No need to enter, I plan to win.  :o)

There's new Vision Forum contest!  $250 worth of giveaways!

Life in a Shoe is hosting the contest.  Here are the details as stated on the blog:

1. Get your new catalog - if you’re not on the mailing list, get on it now. No time to get it? Download the new 2008 Vision Forum catalog as a PDF here.
2. Flip through the pages, oohing and aahing over all the wonderful items, new and old. Note which ones are published by Vision Forum - you’ll see a VF logo near the title of the item. Try not to drool on it; you’ll be needing your catalog for the next step.
3. Now the fun part: Put together your own dream order of $150 $250 or less of VF published items and post it to your blog with a link to Vision Forum and a link to this post. Yes, the stakes have been raised!
4. Leave me a comment here with a link to your post so I’ll know you entered. No entry without a valid link will be eligible. One entry per household, please, and if you won last time you already had your fun. Save some for others.

We will close entries this Friday (November 2) at 11:59 PM, CST and will choose 3 winners to receive all of the items on their wishlist!

On your mark…get set…GO!

My Dream List:

Beautiful Girlhood Tea Set   $55

Lion Shield and Sword   $20

Jonathan Park V - The Explorer's Society   $25

Raising Maidens of Virtue  $20

How To Pass On Convictions To Your Children  $10

How To Develop Character In Your Children   $10

Seven Bible Truths Violated By Christian Dating   $10

The Wise Woman's Guide To Blessing Her Husband's Vision  $16

Regina's Colonial Frontier Doll Dress  $19

Elsie Dinsmore Audio Book  $30

Sleeping beauty and the Five Questions  $10

Rebuilding a Culture of Virtuous Boyhood  $10

Doll Nightgown  $14

$249!!   :)

My daughter put one of these on her blog and begged me to add one to my blog as well.  So here I am in all my computerized beauty.  (Okay, I'll admit that this was great fun!)

While visiting the Sew, Mama, Sew! blog a couple of weeks ago, I signed up for a Free Fabric Friday giveaway and WON!  Take a look at the beautiful fabric that arrived this week. 

Any suggestions on what to make with it?  I'd love a skirt, but don't know if my sewing skills are that good (or if a yard of fabric is enough.)  What do you line a lightweight skirt with? 

Sew, Mama, Sew! has Free Fabric Fridays every week, so go try to win!  There are also free tutorials each week that are great for beginner sewing projects.

This week's Homeschool Carnival hosted by our very own HSB Front Porch is up and ready.  The theme is Southern Hospitality and it looks like there are lots of great blog articles to peruse!   

Ever been to a homeschooling carnival before?  Don't worry if you don't like rides - this carnival is all about sitting in your chair with a nice glass of tea!  Visit Dewey's Treehouse for all the fun this week.

You'll find lots of great articles and blogs for your reading pleasure.  My blog about Summer Activities is one of the featured articles. 

I have a new favorite place to be on the web!!  BLOGLINES!

It is soooo cool.  You subscribe to your favorite blogs and only have to go there to see who's posted new blogs since you last visited.  It saves serious time -  having to click on everyone's blog, waiting for it to load.....You know the drill.

This way, a busy momma can keep up with her favorite friends without feeling guilty for the time spent.  Love it!

One problem - all my sweet friends need to turn ON thier site feeds (or say YES) in the case of homeschoolblogger.  I can't add you to my bloglines list otherwise.   

Now, to my co-op friends reading this - I can't keep up with you at all if you don't have a blog!  What are you waiting for?? 

I just found out I am the Random Blogger of the Week!  What does that mean?  I get a free book called Illustrating Nature - Right Brain Art in a Left Brain World from Nature Works Press.  How cool is that??

Thank you Homeschool Blogger!   Thank you Nature Works Press!

I'll do a book review when it comes.