April 4, 2009 - Are You Ready for Easter? |
Easter is right around the corner. Are you ready?
I’ve got a couple of ideas I’m posting to my blog BUT there is so much more you can do to build anticipation for Easter than I can write on my blog.
`Yesterday I read a book by Nina Cam called “Easter Family Traditions To Honor Christ.” Nina has included so many fantastic ideas to help you elevate your celebration of Christ’s resurrection. I was encouraged how many of Nina’s ideas coincided with our own family values, as well as sooo many cool new ideas we can implement in the coming years.
You can read more about Easter Family Traditions right here:
http://tinyurl.com/eastertraditions
After you grab a copy for yourself, send your email receipt to my assistant (heatheratbeckbiz-AT-gmail-DOT-com) and I’ll give you an EXTRA BONUS!
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Enjoy the beginning of spring & get ready for Easter!
Blessings,
Kerry Beck |
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March 31, 2009 - Easter Cards in a snap! |
I apologize for sending this late. I’m running behind because we just got back from a long weekend in San Antonio where Steve hosted a workshop on buying & selling domains. The entire family was there and we had a blast. Hunter & Gentry already bought some domains to sell. They hope to have a domain selling business this summer for a part-time job.
That’s not the real reason I wrote, so let me share what’s going on….
Tomorrow (Wednesday, April 1) I’m hosting a free webinar about Easter Cards. If Easter is the most important holiday of our Christian year, why don’t we send cards to our loved ones? That’s what we do at Christmas, why not Easter too!
http://www.CoupleNextDoorCards.com/soc-april
I’ll show you a really cool Easter card template you can use to send cards to your family & friends. You’ll also see how you can print, stamp & mail your cards in less than 15 minutes for a $1 per card. That even includes the 42 cent stamp.
Here’s what I’ll be revealing…
* How to mail a physical greeting card and do it all online…without leaving your desk!
* How to save time & avoid many hours at Hallmark Cards
* How to make an extra $$$$ each month with greeting cards
* How loved ones feel when they receive your “unexpected card”
* How you can mail a greeting card, FREE of charge!
* How to instantly send a card to a group of 5, 100, 500 or 5000!
Bottom Line …On this 30-minute Webinar, you’ll discover more about how to create your very own Easter Cards, as well as thank you cards, birthday cards or even how to send brownies as a gift. Plus you’ll discover how to develop a business if you need a little extra each month.
It’s happening this Wednesday, April 1 at 4:00PM (Eastern Time) especially for my valued clients and subscribers.
Here’s the full scoop: http://www.CoupleNextDoorCards.com/soc-april
Not only will you be able to hear me talking about the fast and painless way to send your own Easter Cards, but you’ll also get to SEE and WATCH it happening in real time on your computer screen, complete with real examples! Don’t miss out!
Register for the webinar right here…right
now http://www.CoupleNextDoorCards.com/soc-april
Enjoy the beginning of spring & get ready for Easter!
Blessings,
Kerry Beck
P.S. - Some have asked if there will be a replay. Technology being what it is, we can not promise a replay…so my advice is to be on the call live!
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December 9, 2008 - Have you sent your Christmas Cards yet? |
It’s me again! Hey, I need to ask you about sending out Christmas cards. Have you sent your Christmas cards yet? I’m almost finished and it didn’t take me very long at all. In fact, it will take me longer to write my Christmas letter than to print, address and mail my cards. And I get to do it all from the comfort of my own home…sitting on my couch!
I don’t know if you remember, but a couple of weeks ago I invited you to a workshop to show you how I’m sending my Christmas cards so quickly. That workshop ended up being more about a business opportunity than how to send your cards. I’m sorry about that!
So, I decided to do my own workshop for you and actually show you online how to send your own cards, quickly & easily. I’m sorry for the late notice, but it’s tomorrow afternoon (Wednesday, December 10th) at 3pm Eastern.
http://www.CoupleNextDoorCards.com/ChristmasCards
Here’s what I’ll be showing you in our 30 minute workshop.
* How to send a card and do it all online...without leaving your desk!
* How to make a personalized photo card with captions & voice bubbles
* How to send a card to a group of 5, 100, 500 or 5000!
* How you can send a card online, FREE of charge!
