Nutcracker Collection at Our House
The nutcracker collection on our fireplace mantle last year. The lion nutcracker on the left symbolizes Aslan, for me. What is your favorite Christmas decoration? Read Full Story
Faith and Fangs, Touched by a Vampire, book giveaway
I am happy to give away a copy of "Touched By A Vampire", by Beth Felker Jones, to one person who leaves a comment here by November 23, 2009. The subtitle is "Discovering the Hidden Messages in the Twilight Saga". which is that bestselling series of books by the new household name, Stephanie Meyer. Touched by a Vampire is the first book to investigate the themes of the Twilight Saga from a Read Full Story
Faith and Fangs, Thirsty, book giveaway
Today is the first day of the book blog tour for the novel "Thirsty" by Tracy Bateman. This book was provided by the publisher and I am giving away one copy to one lucky commenter. "Thirsty" has a vampire main character in it, and a human heroine, Nina Parker, who is 3 months sober, just out of alcohol rehab, and living 3 states away from her ex-husband and their two children. There's no place Read Full Story
You can blog to win Gooseberry Patch cookbooks
Yes, three gorgeous Gooseberry Patch cookbooks are going to be given away by the publishers to one lucky blogger. The books are so pretty and fun while being useful! To enter their giveaway post about the books by midnight EST Wednesday Nove. 11, 2009 and leave a comment on their blog with the link to your blog post. http://gooseberrypatch.typepad.com/blog/2009/11/calling-all-bloggers.html Oh Read Full Story
Gooseberry Patch publisher giveaway ends today
Ooops, I accidentally posted this cover in two posts. Since there is a comment I won't delete this duplicate post, since I love all my commenters and want to keep the comments. See yesterday's post for the details about the publisher's giving away 3 of their books. I created this post as I was playing around trying to make photos of book covers BIGGER on my blog, and succeeded here, but Read Full Story
Coloring books to buy or make, Inexpensive gifts
Many kids love coloring books and these make fun gifts. Today in the store I saw packs of crayons, 64 gorgeous colors for under $6.00, and on sale for $3.00. You may find them on sale too; if you do, leave a comment here, please, to inspire other bargain hunters. Coloring books cost from one dollar to five dollars, and you can find many subjects including trucks, cars, dinosaurs, fairies, Bible Read Full Story
Christmas Santa cat
a.k.a. Mrs. Claws. Originally uploaded by Malingering This is from flickr.com and I think it is delightful. What a cute Mrs. Santa Cat! Can you tell I am getting in the mood for Christmas? Read Full Story
Friday Book Finds
I read about Friday Finds on http://shouldbereading.wordpress.com/ and want to take part in sharing a book that I've "found." Please leave comments here on a book you are excited to be reading or plan to read so I can get more ideas for my TBR list :) I am delighted to begin reading "Swann's Way", which is volume 1 of Marcel Proust's "In Search of Lost Time", which I recall being translated as " Read Full Story
Wordless Wednesday
back alley christmas Originally uploaded by Darwin Bell Read Full Story
Our YouTube video and a review
For a very kind and informative review of my book, "Scrapbook of Christmas Firsts: Stories to Warm Your Heart and Tips to Simplify Your Holiday" visit Cathi's Chatter and her post on 10/29/09 http://cathischatter.blogspot.com/2009/10/christmas-treasure.html On her blog Cathi also includes our YouTube video for the book, and Karen Robbins, a co-author, created the video. Here is a link to the Read Full Story