Loving Jesus and family -Defending till the end

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2009-06-09T16:09:00.000-07:00

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Billy Graham on end times

2009-06-09T13:28:00.000-07:00

Billy Graham ministry focuses on end times
February 08, 2009

THE Billy Graham Evangelistic Association will focus on the return of Jesus Christ and help prepare believers for life in the last days in 2009, according to a recent announcement.
Writing in one of the several resources that the ministry is providing on the End Times, Rev. Billy Graham said, “People ask me, 'Do you really believe that Jesus Christ is going to come back to this earth again?”
“Yes, I do,” he continues. “The Bible teaches that Jesus is coming again. And I don’t see any other hope, because we’re heading toward a catastrophe in our world.”

“The most important question, however, is this: Are you ready for Christ's return?”
Towards this end, the ministry has compiled a number of End Times resources including a message delivered by Graham in 1998, a 2008 message from BGEA president and CEO Franklin Graham, an article adapted from a message delivered by Anne Graham Lotz in 1996, an End Times article on the basics of the Second Coming, and a couple of Q&As with Billy Graham that includes a question on whether the world will end in 2009, according to news reports.
Through its compilation of resources on the Second Coming of Christ, the BGEA hopes that believers will learn how they can fulfill God's plan for their life, increase their love for the Savior and grow their faith during these times.

The world renowned evangelist also reminds believers that regardless of when Christ returns, the end of the world does come for each and every single person – the moment that they die.

“[A]nd that could be at any time for any of us. We never know,” Graham states.
“If that happens today, are you ready?” Graham asks.

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Psalm 145:18 says 'The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon Him, to all that call upon Him, in truth.' What a blessed assurance! But look at the qualifier at the end of the verse. The Lord is nigh upon all that call upon Him in truth. Oftentimes, our prayers are not answered because we don't call upon Him in truth. Our prayers lack conviction and faith. A believer said: 'Prayer should be our first response, not the last resort.'

Are you ready?Met Jesus yet?

2009-06-09T12:53:00.000-07:00

Good evening all..Hope your week is going well.
At church we are still seeking a new preacher,but Thankfully one of the young men in church is i belive suppose to be a preacher and he speaks when we can't get someone.Everyone enjoys hearing him.
We discussed last week about the changes going on in the world now,Toward christianity and Jesus.It is not about religion in general anymore ,but about speaking on Jesus.In the blogs i read i see people mention more and more the reasons of that is other religions don't try and ''recruit'' you so much as christian's do.I think about that sometimes and wonder,what to do to avoid making someone feel that way.Really i don't know.There are so many people that do not understand honestly who Jesus is and others don't understand why they have to trust in Jesus?They believe in God but just feel Jesus was a teacher,not the savior they must believe in!And when faced with the conversation of that is the only way,most people resent it then as something pushed on them.No honest christian is pushing on you,they just care if you go to Heaven or not!We are suppose to love people,that is a commandment we must fllow if we truely love Jesus.He died for us,the least we can do is try and follow his excample.If we don't say anything about it.it means we could care less if you go to hell or not!Jesus is the only one who came down here,lived,and died ONLY TO RISE AGAIN!he is not in a tomb anywhere.Nor is he a little baby.He is seated on the right side of God above!AND HE IS COMING BACK and will be too late for you then.If you wait till he gets here,you will go to hell!For eternity.
I have heard some say hell sounds mre fun than Heaven...If you think living in total darkness,being lit only by the flames of hell,only with demons than are all around you sounds like fun..Then i guess that is your choice.But it WILL NOT be fun.and you will never get out!You will also be aware that you missed out.you will know about the people you know in Heaven and the wonderful eternal life they will be living through out eternal.YOU WILL KNOW! It will be a burning desire within you that you will never know.
I do not not wish this on anyone,ANYONE...people that have done me wrong,hurt me,took awat from me....NONE OF THEM..i wish Heaven for them.For it was not that person that done it,but satan that influenced them.Too many people are being blindidly led by the influence of sin now and don't even recognize it.They believe they are LIVING THE WAY THEY WANT TOO! No my friend you are not.We are either a slave to god or satan.THESE ARE THE ONLY CHOICES....JUST THE WAY IT IS...
you can think it is not fair,or anything else.But without God making you ,you would not even be here.
I just pray you make the right decision ...before it is too late.The days are numbered till Jesus comes back...It is getting close.....are you ready???can i help anyway?????

God bless
Betty

What can one person do? ------Murder,so what? prolife

2009-02-10T18:18:00.000-08:00

MURDER ? SO WHAT!

by Ed Vitagliano | AFA Journal News Editor

“[A]t the end of the day, the truth is that when you perform an abortion you are killing something,” said Dr. David Molloy of the Australian Medical Association.

For pro-lifers, that is a statement of the obvious. But what if you were confronted with the full horror of what that death represented – and still didn’t care? Is it possible that pro-abortionists could finally admit that abortion is murder, but then collectively shrug their shoulders?

That seems to be the case after the release of a British documentary entitled My Fetus, which aired in Britain in April, and then in Australia in August. The documentary contains footage of an unborn baby being sucked out of a mother’s womb, shows dismembered babies – one of whom is being rinsed in a sieve – and other remains being carefully put back together in order to ensure that no body parts were left in Mommy’s tummy.

The film is apparently staggering in its emotional impact. One pro-abortion journalist, Lauren Booth of the Daily Telegraph (London), who has herself had an abortion, watched the documentary and was stunned. “My hand flew to my mouth in shock,” she said. “I swallowed. I didn’t want to say it, but the word ‘murder’ came to my lips.”

There is tremendous irony involved here, however, because My Fetus was not made by pro-lifers. It is the work of pro-abortion activist and filmmaker Julia Black, daughter of Tim Black, who heads up Britain’s largest abortion provider. Black had her own abortion when she was 21.

So what was her reason for making such a film? She told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) that it was to “reclaim the most powerful weapon the anti-abortion groups currently have – the fetus and the baby.” Black wanted pro-abortionists to be faced with the gruesome reality of what they were advocating – in order to better defend it. Certainly not apologize for it.

What’s truly horrifying is Black’s apparent indifference to the gruesome reality of what her film presents all too clearly. In an interview with ABC’s Tony Jones, Black said the idea of “dismembering a baby and pulling it out in pieces … is obviously horrific. But at the same time, it is easy to get caught up in that emotion.”

Later she told a newspaper, “I can take on board the emotional significance, but I still really do believe it’s my right and I don’t regret my abortion and I would never say I would never have one again.”

It’s one thing for someone to advocate abortion in ignorance of what is being done to an unborn child, or even to support abortion while refusing to look at the nature of the act. But how does one stare dismemberment in the face and simply shrug?

A similarly abhorrent attitude was expressed non-chalantly in the U.S. by another pro-abortion evangelist, Amy Richards. A feminist activist and author, an abortion rights advocate who has worked with Planned Parenthood, and a co-founder of a feminist organization that has financed abortions, Richards recounted in The New York Times Magazine how she handled the news that she was pregnant – with triplets.

READ THE FULL STORY HERE--->>> MURDER? SO WHAT?

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What can one person do? A lot, actually.

by Don Wildmon
AFA Chairman & Founder
AFA Journal, October, 2002 edition

What can a person do to help stem the tide of moral breakdown? Here are some things that individuals can do. I hope you will get involved at whatever level you see fit.

It all begins, of course, by caring. Being concerned. Having the desire to make a difference. Without care, without concern, without any desire to make a difference for God and good with the one life you have been given, nothing can be accomplished. So, Christian activism begins with concern.

Next, get informed. Too many of us get our perspective, our news, from those who are thrilled with every traditional values brick which is removed from the wall. Know the Scriptures. Apply them to the situation. Subscribe to magazines which convey the Biblical perspective. Listen to Christian radio. Watch Christian television. Recognize that those in the secular news often have a different worldview, a different agenda, and you are the one they are trying to convince.

Spend some time praying, lifting up the condition of our country to a holy and righteous God. Ask for His guidance. Ask for His strength.

Find a good, Bible-believing church where the Word is taught and caught, where the issues are addressed and application of the Word made a part of everyday life.

Ask your pastor to speak to the issues from the pulpit, giving Biblical guidance. Encourage members to do more than simply attend the worship service. Get your Sunday School class to study the issues and act on them.

Work with other individuals and churches and groups in your local community on special projects. Cooperation is needed. It is good. While churches may not be able to agree on some theological points, surely they can agree and work together in addressing some of the basic moral issues.

We are witnessing the disintegration of two thousand years of Western Civilization. It is time – past time – for Christians to become involved. Do it for the sake of the children.

Read the whole story here! What can one person do?

The Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act-Please Act Now!

2009-02-10T17:31:00.000-08:00

This is up now,please take just a moment of your time and go act on this.Join me in helping the innocent,one baby at a time...I wish this was abolished altogether ,but at the moment at the very least the mom's will know that the baby feels this pain and there is help ,at least a little bit.This breaks my heart...please let it touch your's as well.One day that little baby will say''thank you'',even if it is in Heaven.At least you tried...They will know.

Congressional Legislation

The Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act - S.2466
Bill # S.2466

Original Sponsor:
Sam Brownback (R-KS)

Cosponsor Total: 17
(last sponsor added 09/21/2004)
17 Republicans

About This Legislation:
A bill to ensure that women seeking an abortion are fully informed regarding the pain experienced by their unborn child.

The Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act (S.2466)would require those who perform abortions on unborn children 20 weeks after fertilization to inform the woman seeking an abortion of the medical evidence that the unborn child feels pain --

a. through a verbal statement given by the abortion provider, and also

b. by providing a brochure--developed by the Department of Health and Human Services--that goes into more detail than the verbal statement on the medical evidence of pain experienced by an unborn child 20 weeks after fertilization

The bill would also ensure that the woman, if she chooses to continue with the abortion procedure after being given the medical information, has the option of choosing anesthesia for the child, so that the unborn child's pain is less severe.

May God Bless Us and Forgive Us..

Betty R.

The Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act - S.2466
Bill # S.2466-click here

Faith In America.Where is it?

