Jan. 16, 2008
A Winner and ANOTHER giveaway!

Posted in Contests

I remembered late last night that I was supposed to choose a winner for the contest that I recently blogged about.  Sorry for the delay ... it just slipped my mind! Anyway, the winner was commentor #7 (Kitty) and I have already emailed her at the email address given in the comment. I have been given permission to give away the same prize one more time this month, so let's have another contest!

*** For this contest, I would like to hear about your favorite thing to do on a cold, snowy day. See, where I live, everyone gets excited at even the MENTION of snow. Now, I don't because I know that the chances of us getting enough accumulation for the kids to go out and play in is almost nil. Those of you who live in the snowy states would have a BIG laugh if you could see our TV coverage right now ... they even salted the roads in my town YESTERDAY and the possible snow isn't even going to be here until sometime tonight.  Here is our current forecast and you should have seen the people at the grocery store ... you would have thought we were expecting a blizzard  !

A chance of snow in the evening...then snow likely after midnight. Rain...a chance of light freezing rain and light sleet in the early morning. Snow and sleet accumulation up to 2 inches. Lows in the lower 30s. East winds 5 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation near 100 percent.
So, leave me your comment and be entered into this drawing ... to be held on January 31st (or a few days later if I forget again ... geesh!)

Many of you know Martha of MarmeeDear.com and Rebekah of Hope Chest Legacy. Well, they have come together to offer us a wonderful year-long program called The Homemaker's Mentor. Below is the info that I have received in my email recently. Jeannie had this to say about the program, "I joined the Marmee Dear and the lessons look really nice and simple enough, I think it would make for a great way for those of us who can sometimes fall on the way side of homekeeping/being a keeper of the home, I look forward to the "free" lessons they will put out on top of the lessons they have when you subscribe."  

 

HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM MARMEE!
I look forward to 2008 with JOY! are asking what lessons they will be learning in the coming year and we are excited to share our topics with you!
The following 24 online classes will be available for 2008 to HMM Members:

*Cleaning the Master Bedroom
*How to Make Simple Curtains
*Homemade Notecards & Stationary
*Growing an Indoor Herb Garden & How to Use Fresh Herbs
*Beans, Beans & More Beans - Using Dried Beans for Simple, Delicious & Frugal Meals
*Children's Clothing - Storage Solutions & Organization
*Sew an Apron
*Quick Peek at the Well Stocked Medicine Cabinet & Treating Basic Illness and Injury
*Pantry Principles - Organizing & Stocking
*Family Meals - Making This Special Time Together Happen!
*Canning Blackberry Jam & Other Fruits
*How to Embellish Linens with Crocheted Lace Edgings
*Really Good Home Canned Pickles!
*Laundry Basics & Teaching Children to Help
*Simple Skirts for Girls - A Sewing Lesson
*An Abundance of Apples & How to Use Them All!
*A Clean Sparkling Kitchen
*Long Term Food Storage & Simple Emergency Preparedness
*In A Stew!
*Rebekah's Revolving Chore Chart for Children & Mother's Master List of Home Duties for the Year
*Table Settings & How to Create a Lovely Table Setting
*Making a Memory Quilt
*My Kitchen - A Restaurant?
*Gingham Embroidery with Two Projects
 
You have the option of purchasing a "surprise" SAMPLE LESSON for only $2.50.  Or you may subscribe for a continuing subscription for a 12 month period for the full 24 lessons + freebies for only $4.95 per month.  After you are a member you may have the option to purchase a gift subscription at a discount for a friend, sister or your mom!  You also save by purchasing a full year of lessons in just one simple payment of $49.99. 

Each lesson is available online, in beautiful full color PDF format, with an additional option of printable lessons for storing in your own homemaker’s notebook. You have access to your new lessons 24 hours per day, 7 days per week so you can read at your leisure.

Both Martha and Rebekah have prepared twelve lessons each per year, for a total of 24 lessons coming straight to your home! There are also 4 additional free lessons written by special authors that will be available to you as well – each one written by a respected woman in her field of expertise!