* How you can send a Christmas letter with your family’s photo to your entire Christmas list, at the push of a button
When I finish showing you all of those cool tricks, I’ll give you a place online where you can try it out yourself and send a card for FREE.
Here’s the site to register for the online workshop.
http://www.CoupleNextDoorCards.com/ChristmasCards
After I finish all of that, I’ll stick around on the webinar and discuss with anyone who is interested how I’m using this for business relationships. I want to wait until after I’ve shown you how to use this system for personal reasons (family, friends and neighbors) before I show you the business side of it. If you aren’t interested in the business side of the card system, you can leave the workshop. NO Pressure!
Blessings,
Kerry Beck
ps. I can’t wait to show you what I found because it is so cool. I hope you think it’s cool, too!
pps. I hope to record the workshop, but I can’t promise with all the technical problems we’ve had this last week. I strongly hope you can be on the live workshop - Wed, Dec 10.
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December 4, 2008 - Only a FEW spaces remaining |
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Final Notice
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It’s your last opportunity!
As of this morning, only a few spaces remain for tonight’s FREE
“5 Secrets to Rekindling the Spirit of Christmas” online workshop
where I’ll be sharing how to overcome the commercialism in America’s
Christmas
In case my last messages to you didn’t make it, I’m sending this
final reminder about tonight’s one-time-only webinar.
You can get the full story here:
http://tinyurl.com/blogadvent
Remember, I’ll be revealing…
- 4 tips of reaching outside your family during the Christmas season.
- 3 steps to putting Christ and “His Story” back into your Christmas celebration!
- the dangers of America’s Christmas celebration
- Christmas around the world activities & ideas
- Super-Easy Christmas craft idea, even for the craft-challenged mom!
- and as many other ideas as I can squeeze into 60 minutes.
http://tinyurl.com/blogadvent
In fact, tonight’s 70-minute webinar will have a massive impact
on your celebration of Christmas (& Advent) with your family!
We will have special content that ONLY the LIVE ATTENDEES will
see. Special content that will NOT be on the replay. Make sure
you are there LIVE!
Visit this page to register now:
http://tinyurl.com/blogadvent
See you tonight,
Kerry Beck
P.S. We’ve had a lot of people wondering about a replay of the
webinar. We may be releasing one but the first people who get it
are those who are registered at the link above.
Also we will have special content that ONLY the LIVE ATTENDEES
will see. Special content that will NOT be on the replay. Make
sure you are there LIVE!
Here’s the special registration link again:
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December 2, 2008 - Christmas Activities That Everyone Can Enjoy |
Christmas is a holiday that is celebrated and enjoyed by people of all ages. When planning a great itinerary of Christmas activities it is important that you consider all age groups that will be involved.
Kids love Christmas time and there are plenty of activities you can plan and engage them with. For younger children, many of them look forward to writing a letter to Santa Claus. Due to advances in technology you can now have Santa actually provide a response to your child’s letter.
One way to have Santa craft a response to your child’s letter is to visit certain web sites where this feature is available. These web sites allow you to choose a letter template. After selecting the template, you answer a few questions about your child and a customized letter is prepared for you.
Another popular activity for kids is coloring. There are many themed coloring books that are catered around Christmas activities, holiday activities and other themed events. These coloring books and resources can be purchased or printed out for free on certain web sites online.
If you have a group of older kids that you are looking to entertain with Christmas activities one option is Christmas word games. Not only are these games fun but they are educational as well. You can engage them in crossword puzzles as well as word search games that all have Christmas related themes.
Adults too love to have a good time when it comes down to Christmas and the holiday season. If you are entertaining adults, make sure you have plenty of food to eat. Besides Christmas dinner food, holiday desserts are always a big hit. You can prepare using Christmas cookie recipes as well as other holiday recipes.
During the holiday season, many Christmas parties will take place as well. Corporations and companies love to throw annual Christmas parties for their employees. In addition, you may want to have a party for your friends and family as well to celebrate and bring in the holiday season.
Food of course is a priority when it comes down to throwing a good Christmas party. However, some people overemphasis its importance to the neglect of other elements that are just as important. If you want to have a good Christmas party, make sure you also have a variety of games and great Christmas music to complement the food.