2009-02-10T05:34:00.000-08:00

Good Morning ..
I am working on this blog,and i have been led for it to defend Jesus.Every day we look around and see all this awful stuff in the world.Pain.death,disease on all ages.From birth to death.Over 5,ooo,ooo babies here alone never even got to breathe.Death by abortion.We look at the economy and it is all but shot.Our finances heading out the window faster than you can shed a tear.Job loss here in the states at an all time high.Food banks have shortages in food they need to feed the hunger here.Homeless people that a few years ago we would have been envious of their lifestyle.Health care in some places becoming non existent.Stores stocking less and less and prices rising higher and higher.General stores that have been open all our lives now have a closed sign in the window.What has caused this?Lots of things could be add on's but the real reason i believe(and i can still do that,at least now) is that we have all but turned our backs on God.You can interpret the constitution and turn it all over the place to fit your agenda and lifestyle and support of your ideas. But if you truly want to see what is written about and what the stands our forefathers took,then you will find it's TRULY BASED ON FAITH IN GOD AND CHRISTIANITY.
What at one time would have been impossible to do is now very possible in our age of computers.You can study every aspect of the constitution for your self .Not sentences groups or people want you to.like for instance this one from our forefather John Adams..
Folks love use this part of the quote he wrote to defend taking religion out of things..
The second President (or tenth if you consider John Hanson the first) wrote to Thomas Jefferson on June 28, 1813:

The general principles on which the fathers achieved independence were. . . . the general principles of Christianity. . . . I will avow that I then believed, and now believe, that those general principles of Christianity are as eternal and immutable as the existence and attributes of God; and that those principles of liberty are as unalterable as human nature.
However, Adams is often quoted as saying, "This would be the best of all possible worlds, if there were no religion in it!" However, here's the complete quote in an April 19, 1817, letter to Thomas Jefferson:
Twenty times in the course of my late reading have I been on the point of breaking out, "This would be the best of all possible worlds, if there were no religion at all!!!" But in this exclamation I would have been as fanatical as Bryant or Cleverly. Without religion, this world would be something not fit to be mentioned in polite company, I mean hell."

aaahhhhhhh...But they don't want you see all of it.And more........
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Samuel Adams

Samuel Adams organized the Boston Tea Party, and served as Governor of Massachusetts, a delegate to the Continental congress, and a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
In his 1772 work, The Rights of the Colonists, Adams wrote:
II. The Rights of the Colonists as Christians.

The right to freedom being the gift of the Almighty...The rights of the colonists as Christians...may be best understood by reading and carefully studying the institutions of The Great Law Giver and Head of the Christian Church, which are to be found clearly written and promulgated in the New Testament.

In his Last Will and Testament he wrote:

Principally, and first of all, I resign my soul to the Almighty Being who gave it, and my body I commit to the dust, relying on the merits of Jesus Christ for the pardon of my sins.
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Alexander Hamilton

The Episcopalian authored many of the Federalist Papers, signed the Constitution, and became the first Secretary of the Treasury. In an April 1802 letter to James A. Bayard, Hamilton proposed The Christian Constitutional Society:

In my opinion, the present Constitution is the standard to which we are to cling. Under its banner bona fide must we combat our political foes, rejecting all changes but through the channel itself provided for amendments. By these general views of the subject have my reflections been guided. I now offer you the outline of the plan they have suggested. Let an association be formed to be denominated "The Christian Constitutional Society," its object to be first: The support of the Christian religion. second: The support of the United States.

Hamilton was shot and killed by Aaron Burr in a duel on July 12, 1804. His last dying words reportedly were:
I have a tender reliance on the mercy of the Almighty, through the merits of the Lord Jesus Christ. I am a sinner. I look to Him for mercy; pray for me.
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Patrick Henry

Best known for his "give me liberty or give me death" speech on March 23, 1775, he became the first governor of Virginia.
One of his most famous quotes, cannot be verified, although it's used by many Christian ministers: "It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religions but on the gospel of Jesus Christ!" It's not found anywhere in his recorded writings or speeches.

However, here's a verified quote from a letter to his daughter dated August 20, 1796:
Amongst other strange things said of me, I hear it is said by the deists that I am one of the number; and indeed, that some good people think I am no Christian. This thought gives me much more pain than the appellation of Tory; because I think religion of infinitely higher importance than politics; and I find much cause to reproach myself that I have lived so long, and have given no decided and public proofs of my being a Christian. But, indeed, my dear child, this is a character which I prize far above all this world has, or can boast.
And in his will ==

This is all the inheritance I give to my dear family. The religion of Christ will give them one which will make them rich indeed.
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John Jay

One of the authors of the Federalist Papers and first Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, Jay wrote to Rev. Uzal Ogden, on February 14, 1796:

I have long been of opinion that the evidence of the truth of Christianity requires only to be carefully examined to produce conviction in candid minds. . . .

And in an April 23, 1811, letter to John Bristed, April 23, 1811, he wrote:

While in France . . . I do not recollect to have had more than two conversations with atheists about their tenants. The first was this: I was at a large party, of which were several of that description. They spoke freely and contemptuously of religion. I took no part in the conversation. In the course of it, one of them asked me if I believed in Christ? I answered that I did, and that I thanked God that I did.
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Thomas Jefferson

The writer of the Declaration of Independence and the third President of the United States wrote to Charles Thomson in 1816:

I, too, have made a wee-little book from the same materials, which I call the Philosophy of Jesus; it is a paradigm of his doctrines, made by cutting the texts out of the book, and arranging them on the pages of a blank book, in a certain order of time or subject. A more beautiful or precious morsel of ethics I have never seen; it is a document in proof that I am a real Christian, that is to say, a disciple of the doctrines of Jesus.

Jefferson was a Deist who respected Christ's teachings, but rejected His divinity, His miracles, and His resurrection. In a letter to William Short dated April 13, 1820, he wrote:

I am a Materialist.

Among the sayings and discourses imputed to [Jesus] by His biographers, I find many passages of fine imagination, correct morality, and of the most lovely benevolence; and others, again, of so much ignorance, so much absurdity, so much untruth, charlatanism and imposture, as to pronounce it impossible that such contradictions should have proceeded from the same Being. I separate, therefore, the gold from the dross; restore to Him the former, and leave the latter to the stupidity of some, and roguery of others of His disciples. Of this band of dupes and impostors, Paul was the great . . . corrupter of the doctrines of Jesus.

In separating Jesus divine and human natures, Jefferson wrote to John Adams, January 24, 1814 that the divine aspects of Christ were "the fabric of very inferior minds. It is as easy to separate those parts, as to pick out diamonds from dunghills."

And so he compiled The Jefferson Bible: The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth Extracted Textually from the Gospels. Jefferson simply cut out anything of a supernatural or miraculous nature and so his Bible ends:

Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen cloths with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury. Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid. There laid they Jesus, And rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.
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So, were the Founding Fathers Christians? They believed in a supreme being,God above.
Most were Christians.But now weexpecially here in the united states over the past 30 or do years have tried every way we can to totally block out God.For if we acknowledge God,we must admit we are sinning.It is far easier to say,we can all do as we please with no consequences.And that is what we have done.
Kill babies and call it choice
Kill people and call it insanity
Rebel against parents and we call it add and adhd(some people do have this,BUT NOT 75 %!!!!!It is a problem,not an excuse to use!)
kill our children outside the womb and call it a disease!post partum depression
kids Killing kids -take god out and the morals and rules go with him!

I COULD GO ON AND ON!!!!!!!!

this COUNTRY STOOD AS A BEACON TO MANY NATIONS FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED YEARS ON THE SAME RULES.People please...Don't tell me you can't see a direct problem here.It is no coincidence that when God leaves,nations fall....Are we going to open our eyes and see this or must we fall before we acknowledge our God.I pray we wake up before we pay this price....We already know what happens when nations let go of God.The Bible is full of their stories....A lot of these stories have been proven to be true in our own generation.Have we become stupid as well????We as Christians have stood quiet to long..

I for one will be silenced no more.So please ..This is my blog.If you don't like it,then don't come back.It is my thoughts and ideas.If they offend you ,well...your ideas offend me as well.We are even.I am tired of being offended and not being able to voice my thoughts and ideas as you have.I AM A CHRISTIAN AND I WILL NOT WAVER.one DAY WE SHALL ALL STAND BEFORE GOD....LIKE IT OR NOT!!!!!
ARE YOU PREPARED FOR THAT?WHAT WILL YOU SAY WHEN HE ASK DID YOU BELIEVE IN ME? DID ANYONE ELSE KNOW THAT?
ETERNITY DEPENDS ON IT.

Betty r~Always Lovin Jesus

here are just a few of the bills in our current Legislation...
Congress:
H.R.6099 Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act -To ensure that women seeking an abortion are fully informed regarding the pain experienced by their unborn child.
H.R.2093 Meehan Amendment That Limits Free Speech
S.3504 'A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit the solicitation or acceptance of tissue from fetuses gestated for research purposes, and for other purposes.'
S.J.RES.1 Marriage Protection Amendment - S.J. Res.1
S.2754 'A bill to derive human pluripotent stem cell lines using techniques that do not knowingly harm embryos.'
H.R.1592 H.R. 1592 is ultimately a Thought Crimes law which aims to silence biblical Judeo-Christian speech and beliefs about homosexuality and “transgenderism.”
S.2590 'A bill to require full disclosure of all entities and organizations receiving Federal funds.'
S.2590 'A bill to require full disclosure of all entities and organizations receiving Federal funds.'
S.2466 The Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act - S.2466
S.1780 Protecting Children from Indecent Programming Act
S.1348 Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007
S.1313 The Protection of Homes, Small Businesses, and Private Property Act of 2005
S.1105 Hate Crimes Bill - Matthew Shepard Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007
S.1105 A bill to provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes, and for other purposes.
S.1046 Pledge Protection Act of 2005
S.1019 Unborn Victims of Violence Act
S.851 Child Custody Protection Act
Readers..If you are looking at this ,there is something you can do...with just your computer and a few moments..go find out about this and info is there to write your senators(just sign it!) and congress...we can make a difference if we stick together in one loud voice!!!!!how do you thing this got messed up to begin with...They stuck together in one loud voice while we as Christian's remained silent...I PRAY WE DO SO NO LONGER..THE TIME IS NOW.....WE MUST STAND TOGETHER OR WE SO SHALL FALL TOGETHER..I REALLY DO NOT WANT TO FALL AND MY GRANDKIDS AS WELL....

DO YOU???????????????
go here ..see what you can do..let us make a loud noise across America.....God will hear it!!!!!!!!!
American Family Online-issues facing us today

Updating this blog

2009-01-21T06:32:00.000-08:00

Hi!
I am in the process of updating this blog.I hope to have it up and going in a few weeks with made from scratch items and just fun and useful things that most anyone can do with giveaways as well...so stay tuned and thanks for visiting.
Until then please visit my acive blog @ SIMPLY SOUTHERN-reviews,giveaways,recipes and more!

God Bless,
Betty R~Simply Southern

Are you tired of Winning the Lotto??? links to surviving WTSHTF ALSO!

