Here are the two winners of the awesome Legacy Prayer Journal givaway:

Sweetpeas and Mom 4 Boys  Congrats!

Jen is offering 20% off right now for HeavenlyHomemaker’s readers!!!!!  If you’d like to order a Legacy Prayer Journal for your family, go to the Legacy Prayer Journal Site , and on the last order page…”Add Special Instructions to Merchant”  enter the promotional code: “Heavenly Homemaker”. When Jen receives your order she’ll refund/kick back to you 20% off of the before tax and shipping price of $20.

Thanks for offering this blessing, Jen!

Thanks to everyone who signed up for this awesome giveaway!  And thanks Denai for being so generous to offer it!

The winner of the free customized tote is…Jennifer Wittrock…Congratulations!  I’ll have Denai get in touch with you!

As for everyone else..I’d say run right back over to the Sew In Love Shop and see what you can find for Christmas gifts!!  Denai will give you 10% off (until Thanksgiving) if you mention Heavenly Homemakers in your order!!

Smart people are all around us.  (Yes, I’m talking about you.)  I love how everyone has unique talents and I love watching to see how they use their talents. 

One particular smart person, Jen, has used her talents to create a wonderfully awesome tool for organizing, listing and keeping track of prayer requests called Legacy Prayer Journals.   The journals come in a kit…with over 20 templates that you can print out as many times as you need to and use how ever you want to.  Read all the details about the Legacy Prayer Journals here. 

The really, really cool thing about using these templates is that you can use them to create a scrapbook of prayer for your family.  I love that you can snuggle up together as a family to fill in the pages…then put the pages into a scrapbook with pictures and embellishments if you want to. 

I also love that the pages are loaded with scripture and key words to get your minds thinking about spiritual needs and praises.

Jen is SO NICE because she SENT ME a Legacy Prayer Journal to use with my family!!!  YAY for me! 

And YAY for YOU because she sent me TWO more Legacy Prayer Journal template disks for this giveaway!!!  Isn’t that exciting?!  You will love using these with your family!

Leave a comment on this post letting us know why you would be excited to win one of these Legacy Prayer Journals.  On Wednesday morning…I’ll randomly draw TWO winners!

Wow, this giveaway thing is fun!

Thanks everyone who signed up for the new Holiday Hospitality Ebook Giveaway!!

Our winners are…

Melody..who wins Heavenly Homemaker’s Guide to Holiday Hospitality
Jen…who wins Heavnely Homemaker’s Guide to Holiday Hospitality…for Kids

Congrats to the two of you.  You should have an email from me!

And now in the shop…

Heavenly Homemaker’s Guide to Holiday Hospitality - A great resource for simplifying your holiday preparations so that you can KEEP YOUR FOCUS on the ONE who is important.  In this ebook:  All of my FAVORITE holiday recipes plus recipes for dishes and desserts you can make ahead and freeze for busy days…schedules and check-lists…cute printable organization pages…menu plan ideas…party ideas…and scripture encouragement!

and

Heavenly Homemaker’s Guide to Holiday Hospitality…for Kids! - Your kids will LOVE having this ebook of their very own…filled with simple Thanksgiving and Christmas projects just for them!  In this ebook:  Kid friendly recipes that are FUN to make and share with others…craft ideas and printables…games to make and play…family activity ideas….and lots of encouragement to serve family members, friends, neighbors and the needy!

These ebooks are now in the shop and will sell for $6.95 each.  HOWEVER…

Now through Nov. 13…you can buy them each for only $3.50…

~OR~

Buy them BOTH for only $6.00!!  That’s BOTH ebooks for LESS than the price of one!!!

Take advantage of this great deal…and you’ll be on your way to some very happy holidays!

To celebrate my Website-Aversary…I’m sharing my favorite chocolate recipe with you.  This recipe is actually in my What to Do With the Cocoa in Your Kitchen ebook (which is part of the Heavenly Homemaker’s ebook special…have you grabbed yours yet?!)…and it is SO GOOD. 

