And the winner is!

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LaToya said...
I like PB software on FB too!

And the winner is...

Of Sarah Mae's book!!!

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Rachel said...
I need help with organization! :)
Congratulations Rachel!

Another Giveaway!! That is right!

Sarah Mae wrote a wonderful e-book entitled 31 Days To Clean~Having A Martha House The Mary Way. I purchased a copy for myself and now I want to share one with you!

About the book:

“Life-giving is about receiving from God in order to give to others.” Barbara Mouser, Five Aspects of Woman

31 Days to Clean is about loving others well.

It’s about the “why” and the vision and the heart for taking care of our domains (Mary) with some spring cleaning thrown in (Martha).

The heart of our homes is not in the ability to keep it perfect at all costs; the heart of a home is love. We live in a thing, a non-eternal structure that needs to be maintained. The thing is worthless without the life we bring to it and through it. This book is about bringing life to the mundane in order to love well.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Day 1 – Why Clean?

Day 2 – Created to Give Life

Day 3 – 10 Ways to Give Life to Your Home

Day 4 – A Place to Put Your Feet Up

Day 5 – Priorities

Day 6 – The Six List

Day 7 – The Curse (What We’re Up Against)

Day 8 – Overcoming the Curse

Day 9 – Confronting Laziness

Day 10 – Feeling Overwhelmed

Day 11 – Limitations

Day 12 – The Thing We All Have in Common – Imperfection

Day 13 – Fighting Fatigue

Day 14 – The Secret to Having Energy

Day 15 – I’d Rather Do Anything But Clean

Day 16 – Willing Hands

Day 17 – Your Cleaning Style

Day 18 – Making Your Personality Work for You

Day 19 – Finding Joy in the Self-Disciplined Life

Day 20 – Time

Day 21 – The Importance of a Plan, by Darlene Schacht ,Time-Warp Wife

Day 22 – Developing a Workable Schedule

Day 23 – Dealing with Distractions

Day 24 – Organization, by Kimba, A Soft Place to Land

Day 25 – The High-Low Cycle

Day 26 – Laundry

Day 27 – Becoming Friends with Goodwill

Day 28 – Who Are You Trying to Please? By Sally Clarkson, I Take Joy

Day 29 – To Hire Help or Not to Hire Help?

Day 30 – Contentment in Your Season of Life

Day 31 – Balancing it All

Top 10 Ways to Keep Your House Clean, by Kimberely, Raising Olives

Keeping a Healthy Focus & Balance on Hospitality, by Sandy Coughlin, Reluctant Entertainer

A Word on Guilt

Resources

About the Author

BONUS

Lists from ListPlanIt.com included

 Here is how you can win your copy of the e-book (valued at $4.99)! Winner will be chosen by random.org and announced 4/29 sometime before I go to bed. 

1. {MANDATORY} Leave a comment and let us know what area of your home needs the most cleaning help.
2. Like Creative Disaster on Facebook.
3. Follow Creative Disaster.
4. Follow 31 Days To Clean on Facebook.
5. Follow Sarah Mae's Blog.

Giveaway! So excited!

I am super excited about this giveaway! We recently purchased Peanut Butter Software for our boys. They use our old computer and seem to always change settings or languages and we can never get them back to the way we had them! I wanted to share this product with everyone, so I emailed the company and they were gracious enough to share a copy with my readers!


About Peanut Butter PC (from the manufacturer)
Today's children have access to the center of your digital life. Just think of all the work and memories you have socked away on your computer‟s hard drive. Now picture your kids (and their friends) playing bongo on the keyboard, or summarily executing your Word files with the swoop of a mouse. It‟s not just possible… it‟s probable.
Peanut Butter PC works to protect your electronic valuables by creating a fun and friendly desktop environment. One which provides access to only the programs and websites you choose. Best of all, your kids can‟t break out of their desktop.
Peanut Butter PC works from Startup to Shutdown providing the perfect learning environment while giving you peace of mind. And when you need to take control back, just enter a special key combination, and your back in Windows (with your files just as you left them).
One of the great features of Peanut Butter PC is its built-in browser. The minimalist browser can keep your child from seeing pop-up windows, following links to other sites or just emptying the ink from your color printer.
Best of all, it blocks the right-mouse click which can cause havoc on a FLASH-based website (which make up the greatest portion of children‟s web sites).

My husband set up a profile for each of the boys. They have their own avatar guy with their name on it. Below are a couple of screenshots. 

This is the home screen, each boy also has their own with their name on it. 

How does PBPC Child-Proof a PC?

Securing a Windows PC is far more difficult than most realize… The following is an example of what Peanut Butter PC does to child-proof a Windows PC.