2007-12-02T21:26:00.000-08:00

I am soooo tired of winning all these online lotto's! I must be the luckiest person around..Well on second thoughts,maybe not.I would wage a bet you are winning them too!Every time i check my email,i have won at least 1.and i check it several times a day.Most of them are from africa or the uk, but some are from other areas.Millions i have won i tell you..and all i have to do to get the info is tell them my name,age ,dob,address,phone # ...and they will ''secretly '' tell me what to do next! If you have not figured it out yet,you must not have an email addy..or at least never use it..I am talking about online scams! i recieved one yesterday that appears to have come from KRAFT FOODS! i alerted the co. and sent them the copy.i have yet to hear back from them.so please all of you out there...be alert..Do not give out information at all to any of these..if you have actually won a lotto,you will know about it.And i am pretty sure thay will not have a yahoo or hotmail email account! i am pretty certain of that...

here a few links to some places i have visited tonight..I love the idea of living off the grid(meaning not giving all that hard earned cash to the electrical companies),canning,preserving ,being frugal etc...I also am a believer in that we as a country is in for a fall..How bad,i don't know..how long,not sure about that either.But are hard times coming? DEFINITELY!
So it is a wise choice to maybe think on this and maybe be a little prepared in case it does...At the very least your family want starve...tHATS WORTH A LITTLE HARD WORK AND RESEARCH...anyway maybe you will find some of this helpful...i have...

betty

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A Wilderness Survival Kit is an absolute must if you spend any time away from civilization (hunting, fishing, camping, hiking, etc). There are commercial kits available out there for purchase, but building your own helps you to think about the what-ifs involved in living off the land, and also the opportunity to tailor the kit to your skill sets and tastes. I detail one of my relatively comprehensive kits below. I have listed each item and explained some of the various uses for each as well.
Survival Kit-click now
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OUTDOOR & SURVIVAL SKILLS Books

Learn necessary skills here, from knot tying and wayfinding to communications and urban survival. Some of the medical and military books also have great survival information.

CLICK HERE

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tHIS IS A GREAT BLOG! A REALLY NICE FORUM WITH A LOT OF INTERACTION.check it out....
SurvivalBlog.com survival blog

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OFF THE GRID! lots of great links and advise here as well...such as ..
CITY SCAVENGER
COMMUNITY
DITCHMONKEY
FOOD
HOMESTEADING
MIND, BODY AND SPIRIT
NATURAL ENERGY
NEW PIONEER
SELF-SUFFICIENCY
SOLAR POWER
TERRITORY
WATER FOR LIFE
WORK

off the grid-click to visit now
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mother earth home..go visit!
aT Home In The Wilderness-mother earth

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WMD Survival Techniques, Self Sustainability, Living off the Land, Water ... Living off the Land. Military. National Security. Nuclear Preparedness
The Fallout Zone

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survival acres
survival notes..click now
Wild foods like rosehips for example, contain a lot of vitamin C and can be eaten year round, they’re not that hard to find even in the dead of winter. Other foods are better in the spring, summer or fall. Learn which wild foods you can expect to find in your area, the best time to harvest them and where they can be found.
Personal sanitation will be critical. You will need to keep yourself clean to stay healthy. Wash your hands often to avoid transmitting germs to your face and eyes and to each other. Don’t use the same hand towels among the different people in your group if you can help it.

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very interesting! U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR...
VIEW THE DIAGRAM!
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THATS IT FOR TONIGHT FRIENDS..MAY GOD BLESS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US...
BETTY

December's Here,with thoughts of Jesus,Children,Family ,Friends and Santa!

2007-12-02T08:04:00.000-08:00

Happy Jesus Birthday time friends!

I will add a few contest for fun at the end for all of you..please go by and enter and say hello to my blogger friends.

Ilove the month of December,it signals time of renewal to me.The holiday season where everyone seems a little kinder and younger.Just something in the air nearing Christmas.No matter what religion you are ,if ANy,It brings out something special in most of us.It makes us look at others and wonder how they are ,we look at the news a little different.Well most anyway.
When the robins arrive each year ,it signals winter is truely here in the south.They came in last week in full force.The yard is full of them and this year they have chosen to roost in the tree line in the backyard again.I am so pleased with that.The tree's are alive with movement of the Robins,the air is filled with their songs.It amazes me when i see them all coming in at once.They know when to fly and they know when to stop.
If only we could all be led by God like that.Be open to the inner prompting of the spirit of our father.We would know when to act and when to stay absoulutely still...
So many problems would be totally avoided ,so many accomplishments.We could all take care of each other and this world would be a very different place.
This time of the year reminds us,in case we have overlooked it lately,That a savior came down from Heaven,to become like you and me,to save us.In the process he was human,like you and me,but remained perfect.He loved us enough to share and take on all our pains and sorrows,and be killed(by imperfect people like us) so we would not spiritually have too.That the earthly death would be the only one we ever felt!That is awesome when you think about it.When we die,our spirit goes somewhere..just the way it is.I am glad to know that mine will be with The Father,because Jesus will stand beside me on that day ,Because i believe in him and i love him. I am by far a perfect person,but Jesus died for me.That causes me to try and better myself,to be a little kinder,more forgiving,more giving ,more loving.I can never be the man Jesus was on this earth,But i can try and walk closer and closer ..In the process he can and will change me .I am thankful Jesus loved me and you that much.
I think on my loved ones that have died during the holidays and i miss them more sometimes.Expecially my grandparents.They taught me how to love the lord,family,manners,morals and so very much more.Grandma taught me prayer and positive attitude no matter what was coming and what i may face.They left me a great legacy..one no amount of money could ever buy..They left me an enduring love and i am certain my grandma's prayers cover me still!
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU .......

BETTY-A.K.A.-NANNABEE

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Yay!! I’m having my monthly giveaway. For the month of December, I will be giving away a beautiful book.

I talked about this book a few weeks back. It’s called The Art of Simplicity by Candy Paull. Here’s the original post.

I love this book so much, I wanted to share it with you, so here are the rules.
EVERYTHING MOMS-CLICK HERE

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sher's wares-enter here
You could win your favorite little girl jewelry! Absolutely FREE. Simply enter our giveaway. The winner will receive a FREE Gift Certificate to Baby Girl Bracelets by Shers Wares. Each free gift certificate will be valued at $30.00, to be used towards any little girl jewelry in our shop.
minimum of 20 people must sign up.

The winner will be notified by email and listed on my blog and my next newsletter.

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5 minutes for mom--CLICK HERE

5 Minutes Around The Blogosphere -
Written by Kailani

CONTESTS & GIVEAWAYS

Stop by for my latest giveaways where you could win a Comfy Easy PC, Planet Mom T-Shirt, Glam Boutique Stationary, & a Bib/Burp Cloth Set from Woobee.

5 minutes for mom--CLICK HERE

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WILL ADD SOME MORE TONIGHT.....MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL AND GOD BLESS YOU.

November Contest Running now

2007-11-22T11:12:00.000-08:00

Happy Holidays everyone!
Well another Thanksgiving for most has come and gone..(we celebrate saturday when the whole family can be here at mom's). I do hope you took time to reflect on thankful things..A lot of times we tend to reflect on just the bad things or just the good..
We honestly need to take time for both.Negative and Positive.Good and Bad.laughter and tears.it is all what makes us stronger or weaker.i have found for myself that in bad times it seems to strengthen me,in the good times i guess i just want to lavish in it..
My family has had a lot of bad this year,could be worse so i don't have much time for "pity parties".At times this past year i have just wished i could find a place and just fall apart,but i knew i couldn't.I have a 2 year old grandson ,full time ,and a 5 year old grandson,part time,to raise..They depend on me ,so i pray a lot,laugh with them as much as possible and smile through tears.Iknow this season will change and maybe make a better,and stronger,Mom,Grandma,Sister,Daughter,Aunt ,Friend and Christian out of me..
If these things are accomplished ,then all is worth it.I try to always look around and see what other people are facing,maybe have a kind word for them instead of pity for myself..I have found if nothing else,that there is always someone with a harder problem than my own.So on that note,i will not fall or despair..
God gives us the grace we need to stand strong ,we only have to accept it..and i do...Good can come out of anything ..no matter how bad.
On the flip side,i am looking forward to my new grandbabies next year,my son will be daddy for the first time and he and julie could not be happier! justin,nephew ,and his lady are expecting at almost the same time as well as my daughter..so 3 new babies next may to go along with my precious billy and kolby.I have always said i wanted to have a holiday table when i got older filled with grandbabies ,just like my grandma's had..
Looks like God is granting me that wish.
If i leave them one day with nothing more than my love and a knowledge that there is always hope, to never fail because there is a god above whom loves them,,then i can be happy with that.a legacy i would be proud of...
SO REMEMBER TO BE THANKFUL,AND GIVE WHEN YOU CAN TO OTHERS...SOMEONE ALWAYS HAS IT WORSE...
i'd also like to invite you over to my other blogs as well..
this is my frugal site,a little helping hand sometimes.

and this is my pro-life and childrens site-(be warned-info on abortion and pics)
VOICE FOR THE BABIES-CLICK HERE

HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO YOU ALL....
BETTY

PS....ADDING SOME CONTEST FOR YOU ...ENJOY! AND GOOD LUCK...HEY!!and while you are at it,check out this great song! IT IS CALLED butterflies!It will bring you to tears... BUTTERFLIES-CLICK HERE TO PLAY

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simple Contest for you to enter!
: Be the 25th Commentator on blog and win $10 via Paypal,,
RAVS BLOG-click and enter!

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CANT GET RICH
he says there is no way to get rich online...i am pretty sure he is right unless you have lot's of money to start up..since most of us don't...oh well...but there is a little extra money to be made ,i have found that out(the hard way i may add,,lol).
anyway this is a really neat site with good info ,and not too mention a kickin contest going on now through 11:59 on December 1st.Whoever wins gets a $100 gift certificate to the Apple store!

..i would love to win this contest,i'd be able to get a really nice gift for my son.finances are very tight(honestly) right now even hubby working overtime..so it would be nice to win...

I created this site to tell the world that you can’t get rich online, because all of the good ideas are taken. After only 4 days, this site has surpassed my personal blog in hits per day, and that’s been live since July.

You know what though? I’m not satisfied. So many of you out there still foolishly believe that you can get rich online. I need to get the word out. So, like so many other bloggers out there, I’m going to have a contest. The rules for the contest are simple:CLICK TO READ MORE-> enter now!

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Link Love Giveaway!

Who doesn't love a giveaway?

had so much fun making ornaments for the Red Velvet swap that I just kept going and made a whole lot more. So two winners are going to each receive 2 of these snowflakes.

But there's a catch. A small catch. An itty bitty almost not there sort of catch.... you have to give me some link love.

Add a link to this blog on your site or blog, and then comment on this post and let me know the URL of the page that links to me. Then you will be entered into the draw. yippie.

In honor of my beautiful baby girls first ever birthday, I'll randomly choose the winners on Monday November 26th and announce the results sometime on Tuesday.

RING POP BRIDE!!CLICK HERE NOW TO ENTER!
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Was just visiting over at Mamanista's and yet another prize has been added to the 12 days of giveaways!

Win Hip and Practical Baby Clothing from Stylease!

At Mamanista, we believe that moms shouldn't have to choose between style and practicality when buying baby clothing. One of our goals is to find a reasonably-priced, easy-to-launder, comfortable and hip-looking outfits for baby.

I have to give Mama Luxe credit for finding Stylease in her daily internet browsing and emailing me photos of their adorable outfits. Pictured at left is the "Chips & Cheese" outfit from Stylease's Spring Line that I received. Even though this looks like a three-piece layered outfit, it is actually one-piece!

