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Author: Ronda Bowen

Ronda Bowen is a writer, editor, and independent scholar. She has a Master of Arts in Philosophy from Northern Illinois University and a B.A. in Philosophy, Pre-Graduate Option, Honors in the Major from California State University, Chico. When she is not working on client projects from her editorial consulting business, she is writing a novel. In her free time, she enjoys gourmet cooking, wine, martinis, copious amounts of coffee, reading, watching movies, sewing, crocheting, crafts, hanging out with her husband, and spending time with their teenage son and infant daughter.

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Books & Book Reviews

Just Be You by Emma Wood Book Tour

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Today’s post is a guest post from Emma Wood, author of Just Be You as part of the RABT book tour. My Top 10 Favourite Books Even though I haven’t been an avid reader for that long (I started making it a priority in 2016), I do love to read, and I think I am …

Books & Book Reviews

The Sweetest Ladybug by Isabel Cintra Book Tour

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Today’s blog post contains an excerpt from Isabel Cintra’s new book, The Sweetest Ladybug as part of a RABT Book Tour. After reading the excerpt, be sure to scroll down to the bottom so you can enter the giveaway! Excerpt “Now, you are a sweet ladybug, Johana.With Johana firmly attached to his back, and with …

Homeschooling

Back to Homeschooling and Baking Fun

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Today’s assignment for the UBC is to write about someone you admire. I admire my kids. I know that sounds hokey as all get out, but seriously, they’re great people. They are curious, they want to learn all the things, and they’re always trying things that make them nervous. Today we got back to homeschooling …

Life

The History of This Blog

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This blog has gone through a few transformations – in fact, I just did the rebranding of it and combined it with four other blogs I had going. On day 2 of the Ultimate Blog Challenge, the topic is to write about the backstory, so here’s this blog’s backstory. Not Quite Ally McBeal When I …

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Life

Happy New Year! It’s 2022.

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Happy New Year 2022 isn’t getting off to the best start with all the COVID cases, but let’s hope that things get better quickly. I wound up falling asleep last night after we watched the PBS Kids countdown. I had a snuggly baby on my lap, and she fell asleep and I was just so …

Books & Book Reviews

Book Blitz: The Sweetest Ladybug by Isabel Cintra

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Today’s Book Blitz from RABT Tours is The Sweetest Ladybug by Isabel Cintra. I will be featuring a guest post from the author in mid-January, so be on the lookout for that! Meanwhile, check out the book and be sure to enter the giveaway at the bottom. Children’s Books Date Published: November 24, 2021 Publisher: …

Parenting

The Zen Sack – Perfect for Winter Sleep

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I’m passionate about safe sleep and babies. It’s important to make sure that they are cozy while also ensuring that you’re following best practices for safe sleep. Because of this, I’m sharing this post courtesy of the folks at Nested Bean about the Zen Sack™. Links in this post are affiliate links. Should you make …

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Food and Drink, Product Reviews

Restaurants Open on Christmas Day 2021 with Specials

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By: Shannon Dwyer, Writer at The Real Deal blog  If your Christmas plans didn’t go as planned, you’ll want this list of restaurants open on Christmas Day 2021. Looking to pick up last-minute gifts on Christmas Eve or Day? Check out this complete list of store hours to help plan your shopping voyage! Here Are …

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Life, Product Reviews

10 Great Gift Ideas for Mom (Guest Post & Free Printable!)

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Moms do everything for us, so we feel obligated to do something amazing for them this holiday season. Many of us struggle to find a gift that is as wonderful as she is. If you are looking for a gift for the woman who wants nothing, look no further. We have curated a guide to …

Product Reviews

Review: MoreLabs Liquid Focus

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Disclaimer: I received MoreLabs Liquid Focus product in exchange for a product review. Links in this post are affiliate links, meaning I will receive a small commission should you make a purchase. Being a mom of five…in a pandemic…means that my focus is always all over the place these days. So when I had the …

