notes from my nest: 4/20/08

Saturday

Trendy Tot Winner

Have you submitted your
entry for the Mother's Day
Blog Bash Giveaway?
Don't be left out! Grab a
seat by Friday, May 2nd,
to double your chances!
Click here for details and a
SNEAK PEEK at the door
prizes!
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The winner of the pillowcase
dress from Trendy Tot is...

Tanya at
Everyday Adventures

To claim your prize, please email
your shipping address to
notesfrommynest@gmail.com
no later than Tuesday, April 29th!
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Thursday

Taking every thought captive...

The winner of the Rosette Wall Hook
from Pineapple Hill Designs is
Ginnie from VA!
Congratulations!
To claim your prize, please send
an email with your shipping address
to notesfrommynest@gmail.com
no later than Wednesday, April 30th.

TODAY'S NOTES...
I am revisiting a book by Joanna Weaver (which I highly recommend) titled, Having A Mary Heart In A Martha World. Fear continues to be one of my greatest struggles and a passage from her book really spoke to me today.

She writes, "We must be willing to take an active role in the battle against anxiety. For too long, I'd allowed Satan total access to my thought life, and by doing so, I'd given him free reign. But as I began to take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ, anxiety began to lose its hold. Instead of being led astray by fear, I took a second look at each thought as it came. Many were incognito, disguised to look like ordinary emotions. But instead of entertaining them, I handcuffed the intruding thoughts that triggered fear and took them to Jesus. Together, we interrogated them, asking two questions:

1. Where did you come from? (What is the source of this fear? Is it real or imagined?)

2. Where are you going? (Will this thought draw me to God or into fear? Can I do anything about this problem or should I turn it over to God?)

For so long, I had let thoughts come and go without realizing that if Satan controls my thoughts, he controls me." [Having A Mary Heart In A Martha World, p. 44, Waterbrook Press, 2000]

I needed to hear those words today and thought perhaps someone else does too. Do you struggle with fear? If so, how do you deal with it?

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The winners of the $10 gift cards from
Peas & Carrots are...

Laura Chilton (from Washington)

&

Meg @ blessedinlove.blogspot.com

Congratulations, ladies!

Please claim your prize by sending an
email to notesfrommynest@gmail.com
no later than noon (EST) on
Monday, April 28th.

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Seven Dogs & A Baby is hosting a

blog party this week in honor of

Connor's first birthday.

Happy Birthday, Connor!

Drop in on the party for lots
of great giveaways through
Sunday, April 27th.

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Don't forget the drawing for the
Pineapple Hill Designs giveaway
is TODAY! Submit your entry by
noon, (EST). Visit the site and
comment to this post on your
favorite merchandise to win the

beautiful Rosette Wall Hook.

{Rosette Wall Hook}

Monday

Mother's Day Blog Bash

The Giveaway Gallery

Welcome to the Giveaway Gallery for the Mother's Day Blog Bash! Before you go any further, be sure to visit the main party page! I have enjoyed planning this event and I could not have done if without those of you that helped! The participation here will determine how many I undertake in the future. (It's a lot of work!) If you Stumble, Mixx, Digg, or Sk*rt, please spread the word!

Between Thursday, May 8th and May 16th, you may enter each of the giveaways ONE TIME by clicking on each image below. For each giveaway, you must simply visit the sponsor's site, and then leave a comment on that post about your favorite merchandise from that particular sponsor. Simple enough? The giveaway sponsored by Everything But The Princess is the only one open to residents outside of the U.S.

Please leave a valid email address so that if your name is selected (all winners will be chosen with Random.org), you can be notified. You will not be contacted at the email address provided in the giveaway comments unless you are a winner. If you are not a blogger, please leave your email address OR your first name, last initial and state, to avoid confusion when the winner is announced.

Once the winners are posted (which will be sometime between May 17th and May 21st), each winner has 72 hours to claim her prize or a new winner will be selected!

Even if you have already put your name in the hat for the drawings by submitting your post early, hostessing, or twittering about this event, you can still enter each drawing ONE MORE TIME!

We kicked things

off a little early with this

giveaway from Skimbaco!
If you haven't done so already,
be sure to enter the Skimbaco
giveaway today!
Just click the shoes!