You'll find it easy to dress baby since this one piece has snap openings in the crotch for easy diaper changes and hidden snaps to open the outfit to the waist in the front. And baby will look fashionable all day (or at least until he spits up) because the attached-shirt will never ride up, twist or tangle. I laundered the "Chips & Cheese" outfit, and it held up really well in the wash and had no color-bleeding at all. (According to the Stylease website, all the outfits are made with colorfast fabrics.)

You Can Win a Stylease Spring or Fall Outfit!

One lucky reader will win an outfit from the Stylease Spring or Fall Line as part of Mamanista's 12 Days of Giveaways. To enter for a chance to win, you must complete both of these steps:

CLICK HERE AND ENTER MAMANISTAS GIVEAWAY!

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head over and check it out! easy contest going on to win 20.00 weekly!

Thoughts Of A Blank Mind contest -click here
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ONLINE PRESENCE PRESENTS::::

Prize Money: US$100
Payment Via: PayPal only
Contest Runs Till: 31st December 2007.
ONLINE PRESENCE CONTEST!

Head over and check out online presence.Very interesting concept this guy has on helping out fellow readers online.want to make a few extra dollars for the holidays?help ends meet weekly,monthly?a lot of information is here to be had for the time and reading!they want to help you make money online.there is money to be made on line.some fairly simple,some more difficult.But if you are like me ,and for one reason or another ,cannot work outside the home,then this site is for you..head over and check out the information gathered for us all..click here and read more!

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When you have a few minutes ,check out 134u site , i really enjoy going there and i think you will too! today they also have this contest up,so take a few moments and go over for a visit!
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~~~~~~~~~CONTEST~~~~~~~~CONTEST~~~NEILDUCKETT.COM~~~~~~~~~~~~CONTEST~~~~~~~~~~~
Canon IXY Digital 1000 Up For Grabs!From today the 21st of November until Monday the 10th of December i`ll be accepting entries by the following scale;

1 Entry in the draw - Subscribe to neilduckett.com by email, RSS too if that`s your preferred method of reading but email will be the official counter for the draw.

5 Entries in the draw
...so........get over there and enter!This competition!go now . also make sure you go by neil duckett.com...
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HOME based business opportunities.
to get your name tossed in the hat to win 100 bucks, you just have to do two quick and easy things.
1. Link back to the Making Sales Making Money homepage using the anchor text home based business opportunities.
2. Link back to the Contest Blogger homepage using the anchor text sweepstakes.

And that’s it, dude. You can write a post about the contest, link back at the end of a post about something else, or whatever. Just link back to the two sites with the required anchor text somewhere on your blog and you’re in.

But wait a second, bro: Making Sales Making Money contacted me at the last minute to say that they really wanted to give non-bloggers a chance to win the money too. So here’s the deal: you can also get another entry in the contest by subscribing to the Making Sales Making Money RSS feed.
CLICK AND READ MORE!-> SWEEPSTAKES

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In order to get my new blog up and runing, I am having a contest, and it’s as easy as 1,2,3…

1. Visit my Going2Oahu blog at GOING 2 OAHU between now and the end of November
2. Mention the Going2Oahu Blog in one of your blog entries with a linkback to http://blog.going2oahu.com/.
3. Leave a comment anywhere on my blog with your linkback post and you will be entered.

One lucky entrant will receive a $25 Walmart Gift Card! All entrants will get a linkback via their comment.
CLICK TO VISIT NOW~

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SEOlogs $2000 Giveaway Contest
Cash and Prizes total well over $2000 value, and I will be giving away at least one prize every day until Nov 30th 2007.

Entering only takes a few minutes. Just join my myBlogLog community ==> See details and list of prizes here Contest Blogger! Click Here Now!
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My Traditional Thanksgiving Desserts!

2007-11-12T19:24:00.000-08:00

Well it is far enough along into November i can now say ''HAPPY HOLIDAYS''~~~~
Thanksgiving will be here before i know it so i am beginning to get the recipes ready for shopping! Somethings are just ''got to have's'' while others i like to be surprizes..darrell,rita and zack along with jeff have their favorites that i always like try and make .mom has a few she likes as well as my siblings ...So ,i was hunting my fav southern recipes and thought i'd share a few as well as beneath these i will also add a few new contest links! so make sure you don't pass them up....

RED VELVET CAKE!!!!
INGREDIENTS:
1/2 cup shortening
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 tablespoons cocoa
1 1/2 oz red food coloring
1 teaspoon salt
2 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon soda
1 tablespoons vinegar
PREPARATION:
Cream shortening; beat in sugar gradually. Add eggs, one at a time; beat well after each addition. Make paste of cocoa and food coloring; add to creamed mixture. Add salt, flour and vanilla alternately with buttermilk, beating well after each addition. Sprinkle soda over vinegar; pour vinegar over batter. Stir until thoroughly mixed. Bake in 3 8-inch pans or 2 9-inch pans for 30 minutes at 350°.

AND FOR THE FROSTING! SEVERAL IDEAS HERE..
1 C. Milk
1 1/4 C. granulated sugar
1/4 C. flour
3/4 C. Shortening
1 tsp. vanilla
Combine milk & flour & cook until thick (like a white sauce) Stir constantly. Set aside to cool. Cream sugar & shortening until light and fluffy. Add vanilla & cooled cream sauce. Beat until icing becomes stiff.

AND HERE IS FROSTING I PERSONALLY USE...
Icing

1/2 stick butter
8 oz cream cheese
1 lb box of powdered sugar
dash of salt
1/2 tsp vanilla
1 c chopped nuts
Mix icing ingredients together until light and fluffy. Frost and fill cake.
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MISSISSIPPI MUD CAKE
INGREDIENTS:
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 1/4 cups strong brewed coffee
1/4 cup bourbon or brandy
5 1-ounce squares unsweetened chocolate
1 cup butter (2 sticks)
2 cups sugar
2 eggs, at room temperature
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
unsweetened cocoa powder
sweetened whipped cream or ice cream, for serving
PREPARATION:
Preheat oven to 275°. Sift the flour, salt, and the baking powder together ensuring it is mixed in well.
Combine the coffee, bourbon or brandy, chocolate, and butter or margarine in the top of a double boiler.

INGREDIENTS:
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 1/4 cups strong brewed coffee
1/4 cup bourbon or brandy
5 1-ounce squares unsweetened chocolate
1 cup butter (2 sticks)
2 cups sugar
2 eggs, at room temperature
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
unsweetened cocoa powder
sweetened whipped cream or ice cream, for serving
PREPARATION:
Preheat oven to 275°. Sift the flour, salt, and the baking powder together ensuring it is mixed in well.
Combine the coffee, bourbon or brandy, chocolate, and butter or margarine in the top of a double boiler.

INGREDIENTS:
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 1/4 cups strong brewed coffee
1/4 cup bourbon or brandy
5 1-ounce squares unsweetened chocolate
1 cup butter (2 sticks)
2 cups sugar
2 eggs, at room temperature
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
unsweetened cocoa powder
sweetened whipped cream or ice cream, for serving
PREPARATION:
Preheat oven to 275°. Sift the flour, salt, and the baking powder together ensuring it is mixed in well.
Combine the coffee, bourbon or brandy, chocolate, and butter or margarine in the top of a double boiler.

Heat until the chocolate and butter have melted, stirring occasionally.
Pour the chocolate mixture into a large bowl. Using an electric mixer on low speed, gradually beat in the sugar. Continue beating until the sugar has dissolved.

Raise the speed to medium and add the sifted dry ingredients. Mix well, then beat in the eggs and vanilla until thoroughly blended.

Pour the batter into a generously greased 3-quart bundt pan that has been dusted lightly with cocoa powder or flour. Adjust rack so cake will bake in top half of oven. Bake for about 1 hour 20 minutes, or until a wooden pick or cake tester inserted in center comes out clean.

Let cake cool in the pan for 15 minutes, then unmold onto a wire rack. Let cool completely.

When cake is cooled, dust lightly with cocoa powder. Serve with sweetened whipped cream or ice cream, if desired, or drizzle with chocolate or vanilla glaze.
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Cherry Cheesecake

What you need:

2 cups of graham crackers
2 cups of sugar
1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon
6 tablespoons of butter PLUS another stick, melted
4 packages ( 8 ounces each) of cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup of all purpose flour
1/4 cup of lemon juice
7 eggs slightly beaten
2 cups of heavy cream
1/2 cup of evaporated milk
2 teaspoons of vanilla extract
1 can ( 21 ounces) of cherry pie filling
What you do:

On bottom rack of your oven, place a 13x9- inch pan filled halfway with water. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. In a medium bowl, combine graham crackers , 1/2 cup of sugar, cinnamon, and 6 tablespoons of butter. In a ten inch springform pan, press crumb mixture on the bottom of the pan and halfway up the sides of the pan.
In a large bowl, with an electric beater, beat cream cheese and remaining sugar for 3 minutes or until smooth. Beat in remaining butter , flour, and lemon juice. Gradually beat in eggs, cream, milk, and vanilla until smooth. Pour into prepared pan and place on the middle rack.
Bake the cheesecake for 1 hour. Decrease the temperature to 300 degrees and bake an additional 30 minutes or until almost set in the center. Turn off oven without opening the door and let the cake stay in the oven for another hour. Cool on a wire rack. Cover and refrigerate overnight. To serve top with cherry pie filling.
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5 CUP FRUIT SALAD!!!
This is sooooo easy the kids always have helped me with it but it is always a table favorite! try it....

Ingredients:
1 cup sour cream
1 cup coconut
1 cup pineapple chunks, drained
1 cup mandarin oranges, drained
1 cup miniature marshmallows
Stir and chill about one hour. (((((told you it was easy!))))

for a variation also try adding chopped nuts of any kind,,i like pecans,almonds or hickory!
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Autumn Harvest Pie

Ingredients:
2 1/2 cups sliced pears
2 cups sliced apples, peeled
1 cup whole cranberries (pre-cook according to directions on bag)
1 cup brown sugar
3 tablespoons flour
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
Combine all of the above items, mix well and pour into your favorite pie crust. Top with the this topping:

Topping:
1 cup oatmeal
1 cup flour
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 tsp. cinnamon
4 tablespoons margarine

Cut in margerine through mixture until crumbly and spread all on top of the pie mixture. Bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes until bottom crust is brown.

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Pecan Glazed Pumpkin Pie

Ingredients:
2 eggs
1 16 ounce can solid pack pumpkin
1 can evaporated milk, 12 ounces
1 cup brown sugar, divided
2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
1 frozen pie crust
1 cup pecan pieces
1/4 cup butter, melted
Preheat oven and baking sheet to 375 degrees. In large bowl, using a wire wisk, mix together eggs, pumpkin, milk, 3/4 cup of the sugar and pie spice. Place frozen crust on baking sheet. Pour filling into crust. Bake 40 minutes. In small bowl combine remaining 1/4 cup sugar, pecans and melted butter. Crumble over top of partially baked pie. Bake an additional 30 minutes, or until knife inserted come out clean. Makes 8 servings.

