We are participating in the bloggy giveaways this week and giving away a 30 Day Journaling Guide from my ministry, Beauty by Design Ministries.  This 30 Day Journaling Guide is a great way to get started journaling.  It takes only 30 days to begin a habit that will serve you a lifetime. Journaling is a habit that you are sure to reap the benefits of for many years. This 30 Day Personal Journaling guide gives you the direction that you need to start your journaling journey. ***Please Note: The 30 Day Journaling guide is a pdf download. 

While you are waiting to find out if you won, why not sign up for my 7 Day Journaling Ecourse for free.  This will get you on your way to journaling.

Now, I know you’re wondering “What do I do to enter?” It’s simple there are several ways to get more than one entry into the contest, whose winner will be announced on Friday, October 31. Deadline for entries is midnight on Thursday, October 30.

Here’s how you can enter 1 entry per each of the following actions:

1. Comment on this post and let us know how you found this contest.
2. Subscribe to our feed by clicking the orange subscribe button in our sidebar. (Look to your right—->)
3. Subscribe to my ministries’ newsletter, Mom-Daughter Connection in the box on the right of our ministry website, Beauty by Design Ministries.Yes, it’s main focus is mom-daughter relationships but it is about connecting moms and there children in general allowing moms to guide their children towards a growing relationship with God.

4.  Blog about this giveaway and link your blog post to this blog.

*****Please leave in your comments all that you did to enter so that I will be sure to give you that many entries.

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This morning, I felt like  I could use some “good news” after getting a disappointing email last night that my upcoming speaking engagement had to be cancelled I was happy to get an email in my inbox this AM from Alltop. They have listed my mom blog in their list of top mom blogs.

How cool is that. You can find the list here. Now, if my day can go as well as that good news makes me feel, then we’ll be good.

This weekend, I spent a ton of time reading frugal blogs, and coupon forums hoping to learn a little something. I am going to begin applying what I learned this week. I also sent off an application to get my kids added to my insurance rather than having them all over the place. Right now, the babies are on Greg’s insurance, Baker has a private policy and so do I. This way, we meaning the babies, Baker and I would have a “family” plan and Greg’s would still be provided by his work. It will mean a savings of $115 so I’m praying the kids get approved. We could sure us an extra $115 back in the monthly budget.

So, this Monday is starting off good for me, “How about you?”

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At the rate I’m going this won’t take long, but I want to be prepared. I am inching ever so near my 500th post here on the blog. In fact this is post #404 here. So, I asked my Twitter friends what they thought I should do to celebrate my 500th post and one of them responded have a contest. I think it’s a great idea, mind you, but my question is “What kind?” and “Where do I get the prizes?” and all that jazz soooooo…. I am open to suggestions.

Please make yours in the comments below. I am also open to prize donations. If you would like to donate something to this I’d love it and I”ll do lots of link love for you as well as it being a great promo tool for you, your product or service and your business or blog. So, help a girl out, comment, suggest, donate and let’s get ready to celebrate my 500th post. Should be coming in the next 90 days or so.

In other related news, you may notice I have a new theme.  Not long ago Real Life Design gave me a new look with a new header and background but I was craving a new layout, one with a navigation bar and more room in the sidebars to make everything look cleaner so here it is…. what do you think??  Is it a keeper?

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Yes, it’s all real. Sometimes people ask, “How real are you on your blog?” or “Are you the same person in real life as in online /blog life?” To which I must answer a resounding “YES”. This is me, the real me. My life is an open book. I am not hiding anything, not running from anything, not trying to escape anything when I blog. I blog because I love it. It is fun, it allows me to write without having to worry about grammatical errors or being right or wrong or if it sounds right, it’s just my thoughts that is all it is.

I also continue to blog because I LOVE the blogging community. Never before have I made so many connections with so many people. Moms, momprenuers, WAHMs, SAHMS, others, all who blog and have this as our sometimes only connection but its amazing to see. I’ve met moms who are Christian but I’ve also met some who claim to have no religion yet I still connect with them. It’s awesome and I love it.

I feel it’s a great way to share and you know what every single testimony I share and blessing that I tell about is real. God is working in my life just like I’m telling you. I am struggling with the issues I blog about I am not making them up. I do set the goals I set, I don’t just put those up here to look good. This is real and I am loving every minute of being real with you.

How about you, is your blog real, do you love blogging, do you enjoy the mom blog and other blog communities you are a part of, is the online world as much a part of your life as the offline…. how do you feel? Tell me about it here or blog about it and return here to post the link in the comments. I want to hear from you!

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Yes, it’s true. I’m starting a review blog. This is something I’ve been interested in since I saw the first one. Not sure whose it was but I was always intrigued by them. Then, lately I have gotten a few requests for me to do a review for them. So I thought, “why not”. Being someone who likes a good project, I thought I”d begin working on this in my “spare” time. Not that I have much of it for now, but I hope to soon.

Just to give you an idea about the types of things I am looking to review or that would be a good fit for me, areas of interest include, but not limited to:

• baby items,
• toddler items,
• preschool items,
• organizing items,
• Christian items,
• WAHM items,
• blogging related products/services,
• scrapbooking items,
• cooking products.
• books.

Click here for a PDF of my stats for May to give you an idea of what type of traffic my mom blog receives. To learn more about me and my interests read My 100 Things and About pages.

The reviews will be posted here, my new review blog.

I will be available to begin reviews as of July 1st. Be the first to be reviewed, begin submitting items, products or services for review immediately. I look forward to hearing from you.

To submit reviews email me at reviews @ lifefrommylaptop.com (no spaces) or fill out the following form here.

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