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***UPDATE*** This giveaway is now closed!
I have always wondered how <a href=”http://www.hantla.com/kiki” title=”Kiki”> Kiki</a> has all those awesome giveaways on her blog. I have been meaning to ask her, but when I tried out a new product this week that I LOVED, I decided to go right for the source…
As some of you may already know, I am a frequent painter: I love color on my walls and I think changing it up is fun. In the last year, I have painted my guest bathroom (for the second time) and the master bedroom (for the second time), as well as painting the entryway to my parents’ cabin as a present for my moms 50th birthday. I am now in the process of painting our play/eating area for THE THIRD TIME! Now, let me be clear. I enjoy having painted walls, but that is very different from enjoying painting…Nobody enjoys that. As I was buying supplies for my most recent painting project, I decided to try the <a href=”http://www.frogtape.com” title=”Frog Tape”>Frog Tape</a>. It was about a dollar more than ‘The Blue Stuff’, but considering ‘The Blue Stuff’ is already over $5, I thought I’d give it a try. It was noticeably better than anything I had used in the past! Online you can learn all about their ‘Paint Block Technology’, but since my paint fume addled brain can’t even begin to understand that, I will share what I noticed: 1. The tape itself is very thin and smooth, making it very easy to tell if it is truly ’stuck’, and 2. The Results. The paint line is straight, with no blurry edges. I wish I had tried this a year ago!
I decided to express my appreciation to the company, and ask if they would be willing to let me share with YOU! Frog tape has very generously donated 3 (!!) rolls of their tape to 3 lucky winners of my giveaway! If any of you out there are planning on painting a room any time soon, be sure to throw your name into the ring!
Please leave a comment sharing what room you would like to paint next, and next Friday at noon I will pick 3 winners out of a hat! Good luck!
Posted 1 year, 3 months ago at 11:40 pm. 1 comment
Our family is very blessed to have a church full of people eagerly willing and waiting to love and care for us week in and week out. A perfect example is our kids’ Sunday School teachers. I know each and every one of them loves and cares for our kids very much, that they desire the kids to be comfortable and safe, and have fun. But, most importantly, they hope and pray, along with us (oh, yes!) that our kids would someday come to a saving love and knowledge of Christ. I continually strive to give back to all these special people in the same manner.
A couple of months ago Melissa James sent out pictures to the parents of the ‘18-24 months’ class that had been in her care that week. (Yes, we have to segment our kids 6 months at a time. We are fruitful, and we multiply.) The picture she took of Eden was such a hoot, I had it printed out extra large, and had a blast making a collage with the picture. Thanks again to all of the Sunday School teachers at Grace Bible Churchfor loving our kids so much!
Posted 1 year, 3 months ago at 11:42 pm. Add a comment
I had some of my favorite pictures printed out recently with the specific intention of scrapbooking them. We are notoriously bad about printing out photos, but since Matt keeps them backed up and organized online, I ususally don’t worry about it too much…until I have no photos to play with!
Here is one of my favorite pictures of the boys from when Noah was just 1 month old. I printed it out twice to show the ‘balance’ of the picture. Isn’t it funny how their hands are both by their faces?
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The text for this page (which is, admittedly, rather hard to read) is lyrics from the song ‘Bad to the Bone’…”Now, on the day I was born, the nurses all gathered ’round, and gazed in wide-eyed wonder at the joy they had found’ They’re such sweet sounding lyrics they fit well with the images of our little 14-month old with tattoos and shredded punk clothing. We’re such good parents! Oh, well, at least we spent our Halloween with our pastors family, and they were the only ones who saw it! (ha, ha.)
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Posted 1 year, 3 months ago at 11:43 pm. Add a comment
Well, girls may be sugar and spice and blah, blah, blah, but there is certainly never a dull moment around here with this little girl. You’ll notice that these messes are both ‘cosmetic based’, (she is OBSESSED with the bathroom, no big surprise), but they are messes nonetheless. Never a dull moment!
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D’oh!
Posted 1 year, 3 months ago at 11:44 pm. Add a comment