PIF from Lori

My mail lady delivered a package today ! Yipee, my PIF from Lori over at
Morning Glories and Moonflowers ! Wrapped so cute too ! Mmmmmmm chocolate.....

Here's a close up of the awesome Pink Blocks she sent me along with the Dove chocolate (which I devoured immediately after taking the pic). The blocks are now on the shelf in my living room in betwee 2 antique cup & saucer sets that belonged to my Great Grandmother. Thank you soooo much Lori !!

Frugal Fancy's Blog

Frugal Fancy's Blog is listing giveaways !! I submitted mine. Did you submit yours?? Get listed on FrugalFancyBlog today !!

Craft Swap

April Showers is having a Craft Swap !!Hurry over to play along ~ sign ups end on Saturday (3/14) at 10pm & packages need to be mailed on Monday (3/16). Sounds like alot of fun, I signed up today !!

Save the TaTas Giveaway !

Jillian is having a great giveaway to raise awareness for breast cancer ~ Please stop by her blog & enter to win this fabulous prize package !

Farm Hussy Review & Giveaway

Julie from Farm Hussy sent me a box FULL of her awesome products to try (I was expecting sample size products to review, but Julie sent FULL SIZE products ~ one of EVERY product she carries, PLUS some sample size products ~ WOW)! Let me just tell you that this is definitely one of my favorite companies (No, not because she sent full size products, lol ~ because her products really are teriffic!). I absoloutely LOVE the names she has for her products ~ makes me laugh every time I see them ! But aside from making me laugh ~ Farm Hussy products work ! One of my lucky blog readers will be getting a truly awesome gift package from Farm Hussy !! I'll tell you soon what's in it ~ but first I want to tell you about all the fabulous things Julie sent me ! First up is one of my favorite products ( I use this EVERY day) ~ Devine Bovine Butyere in Henny Penny Pinching scent (apple blossom). This body butter is so thick & glides on your skin making it feel amazing ! All Farm Hussy products have just the right amount of scent added. Chicken Scratch Foaming Bath Scrub in Deja Moo scent (citrusy smell) is an awesome scrub ! Lots of great lather & just the right amount of "scrubby" (Not harsh on the skin at all. I've used scrubs in the past that left BIG red patches on my skin from being to harsh!). After I used the scrub on my hands, I really didn't need to use any lotion. My hands felt silky smooth & moisturized. But, since I have all these wonderful products to try ~ I grabbed the Whipped Soy Glace in I Need A Happy Meal scent (ginger peach). I really didn't think my skin could feel any better than it already did, but I was WRONG ! Wow ~ this Soy Glace absorbs into your skin so quick & leaves behind NO greasy feeling at all. I've worked in Nursing for 17 years, so needless to say, I've had to wear latex gloves ALOT & wash my hands at least 40 times a day ! That's pretty rough on the skin ! Now my hands feel like they did when I was younger ~ my skin is soooo soft ! For the next Farm Hussy product, I was off to the tub for a nice relaxing bath with my Bath Fizzle FoShizzle Fizzy Bath Powder in Ginger Lime scent (along with my bottle of wine & a good book). Wow ! This stuff not only smelled great, but once again, Farm Hussy products left my skin feeling amazing ! I'll definitely be stocking up on this product! Also for the bath, I took my Barnyard Vix~Hen Shaving Cream in One Night With A Rodeo Clown scent (VS type) ~ I will NEVER use drugstore shaving cream again ! A little goes a long way with this shaving cream & the razor just glides right over your skin (woohoo, no razor cuts!). So, out of the tub, gulped down the rest of my wine (no, not the whole bottle, just the glass I was drinking!) & grabbed the jar of Cream Of The Crop in O.K. Corral Me scent (reminds me of VS Lovespell). I slathered it on from head to toe & once again ~ I LOVE this product !! Again, this product absorbs quickly into the skin & No greasy feeling ! So thick & silky smooth. A quick spritz with some Iowanna Smell Pretty Hair & Body Mist in Prairie Princess scent (LOVE this scent). My daughter used the Sissy's Silo~tion in I.O.U. 2 scent & loved it (I don't think I'll be getting that back). My daughters' friend grabbed the Udderly Tickled Hand Lotion in Cud Budget scent (Bamboo & Sugar Cane). She loved it so much it disappeared (I'm pretty sure it relocated to her purse as she was headed upstairs). As I was looking at all the teriffic products, I wanted to put the Bath Butter For My Biscuit aside for the next nights bath, but couldn't find it....hmmm. Yesterday morning, my daughter came down stairs & said "Hey mom, I loved that little bath cookie thing, it smelled great". Guess I know why i couldn't find it !
So, you want to know what you can win, right? Here are the pictures that Julie emailed to me of the gift package you'll receive (cows not included)! Gift package includes:
2 oz. Udderly Tickled Hand Lotion
2 oz. Sissy's Silo~tion
2 oz. Devine Bovine Butyere
2 oz. Whipped Soy Glace
4 oz. Cream of the Crop
Farm Hussy Mini Bath Bucket with loofah, sponge & brush
Hussy Bucks Coupons & Candy

WOW !!

