My friend Shaina delivered a beautiful baby boy today! Kimble Paul Nunnelly arrived this afternoon, born to a happy family with a great Mom and Dad and 4 older siblings. He is lucky to have such a great family, because he will need all the love and support he can get.

Kimble was born with a congenital heart defect. This was detected while still in-utero, and the Nunnelly family has been working hard to prepare for this little guy. He is in the NICU right now, doing well, but he faces multiple major surgeries very soon. Shaina will be basically living at the hospital for the next few weeks to keep up with his care. If you wouldn’t mind adding Kimble and the Nunnelly family to your prayers, I know it would be appreciated, and would definitely help along the miracle that is needed here.

Now, if you can help in a more tangible way, Shaina has written a cookbook during this pregnancy to help fund the steep medical costs of surgery and NICU care. Shaina is a great cook, and I’ve sampled quite a bit of her cooking as well as been on the receiving end of meals when my daughter arrived. You won’t go wrong with these recipes, and you will be helping a good family with your purchase! So treat yourself to a whole lot of yummy, and please buy a copy of, “Just Because I Like To Cook“.

PS: Also makes a good Christmas gift.
PPS: THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART!

Gabe loves our new Frigidaire Affinity Washer and Dryer.

And I admit, that occasionally, when I want to get something done. . .I take advantage of that love.

And he gets to watch the dryer dry.

Or the washer spin.

And I get a significant amount of free time.

So, the More Me Time campaign they are running? It doesn’t mention this as an added benefit. It tells you about the great cycle settings and the even wash/dry time and the efficiency. But today- THIS is my favorite benefit.

Drum roll Please!

Congrats to Becky Williams, the lovely Number Six!

You’ve won yourself a Ribbon Box or ScrapMaBob - and a chance for the big prize- a full sized Work Box!

Good luck!

And get Ready to see the final winner over at Rachelle’s Writing Spot on October 12th!

WINNER!

#30

Thank you for the contest, I have to say my favorite is one you featured on your site. The Circle Link Chain Necklace, it’s so feminine and pretty but not overwhelming. Though there were a ton of beautiful pieces on the site…my second fave the Teardrop necklace.

Comment by LaurieS — October 5, 2009 @ 8:23 pm |

CONGRATS !!

My friend Sarah is a Stella & Dot stylist and she is sponsoring this give-a-way today!

Stella & Dot makes some gorgeous jewelry. Even I like some of the pieces, and I’m not a big jewelry wearer. They are also gaining popularity, and were featured in last month’s Lucky Magazine. Here are a few of my favorites:

Today we will be giving a Jenna Pearl and Ribbon necklace to one lucky Lou reader. If you would like a shot at this pretty pearl number - go check out the site, come back here and tell me the name of your favorite necklace or earrings!

Also- as a deal for Life as Lou readers, if you see something you have to have, just enter my name as your “host” when you check out, and Sarah will give you a discounted shipping rate ($5.95 flat rate shipping, no matter how much you order)!

Good Luck! The winner will be posted here, on this blog post next Wednesday!

Wow. I have a really exciting life.

So exciting, in fact, that I got about five hundred loads of laundry behind. I couldn’t see the floor in my laundry room.

I did the diapers. I did the towels.

I did a few loads of baby clothes.

I did a few loads of kid clothes-

they were all immediately put away in the clothes baskets in our laundry room.

I started washing clothes at 7am and I did not stop until 11pm.

And then I woke up and dedicated myself to linens and folding the last load.

Socks.

I hate washing socks.

I leave them at the bottom of the hamper until the entire family is desperate.

And then I find socks like this.

I really hope my children don’t take their socks off at school because when the holes are that big, people judge.

I threw that one out.

This is one of my favorite things about this machine. The crud catcher.

Otherwise known as the money catcher. The rock catcher. The hot wheels car catcher. The cheese catcher (don’t ask). The baby sock catcher. All the tiny random stuff that should have been cleaned out ends up in here.

Last week I found a twenty. Made my day, and it was my twenty to begin with!

So yes, I am very much enjoying and using my Frigidaire Affinity Washer and Dryer. I love my machines.

And now, my bedsheets are done drying- and for two glorious seconds. . .I have no laundry.

*a moment of silence to commemorate this rare moment*

Ok, that’s done.

Now off to do more of this.

You heard right. One of you could win this.

How would you like to own every crafter’s dream organizing system? The Workbox does it all for

Scrapbookers
Stampers
Cricut lovers (special place to store it)
Quilters
Artists
Anyone with a creative bug could fill this thing up!

The whole thing folds up, hides the mess, and then easily moves wherever you need it to go on wheels. This is a sturdy piece of furniture which will hold everything imaginable in a beautiful storage space.

The Original Scrapbox will give away ONE Workbox to a lucky qualifier. There will be 10 finalists selected from 10 different blogs to be entered in the final giveaway .

