Win The Ultimate Homemaking eBook Bundle! {giveaway}

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Rebekah

Remember that insanely huge eBook bundle that was on sale earlier this month? Remember when I promised that I would take a long break from talking about eBooks after the sale was over? I’m breaking that promise, but I think you’ll forgive me. I have an extra Homemaking Bundle and I am giving it away!!!

The prize includes all 97 eBooks and eCourses. It does not include any of the bonuses that were included in the original sale. This collection of eBooks include topics such as mothering, organization and cleaning, recipes and kitchen helps, home education, spiritual growth for both moms and kids, home décor and DIY, pregnancy and baby care, frugal living, health and fitness, and even work-from-home and financial tools.

Here is what you will get:

motherhood ebooks

budgeting ebooks

beauty ebooks

pregnancy & baby care ebooks

working from home & blogging ebooks

spiritual growth ebooks

health & fitness ebooks

holiday ebooks

home & property ebooks

homeschooling ebooks

kitchen ebooks

marriage ebooks

That is $640 worth of eBooks for FREE!! Can I get a “Hallelujah” from all my frugal friends out there?

If you are intimidated by the idea of downloading 97 eBooks, have no fear! I downloaded all of my books and it went very quickly. If you don’t want all the eBooks then you can download only the ones you want or giveaway the extras you don’t need. If you giveaway any of the books you need to delete the original copy from your own computer.

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Disclosure: This giveaway is not sponsored by the Ultimate Homemaking eBook Bundle Sale in anyway. I am giving away my own personal set. All books will need to be downloaded by the end of May 2013. Please visit the sale’s FAQ page for any questions you may have about how to download the files. This giveaway is open world wide. Graphics were created by Mindy Harvey. If you enjoy reading silly fine print like this then be sure to check out my full disclosure policy.

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Homemade Kettle Corn

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Rebekah

Homemade Kettle Corn Recipe

This post was originally published on April 17, 2010.

A couple of months ago I heard Nate talking to a friend on the phone about making homemade kettle corn.  I was so impressed and decided that I wanted to learn how to make it too!  Ironically, Nate wasn’t talking about kettle corn at all.  I have no idea why I thought he was.  Oh well!  I learned how to make a very simple impressive treat anyway.

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup popcorn kernels
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1/4 cup vegetable oil
  • Salt to taste

Preparation:

1. Heat vegetable oil in a large kettle over medium heat.

2. Toss in three kernels, place the lid on the kettle, and wait for the kernels to pop.

3. Once popped, stir in the sugar and add the remaining kernels.

4. Continue to stir the sugar and kernels until the kernels start popping again.  Then put the lid on.

5. Repeatedly shake the kettle (to keep the corn from burning) until all kernels have popped.

6.  Dump the popcorn into a large bowl.  Salt to taste and enjoy!

TIPS:  I always have two bowls ready for the finished popcorn.  The corn at the bottom of the kettle can burn easily.  So I dump the majority of the finished popcorn into a large bowl and then put the dark or unpopped kernels into a small bowl to throw away.

Other recipes call for 1/4 cup of butter instead of oil.  I’ve tried both and the oil works much better in my experience.

Also, if you don’t make popcorn very often you can store it in your freezer.  Be sure that you allow the popcorn to come to room temperature before you start making the kettle corn.  You’ll have fluffier popcorn and less unpopped kernels.

THE HARDEST PART: Dumping the popcorn into the large bowl without it going everywhere!  There always seems to be one or two late popping kernels that explode popcorn everywhere.

What is your favorite way to eat popcorn?

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Insane Goals: April 2013 Update {link-up}

Posted on May 5, 2013 by Rebekah

I wrote a crazy-long list of goals for this year.  Here is how I did last month on my Insane Goals.

April Accomplishments:

1. I breastfed Noah for an entire year!!  I am so thankful that we have had very few complications with breastfeeding.  I am guessing that Noah will continue to nurse for at least 6 more months.

2. I sorted through 3 more months of photos from 2012 and uploaded the good ones to Snapfish.

3. We had our monthly date night in honor of Nate’s birthday this month.

4. Speaking of birthday’s, I hosted Noah’s first birthday party.  My hosting goal for the year was to have someone over for supper once every two months.  So far I’ve done something once a month or more.  I’m ready for a break.

