Blog Tour: Too Blessed to be Stressed by Debora M. Coty

About the book:
Do your to do lists have footnotes? Has your fam suggested a rabies shot because your bite has surpassed Rover’s?

Maybe it’s time for a healthy dose of truth gift-wrapped in humor. With her own offbeat brand of wit and near-wisdom, inspirational humorist Debora Coty addresses the heart-needs of desperate women drowning in the churning everyday stress-pool of busyness.

In Too Blessed to Be Stressed, you’ll find simple, practical steps for attaining the peace that you crave as you struggle with the stresses of finances, health, career, relationships, self-image and family. You’ll discover healing, refreshment, and revitalization for your own spirit, body and mind through heart-changing real life stories, biblically based insights, and short chapters for on-the-run convenience.

About the author:
Debora M. Coty is a humorist, columnist, speaker, writing workshop instructor and award-winning author of over 100 internationally published articles and ten inspirational books. She has also contributed short stories and devotionals to numerous anthologies. Debora's passion is sharing her offbeat blend of humor and hope, wit and near-wisdom with women of all ages. As a piano teacher for twenty years, she acquired the skill of auditory long-suffering and has helped countless people as an occupational therapist specializing in orthopedics for over three decades. Mother of two grown children, Debora currently lives and loves in central Florida with her husband and desperately wicked pooch, Fenway.

My Thoughts and Review:
Do you feel like stress is sucking peace, joy, strength, and sanity out of you? No need to be stuck in that state! Too Blessed to be Stressed is an uplifting, light-hearted, and insightful book that aims to relieve your stress one chapter at a time. The book is divided into 4 sections: Time Management, Develop a Sense of Humor, Cultivate Relationships, and Focus on Faith. Each chapter starts with a Bible verse and ends with questions to help you think of ways to destress yourself. The author uses real-life examples and God's Word to encourage readers (smiles and laughter are almost unavoidable :)). Check out this lovely book; get a healthy dose of inspiration and humor today! Indeed, you and I are too blessed to be stressed. Just remember to focus on God and His blessings.


Link to buy the book: http://www.amazon.com/Too-Blessed-Stressed-Inspiration-Stress-Pool/dp/1616263466?ie=UTF8&tag=widgetsamazon-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969
Too Blessed to be Stressed is a fun-filled read overflowing with insights and practical tips. Perfectly delicious for living happily ever after! 
-Rhonda Rhea, best-selling author of Whatsoever Things Are Lovely

Read what the reviewers are saying here.

About the giveaway and party:
To celebrate the release of her latest laugh-out-loud book, Too Blessed to Be Stressed, Debora Coty is hosting the Too Blessed to Be Stressed KINDLE Giveaway!

Debora has created a “Too Blessed” prize package worth over $150! One grand prize winner will receive:

* A brand new Latest Generation KINDLE with Wi-Fi and Pearl Screen

* Too Blessed to Be Stressed by Debora Coty (for KINDLE)

To enter just click one of the icons below. Hurry! The giveaway ends August 25th. Winner will be announced on the evening of the 25th during Debora's De-Stress Facebook Party! Debora will be hosting a "life-preserver" chat (it’s okay if you haven’t read the book – who knows, you might WIN a copy!), testing trivia skills, swapping funny stories, handing out some decom-stress tips, and giving away tons of great stuff! (Chocolate, books, and more!) Hope to see you there. Bring your friends and join the fun on August 25th at 5:00 PM PST (6 PM MDT, 7 PM CDT, & 8 PM EDT).

Also - be sure to check out Debora's series of Stress-Buster videos at her website: www.DeboraCoty.com. She’s also hosting a photo caption contest on her blog for a chance to win a copy of Too Blessed to Be Stressed.

~ I received a free copy of Too Blessed to be Stressed from Litfuse Publicity Group n exchange for my honest review.

Friday's Fave Five #43

It's time for another Friday's Fave Five (hosted by Susanne at Living to Tell the Story).

My Fave Five this week:-
1. I've started a page on Facebook called "Christ Alone". Christ alone I am saved by and Christ alone is my Lord, Savior, and Life and Christ alone I will proclaim, praise, & exalt! If you're on Facebook, please stop by and check it out :).