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Mom of 5, homeschooling family, coffee fanatic, Girl Scouts troop leader, blogger, author, editor
We’re celebrating the release of Shattered Compa We’re celebrating the release of Shattered Compass by Lenore Greiner - Memoir Amazon: https://amzn.to/4jIvEhr @RABTBookTours #RABTBookTours #ShatteredCompass #LenoreGreiner #memoir How does a young woman cope when she cannot speak the truth? When nineteen-year-old Lenore experiences sexual assault while studying abroad in Italy, her entire world shifts. Survival becomes the focus of her daily life, physical illness grabs control of her body, and no one can free her from her pain. A ghost of herself, she takes the path of denial, believing it’s the only way to protect her loved ones and herself from her harsh reality. On her journey toward peace, she assumes the expected roles of mother and wife, but a traumatic diagnosis puts her at a crossroads. She must start living the life she wants or roam her days as a victim in the chaos of fear. Lenore’s escape through travel allows her to reconcile the imprisonment she’s suffered over the years. However, when another family tragedy strikes, Lenore understands she must finally come to terms with the silence she’s kept. But what if one incident that happened decades ago is too destructive, too deep to be excavated? Will she be able to find herself in the rubble? Or will she be lost forever?
My birthday was not yesterday but the week before. My birthday was not yesterday but the week before. I got to go to lunch with one of my good friends, then my husband and kids took me to @halfpricebooks to pick out books and @loweshomeimprovement to pick out some plants. And then we headed off to dinner. This is one of the things I picked up from the bookstore. It looks pretty cool, lots of concrete actions to take for those who want to change things. Some of them are simple, some of them take more effort. Just thought I'd share.
Saw this super - cute bee on our walkway today, so Saw this super - cute bee on our walkway today, so I had to try out the new phone's Camera Zoom feature. Turned out pretty cool. #samsung24ultra #bee
Today's guest post comes from Joaquin Miranda of B Today's guest post comes from Joaquin Miranda of Build & Renovate. As global awareness of sustainability and carbon footprint grows, it's crucial to build your home's surroundings to be resilient and low on energy consumption. Adopting energy-efficient landscaping practices is one legitimate way to do that. The residential sector accounts for approximately 20% of energy-related greenhouse gas emissions, mostly from fossil fuels used to heat, cool, and power such built environments. ... https://www.wellcaffeinatedmom.com/2024/07/19/implementing-energy-efficient-landscaping-design-in-2024/
I mentioned in my previous post about starting to I mentioned in my previous post about starting to clean when you're not sure where to begin that making the bed daily is super important to me. I wanted to talk a bit more about how making the bed helps me and why I feel it's an important part of my daily routine. It's a Reminder That There's No "Done" in Cleaning…... https://www.wellcaffeinatedmom.com/2024/07/09/why-i-think-making-the-bed-is-so-important/
Self Help, Spiritual Inspiration Date Published: 0 Self Help, Spiritual Inspiration Date Published: 06-12-2024 Truths beautifully expressed Toby Negus, author and illustrator of The heart knows what the mind cannot see, has created a collection of lyrical inspirational prose messages coupled with colorful and mesmerizing symbolic illustrations that speak to the soul. The author has continued his exploration of the most transformational psychospiritual concepts that lie deeply within all humans, bringing the…... https://www.wellcaffeinatedmom.com/2024/07/08/book-blitz-heart-soul-by-toby-negus/
When you're bored, it's easy to check out. We watc When you're bored, it's easy to check out. We watch movies or listen to podcasts while cleaning. We mindlessly scroll through social media while waiting for more exciting things to happen. But if we're not careful, we can scroll long enough that life starts passing us by. Even worse, we start to become bored with our normal lives and long for the lives we see depicted by those we follow on social media.... https://www.wellcaffeinatedmom.com/2024/07/07/lifes-more-fun-when-youre-fully-present-for-it/
I hate to admit it, but after the events of last y I hate to admit it, but after the events of last year, my home became a bit of a depression nest. We've finally come out of it, but knowing where to start when everything needs to be cleaned can be overwhelming. Here's the trick I used to fool my brain into thinking we were playing a game. Before I get into my trick, I want to share some things that have helped reclaim our house from the clutches of messiness.... https://www.wellcaffeinatedmom.com/2022/01/05/dont-know-how-to-get-started-cleaning-try-this-trick/