One of the highlights of the Christmas season for adults, as well as many older kids, like teenager age is Christmas shopping. Many retailers report as much as 30% of their annual revenues are earned during the Christmas shopping season. Besides the shopping experience there are many activities at the malls and shopping centers to keep holiday shoppers entertained.
For the entire family, some holiday activities that you can experience together include attending Christmas shows and looking at Christmas decorations. In particular, if you live in a big city like New York City, there are some great shows like the Radio City Christmas show you can attend. Christmas decorations in all parts of the world can be very elaborate and entertaining as well. You have plenty of options for Christmas activities to choose from for you and your family to enjoy.
Kerry Beck wants to give you her free advent calendars with daily Christmas activities to prepare you for Christmas. You'll learn more about Christmas around the world with some of the daily activities. You can receive her free Advent Countdown here: http://www.ChristmasCelebrationIdeas.com
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November 30, 2008 - Celebrating the Twelve Days of Christmas |
The Twelve Days of Christmas is actually one of the most incorrectly identified holiday traditions and time periods on the calendar today. Most people assume that the 12 days of Christmas, like the advent calendar comes before and leads up to Christmas day. However, it actually begins on or after Christmas.
The 12 days of Christmas is also known as the period of Christmastide. During Christmastide, the way people celebrate the holiday season varies slightly. For instance, there are different beliefs as to when the holiday should be celebrated. These beliefs are typically influenced by the culture that you live in as well as the religious denomination that you practice.
Some denominations celebrate the twelve days of Christmas starting on December 25th and continue until January 5th. Others believe it starts on Christmas evening, which means that it continues until January 6th.
What is the significance of the Christmas history behind the 12 days? This time period represents the time that Jesus was born up until the time that the 3 Kings arrived to see Jesus. The 3 kings were a group of eastern kings that heard about the birth of Christ and wanted to honor him by bringing him gifts. They traveled to go see him, legend has it by following a star that lead them to the birthplace of Christ. When they arrived, they gave him gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh.
When it comes down to the giving of gifts there are several different philosophies behind when gifts should be given during this time period. Some people believe that gifts should be given on Christmas day. Others believe that you should give gifts only on the 12th day of Christmas. Still others believe that you should give gifts on each of the 12 days of Christmas.
This holiday period has a number of different ways that you can celebrate it. Many people celebrate it by lighting candles for the 12 days. For example, on each day of the 12 days, they light a candle to represent the progression of the Christmastide season.
Another tradition that you can use to celebrate is Christmas dinner. Like gift giving, Christmas dinner is handled differently as well. It can be done on Christmas day. It can be done on the 12th day of Christmas. It can even be done every day of the 12 days.
Finally, there is the 12 days of Christmas song that is immensely popular all throughout the world. This song highlights different gifts received by the singer of the song from someone referred to as "my true love." There are two major schools of thought as to the meaning of this song. Some simply say it is just a regular Christmas song with no hidden meaning. Others however hold to a belief that the song actually has hidden Christian connotations. For instance, the "true love" actually refers to Jesus Christ and each of the 12 gifts refers to different tenants of the Christian faith.
The twelve days of Christmas is a joyous time period regardless of how you choose to celebrate it. There are many ways it is celebrated. However you choose to celebrate it is completely up to you.
Kerry Beck offers free advent calendars with daily Christmas activities to prepare your family for Christmas. Your family will discover more about holiday traditions with some of the daily activities. You can get her FREE Advent Calendar Countdown at http://www.ChristmasCelebrationIdeas.com
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November 26, 2008 - Christmas Around The World & The Different Holiday Traditions |
Christmas is an international holiday that is celebrated around the world in a variety of different ways and fashions. Depending on where you are at in the world at the time, you will see a number of different Christmas activities, stories and symbols.
In the United States, the melting pot of cultures results in a variety of different fashions, Christmas symbols and holiday traditions that are celebrated in the USA. For example, the European based tradition of the Christmas stories of Santa Claus is heavily celebrated.
The United States Post Office actually takes all of the letters that are mailed each year by children to Santa Claus and delivers them to Santa Claus, Indiana where a group of volunteers that call themselves "Santa's Elves" actually writes the kids back.
