I Heart My Bouqs Flowers

I was given the opportunity to review The Bouqs and order my very own lovely bouquet of flowers.  I had heard of the company before but had never visited their website.  It was on my bucket list to order flowers that are grown right beside an active volcano.  I love photographing flowers and when I received them my heart melted.  Here are some of my photos I took and a short video of my unboxing.

  

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Excerpt from The Bouqs website:

Tired of ordering discount flowers, and then receiving discounted flowers at a not so discounted price? Then say goodbye to disappointing flower purchases now. Welcome to The Bouqs! Where you get fresher flowers, brighter flowers, more affordable flowers, and longer-lasting flowers. Flowers from farms that treat the environment and their workers with care and respect. And flowers that are much, much easier to order. If this sounds good to you then you've come to the right place (online).

With The Bouqs, you can choose your flowers by color, type, or most importantly, by sentiment. Choices like "Thanks A Bunch", "Birthday Bouqs", and "Taking Care of Business", make it super easy to shop for flowers. You can even sign up for one of our subscription services to make sure the special people in your life are reminded of how awesome you are on a regular basis. The best part of about The Bouqs is the price. Only $40 Bucks and Free Shipping. Every time. Seriously. Every time! The future of buying flowers online is here, and its name is The Bouqs.

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The Heartbeat Magazine is now an Ambassador of The Bouqs, please click on the above link and use my affiliation to order your very own bouquet of flowers.  I have been compensated for this blog post with my flowers, all opinions are my own.  I can't wait to buy my next bouquet, perhaps some sunflowers!

xoxo,

Nicole Flothe

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20 Short Ones by Dan Salerno Book Review

I was given the opportunity to review this book, 20 Short Ones: 20 Short Stories by Dan Salerno from Booklookbloggers.com.  I enjoyed that I could read 20 short stories all in one book.  The only problem I had was when I really liked one story and wanted it to continue further.  The book took me to many different places, had a strong focus on relationships, and the locations were mostly in Michigan or Ireland. Here are my highlights from the book:

"Life gets complicated.  As soon as  you begin understanding that there's more to life than you, and become interested in other people, then you realize you can't live without them, and you stop telling the truth so that they'll like you."  "Well, now that you put it that way, yes, it does make a lot of sense.  People realize they need to be loved, right?  So, part of the price you pay for love is to turn a blind eye to what could hurt somebody."

"You must have built up a whole ocean full of memories behind you."

"Because everybody has experiences that they need to tell other people about.  If they don't they just stay there and build up until they're shared with someone."

"Maybe love trumps embarrassment."

"It's better to have loved in vain than never to have loved at all"

"Whoever first quipped that a way to a man's heart was through their stomach wasn't too far off."

"The point is that you can't force a person to be merciful, because it's based on grace.  But once given, mercy blesses both the one who gives it as well as the one who's fortunate to receive it."

"Psalm 85: "Mercy and truth have met together, Righteousness and peace have kissed."

"But I'm not my mom and I have a choice.  I can choose to look beyond the ship, and when she yells at me because she's sinking and afraid, I can reach out my hand to her and offer her my love.  Because I'm not on the same sinking boat if I make the choice."

"Chit-chat is just a way for people to break the ice.  To become relaxed with each other so a real heart-to-heart can happen."

"If you aren't out there observing how others interact, and do a little interacting yourself, you don't have much of a chance to mimic patterns of socially acceptable behavior, like dating.

"Good posture lent itself to making good decisions."

"How do you respond when life hands you a second chance when your heart seems to be thumping along at a hundred miles and hour?"

"The laugh was from someplace deep inside, a wellspring of happiness that couldn't be stopped."

"We accept the love we think we deserve."

Irish saying, "If you kiss someone for the first time under a full moon, you'll fall in love." And they did.

xoxo,

Nicole Flothe

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Heartbeat Connection Magazine September Cover and Massage Giveaway

I took this month's Heartbeat Magazine's cover photo at a local high school football game in Naples, Florida.  The storms were just outside of the football field and when the sun went down it made a spectacular splash of color on the clouds.  With the football season in full swing I thought it would make a perfect cover story.