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old fashioned Lemon Pie

Ingredients:
1 8 or 9 inch baked pie crust or graham cracker crust
3 egg yolks or 3 egg whites
1 14oz. can sweetened condensed milk (not evaporated)
1/2 cup lemon juice from concentrate
2 cups whipped topping
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. In bowl beat egg yolks or whites with condensed milk and lemon. Pour into pie crust.
whip 3 egg whites until firm and frothy..this is your topping the way i do it...bake 30 minutes or until whites turn lightly brown..
another variation is bake the pie without topping and then cool and chill ,add whipped topping!either way it is mouthwatering!!!better than any bought pie!

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i am going to try this recipe this year,,found onine ..i left the writers name intact..

Carrot Cake with Secret Cream Cheese Frosting
From Terri Che/Reynolds, Georgia
Every year at Christmas, my mom makes a carrot cake that is just a little different. It's the frosting that puts this cake over the top.
Carrot Cake with Secret Cream Cheese Frosting

1 box spice cake mix
1/4 cup oil
1 cup grated carrot
1 tsp. cinnamon
3 eggs
1 1/3c water

Mix all ingredients. Pour into greased floured 13 x 9 pan, bake at 350F for 35 minutes. Cool.

Secret Cream Cheese Frosting

1 8oz pkg cream cheese
1 c toasted chopped pecans
1 tsp. instant coffee powder
3 tsps water
1 box confectioners sugar

Mix all ingredients. If too thin add more powdered sugar. Too thick, add water 1/2 tsp at a time to spreading consistency

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Contest - November 2007 - Subscribe to our RSS Feed for a chance to win!
We have a ton of prizes to give away for the month of November, so November’s Contest is our easiest to win! Simply subscribe with your e-mail address to our RSS feed (this means you can have Temptalia posts delivered straight to your mailbox and never miss a post) using the form below. Throughout the month of November, we will be selecting random winners! There will be at least one winner per week, but you never know when we might get the urge to pick a name from our hat–so don’t hestitate, enter now!
click here=temptalia

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we’re getting in the holiday spirit and giving away extra goodies over the next few weeks.
From now until November 24th, we will be posting various contests. To enter the contests you just need to:

Add a comment on the contests you want to enter. PLEASE note: You need to enter each contest individually so we know who wants to be entered in what contest. So make sure you click over to each contest and leave your comment there.
Either link back to this post and .............
read more click button above!!!!
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WILL ADD MORE TOMORROW!!!HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!!

***UPDATED & NEW LINKS! ~~Contest Time

2007-11-07T18:30:00.000-08:00

Good evening all ..hope your ready for some very interesting contest to join in...included are some awesome blog sites with tons of interesting and informative subjects,some great family products ,and some just for fun! Take time to go and sign up! Can't win if you don't play...

Betty

JUMP OVER TO MY OTHER BLOG SITE AND LOOK AROUND,SAY HELLO...
www.myspace.com/beavoiceforsilentscreams
www.myspace.com/justlovinjesus

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5 MINUTES FOR MOM IS HAVING ANOTHER ROUND OF CONTEST! make sure you check daily not too miss out !

So we’re getting in the holiday spirit and giving away extra goodies over the next few weeks.

This Christmas Giveaway 2007 will work the same way as our July 4th Giveaway.

From now until November 24th, we will be posting various contests. To enter the contests you just need to:

Add a comment on the contests you want to enter. PLEASE note: You need to enter each contest individually so we know who wants to be entered in what contest. So make sure you click over to each contest and leave your comment there.
Either link back to this post and include a Christmas Giveaway button in that post or on your sidebar (to get the code click on read more at the bottom of this post,) or link to the individual contests you choose to enter. (If you post and include the button, either in your post or on your sidebar, and link back here, you are good for all the contests. No more linking required.)
As always, non bloggers are welcome to participate! We know you can’t link - but feel free to spread the word to your friends.
Some contests may be open to Canadians. Please check individual contests.
Remember to keep checking back for the latest contests – you don’t want to miss any! We will be posting several contests and updating this post with the links.

5 MIUTES FOR MOM XMAS GIVEAWAY! CLICK HERE

AND DO NOT FORGET THEIR OTHER CONTEST!!!
A Retro Giveaway — Pedal Car or Record Player — Take Your Pick

So you can take your pick… choose a pedal car, a record player, a Coke cooler, or take a gift certificate for $179 and use it towards anything in the store.

If you want to win this retro prize, simply follow these two steps at 5 minutest for mom:

Publish a post on your own blog linking back to this giveaway post and also linking to our store Pedal Cars and Retro Collectibles. We really do appreciate the links to both this post and to our store… you can also link to any of the individual prize product pages if you like for example the Pink Princess Pedal Car.
Leave a comment on this post.
We are sorry to say we must limit shipping to US addresses. So Canadians, if you live close enough to the border to pick your prize or purchase up on the US side, then you can still enter. It’s incredibly simple to set this up. We help Canadians do it every day.

We’ll draw the winner on Friday, November 30th.

Good luck and remember to have fun and celebrate the past

click here to win one of these!
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BlogsWeLuv is the product of a late night brainstorming session by two bloggers with entirely too much time on their hands. We had just committed to participation in Blogathon 2007 and needed a central blogging site as well as a theme for our content. After tossing around lots of crazy ideas, we decided that we should blog about the one thing we know better than anything else – blogs! We read them. We write them. We live and breathe them. And now we are blogging about them! We will use this site to review unique and interesting blogs that we’ve discovered on our many trips around the blogosphere.
. Leave a comment on this post to let us know that you’ve spread the word. A winner will be chosen through random.org at midnight on November 30th. A review of the winning blog will be posted during the first week of December.

BLOGS WE LUV ENTER HERE
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suzanne mcminn-author-click here

Each month, the Book-of-the-Month will be awarded to one lucky recipient.
To sign up, email Suzanne with your name and snail mail address.
One winner per month. One entry per person per month.
October winner: Dorie from Nevada!

And watch Suzanne’s blog for Free Book Friday giveaways only in the blog!

The Book-of-the-Month rotation is as follows:
January: NEVER SAY GOODBYE
February: THIRD SIGHT
March: TROPICAL HEAT
April: THE BRIDE, THE TRUCKER AND THE GREAT ESCAPE
May: COLE DEMPSEY’S BACK IN TOWN
June: THE BEAST WITHIN
July: OPERATION: BABY
August: UNDENIABLE
September: MAKE ROOM FOR MOMMY
October: HER MAN TO REMEMBER
November: THE HONEYMOON MAN
December: MARRYING MARIAH

Good luck, and thanks for reading

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Not a contest but head over to Craft Zine! they have some really neat and easy ideas for those handmade gift items! from babies to holidays!
CRAFTZINE-CLICK HERE FOR ALL THE NEAT IDEAS!

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We here at etnies are big Band of Horses fans, and to celebrate the new release of Cease to Begin, Band of Horses is the etnies Artist of the Month for November and we're giving away a Band of Horses prize pack featuring a free pair of etnies shoes, a Band of Horses T-shirt and a copy of their new CD Cease to Begin. Fill out the form to enter and good luck!

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P.E.T.A. contest-win some vegan goodies!

"Raised on a small animal sanctuary, I became an animal activist and vegan at a super young age. I have always had a sweet tooth, and my cravings for yummy baked goods like Twinkies and Cinnabons was out of control! Finally, I took some flour, a bit of sugar and began to bake all the things I wanted to eat!"

So if you have a sweet tooth like me, I highly recommend that you take part in our contest to win a $40 gift certificate to Vegan Honey!
Simple right? The contest ends November 27th, and the winner will be chosen by November 30th.

All you have to do for a chance to win is comment below naming your favorite vegan treat.

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Demon Night ARC — Contest
I have an ARC (plain white cover, might have a few typos, 448 pages, small type) of my upcoming release, Demon Night (February 5) to give away. There is a catch, however: because this is an advance reading copy, I want to use it in the way it’s intended to be used:

If you win, please post a review on a) Amazon, BN.com, Powell’s and/or any online bookstore of your choice, or b) write up a review on your blog, or c) if you don’t have a blog, I can arrange for you to have it posted either here (even if you hate it) or at another blog in the romance circuit.

Please don’t feel obligated to post a positive review if you don’t like the book.

If you’re new to the Guardian universe, this is a good place to hop on; Demon Angel and Demon Moon finished the introductory arc, and Demon Night starts the new arc.

Here’s the back cover copy, and an excerpt is here:
So, to make this all official: In the comments of this post, tell us what the last good book you read was (and if you have an extra second, tell us a little about the book — especially if it’s a book outside the romance genre, or a book that isn’t on the bestseller list and not many people may have heard of.) I’ll keep the contest open for the rest of November, and randomly select a winner on Dec 1st.

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Life's Punches---The making of a Helper..

