If you’re looking for a special doll for a little girl on your Christmas list, you might consider the My BFF doll by My Twinn.  This is a 23 inch doll whose coloring and clothing you can customize.  I was given the opportunity to design one of these dolls for my daughter and found...
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The winner of the Jamie Grace CD is commenter #3 J. Johnson.  Send me your snail mail address and I will get the CD headed in your direction. UPDATE:  I ACTUALLY HAVE TEN CHRIS TOMLIN CD’S TO GIVE AWAY!  ENTER BELOW! Today I have another music giveaway for you!  I don’t even know how...
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(My review policy) Today I’m giving away the debut album from Jamie Grace, called One Song at a Time.  If you listen to Christian radio, you’ve probably heard the hit song she sang with TobyMac called Hold Me.  This album features that song, along with ten other lively, upbeat songs.  My kids and I...
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I confess– I contacted the publisher and asked permission to do a review/giveaway, that’s how interested I was in getting my hands on a copy of this book.  Love & Respect: The Love She Most Desires; The Respect He Desperately Needs was written by Dr. Emerson Eggerichs. The premise of the book is this: ...
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Last week I got an email offering me an at-home streaming view of the just-released movie “The Mighty Macs” in hopes that I might like the movie enough to mention it. Since it was a G-rated movie and had the look of something that would interest our family, we took a chance and watched...
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I’ve got another giveaway for you this week. The Secondhand Wardrobe is a written by expert thrift store shopper Cheryl Gorn.  The book shares the ins and outs of making thrift store shopping productive while addressing the various issues that challenge the inexperienced shopper. I personally love thrift stores. A few weeks ago I found...
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The Thursday before last John and I lucked out and got free tickets to see the movie Courageous– won them from a local radio station who was doing an early screening of the movie.  When we won I was delighted– until I realized that THREE of our kids had activities that evening, all in...
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The winner of the Dr. Aardsma’s Drills according to random.org is commenter #1, Sophie! ~~~~~~~ Today’s giveaway is a delightful kids cookbook called Sesame Street “B” is for Baking: 50 Yummy Dishes to Make Together.  This is a hardback spiral book  (love that in a cookbook) full of easy baking recipes that parents and...
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(The winner of the French Women Don’t Get Fat Cookbook is commenter #31 Megan!  Congrats!) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I have yet another cookbook for you!  Maman’s Homesick Pie: A Persian Heart in an American Kitchen is sooooo my cup of tea: part memoir and part ethnic cookbook.  The author grew up in Tehran.  (Confession:  I just googled...
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Ever heard of Fair Trade coffee?  These days a lot of people have, but have you ever thought about what it really means? These days the USA imports food from many countries in the world, including countries that are incredibly poverty-stricken. This sounds like a good thing, right?  After all, we’re sending dollars into...
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