Mattress Cover Give-a-Way

At 5 Minutes for Mom they are giving away a mattress cover for every member of the family that wins.  I hope it’s me!

We all have mattress covers, but some of them are in terrible shape.  The 2 twin bed’s have plastic covers over them since my two oldest were potty training.  However, my daughter’s plastic cover makes noise every time she moves.  I think it would be wonderful to win Protect-a-Bed’s mattress covers. 

In 1980, makers of Protect-A-Bed set out to make a mattress protector that was waterproof, healthy and allowed for a comfortable night’s sleep. A greater awareness of other health aspects made it even more important to protect mattresses and pillows against dust mites, a major cause of asthma, allergies and eczema. After much expense, trial and error and research and development, the Protect-A-Bed premium bedding protectors were successfully created and are now available throughout the world.

Protect-A-Bed Product Details:

  • Made of 100% natural terry cotton surface, it stays cool in the summer and warm in the winter, providing a soft, quiet and comfortable sleep.
  • Proprietary Miracle Membrane®, a new age breathable barrier fabric, is waterproof and protects your mattress from all liquids, even sweat and urine.
  • Hypoallergenic, to permit a healthy and anti-allergy sleep zone.
  • Prevents dust mites and bacteria from breeding in a mattress, which can cause asthma, eczema and rhinitis.
  • Can be machine-washed and tumble-dried over 200 times without losing its effectiveness.
    Trusted product that is recognized as a Class 1 Medical Device by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Sound good to you?  If you want to enter just go to 5 Minutes for Mom.  You don’t have to have a blog to enter.

First Book Winner

img_5948.jpgThe Winner of the book titled Texas by Debra White Smith is Arlene at Ever Joyful.  Congrats to you!  I sent an e-mail to the address that you left with your comment.

Thanks to all of you that entered!  The contest for To Catch a Thief and Christmas Dreams is still open.  Just go to the original post here and leave a comment.

Around the Blogosphere

~ ~ ~ Crystal at Biblical Womanhood has been given 10 copies of the book Passionate Housewives Desperate for God by Jennie Chancey and Stacy McDonald.  Click here to read more about it and enter in the giveaway.

~ ~ ~ Here is a link to The Blog of Unnecessary Quotation Marks.  Easy to read with lots of pictures for those days you need a smile.

~ ~ ~ Wal-mart has a Free Samples page; check it out here. 

~ ~ ~ Did you know that the word blogosphere is a neologism?  [don't worry; it's not contagious...or maybe it is.]  The following is from Grammar Girls blog:

Thinking about marketing speak got me thinking about neologisms, or words that are made up or assigned a new meaning. Marketing people do this a lot, but most of us make up words every once in a while or hear a new word that we like.

Some of my favorite neologisms are blogosphere, which means all the blogs in the world, and McMansions, which refer to the cookie-cutter, super-sized houses that you see a lot in new subdivisions.

 

Fall Into Reading 2007 & My Book Giveaway

THREE BOOK GIVEAWAY

I have three books that I would like to give away.

  1. On November 21 I will give away Texas by Debra White Smith; four interwoven novels based in East Texas. [In good used condition] ~Arlene from Ever Joyful was the winner. ~

  2. On October 21 it will be To Catch a Thief by Cox, Harris, Mills, and Y’Barbo; about 4 Female Pinkerton Agents. [like new condition]

  3. On December 21 – Christmas Dreams by Germany, Hawkins, Jones, and Panagiotopoulos; four stories from Christmas present. [used condition]

Click on the titles for more info.

img_5948.jpgJust leave me a comment for your chance to win. You won’t have to re-enter each month. I will randomly choose someone on the 21st of each month, then e-mail the winner for mailing information before I ship the book free of charge to the winner.

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Callapidder Days is hosting a fall reading fest through December 21st. While I don’t need any motivation to read; I do need some motivation to “step away from the fiction.” Click on the graphic to the left to join in with us.

I thought about adding some books that I will read to the children, but that changes by the minute. We’ll go to the library and I’ll look for specific books, but the kids will pull all kinds so we will be reading lots of different things. I try to read to my children about 20 minutes a day.

So here is my list (still with some fiction):

  1. The Silent Storm by Brown and Crone (Anne Sullivan’s childhood)
  2. Desert Star by Linda Chaikin (already read the first one)
  3. Hansi The Girl Who Left the Swastika by Maria Hirschmann
  4. Ever After by Karen Kingsbury (another sequel)
  5. ‘Tis Herself by Maureen O’Hara (autobiography)
  6. Remembered by Tamera Alexander (comes after Rekindled & Revealed which I really liked)
  7. A New Day by Anita Bryant (I read her earlier autobiography so I’m curious.)
  8. Cassidy by Lori Wick (one of my favorite authors)
  9. Stars of the Twilight by Mada Scott (letters from her husband Lt. Col. C.L. Scott, an Air Force Bomber Pilot)
  10. Deadly Decore Mysteries by Ginny Aiken (Design on a Crime, Decorating Schemes, Interior Motives) Cozy mysteries
  11. Janette Oke A Heart for the Prairie by Laurel Oke Logan
  12. Fancy Pants by Cathy Marie Hake new in October
  13. The New Testament by the Lord Jesus Christ KJV 1611
  14. Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
  15. The Measure of a Lady by Deanne Gist
  16. The Martha Rules by Martha Stewart 10 essentials for achieving success as you start, build, or manage a business
  17. Freedom’s Hope by Dianna Crawford (#2 in The Reardon Brothers Series)