I just tried this myself and it’s a good ‘un! Christian Book Distributor coupon code: 251440AA That will get you 10% off any order of $35 or more, good through Tuesday, September 4, 2007. You’d better hurry, before you forget. Or am I the only one who does that?
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edited to announce the winner of Red Rooney below!Free is as frugal as it gets, right?Here are a few freebies to take advantage of: Leave a comment here to enter this week’s drawing for my 9th Ballantyne Adventure title, Red Rooney. Be quick, because I’ll probably choose a winner late tonight. Today is the last [...]
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Here’s a quick little tip that my hubby came up with.When we eat out, we always snip the end of the straw for little people whose heads don’t reach far above the table. The shorter straw keeps them from tipping the cup too far as they try to wrap their lips around the top of [...]
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Shelby asked a question long, long ago, and Great Big Procrastinator that I am, it is still in my file of things to do, so I’ll take a stab at answering her now. …How do you handle “fairness” with so many children? I was raised by a mother on the force of the fairness police [...]
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From Wikipedia: Patriarchy describes the structuring of society on the basis of family units, in which fathers have primary responsibility for the welfare of these units. In some cultures slaves were included as part of such households. The concept of patriarchy is often used, by extension, to refer to the expectation that men take primary [...]
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If you’re following the Ballantyne giveaways here, you might also like to know about the scads of free stuff that people are winning on Shannon’s Bloggy Giveaways. Yes, the woman has a blog dedicated to giveaways. The competition is stiff, but with a new giveaway almost every day I have to believe that persistence will [...]
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The Botkins are a lovely family and we are very like-minded in many ways. As a result, I quickly skimmed So Much More and decided that I already knew and agreed with what I would find inside. I set it back on the shelf and recommended it heartily without even having read the entire book. [...]
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The winner of this week’s giveaway, the proud owner of a shiny new copy of The Pirate City is Jennie Chancey. Thanks for joining the fun, Jennie! Email me your shipping address and I’ll pass it along to this really hunky guy I know in the Vision Forum shipping department.
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I added a neat and nifty “subscribe by email” button for Life in a Shoe. See? Receive Life In A Shoe by email:enter your email address It’s in the sidebar too, right under my profile. Who knew getting updates could be so easy? I’ve tried it out and found that subscribers receive a single message [...]
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OK, quick now! Leave a comment to enter this week’s giveaway for a new copy of The Pirate City.From the Vision Forum website: The Pirate City is the story of the Algerian pirates who were the scourge of the Mediterranean sea during the early to mid-1800s. They would plunder the ships of other sovereign nations, [...]
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Apparently emboldened by the children’s outdoor bathing, a grackle has made friends with us. He landed on the deck rail last night and thrilled the kids by letting them get within feet of him. “Look!” they said. “He’s so tame!” They had no idea just how tame he was. Ten minutes later, he was eating [...]
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Who wants to know:Why did I find 5 of my children bathing outside today…in a 32 gallon trash can? And a wheelbarrow? Maybe you all would have fun guessing the answer?
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I had to shop for shoes for the children last week without the children present. Usually I just take down their sizes and hope the new shoes fit somebody, but this time it was important for me to come home with wearable shoes for the right people.Reaching back into the dark recesses of my memory, [...]
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My hands are shaking so that I can hardly sip my coffee. Yes, I’m back on coffee right now. I need it. We came home from the Plano homeschool conference to find our bathroom and laundry room infested with an obscene number of daddy longlegs. Tis the season, and the alternating heat and rain seemed [...]
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Today I read Ruth. It was just 4 chapters, so I read the whole book. It was a familiar story, but one thing struck me as never before: The Lord (YWHW) receives credit for everything. He brought food to His people after the famine (1:6), He afflicted Naomi (1:13), He gave conception to Ruth (4:13), [...]
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