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Monday, November 25, 2013

It's My Birthday! Giveaway

When I was a little girl I had a storybook about a girl named Beth.  She woke up one morning, dressed in a pretty blue jumper, and headed out for a walk around her neighborhood.  As she walked she came across many of her neighbors who needed help - and she did so, always with a slight smile on her face.

At the end of the story you find out that it's Beth's birthday, and all of her neighbors throw her a surprise party.

I never cared too much about the party part, but I always liked that she wanted to celebrate her birthday by giving it away and sharing it with her friends.  So, while I'm announcing that I have just celebrated another birthday - we won't go into just how many that makes - here's my birthday giveaway for you, just for fun.



These are simple things, but those are my favorites, so that's what I'm sharing with you.  The winner of this giveaway will receive:
  • Stones for Bread by Christa Parrish (I enjoyed learning how to bake bread from my great-grandmother and grandfather.)
  • A new Lindt Excellence Dark Chocolate Coconut Bar (I don't like dark chocolate OR coconut, but this is my new favorite chocolate.  It's AMAZING.)
  • A package of salted almonds.  Yum.
  • Body spray.  My Little Man always says that I 'smell good' when I use it.
  • A pair of soft spa socks.  My feet are always cold in the winter, and I like these soft ones.  
  • Nail polish.  I haven't often painted my nails, but I've been having fun being extra 'girly' with my Big Helper lately.
  • A tube of lip gloss.  I usually have either chapstick or lip gloss in my pocket.  Not sure why ... but it's one of those things I rarely leave the house without, and I liked this perky color.
  • For years, I've carried Sharpies around in my pocket.  Fortunately, they lids are made to fit well.  :-)  I liked the way that these two colors seemed to match so many other things in this package ....
  • A list pad to use the Sharpies on.  I'm a list maker, and pretty paper just makes the whole process more fun.
  • I'm not really mailing you a pumpkin - but since I was born on Thanksgiving and already had it on the table, I thought it looked festive.  No pumpkins will be shipped during this giveaway.  :-)
So there you go. Not quite a list of Oprah proportions, but one that makes me happy, and I hope those little things will brighten various parts of your day, too.  Enter using the widget below, and Happy Birthday from my Nest to yours!

20 comments:

  1. Thanks, Amy! Happy, happy birthday to a wonderful blogger, friend, fellow sister in Christ! Grateful God gave us you as a gift! Betsy

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  2. Happy birthday. May your day and year be filled with His Blessings
    marypopmom (at) yahoo (dot) com
    Merry

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  3. My favorite birthday tradition is having the family sing to me
    marypopmom (at) yahoo (dot) com
    Merry

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  4. My favorite birthday tradition is the phrase we say to each other all day "I'm so glad you were born!"

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  5. We sing Happy Birthday ... usually in Veggie Tales style.

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  6. Happy Happy Birthday! I love the idea, of giving away/sharing your birthday wishes. And you are sharing some of my favorite things! like chocolate, and sharpies, and cozy socks, and home-baked bread.
    In our family, we hang the same birthday banner for every birthday, and I have balloon letters that spell out the name of the birthday girl/boy. They get to see their name blown up when they wake that morning.

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  7. My favorite tradition is baking a cake for myself! A believe a cake always completes a birthday, and I get to choose which kind I want, and no pressure on my husband to find a cake!

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  8. Favorite bday tradition is going out to dinner.
    Melissa Nassraway

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  9. Birthdays mean movie night at our house. Happy Birthday!!

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  10. We don't really celebrate birthdays much around here. Kind of out of necessity for a while there. Everyone gets to pick their restaurant or meal of choice and then they usually get some cash to spend on what they want. Unless they specifically asked for something... :)

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  11. favorite birthday tradition: getting 2 cakes because I'm a leap year baby :)

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  12. Happy birthday! My favorite birthday tradition is buying myself my one big splurge item that I have been wanting for a long time!

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  13. My favorite birthday tradition is eating homemade German Chocolate cake. Yum!

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  14. I make a point to take a LONG HOT bubble bath and a good book on my birthday :)

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  15. My favorite birthday tradition is asking the birthday person questions at dinner: What were your 5 top highlights from the past year? What's something you're hoping for in the year to come? etc.

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  16. My favorite birthday tradition is putting up our Christmas tree on my birthday, which happens to be tomorrow : )

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  17. My dad used to wake us up singing happy birthday to us! I miss those mornings!

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  18. Our favorite tradition is breakfast in bed. The whole family joins in on the birthday boy/girls bed and its always hilarous.

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  19. Movie and popcorn...all piled up. :)

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  20. Birthday cake!

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