Just an FYI - I received word at my OB appt. that the baby is ‘any day’ now! She told me that she doesn’t even seeing me make it til next week!! 
(MY EDD is next Friday)
All updates can be followed on http://www.NineMonthsorLess.com/blog, Twitter (MrsCandace), or Facebook (Mrs. Candace).
We’d appreciate all prayers for a safe delivery and very healthy baby - Thank you!
A very special thank you to Trish for offering up this yummy candle! Be sure to check out her site - your nose will thank you.
26 oz. Candle of Winner’s Choice (Value - $18.98 + shipping)
Offered by: Trish from Gold Canyon
Here are your random numbers:
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Timestamp: 2009-03-31 21:15:00 UTC
Congratulations to Sunny! Enjoy your candle!
Giveaway: Votives, Candle Holder, Cinnasticks (Value - $15-$20)
Offered by: Celebrating Home
Here are your random numbers:
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Timestamp: 2009-03-29 23:40:05 UTC
Congratulations Danielle - You’ll be contacted shortly!
Remember there are still active contests running - check them out here, as well as www.Sonbeams.com and www.NineMonthsOrLess.com blogs.
Hello, and welcome to Day 8 - the final day of our Giveaway Week at Heaven In Our Homes! Each day, March 20-27th, we have been featuring a new contest - each one running for 7 days. Don’t forget to check out our giveaways at www.Sonbeams.com AND www.NineMonthsorLess.com blogs!
Today’s Great Giveaway: Mother’s Memories Lapbook e-Book (Value $11)
Offered by: Paula from A Journey Through Learning
Just like you, we too, are mothers. We have chosen the journey to teach, lead and guide our children in everything that they do.Certainly, we want to be an intimate part of our children’s lives but we have to ask ourselves-do our children really know us? What were our childhood dreams, who were our best friends, how much did we weigh at birth, and how did we meet their dad?
It is our prayer that this lap book will allow you to give a little bit of yourself to your child. It is to be completed and given to your child to have as a keepsake. How much fun it would be to work on your lapbooks together if your child is in the process of doing a lapbook too!
Topics include: A Letter to my Child, Your Family Tree, Your Mom and Dad (child’s grandparents), Growing Up (birth, school, college), Your Childhood Pets, Your Best Friends, Your Favorite Childhood Memories, Your Siblings, Your Favorite Books, Songs, Movies, Your Family Recipes, How You Met your Child’s Father, Your Wedding Day, When You Were First Married (first house, first car, etc.) Origin of your Maiden Name, Your Hopes and Dreams for Your Child.
Our “No Hassle” lapbook instructions are color-coded to make it easy to assemble! *Please note: Does not come with a study guide.
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Alright, How this contest works! Each contest is open for one week (from starting date of that contest). You can receive entries based on the following:
*1 entry for leaving a comment about something you love on the sponsor’s website. They are kind enough to donate - let’s be kind and check out their sites!
*1 entry for adding the HIOH button to your blog or website (See code below, leave link back in comment)
*1 entry for blogging about this contest on your blog (Leave link back in comment)
*1 entry for joining me on Facebook (Mrs. Candace) and plugging us on your page (Leave separate comment)
*1 entry for joining HIOH mailing list (You’ll receive special notices and discounts)
You MUST leave a separate comment for each entry. Comments will be totaled, and Random.org will choose the winning comment number! This contest ends April 3nd at 11:59 PM (CST). Be sure to enter our other giveaways this week, here and on our other sites (see above)!
Button Code:
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Let the fun begin! Thanks for visiting!
Mrs. Candace
Hello, and welcome to Day 5 of our Giveaway Week at Heaven In Our Homes! Each day, March 20-27th, we will be featuring a new contest - each one running for 7 days. Don’t forget to check out our giveaways at www.Sonbeams.com AND www.NineMonthsorLess.com blogs!