At the end of 2021, when I changed the name of thi At the end of 2021, when I changed the name of this blog from Wining Wife® to Well-Caffeinated Mom, I also put some other projects into retirement. I changed the name of this blog to reflect changing priorities (I still enjoy wine and spirits from time to time, but there are other things I want to write about) with the idea that I could swallow the other two blogs into this one.... https://www.wellcaffeinatedmom.com/2024/07/04/bringing-back-two-of-my-blogs-just-a-secular-homeschooler-and-activism-my-way/
I don't know about you, but I've had friends and s I don't know about you, but I've had friends and strangers recently both make comments that have led to me feeling bad at first then getting angry second. When friends and loved ones (let alone strangers) share their big scary hair audacious plans with you, are you someone who cheers them on, or do you start up with all the ways things might go wrong -- or worse tell them outright that it's not possible? Here's a post about why we should keep our fears about what others are doing to ourselves. https://www.wellcaffeinatedmom.com/2024/07/03/stop-asking-people-to-tamp-themselves-down-for-your-comfort/ #supportotherwomen #stoptearingeachotherdown #buildupothers
Laughing is Forever by Jason Stocks – Poetry Am Laughing is Forever by Jason Stocks – Poetry Amazon: https://amzn.to/3VKXdN3 @RABTBookTours #RABTBookTours #LaughingisForever #JasonStocks #Poetry Laughing is Forever is my second book. And while it’s gritty, rhythmic, dark and dangerous it’s also fun, quirky, and inquisitive. Topics range from growing up in the Deep South to questioning the mainstream narrative of how it all . . . came to be. I want people who don’t read much and who hate poetry (the largest demographic) to give this collection a chance and fall in love with books by reading something that they can relate to and/or be awed by. Laughing is Forever is a standalone book, a brand-new beast, but follows in the footsteps of Blameforest in the sense that it’s reinventing what poetry can be. And hopefully inspiring folks to take risks with their own work and stand out from the maddening crowd.
Do you like tea? You might want to give the teas f Do you like tea? You might want to give the teas from The Art of Tea @artofteala a try. Today, I will review their products on the blog. #artoftea #teatime #teasforpoetryteatime #poetryteatime
When your partner takes you to a plant nursery to When your partner takes you to a plant nursery to pick a plant out for your 12th anniversary and buys you two because you were having a hard time deciding, they are a keeper for sure. #plantsofinstagram #variegatedplants
That moment when your husband takes you to a green That moment when your husband takes you to a greenhouse for Mother's Day and tells you to pick what you want. #plantsofinstagram #iloveplants #caletheastella #croton #ravenzz
You might be a homeschooling family if hearing an You might be a homeschooling family if hearing an owl hoot leads to disecting owl pellets and a deep dive into owls. #homeschooling #homeschoolscience
Taking it old school #theoregontrail Taking it old school #theoregontrail
It's science kit day! It's science kit day!
Dinner. Dinner.
Haunted Historical Mystery Series, Book 3 Paranorm Haunted Historical Mystery Series, Book 3 Paranormal Thriller Date Published: February 25, 2024 A blizzard rips through the Black Hills of South Dakota, as journalist Rachael embarks on a journey to Hawthorne House, a remote inn located deep in the frigid wilderness. As the storm rages on, Rachael finds herself caught in a gripping tale of mystery and intrigue, unsure of what lies ahead…... https://www.wellcaffeinatedmom.com/2024/04/04/book-blitz-the-caretaker-by-regina-wixon/
The Gnome and the Science Experiment by Marilyn Sl The Gnome and the Science Experiment by Marilyn Slaughter – Children’s Book Amazon: https://amzn.to/3TZM0IU (Amazon associates link - if you click and make a purchase, I will receive a percentage of that sale, at no additional cost to you) @RABTBookTours #RABTBookTours #GobtheGnome #MarilynSlaughter #ChildrensBook This short story is about Nathan's adventures during a 5th grade science field trip to the Sunbrook Forest National Park. Nathan is familiar with the park because he and his sister Iris has visited the park before with the encouragement of their mom. Nathan overcomes some anxieties of not liking the subject science, having to buddy with the 5th grade bully, and worrying about other 5th graders, teachers and volunteers might see Gob the gnome and cause problems for Gob and the park. By the end of the science fieldtrip Nathan has built a level of confidence that he could make the best science presentation in his classroom and together with the 5th grade bully develop a monthly 'Clean the Park' project where he and his classmates join to clean up the forest. a mother wanting her children to enjoy the outdoors. Nathan meets an interesting park ranger who later become very instrumental in his interest in science, the environment and his future career plan after high school.
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