Mood:  incredulous

Then, to my excitement, they invited me to do a promotion with them. I could either choose a product and review it or I could do a giveaway and give a $55 CSN gift certificate to one of my readers! It was tough, but I decided to bless one of you with the gift. You can spend this one-time-use certificate at any one of CSN's 200+ stores. Just click here or on any of the hi-lighted links above to check them out.

Okay, now for the nitty-gritty. Because CSN can only ship to the USA or Canada, this giveaway is only open to folks living in one of those countries (I'm sorry my international friends - I'll have a giveaway soon that you can join). Since this is a rather big giveaway, I'm not going to draw the winner until Friday, October 1. That gives everyone almost two weeks to enter and to tell all of your friends about it. There are a ton of ways that you can enter. Pick one or pick them all. Here they are: 

1. Check out the CSN website and tell me what you think you would like to do with the gift certificate if you were to win - don't worry, you won't be obligated to get that particular item (worth one entry).

2. Subscribe to my blog by clicking on the subscribe button at the end of this post and then leave a comment saying that you did (worth one entry).

3. Subscribe to my blog by clicking on the Networked blog button or the Google friend requests in the left column and then leave a comment saying that you did (worth two total entries - one entry for each).

4. Become a fan on my Families Again Facebook page by clicking here and then leave a comment saying that you did (worth one entry).

5. Follow me in Twitter by clicking here and then leave a comment saying that you did (worth one entry).

6. Twitter about this give-away and leave a comment with a link to the post(s) (worth one entry per day. Must make a separate comment each day).

7. Blog about this give-away and leave three comments with a link to the post (worth 3 entries).

8. Like CSN stores on Facebook by clicking here and then leave two comments saying that you did (worth 2 entries).

9. Follow CSN stores on Twitter by clicking here and then leave two comments saying that you did (worth 2 entries).

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Mood:  celebratory

Yep! Tomorrow's the big announcement of my gigantic giveaway! I can't tell you exactly what it is, but it involves a $55 gift certificate that can be spent at over 200 online stores! So, don't forget to come back tomorrow for all of the details. Yippee!!!

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Mood:  happy

I saw this on Facebook the other day and had to share it.

Are you one of the 7%?

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Mood:  not sure

Whenever he comes he always asks thought provoking questions of us and writes down our answers. He wants us to not only be challenged, but to know how to pray for us. Some of his questions pertain to our spiritual growth and some pertain to our ministry.

Ken is a big believer (and so am I because it's Biblical) that in order to minister, you have to keep in God's Word and make sure your spiritual life is in order. I find myself lacking in that so many times. Many times I'll be so busy with ministry (or perhaps so lazy) that I never seem to have the time for my quiet time with the Lord. However, how can I fill someone else up if I'm not filled up myself?

Our time praying, reading the Bible, meditating, and studying is very important. It should be the basis of our Christian walk, often it is the most overlooked aspect of our journey through life.

Recently, through a series of sermons from our pastor, and my experience through the Walk to Emmaus, I've been challenged by King David. Remember, he was said to be a man after God's own heart. I began asking myself some questions. Can that be said of me? Does God consider me a man after His own heart? How can I know for sure?

I decided to begin to study what it means to be a "Man after God's own heart", and what a better place to start than with Kind David himself. The study has been enlightening and challenging. It involves setting priorities - sometimes life changing priorities - in your life. In the next few weeks, I'm going to be talking about what those priorities should be on my blog. I hope you'll drop by from time to time and join me as I share what I have been learning. I know it is going to be a lot of fun.

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Mood:  mischievious

I've been in a mischievious mood today. I do that quite often when I'm tired. But, there is nothing mischievious about the blogs featured in the TOS Crew Blog Hop this week. Again they are TOS First Mate (FM) blogs. FM's are the crew members that have stayed on the homeschool crew for two or even three years so they are experienced homeschool bloggers. Check this weeks list out. I'm sure you'll enjoy yourself!

1. Hearthside Homeschool Reviews... And More
2. Loving Learning at Home
3. Life on the Roller Coaster
4. A Life Better Than I Deserve
5. Joy in the Journey
6. Homeschooling, Autism & Stuff
7. There is Hope
8. Homeschool Reviews for You
9. Mom Loves Books
10. The Legacy of Home

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