Stephanie Life of Determination

Books pass the time when I'm at the doctors' offices, so I thought I would put some book reviews on here.   I got my hands on Jody Hedlund's book Newton & Polly.  I was drawn to her book because of the cover and description.              This is a typical historical faith romance. A boy meets girl, but boy or girl has to fight to be together, usually because of re ligious views and financial class.   Newton & Polly reminds me a lot of West Side Story and even Romeo and Juliet .  John Newton, a sailor, who sails the sea just living life because he has to.  His father finds him jobs but he tends to screw them up. One day, Newton meets a beautiful dashing woman, but is faced with the reality of her being of wealthy class and he isn’t. She falls madly in love with him, but her father says, "no".  Newton won't take "no" for an answer.  Polly's father will do whatever he can to make sure Newton, the bad boy, will stay clear awa

I thought this might put a smile on your face. I filmed my friend giving one of his puppies a bath.

This recipe is gluten-free.

I am a huge cereal eater. A box of cereal is always sitting next to my chair so I can snack on it while watching TV.  I love bringing a ziplock bag full of cereal to the movie theater because it is hard for me to eat popcorn plus, as you may know, movie theaters usually don't offer much of a gluten-free selection. One of the best cereal companies for being Gluten-Free is General Mills.  General Mills is working hard at making people who suffer from Celiac Disease and gluten allergies happy. During the fall season, they came out with Gluten-Free Pumpkin Spice Cheerios which had a great pumpkin flavor. I am dying to try the Very Berry Cheerios, but for some reason none of the stores near me sell it. Chex Corn and Rice were the first of General Mills to be gluten-free. My favorite Chex cereal is Vanilla and Chocolate. I use the Rice and Vanilla to make the Muddy Buddy Mix.  I still don't understand General Mills doesn't make their Muddy Buddy mix gluten-free.  It

It is that time of the year when we have to say goodbye to the old year and welcome the new. 2016 has been a great year for me other than my health.  I usually have to deal with something going wrong with my health every year. Positive things that happened: Chosen to produce and help write our thesis film. This film one 3rd place at the Grand Rapids Comic-Con.  Graduated from College. It took me 9 years because of my health but I did it. I got my BFA in Film and Media. I not only graduated but graduated with honors. I received Outstanding Leadership and the Diamond Heart Award.  Got hired as the Production Coordinator for Micah Tyler's music video "Never Been A Moment " directed by Harold Cronk. You might know Harold Cronk who directed the " Gods Not Dead " movies.  Harold Cronk I didn't have to worry about finding an internship because I ended up with three. My first one was the music video. Second, I was hired to produce