2. G.A. Henty's books (Kindle Edition) are available free for download on Amazon. You don't have to have a handheld Kindle. You can install Kindle for PC to your computer at no cost.

3. Blog-hopping via the Ultimate Blog Party 2011. I have 3 party posts...one for each blog...here, here, and here :).

4. Are you a Rebecca St. James fan or do you like to collect worship CDs like me :)? You can win a copy of her new CD, "I Will Praise You" here.

5. Just in time for Easter...You can win a Magdalena: Through Her Eyes DVD package from Campus Crusade for Christ. Wonderful ministry tool for small groups, women's ministry, churches! Great evangelism tool for any Christ's follower! You are part of the Body of Christ (the Church) and you can host a movie night with a purpose for friends, family, co-workers, or neighbors. Please check out my review and giveaway for details.

I'm Late..I'm Late (thankfully, not too late)...for an Important Party!

"Resolution One: I will live for God. Resolution Two: If no one else does, I still will." ~Jonathan Edwards

Welcome to my blog! Hope you are not too exhausted yet from party-hopping . My name is Urailak (aka "LivingforGod" in the blog world and "Fruit Bearer" on Facebook). Please make yourself at home looking around and enjoying music from my playlist. I'm so glad that you're stopping by to visit. This blog is my main blog. I also have two other blogs: My Father's World (my photo/creation-themed blog) and Fruitbearers (my homeschool-related blog). I am a Christ-follower, Bible-believer, daughter & servant of the King of kings, helpmeet/blessed wife of my beloved Godly husband (we'll celebrate our 20th anniversary in Sept.), blessed homeschool mom of three precious blessings (17 yo daughter, 12 yo son, & 9 yo son), sister in Christ, and friend to all.

If you're new here and wonder what this blog is all about, please check out My Favorite Posts on my sidebar. I also blog about product reviews and giveaways. Whatever I do including blogging, I desire to do it all for God's glory.

Just in case anybody is curious to know more about me :)...here are 12 random facts about moi:
1. My parents are Chinese; I was born and raised in Thailand. I married an American whose ancestors were Scandinavian.
2. I came to the U.S. on September 14, 1989 (to study for my master’s degree). More than half of my life, I've lived in America.
3. I take the Great Commission (Matthew 28:19-20) seriously and hope all other Christians do, too. If you're a Christian and you have not watched the video on top of my blog yet, please do so.
4. I am passionate about reaching the unreached with the Gospel (Romans 15:20) and about saving the unborn.
5. I desire to memorize more and more of God’s Word. (Psalm 119:11)
6. I wish I could adopt all the orphans in the world.
7. I knew/studied 5 languages (French, Japanese, Chinese, English, and Thai). "Knew" is the key word . Now I only speak the last two.
8. My Thai first name "Urailak" means golden appearance. Don't let the name fool you :)!
9. My nickname is "A" and my brother’s nickname is "B." Wish my parents had all the way to "Z" !
10. In Thailand, I was a contestant in a TV game show similar to Wipeout. I got through to the last challenge and lost.
11. In Thailand, I also appeared in two different music videos.
12. 12 is my favorite number :).

Note: I'm currently hosting 2 fantastic giveaways on this blog: Win a Magdalena: Through Her Eyes (the story of Jesus from Mary Magdalene's perspective) DVD package from Campus Crusade for Christ and Win a copy of Rebecca St. James's new CD, "I Will Praise You". My two other blogs are also having giveaways: here and here.

Thanks for stopping by. Really...I'm not expecting many visitors because I'm late in linking my party post. Please leave a comment here and come visit again when you recover from blog-hopping marathon. If you have no idea what I'm talking about and would like to join the Ultimate Blogging Party 2011, visit here.

Friday's Fave Five #28

It's time for another Friday's Fave Five (hosted by Susanne at Living to Tell the Story).

My Fave Five this week include...
1. Birthday Party for our sons (one turning 12 and the other turning 9) this past Saturday. We all had a blast! Fun games...yummy food...great company :)!

2. We played Super Scrabble on Wednesday. Super fun! I was super stoked on being able to play all 7 tiles: "return(e)r" :).

3. Beautiful commercial from Thailand (my birth country): Disconnect to connect 

4. I enjoyed watching two wonderful Christian DVDs this week. The first one is The Way Home starring Dean Cain.  You can read my review here.  The other one is a children's DVD called Really Woolly Kids Trusting in the Shepherd.  You can read my review and enter the DVD giveaway here.