So, here's how you can win this great set:

PLEASE make sure I have a way to get in touch with you if you win ! If your email is not available on your blog or you don't have a blog, please leave it in your comments!

First (This one MUST be done for extra entries to count)~ visit the Farm Hussy website & tell me in a comment on THIS post a product you'd like to try, a scent you think you'd like or something that made you laugh! You'll get two (2) entries for that.

Extra entries:

Blog about this giveaway & leave me a comment here with the link to your post for five (5) extra entries

Follow my blog for two (2) extra entries (leave me a comment to let me know you follow ~ must be done publicly since I'll be checking)

Tweet about the giveaway & leave me a comment with your twitter name for another three (3) entries

If you make a purchase from Farm Hussy during this giveaway, leave me a comment to let me know you did & I'll give you ten (10) more entries ! (Julie is having a Depression Regression Special right now ~ a great gift set for only $10.00 !)

And..... if you come up with some other way to spread the word about this giveaway &

Farm Hussy, leave me a comment & I'll give you three (3) more entries for each thing you do !

Giveaway will end @ 9 pm on March 20th & I'll announce the winner on the 21st !

****IF THE FARM HUSSY LINK IS STILL NOT WORKING YOU CAN GO HERE, HERE OR HERE****

****UPDATE 3/5 ~ If you make a purchse from Farm Hussy during this giveaway & mention that you found them on my Blog ~ Julie will include a FREE 2oz. product of your choice with your order ! She's such a sweetie !****

Ryan's having another GREAT Giveaway !

Click HERE to enter this great giveaway !

Primitive Kountry

Keri over at Primitive Kountry recently sent me some of her Triple Scent Melties to try. They are the cutest layered wax tarts & they smell amazing ! The red is Apple Jack & Peel, the white is French Vanilla & the blue is Blueberry. The scents blend so well togethter as the tart is melting ! One of the cutest things I think Keri makes is the Wax Dipped Toilet Paper Air Freshener ! What a unique way to "freshen" up your bathroom ! If you have some free time, check out Keri's website ~ you'll find LOTS of great smelling things ! She offers $5.00 flat rate shipping & she's having a SALE ~ 22% off your order for the month of March !!

Chicken Nuggets of Wisdom Giveaway !

Click here to enter the WooHoo Box Part Deux giveaway at Chicken Nuggets of Wisdom ! It's a really GREAT giveaway ! The picture is of what's in the box so far !

Join the Comment Response Team

March is Comment Response Month. If you's likt to play along head over here & grab the button.

Make a Commitment to respond a certain number of comments a day. While responding to all comments may not be a reality for many of us, responding to 5 may be a good way to thank our readers.

Kreativ Blogger Award !

Primitive Mom of Two gave me an award today ! It's the Kreativ Blogger Award !

Here are the rules:

List 7 things that you love and then pass the award on to 7 people...tagging them and letting them know they won! You can copy the picture of the award and put it on your sideboard letting the whole wide world know you are KREATIV!

1. My family & friends

2. COFFEE

3. Pens

4. Out of the Box Sampler !

5. A nice hot bath with a glass of wine & a good book

6. ALL my bloggy friends

7. Yummy smelly things (candles, tarts, soaps, etc)

Here's who I'm tagging for this award: (in no particular order)

1.Sheila & Michelle @ 2crazychics

2.Kristin @ a ordinary life

3.Mandy @ auntmannyscreations

4.DiPaola Momma @ chickennuggetsofwisdom

5.Shari @ homespunandprimitives

6.Misty @ m-dcandles (just cuz I know she'll flip ~ lmao)

7.Keri @ primitivekountryhappenings

Ok ~ I'm off to let them know they have an award !

Pumpkin Kountry Marketplace

Here's another Great online business run by two very talented ladies ! An Online Marketplace ! Do you need a great, affordable place to advertise your business ? Just want to do some online shopping ? Head on over to Pumpkin Kountry Marketplace ! They're running a special right now ($3.00 per week to advertise !). Keri & Jodi are GREAT people to work with ! Have a ?, ask away & they respond almost immediately ! They even have a section to advertise your Blog !

Pumpkin Kountry Hosting

If you're looking for a GREAT place to sell your products or services, look no further ! Pumpkin Kountry Hosting is an affordable DIY website host/builder ! It's easy to use (& BIG bonus ~ NO HTML experience needed !) and the ladies that own it are AWESOME ! Pumpkin Kountry Hosting has Full websites & Mini websites , you can use your own graphics or graphics from their site (some are FREE). The Mini sites are only $10.00 per month ! Even the Full sites are a great price ~ only $18.00 per month ! Both include FREE advertising on the Pumpkin Kountry Hosting website ! You can check out a Demo on the site to see how easy it is to build your own website ! Marketing Ad Space is available as well as Ad space for Graphic Designers ! This is a great affordable way to get your products on the web ! Check them out !!

