SoftBums Mystery Event! Going on Right now! Lots of Prizes!

I do not have a baby in diapers right now, but I do have a young neice, and several friends expecting! Besides, I like getting things and being prepared! =) So cloth diapers are something I am always checking online, and seeing if they have come out with the best cloth diaper yet!

While blog hopping today, I found out about the SoftBums Mystery Event! It sounds and looks like tons of fun! Plus I think the Softbums Omni diaper looks like it may be close to the best cloth diaper yet! =) Anyways, I am going to try to remember them for future use! ;) Lord, willing!!

You should check out the Softbums Mystery Event, and enter at least some of the 100+ blogs particapating in the huge prize giveaways!
Never know...you may win an iPad, Amazon Gift Card worth $50, or SoftBums Mystery Omni!!!

I 'm Back! So Sorry for the absence!

Hey followers, friends and fellow bloggers!

I want to aploigize for falling off of the face of the blog world! I felt terrible that I made so many commitments and then my computer got a terrible virus and I could not do anything!!!!! ACK! So that is why I was not on my blog thru the whole month of Aug!
Now that I am back on the computer, I have had a hard to getting back on here and posting, etc! Ugh! I guess I realized how much time I was on the computer and it has been good for my family for me to be off of it!

But I do have a lot I need and would like to post! And I hope my computer holds up for me! =)

So here I am! Back on the blog! And looking forward to getting in gear for more giveaways and reviews! ;)

God bless!
~Hannah

CSN Stores Le Creuset Sale! And I Have a Review Coming Soon!

I was shopping at CSN Stores today and saw that they are having a summer sale on some of the Le Creuset Cookware!

Wow! I admire the Le Creuset Cookware every time I visit CSN Store Cookware.com! It is just so pretty!

The set above is on a close-out sale for only $24.95!!!! What a sweet deal!

And the Le Creuset 12-Ounce Petite Apple Casserole dish in Cherry is only $19.95!!! This would be a great Holiday dish to take to grandma's house, and make grandma (or me! Lol!) a great gift! =)

My daughter would love the Le Creuset fondue set (above)!

The great folks at CSN Stores have offered me a wonderful opportunity to review another one of their great products! Yippee! I have a very special item picked out! I think you would love it too! I can hardly wait to share it with you! So keep a look out for my review to see what it is!

While you are waiting for the review, you should go visit the 200+ CSN Stores and do some shopping (and maybe guess what I am going to review!)!!!! I just bought two items from Cookware.com today and I will have to tell you about them later too!

Happy shopping!

~Hannah

~Music Mondays!~ NeedToBreathe, Jersey Boys and Keith Urban!!

Finally back for Music Monday! Yippee! Great way to start your week! Visit "Saved By Grace" to link up your music or hear more uplifting songs!

Today I have to share three music videos!

If you have been following my blog long, you will have seen that the last few music Monday's I shared some songs by the band, NeedToBreathe"! My little girls love their songs!

This one below, "Lay 'Em Down" came on the radio the other day, and they were very excited to hear it!

It is really a great song! Reminds me of the old pictures and stories of everyone going down to the river for baptism and Church revivals! And that we need to lay everything at the feet of Jesus!!

My girls also love oldies songs! They saw the Jersey boys on Fox news "Huckabee" show a while back and have been singing "Walk Like A man" ever since! Lol! They like this video:



We sometimes listen to Country music, though it is Not my favorite since there are just Too many cheating, broken hurt and drinking songs! But when I heard this song the other day, I just had to hear it again and again! the music (and lyrics) are so pretty! I would love to play this on guitar!

Well there you go! Three music videos! Hope you enjoy at least one of them! lol!

God bless your week!

~Hannah

Wondering about Blog background?

I just visited Scraping Blogs where I get most of my blog templates and they are down for a while! Having to reload all their templates, etc. So I guess my blog will be plain for a while, unless I go find another site till they get back up!! =)

"Mangia with Quattro" cookbook giveaway At "Can I get The Recipe?"

