Playing to WIN! / $ Give-Away! $

August 29, 2011 By 124 Comments

Yes. Here I am talking about Basketball and such already and the new season has not even begun yet! But honestly, you DO want to bear with me. Today there’s a whole new spin to the perspectives and purpose of this post. I’d love for you all to give it a read, and then join in with your thoughts & experiences, regarding your kid’s sports. In the end, you and I can both win. ; )

 

Growing up as a kid, I was never really involved in any kind of organized sports. Neither was my husband, in his childhood.  Sometimes as a kid, in my free time, I played tennis against the school wall down the street, or my brothers and I played basketball in the drive way.  It was more of the ‘Around the World’ type of basketball, rather than any real 1-on-1.… Read More

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Our "Lucky Liker's" Surprise Give-Away Gift

February 8, 2011 By 3 Comments

Last week, I decided rather spontaneously, to have a surprise Give-Away to the 100th ‘Liker’ of our Facebook Page for Our House Of Joyful Noise. The unsuspecting ‘Lucky Liker’, Tammy N.,  got a happy surprise, and I had so much fun doing it!   I’ve decided that using our Facebook Page, when announcing having such Give-Aways, and sharing other random tidbits, photos, and inside-info, is the way to go!!  SO…..if you haven’t ‘Liked’ our Facebook Page yet, you might want to do that riiiiiight now.  Or else, you’ll be missing out.   (It just means, you’ll see us in your Facebook feed, and you’ll be in the know, with things not necessarily here on the blog.  It’s fun!  Please join us.  Buttons are in the sidebar.… Read More

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Crafts at the Fair; (Come Stroll the Fair Series)

September 8, 2010 By 9 Comments

This may be the shortest blog post from me ever. I don’t think I have a whole lot to say.  But sometimes once I get going, more just comes out, so I guess we’ll see! : )

One of my favorite part of fairs, is walking around to look at the crafts.   As a creative person myself, I can just appreciate the time, skill and handiwork that I know artists invested.

This time at the fair, we had limited time for viewing crafts, and we didn’t come across much more than what was in this building anyway.  There was lots of little things, artwork by kids (I remember those days….I always had my work in the fairs), and lots of QUILTS.… Read More

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Mid-May to End of June 2010/Front Yard Transformation

June 29, 2010 By 12 Comments


There is so much to catch you up on, where our front yard transformation goes, that I’m lost in my own thoughts, in trying to figure out where I tell you what we’ve gotten done, and where I tell you about where all of this work in progress is heading.  So, if it all seems a little mixed up at time, that’s pretty much where my head is at.

But to brief you, in case you are new around here;  Our front yard was basically just a big square sandy lot, with no purpose or beauty of it’s own, for all of the years we have owned our home.  We have had a side yard that we have utilized well, but the front yard, beside the (dead end) street we live on, was never safe enough for our then very young kids, nor private enough to relax in.… Read More

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Live, Love, Laugh & Win

April 12, 2010 By 14 Comments

Hand written notes and letters, have virtually become a thing of the past, with the speed and convenience of technology communications today.  I admit, I am all about using the computer, especially, for communication.  I do love it.  The phone, not so much.   But there are some folks in my life, who are not going to e-mail with me, anytime soon in their lifetime. Meaning, never!

For example, one of those people, is my beloved Godmother.  First of all, I am blessed beyond all reason, to be able to call her my Godmother.  Although she has Godchildren that number in the double digits, (which is a testimony to the kind of beautiful, loving person she is), she has always made me feel like her only one.… Read More

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Winner of the Give Away

February 23, 2010 By

The winner of the vintage set Give Away is……..

Commenter #4 was Wendy!!

Congratulations Wendy!  Please contact us, via the ‘E-Mail Us’ tag in the sidebar, to claim your prize and give us your shipping address, so that we can send along your vintage set to you.  We hope you enjoy it!

Thanks to ALL of you, for participating, and sharing with us your lists of favorite things.  We really enjoyed reading each and every one!  We laughed, we said “Awww….how sweet!”, …..we said “Oh, me too!  I should have thought of that one!”.  But most of all, we loved getting to know you all a little bit better.… Read More

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Love Is……

February 16, 2010 By 10 Comments

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Love Is…..A Give-Away!!

To give a little LOVE back to you all, we thought it was high time for some give-aways!  Anyone up for that?

First up, we’d love to give-away this faux-vintage decoupaged metal set, of a watering can, and a little container.

It could be a lovely touch, for your home decor.

It’s not much, but the set is rather sweet!  Shabby-chic-ish!

One detail I really love, is the message on the side of the container:

(Family) Where the seeds of character are planted.(Home)

Isn’t that the truth.

The container can be used for an indoor plant, a starter plant, a pen and pencil cup, or any little junk!… Read More

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A Give Away for YOUR Homestead

August 9, 2009 By 12 Comments

Just because we love our blog visitors, because Life is Good, because God is blessing us left and right, and because we know you love them……here’s another Give-Away!

The goods?  This beautiful cedar birdhouse……

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This birdhouse measures 13 1/4″ wide x 11″ high x 8 1/2 ” deep, and has a 5 lb. seed capacity.

Some starter seed is included.

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Also included is 2 (peanut free) suet cakes!

Entering to win this birdhouse with feed is easy!

We’d love for you to tell us:   What is the animal you were most surprised to discover around your bird feeders, eating the seed on the ground?… Read More

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Winner of Our 1st Give-Away Received…

April 20, 2009 By 4 Comments

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For those of you who have been itching to know what the winner of Our First Give-Away received, this is the post you’ve been waiting for!  For those of you who are new to our blog, and have no clue what we’re talking about here, these links may help:

Announcement for our blog’s First Give-Away!

Winner Announcement

Now that we’re all on the same page, here we go…….

The first thing the winner received, was the box itself, that we put all of our hand-made gifts in! I’m telling you, I just loved this box.  We did not make it, we bought it.  It was just the perfect size, sturdy, and simply lovely.… Read More

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And Our First Give-Away Winner Is!…..

April 1, 2009 By 7 Comments

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Well this was just SO much fun for us….

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There was quite a few comments in that bowl you know!

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Really, it was like…..1/2 full!!

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Look for yourself!

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And it’s a pretty wide bowl too!

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Not to mention deep.

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But you know…

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….it was the only attractive bowl we had, that we could dress up and all.

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I’m going to miss this commenter bowl on my desk.

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Hey!  Maybe we should do this again sometime!!… Read More

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