25 Days of Giveaways: Day 15

Yesterday I hosted a Christmas luncheon at my house for our senior leadership of Hearts at Home.  We chatted about all things holiday and one idea was shared that has really stuck with me.  This was an idea about gift wrapping in a simple,...

Day 12 Winner

Congratulations to Elizabeth!  She’s the winner of the Day 12 drawing for the Hearts at Home book Mama Said There’d Be Days Like This by Jenn Doucette.Keep these discussions going!  I’m learning so much!

25 Days of Giveaways: Day 14

One of the things I look forward to every Christmas our a family tradition of having persimmon pudding for dessert.  Anyone else ever had persimmon pudding?  (Some of you are thinking, “what is a persimmon?”)  Even though my mammaw has been...

Day 11 Winner

Our Day 11 Winner is Sunny!  She wins the Go Fish CD!  Congratulations Sunny!Since our Day 11 discussion about favorite movies, I’ve been enjoying several Hallmark Holiday movies!  Did anybody watch “Christmas in Canaan”?  It was...

Day 7 Winner update

The Christmas spirit is fresh here on this blog! Our Day 7 winner already has the resource she won but instead of choosing another, she’d like to give it to a specific participant in our discussions.  This person, however, did not include her email in her...

25 Days of Giveaways: Day 13

Mark and I have always been on a pretty tight budget for Christmas so we’ve had a “no gift” agreement between the two of us.  We’ve never missed something we’ve never experienced.  There’s been an occasional...

Day 10 Winner

The winner of our Day 10 drawing is Allyson!  Our Day 10 conversation was about our gift giving traditions for our kids.  If you haven’t read everyone’s comments yet, you can do so here.I am finding that I’m affirmed, encouraged, and...

25 Days of Giveaways: Day 12

I love to both send and receive Christmas cards.  I enjoy making the once a year effort to stay in touch with friends and family we think of throughout the year, but just don’t get to touch base with very often.  And I love hearing from the same family...

25 Days of Giveaways: Day 11

One of our favorite things to do as a family is watch holiday movies.  We love some of the older movies like White Christmas and animated shows like Frosty the Snowman.  And then there are newer favorites like Elf and The Santa Clause.What about you? ...

Day 8 Winner

Our Day 8 discussion reminded me of some great Christmas songs I haven’t thought about in a long time.  Thank you to all who shared, twittered, Facebooked, and blogged about your favorite Christmas songs! Our Day 8 winner is Chrissi.  I’ll...