Hey! I do not think I have told you yet about, "Can I Get The Recipe?"! Well it is about time that I do! This is a great blog! And every Wednesday, if you are a subscriber, you can enter to win some really good cookbooks, etc!

This Week's Review and Giveaway is......

"Mangia with Quattro: Family Style Italian From the Heart"!

This looks like an amazing book and I would love to try the recipes in it!

~Friday Follow!~ Welcome to My Blog!

Have you heard about "Friday Follow" yet? If not, hope you join! It is lots of fun! And if you have, thanks for stopping by to say Hi!
Hope you will check out the 4 giveaways I have going on while you are here!
Thanks and God bless your weekend!

~Hannah


Welcome to the Friday Follow celebration hosted by One 2 Try, Hearts Make Families and Midday Escapades! We invite you to join us every Friday to get more blog followers and to follow other interesting blogs. It is all about sharing and having fun.

Here's how YOU can join the celebration:

--Link up your blog name and URL using the MckLinky below. Only need to add on one blog to be seen on all the blog hops.

--Follow the Friday Follow hostesses listed in the first 3 slots.

--Follow as many blogs as you'd like.

--Take a moment to comment on the blogs telling them you're from Friday Follow.

--Follow back when you get a new follower through Friday Follow.

~Oh Nelly~ Tea Set or Checkers Set Giveaway!

I am so excited to share this one-of-a-kind Etsy shop with you! OhNelly specializes in all things whimsy!
The first thing that caught my eye is OhNelly's great line of felt tea sets! These are just adorable! And I have never seen such neat checker sets!
OhNelly's sells customized and personalized products. So not only can you give (or buy for yourself) a very unique gift, but you can also have it made especially for that person! The monogrammed felt tea set would be a great birthday or Easter present! And you can get that Personalized Girls Apron and Chefs Hat for the little kitchen helper or a Hostess Half Apron for the chef! ;)
If you are looking for baby gifts there are Personalized Baby Pillows, and adorable baby gifts and clothing!
Also Embroidered kitchen Napkins, totes and much more! It is your one stop shop for unique gifts!
My personal favorites are the aprons, the scrappy shaggy raggy rug, princess checker set and All of the tea sets! Lol! How cute! But I could do all my birthday and Christmas shopping here, easy!


Meet Our Featured Etsy store and Owner!
Here is what owner shared with us:

What inspired the name of your Etsy store? All the names I really wanted for my shop were already taken. Out of pure frustration I said, "Oh Nelly!" I typed it in as a store name and it was accepted!

What inspired you to open an Etsy store? My sister has breast cancer, 6 kids and her husband is a school teacher. I wanted to see if etsy would be a reliable outlet to make some extra cash for her to pay the bills. My first try produced no results and I took everything down from my shop to sell at an auction on behalf of my sister and her family. Recently, I decided to give etsy another try with some helpful insights from a friend who is also an etsy seller. I love to create and etsy gives me a place sell my creations rather than have them pile up in my closet.

Would you like to share a little bit about yourself? I am a stay at home mom of 3 awesome kids! I love to read, travel, sew, dance, be with my family and did I mention sew? I love bright cheery colors and all things whimsical and imaginative.


Big thank you to OhNelly's store who has offered two exciting sets for my bloggers to choose from in a giveaway!

The first set:
Alien Invasion Mini Checkers Set! (mini because it only has 12 playing pieces as opposed to the normal 16). The checker board is made from fabric and is great for floor or table that measures about 15"x15". The playing pieces are wood, painted, glittered and finished with a clear finishing. It comes with a storage bag for the playing pieces.

The second set:

Butterfly Felt Tea Set!

It comes with 7 pieces which include a teapot, 2 tea cups, 2 saucers and 2 cookies. All but the saucers have a pink butterfly embroidered on their fronts. The tea cups are about 2" high and the teapot is about 5 1/2" high.
Now for the Giveaway!
One winner will get to choose the Alien Invasion checkers set OR the Butterfly Felt Tea Set!