I guess that’s why it’s called Death By Chocolate.  What a name.  I didn’t name it.  I’d have named it something like A Little Piece of Chocolate Heaven.  Or Just When You Think It Can’t Get any Chocolatier.  Or Chocolate Covered Chocolatey Chocolate. 

Well…anyway.  Death By Chocolate is a recipe my mom found somewhere when I was a teenager.  I remember her serving it when she wanted to make something special for company.  She always put walnuts in hers…and I always picked ‘em out.  :)  I’m not a fan of nuts in my food.  But you can put walnuts in yours if you want to.  I’ll just pick ‘em out if I come over and share it with you.  (Which I’d love to do…come over and share it with you.)

As I remember also…the original recipe called for a box of brownie mix…a box of chocolate pudding…and a container of cool whip.  The way I make it now…it is all made from scratch.  And Oh. My. Goodness.  Do try it.  You won’t be sorry.

Death By Chocolate

Recipe for Creamy Chocolate Pudding
plus
Recipe for Fudge Brownies (with or without the chocolate chips)
¾ cup heavy whipping cream
½ t. vanilla
1 t. sugar or a few drops of stevia
1 cup pecans or walnuts, optional

Bake Brownies according to recipe.  Allow to cool.  Make Chocolate Pudding according to recipe.  Allow to cool.

In a large glass serving bowl, begin to layer your Death by Chocolate. 

Cut or crumble brownies into small crumbs or pieces. 
I usually cut mine into one inch squares. 
Place one third of them into serving bowl.

Pour one third of your pudding over the brownie pieces.
Continue this brownie - pudding layering twice more.

Choose the cutest person you can find to whip your cream. 
With beaters, whip cream until soft peaks form. 
Add vanilla and sugar or stevia.  Mix in with beaters.

Spread the whipped cream on top of your brownie-pudding layers. 
If you’re talented and have time…put something fancy on top like put chocolate shavings.  As you can see…I’m not that talented.

Oh, but look how pretty that is!! 

This is the very bowl my mom always made Death By Chocolate in.  I’m so thankful to have this bowl in my own kitchen now. 

Okay…chocolate lovers!  Come up with some excuse to make this!!!  Invite someone over.  Have a party.  Invent a new holiday.  You HAVE to make Death By Chocolate!!  (Ooh, someone should invent a new holiday…JUST to celebrate CHOCOLATE!)

Anyone else a chocolate lover like I am?!

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Be sure not to miss out on all the great freebies, sales and giveaways going on this week!  Click here to catch them all!
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More Frugal Friday posts here.

Well now…hasn’t this been FUN?!  And it isn’t over yet! 

Let’s get ourselves reviewed and organized a bit about our Website-Aversary Week, shall we?

Past Website-Aversary Fun that you don’t want to miss:

• Be sure to sign up for this giveaway and this one!  Don’t miss out!  And hurry because I’ll draw a winner for this one Friday morning!  
• Your FREE For the Love of Pie Ebook is waiting for you in our shop.  Woohoo!
• Your FREE Wintertime Organizational Fun Package is waiting for you here.  Another Woohoo! 
• Thursday is the last day to purchase 6 Ebooks for $6.  That’s only a few more hours.  After that…the cost will go up to $10 (still a great deal) for one week…then the sale will end.  Don’t. Miss. Out.

Future Website-Aversary Fun that you won’t want to miss:

• There will be yet ANOTHER Awesome Giveaway!  Something that your whole family will LOVE!  I know…the fun just doesn’t end, does it?!
• Our new Holiday Ebooks will be offered for sale at an amazing sale price for just a few days!  Oh so much fun and spiritual encouragement for you and your kids as you prepare for Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years Day!!

And now your PRESENT for today!!!