*Stay tuned tomorrow for another great business run by these two very talented ladies !!

(Keri & Jodi)

M-D Candles Giveaway

Misty over at M-D Candles is having a giveaway ! You can win $25.00 worth of products (you get to pick)! So, part of the entry is to get 5 people to follow her blog ~ PLEASE head over & follow Misty & leave a comment letting her know I (Heather) sent you , you'll get 2 extra entries for it !

An Award from Jenn

The Best Blog Daily Thinker Award from Jenn @ The Village Peddler (BTW ~ she's the one that made my blog header for me). Thanks Jenn !! So now I have to pass it on to 10 other deserving bloggers. Here's my list (in no particular order):

1. Christine @ LiveLaughLove

2. Mindy @ HBK and Me

3. Dana @ MagickMoonSoapWurks

4. Yayastuff

5. Sheila @ The Rusty Rooster

6. Keri @ Primitive Kountry Happenings

7. Mamarazzi @ Dandelion Wishes

8. Lynette @ Crazy Mind

9. Michelle @ Out of the Box Sampler

10. Audrey @ Audrey's Country Crafts

There ya have it ~ off to let them know they have an award !

Noticed a drop in Followers ?

Have you noticed a drop in your followers ? There's some kind of glitch going on with Blogger ! If everyone goes to their dashboard & below the list of blogs that you follow, you'll see a "manage" button. Click on that & make sure you are following publicly (alot of follows were changed to annonymous). I just went in & changed all mine ~ so I should now be "following" all the blogs that I was before !

Blog Addiction & Spring Cleaning

Yesterday "The Hubby" accused me of being addicted to the computer, blogs specifically. Duh... what's your point ? He then proceded to tell me everything I "could" be doing instead of reading blogs. I'm well aware of what I could be doing, I just choose to read blogs instead ! Blogging wasn't an issue when he was eating the damn chocolate covered macadamia nuts I won ON A BLOG ! So, in order to keep the peace ~ I started my Spring Cleaning today. I made it as far as my bedroom ~ ha ! Oh well, tomorrow is another day. BTW ~ I made a list today of what "the hubby" could be doing ~lol. At the moment, he's SLEEPING on the couch. I'm pretty sure that was NOT on the list I gave him ! So, here I am in front of "my flickering box" (the computer), reading blogs again ~ lmao !

Followers

Ok ~ so, I'm at 89 followers (well as of right this minute I am ~ it goes up & down). It's really quite sad how excited I get when I turn on the computer in the morning to find a new follower! So, I've decided that as soon as I reach 100 followers I'll have my next giveaway (I've already been shopping for it ~ lol). If you send someone to my blog to follow me ~ you'll each get 2 extra entries when I post my giveaway ! Just have them leave a comment on THIS post letting me know who sent them to my blog !

Hill Billy Kandles Winners !!

First place winner is Diana (10 tarts) & second place winner is Stacie (2 tarts). Emails have been sent to the winners (Diana, I contacted you through your website). Congrats !! Thanks to everyone for entering ! More giveaways coming soon lol, stay tuned !

St. Patty's Giveaway !

http://prayforroy.blogspot.com/2009/02/finallyst-patricks-day-giveaway.html

Ends March 1st !

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Well, today I decided to bite the bullet & start the process of going through my grandmothers' belongings. I had cleaned out her house mostly while my mother was still here (right after she passed away in Nov). I thought that going through the things that were in storage would be easier. Boy, was I wrong. So many reminders of the amazing woman she was. I'm pretty sure she saved EVERY card I ever made or bought for her. I found them all today, along with programs from school concerts & things like that. I also found her wedding dress. I can remember her letting me play dress up in it when I was about 10 years old (that's probably the only time in my life the dress actually fit me). So, I've been thinking of what I could do with the dress. No one will be able to wear it, but I'm hoping I can salvage some of the lace, etc & use it to make something for my daughter for when she decides to get married (hopefully not for a long time). I'd also like to make something for my 2 cousins (her other grandaughters) to have when they decide to get married (again, hopefully not for a long time). I found letters from some of my grandmothers old boyfriends from high school & tucked into a little box, I found love letters that my grandfather had written her before they got married. That was as far as I got. After reading the letters, I couldn't go through any more. I sat & cried for a long time & thought of the amazing love they shared & how much I miss them both every day. I guess I'm not really ready to sort through her life yet. It still hurts too much. Everyone tells me it will get easier, but I wonder if it really will. For now, I guess everything will just stay in boxes.