2007-11-07T05:58:00.000-08:00

I have been setting here this morning visiting a few friends blogs and saying hello..doing a few contests along the way.But i am mentally revisiting my past and my families all the while.
Sometimes in our lives bad things happen and for the life of us we can't figure out why.We see other's go through life and seems like gold is just spread at their feet,and nothing negative or bad seems to touch them.Through my life i have been envious of people like that at times.While others, when bad things happen, seem to be able to just shrug it off as ''crap happens''! I could never do that.Negative or positive's,cursings or blessing's would embed themselves within me and run through my mind constantly.i could never just ''forget about it''.
For almost 11 years me and my kids were in a very abusive relationship with my daughters dad.95% OF IT WAS THE MOST HORRIFIENG times of me and my son's life.My daughter didn't get the abuse me and my son did..but still it hurt her mentally.
I tried over and over to get the courage up to leave but to no evail.I did manage to leave a couple times but each time he brought me back with fear of what he'd do if i didnt.i could go on and on on this subject but at the moment i choose not to.
My son's dad died when i was 4 months pregnant with him.He never knew his dad,never saw him.This abusive person was the only dad he knew ..(he knew about his actual blood father-but this man was with us from the time he was 1&1/2.so to him this was ''dad''.
He ,like me, caught the wrath if one thing went wrong. if he played too loud,laughted too loud,forgot to pick up a toy,dropped food in floor,spilled a drink,etc,etc,etc.He went from a baby to a young man in this type of enviroment.Every pet he did get would ''dissappear''.seemed like anything that made my son or me smile he just could not tolerate.
After 11 years of this i came to the conclusion that we was killing us painfully and slow.So which was best ,this way or quickly...i chose quickly.
11 YEARS OF FEAR turned out to be unwarranted totally..he did nothing !!!!! but try to totally turn my daughter against me and my son on every visit he decided to get her on.(you must remember--laws were not so much in place then,,lots has changed in 15 years---AND FOR THE BEST TO PROTECT FAMILIES.)
The first few months after we moved out both my kids would crawl in the bed with me at night..my son, out of fear that he would show up during the night and the hell would start all over again,and my daughter from even a young age could not stand to be alone,expeciallly at night.And to this day she is still that way..She will not be alone sadly.
i use to look at them at night as they sleep and wonder what their dreams were,,how they would turn out as adults.statistics were starting to show then that children from this type of life tended to fall back into it as adults.the abused beCAme the abusers and so forth..i feared all this in my heart AND SOOOO much more.But God had plans.Plans at that time i was clueless about.
Where is this going you ask?
Thankfully statistics were wrong for my son.He grew up with a loving heart,a tenderness for giving and a burning light in his soul for helping those that he could.if for nothing more than sharing the change in his pocket.He has had some rough times in his life and even into adulthood he has. a motorcycle wreck when he was 14 that should have ended his life,a girl he eventually married at 19 because she was pregnant and convinced him it may be your's but help me anyway..you be her daddy.He did, as well as all of us, for 3 years ,then she gave the little girl to her mom(custody) and left..she wasn't his,we could no nothing but hurt.This almost destroyed him.But had we not had those three years we would never have had the oppurtunity to love this wonderful little girl.Prayers still cover her daily.And who knows,Myabe that was the purpose of those 3 painful years.Would it be worth it again? OF COURSE!!!!
other things happened but i will stop with this.he does not talk much on pain only what he can do something about..so out of that respect i'll end that..(ON a positive note,he and his lady are now expecting their first baby in may-they are thrilled..)
Life can throw us all kinds of punches and yes they hurt,,,but you know what ..just as in body building,these punches ,if allowed ,can build us in to a much stronger person than had we not experianced them.
How can you really feel for someone in pain if you have not been wounded deeply?
How can you tell anyone that it will get better if you don't believe it?
How can you give freely with your heart and all you have if you have not needed that before yourself?
How can you tell someone that time will heal if you don't carry the scars yourself?
How can you tell an addict they can overcome if you have walked their steps before?
how can you feel loss if you have not lost?????
how can you tell and abused person to just get out when you don't have a clue what is going on behind the scenes?
How can you tell someone tough love is best ,if it has not already tore your heart in half to inflict it?
How can you look at the bruises on a child or abused adult and understand how this could be allowed if you have not lived in these same houses?
How can i say abortion will hurt everyone involved if i have had felt the sting of it happen.(i don't know how mom or dad feels-but i do know what loosing a grandchild to abortion feels like)
A lot of us try and ''help''..BUT i have come to the conclusion that we are given these trials during our lives for a reason...To help others and really understand in our hearts..Not just what we can learn in a classroom,or in a book ,tv,study courses or anything else..(although these are good tools)..It must be experianced.
God allows these things to happen because he knows the people who will come into our lives later on...I have seen it happen over and over.
Anything that does not kill us strengthens us ..and even more powerfully if we depend on Jesus,Holy Spirit and our God..hE WILL TURN ALL THE PAIN INTO A USEFUL TOOL FOR YOU..i know he has for me and my son..
If you have learned these things,help others..it is true that in helping others you yourself become healed..there's just something about giving to others when we hurt that allows a scar to take place of an open gaping raw spot.When others spot your ''scar'' they know you truely understand..it is not just words...IT IS WORDS YOU HAVE LIVED BY...
i pray that each of you who have been hurt,become the caregiver,become the voice for those who are not where you are..and that you allow nothing in this world to shake you to the point that regrowth can not occur.

I PRAY BLESSINGS AND STRENGTH THROUGH JESUS TO ALL OF YOU...

BETTY

Oh my name him Joshua! ""As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good in order to bring about this present result..." Genesis 50:20

CHILD ABUSE!!!! THIS DOES NOT HAVE TO HAPPEN PEOPLE.

2007-11-04T19:20:00.001-08:00

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We have a responsibility to our children, they cannot speak for themselves. If you suspect child abuse or neglect----please please report it--over and over again until something is done.
Don't let this happen to an innocent child

And This...

I'm sorry Mommy and Daddy. Why do you hate me?

I'm sorry Mommy and Daddy. I didn't mean to scratch the car.

I'm sorry Mommy and Daddy, now will you please stop yelling at me.

I'm sorry mommy and daddy. I'm just a little kid.

I'm sorry Mommy and Daddy. I didn't mean to lose the car keys. Can i please eat?

ONE CHILD EVERYDAY DIES FROM CHILD ABUSE AND IT NEEDS TO STOP.

PLEASE HELP STOP IT.
DO WHAT YOU CAN TO SAVE OUR CHILDREN

THIS IS SOOO WRONG I WISH IT WOULD STOP!!<

FALL CONTEST YOU REALLY NEED TO CHECK OUT!

2007-10-26T20:37:00.000-07:00

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************* HAPPY NOVEMBER !******************************
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A COMPANY OR SITE THAT HAS A TOY,PRODUCT,BOOK,CD,OR WANT TO SPONSOR A CONTEST HERE OR ON MY MYSPACE BLOG??? I ALSO ENJOY REVIEWING NEW PRODUCTS AND BOOKS,MOVIES ETC,. AS WELL..

LINK TO MYSPACE BLOG--
CONTACT ME HERE!!!

NANNABEE'S THOUGHTS
IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE LINK,JUST EMAIL ME @ roodbetty@yahoo.com
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HELLO ALL AND HAPPY NOVEMBER !
just a quick update before i begin contest tonight...A lot has been going on this week in the world as well as in my family.I ask you all for prayers for us if you don't mind..We can surely use them..For any of you whom have read my prior blogs or over from myspace,my daughter has come back,but she still is not in rehab.We have tried but she is so defiant,that is still her way or nothing!I also know that some of the anger is from coming off the drugs,,meth...any of you whom has had this in your lives or loved one's know what i am talking about.And to those who don't ,thank god each day that you have not had to deal with this insanity! you can not imagine until you are in it,what goes on inside their minds and how it WILL effect your entire families lives.meth does not mind whose life it takes ,men,women,kids,rich,poor..will take as many and as quick as it possibly canso be aware of the potential at all times..and if you ever suspect your loved one on meth,,SEEK HELP IMMEDIATLY..and what ever you do..DO NOT BELIEVE THE LIES OR FEEL SORRY FOR THEM..IT IS THE DRUG SPEAKING,SAVE THEM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
...As much as i'd like to say it is on an uphill swing,at this point i still can not..i can only say that i do hear from her every few days now..she has visited with our 2 year old grandson ,but still has not been allowed to be around the 5 year old..he has had such a hard time these past 8 months ,not understanding how mommie could just leave,that we have not decided a of yet that it would be good for him to see her like this...she wants to see him so things will change for the better soon i pray.don't think we are being too hard ,we just have to put his best interest first right now...i have also found out that she is pregnant again ...so that has lot's of worries on my mind as well...
My son darrell and his fiancee,julie, are expecting! this is his dream come true...to have a family..he is 27. she will be relocating here to alabama in the next 3 weeks .she is from arizona..julie is one of the kindest hearted ladies i have ever met..i am proud to have her as daughter in law..she works with children and wants to make that her career.
The boys are doing good,,billy loves school,he is in kindergarten.we will be taking them trick or treating tomotrrow night and also to a church festival next wed.
We are still having problems with our rebellious teenager as well..he is 15.maybe that will chill soon..we keep him on a very tight lease right now ..have too until you can trust him,too many dangers out there now...
i also found out that one and only nephew and his girlfriend may be pregnant..they are sooo young and he has not finished school..he is a very responsible young man and she seems to be as well..but teens with babies....VERY HARD! a very long road ahead for them.He has not told his mom yet ,wants to make certain first.
and oh my gosh ...all the tough things going on around the world now....I feel so bad for all the people who lost homes and property to the fires in california..and to all the animals that suffered as well..just horrible..but maybe now the fires are mostly under control..everything in iran and iraq..and israel..just too many too mention..and then as well as all the presidential hopefuls ..it is almost confusing trying to figure out who stands for what anymore.
i hope all of you had a happy,safe and fun halloween and a great weekend!!!!on to contest!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Add A Hero to Our Veterans Day Wall of Honor!

Show a veteran or active duty service member how much you care.

CLICK & ADD VETERAN NAME HERE!

****************************Crunchy Domestic Goddess CONTEST!**************
this is soooooo cute!!!
Win it!
Win a Bitty Braille t-shirt of your choice, excluding upcoming holiday tees. To be eligible for this giveaway, please sign Mr. Linky, then share the love and link to this post AND Bitty Braille on your blog (non-bloggers are eligible too, but be sure to tell a friend or two), and finally leave me a comment stating which Bitty Braille shirt you like best. You must do all three steps to be eligible. The deadline to enter is Monday, Nov. 5. The winner will be chosen randomly with Random.org number generator and announced on Tuesday, Nov. 6.

CLICK TO READ MORE AND ENTER!

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Click here to enter!

**********CONTEST*********5 MINUTES FOR MOM CONTEST'S!!!!!!!!!!*******************

5 MINUTES FOR MOM!! CHECK FOR CONTEST

http://www.5minutesformom.com/2529/personalized/trackback/

CONTEST*******************Laura Williams' Musings CONTEST !!!******************

iF YOU HAVEN'T STOPPED BY LAURA'S ,do so now..a really cool site and the lady has some great contest going on as well..
LAURA'S CONTEST FOR SKIN MD-CLICK HERE
also several great books up for grabs! READ MORE AND ENTER FOR My Life Unscripted

DO YOU BELIEVE IN GHOST??? HEAD OVER AND COMMENT AND LET HER KNOW..YOU MAY WIN 1 OF 2 BOOKS ''WHEN GHOST SPEAK"!CONTEST ENDS TOMORROW NOV. 5TH
CLICK HERE TO ENTER

MAKE SURE TO CHECK OUT ALL HER OTHER CONTEST AS WELL...BOOKMARK HER SITE BECAUSE SHE IS CONSTANTLY UPDATING! ONE OF MY FAVORITE BLOGS..

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Win a $100 gift card from Ghillie Suit Clothing
Ghillie Suit Clothing is running a new contest that is open to bloggers. This is part of our 2007 Christmas campaign and one blogger will get $100 to spend at their favorite store just in time for Christmas Shopping.

The Prize

The winner of this contest will receive a $100 gift card to any of the following retail stores below:

Best Buy
Amazon.com
Borders
Home Depot
Target
If the winner would like a Ghillie Suit instead, we can accommodate that also.((this would be my choice!!! ;)
CLICK ON THE LINK ABOVE TO ENTER!!!This contest will run until November 15th and the winner will be chosen at random on November 16th.
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i was just over @ Hope Tree Studio ! if you have not been by there,check it out..and no better time than now..they are running a contest for a beautiful silver crown charm..just leave a comment and your entered!

click to read more @HOPE TREE STUDIO
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****************CHIC AND UNTROUBLED GIVEAWAY BELOW!!!!************************

Do you really need a reason to fall in love with anything that Victoria’s Secret makes?

