November 2007

I almost want this…

by oh amanda on November 30, 2007

in christmas,funny

wrapping paper. Seriously, is that freaky?

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Everyone’s a winner!

by oh amanda on November 30, 2007

in christmas,contest,me,oh ho ho

Is that title misleading? Well, it shouldn’t be because look what I found!! In honor my Adventures in Odyssey giveaway, a free full-length Christmas episode of Adventures in Odyssey via their podcast! So, click here to listen! And enjoy!! (I had a few problems with that link, so if it doesn’t work click here. Then scroll down and click the MEDIA tab. There’s a link to it there.)

Plus, I actually won something from oh! ho! ho! Can you believe it? Well, I didn’t really win it, but my one of my bbb, Annie sent me an oh! ho! ho! present!

So, it actually says Ho! Ho! Ho! but close enough, right? It’s actually cuter in real life–all glittery and sparkly! I love it!! And she also sent a present for Lydia. She was so excited to open it! Thank you, Annie! I love you!

Now, onto our 5 awesome winners…

Queen of My Domain from Enjoying Life One Juice Box At A Time!

Tiffanie @Three Peas in A Pod!

Kim @Mom Musings!

Carey @Sunny Days at the Beach!

Jenny @A Coach for Life! (another one of my bbb!)

Ladies, I’ll be emailing you ASAP! But if you see this first, I just need your snail mail address!

Thanks so much for playing! And if you didn’t win, I really encourage you to check out Adventures in Odyssey. Lydia and I started listening to it this week. (And yes, I listend to Gifts for Madge & Guy and yes, I laughed out loud and cried in the same episode!)

Monday begins week FIVE (am I crazy or what?) of oh! ho! ho! and I *think* I’m going to be doing a photo tag next week, so get your cameras ready! I’ve got a good prize! Happy oh! ho! ho!

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Why Being a Guest Blogger is Bittersweet

by oh amanda on November 29, 2007

in me,pushing daisies

I’m sure you are sick of remember that I am a guest blogger on The Disney Blog and do weekly Pushing Daisies reviews. Well, do you also remember the 2nd week in, I had a tivo snafu and didn’t get to watch the whole episode?

The next week, I never blogged about, but it was the after we got back from our mini-vacation to Florida. Les was working that night and I was home alone. I sat down to watch Pushing Daisies and when I turned the TV on it was a blank screen that said, “Ha! Ha! Joker! Call DirecTV to see if I’ll let you watch any more of me!” Or something like that. And when I did, they said I hadn’t paid my bill. (Which I had.) And they would not reconnect it for like 24 hours. So, there I sat with no Pushing Daisies and NO DIRECTV.

Well, the Pushing Daisies gods must not like me because today about 2pm, as I sat down to write an article for Real Life, I had a sudden wooshing-flash of horror because I realized I didn’t watch Pushing Daisies last night. It did not even cross my mind! Les and I watched TWO hours of The Biggest Loser. But Pushing Daisies? Never heard of it.

Well, thank goodness I had just put Lydia down for a nap. So, I rushed an email off the John from The Disney Blog entitled, “I’m a moron” and started up my Tivo. But lo and behold, Lydia decided she didn’t want to sleep. She talked/whined/cried for an hour. Then after I changed her diaper and read her another story, she slept for 45 minutes (instead of her usual 2 hours). At 5:38pm I finally finished my review. So, please, go over and look at it. It may not be as awesome as my cards, but at least it’s up.

Oh, and Pushing Daisies is being nominated for a People’s Choice award. You can vote for it (and about a million other tv shows, songs & movies). It’s kinda fun!

(you still have about 12 hours to enter my oh! ho! ho! giveaway this week…there’s going to be 5 winners!)

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Prepare to Be Amazed At My Craftiness

November 29, 2007 crafts

I love crafty stuff. You know my obsession with etsy. I even think I’m a little crafty. But it doesn’t ooze out of me like some people I know. So, to do something crafty is a big deal for me. But when Staci asked if I (and the other sisterchicks) wanted to have a booth [...]

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A Wordless Wednesday Gift

November 28, 2007 christmas

We are taking a break from my beautiful black-and-white family pictures to bring you a retro-ohamanda picture. This is my first grade Christmas play at school. I’m sorry it’s so blurry. But I love this picture. All the faces are so familiar to me. I wish I could remember all their names. Let’s see… The [...]

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Update on my Psuedo Mom

November 27, 2007 cancer

Thank you so much for all your prayers. It honestly means so much. I so believe in the power of prayer. I can just see our little bloggy prayers making a big difference! Donna got out of surgery last night at 7pm! She had the mastectomy and reconstructive surgery. Apparently, they found more cancer than [...]

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Something Beautiful Happened Today…

November 27, 2007 books

…God spoke to me. He did. I know I’ve mentioned if a few times, but my husband and I are very uncertain of our future. We’ve been out of full-time vocational ministry for over a year. We’ve always always always known that’s what we were supposed to do with our life. But after two very [...]

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