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 Coming Soon. Another eBook giveaway! This time it is the Romance novel. Just in time for Valentine's Day. Giveaway will be Feb. 14-15.

 At the Patterson craft show, I didn't sell a lot ... but I did have an editor from The Blackshear Times interview me ... and others around the room. I was included in the article in this week's edition. It starts on front page by K.T. McKee and is continued on page 11 (that's where my info is). Be sure to read it! BTW, she is a good writer!

Article in the Blackshear Times

Picture of my display at the craft show. (taken by me)

 

Some of my friends say they missed out on the give-away.

I was able to give away 138 eBooks last month,

but if you missed your chance, I'm sorry,

but here is another opportunity!

Amazon.com: Belinda Jo Adams: Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, Kindle

 A great BIG thank you to all the people who downloaded my eBooks while they were free. The Book give-away ended up at 138! That was also a great BIG encouragement to this author!! Thanks again!

My Birthday Cake .... hummm pie

 

My birthday cake. Long time ago and far far away, I used to make a cherry cheesecake for my birthday every year for many years. Then, I got out of it for various reasons. Eating less sugar, gluten free ....

But, this year I wanted to have one with a crust I could eat.

So, I made a crust with pecan flour & GF graham crackers. While I was at it I figured I should go for less sugar, so I did that too. Licking the beaters was sweet enough, so I am looking forward to having some with a cup of coffee this afternoon!

 

Free eBook Promotion is from Monday, November 8, 2021, 12:00 AM Pacific ST  to  Wednesday, November 10, 2021, 11:59 PM Pacific ST.  

I have 3 devotionals; 3 children/souvenir books; 5 historical novels & 1 shorter story for a light read or children (It's about the Oregon Trail) And all 12 eBooks are FREE for those 3 days! 

If you want to see what my books are about, you can go to my book page and read about them.

Belinda Jo's Books

 My birthday is soon and I am planning to give away eBooks! So check your list of books that you have by Belinda Jo Adams and be ready to 'fill in the blanks'! Yes, ALL eBooks ALL free ALL 3 days. November 8, 9, & 10  2021. That's Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday of next week. My goal is 70 books (or more!) so help me reach that goal by getting your free eBooks by Belinda Jo Adams!

 I also will have some of my books on sale (at a lower price), if you want a good deal on one come out and see what I have!

Patterson Christmas in July

Answered Thought

 I was expecting an item in the mail. I had ordered it a couple weeks ago and was surprised it was taking so long to get to me. It was due in one more week and a couple days. I had ordered it for now,  though,  and was disappointed. I started to ask God to go ahead and send it to me. But I thought and told him that he had too many important things in the world to take care of to worry about that one little item that I wanted sooner than expected. And I went on about my way. When the mail came there was this package in it and I didn't know what in the world it was. And lo and behold who was the item I wanted just in time for when I needed it. And I hadn't even prayed about it but He knew a desire my heart.

 I could not let this day pass without saying something about my & Steve’s special day. We do NOT take the passing of years for granted. We know who has kept us together and it has been our God. 

When we got married, we knew nothing of what a marriage was supposed to be like. I think our pastor talked to us but we don’t remember what was said. All we knew was that we loved each other and wanted to be together for the rest of our lives.

With 20+ moves behind us & about 5 years separation total, due to a military life style we made it through by the grace of God and give Him all the glory for leading us along the way, placing the right people in our paths to encourage us through life and helping us know what a good marriage can be like.

This morning I thought, as we each put our trust in God for not only our eternity, but our day to day lives, when problems happen we not only want the best for each other, but desire to fully follow through with the covenant we made with God and each other in front of witnesses that day so long ago. I imagine it as two anchors intertwined, each grounded in our trust in our God and our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.

We want to thank all the couples who celebrated their 50 years ahead of us and gave us hope that we could do it too … and maybe we would live long enough to see it happen. We also know all the times we could have been called home by sickness or accidents and are grateful for the years God has blessed us with.

Here’s to the next 50 years!