We Block

 DVD/CD-ROM AutoPlay

 Ctrl-Alt-Del (Opens Login/Logoff Options)

 Alt-Tab (Quick Program Selector)

 Alt-F4 (Closes Programs)

 Ctrl-Esc (Opens Start Menu)

 Windows key (Opens Start Menu)

 Context Menu key (Opens Menu)

 Windows Task Manager

 Multimedia buttons on keyboard

 Pop-ups on specified web sites.

We Hide

 Hide Notification Balloons (e.g. Windows updates, antivirus, new email notices, desktop clean-up wizard, etc.)

 Hide the Application Taskbar

 Hide the Windows Start button

 Remove the system icons from the Desktop (e.g. My Computer, Recycle Bin, etc.)

We Disable

 Disable the “Shut Down” command

 Disable the “Lock workstation” option

 Disable the “Password Change” option

 Disable the “Logoff” options

 Disable the “Switch Users” command

 Prevent right-clicking on the Desktop

 Prevent right-clicking on program icons

 Prevent right-clicking on web sites (important on children‟s sites with Macromedia FLASH)

We Regulate

 USB Drive Access

 Printing from specified web sites or children

 Access to CD-ROM/DVD drives (disabling the physical drive door button)

 Enable single-click launching of programs.

• MSRP- USD $24.95 (download) USD $29.95 (retail package) + S/H *Educational and volume Discounts available

• Licensing- One copy per computer

• System Requirements - Windows XP / VISTA, 256 MB RAM, 1.8 GHz Processor, 2 MB disk space

AND NOW {{enter drumroll}} the GIVEAWAY! 

One Download Copy of Peanut Butter Software 
valued at $24.95!

• Your first mandatory entry is... Leave a comment and tell us why your family needs PB Software or if you'd share it with someone else.

Other entries are optional but you know you want more chances to win!

• Follow my blog.
• Like Creative Disaster on Facebook.
• Like Peanut Butter Software on Facebook.
• Blog about this giveaway (leave a comment with the link).

Winner will be chosen by random.org and announced May 4th at 4PM (Central)!

Good Morning Girls Summer Book Club {{GIVEAWAY}}

If you don't know what Good Morning Girls is/are, click here!
If you want to see more about the summer bookclub, click here!
If you want to win one of three copies of the summer bookclub book, click here!
If you want to learn more about the author of the summer bookclub book, click here!

Spring Cleaning Giveaway!

Lots of great prizes up for grabs! Go visit Sarah Mae at Like A Warm Cup of Coffee for more information!

Giveaway DAY 6

I was using an expensive national brand of mineral makeup that I liked.  I hated the price though! I needed some new makeup and  started searching for something that fit my needs and our budget.  I found Southern Magnolia Minerals! I signed up for their newsletter and instantly received a great coupon code!  I purchased this kit for only $25! to get started with a little bit of everything. And I LOVE it all.  I have since ordered more of my favorite things, especially the mineral veil. I can wear it alone or over makeup and it gives a great matte look. There are always great sales and specials that change regularly.  Southern Magnolia Minerals Offers  FREE SHIPPING on  ALL U.S. retail orders!

from the website:

Our loose mineral makeup is 100% pure, all-natural bare minerals that wear light as air, yet provides a beautiful sheer cover with a shine-free dewy finish that last all day! Enhance, nourish, and protect your skin with our everyday minerals to hide your flaws, not your face! Our natural beauty product line includes everything from foundation, blush, eyeshadow and concealer to organic skincare, brushes, complete makeup kits, and wholesale resell opportunities. It's like no other makeup on earth! You can spend more money, but you can't get better makeup than  Southern Magnolia Minerals.

The winner of this giveaway will receive an 

e-Gift Certificate for $25 to be redeemed at www.SMMCosmetics.com

There are nine ways to enter! Be sure to leave a comment for each entry! 

1. Leave a comment and tell us about your current makeup situation.
2. Click Here to sign up for SMM's newsletter (get coupons and specials!)
3. Visit The Website at: www.SMMCosmetics.com 
4. Be a Friend! www.facebook.com/SMMCosmetics
5. Follow SMM on Twitter! www.twitter.com/SMMCosmetics
6. Follow this blog.
7. Follow SMM's blog. http://www.smmcosmetics.com/blog.html
8. Add my button to your blog (copy code from box in upper right hand corner)/
9. Share this giveaway on your blog!

Giveaway DAY 4

K'Ray or KK, as her close friends (me) call her, is a new Stampin' Up! Consultant. I'd like to think that I had a part in all that... Anyway, she has graciously decided to share the love with my readers by offering a $20 prize  on Day 4 of my 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway!


You can view the catalogs here or just shop online here. Don't forget to check out this month's promotions! And you can learn more about starting your own Stampin' Up! business.

This are a few of the projects that I would love to make! 

There are six ways to enter $20 to spend however you'd like at Stampin' Up! Please remember to leave a comment for each entry!

