The Confession by Beverly Lewis DVD Review

 BEVERLY LEWIS’ THE CONFESSION

 From Director Michael Landon Jr.

Starring Katie Leclerc and Sherry Stringfield

 Available on DVD June 11^th

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Movie Synopsis:

Raised by an Amish family, Katie Lapp always felt the call of another life. Now, her quest to find her birth-mother, Laura Mayfield-Bennett, has drawn her into world of the "Englishers." Along the way, two very different men try to help her overcome a devious scheme to steal her rightful inheritance. Business-minded but kind-hearted Justin Wirth reaches out to discover Katie's hidden secrets, while her childhood companion Daniel Fisher sacrifices his own happiness for her future. Katie's heart is divided between two worlds as love reveals the truth in the moving saga based on the hit novel from New York Times bestselling author Beverly Lewis.

My thoughts:   
My girls were so excited when they heard we would get this movie for review. They enjoyed the first movie in The Heritage of Lancaster County series called The Shunning.  Katie Lapp is a young woman who was adopted by an Amish couple in Hickory Hollow.  Now she's all grown up and searching for her birth mother.  When you mix desperation, big money, innocence, and terminal illness, you've got a recipe for an interesting movie. 

As you know, I'm quite picky with movies.   The Confession was a good, clean film.  I watched it with my family tonight.  There was no bad language or crude jokes.  There were no scenes that would cause you to shield your little ones' eyes or ears.  

I found it to be an entertaining movie.  I wanted to encourage the "good guys", shake a couple of "bad guys"  a couple of times, I just wanted to hug Laura and the real Katie Lapp.  I thought the head housekeeper was sweet and adorable.  We liked the movie very much.  But...  we didn't know that it would leave us hanging.  We found that frustrating because we have to wait a long time to find out whether there will be a happily ever after or not.  We are assuming that they will make The Reckoning into a movie as well.  If not, well I just might have to buy the book!

It's not the most exciting movie we've seen, but we would watch it again.  It will stand alone as a story, but I think you would enjoy it more if you watch or read The Shunning first.
 

BEVERLY LEWIS’ THE CONFESSION has a running time of approximately 88 minutes and is not rated.  I received this DVD in exchange for an honest review.

 

Do Great Things by Aaron Broyles ~ Review by Lowell Lane~

Writing about business or even reading about it, really isn't my thing.  My husband, however, is editor of Kingdom Business Journal.  He's all about business.  Combining the Word of God with business principles?  Definitely Lowell's idea of an interesting read.  So, I'll let him tell you about Do Great Things by Aaron Broyles.  Oh, don't tell Lowell.  I read a couple of chapters, and I think this is good.

I am a get information reader. I am not one to just sit down and read a book for the pleasure of it, so that is why I really like this book. Do Great Things is an action book, a self-identication manual. Aaron challenges you from the first chapter with the question, “If you knew you could do whatever your heart was designed to do with complete fulfillment, excitement, passion, and adventure, without the possibility of failing, would you do it?” This really got my attention and made me want to read on.

Many of us need to change our thinking in order for us to do great things. Aaron does a great job of helping you through this process with challenging self-examination questions and assignments. He helps you to identify your life’s priorities. Aaron then walks you through goal setting and helps you identify specific goals with a specific plan to achieve your goal, anticipate the obstacles, create urgency, and then document and review your goals daily.

“If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.” Milton Berle.

I love this quote in reference to seeing or making opportunities that others don’t see. I have always been a person that asks lots of questions, and I try to figure things out especially when looking at the big picture. Aaron gives some great examples of this and helps you to think outside the box.
Aaron goes on to talk about how Doing Great Things takes hard work, action, leadership, and wisdom.

This is a great book and I would recommend it to anyone in business, thinking about going into business, or just wanting to identify their God given purpose in life.

*I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
Get your copy of Do Great Things.

In addition to editing Kingdom Business Journal, Lowell writes about organic cooking and gardening at Lowell Lane. 

 

Expert Home Interior Decorating Advice for Any Style

Expert home interior decorating advice...

"Have nothing in your houses that you do not know

to be useful or believe to be beautiful."

~ William Morris

A Thrifty Week #5

I was a little more thrifty this week than last week. 


