Feb 28, 2010

And The Winner Is.......

FIRST OF ALL

Thanks so much for entering my very first giveaway. This has been so much fun, I plan on having many more in the future! With that being said, the winner of all of the pretty hair goodies is.....drum roll please.....we did it the old fashioned way ........

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here is Ayla pulling out the first winner......and the winner is.......

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Nicole, your comment is too funny......and yes I did say winner's, because Ayla picked TWO more names...I thought I would send a few more goodies your way as well!!

SO,

Paige @ http://mommy2charli.blogspot.com/and
Rachael @ http://averys-paige.blogspot.com/ you are also winners!

Congrats to all three of you, just send your contact information to my email and I will get your box of goodies out to all of you!!

MOVING RIGHT ALONG.............

Okay, this week at Kelly's Korner the topic for "Show us Your Life" was "What do you collect". My first thought was that I do not collect anything because clutter stresses me out and so I try to avoid it if I can!! Then as I was reading all of the posts on this topic, I started saying...oh yeah I collect that, I collect that too..lol.. so I thought I would put a little post together about a few things that I DO collect!!

I love crosses and although I would love to collect crosses by Jan Barboglio, I am poor so I just collect crosses that I can afford...like this one I bought right after Christmas at Hobby Lobby on sale for 80% off, for only FIVE dollars... the reason why I love crosses and why I wear one around my neck is because when I look at that cross I know that I am forgiven and it is a daily reminder of his sacrifices for you and I and for the salvation that is ours because of HIM!


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and here are a few others I have around the house

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I also have a rather large collection of purses although I would not say that I "collect" them. To me to collect something means that the item you collect has meaning to you and purses well are purses and I am not emotionally connected to any of my purses.. well maybe the very first one John bought me when we were dating, it is a small coach purse and now Ayla has it..lol!! Oh and I just recently purged some of my purses and sold them on ebay because you know that gave me room to get more..hehe!! I also have a rather large collection of sippy cups and hand sanitizer, oh and then there is the collection of random objects that I have on top of my fridge

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let's take a closer look shall we....

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Okay, this is the COLLECTION that I COLLECT throughout the week, you know like when I take them away from my kids..lol. Each week I have a different COLLECTION!

This week we have a box of rice Krispy treats because my kids get them out of the pantry ALL DAY LONG, Scissors- I think we all know what would happen if those were within reach, knives-self-explanatory, a turkey bastor- Ayla chases Brennan with this and tries to suck his nose, she doesn't believe me when I tell her it is NOT a nose sucker..lol. A bottle of lotion- Caught Ayla shampooing Brennan's hair this week, side walk chalk- they do NOT understand that it is meant for OUTSIDE and lastly a set of paints- Ayla likes to paint anything and everything. So that is my collection of things for this week. I am sure we will be adding to it again this week!!

Okay, I hope everyone had a great weekend! I am going to go listen to Michael Buble sing now, he is singing at the Olympics and I love me some Michael Buble!!!

16 comments:

Beth Priest said...

lucky winners! will you come decorate my house!?!

3LittleByrds said...

Congrats winners. I love your crosses and I love those lamps.

Gottjoy! said...

Hilarious about the turkey baster. Why haven't my children done that yet?
And ha! about the hand sanitizers! We have them everywhere. Every child has their own in the van and we have them everywhere in the house. My nine year old even has one in her church bag and secretly lathers her hands after AWANA games and Sunday School. I think I am creating germophobic kids!

Anonymous said...

YAY to the lucky winners.........I cant wai to get my surprise!!! You are too sweet......sent you an email back girlie!!!! Have a great monday friend!!!:)...oh and I love crosses too!!! Yours are so pretty..

carissa said...

love your crosses. we have one from ethiopia that my sister-in-law got us when they were there adopting our niece. it is gorgeous. it is a prized possession of mine! ha! - your foodie collection makes me laugh. it's super cute that you chose the giveaway the old fashioned way. happy monday.

Cena @ Unexpected Necessities said...

Thanks for visiting my blog! I missed out of the giveaway, though! lol Love your background and layout....and your crosses, too.

Forty Two East said...

Great collections!! I love crosses too.

KW said...

this is TOO funny! i was giggling the whole way through! congrats to your winner(s), your ayla is TOO CUTE!!!

Heather said...

Congrats to the winners! I love your crosses, so pretty!!

Jamie said...

I love your collection on top of your fridge!! And where did you get those zebra print lamps? I LOVE them! And I love your crosses too!

Lindsay said...

So excited for your first winner, Nicole! She found the giveaway from my blog, she doesn't blog herself but just reads mine to keep in touch with my family. I know it was a random drawing, but I wanted to tell you how deserving she is! She and her husband have 9 beautiful children, 5 adorable boys and 4 beautiful girls! They are amazing Godly parents that I look up to so much! Thanks for such an awesome giveaway!

(She called me to tell me she won and was so tickled! haha)

The Undomestic Mom said...

Yay for the winner! I love your crosses--gorgeous!!!

Paige said...

Yay!!! We are so excited! I will be emailing you soon! BTW, I love your home decor!

Me said...

I love my sister !!! Great comment about the cross..... My Jon didn't know the rice crispy treats were on the top of the refrigerator, LOL :) He will be over !!!! He loves coming to your house to eat that stuff !!

BTW, I will put up some pics of us back in the day, but I have to find them first !!!

Whitney said...

Crosses and lamps are so cute... I'm a lamp lover too! I love the green paint color on your wall! Do you know the color and brand? I think it would match Morgan's room when we move! :) I really want to do strips in her room again!

Andy said...

Love those animal print lamps!