Today’s Great Giveaway: Sample Collection of French Comestics
Offered by: Arlene from Votre Vu
The winner may choose the samples from the skincare of their choice:
Best Regards (Normal/Dry)
Attentive (Sensitive)
Peau Equilibree (Troubled)
Mature Skin (anti-aging)
Winner will receive a cleanser, toner, serum, moisturizer, mask, hand cream, body cream, AND vitamin spray for the hair, face, and skin. Each sample good for several uses! Open to US residents only.
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Alright, How this contest works! Each contest is open for one week (from starting date of that contest). You can receive entries based on the following:
*1 entry for leaving a comment about something you love on the sponsor’s website
*1 entry for adding the HIOH button to your blog or website (See code below, leave link back in comment)
*1 entry for blogging about this contest on your blog (Leave link back in comment)
*1 entry for joining me on Facebook (Mrs. Candace) and plugging us on your page (Leave separate comment)
*1 entry for joining HIOH mailing list (You’ll receive special notices and discounts)
You MUST leave a separate comment for each entry. Comments will be totaled, and Random.org will choose the winning comment number! This contest ends March 31st at 11:59 PM (CST). Be sure to enter our other giveaways this week, here and on our other sites (see above)!
Button Code:
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Let the fun begin! Thanks for visiting!
Mrs. Candace
Hello, and welcome to Day 4 of our Giveaway Week at Heaven In Our Homes! Each day, March 20-27th, we will be featuring a new contest - each one running for 7 days. Don’t forget to check out our giveaways at www.Sonbeams.com AND www.NineMonthsorLess.com blogs!
Today’s Great Giveaway: 26 oz. Candle of Winner’s Choice (Value - $18.98 + shipping)
Offered by: Trish from Gold Canyon
26 oz Heritage
Light a Gold Canyon Signature Series™ jar candle and you’ll soon discover why ours are simply “The World’s Finest”®. Our superior wax and fragrance blends, enhanced by our unique double wicks, allow our candles to burn stronger, longer and more evenly. With a rainbow of scents and colors you’re sure to find one for your every mood and for every room in your house. For that special occasion or just to enhance every day make them all more memorable with a Gold Canyon Signature Series candle.
Click image above or visit www.mygc.com/trishscoolwaxcandles to visit Trish’s site! Open to US residents only.
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Alright, How this contest works! Each contest is open for one week (from starting date of that contest). You can receive entries based on the following:
*1 entry for leaving a comment about something you love on the sponsor’s website
*1 entry for adding the HIOH button to your blog or website (See code below, leave link back in comment)
*1 entry for blogging about this contest on your blog (Leave link back in comment)
*1 entry for joining me on Facebook (Mrs. Candace) and plugging us on your page (Leave separate comment)
*1 entry for joining HIOH mailing list (You’ll receive special notices and discounts)
You MUST leave a separate comment for each entry. Comments will be totaled, and Random.org will choose the winning comment number! This contest ends March 30th at 11:59 PM (CST). Be sure to enter our other giveaways this week!
Button Code:
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Let the fun begin! Thanks for visiting!
Mrs. Candace
Hello, and welcome to Day 3 of our Giveaway Week at Heaven In Our Homes! Each day, March 20-27th, we will be featuring a new contest - each one running for 7 days. Don’t forget to check out our giveaways at www.Sonbeams.com AND www.NineMonthsorLess.com blogs!
Today’s Great Giveaway: Poems by Anne Bradstreet (E-book)
Offered by: Amy from AmyPuetz.com
Anne Bradstreet is one of the most famous Puritan women. She was a mother of eight children and a talented poetess. The driving force behind this woman was her love for God. This encouraging e-book has twelve poems and a biography. Included are her delightful poems, To My Dear Children, To My Dear and Loving Husband, The Author to Her Book, The Flesh and the Spirit, and The Vanity of All Worldly Things, etc. 20 pages
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Alright, How this contest works! Each contest is open for one week (from starting date of that contest). You can receive entries based on the following:
*1 entry for leaving a comment about something you love on the sponsor’s website
*1 entry for adding the HIOH button to your blog or website (See code below, leave link back in comment)
*1 entry for blogging about this contest on your blog (Leave link back in comment)
*1 entry for joining me on Facebook (Mrs. Candace) and plugging us on your page (Leave separate comment)
*1 entry for joining HIOH mailing list (You’ll receive special notices and discounts)
You MUST leave a separate comment for each entry. Comments will be totaled, and Random.org will choose the winning comment number! This contest ends March 29th at 11:59 PM (CST).
