Mood:  a-ok

You've heard of "Red Letter" days haven't you? Well, today was a "Red Package" day! To be more specific, it was a RedEnvelope day!

Got an email from a great men's blogging forum called Dad Blogs. RedEnvelope had contacted them about some men bloggers possibly blogging about some of their products. They had some qualifications that we had to meet, but, if met, we were told that we could pick any item from their website worth up to $75 to receive and review. After looking at their website, choosing a product and sending in my information, Families Again was chosen as one of the blogs! Two days later, I received a box from UPS.

Now, let me tell you, this box looked like an ordinary cardboard box on the outside, but, when I opened it up, I got the shock of my life! I had to take some pictures to share with you:

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Mood:  energetic

You all know, from reading my homeschool product reviews, that Sarah and I are committed to healthy living. Like many people, we often fail, and need help and prodding from others. You also know that we are very dedicated to helping the less fortunate in our society and the world.

That's why I was so thrilled to hear about the Pound for Pound challenge. The Pound for Pound challenge is a unique program that fights hunger while helping you lose weight! How do they do it? First, you join the challenge by pledging to lose weight through exercise and healthy eating habits. For every pound that you lose, the Pound for Pound challenge will donate 14 cents - enough to buy one pound of food - to donate to Feeding America, the nation's leading charitable hunger-relief organization. Along the way, the folks from The Biggest Loser will give you weight loss tips, exercises, recipes...in fact, they will set up a whole weight loss plan for you to help you meet your goal! Such a deal! While you lose weight, others will benefit.

So, how can you take part in this great opportunity? Just click here or on any one of the hi-lighted links above to get to the Pound for Pound challenge website. To find out more about Feeding America just click here. Don't wait too long to decide, the Pound for Pound challenge ends June 30th. so enter today!

But that's not all! In order to help promote the Pound for Pound challenge, General Mills and Kroger, two of the other challenge sponsors, have promised two $30 Kroger gift cards. One for us to use and one to give away on my blog! You all know what great prices that Kroger has and what great products General Mills has. Now you can take advantage of both to help you lose weight and get into shape! Here's a list at all of the great places listed that you can use your gift card at:

Kroger, Fred Meyer, Ralphs, King Soopers, Fry's Food and Drug, Fry's Marketplace, Smith's Food and Drug, Smith's Marketplace, Dillons, QFC, Food 4 Less, City Market, Jay-C Bakers, Gerbes, Foods Co., Hilander, Pay-Less Supermarkets, Owen's, Scott's Food and Pharmacy, Kroger Marketplace, Fred Meyer Jewelers, Littman Jewelers, Barclay Jewelers

To enter the drawing, just do one (or all!) of the following. Please, when leaving comments, include your name and email so that I can contact you if you win.

1. Leave a comment below telling how you plan on losing your weight and/or getting back into shape (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 in the left column and then leave a comment saying that you did (worth one entry).

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 or Facebook 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 saying that you did (worth 3 entries).

The drawing will be next Friday, June 11 so enter, tweet, facebook and blog quickly! Thanks.

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Mood:  caffeinated

This makes two lame posts in a row. But I promise I have an excuse. We worked hard all day at the mission to get ready for our summer day camps and then had another night of VBS this evening. Then, we get home and find out the the mother of one of our old mission kids passed away. He moved away a few months ago. We are going to try to find out the arrangements so we can go see him. In the meantime please pray for Hunter.

On a lighter note. Tomorrow, I promise, will be a special day. In fact, I have interesting posts planned for the rest of the week, so please check back. You won't be disappointed.

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Mood:  lazy

I really don't feel lazy right now, but they don't have an emoticon for tired. We've had a long day of packing up at grandma's house, traveling, unloading the car, taking the kids to VBS, and getting home to catch up on a few things. I haven't had time to even think about a blog entry. I guess I need to be like those bloggers that write a lot of posts ahead of time so that they can just punch a button and "poof" it's there. I can't say that I never draft anything and then post it later, but it isn't my normal thing to do. So, I don't have a lot to post tonight. Something exciting is happening later this week (maybe even tomorrow!). I am hosting my first give-away! Yep! I have something that I am going to give away...in fact two things...to a couple of lucky winners. You will like it, so stay tuned!

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