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Heartbeat Magazine Cover for August 2014 Edition and Toxic Wellness Giveaway

In the latest issue of the Heartbeat Connection Magazine we cover, Train Trip Memories, Make Ahead Breakfast Recipe, Harry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest Florida, Breakfast of Champions, and our Giveaway from Jill Dixon of ToxicFreeWellness.com.  This month's cover photo is my friend, Jill Dixon.  She is a mom, and an Independent Pro Rep & Toxic Free Adviser from Healthy Home Company and The Mommy's Club.  The photo was taken by Darren Miles Photography.

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Book Review Sarah's Choice by Rebecca St. James and Nancy Rue

The one thing I love most about life is the ability to make my own choices.  I was given the opportunity to review a book from BookLookBloggers.com called Sarah's Choice by Rebecca St. James and Nancy Rue.  Every time I read a book I make sure and highlight my favorite quotes.  My first highlight was from the Foreword.

Everyone relishes reading a book when you know the author writes from the heart and draws from a wealth of experience.

Their writing is just like her singing...fresh, creative, and from the heart...bold yet compassionate, knowledgeable but gracious, and funny yet honest.

Sarah's Choice was about a girl that was planning on getting an amazing career opportunity and then finds out she's pregnant.  She struggles with making the right choice as she has so many things that are out of balance in her life and feels that one more thing would end her.  She believed that success was 90 percent attitude and as per her mentor at work said that getting ahead in life was important and family didn't fit into the picture.  

The story is in winter and around Christmas time, she lost her father last year and has a hard time caring about God and her family. Each time she gets together with her family she feels the loss and heartache.   By Friday afternoon that aloneness pressed down so hard on Sarah's shoulders, she couldn't bear her own heartbeat.  Sarah's boyfriend Matt finds out that she is pregnant and has a meltdown, then talks with his Uncle Clay.  Clay says, "Love isn't this...thing that just sticks to certain people.  It's the result of fighting to keep a commitment you made." "It's living for somebody else."  "You could have the great stuff, but you can only get it by going through the hard stuff.  Because that's where the great stuff is."

During the story Uncle Clay is a great support for Matt.  "I get that it's overwhelming right now.  But think of it like your desk when it's covered with paperwork.  What do you do?  You take it one piece at a time and decide what's important to do now."

Sarah's office mentor took her to a clinic after she found out she was pregnant and told her that if she wanted a successful career that this was the only option.  After she left the clinic without making a choice a mysterious older woman gave her a card with three wise men and told her she would have some dreams to help her make the right choice.  

During her struggles the person she was going to be replacing in the office was also pregnant and almost ready to deliver.  It's funny how God will have people in our lives that can be examples to us and allow us to watch them to see how it can be possible.  She befriends Sarah and provides her with remedies for nausea and ways to look at her situation differently. 

For those that love Christian romance than I highly recommend this book, it's filled with mystery, struggle, and love.  The book offers a better understanding on why people do make the choices they make and how families can come together to support each other.

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Nicole Flothe

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Heartbeat Connection Magazine July 2014 Cover and Giveaway

The Heartbeat Connection Magazine July 2014 Cover is by my father-in-law, Glenn Flothe.  He took this month's cover photo in Cooper Landing, Alaska.  The reflection of the kayaker is so calming on the upper Kenai Lake with the beautiful mountains and landscape in the background.

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Heartbeat Connection Magazine Cover June 2014 and Monster Manners Giveaway

With the weather being so unpredictable lately, the sky shines with color. Each night when the sun goes down, if it's just rained, the highlights on the clouds are so beautiful. The June 2014 cover photo was taken after a recent storm and pink clouds and blue sky are vibrant against the dark tree line.

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I was asked to review a new show by Sesame Street called Monster Manners.  My kids are eight and older, so I wasn't sure if the show would hold their attention, but I was pleasantly surprised.  My daughter loved watching the show and her 10 year old brother thought it was funny.  As a parent I enjoyed the simple lessons they shared.  Cookie Monster shows us table manners, Elmo learns to share, and Rosita learns about no pushing.  There was several songs and one that my kids made their older brother watch was Cookie Monster singing, Me want it.  Then while we were in town we found the video on YouTube and they had their dad watch the funny remix too.

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