Button Code:
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Let the fun begin! Thanks for visiting!
Mrs. Candace
This was too good not to share! Please click over to my baby blog to read/ find a link to a You Tube video which shares information that most people don’t know. It provides a glimpse into the whole ‘medical’ world that we ignorantly believe in and follow most of the time - without ever asking questions or doubting what is claimed.
This is life or death - literally ! Read Nine Months Or Less here.
Hello, and WELCOME to Heaven In Our Homes! This week we are participating in a week long blog party, hosted by 5 Minutes for Mom. A general idea of what this is…. blogs from all over the world are invited to link to a main post, sharing their piece of blogging land with other moms!
For those of you new to HIOH, let me share a little about what you’ll find here. After I’m through rambling, you can read about today’s giveaway (and other ones as they are added throughout the week).
My name is Candace, and first and foremost I am a child of my God and Saviour! I am a 30 year old stay at home mom to 3 children, 1 with the Lord, and 1 arriving in less than 3 weeks - hopefully!
You will notice that all of the links on the sidebar aren’t up and going yet - I apologize. When my new template was built, I never had a free minute to repair these. BUT, I hope to have them up again - sometime (when I have nothing else to do). Again -
I have always been full of thoughts! My brain never stops. While I used to journal, I found my hands would cramp from all I had written. Then a friend opened up the world of blogging to me - WOW! I must say that I have now found my outlet.
I write as a way to express what God is doing in my life. I write my fears, concerns, heartaches, happiness, blessings - randomness and seriously. Basically, my blogs are my journals - they just have lots of strangers reading them.
I’ve learned many lessons from examples in my childhood - from my mom and other Christian ladies sharing what God has taught them in their lives. I have been able to avoid many a pitfall because of the messages/ testimonies these ladies have shared from their hearts.
I pray that one day as my daughter (or possibly daughters) looks back and reads my life story, that she will gain Godly insight and wisdom based on trials and lessons I have gone through. Life is by no means easy, to what a blessing it’s been for me to know that I’m not the only one going through hard times! We’ve all been there, and we all make it through - some just have a harder path.
With our newest baby due so soon, the direction of the blog will be changing for the next few months. While there is NO way in the world that I could cut of blogging (it’d be like cutting off my head!), I will be going to 1, but probably 2 postings a week.
Sundays - sharing on a certain verse that the Lord is ministering to me about (or hymn) AND a mid-week posting - sharing on what God is doing in my life right now (whether in a spiritual sense or just an update on our life in general).
As a special treat this week, I’ve had many wonderful ladies offer some gifts for YOU!! Join us each day as we have a new giveaway contest for you to participate in - each contest open for one week. Don’t miss out on our giveaways at www.Sonbeams.com AND www.NineMonthsorLess.com blogs as well!
Today’s Giveaway: Be A Good Friend e-book
Offered by: Our Grace Journey
Help Your Daughter Lay a Good Foundation
for Making Friends the Godly Way
Does your young daughter have some “friendship” issues?Does she realize the importance of chosing godly friends?Is she struggling to get along with a friend or two?Does she insist on her own way when she should be more gracious?Do her friends think she is difficult to get along with?Does she have difficulty accepting some of her friends?Does she have difficulty accepting your choice of friends for her?
Day 2 Giveaway - Celebrating Home Package
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Alright, How this contest works! Each contest is open for one week (from starting date of that contest). You can receive entries based on the following:
*1 entry for leaving a comment about something you love on the sponsor’s website
*1 entry for adding the HIOH button to your blog or website (See code below, leave link back in comment)
*1 entry for blogging about this contest on your blog (Leave link back in comment)
*1 entry for joining me on Facebook (Mrs. Candace) and plugging us on your page (Leave separate comment)
*1 entry for joining HIOH mailing list (You’ll receive special notices and discounts)
You MUST leave a separate comment for each entry. Comments will be totaled, and Random.org will choose the winning comment number! This contest ends March 28th at 11:59 PM (CST).
