My eldest child has a current fascination with the board game, Trouble. It is great to help her to learn to count and move forward spaces based on her counting. My middle child doesn’t quite have the attention span for the game. He will start and then grow bored if he doesn’t get a six to be able to move any of his pieces around the board.

And yet, recently we were playing and he kept getting six after six, after six. And through this time, my daughter and I were taking our turns, eagerly awaiting at least one six so that we could officially start the game!

I feel that life can be like this. Even this current COVID-19 situation can be like this. Many have lost their jobs and perhaps their capacity to continue to support themselves and their family. Bills cannot be paid and debt builds up.

And yet, those who are able to continue to work in some capacity – indeed those who can work remotely but still carry out their usual role are able to continue to bring in income and hopefully save.  They are getting the sixes and in a time like this, will be pulling further and further ahead.

Can I put the suggestion out there that even if you’re housebound, in this age of technology, there is so much information available at your fingertips.  You can further develop your skills and knowledge, even gain a qualification or two!  Why not explore avenues to bring in other forms of income?

Although it may only be considered pocket money, I am excited each month when I receive notification of a ‘payout’ from Udemy, Amazon, TeachersPayTeachers or Lulu.  These small avenues of income provide me with the hope that I can build this up over time and I am sure many others can too – they just need to utilise their skills and knowledge to develop digital products.

I studied wealth in the bible a few years back and from this, developed a 30 day devotional.  It is on offer for free through Smashwords – why not download a copy?  It explores the topic of wealth in God’s word and provides prayers and tasks to help establish a road to wealth. What have you got to lose?

Hi everyone!  I wanted to share quickly about a group giveaway that I’m taking part in.  This giveaway has books for middle grade and young adult readers.  Some of them are even horsey!

So if you’re up for some free books and the chance to explore new authors, I encourage you to head along to the Young Adult and Middle Grade Giveaway hosted by Angharad Thomspon Rees.  If you’re a horse book fanatic like me, you’ll be pleased to know that the first 5 books out of the 13 in total are horse related!  As an added bonus, Angharad’s horse book is actually 6-in-1!

My debut novel Horse Country – A World of Horses is featured in this giveaway.  Here’s the blurb:

Follow Lise and Wes as they work their way around North East Victoria, Australia in the seasonal world of breeding thoroughbreds. Horse Country follows the seasons of the Thoroughbred industry and what the day to day of working on a stud could look like.

A few hours away, Maddie and Melanie are working hard in their parent’s metropolitan riding school, teaching others about horse riding and care of the horse. From the nervous first time rider, to the child who wants to run fast and jump high, the young women shape lessons to suit the individual.

A Group Giveaway with Horse Books

The characters in Horse Country range from 16 – 20 years of age; if you haven’t yet read it, why not secure yourself a copy? 🙂  You can’t beat free!!  And be sure to take a look at the other books on offer 🙂

I just wanted to share about a guest post of mine that is found over at Motherhood Melbourne.  As a mother of two young children who is based in Victoria and an entrepreneur, I was able to share about my business – and free books!  Who doesn’t love free digital books?

Of course, they’re even more appealing to me if they’re horse or faith focused 😉  What about you?

Free Digital Books

You can read Enjoy me-time with free digital books right now.  Do you know how you can consistently find free books on Amazon?  If not, I encourage you to go read this article!

And as an added bonus, 2 of my books are free in line with the release of this post!

Enjoy two of Christine Meunier’s books for free on Kindle – New Beginnings (Free Rein #1) for 8 – 12 year olds and New Blood (Thoroughbred Breeders #1) for adults. Offer valid until 24.02.18.

Hi everyone!

I was rapt to find a new group giveaway on Instafreebie that Recessive could be a part of.  And this one is a slightly different focus to the previous!  This is a life-changing literary fiction group giveaway.

In case you’re not aware, Savannah’s character is from Reunion Island and she now lives in Australia.  She has dark skin and at times finds herself the minority and on the receiving end of racism.

This giveaway runs from October 27 – November 5.  You can head along to https://www.instafreebie.com/gg/BOyG7RoLH971EBxvnVLt to check out the other books in the giveaway!  There are 14 books in total.

Want to know what Recessive is about?  Here’s the blurb for the third book in the Thoroughbred Breeders series:

Savannah Reynier isn’t sure how she should classify her relationship with Craig Pieters. They’re not dating but she’s keen to spend as much time with him as possible. As she learns about his beliefs, that desire increases.

November proves to be a busy month at work for Savannah. The days fly by as she celebrates the Melbourne Cup, deals with a damaging storm and turns a year older. All the while Savannah is learning more about horses and breeding; more about the South African man who has come into her life.

As Craig helps her to increase her horse knowledge and challenges her to live out her faith, Savannah finds herself wanting more than friendship. But after Jackson, is she willing to make herself vulnerable again?