 

At my brother's memorial, as I sat there, sad and feeling hurt because he was taken from us so early, I remember all of a sudden, feeling such a peace and thinking how God was telling me, to not feel bad, but feel happy that we got to share those years that he had on earth, together. We got to share that time!

You see, because we believe a person has a set time to die already planned by God and no matter how it happens it will happen at that appointed time, whether in a dangerous situation, an illness or resting in your living room. And as a Christian, to be absent from the body is to be present with The Lord! So. The above makes sense.

I still grieve, still feel sad and it still hurts, but I can have peace knowing we will be together again one day. 

We didn't realize that at Mom's funeral in Nov 2020, that our circle would be broken so soon.

Too Much Online Time

Friday night we watched a play online about too much internet in our lives and it controlling us. This morning we woke up to Focus on the Family talking about too much internet in our lives and it controlling us. Hummmmm. 

So I stayed off FB for 7 hours. Not saying I am going to stay away, but I sure got a lot accomplished this morning. And I didn't think I was online too much. Something definitely to think seriously about. So, let's see how long I can go this time. I made it 22 hours the second time. Of course, I slept 8 of them. :)

Doing this, is making me realize that I am online more than I thought. Even though, I limit how much time I am on the internet. I have taken my name off a lot of places I used to get email from. I don't do Twitter. I don’t want to have a program where I just say something on the spur of the moment and it be out there for everyone to see ... and then realize I made a goof up in what I said.  No, Thank you! I would rather send someone a message or email so I have time to think what to write and they have time to think how to answer my message. And, I sure don't want to do an on-the-spot online movie! I don't even know if I want to go to another social media, if FB closes. I would miss seeing prayer requests and updates on people's lives, but sometimes, there is just too much drama in people's posts. Then, of course all the social or political things or ads are annoying.

Anyway, I have enjoyed my hours off line and hope to do even more down time.

Now, I guess I need to get offline and do something in my house! 😏

My Weight Loss Journey

Refer to: South Beach Diet Plan dated 9-1-18, before reading this update.

I decided to make a new post on my weight loss journey. A very dear friend of mine told me many years ago that overweight people do not like it when not so overweight people talk about wanting to lose weight. Well, I was MUCH skinnier back then! So, I complied with that thought. However, when I started gaining weight and adding about 10 pounds a year, I realized what I'd look like in another 10 years and did not like what I saw. That is why I started watching my weight. I teasingly like to say to people that I have lost over a hundred pounds in the last 20 years. After I get their 'shocked' attention, I explain that it was the same 10 pounds over and over! But if I had not, I might be over 200 pounds!

June of 2020, I was still down to the upper 130s. My goal has still been to see 130 then stay between 130-135. I think that is reasonable for me. I settled for the upper 130s because the rest would not come off. People kept telling me to change what I did etc. 'shake it up' And I tried but nothing worked. I decided not to worry about losing more and accept where I was.

I was having indigestion problems. Which I have had most of my life off and on. So, just from my knowledge of what I had learned and read during the years, I came up with a plan to see if it would help me with that problem. I decided not to eat for 12 hours over night. (My niece told me that was the intermittent fasting plan. I had wondered what that was.) From whatever the last time I ate until that hour in the morning. Mostly 7pm-7am. Then have nothing but liquids (liquidly smoothies included) until the mid-day meal. Between then and that last time I eat, I can eat whatever I want (staying on the South Beach Plan). I hoped to feel better. And I did! and do!

The bonus of that is that as I kept tract of my plan on my weekly sheet I record on, I noticed that since June to now (Dec) I have lost 5 pounds. So I am in that 130-135 zone1 Yay! I keep wanting to 'rev it up' to see 130, but I tell myself, "NO!" ... and just keep doing what I am doing and slowly let whatever happens happen. 

So, bottom line, to this story is these three pictures. The first was one I had taken in 2011 and I could barely button the shirt. The other two were today (2020). I know most before and after pictures, the person is in sexier clothes and usually different color hair! Ha. That just is not me! So here are my pictures.

(My husband and 'foster' son)  2011

   

Me - 2020

So, slow like a tortoise seems to work ... for me, anyway!