No, didn’t think so!
This month we’re giving away a one hundred dollar gift certificate to Victoria’s Secret. The contest will run from November 1 to November 31, 2007 at 11:59est. The rules are still the same:

*Must be a US resident.
*Subscribe to ChicandUntroubled
*Leave one comment. If you leave more than one comment, you’ll be automatically disqualified.
NOW TELL ME...HOW EASY CAN IT BE? GO OVER AND GET IN ON THE CHANCE AT THIS PRIZE FROM VICTORIA'S SECRET!!!!

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**************CONTEST !!!!**********MAMA LOVES GIVEAWAYS CONTEST!!!!****************
Deadline: November 5th.
mama loves giveaways!==CLICK HERE TO READ MORE
Are you ready to win all of these girly-girl goodies for a precious baby girl in your life?

Well, you must be a subscriber of our Pinks & Blues Lucky Loop email list.

This means that if you are already a subscriber, you are already entered to win.

However, between today and November 5, 2007, each time you refer another subscriber to us, you will be entered again and again - no limit!
GET OVER THERE AND SIGN UP!

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Win a Take-Along Tether, courtesy of Parent Pardners, from Pinks & Blues - and never lose your child’s bottle, sippy cup, pacifier or favorite toy again!!

win a take along teether at mama loves giveaways,,click here
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Pinks & Blues Baby Girly-Girl Giveaway!click here

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THE NATURAL MOMMY SITE AND CONTEST!
Wanna win something really special? check this out!If you don’t like food, you can just leave this site right now. This giveaway is not for you.

To those of you who are left: Do you like BANANA BREAD?

Do you like CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES?

Do you like PANCAKES?

Do you like eating healthy (or maybe just healthIER)?

And now… (drumroll), do you like eating GOOD, HEALTHY (or healthIER) food, THAT SOMEONE ELSE HAS PREPARED FOR YOU?

Now go back a half-step. Because I’m not actually baking these things for you. But I WILL put together the mixes! All you have to do is provide the perishables, stir in the dry mix, and plop in a loaf pan, cookie sheet, or griddle.

And these are not any dry mixes. They follow the Natural Household Standard of substituting half the white flour for whole wheat four (That’s as far as my husband will allow me to go… for now. Someday we’ll get up to 100% whole wheat flour… someday).
HUNGRY YET?????????? THEN ENTER HERE... THE NATURAL MOMMY SITE AND CONTEST!

**************AN ISLAND LIFE CONTEST!***************************************

AN ISLAND LIFE -CLICK HERE TO ENTER
CHECK HERE REGULARLY FOR THE BLOGS AND CONTEST!
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THIS IS A GREAT PLACE HERE TO ADD YOUR CHILDREN FOR PRAYER,,YOUR FAMILY AS WELL !! ALSO GO BY AND PRAY FOR OTHERS...

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HAPPY SUNDAY AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU EACH AND EVERY ONE!!!!!
BETTY

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contest!!!!! contest!!!!!!!!!!!! contest roll!!!!

2007-10-17T08:36:00.000-07:00

THIS IS GOING ON OVER AT OHAMANDA.COM!!! READ BELOW TAKEN FROM SITE!
CLICK ON BUTTON TO ENTER,,,,

want to wish you a Merry Christmas! What? It’s not Christmas yet? Nay, not even December? Well, why didn’t someone inform every retail establishment in the country? I have to admit the Christmas trees and snowmen decorations are making me ready for Christmas!

And to celebrate I’m having a Bloggy Christmas! I want to give you, my unbelievable readers (still can’t believe I have those!) some Christmas gifts! For the next few weeks, I’ll be giving away some of my favorite Christmas stuff–books, gifts and well, stuff! All you have to do is come back here every week to check out what’s going on at my Christmas party. One week you’ll be able to just leave a comment and win. The next week, we might have a Mr. Linky up to post a Christmas memory. I’ve got a few fun things planned and I hope you’ll get involved and play along!

I’ve never done a big bloggy shindig (couldn’t think of another “b” word!). I don’t pretend that I’m going to have 50million people show up. I just want to share my Christmas with you. I’m amazed at how much I’ve gained from my blog in these past few months–a new hobby, a creative outlet, a few free books and most of all a huge circle of friends! I hope as I host this Bloggy Christmas you’ll see and hear the real Spirit of Christmas, have a little fun and make some friends along the way!

Each week, I’ll update this page with a link to my giveaway/post/fun thingamajig. (If you’d subscribe to my RSS feed via your bloglines or other feed reader, you’ll know right away when I post a new giveaway! hint hint.)

Week One: (check back on Monday, the 5th!)

******************don't miss this at 5 MINUTES FOR MOM!!! RETRO CAR!+++++
You can choose one of these cool jalopy cars — The Pink Princess Pedal Car, The Harry Car or The Harriett Car. Or take the equivalent value of $179 as a gift certificate towards any item in our store.

And if you don’t have any preschoolers, don’t worry… you can still celebrate the 1950’s with us.

Instead of a pedal car, you could choose the popular Suitcase-Style Portable Record Player was introduced in the late 1950’s.

The Crosley CR89 Traveler Stack-O-Matic takes you back in time as you listen to a stack of old records.

Or you could choose a Coke Classic Picnic Cooler or take a gift certificate and put it towards one of our most popular retro items — A 1930’s style Coke Machine.

These coke machines are an exact replica of the famous Westinghouse Junior Coke Machine of the 1930’s and 1940’s. Our customers love these refrigerated coke machines… they are perfect for keeping cold drinks handy in the TV room or on the patio.

So you can take your pick… choose a pedal car, a record player, a Coke cooler, or take a gift certificate for $179 and use it towards anything in the store.

you want to win this retro prize, simply follow these two steps:

Publish a post on your own blog linking back to this giveaway post and also linking to our store Pedal Cars and Retro Collectibles. We really do appreciate the links to both this post and to our store… you can also link to any of the individual prize product pages if you like for example the Pink Princess Pedal Car.
Leave a comment on this post.
If you don’t have a blog, we understand you can’t link back, but then please spread the word amongst your friends.

We are sorry to say we must limit shipping to US addresses. So Canadians, if you live close enough to the border to pick your prize or purchase up on the US side, then you can still enter. It’s incredibly simple to set this up. We help Canadians do it every day.

We’ll draw the winner on Friday, November 30th.CLICK BELOW!

WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?CLICK HERE!
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Angela at MOMMY BYTES is giving away six hp photo books!

HP Photo Books are a fun, easy way to create customized, professional quality photo books at home with an inkjet printer. They come in two sizes, 5"x7" and 8.5"x11", in multiple colors. They are professional looking two-toned linen books which come with 12 sheets of HP Photo Paper and software. You just bend the binding back to replace or rearrange pages and add mementos as you like.It is great for scrapbookers or photo enthusiasts..Mommy BYtes is giving 6 away!!!
three in each size.!
I myself would like to win this!i want to do a grandkids book,,1 for each.. and also most know i am expecting 2 more grandbabies in may ,just a few days apart! would be sweet i think to take pics of the growing mom tummies and the birth's and give to each mom!

To enter, here are the rules:

CLICK HERE TO ENTER MOMMY BYTES

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CONTEST AT COOL ZEBRA'S~Each week in November I'll be giving away at least one book. The books will be listed on Monday of the week and I'll take "entries" until Sunday, noon, central time.

All you have to do is post my "Celebrate at the Zebras" button on your blog sidebar for whatever week you want to enter, or write a post telling your readers about the contest. Then, come back here and leave me a comment saying you want to enter...and tell me which (or both) book you want to win.

U.S. or Canadian shipping addresses only please.
CLICK BUTTON ABOVE TO ENTER!
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Mamanista's

Cool Contest over at Mamanista's you need to check out!Rockin' Baby is originally known for their ring slings and we have the gorgeous "Suffragette City" ($102 value) to give away to one lucky reader. This sling has a sweetly chic sage and pink butterfly pattern on one side and a hot pink fabric with silver trim on the reverse. The fabric is a delicious, breathable, 100% cotton and the ring slings are held to a high standard of safety--each ring must pass an impact test and a 250 pound pull test before being considered ready to ship.
Contest ends: November 13, 2007 at 11:59 PM EST

((((((((WHILE YOUR THERE,CHECK OUT THEIR OTHER CONTEST! LINKS ON THE RIGHT OF PAGE..GOOD LUCK!)))))))))))))))

Contest is open to: US (including military addresses) and Canada

Want this to be yours?
Here's How To Win It!
i really love the strawberry fields and the cradle of love sling!
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Want to Win a Rocketfish Wireless Multimedia Bluetooth Keyboard and Laser Mouse Combo from Best Buy?Best Buy wants one lucky reader to win the Rocketfish Wireless Multimedia Bluetooth Keyboard and Laser Mouse Combo ($99.99 value) for FREE!

First, let me say that this contest is open to all! No restrictions on shipping.

To enter you must complete both steps:
BEGIN HERE-GO TO MAMANISTA'S
CHECK OUT THE KEYBOARD AND MOUSE @ BESTBUY

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make sure you look over at Pink and blue girls,mama loves giveaways! .They have several contest going on right now! Win a nursing bra,Dogster tshirt,g.c.,Beautiful diaper bag and MORE!
so get over there!!! Enter a Contest!

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Contest

2007-10-16T20:35:00.000-07:00

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ONE MOM'S WORLD
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One Moms World is having their first contest over at one moms world contest .
The first DVD Back in Shape with Baby - is the neatest concept and says she wishes she would have known about this when her girls were babies. she viewed the DVD and was just amazed. It really is powered to help you exercise and keep the baby happy all at the same time. Now we moms all know that is one great concept! This DVD is geared for moms with babies age 6 weeks to 6 months.

The second DVD is Energize and Exercise with your Preschooler.
the winner will receive 1 dvd of her choice compliments of Exercise with Mommy and a $20.00 gift card to Target to buy her a new exercise outfit compliments of One Moms World.
She will draw one random winner on October 22nd. Good luck to all entries .So head on over and say hi and enter the contest!

Exercise With Mommy

One Moms World

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OCTOBER WRITE AWAY CONTEST !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Here is a really cool contest going on over at Mother Hood In Alaska's
The theme for the month will be "Things That Scare Me." This could be anything from the mold in your bathroom to the worries you may have as a parent, but share with us what scares and frightens you, what keeps you up at night.
Write a post or find one in your archives about things that scare you and email your post's permalink to me at: scribbit at gmail.com any time through Wednesday October 17th. If you fail to meet the October 17th deadline I will still happily publish the link to your post and include it in the list of entries but it will not be judged. I reserve the right to reject submissions if they fail to meet the topic or if they contain objectionable content.

2. Publish a link to the contest page here at Scribbit in either your entry post or in a separate post.

3. Check back here on Friday October 19th when I will post a complete list of the entries along with the Write-Away Winner and any honorable mentions our judge sees fit to award.