Mandatory Entry:
Leave a comment telling which toy you would choose if you won AND visit OhNelly and tell me another product you would like to purchase.
Please leave your email address in your comment or have it visible on your profile.

Extra Entries After completing mandatory Entry:

-Follow my blog (1 entry)

-Add my blog button to your sidebar and leave a link of where I can find it(2 entries)

-Heart OhNelly Etsy Shop (1 entry)

-Purchase a product from OhNelly during the time of this giveaway (5 entries per purchase)

-Write a blog post about this giveaway and leave the link to your post below (5 entries)

That gives you 15 chances to win! Have fun!
Please leave a comment per entry that you qualify for, for each entry to count!
This giveaway is open to the US and Canada and Ends on March 11th at 12 am central. The winner will be chosen at random using random.org.
The prize will be sent directly from OhNelly to the winner.


Disclaimer:
I did not receive a product or any form of compensation for this post.

~AllegrasCloset~ Lavendar Tutu Review & Giveaway!

Welcome everyone to my new blog feature....AllegrasCloset!! We have teamed up to offer a great giveaway that is any little girls dream and will bring joy to your heart!
As a mom of girls, AllegrasCloset quickly caught my eye! Like most little girls, mine love to dress up and be and feel pretty! They love to be princesses, and to spin and dance! So when I see pretty dresses, dress up clothes and princess-like clothing, I just have to check it out! At AllegrasCloset you can find the sweetest tutus for your little girl and get one for her doll or teddy bear to match! You can also find beautiful dresses and skirts that will make any little girl feel special and some adorable two-piece sets, etc! The Heather Bailey Dress would be great for Easter! And my oldest would love the Redondo Skirt!

Trying to come up with a good Birthday party or know someone who is? You will want to see the "Birthday Party Pack" of tutus!
This would make an excellent party idea for us, since we know a lot of little girls and they would absolutely Love this! We received a lavender tutu from AllegrasCloset yesterday and my girls were beside themselves with surprise and excitement! It was so wonderful to see their faces and since then, watch them twirl and play! I love how the tutu is one-size that fits ages 6 months to 6 years, so that it fits both my girls and it is very easy to put on and take off.

Meet Our Featured Etsy store and Owner!

Here is what Laurel shared with us about her and her store, AllegrasCloset:

What inspired the name of your Etsy store?
My daughter's name is Allegra, and when I started making clothes it was exclusively for her. So when I needed a "name" for myself, I thought Allegra' Closet fit well.

What insipred you to open your Etsy store?
Before I opened my Etsy store I was really enjoying myself doing craft shows. I loved talking to other crafters, and getting encouragement and feedback and ideas from them. I really wanted to expand and do more shows, but with three children and a part time job, I really couldn't fit anything else into my schedule. When I heard about Etsy I was thrilled to have an online outlet for my creativity. (And another reason to need to buy fabric :)

Would you like to share a little bit about yourself?
I was born and raised in sunny Santa Barbara, CA. I grew up in a very creative atmosphere. My Mom was a seamstress and my Dad an engineer and they always encouraged me to make things rather than buy them. My ballet teacher always used to let up help with the costumes for our performances, and before long I was spending all my free time creating something or another. After high school I moved to Indiana to go to Butler University for Dance Pedagogy. There I was able to help out in the costume shops, learn more sewing techniques,and work with more lovely fabric. I also met my husband Nate while we were at Butler. We were married in 2003, and Allegra came along about a year later. I guess you could say she redirected my sewing and creative habits.

Anything else you would like to share with us?
God has really blessed me in the past few years. We have been so lucky as to have 3 healthy children and another on the way, we have a wonderful church; Calvary Tabernacle in Indianapolis, and a great creative outlet on Etsy. I hope that all your readers will become familiar with Etsy, even if they don't find what they're looking for in Allegra's Closet, let's all try to support the handmade movement!

I agree! Etsy is a great way to support other moms and families just like you! And if you are not familiar with Etsy, here is a great way to visit and start checking it out!

Now for the Giveaway!
One winner will receive a lavender tutu, like the one I received for this review!