My finalist will also receive a Ribbon Box or ScrapMaBob- so even if you don’t win the grand prize (I’m totally rooting for a Life as Lou reader!) You still win a nifty little goodie of your choice!

Do you want to be a finalist in The Workbox Giveaway?

WELL DO YOU?????

EARN EXTRA ENTRIES

You may earn 1 extra entry each for doing the following (Please leave a comment for each thing you do): No purchase necessary to enter. Entries that do not follow all of the entry requirements will not be considered.

* Visit The Original Scrapbox website and choose your favorite product. Leave a comment here and tell me what your favorite is and why you would like this product.
*add Life As Lou to your list of favorite site son your website.
* Become a Facebook fan of The Original Scrapbox here.
* Facebook the contest and share the code for $100 off shipping: 100writes
* Tweet about this contest with link backs here and share the code for $100 off shipping:100writes (copy and paste http://lifeaslou.blogsome.com/ right into the text box).
* Comment on any non-contest post (must contribute to the conversation)
* Refer a friend to this contest, make sure they tell me who sent them
* Email 3 friends about this giveaway and CC me: everydaylouAT yahoo.com

RECEIVE 5 ENTRIES FOR THE FOLLOWING (Make note in your comment of each entry type you complete)

* Blog about this contest with a picture of the Workbox. If you have a private blog, it will not be eligible for this part of the contest. In your blog post, please use the tags: The Original Scrapbox, Scrapbook storage, Workbox.
* Blog about any other item offered from The Original Scrapbox and include this information word for word: Enter this code when you place your order to get $100 off your shipping: 100Writes

More ways to enter to qualify for the contest:

There are 9 other awesome bloggers holding a contest to get an entry for the Workbox Giveaway. Stop by their blogs and enter for more chances to win:

Make It and Love It

Vanilla Joy

Auntie Thesis

The Mommy Files

My Organized Chaos

PriscillaStyles

Cricut Christmas

Capadia Designs

Rachelle Writes

Get as many entries as you can by telling your friends about this contest and stay tuned to my blog for more incredible giveaways! Good luck and remember to follow the rules correctly to earn more entries in the contest.

I will announce the name of one person to go on for the grand prize drawing on October 10, 2009.

Then on October 12, 2009, the final drawing will be held using Random.org to select one winner from the 10 entries to win The Workbox!

I hope it is one of you!!!

GOOD LUCK!

P.S.) No, I wasn’t given one of these for holding the contest, because if I had been, I would be dead from the sheer joy and unable to type this post. I will be getting this rockin’ toy, which I will tell you all about once I’ve put it into action).

P.P.S.) the contest will be open to residents of UK and EU countries as well as the United States and Canada.

AND THE WINNER IS:

Congrats Gail- shoot me your contact infor please- and thanks everyone for playing!

I made this card using handmade crocheted Pixie Petals flower embellishments and Lily Bee paper. Pixie Petals would like to give away a set of free flowers to a Life as Lou reader, so if you would like to win leave me a comment below and let me know what your favorite set is in the Etsy shop! Right now, I’m digging the Halloween colors.

We will choose a winner at random and that winner will get a pretty set of flowers to craft with in the mail! (Pixie Petals will choose the colors).

You have until Monday!

Good luck!

Oh! Also:

if you enter “I heart Leah” at the checkout, she will give you a free two-tier pixiepetal on every order of TWO or more pixiepetal sets. You can choose the color of your free petal and just tell her at checkout.

I was asked to blog about some new Penne pasta and Bake Mix from Atkins! I got to try them and they are both yummy, diet conscious foods ready to replace your usual, non-Atkins pasta and baking mix, and turn some of your favorite foods into Atkins-compatible diet dishes!

In conjunction with releasing these new foods, Atkins is sponsoring a recipe contest. Here are some details:

The “Win with Atkins Cuisine” Recipe Contest runs from September 1, 2009 to September 30, 2009 so get started today!

Contest categories:

* Penne Pasta:
* Penne Pasta with Sauce
* Vegetarian Penne Pasta Dish
* Penne Pasta Casserole Dish

* Baking Mix:
* Breakfast/Brunch
* Lunch/Dinner
* Dessert/Sweets

A digital color photograph of your completed dish is required, since one of the judging criteria is Appearance. Please submit a color photo that is at least 215 pixels wide and 150 pixels high.

Recipes submitted must serve exactly 4 people and use as an essential ingredient either Atkins Cuisine Penne Pasta OR Atkins Cuisine All Purpose Baking Mix.

There will be 42 prizes given based on judging! Good luck!

“I wrote this review while participating in a blog campaign by Mom Central on behalf of Atkins and received samples to facilitate my candid review. In addition, Mom Central sent me a gift card to thank me for taking the time to participate.”