I enjoy well-made leather products. A good quality leather will last a long time. Good leather will age with even more beauty over time. 

Recently, I have been sporting a Lanita Small Crossbody from Saddleback Leather. This particular design will fit well with a pair of jeans, work attire, or a night out.

Saddleback Leather was founded by Dave Munson. He wanted a good-looking and well-made leather bag that would last. His philosophy of creating heirloom-quality pieces that will outlive you! Depending on what you are buying, the majority of their bags have a 100-year warranty. The Love 41 products are covered by a 41-year warranty.

Lanita Small Crossbody is a full-grain leather bag. The leather is stiffer. Beautiful brass hardware and a Spanish zipper. There are two inside pockets with zippers. An adjustable strap that can be removed. The strap will adjust from 36.25” to a max of 63.25”. You can choose from three colors: black, chestnut, and dark coffee. I have the chestnut color.

I personally love the beautiful design on the purse. The colors are bright and make a statement. It has a Native American design. The design and feel of it remind me of an authentic Indian blanket my in-laws have. I love the brass studs that complement the design. It’s beautifully crafted.

You can fit a small wallet, phone, keys, and other essentials that we ladies like to carry around. This is the smaller bag. If you prefer more space, you have plenty to choose from. It is available in a medium, tote bag, clutch, and backpack. You can also add a matching wallet to complement it.

Saddleback Leather has a large selection to choose from: briefcases, travel bags, backpacks, purses, footwear, wallets, belts, notebooks, and even a cute leather teddy bear. Basically,  there is something for every budget. If you need a gift for someone special or just something for yourself, you can easily find something at Saddleback Leather. Gift cards are also available. Check out the selections yourself. 

Saddleback Leather also supports ministry. Their Love 41 gives to Africa New Life Ministries. Your purchase helps support orphans and street kids in Rwanda, and other ministries in Africa and Mexico.

Saddleback Leather is impressive. If you're interested to learn more about their backstory, you can read about it here.

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When I was in Israel, one of the most surreal moments was going to the Temple Mount. It’s something I will never forget. We nearly didn’t get to go up there due to the unrest the day before. Baruch HaShem (Praise G-d), we were cleared to go at our scheduled time.

Being able to walk where Yeshua walked and where the Temple once stood left me in tears. I will never forget that moment, standing on the Temple Mount and seeing Jerusalem from there. 

I was humbled to be able to have a piece of the Temple Mount soil to call my own with the Pendant of Eternal Faith. I received both the gold and silver pendants.

The Temple Mount in Jerusalem is one of the world's most sacred sites for many religions and one of the most disputed piece of land on earth. 

In 1999, a construction project was undertaken without the authority of Israel’s Antiquities Law. The soil was carelessly dumped in the Kidron Valley. The dumped soil was later discovered, revealing three thousand years of history from the First and Second Temples. The Temple Mount Sifting Project was created from this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Once the soil has been sifted, the project will be complete. Many artifacts have been found through this effort. You can participate in sifting the soil yourself if you ever visit Israel—you might just uncover a piece of Biblical history!

Pendant of Eternal Faith is available in silver and gold. Each glass capsule contains soil and ash from the destruction of the temples. The chain comes with a lovely lobster clasp that makes it easier to take the necklace on and off. The necklace is solid and doesn't feel cheap for not being gold or sterling silver. Every necklace comes in a velvet bag. Each bottle of Temple Mount soil is numbered and certified by the Temple Mount Sifting Project, the only authorized body verifying its authenticity. It is also signed by leading experts in biblical archaeology to confirm its origin and historical significance.+

The necklaces are beautiful and would make a lovely gift for someone special or just to spoil yourself. 

A QR code is included, allowing you to document your participation in this historical preservation effort. A full colored informational booklet is secured in a beautiful black box. 

There are other items available with the Temple soil to purchase.

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A young boy with both a rare brittle-bone disease and autism. He is a happy kid who loves everyone. Every day is a great day for him. He is always happy and wants to make everyone around him happy.  He is joyous, funny, life-affirming world view that transforms and unites everyone around him. Just about all his classmates love him at school and Austin sees everyone at school as his friend. The class bully he considers his best friend. Logan his brother dislikes how he belittles his brother. Austin sees his bully as a sad person and wants to make him happy.

Austin was also born with osteogenesis imperfecta, or known as brittle-bone disease. He is no stranger to broken bones and has had a lot of broken bones.  

Scott the father has his own way of handling his son. Alcohol is a close friend and an imaginary friend that he talks to. It seems that every time Scott is in charge of watching Austin, he ends up in an emergency room with another broken bone. Scott loses his job. Everything spirals out of control like the mounting medical bills and Austins huge meltdown. The mom Theresa, is the family glue with her love for her family and faith.

