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Month: January 2010

Charlotte Mason Original Home School Series Giveaway

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I’m giving away a complete set of the Charlotte Mason Original Home School Series books. These are a gently used set from my book collection. To enter to win, just leave me a comment telling me your favorite homeschool site. Giveaway ends on January 27th. Additional entries: Please leave a different comment for each entry. Also make sure I have a way to contact you (email in profile or entry) if you win!! * Follow my blog publically.* Join my community and leave a comment.* Subscribe to my rss feed (or email updates)* Follow me on Facebook* Tweet about this…

Thankful Thursday: Rain!

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Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; And hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. Let my teaching drop as the rain, My speech distill as the dew, As raindrops on the tender herb, And as showers on the grass. For I proclaim the name of the Lord: Ascribe greatness to our God. He is the Rock, His work is perfect; For all His ways are justice; Righteous and upright is He. ~Deuteronomy 32: 1-4 This week, we are receiving rain, beautiful, earth-soaking rain.  When you live in a place where it rarely rains, this is a glorious…

The Jello Mousse Temptations Giveaway Winners are…

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Random Integer GeneratorHere are your random numbers: 55 Jay said… 55 I like strawberries with a little whipped cream. 22 Mnewton1985 said… 22 I love any kind of fresh fruit. Also, the low cal popcorn. Timestamp: 2010-01-21 07:16:04 UTC I will be notifying the winners by email. They will have 48 hours to get back to me before I draw new winners. Thank you to everyone who entered. I enjoyed reading about your ideas for healthy snacks!

Sony Reader Giveaway at A Military Wife’s Mayhem

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Venessa at A Military Wife’s Mayhem is giving away a Sony Reader to one of her military or military spouse readers. The contest ends January 30th. So, if you and/or your spouse is a military member, you’ll want to head over, see the rest of the giveaway details, and enter to win. For those of you that have deployed loved ones, make sure you have them enter to win. 😉 Yes, I would really, really, really like to win this, but I’m sharing the opportunity ’cause if I can’t win it, I love it if one of you did. **grin**

WFW: Ruth

Posted in Christian Life

 But Ruth said:Entreat me not to leave you,Or to turn back from following after you;For wherever you go, I will go;And wherever you lodge, I will lodge;Your people shall be my people,And your God, my God.Where you die, I will die,And there will I be buried.The Lord do so to me, and more also,If anything but death parts you and me.~Ruth 1:16-17 As I was reading through Ruth for the 90 Day Bible Reading Challenge, I was once again struck by the dedication of Ruth to her mother-in-law Naomi.  She didn’t have to stay with her, but she chose to…