The citizens of Australia get to celebrate Christmas in the summertime. Instead of visions of snowy days and cold wintery nights, their Christmas days are filled with fun in the sun, picnics in the park and even swimming and playing on the beach.
Australians also have a huge population of traditional Roman-Catholic and Protestant worshipers. Many people attend Mass at midnight on Christmas day. When mass is completed, everyone goes home, gets some sleep and wakes up in the morning to open Christmas presents.
On the other hand, in Japan Christmas is not a religious holiday at all. Remember, the large majority of the Japanese population are not Christians. Despite this, the Christmas holiday is still celebrated, more for its commercial aspects than its religious aspects.
Although people still have to work on Christmas day, the Japanese still find time to celebrate the holiday anyway. One of the most unique experiences of the Japanese approach to Christmas is their Christmas dinner activities. Most places of the world have a large, home-cooked dinner in the home. In Japan, it is common for people to order a special Christmas Chicken dinner from Kentucky Friend Chicken, or KFC.
China also celebrates Christmas more for its commercial aspects as opposed to its religious aspects. In China, the Chinese word for Santa literally means "Christmas Old Man" in English. The Chinese do a lot of shopping and other Christmas activities as well.
Christmas is more of a prelude to the Chinese New Year, which is the major holiday in China. However, you can most certainly see celebrations in China for Christmas. Many of the commercial aspects like decorations, bright lights and greeting cards are celebrated and participated in by the Chinese people.
Christmas in France is similar to some of the other countries that we talked about but it has its differences as well. For instance, the Christmas tree is not very popular in France. Very few families spend time decorating and putting up Christmas trees.
One holiday tradition that is very popular in France is the placing of Christmas scenes outside of the home. These scenes offer an illustration of Christmas stories. In particular, the French populate their scenes with little "santons" or "saints". Besides the typical Christmas characters that you see in outdoor scenes, it is not uncommon to see figures of local French leaders and personalities as well.
As you can see, holiday traditions and Christmas around the world is as diverse as many of the Christmas activities and traditions of the various nations of the world. Despite the differences, one theme that remains consistent is the value of family and the joy of the holiday season.
Kerry Beck offers free advent calendars with daily Christmas activities to prepare your family for Christmas. Your family will discover more about Christmas history with some of the daily activities.
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November 25, 2008 - Christmas...Without the Stress |
You might say that I have lost my mind if I said that I have a stress free Christmas. Well, my sanity is still intact and we have had several Christmases that were stress-free in the past. I would like to tell you about the things I've learned to help reduce the stress during the Yuletide season.
AFTER WAKING IN THE MORNING, READ GODS WORD
Reading Gods Word seems to be the first obvious task every mom should do, but we sometimes forget that. I need to hear from Him & talk to Him everyday so I am invigorated to be the mom that He wants me to be. During mealtime, we do our family devotions and jumpstart our kids' day on the proper footing as well. Each of my children know that they are to read the Bible after waking up. There are times ,of course, that one of them needs a little more reminding than usual.
DON'T DO EVERY ACTIVITY THAT POPS UP
This seems quite evident, but it took me a decade to apply this. Actually, my marvelous husband helped me learn how to minimize the activity in our lives during the Christmas season.
Back then, I wanted the children to experience everything available during Christmas. Instead, stress and nervousness crept up and finally would explode around Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. (Im positive that none of you have gone through this before.
WHICH ACTIVITIES DO I SELECT
What works for us is to select 1 or 2 Christmas activities to go to outside our home. Other than those 2 activities, most time is spent in our home. This way I'm not harboring stress by bothering my husband to attend one more Christmas activity each week. He is still providing for our family and loving it. Therefore, he is much happier going to a few activities and enjoying being with family and friends at home.
We enjoy having other people in our home, so we take advantage on this. Our kids help in the cleaning and cooking, so our workload is minimized and I feel stressed when our visitors come.
HAVE FUN AT HOME
Back then, I would had more activities for us than we have time for. In our recent Thanksgiving weekend, I picked which activities will wait until next year.
REMEMBER: YOU CANT DO EVERY THING, EVERY YEAR.
