Trading Secrets
by Melody Carlson
Publisher: Revell
Pub. Date: October 21, 2014
ISBN: 978-0800722272
Pages: 288
Buy Link: Amazon

Review:


Almost everyone has probably had a pen pal during their life, most likely when you were in elementary school. Well, pen pals happens to be the theme of Trading Secrets. You see the main character, Micah Knight, began writing to her Amish pen pal, Zach Miller, when she was in the 5th grade. After all these years of writing back and forth to each other, Micah is finally going to meet Zach, but there is one small problem - Zach is under the impression that Micah is a male!

Micah knows that there is a big chance that Zach may not forgive her for never telling him that she was a female, but she really wants to meet Zach and visit his family’s farm.

Yep, the holiday shopping season officially began on Black Friday, giving shoppers less than four weeks to find the perfect gift for your family and friends before the 25th!

Find the best gift can be a bit challenging, especially when whoever you are buying for already has everything. There is good chance that almost everyone has at least one fisherman in their family. Tomorrow on Cyber Monday, Alaska's famous fishing lodge, Waterfalls Resort, will be having a “Gift Wrap a Fish" deal, which all guests will receive a free round trip airfare (a value up to $750)!

Waterfalls Resort is located near Ketchikan, which is a 90-minute flight away from Seattle. Originally, it was called the Waterfall Cannery that was established in 1912 and ran until the late 1960s. It was remodeled in 1983 as Waterfalls Resort.

Here are some fun facts about Waterfalls Resort:

• During the cannery years, the Waterfalls Resort location broke a world record for producing the most canned salmon in a single season.
• Waterfalls Resort is located on the west coast of Prince of Wales Island, which is by one of the most famous fishing locations -  SE Alaska’s Inside Passage.
• Waterfalls Resort has been operating as a private sport fishing lodge for over 30 years.
• The resort provides the best rods, reels, tackle, bait and all-weather gear.
• Guest can catch a wide variety of fish, including the king salmon (Chinook), Coho Salmon, halibut, ling cod, red snapper, black bass and rock fish.
• The resort has their own fish processing team, who cleans, trims, packs and freezes each guests' catch.

The “Gift Wrap a Fish” deal can be booked from December 1st thru December 31st. The free airline tickets can be paired with the Land Package for 2 or more nights at the exclusive price of $3,510 per person. Airline baggage fees, as well as Alaska State fishing licenses and gratuities, are not included in the package.

Looks like the holiday shopping season has officially kicked off starting yesterday on Black Friday. I noticed many of the stores have Keurig machines on sale, which would make a great gift for a family member or friend. Some makers come with a free K-cups and others don't! So you should consider giving some K-cups along with the coffee maker.

For the past few weeks, I have been trying out the Two Rivers Mega Coffee Sampler, which features 40 single brew cups.


Brooklyn Bean Hot Cocoa - Carnival Hot Coccoa (Salted Caramel Flavored)
Brooklyn Bean Hot Cocoa - Milk Chocolate Hot Cocoa (Milk Chocolate Flavored)
Brooklyn Bean Roasted - Oh Fudge! (Chocolate Flavored)
Brooklyn Bean Roasted - Brooklyn Bridge Blend (Medium Roast)
Brooklyn Bean Roasted - Fuhgeddaboutit (Dark Roast Extra Bold)
Brooklyn Bean Roasted - Maple Sleigh (Maple Flavored)
Brooklyn Bean Roasted - Colombian (Medium Roast)
Charleston Chew - Strawberry Nougat (Flavored Hot Cocoa)
Tootsie Roll - Premium Hot Cocoa (Creamy Hot Chocolate)
Stash - Lemon Ginger Herbal Tea (Tisane Citron Gingembre)
Stash - Pomegranate Raspberry Green Tea (The Vert Grenade Frambolse)
Stash - Chai Spice Black Tea (The Noir Chai Epice)
Prospect - Duke of Earl Grey (Caffeinated Earl Grey Tea)
Prospect - Pepperint Heights (Decaffeinated Peppermint Herbal Tea)
Prospect - Green Powder (Caffeinated Green Tea)
Cafe Artigiano - Caramel Macchiato
Cafe Artigiano - Cappuccino
Select By Trump - Resort  (French Vanilla Roast)
Select By Trump - Clubhouse (Medium Roast)
Cake Boss - Dulce de Lech (Decaf)Fireside Cider - Apple
Guy Fieri - Redwood Roast
Guy Fieri - Guy's American Diner Blend 
Workaholics Coffee - Let's Get Weird (Medium Roast)
Workaholics Coffee - Straight Grizzly (Honey Vanilla Flavored)
Hurricane Coffee - Coconut Fudge Typhoon
Hamilton Mitts Coffee - Hamilton House Blend (Medium Roast)
Hamilton Mitts Coffee - Pumpkin Spice (Flavored)

 

Make your mantel or tabletop a little more merry with a snowman scene sure to make hearts melt! Place this snowman couple in any room and create a winter wonderland with pine cones, holiday wreaths or even bed of faux snow for a fun frosty look this Christmas!

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Do you visit the same blogs each week or do you branch out and try to find new blogs?

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