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Planted in contests

Planted in contests

Pink Portuguese Roses is hosting a give away and boy is it pretty.

Giveaway!!!

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My good friend at Hskubes' Haven at Home is having a blogging Anniversary Contest. this is the same friend who lovingly helps me with my blog when I need it and who reinvented it for me. Didn't she do a good job! She is a wonderful mom and wife. You can glean alot from here blog. I can remember an older lady telling once to find some good christian ladies and just get to know them. While you do get a basket and stay by them to catch al lof the wisdom they hold. Hskubes is one of those ladies to me. This may surprise her, because I haven't told her this yet.

Anyway, go check out her contest and glance through her blog.

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Contest time again. Christy is hosting a fun contest on her blog. t is meant to bring good clean fun into the last of the dreary winter season. Go on over and join in the fun.

Well I will tell a personal story, one that happened shortly after our marriage while we were still in that happy honey-moon period. I must first tell you that I am a great cook, no really I am you can ask anyone. (Is it alright to brag while I tell my story?) Not only do I do it well, I enjoy doing it. I started to learn to cook while I was living with my grandparents and my Aunt and her Family. The ladies in my family are really good cooks, maybe better then me! But you must know at this point in the house were 8 people, from junior high school age to senior citizens.

So learning to cook was a big thing, litterally! So when I got married It was very hard to limit my cooking to just 2 people. Needless to say we had alot of leftovers. This brings me to the season of my story. Christmas, our first Christmas a man and wife. Of course I wanted to impress this man with my culinary talent!

Now we were bth working at competing grocery stores, I as a much loved cashier and my sweet hubby as a frozen food grocery man. So I drew on all of my talents for this meal. Talked to people in the meat depatment and my family, I was going to show this man of mine that I was a better cook then his mom so that he wouldn't say my mom used to make this.....you should get the recipe! So I went to the grocery store and picked out my first turkey. It was a great turkey, plump, of course under my talent it would be the center of my Christmas table.

So a few days before christmas my hubby said, how are you going to thaw the turkey, thaw it? Well I wasn't sure, how long does one thaw a bird? I hadn't asked that question. As we were discussing this he lovingly told me how his parents did it. They would put the bird in the roaster and place it in the oven to thaw over night (yes, I would never do this now!) then cook it and volia!

So that is what I did. I planned on cooking the turkey christmas eve day and having it sliced ready for the table. So on christmas eve day I got up and there was a smell in our little apartment that I did not recongnise. I started to sniff everywhere, couldn't find where it was coming from.

Later in the afternon it was much worse and It was making me sick! and no I was not expexting that I knew of ( well yes I was but didn't know it, that is a whole other story!) I took the turkey out of the oven to bake somethinf and realized that the roaster smelled really gross! I lifted the cover and started to gag! Then I started to cry! Not just cry, but bawl! This was my first christmas and I had ruined it, correction, my husband had by suggesting I do things the was his parents did.

I called my husband at work in tears, I am sure he was starting to wonder if I was really his wife or some deranged woman making claimes to be his wife. When he finally got me calmed down enough to talk like a sane person I told him that he had ruined my turkey and he had to but me  a new one or he would not be getting any christmas supper!

He calmly asked where he was going to get a turkey on christmas eve, I said anywhere but at the store I worked because I wanted no questions as to what had happened to my other turkey. I waited patiently( I think) I our little apartment for that new turkey, going between crying and thinking he should have asked his mother to cook his meal for him.  The new turkey was not going to be the perfect center to my supper as I had planned! It was really a very horrible punny bird.

I cooked it and decorated our tree (still yet another story, I'll try to post a picture) So all that evening we tried determine what had gone wrong. As it turns out our first appartment had a propane stove, neither of us had much experince with them, we had always had electric. So the moral of the story is never thaw a frozen bird in a propane stove. There was just enough heat from the pilot light to rot our turkey.

Needless to say I learned a lesson on humility that first christmas. My hubby did too though. He had to borrow money to buy me my only present because he forgot his wallet at home. He bought me a pair of deck shoes, because it was something I needed. (he is always practical) They were to small.

We have both gotten better over the years (marriage will do that). God has been gracious to us both and I can say God has truly blessed me with a great man. And I have really learned to cook.

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My friend Pat is hosting a contest. All you need to do is leave a comment and link to her blog. But I am sure we could all leave her a little encouragement also. She has alot on her plate. Hugs to you Pat.

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The Rustic Cottage is hosting a spring contest. She is getting excited about spring and I can't say that I blame her. I love winter, but this year has been a weird winter weather wise. I am finding myself longing for the colours of spring ang the bright green on the trees that show the growth of the year to come.

So head on over and check out the fun.

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Well it has started as some week! On Sunday night one of our daughters fell out of bed at about 3:30 a.m. and shortly thereafter started to throw up. We took her to the hospital at about 5:30 a.m only to find out that there was no sign of a concusion and that they think she suffers from migrains! Duhhhhh!  Life has been busy and I think I have the week under control (I just won't look very hard)

Now on to buisness, the winner of my giveaway is Heather. She has been notified and is excited, we have a little secret that I can not reveal until the package is recieved. That will happen ASAP!

