5 Minutes for mom

So 5 minutes for Mom has posted their 8th contest. It is handmade jewelry from Designing Diva. They are very pretty pieces. And I have to share that I won the "5 Minutes for Book" book, "Real Women Scrap". Preety cool. So go on and check it out. Sign up for the contests and let me know if you win.

Contest #7 at 5.M.F.M

Contest #7 is fun and a good way to learn Bible verses. They are giving away one set that the kids can color and a family set. These are cards that you unfold and it is like a puzzle and when you solve the puzzle you see the verse are picture that your child has colored. Hop on over and check them out, they are really a neat idea.

Contest #6 at 5.M.F.M

So here is the 6th contest at 5.M.F.M.

Contest #5 at 5.M.F.M

Here is the 5th contest at 5.M.F.M, It is a Metrowrap made by MetroMama. It is a neat carrier for the baby. Hop on over, check them out, and enter the contest. It looks really comfy, and I but it won't make your back hurt like all the carriers I have ever used. My 2 Prego friends need to enter so if they win they can tell me if it is as awesome as I think it is. LOL:)

Contest #4 at 5.M.F.M

Alright, the 4th contest at 5.M.F.M. is a weekend getaway called "Motherhood Redefined," valued at over $1,000. It is for the winner and one friend. Hop over check it out, and if you win and I don't remember who led you there.

Scars, inspired by rugrats and dirty rugs.

So, I have read an incident that my friend had and now I want to share. When I was 4 or 5 my parents played on a baseball team and we were all there "watching." Well I do not remember if any of my sisters went with me, but I ended up playing under the bleachers. I got real far under them and decided that I would stand up, and got the under part of the bleacher right in my head. Split it all the way down to the skull and I stopped the whole game. (at least I think that is what happen.) Go figure, I still have this scar that is about an inch long where no hair grows. I have many tiny scars from falling over my own feet half the time, I was very clumsy growing up, The other scar that is worth mentioning, because I really think God was watching me this night, is a very small scar on my left thumb. I had the closest kind of car to my dream car I have come to this far. 1980 Mustang, like this except blue and hard top. It is those little 2 doors, not fancy, in desperate need of a good paint job, but I loved that car. We went to the lake to fish, in Illinois, and I let my boyfriend at the time drive; he had been drinking, big no no there, hindsight and all that; and he wanted to take me on this "jump" on one of the roads that he found. So I said okay. I used to never wear my seat belt, but that night I put it on. I did not have any drinks that night, but sitting in the passenger seat, I could not keep my eyes open, I got very sleepy. It was weird, I remember thinking how odd it was because I was young and stayed out many a nights until the sun rose. So anyway, we hit the jump, and the car flipped, I think it rolled a couple of times. I put my hand up on the roof, my thumb got cut, ex was fine, but we were out in the middle of nowhere, and no way to get the car home, it was totaled, no way to get to the hospital. We made it to the closest main road and the 3rd or 4th car that drove by gave us a ride. 2 weeks after we rolled my car, there was another accident just like that and the passenger of that accident broke her neck and was dead at the scene. I have always thought that someone was looking out for me there. But those are really the only 2 scars I have that have cool stories behind them. What about you? Any crazy stunts that have given you those reminders for the rest of your life?

Contest #3 at 5M.F.M., 4th of July Celebration

Okay so the third contest at 5.M.F.M are those really nice looking mommy cards. They gave some away on Mothers Day, so if you do not remember, they have all your info. that way when you meet another mama you can give them a card, and no more searching through your purse for pen and paper. I really think this idea is awesome. So hop on over.

Contest #2 at 5.M.F.M

This 2nd contest is one every woman will LOVE. It is a custom made swimsuit from Lands End valued at $120. I went and checked it out and it is pretty awesome. Go check it out for yourself, and maybe you can have a great new swimsuit for the rest of the summer. For my 2 prego friends, you can win for this summer for maternity suit, or next summer. Very nice. So here is your link 5.M.f.M.

5 Minutes for Mom at it again....

I think those ladies look for any reason just to give stuff away. They are starting more contests in honor of July 4Th. Their first contest is an ice cream maker and 4 ice cream bowls. Should be interesting to see what they have up their sleeves. Hop on over, 5.M.F.M., and keep going back. I will of course keep you updated. Good Luck.

My 3 favorite Hymns or spiritual songs.

Okay so my very favorite hymn is "Holy, Holy, Holy." I just love to hear it and sing it, and think about the words. I could sing this one all day, everyday. I also now know that there is a japanese version that I would love to hear now.
My second is "It is well." This song ecspeically touches my heart when I have been having a bad week and we end up singing it at church. I remember having sang it once at church, and I started to cry. My poor 9 year old looked at me like I was losing my mind. That must have been a really rough week. And my third fav. would have to be "How Great Thou Art." I just love singing all these songs, and thinking about what they all have to say.

Another Contest at 5.M.F.M

So 5.M.F.M. are giving away a gift basket full of baby/toddler goodies. Hop over and read the contest. Enter and if you win, let me know.

Fathers Day Contest.

Okay so we cannot leave out Dad. Hop on over to 5.M.F.M. and they have 2 contests running for Dad. First is a Rolling Stones 4-D.V.D. pack, looks pretty interesting, and the second is a wireless mouse for the "notebook." Thanks talk to you later.

This is one of my favorite songs!!!

I figured out how to get a you tube here so I just wanted to share.

