour.” ~ Charles Finney

Amen and Amen

More Quotes

"I know God will not give me anything than I can't handle, I just wish He didn't trust me so much."- Mother Teresa

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." -Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Nothing is impossible, the word itself says, "I'm possible"!" - Audrey Hepburn

"Never, never, never, never give up." - Winston Churchill

Good Night Irene!!!

We survived Irene! My husband and I want to get t-shirts that say "I spent the night with Irene". It was a wild night. I took the early shift until 3am to make sure that if the power went out we were able to get our generator running quickly so the house would not flood. Hubby woke up on 3am (something about some internal alarm clock he has that he tells his body what time to wake up, what???!!!???) and he took the next shift. Both of us prayed most of night and God was faithful. Thankfully we never lost power and our new drainage system withstood the very intense rains that we received. Our thoughts and prayers to those who flooded and kudos to Gov. Christie for leading the state in an effective manner. Although he sometimes can be very sarcastic, all in all, he did a terrific job.

Thank you Lord, your promises are yes and amen!!!!

Hurricane Irene

Go away Irene!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We have battened down the hatches, have food and water, done everything we can do to prepare, now we just have to trust God.

For this cause everyone who is godly shall pray to You

In a time when You may be found;

Surely in a flood of great waters

They shall not come near him. Psalm 32:6

He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High

Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

I will say of the LORD, "He is my refuge and my fortress;

My God, in Him I will trust." Psalm 91:1-2

Stay safe my friends.