Mandatory Entry:
Visit AllegrasCloset and tell me another product you would like to purchase.
Please leave your email address in your comment or have it visible on your profile.

Extra Entries After completing mandatory Entry:

-Follow my blog (1 entry)

-Add my blog button to your sidebar and leave a link of where I can find it(2 entries)

-Heart AllegrasCloset Etsy Shop (1 entry)

-Purchase a product from AllegrasCloset during the time of this giveaway (5 entries per purchase)

-Write a blog post about this giveaway and leave the link to your post below (5 entries)

That gives you 15 chances to win! Have fun!
Please leave a comment per entry that you qualify for, for each entry to count!
This giveaway is open to the US and Canada and Ends on March 11th at 12 am central. The winner will be chosen at random using random.org.
The prize will be sent directly from AllegrasCloset to the winner.


Disclaimer:
For purposes of this review, I received a product from AllegrasCloset.

~Beautiful Blogger Award!~

I was very surprised and excited to receive a blog award yesterday from Buttons and Bows!! Thank you so much Rebecca, for giving this to me!

I am looking forward to giving the award to some fantastic bloggers!

The rules for accepting this award:

1.Thank the person that gave you the award

2.Pass this award on to 15 bloggers you've recently discovered
and whom you think are fantastic!

3.Contact the Bloggers you pick to let them know they've won

4.State 7 Things about yourself!

How fun!
Here are the seven things about me:

1. I grew up in a Christian home, but it was also very troubled. I finally accepted Christ as my personal Lord and Savior when I was in my late teens.

2. As a teenager, my family lived very primitive and I got to do a lot of hard physical work. Some of the things I did: cut down trees, cut and split firewood, harness mules, milk cows, garden by hand, haul water and help Dad do carpentry work.

3. I love all things cooking! Recipes, chef shows, cookware, and my dream kitchen is loaded! Lol!

4. I love the outdoors and being close to God's amazing creation! Gardening, plants, animals, etc!

5. Our two children were born at home and breastfed till they were 17 or 18 months old!

6. I enjoy learning about herbs, natural healing and making home remedies!

7. I spend way to much time on the computer, but I love blogging and most of my friends are online!=)

Now here are the 15 blogs that I have chosen to give this award to:

1. Sunflower Faith

2. Training Up My Children

3. The Well Trained Homeschool

4. Aspiring Homemaker

5. Yellow Tennessee

6. Shepherding Kind Hearts

7. The Mahogany Way

8. Thyme At Home

9. Finding Joy in My Kitchen

10. Living Life on His Terms

11. A Thankful Woman's Book of Blessings

12. Life As A Wife

13. Emmy Mom--One Day At a Time

14. It's All About the Savings

15. Running Away? I'll Help You Pack

"If Mama Ain't.." Best Planner/Devotional Ever!!!!

I found one of the most exciting things today over on Mom Bloggers Club!
It is a planner! Not just any planner though! I have looked at a lot of planners over the past year and none of them seem to be everything I want, plus they cost an arm and leg and I just cannot do that for something I will have to get new every year! But this one Will work!!!! YIPPEE! You really have to check it out!


I think I like every feature on it! This planner is for busy moms who want to plan there days and months AND have their devotional, all in one! With spaces for weekly goals, daily menus, memory verses, daily Bible reading, and motivation!
This planner makes you reflect, start new every month and helps you grow not only as a better planner, but spiritually too!
I am looking forward to using this to help me keep up with my new menu plans, work outs on the Bow Flex, book reading plan AND help me memorize scriptures, focus more on prayer and devotional reading, and develop spiritual habits!
If you would like to check it out and get one for yourself, visit,

"If Mama Ain't..." Planning

Cupcake Giveaways @ Wee Share!

I have been following "Wee Share" for a while now and she has had some really great giveaways! If you have any young children, or have some special children to give gifts to, you need to go check out her great giveaways that she has going on for the next few weeks! The Cupcake Craze! FUN! I just love cupcake stuff! I have been joining a lot of them since they would be great for my girls and my little niece! Also her giveaways are from Etsy shops, so you can find some great Etsy shops to Heart too!