5. My lovely sister-in-law blessed me with babysitting so that I could work on my book.  She watched the kids for 6 hours this month!

6. I finished one of the books on my reading list.

April Disappointments:

1. In March we bought a new car seat for Noah, but there was something wrong with it.  We still haven’t taken it back to the store to replace it.

2. We have the money saved up for a radon mitigation system, but I keep forgetting to finalize the cost and schedule the instillation.

3. I don’t want to spring clean.  The end.

4. I am getting tiresome of my goals.  I am lacking serious motivation.  I’m not sure if that means I need to press in and try harder or if I should let go of some of my goals.  I’m having a hard time accomplishing much more than my daily tasks these days.

You can see my complete list of goals below.  Plus be sure to add your link below and check out the other blogger’s goals!  

My 2013 Insane Goals

House Goals

  • Organize & Declutter: office, Noah’s closet, kitchen steps, kitchen cabinets, attic, basement, upstairs bathroom, my night stand
  • Hang Pictures: dining room, Noah’s room, master bedroom, upstairs bathroom, downstairs bathroom, living room
  • Install a Radon Mitigation System
  • Fix the Microwave
  • Reorganize my Jewelry
  • Follow my Cleaning Checklist
  • Deep Clean the Dishwasher
  • Spring Clean All Rooms: living room, dining room, kitchen, downstairs bathroom, laundry room, stairs/hallway, Noah’s room, Grace’s room, master bedroom, upstairs bathroom

Finish Photo Books

  • The Year 2009
  • The Year 2010
  • The Year 2011
  • The Year 2012
  • Grace’s First Year Book
  • Noah’s First Year Book
  • Upload pictures to Snapfish monthly & catch up on uploading from 2012

Food Goals

  • Experiment with my Bread Machine
  • Make a Meal Directory
  • Think Outside the Cereal Box
  • Grow Something
  • Can & Freeze: salsa, pickles, blueberries, jam, applesauce, corn

Books to Read – This post contains affiliate links.

  • Bright from the Start by Jill Stamm
  • 7 by Jen Hatmaker
  • Platform by Michael Hyatt
  • A Barn for the Harvest – written by my pastor in honor of our church’s 30th anniversary

Grace & Noah

  • Read Grace’s devotional book daily at nap time.
  • Eliminate Grace’s daily potty training accidents.
  • Re-teach Grace the alphabet.
  • Teach Grace to hold a pencil correctly.
  • Read to Noah daily. 
  • Breastfeed Noah for 12 months.
  • Buy & Install a new convertible car seat for Noah.
  • Have Noah’s 9 month, 12 month, and 18 month pictures taken.
  • Have Grace’s 4 year picture taken.

General Goals

  • Write a note of appreciation/thanks every month.
  • Have monthly date nights with Nate
  • Invite someone over for supper or dessert every two months.
  • Use & Enjoy our Gift Cards!
  • Create & Complete a Summer Fun List
  • Create & Complete a Festive Fall List
  • Mail out the my “girlfriends notebook”
  • Put an emergency kit/bucket in the van
  • Keep library fines under $5 for entire year.  Current total: $1.00
  • Watch Downton Abby Season 1, Season 2, & Season 3

The BIG One: Write an eBook.

Now it is your turn to share your lists!  I would love to hear about your goals and progress in the comments or you can use the link-up to add a link to a post on your own blog.  If you are reading this in your email or RSS reader, you’ll need to click over to Simply Rebekah to add your link and/or see the posts that other bloggers have shared.

  • For more details about the Insane Goals Monthly Link-Up click here.
  • Link directly to your post & not your homepage.
  • Please link back to Simply Rebekah in your post and feel free to use the Insane Goals Link-Up image in your post and/or sidebar.

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Cloth Diapers, Natural Childbirth, & Going Green {featured eBooks}

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Rebekah

This post contains affiliate links.  Any money I earn from these purchases is going towards the expenses for writing my own eBook!  Whoo-hoo!