Having a daughter with Autism and other medical issues this movie spoke loudly to me. I looked over other reviews and seen some critical ones but if you haven’t been in the shoes of a parent or a family with a child with autism it’s hard to relate. I feel that those reviews looked at the movie from the outside looking in. The movie is heartfelt and honest with all the joys, frustrations, and day to day life of a parent and family with a challenging child. I chuckled and teared up many times because I could relate to the many different aspects of the movies.  

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I’m a long time user and believer in silver products. The health benefits are amazing. My whole family uses silver products and even my fur babies. I was intrigued by Ameo Life Health products and the different products that they have available. I use silver products orally for immune support, eye drops, wounds, and other applications.

If you want to explore more or purchase Ameo Life Health products use this link-https://bit.ly/3zWgn8Z  There is a link for the giveaway at the end of the review.

Ameo Life has a line of products families can use to enhance their health and wellness. They are made to support the body using only the finest natural ingredients free of toxins, sugars, fillers and preservatives, GMO, Vegan, Diary Free, the products were created using natural formulations. It’s made in the USA.

I received four products: pH-balanced Alkaline Silver Solution, Extra Strength Silver Gel, Lemongrass Silver Soap, and Chelated Multivitamin. At the end of the post you have a chance to enter to win four full size Ameo products.

pH-balanced Alkaline Silver Solution-

It uses your body’s own natural chemistry. It supports a healthy gut and digestive system and naturally cleans your gut. The product is great for immune support for your body to stay healthy and combat those bugs. It is recommended that you take 2 teaspoons a twice a day. The taste is stronger than other silver supplements I have used. I don’t care for the taste personally. Another thing I noticed is that it doesn’t have the slight metallic taste that other silver supplements have. I suspect the taste is due to the alkaline process. 

I found you can add it into a smoothie or juice if you struggle with the taste. I usually make a fruit smoothie or a green juice everyday, and this made it easy to add it with other products I put in my juice. I think the health benefits outweigh the taste. 

Extra Strength Silver Gel-

The first thing I used this for was for my dog that had a stray cat tear up his poor nose. The gel was nice that it coated his three wounds in the gel format and had better absorption. I felt it got the wounds better than the spray I normally used without wasted excess spray off. 

If he licked it I was just giving him extra immune support. The most important thing is that my fur baby healed up nicely without any infections. This can be used on minor wounds and scrapes. Also great soothing bug bites and burns for all members of your family.

I used this on my face after I washed it with the soap. It didn’t leave a thick reside or make my face feel tight. It has 35 ppm pH balanced silver. It worked with all my daily skincare routine. I applied my skin lotion and makeup afterwards.

Lemongrass Silver Soap-

I love the smell of lemongrass it reminds me of the days my daughter and I had beehives. There are other options to choose from like lavender, charcoal tea tree oil, oatmeal spice, and peppermint. I want to try all of them! The soap is all natural non-toxic and paraben free. The soap is infused with 30ppm silver and essential oils. I used it as face soap. You can also use it as body soap. I loved the way it made my face feel after I washed with the soap. It didn’t make my face feel dry or break out my skin.

Chelated Multivitamin-

This has 18 essential vitamins and minerals. The vitamin is intended for two capsules a day. The capsule is vegetarian product. NO binders or fillers. The formula uses chelated minerals and other natural antioxidants like Vitamin C, Vitamin E, and Alpha Lipoic Acid. They formulated it for optimum digestion and absorption. The product is also iron-free and easier to digest. This is just another added bonus to support your immune health.  According to the company it will boost your energy and stamina.

The Chelated Multivitamin was easy to swallow without upsetting my stomach after taking them. So far I like the multivitamin very much. They also carry a probiotic that I would like to try.

There are a few other products from Ameo Life like a variety of lozenge and even a sugar free product. Other products include a breath spray and mouth rinse. I would like to try the lozenge especially and the other products.

What I would love to see-

I would love it if they made a lip balm that was infused with silver. We have made silver lip balm in the past but it would be nice to have a pre-made product that I don’t have to make. 

Ameo Life products are impressive. I love that it uses all natural and organic products. I love finding products that I trust using for my whole family.

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I’m excited to share with you another review from  Pathway to Liberty's History Curriculum . My daughter has enjoyed doing World History Year 4 Level 1 from Pathway to Liberty Homeschool Curriculum has been a success with her this last year.

It’s not too often that I get to write a review for a curriculum that we have completed and used for a complete year from the 1st lesson to the last lesson in the curriculum. I’m using this with my 17 year old daughter with special needs and she has some significant learning challenges. It is extremely important to me having a comprehensive and flexible curriculum that works for a child with special needs. You can read my last review when I used it with my son here. My son doesn't have any learning challenges. We used it successfully with him for the rest of his 7th grade.