God bless and enjoy!

~Hannah

Thank You For Following My Blog!

I was very surprised to find so many followers to my blog this morning! Wow! PTL!
I want to thank each of you for taking the time to visit my blog and for wanting to follow! I hope you enjoy all the post I add thru the year, and I look forward to ya'lls comments, feedback and suggestions!
I also look forward to checking out ya'lls blogs!
In case you did not join the "Friday Follow" that "One 2 Try" had posted yesterday, you can go to her blog and check it out! She had a lot join and she may do it again!
I also recently became a member of the "Mom Bloggers Club"! You may want to check that out too, if you have not yet.
They have a lot of groups for finding blogs to follow and sharing your blog, to get more followers!

I hope you all enjoy this blog and may God bless you & your blog!
~Hannah

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Bowflex and Book Reading!

I know I have not been very personal on here lately! That is due to staying busy with homeschool and trying to spend Less time on the computer! Wow! That is hard to do! =(
I hope you all had a Happy New Year and are enjoying all the snow and cold weather! =) We finally got a tiny bit of snow today. The girls are wanting enough to make snowmen and I am hoping for enough that we get to make donuts (a family tradition- make donuts when it snows! See this post Here from last winter for my recipe!!).

I am not one to make new year resolutions usually, but this year, we have a have a Bow Flex Home Gym that has been just sitting in our living room and has only been used maybe a dozen times since we got it several months ago! So I have started one of the work out plans doing 9 different work outs, for 20 mins., three days a week (Mon., Wed., Fri.). I have done it three days and hope to do my fourth tomorrow! Yippee! I am pretty excited about it! I really hope I can stick to it and wonder how long before I get the Bow Flex body? Lol! Actually, I hope it helps me strengthen my back more then anything.

I am also wanting to commit more time to reading this year! I have some good books that I have started and have more I Really want to read, so I have started a "reading schedule"! I was looking for a monthly schedule layout for reading, but could not find one, so I am using THIS schedule for now. I am writing in the days and month and then have six books picked out to read, one a day for six days (Mon.-Sat.), leaving my Sundays open for extra Bible/devotional reading!

The books I have to start with are "Created to Be his Helpmeet" by Debi Pearl (to read on Mon.), Lies Homeschool Moms Believe" by Todd Wilson (for Tues.), "The Joyful Homeschooler" by Mary Hood (for Wed.), "The Mom I want to be" by T. Suzanne Eller (for Thurs.), "A Woman's high Calling" by Elizabeth George (for Fri.), and "The 5000 Year Leap" by W. Cleon Skousen.

As I finish each book, I hope to replace it with a new one! Maybe I will be able to add more books to my shelf this year! That would be great!

I have added a book shelf to my sidebar, from Shelfari for fun too! =)

Merry Christmas To my blog friends!

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MAY HIS LOVE GUIDE YOUR WAY AT CHRISTMAS AND ALWAYS!

Hope ya'll are having a lovely Christmas Eve! I love Christmas Eve! A family tradition that I am carrying on to our family is having a lot of goodies and snacks (finger foods) for supper and eating by candle light! It is so much fun!

And I hope ya'll have a beautiful and memorable Christmas morning!

I have a lot more to write up and post, but not enough time now! I hope to get to it soon though!

May God bless you and yours and I hope you are having a great time with your families and meditating on God and His Son and on His blessings to you!

Merry Christmas!

~Hannah

A Herbal Tea Giveaway @ "One 2 Try"!

I have been following/subscribing to "One 2 Try" blog for a while now and she has some great reviews and giveaways!

One of her new giveaways going on right now (till December 18th), is from Mighty Leaf Tea. They have some really great looking products and their teas sound wonderful! I am always looking for some herbal teas and companys that sell herbal products, so I had fun checking out the Mighty Leaf Tea!

Hope you get a chance to visit "One 2 Try" and join in on the great reviews and giveaways!

