Little Garden Buggies Giveaway Take 2!!

The First Garden Buggies Giveaway went so well that...I am going to continue and host another giveaway!! 

Wanna know what these little garden cuties do?

Well, they complement your planters and add a little bit of whimsy to any garden or outdoor area.

Although I don't think that they are just limited to the garden.  These little gems could be poised on a pencil holder, utensil crocs, as a cute little backdrop in a shadowbox..the sky is the limit really with these little garden buggies!!  So onto the FUN Part...

GIVEAWAY!!
One Lucky The Dill-io reader will win these cute little garden gems!

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This contest is open to residents of the USA only. Contest ends on August 14th at 11:59 pm CST. The winner will be chosen using random.org and will be notified via email.  The lucky winner will have 48 hours to contact me. If you fail to contact me within the 48 hour period, a new winner will be chosen.

Disclosure: I received no monetary compensation for this review. I purchased these little garden cuties myself and was under no obligation from any person(s) or company to post a positive review. All thoughts and opinions are mine.

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Book Review: Where is God in Your Life

A few weeks back I was fortunate enough to become part of an AWESOME program called Pump Up your Book.  You sign up to be a book tour host and they send you the book to review PLUS the author of the book I reviewed is actually going to be making a guest post!!  Neato Frito right??

The Book I chose was "Where is God in Your life" by Sue Provost.  Here is a little bio on the book,


"As Christians, our spiritual journey is constantly brings us back to Jerusalem, to the death and resurrection of Jesus, which gives meaning to all that we do.  Strengthened by God's Spirit we join on the walk to wherever, we share meals, and we tell stories.  We remember.  God, as we go along life's way, will help us to be aware of His presence with us.  He will open our eyes and, makes us expectant, eager to be met by Him.  We will never complete our spiritual journey..."


My review of the book:
This book is chock full of wise and thoughtful insight on the behalf of the author.  Provost points out right away that building a strong relationship with God is a vigilant everyday process.  She outlines the different levels of faith and she provides in her book a layout and process to hosting/directing 3 Christian Spirituality retreats that are meant to enrich your lives .  Now personally I have never participated in a retreat so initially I thought that a large portion of this book was going to be difficult for me to follow, but that was sooo not the case.  I found the retreat both thorough and insightful.  

The three retreats are initially broken down into levels, similar to a beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels.  The first workshop lays the foundation of the Bible out to understand the basics and shows you the retreat-ee how the Gospels are truly the foundation for His Church.  The second workshop is for those that are a little farther advanced on their spiritual journey and gives insight as to how Jesus has been portrayed over the centuries.  The third workshop is for the more advanced believer that needs some guidance as to where they go from here. 
 Everything about the weekend retreats was broken down into time periods, keynote speakers, points to discuss, important values to take away per day.  It was all well thought out, vividly described and easy to follow.  I feel that this book offers answers and guidance to help believers on all walks of life without being judgmental, to really learn how to know Jesus.


This book while asking some difficult questions it also offers tools to help you really delve into where your personal relationship is with Jesus, i.e. questions at the ends of chapters to really see in black and white what your feelings are.  Provost stresses that loving God and knowing God is not just a check in box, stamp of approval engagement--Loving and knowing God is done by letting go and letting His Spirit fill your heart. 


Overall I thought it was an excellent book and a kind of tough read for me, I tend to gravitate to a more casual dumbed down version of Christian Literature, but thats personal preference.  That being said, there is hands down without a doubt some very valid points and thought provoking questions that did enhance MY thoughts on my relationship with God. 

Review of this book provided by the author/publisher in exchange for a fair and honest review. In no way did the furnishing of the book affect the outcome of my review.  All opinions are 100% mine.  

Stay tuned because Sue Provost will be providing a guest post for this blog in the coming weeks!!