Our guest judge this month is Shalee from Shalee's Diner who, far from being a terrifying person is an absolute sweetie, and will judge the entries based on the quality of writing, the applicability to the topic and the overall ability to engage (or scare) the reader.

The prize you're writing for is a collection of brand new mystery, crime and thriller novels. Last week I attend Bouchercon 2007, the world's biggest mystery writers convention where writers, editors and fans gathered to talk about the genre and learn from the masters. Diana Gabaldon, Robert S. Levinson, James Sallis, Otto Penzler, the big names were all there and they gave out a lot of cool stuff. I have fourteen new mystery stories as this month's prize (let's hope you like to be thrilled!) including:

CLICK HERE TO READ MORE AND ENTER

***HERE IS MY ENTRY!!!!! A WORLD WITHOUT LOVE

What scares me the most is the realization of all the danger's in the world now and all the abuse.Every time you turn on the tv or the radio,you hear of someone who has killed another,stolen a child ,abuse in all forms and our rights being taken away more and more to protect our homes and families.We are taking God out of everything and wonder why our nation seems to be falling apart.
I grew up in a home in rural alabama(where i still live).Sometime's the door was locked at night,sometimes not.We sat at the table and said grace before each meal,taught please & thank you , yes sir ,no sir,mam etc.We learned at a very young age to work and do your best at all you do.You worked for what you wanted,not steal it.
I look around now and i see young people shooting other children ,16 year old's going to jail for stealing.Little babies being abused and murdered by the very hands that should be tucking them in at night and wiping away the tears they cry.
We abort millions of unborn children yearly and we don't even want to acknowledge they are even alive under the name of choice.Thousand's of children are stolen yearly,and a high percentage are brutally killed after their captor's are through ''having their fun''.Drugs and alcohol are destroying families and killing mom's and dad's.A broken family is the norm now.
This scares me badly when i look in the eyes of my grandkid's and see into a small part of their future lives.What will it be like in 20 years,30 years..
I can't say that much anything scares me ,like animals,and things that go thump in the night..I love halloween and the fright of the ''boogers'' and the kids.
But what i fear only grows stronger each and every day.A world without LOVE.

BETTY

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love letters to a child

2007-10-11T19:54:00.000-07:00

Our Seven Qtpies has a great contest going on right now...
Do you long to connect deeply with your children? To have a positive impact on their lives? To celebrate successes and discoveries as well as ordinary moments spent together? If this is what you want, but the distractions of daily life get in the way, then this book is for you.

Writing a love letter or making an entry in a journal for your child takes only 10 minutes and is an effective way to
Affirm your child’s uniqueness as a creation of God
Bond with your child
Celebrate and encourage character growth
Document milestones in your child’s spiritual journey
Establish a family legacy

This book provides examples and ideas to get you started. Years from now you’ll be glad you did.

You can find the book at Amazon or with the publisher Winepressbooks. I know you are going to love this book, my friend Nikki is using it now and has a review up on her blog.

The give-away ends October 14, and the winner will be announced on October 15th.To win an autographed copy of Tracey's book:

Click Here To Enter

2007-10-11T19:31:00.000-07:00

Hello all...
Hope your night is going well and hope you find a little time this weekend for yourself.If you are like me,those moments are few and far between,,lol,,
My grandson's other nanna has them for tonight and tomorrow,so computer time tonight and cleaning tomorrow.A "little me time".I found a few contest tonight that are really nice and wanted to share..Hope you enjoy and good luck to all entrants.

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Homemom3 is giving out a brand new, still in the packaging Word World DVD. Read below for the review and how you can enter to win.

Review:
This is a great new program that we got to preview before the release in September 3, 2007 for PBS Kids and let me tell ya this will be one kid show we tune in to EVERYDAY.

Isabella, age 3, was so excited when I popped this little video in and she was so into the show that once each one ended I had to click the next, but when there were no more shows, I figured she’d just go back to playing with her toys, instead she asked if she could watch them again.Even now, she continues to watch Word World every single day, not just once a week....

click here to enter contest

homemom3 giveaway click here

Word World

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My Weekend

2007-10-07T20:50:00.000-07:00

well ,me and the boys spent the weekend together,kolby-2 and billy-5. billy was going back to other nanna's this afternoon,but he has next week off school and he wanted to stay some more..so i will take him to othe nanna's wed. i think..i really enjoy my time with them..that is another bad thing about ''our situation'' right now,they are separated at times and it hurts them.but we keep them together as much as possible ,so they will always be close and their bond is not broken.Bily climbs to top of his tree outside now,a big milestone for him.lol...
we have been talking about halloween the last few days and planning. kolby has his suit already,he is a puppy. i will get billy his this weekend.at school they are having dress up day week after next and he will be ''elvis''! nanna nacy is ordering the suit.and of course picture day has come and gone so we have class pics to buy.
still no direct word from my daughter,only through people saying they have seen her.
tired..off to bed for tonight...

An Island Review: Win The Junglebook DVD

2007-10-06T21:40:00.000-07:00

An Island Review: Win The Junglebook DVD: "Win The Junglebook DVD Host Blog: My Memories Deadline to Enter: October 12, 2007 Prize: The JungleBook DVD To win your copy of the newly released version of The JungleBook, "

“Miss Charge It” costume contest ,check it out

2007-10-06T11:08:00.000-07:00

Hey Mom!
Do you need a simple, but fun costume this year?

Since we moms love shopping, we thought this
“Miss Charge It” costume would be perfect!
Click on the image for larger detail.

So read on to find out how you can EASILY win!
GOOD LUCK! =)

WHEN:
Effective Friday, September 28, 2007. This contest will End on Thursday, October 18, 2007 and the winner will be announced on the Moms Love Shopping Show on October 19, 2007 and contacted via email.

http://momsloveshopping.com/win-a-miss-charge-it-halloween-costume-from-moms-love-shopping/
<<>a href="http://momsloveshopping.com/win-a-miss-charge-it-halloween-costume-from-moms-love-shopping/">lets go shopping and win a contest!<<>/a<>>

Reason why it is as it is..................

2007-10-05T14:22:00.000-07:00

hAPPY FRIDAY ALL....
setting here this afternoon ,waiting on my oldest son to pick up my 5 year old grandson to bring to me...dark clouds filtering in from the east,still related to the tropical storm that went way south of us.wasn't so many years ago yesterday that opal tore through a # 3 hurricane...
WOW! what a night that was,and for several weeks after...
as i said on an earlier post,i have custody of my 2 year old grandson and me and the other nanna split it with the 5 year old grand.(they have different dads)
the reason for this is my daughter got on meth...for almost 7 months now,she has been gone.to protect the children we went and got temp. custody...the 2 year olds dad is also hooked on prescription drugs.pain pills etc...he od'ed in feb. of this year and almost died..did he stop? no he got worse..and drinks to go along with it.at the very least we give my daughter respect for leaving the babies with us before she left..we know they are safe.the 5 year old's dad helps with him. my 2 year old ha not seen mom for 7 months ,nor dad for 4 months.....
this is a story i am hearing more and more from people..drugs and alcohol are tearing our families apart..what can be done??? what can we do???
i know what we can't do. after the age of 21 ,you can't have them put anywhere uless they are suicidal or get busted!!!! if there has been a ''spotting'' of them when they leave ,you put out a missing persons bulletin ,you may be responsible for the man power put into it! you will be billed!!!! there is no where you can take someone that is ''drugged up'' unless you have thousands of dollars upfront...i will tell you from someone who knows the hard way....if this happens to your family,mostly your hands are tied to do anything that may save them...about all you can really do is pray....
it is sad that we do not have the facilities to save our kids after they reach 21,,,it is a bad thing to lay down at night and think your daughter may be dead ,or will happen. it is sad to hear your grandbabies want to know where mom and dad are ,and all you can say is ''i don't know,but we love you.......
I PRAY YOUR FAMILY NEVER EXPERIANCES THIS PAIN......

contest going on over at KANGAROODLE.

2007-10-03T09:54:00.000-07:00

if you have never stopped by KANGAROODLE's,now is the time! they have a Coupon Code: DREAWD that you can use right now to get
15% off any product! all kinds of really cool things for the baby and mom! just a really beautiful site...also a great contest where you have a chance to win a 50.00 gift certificate...

so pour you a cup of coffee and let's go shopping 2007 style....

http://www.kangaroodle.com/

The Changing American Family

2007-10-03T06:44:00.000-07:00

just setting here this morning ,thinking on a few things..mainly how much things have changed in just 40 years...the time i can remember..

i think on morals...
i was raised to say thank you and yes mam and no sir..you said the blessing at every meal and when you laid down at night,you had your prayer talk with god...if you needed something ,you asked for it..you did not just take it..if you borrowed something,you returned it and took care of it while it was in your care..
i tried as well to raise my 2 kids that way as well..my sons dad died before he was born in 1980. i was 17. a story for another time. remarried 2 years later to my daughters dad..10 years later we got a divorce,a very abusive situation, a story for another time... so the kids had half their life with a single parent..tried to be mom,dad and friend,which WAS not smart-just be which ever parent you are-be a friend when they are grown,until then -BE PARENT;
still tried to instill as much moral and unconditional love as possible...
I think on family...wasn't anything else like being at my grandparents ,taught me most of values,mom too, to trust .love , and most of all that they would be there for me no matter what as long as god allowed them...
now i am raising my grandson -age 2 and 1/2 full time and my 5 year old grandson i split time with the other nanna...i am glad they are here,i know where they are,what they need ,so i don't have to worry about things like that....
but what worries me is that i am seeing more and more of this..the problem is not that these babies /kids are being with us,the problem is they are missing out on a family structure..no mom and dad when they want to see them.it is nannas,aunts,foster, that tuck them in at night..what has happened in our culture??? seems it is more important to a growing # of young people to remain childless-but at the same time-making babies....Now don't get me wrong...these kids should be with the ones that will take best care of them...what i am asking is ,,,what in the hell has happened to the ticker inside you that just makes you fall in love when that little one looks at you and smiles??????? it is suppose to just warm your heart from the inside out.....NOT allow you to leave it....i just do not understand....

i am grateful i am allowed in this life to be as close to my 2 grandsons as i am..i am grateful for the friendship of my grandsons other nanna. we are proud to have them...but we can't do the things other grands do...we can't ''spoil and send em home''...we have to be the disciplinarian , it is not part time ...and as we get older i can't help but think on years to come..these bodies age quickly i am afraid
well , time to go...the little one beckon's ....

Mom Blog: Who Would Have Thought Bed Bugs Would Be Fun?

2007-10-03T06:25:00.000-07:00

Mom Blog: Who Would Have Thought Bed Bugs Would Be Fun?

everyone should go over and check out the mom blog...a lot of work has went into the site and very worthy of reading...
let me know what you think....a lot of nonsence blogs online now..good to find some cool ones.

betty