I received a physical set that includes your Teacher Guide, and Student Guide. You can also purchase this in a digital format. The only other resources you will need are a good internet to access the videos. A 1 ½” 3-ring notebook binder which allows your child to have a place to keep all their assignments like vocabulary, and other things they have been learning. I used a 2” ring notebook binder that I already had on hand.

There are a few core books required to complete the program.  One item is the Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary can be found free online or you can order a physical book.

 

You can also add in literature books. Something else you can add to enhance your literature books are the Literature Guides. I could be wrong but I think these are newer as I didn’t use them nor did I see them until very recently.

A timeline can be downloaded from the website for a notebook version or a wall timeline. My daughter used a timeline that she has used since 1^st grade that we added too when we came across timeline activities.

The front of the book for both the Student and Teacher guides has information on getting started . For Level 1 I set up my daughter’s notebook with dividers. My son used his notebook regularly but with my daughter I found the Student Guide was sufficient for her.

You are covered for a complete cycle of history and for grades K-12^th grade is covered with all the different levels 1-4.

Pathway to Liberty’s Universal History

Pathway to Liberty’s The Middle Ages

Pathway to Liberty’s US History

Pathway to Liberty’s World History

Each history course has 4 different levels. You choose the level according to your child's grade or abilities. With your history course you have all your levels in the Teacher’s Guide. The only thing you will need to obtain as your kids advance yearly is the Student Guide which the physical book is consumable and intended for only one student. Or buy the digital book which can be used with more than one student.

Level 1: K5-3^rd grade

Level 2: 4^th -6^th grade

Level 3: 7^th – 9^th grade

Level 4: 10^th -12^th grade

Not only are you teaching history but this is a Biblical Worldview Curriculum that covers Bible, literature, geography, writing assignments, and vocabulary. All of this makes Pathway to Liberty Homeschool Curriculum a complete comprehensive history curriculum.

There is a suggested 4 days a week schedule. The curriculum is flexible enough to adjust if needed. Our time varied with my daughter from 30-60 minutes. With her learning challenges we would sometimes split up a lesson depending on the content and what kind of day she was having with focusing. This included the literature books that I read out loud to my daughter.

Teacher Guide and Student Guide

 Both guides have the same layout other than the Teacher Guide having your answers to the questions and a some helpful information.

Both books are also high quality spiral bound books! Not plastic combs that tend to crack after awhile and tend to come lose. The spiral bound makes it easy for the books to lay flat without having to hold down one side to keep the book open.

There are 26 weeks with lessons 4 days a week. I like the 4 day option as it helps me to play catch up if we get behind or some lessons require a bit more time for her to finish. With this not being a 36 week curriculum it helps me personally not to stress out to much with sickness, vacations, holidays, and appointments-I don’t feel like I’m behind! I hope I’m not the only one who feels like that. When my kids were in elementary we schooled year around but now that my kids are older they want more of a summer schedule school. Whether you school year around or more of a traditional schedule this is flexible to adjust to your unique homeschool!

This is more than history with other subjects weaved into every lesson. My daughter is learning geography, Bible scripture copywork and memorization, writing assignments, vocabulary, reading assignments, and more all wrapped up nicely in this step by step curriculum. The Bible verses used are from the NIV.

Some lessons include videos for most of the weekly lessons. The videos vary in length and can be anywhere from a few minutes to 45 minutes. The videos are offered on the Pathway to Liberty video channel and we haven’t had any that I was concerned about or her clicking off on to other videos. I just make sure the videos are full screened for her. I appreciate that the author gives you a heads up with videos and offers options. Even though we didn’t do level 2 or 3 one of the videos for them have war and death images that you may not want to show your kids. Another video mentions some profanity and gives you the time stamp so you can skip that section. That isn’t the normal for the videos as just a few of them are highlighted.

What history is covered: Foundations, Welcome 20^th Century, Around the World, and several Presidents are covered. Within each of those main topics you cover a plethora of topics from first colonies, slavery, Constitutions, expansion in America, Henry Ford from his childhood to inventions, World War I, World War II, Nazi Germany, Helen Keller, Civil Rights, Neil Armstrong, Presidents, and much more.

At the beginning of each week you have an overview. Each week you have a scripture verse, principal, and a leading idea at the top of the weekly overview. The rest of the week is a laid out schedule broken down by all 4 levels and into a 4 day lesson schedule. You will see what you are reading with the page number or chapter, writing assignments, vocabulary, video information, and History expanded.

Some assignments are labeled optionally too. Most of the optional assignments were writing assignments. For my situation with my daughter’s dysgraphia and arthritis we did a lot of oral assignments for writing.

Each week your lessons are broken into 4 lessons. Your first lesson always covers your Scripture, Principle, and Leading Idea. That is weaved into the other lessons throughout the week.