You will receive a total of 28 lessons with a full years paid subscription! How does the Homemaker’s Mentor work? It is SO simple! You may sign up for a full year’s subscription or pay monthly with automatic payments. Each month on the first and third Tuesday, a new lesson will be placed on The Homemaker’s Mentor website. (www.thehomemakersmentor.com) You have the full month to access your lessons and read it or print it for your files. All lessons share information with you – some lessons offer optional assignments or projects. Each month, the lessons are taken down and a new set of lessons put in place. The previous month’s 2 lessons are then placed on the website for individual sale – so if you have joined recently you can purchase older lessons that sound interesting to you. Throughout the year the additional 4 free lessons will become available to you as well at no additional cost.
 
We are so excited to have you join us! 
Martha & Rebekah

I have been busier than ever and am so excited to remind you about my new ministry in mentoring homemakers around the world along with my dear friend, Rebekah of HopeChestLegacy.  We already have members from Canada, Australia and the big wonderful USA!

Together, Rebekah and I, have created the HOMEMAKER'S MENTOR that is an online course for a full year to instuct and mentor homemakers in the spirit of Titus 2.
 
You only need a valid email address and internet access to join us along with a willing heart to serve your family.  We already have a lovely group in of members in the HMM and the first mentoring lessson is ready for members.  There will be 24 full lessons for a very small fee!
Our new subscribers

 We have a list of confirmed lessons below, but we also anticipate
several additional free lessons by well-known authors in their field of
interest. The topic of the lessons are secret until the authors complete
their writing, but as they are written and submitted we will be making
them available to each of our subscribing members as a free gift for enrolling with us.
 
 
We are having a great time getting to know each other on the private FORUM created for the HMM members.  This makes it just like we are all together in my living room having a time of sharing and learning! 
Again --- each member must have basic email service and a current valid email address and internet access to view the lessons and the forum. 


Comments

Jan. 16, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by a1health

I would enjoy learning about Rebeka's children's chore chart and planning.
Thank you!
~Farrah

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Jan. 17, 2008 - Fun!

Posted by abundantblessings

The prize sounds so wonderful!!!

Since our weather sounds much like yours...we LOVE snow!!! Actually, yesterday, we got the same snow you were expecting! Our favorite thing to do is to get all bundled up, run outside and catch snow flakes on our tongues...then jump on the trampoline with the snow. We then come inside for hot cocoa to warm those cold, red noses and cheeks back up. We change clothes, then head back out to do it again! Before we finish, we make a snowman..now, we get so little snow that they are little snow people....and we put them in baggies and into the freezer. It's such fun during the heat of summer to pull them out and remember the cold days of winter...

So, that's our idea of a fun, cold, snowy day!!!

Abundant Blessings,
Laurie

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Jan. 18, 2008 - Snow Day!

Posted by Anonymous

We also don't get a lot of snow and it is cause for celebration when we do! A couple of weeks ago we had a nice blanket of snow and I thought the absolute best way to spend the day was reading a good book in front of the fire. It was so cozy :o)

Blessings,
Courtney

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Jan. 18, 2008 - Oops! Forgot to Login...

Posted by courtney

That last comment was mine ;o)

Blessings,
Courtney

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Jan. 18, 2008 - Contest :)

Posted by Dodo O

I would like to learn Making a Memory Quilt.

On a snowy day, I sit inside, drink my coco, and read a really good book :)

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Jan. 18, 2008 - Sorry

Posted by Dodo O

Sorry, forgot to include my email address.

dodo2031(at)gmail(dot)com

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Jan. 26, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by FoggyMountainFarm

I would like either one of these:

Beans, Beans, and more Beans

OR

Rebekah's Revolving Chore chart



I blogged contest here:

http://laurawilliamsmusings.blogspot.com/2008/01/wednesday-edition-of-contests-galore_16.html

(I’m trying to catch up on my contest roundups.. I’m behind back to Jan. 11th lol)


Laura

lauraw68@yahoo.com

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