I personally own many of the eBooks offered in the Ultimate Homemaking eBook Bundle.  I wanted to highlight some of those books for you today.  (Not into eBooks?  I’ll be talking about them a lot this week, but then we’ll take a nice long break.  I promise!)

Accidentally Green

Accidentally Green: How and why one family began making healthy changes that honor God and happen to help the environment

I was completely intrigued when I first heard about Hillary’s book Accidentally Green.  I grew up in a Mennonite church and I think my faith has a lot to do with why I have chosen a slightly more green lifestyle.  I was curious to see what Hillary had to say about it all.

Accidentally Green follows her journey moving from a pretty ”ungreen” lifestyle to a place where she uses cloth diapers, recycles, gardens, makes her own cleaning products, and much more.  It is great to see how her small baby steps along the way slowly added up to more and more and more.  It is a great testimony that baby steps can make a difference in your finances, the health of your home, and the condition of the environment.

Hillary shares thought provoking questions along with a bible verse at the end of each chapter to help readers develop their own action plan.  This book is really good for those who are new to the “green lifestyle” and wonder where they should start or even why these things are important.

Accidentally Green is part of the Ultimate Homemaking eBook Bundle or you can buy an individual copy for just $2.99.

Unbound Birth

Unbound Birth: How to Have a Natural Birth in the Hospital

Unbound Birth is a great encouragement for women who are interested in a natural childbirth.  Jennifer shatters the misconception that only hippies doing a home birth can deliver their babies without pain medication.

If you are considering a natural childbirth, this book will be your personal cheerleader.  Jennifer shares 3 of her own natural birth stories.  She also provides advice about birth plans, diet, and exercise.

Unbound Birth does a fantastic job of introducing the idea of natural childbirth to expecting mothers in an extremely encouraging way.  It is a great for moms who are just starting to think about a medication free labor.  However, I would not recommend the book to someone who is already well educated in natural childbirth since it is more of an overview rather than an in depth look into natural labor.

Unbound Birth is part of the Ultimate Homemaking eBook Bundle or you can buy an individual copy for just $2.99.

Confessions of a Cloth Diaper Convert

Confessions of a Cloth Diaper Convert: A Simple, Comprehensive Guide to Using Cloth Diapers

I love this book and I don’t even use cloth diapers.  Why don’t I use them?  Well for a ton of reason, but one reason is because I have so many questions!  What kind of diaper should I buy? How do I wash them?  What about diaper rash cream?

There are so many things to research and Erin has done all the work and put it into this excellent book.  Confessions of a Cloth Diaper Convert is over 200 pages!  Erin will take you from newborns to potty training and will cover all the leaks, yeast, stinks, and stains in between.

Confessions of a Cloth Diaper Convert is part of the Ultimate Homemaking Bundle or you can buy an individual copy for just $9.95.

The Ultimate Homemaking eBook Bundle Sale

Reminder: The Ultimate Homemaking eBook Bundle is on sale this week only until May 4, 2013!  What if you don’t need/want all 97 eBooks?  You can download only the ones you are interested in or you can giveaway the extras to a friend (as long as you delete the original from your computer).

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The Ultimate Homemaking eBook Bundle
{the most amazing eBook sale EVER!}

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Rebekah

The Ultimate Homemaking eBook Bundle

This post contains affiliate links.  

Unless Simply Rebekah is the only blog you read, you may have already about this huge eBook sale happening this week.  That is because it is a big deal, folks.  This sale is GIGANTIC!

For 6 days only, more than 75 widely-known bloggers and authors in the homemaking sphere have joined together to offer 97 of their most popular eBooks and eCourses, valued at just over $600, for the incredibly low price of $29.97!

This collection of eBooks include topics such as mothering, organization and cleaning, recipes and kitchen helps, home education, spiritual growth for both moms and kids, home décor and DIY, pregnancy and baby care, frugal living, health and fitness, and even work-from-home and financial tools.  Plus there are $140 in bonus offers.  (More info on that below.)

Now I will be the first to say that although this sale is an amazing bargain, it is not perfect.  The collection of eBooks cost nearly $30.  Spending $30 is a big deal to this frugalist!  What you get for your $30 is pretty stinkin’ incredible, but is it in your budget?  That is for you to decide.  Perhaps you need to send this link to your hubby along with a little Mothers-Day-is-coming-wink-wink note.  Ha!