I just have to say....

that reading the bible is awesome. There are some parts where I don't really understand what it means, but a couple Sundays after I read it it seems pastor is preaching about it, so I gain some understanding. Right now I am in Proverbs and compared to some of the bible it is Brain candy. Not much to understand, it is like " If you do "A" you are golden, but if you do "B" then you are a fool." Like that!!! Like "Proverbs 13:24, He who spares the rod hates his son, But he who loves him disciplines him promptly." I need to remember that more often, and I am going to have my girls learn that one, lol. Of course there are other proverbs that I read so far that I like, but that one is great. I always go through this thing where when I start having bad days, for whatever reason, I question my faith, like why do I go to church when this is how I am? Why do I react this way when I am supposed to do better than this? Why do I consider myself poor, when I have Christ and am richer in Heaven, and I do have many blessings on the earth? Do you do that too? I think most of us do, but this Proverb struck me too, "Proverbs 13:13, He who despises the word will be destroyed, But he who fears the commandment will be rewarded." I believe I do fear it, because I worry if I am doing good enough, if God is happy with me, am I pleasing in his eyes. Do I have a good odor? (Pastors sermon 2 Sundays ago) I want to do better in all that I do, and I just pray that God sees that, even if people do not! After all, it is all about God. Thank Him for being merciful and forgiving, because I would be ousted if he wasn't. So I have read the whole New Testament, for the first time, all the way through. I was a little frightened to read Revelations, not for the reason you might be thinking (Left Behind), but because my dad was a man who would lecture about Revelations, like when it started happening we would run to the mountains and hide and we would not take the number of the beast, all the while he usually had one to many, and was on something else too. Well I think my goal is to be in Heaven so if it all goes down like that I won't be here to begin with, God willing. I do not know what Revelations is all about, it came across as Johns dream and he was just describing it. I am sure one day I will be at bible study learning about it the right way, so I have to admit I read it as fast as I could and deliberately not thinking to hard about it. So after Revelations I started reading the Psalms. Read them all, for the first time through I liked them, and I could think of the hymns that many of them are in. Now I am in Proverbs myself, and my girls and I are reading the Psalms together. We are working our way through the Old Testament and that is just where we are now. So I am going to read through them again with the girls. Now that our school year is over I think during the summer I will concentrate on our catechism and other things that I have been neglecting, then when school starts next year we will already have that routine down, and just do school along with it. I never really got to integrate the Bible into school this year, we started late and I was playing catch up all school. We have 2 subjects that we still need to finish. It will probably only take a couple of weeks, but I am stoked that next year, there will be no catch up. Hooray!!!! Okay it is time for this mamas bedtime, morning comes early around here. Goodnight. Sleep tight. Don't let the bed bugs bite!!!

Her First Haircut.

I bet by the title you all may think my baby got her first haircut, however it was not my 15 month old. It was my 9 year old. She has gorgeous red hair that goes all the way down her back. She gets these really pretty golden highlights in it during the summer, and until last night she has never had a haircut. So I thought I would share with you, here are a couple of pictures.




Our friend did a great job, she is worthy of the faith we have in her!!! I have to admit I was a little nervous, but she did great. I told them; pastor and family, it was pastors granddaughter that cut my daughters hair, that if our friend cut it a little to short I would not be as upset because she is my friend and I like her. If I took my daughter somewhere to get it cut and they cut it to short, I would sue LOL. Anyway all turned out well. My daughter really likes it. She even got some light chin length bangs. Well I hope all is well with everything. Have a beautiful day. Chow Bella.

My Hubby.

So my husband had a doctors appt. the other day and we found out that his left ventricle in his heart is swollen. He needs to lose weight, exercise, and take high blood pressure medicine, and that should cause the heart to go down. If it does not go down then he could have a stroke. He is only 34 years old, but doc. says that since he was born with so many problems that could have some to do with it. This could also be causing his headaches, stomach aches, leg pains, and all the other things that have been wrong with him for so long. I feel a little bad because for a couple of years I have struggled with being sympathetic to him, because I have headaches, tummy aches, etc., but I guess it is not the same. So pray for my hubby. I am just glad to know what is going on so we can proceed to fix it, before anything worse happens.

Here it is AGAIN!!!

This contest does not pertain to me right now, but I know two friends, Dee and Andrea, that might like this. It is a Belly Band, pretty cute. Go to 5.M.F.M and enter the contest.

ANOTHER Contest

Okay, so it seems like the only thing I have been blogging about since mothers day is contests. Well the only time I think of something to write about now a days is when I enter a F.M.F.M contest and have to pass the goodies on to you so you can enter. Today they started a contest for 5 Franklin DVDs. What an awesome contest. With all the guessing about what is appropriate and previewing what are supposed to be kids shows, I already know what Franklin is all about. He teaches great little moral lessons. I really like Franklin, So hop on over, sign up, and good luck.

Contests and Sweepstakes

I have relized that I might have a small addiction to contests and sweepstakes. If I can enter for free, and it does not cause me any problems, I like it.... I like it a lot. So here is one contest I am going to share, 5MFM is having a tutu giveaway. These are not just any tutus' handmade and gorgeous. check out TuTu Fantasy, then go to 5MFM and enter for their contest. I am really hoping I will win, but good luck anyway.

I love this time of year.

I was looking out my window yesterday and I realized that the trees all have their leaves back. I drive down the road and see all the beautiful flowers that are blooming. All the green lawns. The rainy afternoons. The cool breeze. I think spring is my favorite. I like hearing the birds and picking flowers with my 4 yr. old. Watching my oldest kick her soccer ball around, when we actually go outside. I love this time of year. God is the greatest artist there is. He makes the most wonderful things.