I try to select activities that inspire my children to do something for others, instead of only thinking of themselves during the holiday season. One of the things we used to do is charity work by raising money for a missionary family. The kids would take orders for pumpkin bread loaves and chocolate chip cookies. After making and delivering them to their customers, they would pay me back for the ingredients and supplies used. The remaining money was their profit, which was used to buy useful gifts for a missionary family.
This season we will have other kids over to bake cookies so their moms can do some Christmas shopping, uninterrupted. A Christmas card stamping party for younger kids would be a great idea for an activity. I'm still thinking it over how that will work.
I have some other ideas that are included in Advent, Christmas & Epiphany Celebration Ideas.
INCORPORATE CHRISTMAS IN YOUR SCHOOL ACTIVITIES
If you homeschool, drop some of your formal schoolwork and have fun during this season. There are myriad of ways of incorporating math, writing & reading concepts as we do baking, shopping and preparing for Christmas day.
At home, we still read aloud each morning and then proceed to work on a Christmas activity. It may be handwork type crafts or other quiet easy to do activity.
DO YOU FEEL A TREMENDOUS NERVOUS STRAIN DURING THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS?
Stop and take a moment right now and prioritize all the activities you and your family want to do. Pick only 1 or 2 activities that the entire family can enjoy and pass on the rest.
Being at home with your family is enjoyable. Invite another family over to roast marshmallows and mingle with them. At the center of this Christmas activity, keep your hearts tuned to Jesus Christ. Without His love for us, we would not be celebrating the true meaning of Christmas.
But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8
For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God. Ephesians 2:8
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November 24, 2008 - Advent Activities To Celebrate the Holiday Season |
Advent is a series of days that lead up to the Christmas holiday. The Advent calendar consists of the 24 days prior to Christmas. The term "advent" comes from the Latin word "adventus" which means "coming." This holiday period signifies the coming of Christ.
The most common form of preparation for Advent is the advent calendar. Created a wide variety of different ways, this device is used to track the progress of the days that make up the advent season.
Advent candles are the most popular way that is used to track the days in the calendar. Since Advent has 24 days, the calendar has 24 candles. The family celebrating the holiday gathers together and lights one of the candles each day of the advent season.
Advent calendars come in all shapes and sizes. They also come in a wide variety of formats and designs. One common design of an Advent calendar is in the form of a Christmas tree. This design has 24 candles attached to branches that make up the tree and are lit each day.
Another advent calendar design is a candy holder calendar. The candy holder calendar includes 24 pockets that are filled with candy. As each day arrives in the holiday season, someone, usually a child, takes the candy out of the holder and eats it.
An advent wreath is another device that is used to prepare for and track the Advent holiday season. An advent wreath has 4 candles, unlike the calendar, which uses 24 candles. This is because the advent wreath tracks and celebrates the weeks of advent as oppose to the days.
In preparing and celebrating the advent holiday days and weeks, celebrants engage in a wide variety of activities. From a religious standpoint, this is a time period where there is much prayer and even fasting in some cases. Priests and Pastors tailor their teachings and sermons to focus on the coming of Christ and what the Christmas holiday is all about. Some worshipers may even decide to sacrifice certain activities such as watching television, listening to certain types of music, etc.
At home, there are a number of Advent activities that can be conducted together as a family. For example, some families have their kids gather together and actually create their own advent calendar or wreath to celebrate the holiday season. Other families have their kids color in special advent themed coloring books that commemorate the holiday season.
Advent is a special time for millions of families all across the world. The decision for how you and your family prepare for it is a personal one. If you need ideas and suggestions, what we have provided here will help give you some ideas as well as help prompt you to come up with your own ideas as to how to celebrate this significant holiday season.
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November 20, 2008 - Win My Advent & Christmas Package |
Prepare your hearts for Christmas with my Advent & Christmas Celebration package. I'm giving one package away on my other blog. Here's how you can enter to win.
All you have to do is post a comment on my blog telling me your favorite family tradition at Christmas time.
http://www.CurriculumConnection.net/blog
At 6pm today-central time (Thursday, November 20) I will randomly draw one of the entries and give away one of my packages.
Don't wait any longer. . . go post a comment on CurriculumConnection blog.
http://www.CurriculumConnection.net/blog
Blessings,
Kerry Beck
ps. Check my blog for the winner! Sign up for our 30 Days of Thanksgiving and you'll receive an email with the winner's name.
pps. Remember to get your copy of Christmas & Advent Celebrations by Friday, Nov 21 You can take advantage of the SPECIAL price of $27 for 3 days only. After Thursday, the price increases to $37.