1. Leave a comment and tell us a new hobby you want to start in 2011!
2. Visit KK's Stampin' Up! website and tell us what you would love to have or link up to a project you'd love to do.
3. Follow this blog.  
4. Add my button to your blog (copy code from box in upper right hand corner). 
5. Share this giveaway on your blog!
6. Sign up to be a consultant (counts as two entries)!

Giveaway DAY 3

My long time (like forever) friend, Sara, has just started her own business called Wagtagz! She makes adorable dog tags. LOOK! Almost makes me want to get a dog. Eh, not really. Maybe I'll get some for my boys!

The winner will win a custom Wagtagz dog tag!  

There are FIVE ways to enter this giveaway! Make sure and leave a comment for each entry!

1. Leave a comment and tell us about your furry family member(s).
2. Like Wagtagz on Facebook!
3. Follow this blog. 
4. Add my button to your blog (copy code from box in upper right hand corner). 
5. Share this giveaway on your blog!

Giveaway DAY 2

I have known Chrystal from Ziggy Stitch since high school and I was excited to see her store and her love of sewing. She has some really great stuff on her site AND she is offering this adorable cell phone pouch to one of my wonderful readers! 

Green Filigree Cell Phone Clutch

Padded Cell phone Clutch with detachable lanyard

Perfect little clutch for when you just need your phone and ID or detach the lanyard and toss in your purse

Fits most phones including the I phone and HD2

Fabric is soft multi green filigree with a solid green lining

Approximate measurements for the clutch:

Cell Phone Pouch-- 4in or 10.2cm wide by 6in or 15.2cm high

Change Pocket-- 4in or 10.2cm wide by 4in or 10.2cm high

Machine wash cold with like colors, line dry

Item Value is $15.00 or $20 monogrammed with name or initials. Chrystal recommends monogramming in a bright or dark green to coordinate well with fabric.

Fonts available are: 

1. Arial Large
2. Block Large
3. Courier
4. Script
5. Times Large
6. Australian Sunrise
7. Boopee
8. Curlz
9. Calisto MT
10. Edwardian Script ITC
11. Harrington

A little about Chrystal:  
When I’m not at work or busy being a wife and mom, you can normally find me hiding in my office sewing something for my shop www.ZiggyStitch.com.  I draw most of my inspiration from my family. So a lot of what you will find in my shop came from something that was originally designed for them.  I enjoy making things that are functional with a little personalized flair. Who doesn’t love getting something with their name on it, or something that was made just for them!?  My least favorite thing about having a shop is taking pictures and listing items. One of the most exciting things that have come about from my craftiness was being asked to have one of my patterns featured in a book.  

There are five ways to win! Make sure you leave a comment for each entry!

1. Leave a comment and tell us what your favorite phone app is.
2. Follow the Ziggy Stitch blog http://ziggystitch.com/News/
3. Visit Ziggy Stitch and tell us what you love! http://ziggystitch.com/
4. Follow this blog. 
5. Add my button to your blog (copy code from box in upper right hand corner). Share this giveaway on your blog!

Giveaway DAY 1

Jennifer at Scraps of Life is going to share a really fun, personalized Character Cocktail! She creates them with a picture and a little information 

especially for you! 

You might be asking what the hay is a character cocktail?? 

Read on, my friend! 

A Character Cocktail is an illustrated custom cocktail recipe, 8x10 and suitable for framing, based 100% on the recipient's personality. There's a brief questionnaire that the recipient fills out, Jennifer will then design a cocktail and (with the help of a supplied photograph) illustrate the recipe with a little cartoon of the person as well. 

You can find out more about ordering here. What a great gift idea! 

Here are a few samples for you...

Aren't those super fun? I love that they are personalized so much, not just a name or a photo. 

This winner of this giveaway will receive their very own Character Cocktail!  

(note: Jennifer can do non-alcoholic cocktails, for those who are underage or who choose not to drink alcohol) 

There are SIX ways to enter this giveaway! 

Make sure and leave a comment for each entry!

1. Leave a comment and tell us if you keep this great prize for yourself or give it to someone else.
2. Like Character Cocktail on Facebook. http://www.facebook.com/CharacterCocktail 
3. Follow Jennifer's blog http://www.scrapsoflife.com/blog
4. Follow this blog.
5. Add my button to your blog (copy code from box in upper right hand corner).
6. Share this giveaway on your blog!

12 Days of Christmas

I really would like to do a Twelve Days of Christmas series of giveaways this year. If you make crafty things or sell something cool and are interested in doing a giveaway, please contact me! I would love for you to be a part of the fun!

SCENTSY Winner!!

According to Random.org comment #4 is our winner!

 Show Me Mama said...

I follow your blog

Don't forget to check out her blog!

Thanks everyone for entering to win!