I’ve told you a time or two about one of the tools we use to train our kids in the way of Godliness.   We’ve created these Kid’s Character Charts to help us use scripture to encourage Christ’s character in our children’s lives.  Each chart has been created with a different focus in mind and each time we use them…we are all blessed.

Your gift today as we continue to celebrate our Website-Aversary….is a FREE Fruit of the Spirit Kid’s Character Chart!  Go get yours out of our shop (free until Nov. 13)…then print off as many charts and stickers for your family as you need!   Be sure to tell your friends to come get one too!  Enjoy!

Before you head off to the shop to get your Fruit of the Spirit Kid Character Chart…I’d love for you to leave a comment here telling me how you think you might use yours after you download it!   Or which fruit of the spirit you think your family needs to focus on right now. 

C’mon…tell me RIGHT NOW.  HURRY UP!  WHAT’S TAKING YOU SO LONG?  LEAVE ME A COMMENT AND I MEAN NOW!  (see…that’s me needing to work on the fruit of the spirit: patience.)  Seriously…you’re taking forever.

You are SEW gonna want to be the winner of this.  (In fact…how can I be the winner of this?  What if I just close the comments and tell her that no one entered and that she’ll just have to send the prize to me?)

Okay…okay…I’ll let you play and I’ll just have fun watching.

This really cool gal named Denai has this really great etsy shop named Sew In Love.  Everytime I look at all her neat creations…I get all excited.  Really, her stuff is SEW neat!  (I’m thinking of these puns all by myself.    Okay, well, Denai thought of the name of her shop, but the other ones I came up with.  Aren’t you SEW impressed?)

Here’s what is so exciting!  YOU get to go into her shop…look all around and tell us here in the comments what you would pick if money were no object.  If you could have anything at all from your shop…what would you pick?

THEN…on Monday morning, Nov. 10 I’ll do a random drawing.  If you win…Denai will make you your very own personalized TOTE!  You will be able to decide what fabric you want and what you want printed on the fabric (like a photo or a verse)…anything you want.  She’ll make it special for you and have it to you before Christmas!

Isn’t that exciting?!

Okay…everyone go peek around the Sew In Love shop and come leave a comment telling us what your favorite thing is!

Happy Browsing!

Since it’s probably on all of our minds here in the U.S., I’ll take a little break from all the Website-Aversary fun to talk a little bit about election day.  (But do make sure you go sign up for giveaways and grab your freebies while you’re here!  Follow this link to catch them all.)

It’s FINALLY here.  Is anyone else just a little bit relieved that this year’s election is finally going to be behind us? 

I have felt quite uneasy about the presidential election…as I know a lot of people have.  But here’s why I’m bringing it up and what I’m grateful for this Gratituesday:

God is in control.  No matter what happens and who is elected to be in charge of making decisions for our country…God is in control.  He is the one in charge.  No power is more powerful than His.  We have nothing to fear.

Any unease I feel about the election is wiped away when I remember the One loves me enough to send his son down to this earth to save me. 

God is peace.  God is love.  God is good.  He is so, so good.
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Please share what you are thankful for!  I’d love to make this the biggest Gratituesday EVER (this being my Website-Aversary week and all).  There are so many things to be grateful for!  Please take the time to write about it on your blog and come over and link up with us so that we can all read about how God is working in your life.  Read the details here…and join in Gratituesday!

For several months now, I’ve been working on TWO new ebooks for you!  I wanted them to be ready in early November so that they could be a part of our Website-Aversary…and so that you’d have them in time to help you with your Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year Celebrations!!  (Canada friends…I know you already celebrated Thanksgiving this year…you can use that part of the ebook next year!)

The two ebooks are…

Heavenly HomeMakers’s Guide to Holiday Hospitality is filled with planning pages to help you stay organized and relaxed while you prepare for Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year celebrations with family and friends.  The ebook includes lots of RECIPES and ideas for holiday simplicity.  Let this ebook help you keep your focus on what is truly important during the holidays!

