and the winner is...

envelope please...(woops we did not use an envelope)
and the winner is...

Jen from Home... Hands Full, HEARTS Full, Quiver Full!
 

AND

Monica from life on the hilltop

AND

Lisa from MY JOURNEY THROUGH INFERTILITY

 

Yes, I decided to choose three winners.  And I can do that bc it is my blog and my give-away.  ;)
I just thought, this is a Pay It Forward and what is better than Paying It Forward X3. And now these three ladies will Pay It Forward @ their blogs. So be sure and check them out and stay tuned for their give-aways. All three of them are AWESOME ladies. And I consider myself blessed to "know" each of them.

Jen, I think you are the only one I need an address from. If you could email it to me please... closetohomeblog@gmail.com   (Thanks)

And for all three of  you...I will be getting your things together over the weekend and heading for the (dreaded) post office early next week. (weather permitting of course) ;)  I will be sure to let each of you know once your package is shipped.
THANK YOU so much for participating.

Pay It Forward GiveAway!!!

A couple weeks ago MiMi @ He & Me + 3 held a Pay It Forward give-away and I won. (woo~hoo) This was the first thing I won in bloggy-world and was so excited. :)
As part of my winning her Pay It Forward, I agreed to hold my own Pay It Forward Give-Away. :) So there is no time like now to have it.
The rules are as follows...

1. leave me a comment (bc WHO does not enjoy some comment love?) for ONE entry
2. link back to my give-away post on your own blog for a SECOND entry (but be sure to tell me you did so)
3. if you are a follower (or become a follower) of my blog you get a bonus THIRD entry. (bc I love checking out new blogs and making new friends along the way)
4. If you win the Pay It Forward give-away, you agree to host your own Pay It Forward give-away on your blog.

Is that simple enough?
This give-away will end at some point this week. (not too sure when) I like leaving you all with a little mystery.     :)

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU

About a week (or so) ago I won MiMi's  (@ He & Me + 3 ) Pay It Forward giveaway. (YAY) It is the first blog giveaway I have won. :)

Today when I got back home from running errands, sitting on my front porch was this...  (ok, so that is not my front porch, but it was too cold to stand out there to take a picture)  ;)

I could not wait to open it and find out what was inside...

The first thing I see is a card (I LOVE LOVE LOVE getting cards, they are more important to me than gifts) ( I still have the cards from MY 1st Birthday)
 
Here is the rest of what was inside...
a five week devotional booklet with pen, a yummy smelling candle, a cozy pair of socks, hand lotion (which those of us who live in the mid-east NEED this time of year, DRY skin) and my FAVE FAVE FAVE a snowman chapstick. (the chapstick matches the lotion)

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU MiMI. I LOVE IT ALL!!!
I browsed over the devotional this evening before our Bible study and found it interesting that the first devotional is for the book of Hebrews. This is the book we are studying in our small group. So I will have extra insight.
THANK YOU so much, you could not have done a better job.

This was so much fun.

By participating in MiMi's Pay It Forward, I have agreed to also Pay It Forward. So please stay tuned. In the next week (to 10 days) I will be holding my own Pay It Forward giveaway.