The Winners Are

Thank you...

thank you...

all of you sweet ladies !!!

FIRST Prize

is:

Diane (Tomato Soup Cake)

The other 4 are:

Martie (Hitting the High Notes)

Karen (Angels Watching Over Me)

Becky Terry(Morning Mist & Scattered Clouds)

and yes....

Myranda(I guess persistance pays)

I did the drawing through

Random.org

and then lots and lots of counting....

thank you...

NOW would you email me

your addresses...

please...

My email is on my profile page

meet Myranda

This is my sweet niece, Myranda

and her beloved, Luke !

Cute couple, huh ?

NEWLYWEDS

WELL

she has taken

the challenge of my GIVEAWAY

to a new level

scroll down and see....

look at ALL of her comments !!!

I love creativity...

either way,

Myranda...

your Auntie

will have something special for you...

oh yes I will...

love you...

Because you asked

Because many have inquired

These are the GLH books

I don't have yet:

Because of Stephen
The Chautauqua Idyl
A Little Servant
Pansies for Thoughts
The Parkerstown Delegate
A Personal Influence

Now this is a picture of the "Narrows Bridges"

they connect parts of our beautiful

Puget Sound.

I drive on them to go visit family...

They are beautiful ...

they can be intimidating at first.

You get used to them

job accomplished...whew !!

I printed up the list of Grace Livingston Hill books

and today put them in ABC order

I double-checked

I am missing 6

I also have a few by her daughter and Isabella Alden

I find many in Thrift Stores and Craig's list.

This past weekend, I picked up a lot
of 70 of them from CL's. Cost $20.00
These are books that touch my heart.
I feel like I do not waste time
when I read her books.
I also love to give the extras away
oh...when you find them
pick them up..
you will be blessed.
~~deby
btw my giveaway
under this post is still going on...
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oh..the picture in the frame.....
was from my sister, Trudy !!!
She knows I love purses and sent me this card.
I couldn't resist framing it

500th post giveaway--

Yes....this is my 500th post GIVEAWAY

NO

That isn't the prize

This PINK beauty was parked

next to us at our local

home improvement store.

Couldn't RESIST taking a picture !!

These are the prizes....

5 of them

The center one is the grand prize

Each package

includes a APRON, a Book and

a GRACE LIVINGSTON HILL BOOK

I will draw randomly
Now...the RULES
ALL COMMENTS
since May 2nd will count
YOU can go back
IF you didn't comment on a post.
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YOU can comment on this post
as many times as you want...
(feel free to get creative !!)
You know how this goes---JANEY
IF you post it on your blog
tell me...I will give you 5 more tries
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The winners will be chosen
soooon....
not today----not tomorrow...
one day...I will announce
they have been chosen
the comments on this post will be closed...
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now if you don't have to have a blog
to comment , you know...
I take anonymous
BUT I need you to sign your name....
and a email address in case you win.
HOPE this all makes sense...
it does to me (LOL)
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A BIG THANK YOU
FOR READING MY BLOG !!!!
~~deby

I love this

Psalms 94:18

When I said,

My foot slippeth;

thy mercy,

O LORD, held me up.

my new habit

My new habit---

All flavors--

I am partial to the Ranch and Nacho Cheese

My special little dish--

one side for the seeds--one for the shells !!

Found at Salvation Army.. only .99

now...

WHY ????

I am off all white sugar to include white flour.

I needed a snack...

my daughter who has lost tons of weight

eats these...my sister, Lisa has eaten

them for years.

So I gave them a try...at first my husband

called them a *nAsTy HaBiT* ????

NOW...HE joins me...

they are full of good things

and keep me satisfied.

I am sure there are some out there

that are a healthier version....feel free to

send me any links..I do like the roasted...

IN THE SHELL

and boy some of these flavors are yummy.

I do not SPIT out the shell as some

(that would not be LADY-LIKE)

I try to be tidy...and

they are much better than

BON-bons !!!!

~~deby

do you have a healthy snack to share ???

Stitchery and life

Look at this book I just bought.

It is WONDERFUL--

there is much information in it written

from a woman's love for stitchery

In the back, is this envelope

with some iron on patterns.

What a BONUS !!!

Guess what????

A COPY of this book is going to be in my

500th post giveaway

..think this is post:

497

and you might want to check the hint I left

on my sidebar....

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Now where have I been lately.

Let's see:

Last week my sister and her 5 kids were here and Lisa

painted...and painted for me..

We made laundry soap and hand soap

and she did some projects in my house....

it was a most busy and fun week.

NEXT:

We had family committments....graduations

and soon a farewell party is coming for my

daugher and her husband who will be returning to the EAST coast.

(This is one SAD Nana and Papa)

THIS WEEK:

I am starting some sewing classes, scheduling

dentist appointments (hate them), back injection appt.

etc.....and then want to start a decoupage project in my home.

Life has been busy...and yet times that old fatigue monster

will just get the best of me.

How are all of you???

Will try to get around and visit more

I MISS YOU !!!

~~deby

Here is my painting

This is the one I purchased.

It is a lovely watercolor.

I will find a place for it, I am sure.

I haven't hung anything up, yet....

One day...all will be settled

and I will cherish this painting

Betty did.

~deby

Strawberry stitching

I think this is sooooo CUTE

If you click here...you can download the pattern

FREE !!! Plus browse their website

for other FREE patterns..

I am on "Bird Brain Designs" email list

and enjoy their creations.

Hope you do too.

~~deby

meet Betty

There is a lady in my church *Betty* who is

artist. She works in oils, watercolors,ink,

pottery and carving.

She recently had a ART show in her garage,

it was also a sale.

These pictures do not even do justice to her work.

Some of her work she has turned into cards.

My husband allowed me to purchase a painting
you can't see it from here...it will have to be
another post.
~~~NOW~~
Betty is in her 70's-
she is a widow. She also
gardens--she has a huge vegetable garden,
she then cans her harvest.
She has the most beautiful lawn and flowers.
She sews, embroiders, her home is
beautifully maintained.
She is my friend and welcomed me
for a great visit yesterday with homemade ice tea
and sweet fellowship.
I am inspired when I am around her
and want to learn from women like her.
She embraces her homemaking.
I hope you can find someone older that you can learn from.
~~deby

a *Grace Livingingston Hill* find

I found this book, "Rainbow Cottage"

recently from a thrift shop.

It was $2.50.

It is hardbound, and a publish date of 1934.

I finally read it and enjoyed it so much.

WHAT, I like about her books is this,

when the characters in her book get saved,

there is a CHANGE in their LIFE, in many areas

She gives many examples of what happens when the

Lord takes ahold of their heart

I don't see that so much in books today.

I like some of her books better than others.

I am so encouraged by the way she weaves the gospel

into her stories and the way lives are CHANGED !!!

These are the last line from the book:

"Jesus may come to-day,

Glad day, glad day !"

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Oh, that we would anticipate,

and live like today is our last day.

This book, written so long ago...

....we are even closer

PERHAPS today

"JESUS MAY COME TODAY"