Contest Winners Announced!

Drum roll please.........The winner of my Easter Themed contest is......................

Martha from Pine Bluff, AR

Congratulations Martha!!!  I'll be shipping your Easter goodies to you asap!  I hope you enjoy them! 

I have been reading the Joyce Meyer book (Hearing From God Each Morning) that I included in the prize package that Martha won.  It has already dramatically changed the way I pray!  One example of that is Joyce points out that while the Father wants us to bring our problems to Him, we should always begin our prayers by praising Him for whose He is and what He has already done for us before we talk about ourselves.  Here's an example from scripture:

O Lord, God of our fathers, are You not God in heaven?  And do You not rule over all the kingdoms of the nations?  In Your hand are power and might, so that none is able to withstand You.

(2 Chronicles 20:6)

Love it!  I'm not a perfect person and therefore anything I can do to be more pleasing to God is what I am striving for. 

And the winner of the $25.00 Amazon gift card is..........

Martha from Pine Bluff, AR

God Bless You Martha.  Please tell your friends about my blog!!!  I'm still working on getting my computer reformatted, so hopefully I'll be back to regular blogging soon.  Congratulations again Martha!!!

Bad PC Blues (And A Giveaway!!!)

@@@@ Don't forget to enter my Easter Contest, click here!!! @@@@

I haven't been able to post much this week because I am having major PC Blues.  I am in the process of moving all of my files off of my desktop and onto a portable hard drive because I did something really bad to my PC.  When that is completed, I will have to re-install Windows, or write zeros to my hard drive, or reformat my drive or whatever the correct terminology is. 

I have not been a faithful backer-upper and now I am suffering the consequence.  Is there anyone else, or have I been the only one with terribly frustrating computing experiences lately?  It's never good to get any kind of error message every time you open a web browser, or program, or email, or document or .....you get the picture. 

Please wish me luck as I tackle this dismal and sometimes frightening endeavor of erasing all the programs and files from my hard drive and re-installing the operating system.  It's times like these that I seriously consider switching to Apple.  I was *this* close to upgrading to Windows 7, until I found out that in their wisdom, Microsoft eliminated Outlook Express from their new product.  Why is it that companies always think that an improvement is getting rid of popular features?

As a matter of fact, if you leave me a comment on this post, you'll be entered to win a $25.00 Amazon gift card!  Just answer this question: 

Are you a PC or a Mac?

Just a little token of my appreciation for your being patient while I undergo the equivalent of a heart transplant on my PC!!  Contest ends this Sunday, March 21, 2010!!!

New Photos Added To My Photography Page

Have you seen my extraordinarily scenic Alaskan photography?  Just click on the link in the upper right hand corner of my blog (at the top just above the moose pic) and it will take you to my photography page.  I just uploaded some gorgeous pictures of a little island across the inlet from our house.  Check it out! 


Also, don't forget to enter my Easter contest!  Click here to read the post to see how to enter!  You have a chance to enter now thru Sunday the 21st.  I've been having technical difficulties with blogger related to comments, so if you have been attempting to comment and have had problems, I apologize.  I'm working on it now and will hopefully have it fixed before tomorrow morning.  Please check back in a little while as I will update you when it is fixed.  Thanks!



 ****I think the problem with comments is now fixed****

A Contest in Honor of Easter!

I love Easter.  It really has become more and more meaningful to me over the last few years as I have become closer to God.  When I stop to really consider that Jesus Christ would willingly hang on the cross and die for you and me is something that blows my mind.  What could I ever do to be deserving of such a gift?  Nothing.  Absolutely nothing.  I am not worthy and I never was!  But He is so good that He loves and forgives me and gave his earthly life for me anyway.  (And you too!)  HE IS RISEN!  Hallelujah!

Easter is only a few weeks away.  I was at the store the other day and saw these really cute little Easter themed cookie cutters:

Aren't they adorable?  I couldn't resist when I saw the butterfly cookie cutter.  I picked up a set for me and one for whoever wins this contest!  But that's not all!  You'll get these other cute Easter themed decorations:

Included is a little "Happy Easter" sign, 4 polka-dot egg holders (too cute), 2 Easter egg dish towels and 2 darling Easter egg topiaries!  But wait!!! There's more.  If you act now, I'll also include this:

A daily devotional by Joyce Meyer.  I got one of these for me too!  We can read them daily together!!!!

So here's how to win this great Easter themed prize package.  Just leave me a comment on this post and tell me what your Easter plans are this year.  (Please include your name and where you live.)  One comment per person please. 

You can get an additional entry by becoming a follower of my blog and leaving me a comment telling me.  (If you are already a follower, just leave a comment and tell me and you'll be entered.)  It's that easy! 

The contest will run from today thru next Sunday, March 21, 2010.  I'll announce a winner on Monday the 22nd. 

Good luck!

***CONTEST OPEN TO U.S. RESIDENTS ONLY (CONTIGUOUS 48 STATES & HI & AK ONLY)***

The New & Improved Contest Announcement Delayed......

due to the Daylight Saving time change.   I don't know how the whole Daylight Saving Time thing works for ya'll, but for me, it totally messes up my internal clock.  I have the hardest time with the "Spring Forward" one, as I'm sure a lot of people do. 


It's starting to get light out now at about 6:45 am here in Alaska.  Tomorrow after Daylight Saving Time it will be light at 5:45 am and earlier and earlier the more we get into spring and summer. We'll gain about 10+ minutes of daylight per day until the middle of June.  Not that I'm complaining!  I love the summers here.  I couldn't imagine living in a place where the sun sets at 6 pm every day!


Even though my clock tells me that it is 10:44 pm, my brain knows that it's really 11:44pm.  And that means I'm now late for bed.  I really should have gone to bed an hour ago!


Please check back tomorrow for the contest announcement.  If you leave me a comment (include your name & city) on this post, you will automatically be entered for the yet-to-be-announced contest!  Just answer this question:   Did you remember to set your clock ahead before you went to bed? 

I did :-(