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Thursday's Giveaways

I love entering giveaways, and have even won a few things. I really love hosting giveaways on Linda's Lunacy. It's so much fun to give stuff away!

So I thought I'd start a giveaway linky to make it easier to find lots of giveaways.




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Adding your giveaway to Linda's Lunacy Thursday's Giveaways is very easy! Just use this format, please.

Blog name - name of item being given away - ending date

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The American Patriot's Almanac Review

The American Patriot's Almanac The National Bestseller Now Revised, Updated, and Expanded
by William J. Bennett and John T.E. Cribb

The fife and drum of history mark the time of each passing day. And within their cadence, personalities, conflicts, discoveries, ideas, and nations peal and fade. American history is no different. From the starving time of Jamestown during the Winter of 1609, through the bloody argument of the Civil War, and to today, the United States is a tale best told one day at a time. Dr. William J. Bennett distills the American drama into 365 entries—one for each day of the year. Fascinating in its detail and singular in its grasp of the big themes, Bennett’s Almanac will make anyone a fan of history. Even better, it will make of everyone a patriot.

American History Parade lists and daily readings, sections on "Faith and the Founders," "State Facts and Symbols," and "Fifty American Quotes".

My Review:


I really like the format of The American Patriot's Almanac. There is a history reading for every day of the year, with what happened on that day in history. There is also an American History Parade for every day, listing what happened on that day in other years.

There are also special sections through out the book, here are just a few:

Flag Etiquette
State Flags, Facts and Symbols
Poems of American Patriotism
The Declaration of Independence
The Constitution of the United States
The Bill of Rights
And many more....

This book is great for family reading, homeschooling and for the history buff. Each days readings are all only one page long, including the American History Parade list, so they don't take very long.

I found this book to be an excellent resource, even if you don't homeschool. I think kids will find this book helpful with their study of history.

Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from the publisher through the BookSneeze.com book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255 : “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”

Unto Us a Child is Born

For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Isaiah 9:5-7







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Wrapping Presents

Wrapping presents is hard in this house! Gone are the days of putting the kids in bed, shutting the door, and wrapping presents on the dining room table. I don't think I really appreciated how good I had it back then!

Now, there's always someone, with some reason, why they can't go to bed until 11. And we have early birds who like to be out here at 7 in the morning. Which totally isn't a problem, unless I want to sleep. And I want to sleep.

So I do all the present wrapping in my room. Usually on my bed. I guess I'm just getting plain old, because my back is not very happy at all with this arrangement anymore.

ALL my presents wrapped, ready to go under the tree.

But I did, indeed, finish all my wrapping today. In my bedroom. On my ironing board!

The black thing on my bed is my laptop, on which I watched a Christmas movie while wrapping. The wrapping project went quickly, and my back thanked me for using the ironing board!

I'm done with wrapping, the kids do have  few things left to wrap, but I'm done!



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Ginger Snaps

The other day, I made gingersnaps for the first time. Here's the recipe I used from an old cookbook. Of course, I didn't follow the recipe exactly. :)

Ginger Snaps


2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
1 cup packed brown sugar
3/4 cup butter, softened (you could use shortening if you wanted)
1/4 cup molasses
1 egg
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 cup white sugar, for rolling cookies in

In a large mixing bowl, combine 1 cup flour with the remain ingredients, except for white sugar. Beat well. Stir in remaining flour.

Shape dougn into 1 inch balls. Roll balls in white sugar to coat. Place balls on ungreased cookie sheet about 2 inches apart. Bake at 375* for 8-10 minutes or until edges are set and tops are crackled. Cool cookies on cookie sheet for 1 minute, then transfer to wire rack and let cool. Makes about 48 cookies. I actually only got 36 cookies, I must have made mine bigger.

See how good the cookies are? I arranged them on the plate,nice and pretty like. Then I went to get my camera. When I returned with said camera, this is what I found! Proof that the cookies are good! One of my kids, I still haven't figured out who, couldn't resist them. Now, to make a cup of tea to go with my ginger snaps!




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We Are Blessed

Last night, after reading our Bartholomews Passage Advent reading, we were talking about how the kids in the book only got 2 meals a day. And how in some countries, the people don't eat 3 meals a day like we do.

Our youngest, 10, said "Then why do we eat three meals a day?"

I said because we are blessed.

He said "That's a blessing we want to keep."

I want my kids to know how blessed we are. I want my kids to know that Jehovah Jireh is the one who provides for them.

That's why I love this series of Advent books so much, they are full of opportunities for conversations with the kids.

If you haven't gotten any of these books yet, I highly recommend you get them now so you have them ready for next year.