Giveaway @ Kellie's for Craft Kit!!

While skimming over my facebook today, I noticed another giveaway! It was a craft kit giveaway, so I had to check it out! I found it on a facebook friends blog (glad to find her blog too!!).

Kellie @ "Training Up A Child" has the great giveaway of a craft kit from "Creativity for Kids"!!

This is another great site that I had never seen before that has GREAT ideas for homeschoolers for Christmas or birthday gifts! A ton of good crafts to keep you children busy and learning! I will have to shop around here over the years to come (Lord willing)!

I think I would have to pick the "Make Your Own Cupcake Soaps" kit! I think my girls would love it, and it looks like it would be easy enough for them and they could give some to "Nonnie" and their Aunt!!

Doesn't it look fun? Hope you will go over and check out Kellie's giveaway and maybe you will shop around at "Creativity for Kids" and get some Christmas shopping done there!!

Neno's Award!!

My dear, online, sister in Christ, "Sunflower Faith" has given me an award! How sweet! I meet Sunflower Faith not long after I started my blogging, almost a year ago. So it is interesting that she gave me this award, that ask, "Why do you love to blog"?!

This should be fun too!

Wow. There are a lot of reasons I love to blog!

One reason I love to blog, is because I am not much of a social person, in person! I do not have a lot of friends that I see or do stuff with. We home-church at the moment, we do not have family very close that we get to see very often, and I am not one who likes to talk on the phone! So blogging has opened up a new world of corresponding and meeting like-minded, Christian, home-schoolers! I have a lot of great sisters-in-Christ now and Praise the Lord for them!

I also love blogging, because it is a way to learn, share, and it is like your own personal way to reach people with your opinion on the news, what is going on in the country today, homeschooling, and just everything! I started blogging because I was concerned that women are just not paying attention to everything going on and they have been in a alternative reality! But now I see a lot of women getting involved, concerned and doing stuff about it!

I pray that my blogging is inspiring and pleasing to my Heavenly Father!

Here are the women and their wonderful blogs that I have picked to give this award to:

1. Stephanie @ Living Life On HIS Terms

2. Tanya @ A Beautiful Calling

3. Elizabeth @ Family Life With The Babler family

4. Connie @ A Country Homemaker

5. Laura @ Heavenly Homemakers

6. Kathleen @ Bear, Bub and the Cubs

7. Laurie @ Common Sense Homesteading

8. Laurie @ Women Taking A Stand

God bless you all!

Neno’s Award—-Rules and Regulations
1. As a dedication for those who love blogging and love to encourage friendships through blogging.
2. To seek the reasons why we all love blogging.
3. Put the award in one post as soon as you receive it.
4. Don’t forget to mention the person who gives you the award.
5. Answer the award’s question by writing the reason why you love blogging.
6. Tag and distribute the award to as many people as you like.
7. Don’t forget to notify the award receivers and put their links in your post.

Uno Moo! Giveaway! Check it out!!

Yippee! Yippee! Yippee! I found a giveaway that is on my Christmas wish list!

(yes, I have a mental wishlist, which is the best, so I forget most of it!!)!

Anyways, here is the game/toy!

She is giving away three of these games and I think my girls will LOVE it!!

If you want to enter this giveaway, or check out some more giveaways, check out:

The Mom Reviews

~Music Mondays~ "God will Lift Up Your Head"

I am sorry I missed last Monday....Again!!! UGH! Well, thought I better get over here early this Monday!

Sometimes it is hard for me to pick which song to share! There are just sooo many great ones! I have been thinking of a lot of songs and hymns that come from King David's writings in Psalms, since I have been reading some of the Psalms in my daily Bible reading. Last weekend I was trying to remember a song that comes from Pslams 121, but I could not find it since I could not remember the lady who sang it! oh well!

Then the other day we went with husband to get some solar stuff and while listening to the Dove (94.5), heard this song by Jarsofclay! It is just a wonderful, uplifting song! Hope you enjoy it too!

"God will Lift up Your Head"

By Jars of Clay