All of this is broken down by level. For kids that are independent or even semi-independent this makes it easy for them to complete the lessons. Your week is laid out in step by step instructions for both student and parents to follow. This is what I call an open and go curriculum. I know I can just open the book and it is all planned out for me.

In Level 1 my daughter had several activities that varied in her Student Guide. She filled in the blank to complete sentences, comprehensive questions that she had to write out a complete sentence to the questions, coloring pages, videos, and plot elements that you write down main events and draw them out. There are map activities, state activities, and vocabulary, cut out activity, character qualities, timelines, and more. Your questions are a mixture of facts, your own personal thoughts on the lesson, and some discussion questions.  I liked the variety for this age group. It keeps it different and interesting for the intended grades. With a child with special needs it was a good balance of activities. The lessons didn’t overwhelm her with long lessons and it was fun for her. Another thing I want to point out is the amount of writing space on the assignments. It was very sufficient for young writers with a lot of space to accommodate those who write larger like my daughter. For me that is a huge plus!

Below are several worksheets throughout the curriculum.

The lesson flow nicely once you get a few weeks into it. If you’re like me it always takes me a few weeks getting a feel of a curriculum and seeing what works and what I need to adjust for my daughter’s learning style.

My daughter enjoyed Pathway to Liberty World History Year 4 Level 1 for her 11^th grade. She has retained a lot of the information with history. Her favorite sections where on Neil Armstrong, Helen Keller, and Ronald Reagan. She loved the areas of study on inventions. That surprised me how much she really got into them. It led to a few rabbit trails. That is the joy and advantage of homeschooling your kids. The book selections went well with the curriculum and she didn’t complain about them.

I would like to touch on using this with a child with significant learning challenges. My daughter has Autism, dysgraphia, arthritis, genetic disorder, vision issues, and other issues. I pretty much have to adapt all curriculum in some aspect for her. Sometimes a curriculum isn't adaptable and I feel that I just washed down the curriculum or it required more work than I wanted to put into it.  Pathway to Liberty World History Year 4 Level 1 I needed to adapt the optional parts. We did it orally. Some videos were longer and I split them up in smaller sections. Sometimes I had to break up a lesson because it was just a bad day or week. The core assignments and the writing space in the workbook was perfect for her. Granted we are way below her grade level but it's perfect for her academic level. She didn't fill overwhelmed with the amount of work and writing. The books were for the most part at her level. I was able to do them as a read out loud. This made it very easy for me with her history this year. My daughter would tell you, "History was fun this year mommy!" That says a lot and it tells me it was successful! 

I like it when I can teach my kids history that isn’t washed down and that emphasizes a Christian worldview.  I appreciate that I only need one Teacher’s Guide for all 4 Levels. Check it out yourself. Ask questions in the comments below or ask the author Jayme McCullough about the curriculum if you don't find it on the website.

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Bible's bb's® is for families who want to celebrate their faith in a fresh new way.  They have a line of shirts for the whole family and books for kids featuring their cute little Bible Hero cartoon figures.  

My Thoughts: 

Bible's bb's® has a selection for everyone in your family. They offer books for children, tote bags, and shirts for infants, toddlers, kids, and adults. You can even purchase shirts to match with the Mommy & Me Option or a Daddy & Me Option. They have a toy section coming soon too.

The Bible's bb's^® are adorable. They cover a whole range of Biblical characters. They will be appealing to most children.

I received the Work Hard, Pray Hard Crewneck. This shirt is basically a sweat shirt. The shirt is soft to the touch almost like a nice fleece blanket on the inside. The dark charcoal color has a bit of whitish gray specks weaved in the shirt on the outside. The decal on the shirt is also attached well. I’ve bought shirts where you can tell it won’t take much for the edges to pull up especially after you have washed it a few times.

The material is 50% Polyester, 37.5 % Cotton and 12.5% Rayon. The seams look like they have been sewn well. The shirt has already held up to a few washing. The shirt didn’t shrink on me either. The material is US material and assembled in Nicaragua.

As far as washing goes you wash it inside out in warm water and tumble dry on low. I usually buy large as I like sweat shirts to be real baggy and have the arm length to go over my hands if needed. I like to put them over my shirt when I’m cold. I decided to get an XL as I’d prefer larger than smaller. I’m glad I did because the fit is a bit more snug for its size. When I hold it up to my other sweat shirts in the XL size this seems a bit smaller. It could be that the shirt is more formed towards a women’s fit than most sweat shirts aren’t as form fitting. I would consider buying the next size up if you like a tad larger and if you wear it over a shirt.

 

My daughter modeling the shirt for me!

I love the material and I love the Work Hard, Pray Hard saying on the shirt. This is a nice shirt that looks like it will hold up.

They have an assortment of books with the adorable Bible Heroes available too.

You have a chance to win your own Bible's bb's^® shirt by clicking here or on the graphic below.

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