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November 18, 2008 - Spreading The Word, A Worthy Family Christmas Eve Church Service |
As men and women in Christ, we understand the meaning of Christmas in our hearts, but how many of us show this to the community during the holiday season? Through our little actions, we can show to the world that Christmas isn't only the season for commercialism and money-making but for love and sharing.
Spread the message. Want to give something special to a neighbor or fellow employee? The gift of the Word would make the best present. Tell them the Christmas story. It's not "'Twas the Night before Christmas". Ready made pamphlets recounting the birth of the Jesus can be bought online and delivered to your door. To have that personalized touch, how about creating a leaflet of your own. A small token, like a candle, can be added also the to present. Fill someone's heart with the blessings of God's message.
Share His love. When someone invites a person to their house, it signifies that their wish to share God's blessings. When we accept Christ into our lives, his home becomes our home. Invite a friend or co-worker to church for an Advent service or a family Christmas Eve church service. They'll thank you for including them.
Show it. For poor people, life gets a little bit harsher around the holiday season. More bad thing happen. People in great need, like the poor and destitute, become more so due to the harsh conditions this time of year brings. God tells us to reach out and help these people.
Volunteers are a big help during the holidays. Extra set of hands are greatly needed by soup kitchens and food banks to prepare and serve nice hot meals, as well as help with food deliveries. Local community agencies can provide information on families near you that could use some extra care during Christmas. With support from a church body, everyone can join in and help give gifts and other needed materials. Providing gifts for orphaned children can also be a church project or one taken on by individual families within the congregation. If you see a need that has yet to be met, begin your own program to provide it or just do it as a family.
The goal is to let your light shine in the life of another human being. During his days here on earth, Jesus met each person at their level of need. If you help someone, they are more likely to listen to what you may tell them, especially when it concerns Christ.
Serving Christ is a way to communicate His life and love to others. If we put Christ first in our lives, our actions would be known by others. As people living the Christian way of life, we have a rare chance to bring to the world, a true understanding of Christmas.
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November 27, 2007 - And the Advent Winner Is... |
WOW! I was shocked to see so many of you sharing Christmas
family traditions. I've had fun reading through many of
the entries. Thanks to everyone who entered and shared their
family traditions.
Before I announce the winner, I must tell you to check your inbox
over the next few days. I can't share all the details right now, but I
am working on some more goodies to encourage you in celebrating
Advent & Christmas. As soon as it is ready, I will email you the
details.
Until then . . .
At 6 pm eastern time today (as promised) we drew one of the entries out of
the hat to win a free copy of Christmas & Advent Celebrations for
the Holidays Package.
And the winner is. . . ewingcrew!
Congratulations, ewingcrew. You should receive an email so you can
access all the books. Your tradition is one of our favorites, too. We make graham cracker houses and use small milk cartons to hold them up. Very easy and loads of FUN!
Thanks again. If anyone who entered the contest does not want
their post included in a compilation of family traditions, please
email me ASAP!
NOW...go read all those great comments. Even if you didn't enter
the contest, please let me know what you think about the Advent
Countdown or Over the Top Stories.
http://www.CurriculumConnection.net/blog
Blessings,
Kerry
ps. Don't forget to grab your copy of my Christmas & Advent Celebration package. You can make a small investment of $27 for 2 days only-Wednesday & Thursday (November 28-29). After that, the investment increases.
>>>Get it while you can!
Here's the link to grab your copy.
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November 27, 2007 - 3 More Hours Until Winner is Announced |
You have 4 more hours to enter my contest to win a Free Copy ofthe Christmas & Advent Celebrations Package. Remember I told youabout it yesterday, saying you had only 36 hours to enter thiscontest.All you have to do is post a comment on my blog telling me your favorite family tradition at Christmas time.
Christmas Blog
At 9pm today (Tuesday, November 27) I will randomly draw one of the entries and give away one of my packages.
Don’t wait any longer. . . go post a comment on my blog.