In other buisness ~ My friend Christina is hosting a giveaway on her blog. It is very exciting, all the things sre to help strengthen your marriage. This is one lady who I look up to. The love she has for her hubby and her family pour out of the pages on her blog, so take a look and join in the fun.

I hope to be back to normal soon! Praying you all have a great week. 

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and she’ll ship anywhere so everyone is eligible!
 But please don't go I would really like to win!

Planted in contests

It is that time again. I have never done this before, but thought I would join in the fun.  check it out for yourself here.

I have decided to offer a cross-stitch that I made and invested hours into. It is not framed, you can do that. I would like to see a picture when you are donethough. ;)

I left it big so you could see it but the verse is not clear. It is Matthew 5:8

Giveaway Guidelines:
* Leave a comment on this post (one per person, please).
* Post about this giveaway on your blog and your name will be entered twice. Let me know you've linked in your comment.
* Non-bloggers can enter, too. Just leave an email address so I can contact you.
* I'll ship anywhere in the U.S. or Canada. :)
* The giveaway will close at 9:00 p.m. AST this Saturday.
* The winner will be announced on Monday.

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Alright I really wanted to enter this contest , but who wants to look bad by saying me!!! I want the afghan!!!!! Well after alot of encouragement and a daughter who said she would do it for me I took the  plunge ~ YES, I WANT THE AFGHAN!!!!!! Is that bad, maybe, but I really do. So with further waiting here is my entry. Head on over to Bundled in Prayer and see her beautiful work. You can be selfish like me and put in your own name or be nice and enter someone else. ;)

I hope being honest helps!

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Visit Biblical Womanhood for your chance to win $100.00 worth of Vision Forum Merchandise.

The generous folks at Vision Forum have once again decided to bless the socks off of one of my blog readers and give away a $100 passport to be used on any of their products.

Through January 31, 2008 a number of their products are reduced by 20-40% so this would really give you exceptional bang for your buck!

There is alot of really neat stuff for you to look through. Have fun.

My list includes ~

Passionate housewives ~ To Have and to Hold ~ Raising Maidens of Virtue ~ Homemaking ~ Beloved:letters of Stonewall Jackson to His Wife ~ The Life and Campaigns of Stonewall Jackson.

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Chyrll's Corner is hosting a mid~winter giveaway. You get to choose your favorite among the gifts and maybe win! Head on over and see for yourself. Thank you Chyrll for doing this.

My 1st choice is # 2 Mother by Kathleen Noris and scented glade candle.  

Second choice is #3 Manners Matter by Hermine Hartley and Black Tea.  I love black tea.

Books and a something to enjoy while you read, who could ask for anything more?

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My friend Tiany is hosting a blogoversary party, to be included in her "girls only" giveaway you must share some of your favorite things, link back to her party leaving the actual link to your post (not just your blog ). So here goes, some of my favorite things are ~ .....raindrops on roses and wiskers on kittens, brown copper kettles and white woolen mittens. Brown paper packages tied up with string..... ooops.....

~Lindor chocolates, the milk chocolates, they melt in your mouth!

~Old musicals, I love to watch and sing along with them. I own "White Christmas","Mary Poppins", "Yankee Doodle Dandy" and more!

~Cross-stitch, I love to do it and spend way to much time doing it!

~Warm fuzzy blankets.

~I love bubble baths, I can't mention any Bath & Body stuff, I have never tried any. But I here it is good.

~I love to read, mostly historical Christian Romance. Putting the books and bath and chocolate together is even better.

~Music, my whole family loves music

~Baking and cooking, not the dishes, but the to do it.

~Candles, with scents like lemon, pumpkin, fruit scents. I love Yankee the best and usually use tarts.

Wow, I really have a buch of favorite things!  

Well, Tiany I congratulate you on two years. I enjoy reading your blog and I hope your son is alright.

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My friend is Heidi is hosting a conteston her blog as part of the 12 blogs of Christmas!  He contest is a picture contest! After all a picture is worth a thousand words...... So here goes~

This is our kitchen/schoolroom and I really hope you can't see to well because it must have been an off day ( ;) ).....it is messy!  And sice it is so messy I will post a few pictures that have already ben on my blog, but this will make it easier to see them in one place!

The kitchen windows, beside our schooltable, I mean kitchen table.

Our little tree by the stove.

My little village on the kitchen counter, this will soon be moved though. The Lord has blessed us with a piano and it will be moved there.

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Planted in contests

Tamara over at Traing hearts is hosting a bogoversary party! She is giving away a beautiful Angel bear as a prize. I hope you all can enter! You must follow the rules posted on her blog when you enter. Please remember to pray for ALL families who have lost a precious little one either before they were born or as ababy or young child!

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I want to say thank you once again to Summer , I won a giveaway on her blog. I just wanted you to know I recieved it. Thank you so much. It is beautiful and fits great!

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I messed up! I entered a contest and forgot to post about it on my blog!!!!  Here goes....