~ I found a bank error of $5.00 on my checking statement.  I looked at the check on-line, called to verify amount of payment with the company, then called the bank.  They credited my account the same day. Every dollar counts.

~ In balancing the checkbook, I found that my husand had been, ahem, indulgent for my birthday and Mother's Day.  So, we're eating out of the cupboard and freezer this week.  So, I cleaned out the food cabinet.  Why do I make such a mess when I'm cleaning?  ~smile~  I still needed to buy a few things, but far fewer than I would normally buy. 

~ We found homes for the last four kittens.  No more kitten food to buy.  ~sigh~

~ I mended two pairs of jeans.  My son's thirteen and all boy.  He regularly wears through his knees or rips his jeans.  I fixed a pair for him.  The other was for my daughter.  She's just worn the same size jeans so long, she finally wore through a knee. ~smile~  I mended Amy's just like I mended this pair a few years ago.   *Just a little funny note, the next day Michael told me that he had outgrown those jeans.  I guess I need to get to my mending pile a little more often!

~ I noticed that the strap on my daughter's Croc shoe was beginning to tear.  Rather than let it tear all the way through, I decided to try sewing the edges together.  It worked!  The stitches aren't all that noticeable.  I wonder if Amy will notice?  They should last through the summer now, unless she grows too fast.  We have a creek on our property.  Crocs make swimming in the creek much safer. 

~ I bought thirty VHS history and Christian history videos and books for $3.00.  One of them was the Visual Bible Matthew series.   I love that their Jesus is a happy, joyful, Jesus.  Another was Ray Vander Laan's That the World May Know series.

~ We made a trip to the library in a neighboring town and brought home a big box of books to read over the next  few weeks.  It's about 40 miles over, so I usually renew once.  It will be good entertainment.  The kids signed up for the summer reading program, so there will be some free miniature golf in our future.  ~smile~

I'm looking forward to a thrifty summer.  Would you ladies be interested in linking up thrifty posts in a linky?  If so, do comment.  If there's enough interest, I'll look into it.

May God bless you,
Laura
Happy at Home

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May I suggest?

Minutes or Hours?

Old-Fashioned Oatmeal Raisin Cookies to Pecan Steelers, A Recipe is Born

I decided to make my Old-Fashioned Oatmeal Raisin Cookies the other night.  I've been making those cookies since I was a child back in the day.  Sometimes a new recipe is born when I start a recipe and find that I'm out of something. 

Well, I just knew I had all the ingredients to make the cookies, so I started creaming sugar and butter together.  Well, I had almost all the ingredients.  I'd just substitute white sugar for brown just this once.  Then, I reached for my oatmeal jar. Where is it?  It's usually on the counter.  It's a gallon jar, it has to be here somewhere.... Oh well, I'll just get some out of the five gallon bucket... oh no!  I forgot I emptied it!  What now?  I searched and searched and asked the kids if they'd moved the oats.  No oats.  None.  Nada.  Except... here's a small jar of steel cut oats.  Wonder if that would work... why not?  Okay, now, time for raisins.  "Kids, where are my raisins? How can we be out?"  Well, I do have 8 ounces of chopped pecans.  Guess that will do. 

So, my Old-Fashioned Oatmeal Raisin Cookies became my new-fashioned Pecan Steelers!  Believe it or not, they were really good.  At first the kids were reluctant.  The texture seemed a bit healthy to them.  The taste reminded them of granola.  The good news - they lasted a few days.  The really good news - they tasted good the entire time.  It was a nice crisp cookie.  Not a health cookie, but still, it was filled with some good for you ingredients that you can pronounce!

Pecan Steelers
An Original Recipe by Laura Lane of Harvest Lane Cottage

Combine and cream the following ingredients together in a mixing bowl:

1 1/2 c white sugar
1/2 cup plus 2 T softened butter
1 t vanilla
3 T water
1 large egg

Combine the following dry ingredients in a medium bowl:

2 cups all purpose flour
2 cups steel cut oats (uncooked)
1 t salt
1 t baking soda

8 oz pecans, broken in pieces or chopped

Bake about 8 minutes in a 350 degree oven.  Watch them closely and adjust baking time as needed.  They're done when the edges are lightly golden.

Doing with what I've got,
Laura

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May I suggest?

Old-Fashioned Sugar Cookies

 

 

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