http://quiverfullfamily.com Musings on Christian family living, Christian book reviews, homeschooling, homesteading, recipes, home business and more! Sun, 30 Nov 2008 23:58:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It is time to play a Wild Card! Every now and then, a book that I have chosen to read is going to pop up as a FIRST Wild Card Tour. Get dealt into the game! (Just click the button!) Wild Card Tours feature an author and his/her book's FIRST ... http://quiverfullfamily.com/2008/11/30/first-wild-card-tour-shadow-of-colossus-by-tl-higley/ Faithful readers will know that I love the Sleepy Wrap.  After describing how much I adore my red Sleepy Wrap, how I wish I had one with my first daughter, and how it is the #1 choice for parents of newborns I contacted Sleepy Wrap to see if they would ... http://quiverfullfamily.com/2008/11/30/contest-sleepy-wrap-giveaway/ It is time to play a Wild Card! Every now and then, a book that I have chosen to read is going to pop up as a FIRST Wild Card Tour. Get dealt into the game! (Just click the button!) Wild Card Tours feature an author and his/her book's FIRST ... http://quiverfullfamily.com/2008/11/29/first-wild-card-tour-in-the-shadow-of-lions-by-ginger-garrett/ Welcome to the sixth edition of the Christian Book Carnival! We're a bit slow this week, which is to be expected with everyone's big plans for Thanksgiving (and the subsequent shopping rush!) so thanks for contributing your reviews, and I hope to hear from you again next week :). Please share about ... http://quiverfullfamily.com/2008/11/26/6th-christian-book-carnival/ I like to keep my frugal minded readers up to date with the latest sales and freebies in the homeschooling world, and I HAD to share these sales and great prices from The Old Schoolhouse. The Old Schoolhouse Magazine is having an amazing sale on subscriptions during their annual Black Friday ... http://quiverfullfamily.com/2008/11/26/homeschooling-sales-and-magazine-discount/ We have a winner of One Perfect Day by Lauraine Snelling!  We had a well attended contest, thanks to everyone for participating, and than you to Hachette Book Group for providing the prize!  Don't forget to read my full review here. On to the announcement! Congratulations to Erika, a subscriber here at ... http://quiverfullfamily.com/2008/11/26/winner-one-perfect-day-by-lauraine-snelling/ Many bloggers that I've met online are engaged in earning money through their blogs, helping to supplement their family's incomes. For our family, writing sponsored blog posts means that we can pay for our internet, for some it means additional grocery or clothing money. I'd like to share an article ... http://quiverfullfamily.com/2008/11/26/guest-article-video-dragon-naturally-speaking/ Look at Snowball, all grown up!  Snowball is the orange kitten, and she's around 5 months old now.  Here she is with her one of her little half-sisters.  She has adopted this one as a surrogate mama, she loves to cuddle and sleep with her.  Our kittens are still being ... http://quiverfullfamily.com/2008/11/26/pick-of-the-day-november-26th-2008/ It is time to play a Wild Card! Every now and then, a book that I have chosen to read is going to pop up as a FIRST Wild Card Tour. Get dealt into the game! (Just click the button!) Wild Card Tours feature an author and his/her book's FIRST ... http://quiverfullfamily.com/2008/11/25/first-wild-card-tourthe-mission-minded-family-by-ann-dunagan/ A jaded, bitter editor is given the task of taking the story of two women by dictation; one a virtuous lady in waiting, the other soiled and desperate. This is no ordinary story and neither is the one recounting it. The Scribe retells the events surrounding the Reformation in England ... http://quiverfullfamily.com/2008/11/24/book-review-in-the-shadow-of-lions-chronicles-of-the-scribe-book-1-by-ginger-garrett/