Wordless Wednesday

Rite Aid Shop for the week of 8/1-8/7

Okay,  I like Rite Aid but I am just getting my feet wet so I am very cautious in my shops there.  I read on different message boards that there is a huge MM on Crest Pro Health Rinse (find out more info on that deal here) and I decided to chance it and see what my store was working with.  Well I had already gone to CVS at this point and I used 3 of my 5 Crest coupons there but I was banking on RA not being stocked with enough bottles of mouthwash to do the deal-well they were stocked.  
And I did not have enough coupons.
I had only planned on paying $7 and turning it into $13 MM, well since I did not have enough coupons my figures would have been switched $13 OOP and a $7 MM.
Nope not acceptable...I don't think I have ever spent $13 at a drugstore on ANYTHING and I was not about to start today.  
I am going to try to get my hands on 2 more Crest coupons and maybe make it back there before Saturday, but if not, meh there will be another deal, there always is.  
Here is my amended shopping trip, I got:

Transaction #1:
4 Bounty Basic-- $1.29 each
4 Papermate Pens-- $1.99



Coupons I used:
B1G3 Promo on Pens so essentially $1.99 for 4 packs of pens or .50 each
4 $1/1 any Bounty Towel from Home Mailer and YOS Booklets
$3 UP+ Reward
Subtotal: .15
Tax: .50
Total: .65 cents!!!  


And I earned .50 UP+ from buying the pens


Good shop but it could be better!!  I will try again in hopes of scoring the Crest deal!!
Check out the rest of the Rite Aid deals here!!

CVS Shop for the week of 8/1-8/7

It was a great week this week at CVS!! And luck was on my side (thankfully) and my transaction went smoothly-PHEW!!  I think I could have done smaller transactions and paid less OOP but I had both kids with me and I just wanted to get it done.  As it is I usually say I am going for a quick run to CVS and end up spending 40 minutes in there when I have the munchkins.  

Not ideal.  

Here is what I got:

Transaction #1:
6 Sobe Lifewaters-- $1.59 each
4 Clean and Clear Face Washes-- .99 each
1 Fusion ProGlide-- $9.99
3 Crest Pro Health Rinse-- $3.99
1 Vicks Vapo Steam Vaporizer-- $4.99
1 Vicks Cough Syrup-- $1.87
1 Vicks Flu + Vitamin C Cold Meds-- $1.37
3 Dawn Hand Renewal Dish Soaps-- .99 each


Coupons I used:
3 B1G1 Sobe IP's from www.headsortails.com
4 $1/1 Clean and Clear from 8/1SS
1 $4/1 any Fusion Razor from  8/1 P&G
3 $2/1 Crest Rinse from 8/1 P&G
3 $1.50/1 Vicks Product from P&G YOS Booklet
3 $1/1 Dawn Hand Renewal from Home Made Simple Booklets (I traded for all these)
$16.98 ECB's 
Subtotal: .36 cents
Tax: $3.05
Total OOP: $3.41


Earned: $10 ECB's ($5 from the razor and $5 from the mouthwash)


So I kinda burned some ECB's on the medicine but I will most likely give it to my mom because we try not to take OTC medicine (yeah I know we are weird) and the vaporizer was just a good buy for the price ($3.50!!)-- its nice to have on hand when we get stuffed up during cold season.


All in all I say I had a good trip....check out the rest of the CVS deals here!!

Handmade with Love and Rules WINNER!!

And the WINNER of the Handmade with Love and Rules Giveaway is:

 

#118 Teaching Mommy "..daily tweet

http://twitter.com/frankandkatie/status/19693672731

fankandkatie at gmail dot com"

CONGRATS!!

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Thanks everyone for entering and stay tuned for more Handmade with Love Giveaways!!

Digital Room Giveaway WINNER!!

The winner of the Digital Room Giveaway for Personalized Greeting Cards is:

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#11 Jeanie who said "...I subscribe to your blog via RSS Feed (Google Reader) 

alohapearl12 [at] gmail [dot] com

CONGRATS JEANIE!! 

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