Button Code:
<p align=”center”> <a href=”http://www.HeavenInOurHomes.com”> <img src=”http://www.sonbeams.com/images/HIOHjpg.JPG”></a> </p> <br />
Let the fun begin! Thanks for visiting!
Mrs. Candace
Exodus 20:17 - “Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s.”
Today, we’ll conclude evaluating the list below - a list of things easy for me, as a woman, to covet.
Remember - These are ALL things that can be very tempting for me to consider (um…. covet). And how I see this is, while these might be things I want at times, they aren’t in themselves bad. It’s when I COVET (focus on the ‘I don’t haves’), and neglect the Lord in them.
Nicer clothes. Nicer clothes can lead to vanity - we become more obsessed with how we look on the outside rather than what we’re like on the inside. At least for me, I would be panicking out of my mind if my little ones smudged their food smothered hands on a new outfit!
I get really get excited about finding great deals on Craigslist, at yard sales, thrift stores, or consignment shops! Here I find almost new clothes marked down to nothing!
Sure, every few years I might get a little tired of something I’ve worn for the past 6 to 10 years (smiles), and will go out and hit the stores. Mind you, I NEVER pay full price for any of it. My eyes are set only for those clearance racks hidden in the back. I try to shop at the end of the season, in preparation for the next year when I do this.
More money. Okay, I could always be happy with a little more - sure. But to COVET, to envy, to have money consume my thoughts would again be ‘not trusting the Lord and His provisions’. I’m grateful for what God has given us, for the wisdom my father taught me regarding money.
I’m grateful that while we’re not debt free, that this IS a desire both DH and I have, and our home is all that we owe on. And once we reach that debt free point, I believe that it wouldn’t be God’s will that we horde the money we would then be saving for ourselves - but use it for His kingdom.
Meeting a financial need someone might have, buying some clothes for a family needing a little extra help, buying and preparing meals for someone that’s sick.
When we are in debt, we don’t have the freedom to meet the needs of others like this. We are burdened with having to pay the bills.
When most people ‘covet’ money, it’s not to have it for purposes such as the ones listed above - but to spend it on their own wants and desires . Is a new car REALLY necessary, or cable/ satellite, or fancy clothes? Are these wants or needs? To do further God’s kindgom, or do they further ourselves?
A job or career. As a stay at home mom, I can struggle with this at times. I feel as if what I’m doing isn’t important, isn’t enough. But like the last paragraph asked - am I furthering God’s kingdom, or furthering myself?
GOD has called parents to train their children, not babysitters or other family members. He gives an option, just as He gives us the option to sin, but that doesn’t mean both options are right. A woman that’s married or a mother can BEST serve the Lord by following the guidance HE’S given in His Word - by being a keeper at home.
It’s not always fun and glamorous - you don’t have a fancy title, and definitely don’t have the fancy paycheck! (I miss that at times, though mine wasn’t all that fancy - ha!)
But what you DO reap is a love and bond with your family that you miss out on otherwise. You reap the rewards of children raised up in a Godly home, children that will honor and follow the Lord in their own lives. (Not that other children won’t - but I’ve been on both sides, and there really is a difference)
Like I said before, women coveting a job or career are unhappy with God’s design for them. They aren’t content with what God created them to be. OUCH for me here!! Who am I to say that God’s plan for me isn’t good enough, it doesn’t fulfil me, it doesn’t make me happy. But I am guilty of this at times.
Okay, this has been a lot of ground covered, and I pray that as I have ventured through the 10 Commandments for my own self over the past months, that God has spoken to your hearts as well. May we be mindful of these throughout the whole year, devoting our lives to honor/ serve/ and glorify Him!