Heavenly HomeMaker’s Guide to Holiday Hospitality…for Kids! is an ebook written to kids…for kids.  You’ll find page after page of craft ideas, games, activities and recipes that kids can make and do on their own or with a little help from you.  This ebook will encourage your kids to think about the needs of others and to focus on giving and sharing.  And with these ideas…giving and sharing will be fun!

Before I offer these ebooks for sale…there MUST be a giveaway!  To be entered in the drawing leave a comment here sharing what your favorite part of this upcoming holiday time is! 

On Friday morning I’ll draw TWO winners…one for each ebook!!  

Stay tuned this week for more giveaways and freebies!!

Oh how much FUN this week full of Website-Aversary celebrating is going to be!  (Did you have a slice of cake yet?)  Just wait till the end of this post.  There’s an awesome freebie waiting for you!

In other news, our friends who were here visiting last week have gone home.  Our time with them was filled with blessing..and CRAZINESS!!   My friend Deb is very…full of energy and spontaneous ideas.  We were home very little during the week…and off having fun and excitement instead!  Shew!  It’s a good thing I’m so good at being flexible <cough>. 

With all of our gallivanting around…I hardly followed my menu plan last week.  I know… shocking.  Somehow with several rounds of concentrated controlled breathing exercises (breathe in , exhale, breathe in…) I survived the lack of schedule.  Really…it was so much fun and I loved it all!

This week…we’ll be boring and stick to the menu!  Oh wait…there’s nothing boring about this week!!  It’s our Website-Aversary Week!!  (Oh, and Matt’s birthday…I’d best not forget to also celebrate Matt’s birthday!  He’s been around longer than my website.  I’d like to point out that he is now as old as I am.  Not that it matters or anything for you to know that.  It’s not like he usually gives me a hard time about being three months older than him.) 

Sunday, Nov. 2
Oatmeal, fruit
Roast, carrots, potatoes, gravy
Whatever we can find in the fridge

Monday, Nov. 3
Whole wheat waffles
Homemade chicken nuggets and fries, carrots
Chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes, gravy, peas

Tuesday, Nov. 4
Fruit and kefir smoothies, toast
Taco potatoes, pineapple
BBQ beef, stir fried rice and veggies

Wednesday, Nov. 5
Orange muffins, bananas
Veggie soup, cornbread
Lamb chops, cheesy potatoes, green beans

Thursday, Nov 6 (Matt’s B-day!  I’ll fix some of his favorites!)
Biscuits and gravy, fried potatoes, scrambled eggs
Cheesy Turkey Sausage Stromboli, fruit salad
Chicken Fajitas, peach cobbler

Friday, Nov. 7 - Saturday Nov. 8 - We’re heading to Kansas for a quick trip to help my dad with an auction!  FUN!! 

And now what you’ve all been waiting for!!!  Your special Website-Aversary Gift for today!!  And it’s all about menu planning and being organized!!!

My friend Char who blogs over at DigiScrapChat is a very talented designer and has made - JUST FOR YOU - a whole packet of wintertime planning fun for you to download…FOR FREE!!!  Isn’t she nice?  Check out all this neat stuff:

She put them each in pdf format…and word format…AND jpgs…so you can do with them whatever is easiest for you!!!  Here’s the link to go get the whole package.  Just click on “download now” once you’re there and it’ll all be yours.

Told ya she was nice.  Be sure to go check out all the other great things she has in her DelightDesign Etsy Shop too!  She custom designs Christmas cards and birth announcements and all KINDS of great things!

If you haven’t grabbed your FREE Pie ebook…you can read all about that here!  And be sure to take advantage of the 6 ebooks for $6 sale going on right now too!!

Stay tuned for more fun Website-Aversary Celebration!  There’s a giveaway coming up next.  AND…I’m going to be sharing one of my absolute favorite dessert recipes!!!
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Visit Organizing Junkie for more menu ideas!