Christmas Blog
Blessings,
Kerry Beck
ps. Check my blog for the winner tonight!
pps. Remember to get your copy of Christmas & Advent Celebrations on Wednesday. You can take advantage of the SPECIAL price of $27 for 2 days only. After Thursday, the price increases to $37.
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July 7, 2007 - Our 777 Summer Homeschool Sale Ends Tonight |
Wow… today’s the last day!
It’s been an exciting few days watching the overwhelming response to our 7-7-07 Summer Sale. HUNDREDS of products have been ordered, and most of you purchased more than one product. In fact, some items have SOLD OUT! My little “cha-ching” sound of my computer is going off, non stop!
If you tried to get to the page in the last day, I’m sorry for any problems you might have. It seems our server crashed from so much traffic and our email took hours to receive. Things seem to be working now.
After years of being online, I’ve learned that no matter what WE think, most people wait until the last hour to take action. So this is a FINAL courtesy reminder that you have up until MIDNIGHT *Eastern* (NY) time TONIGHT to get those 7 products for either $7 or $17.
Summer Homeschool Curriculum Special
This is my gift to you, to thank you for being a Straight Shooter subscriber.
Take Your Pick… Which Ones Would You Like?
1. Give your Children an Extreme Advantage by Showing Them How They Can AVOID HAVING A JOB When They Grow Up when You Discover the SECRETS to Biblical Business Education —– SOLD OUT!!
2. How to List Items on eBay So They Really Rack Up SALES. I’ll show you how to get tons more sales on eBay When You Discover HOW TO START A FAMILY EBAY BUSINESS.
3. How to Sell Online with NO Shipping & NO Inventory
4. Insider Secrets to 7 SIMPLE, Repeatable Steps to Succeed in a Family Online Business So You Spend MORE TIME with Your Family.
5. How to Simplify Homeschooling So It’s Easy to Decide What’s Best For Your Family
6. The Secret Formula to Blending Family, Work & Ministry Even When You are Raising Your Kids —– SOLD OUT!!
7. How to Look at Debt and Show Your Children How to Avoid $15,000 Credit Card Debt or Student Loans up to Their Necks.
PLEASE NOTE: This sale is ONLY good on the products listed above!
Remember, this offer is only good through MIDNIGHT Eastern (NY) time tonight. So be sure to grab the programs you want for $7 or $17 each.
Here’s to a Happy and Prosperous Summer!
Blessings,
Kerry
PS — You’ll see the discount applied when you get to the final checkout stage. Don’t miss out!
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November 30, 2006 - Do You Want to Win a FREE Christmas & Advent Celebrations Package? |
Since it is the Christmas season, I want to offer some Christmas cheer. Here’s what I decided to do:
GIVE AWAY a Copy of Christmas & Advent Celebrations in 24 hours.
Don’t fret if you already bought your copy. I will refund your money if you win the package.
To win the copy of Christmas & Advent Celebrations for the Holidays Package, post a comment on my new blog that tells me one family tradition you have at Christmas time. http://curriculumconnection.net/blog/
It’s pretty simple…
On Friday at noon (pacific time) I will draw a winner from everyone who entered the contest.
I will send all the downloads to the winner and announce it on my blog this Friday.
Don’t wait any further…
Post a comment on my blog about one of your favorite family traditions. http://curriculumconnection.net/blog/
Blessings,
Kerry
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November 30, 2006 - Officially Launched Yesterday! |
Christmas & Advent Celebrations for the Holidays is officially
launched! YEA!!!
I finally had time to catch my breath this afternoon.
Just a couple of things…I want to give you the direct link to
the letter describing the entire package:
http://www.curriculumconnection.net/christmascelebration.htm
Some of you may still be looking for the package on the sign-up for Advent page.
After a flurry of emails, we realized this morning that our server
was down. I am so sorry that happened and I hope we have the problems
solved. You should be able to access the download page now!
Thanks for being patient with us!
Finally, be sure you notice that the price for the entire package increases next Monday, December 4th.
AND…watch your email for a few more surprises from me!
Here’s the link one more time:
http://www.curriculumconnection.net/christmascelebration.htm
Blessings,
Kerry
I really want to hear what you thought of the Special Report: Over
the Top & Politically Incorrect Christmas Stories. Please leave a
comment on my blog:
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