5. Open Doors provides the 2010 prayer kit as a free resource to equip and inspire you, your church, and/or small groups to unite for this powerful time of prayer for the persecuted Christians. The International Day of Prayer is November 14th.  Click here to request an International Day of Prayer (IDOP) kit.

Note: Please turn off my music playlist at the bottom of this page before starting the video.

Friday's Fave Five #10

It's time for another Friday's Fave Five (hosted by Susanne at Living to Tell the Story).

My fave five this week include:
1. Nice visit with a friend/sweet sister in Christ.  She and I went to a coffee shop.  We had a great time and before she left, we prayed for each other.

2. Taking a walk and taking pictures during my walks.  It's fun to exercise and enjoy God's creation at the same time.

3. Faithful Feet.  I am one of the nine contributors to this new international blog where we share and learn together what it means to be true followers of Christ and to walk faithfully in His steps.  My first article there is, "Don't Waste Your Life!"

4. Ultimate Blog Party 2010.  I'd like to invite y'all to visit my blog party post which includes a slideshow and a giveaway.  I've had fun blog-hopping and "meeting" new bloggers :).

5. Singing joyfully to the Lord.  I love singing hymns and praise/worship songs while my husband plays the piano.  What song(s) do you like to sing to the Lord?

Let's Party!

Welcome to my blog!  My name is Urailak (aka "LivingforGod" in the blog world and "Fruit Bearer" on Facebook).  Please make yourself at home. I'm so glad that you're stopping by to visit.  I started blogging in 2006.  My original blog is http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/servingtheKingofkings/ .  Eventually, I added a photo blog, another HSB blog, and this blog which I started in July last year.  One of the reasons I blog is to share God's love with others and point them to Christ who came to earth because of God's love for everyone and who loved them so much that He died on the cross for their sins. God's Word is what I live by and blog by. "So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God." (1 Corinthians 10:31) To me, "whatever you do" includes blogging; I blog/write for the glory of God.  Soli Deo Gloria!

This picture slideshow generated with Smilebox

GIVEAWAY:  I would like to give one of my visitors a copy of This Little Prayer of Mine and a set of 5 blank notecards (that I made with one of my photos taken from our property).

TO ENTER: Please leave a comment here and make sure you also leave your email addresss or blog address.

FOR EXTRA ENTRIES: 1. Read any of my posts (besides this one) and come back to comment about it here.
                                        2. Follow me on Twitter (treasuredbyGod) and tweet about this giveaway and leave a comment here letting me know.

~The Ultimate Blog Party will officially start tomorrow. Please go to 5minutesformom to join the party and have a chance to win tons of prizes.  My top three picks besides the grand prize (a Toshiba laptop) would be: USC3--a $50 Target gift card provided by Peggy Gorman, US104--a $50 Vanilla Visa Gift Card provided by Katherine at Shoot Me Now, USC8--a $55 Amazon.com e-gift card provided by Kelly.  My other choices include USC15, USC37, USC39, USC33, US11, US95, US73, US74, US87, USC60, US107, US49, US32, US15, US52, US61, US88, USC25, USC36, US37, US31, US55, USC32, USC44, USC40, US39, US75, USC13, US64, USC12.  I would be thrilled if I win anything :).

Best Brothers...Best Buddies

 

Tomorrow, my son, Josiah, will turn 11 and on Sunday, my youngest son, Isaiah, will turn 8.  The pictures above were taken in Oct., 2004.  Can you tell they were "King" Josiah and "Prophet" Isaiah? :)  I am so thankful that my boys are each other's best buddies.  They both can't wait to celebrate their birthday's party together tomorrow.

"How good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in unity!" Psalm 133:1

P.S. I just spent hours making a Smilebox (slideshow) with my boys' pictures (72 total) but then the computer froze up on me and all that I did was gone.  I will try again when I get a chance :).

Previous Friday Photo Flashback:
- Harvest Festival
- I Love Mommy & Daddy
- Corn Roast Festival
- A Taste of Thailand
- I Could Never Promise You
- In Father's Hands
- Thai Version of Wipe Out
- My Graduation Day in Thailand