Give the gift of freedom...

...financially speaking. We've been Dave Ramsey fans for a few years now. We love what he teaches about debt and credit use, actually the lack of it. Our goal is to eventually be debt free. We're doing good on not acquiring new debt...its the working on the old stuff that is sluggish!
Dave is doing 24 days of Giving this year and today he's giving away $2000! Wouldn't that be awesome to win that and set up your $1000 emergency fund and then be able to give the rest away!? I'm currently thinking of a ton of different ways we could give to others. No matter how enticing that money would be to spend on ourselves it sure feels great knowing you've bless someone else!
So, check out Dave's site and make sure you enter the giveaway today and begin planning on how you could use the money to bless someone else this Christmas! Also, check out all the stuff he has on sale for $10. They would make a great present teaching someone how to be debt free.

Give a cup of food with one click

I just ran across a way you can help give 1 cup of food to a hungry person around the world.

All you have to do is click the link above. Your simple click will donate that cup of food. We so easily click links to online celebrity gossip or the most current sale at our favorite store. So, I don't think its too much to ask you to click the link to help give food to the hungry. You can click everyday and make sure give that hungry mouth a meal.

For a special little girl....

I promise I wont fill this blog with only links to giveaways. Although, who doesn't like the chance of getting something for free?! But, I thought this was another one worth posting.


Growing up I was raised by a wonderful single mom. We didn't have much and we certainly didn't have the money to decorate my bedroom with nice things. Now that I have 3 girls I remember how much I always wished I had a pretty room. Our girls room (yes, they all 3 share 1 room) is currently in the process of being decorated in a 'theme'. We don't have lots of money to pour into it constantly but we do little bits here and there.

This is another giveaway that, if I won, would be a perfect thing to give away since we won't need it. It would be nice to keep of course because the 2 choices are just beautiful but since my girls aren't in need...why not bless another little girl, who doesn't have pretty things in her bedroom, with it. (I don't know who that is yet, but if I win...I'll pray the Lord leads me to her!)
Hop on over there and enter for yourself. And make sure to let them know who sent you! (It'll get us both more entries ;) )

Win something to give

A friend of mine is hosting a giveaway over at her sewing blog. Shes giving away some adorable New-Mommy warming slippers and matching baby booties.


These would be a PERFECT 'welcome baby' gift to give to a new mommy. I entered specifically with the intention that if I win...I'll be giving them away! As cute as they are and as much as I would love to keep them for myself I think they would make a wonderful gift for a new mommy. Since we have at least 5 pregnant women at church right now....I dont think I'll have a hard time finding the perfect new mommy to receive them. Thats if I were to win them of course, lol. So, stop on by her blog and enter for yourself and think of the perfect new mommy to give these too!

Give the Gift of Prayer

Giving Day 2- Idea 50
Have an Advent-ure.

Don't worry I'm not going to write what the books says word for word. That could get lengthy and isn't that like plagiarism or something? ;)

In this suggestion your told to pick a different person to pray for as a family every day. Just like you have an Advent calendar to count down the days until Christmas now you can give the gift of prayer and intercession on someone else's behalf.

Doesn't it make you feel good to know when someone is praying for you? Think about when you haven't even passed on a need and you find out they were praying for you. I can remember I was having a really hard time, on many different levels, right after Owen, baby #4, was born. I was tired from just having had a baby, tired from getting less sleep and nursing constantly, tired from having 3 older children to take care of, tired of all the responsibilities here on the home front and....you get the point. I took my need to our small group at church, which was kind of a hard thing for me to do...admitting you're suffering from the baby blues and admitting life is hard at the moment, and they prayed for me that night. That was a Monday night. As the week went on its like the haze I was living in was lifted. It was amazing. What a different mindset I had after they had prayed for me that night and knowing some of them were storming the gates of Heaven on my behalf throughout the week.

So, every night now through Christmas our family will pick a new person to pray for. We'll let the girls take turns picking along with Derek and me. Anyone goes. We'll spend the next day praying specifically for that person. As a family and individually.

If you join in this one with your family make sure and let you kids in on it too. Let them help pick the person and let them pray as well. This is another great way to teach them a new way in giving to others. Giving isn't always in material possessions; there are many other ways we can give without it being material.

Don't forget to enter our giveaway of the Saint Nicholas DVD and 101 Ways to Give Christmas Away.

Technically not us giving...but....

I thought this was a link worth posting since Whataburger is joining in the spirit of giving with this promotion. Just submit your email address and zip code and they'll email you coupons for free stuff every other day until December 24th. Cant beat free!!

Giving Day 1- a Giveaway!

To kick off our families month of giving we're starting with a giveaway! Aren't you excited? ;)Whether 3 or 100 people actually participate we're thrilled to share this giveaway with you!

Since our month of giving was inspired by

101 Simple and Thoughtful Ways to Give This Christmas Away

and Veggie Tales Saint Nicholas

we're giving them away to 1 lucky reader! I pray that this book and DVD help change your families traditions and priorities this Christmas season and for years to come. I know it has ours.

You can get up to 3 entries. A winner will be drawn randomly. Heres how to enter to win:

1. Leave a comment on this post.
2. Blog about our blog and link it back to us. Leave me a comment linking us to your blog entry.
3. Link to us in a status entry on Facebook. If we're not friends on Facebook yet, friend me and let me know you linked back here. (search me by my email address found at 'contact us' in the upper right colum)

Its as simple as that! I'll end the comments on December 10th and draw a winner on the 11th. That way you'll *hopefully* (you know the USPS at Christmas...) get these goodies by Christmas. Happy Advent!