Buy the Ultimate Homemaking eBook Bundle Now

What’s Included in the Sale?

When you purchase The Ultimate Homemaking eBook collection, you will get instant access to any of the 97 eBooks and eCourses listed below.

Plus over $140 of FREE Bonuses – More on these bonuses below.

Please note: This collection is only available from 9 a.m. EST on April 29th to 11:59 p.m. EST on May 4th. There will be no late sales offered.

The Ultimate Homemaking eBook Bundle

PLUS, You will receive FREE Bonuses from these companies…

A FREE Two-Month Membership to Fit2B Studio (for new members) or $20 off a Yearly Membership (for current members), where their wholesome workouts for the whole family are tummy safe and particularly target Diastasis Recti (split abs). ($19.98 value. No shipping restrictions.)

A $15 store credit to TruKid. With products like their aware-winning sun care, they are dedicated to providing all natural skin and hair care for kids, babies, and now pets. ($15.00 value. Standard shipping applies. International shipping available.)

Your choice of incredible natural products like sea salt and clay for FREE. Choose from the Redmond Trading Earthpaste Bundle ($24.90 value) or the Facial Mud Bundle ($26.90 value). (Standard shipping applies. Continental US only.)

Your choice of a FREE heirloom sourdough starter or FREE yogurt starter from Cultures for Health, the leading supplier of starter cultures and supplies for making cultured and fermented foods ($12.95 value. US & CAN addresses only. Standard shipping applies.)

Your choice of: a FREE 3-Month Subscription (for new accounts) or 30% off a One Year Subscription. Plan to Eat is an online menu planner that uses your recipes, scheduled for the days you want them. ($15.00 value. No shipping restrictions.)

A FREE Culinary Herbs Assorted Seed Pack Check just in time for spring planting from www.wheatgrasskits.com, a living whole foods company. ($11.95 value. Standard shipping applies to all US states and territories- no international shipping for seeds.)

Get $10 off Union28′s original “my husband rocks” tee. Their marriage apparel lets you celebrate your spouse in style. ($10.00 value. Standard shipping rates apply. International shipping available, but free shipping only available within USA.)

A $10 store credit plus 1 FREE lip balm from Bee All Natural. Their whole body products nourish and heal, and are made using only the highest quality, food grade, organic ingredients. ($13.49 value. Standard shipping applies. International shipping available.)

A FREE 2 oz. bottle of your choice of liquid herbal formula from TriLight Health. They specialize in fast acting, great tasting natural herbal remedies. ($12.95 value or more. Standard shipping applies, within the USA only.)

Your choice of 3 FREE ePlanners OR a 3-Month FREE Membership to ListPlanIt, whose mobile lists will help to organize your life. ($15.00 value. No shipping restrictions.)

The fine print:

Bonus Offers

  • Each bonus offer can be redeemed once only per eBook Bundle purchase.
  • For each bonus offer, transaction numbers or proof of purchase may be required at the time of redemption.
  • All bonus offers are free gifts from the bonus sponsors, are their sole responsibility to provide, and are subject to availability.
  • All bonus offers expire at midnight on May 19th, 2013 (2 weeks from the last day of this sale).

General

  • It is your responsibility to download and back-up your purchase within the 1-month download time-frame. With proof of purchase, we can renew download links up until August 1st, 2013. After this date we will no longer have access to the books and will not be able to provide any new links to download.
  • Due to the nature of this sale, there will be no refunds available. However, we would invite you to read our Frequently Asked Questions page to learn more about the file types, the download process, how the bonus offers work, etc.

Buy the Ultimate Homemaking eBook Bundle Now

Please note: This collection is only available from 9 a.m. EST on April 29th to 11:59 p.m. EST on May 4th. There will be no late sales offered, so make sure that you get your bundle right away!

Particularly for those wanting to read these ebooks on their mobile devices (iPhones or iPads, Android, Kindle, etc.) you will want to learn more about the file types, how to download them correctly, and how to transfer them to your device

This post includes affiliate links, and I make a portion of the sale of each ebook bundle. Thanks for supporting Simply Rebekah!
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