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 And the winner of the  Mr. Bubbles Giveaway is ... Sarah L. (Sarah, please email me a snail mail address so Amazon.com can get your bubbles to you ASAP! dawn_meehan@byu.edu) And thanks to everyone who entered (about 100 in all).   *** PS: Have a beautiful Sunday--wherever you may be. Me? I'm spending Sunday time with family, going to church, writing a letter to Jay on his mission, and making Julia Child's "potato leek soup"--with hopes it will FLUSH my dang bronchitis away. (I've had it for 18+ days! For. The. Love!) I never met a leek I didn't like.

For all of my friends/family facing mountains right now, the lyrics to one of my favorite songs. I love you and am thinking of you. "God Is Able" by Smokie Norful   God is able, God is able God is able and He won't fail Tell me who can make a mountain Move out of my way And who can make a miracle Because of my faith And when the doctor says no Who can still say yes And when I'm in trouble Who's right there to help me pass every test God is able, God is able God is able and He won't fail Tell me who can make a river Out of a little stream And who can tell the clouds To roll back so that the sun can look at me And who can tell the wind to whistle through the trees And when I'm in trouble who is the same God That will come down and rescue me God is able, God is able God is able and He won't fail He won't fail He won't fail Don't you dare give up Don't you dare give in God won't f

Ever since Jay left on his mission, I've been without my "IT Guy" (and my extra driver and my home-improvement guy).  So, it's pretty hilarious that I posted a Giveway on the blog Monday without realizing people wouldn't be able to comment on the blog! (Because we'd taken down the comment functionality in the post-Survivor craze.) Anyway, my point! While I didn't learn to fish myself (enable the comments) ... yet--Dave did step in and set up the commenting for me. Yay!  So now you can enter to win the Mr. Bubbles bath stuff by posting a comment on the blog between now and Friday at 11:59pm. Click the Giveaway tab for Giveaway Instructions/Rules if you have questions (those of you with privacy issues--hahahaha.). Have a beautiful day. (Thanks, Dave. XO) via Pinterest, 2012.

It has been FAR too long since I've had a Giveaway on the blog! And so I'm starting with something small, but fun: a bottle of brand new (shipped to you from Amazon) Mr. Bubble (gentle one). Click here for entry rules. How do you enter?  Leave a comment between today (7/15) and 11:59pm on Friday, July 19th. OR send me an email with GIVEAWAY in the subject line to: dawn_meehan@byu.edu That's it! --Previous winners may enter. More than one entry is fine by me!  --One winner will be chosen using Random.org and notified here on the blog Saturday, the 20th. PS: My blog is all my own doing, so I don't have any connections or affiliations or sponsors. I may love Amazon and Mr. Bubble, but they don't know me personally.  

Congratulations "Katrina," the winner of our Glitter Lip Tattoos! (We'll be contacting you w/ the details first thing Monday.) And thanks to all who entered.

I'm ready to celebrate! As of yesterday, I've been blogging for SIX solid years!  (Minus a month or two last summer when I played Survivor). I feel like that's a pretty big accomplishment. I mean, outside of breathing, eating, and praying, I can't think of anything else I've done--consistently--for 6 whole years. ( How about you? ) Anyway, my point! Thank you so much for taking the time to read my blog (Dave, mom, dad, kids, Janae, Caralyn in Canada, Liz, Whitt, Rita the Mosquita, Megan in California--to name a few). It has meant so much to me to write each day, share my life, and connect with other people here on the blog.  Truly, thank you. Mwah-- from me to you! Oh, and wait! The giveaway! I thought it would be fun to do a giveaway for 3 temporary lip tattoos--since I learned all about them on my layover in Las Vegas this weekend. They really are all the rage. And the glitter ones are my fave. (c) Violent L

Congratulations to the winner of the Nostalgia Retro Hot Air Popcorn Popper: JANE *Jane, we've sent you an email w/ details. Thanks to everyone who entered!   *** PS: New Recipe of the Week = Snicker Bar Salad (In honor of Survivor's John Cochran)

(c) Nostalgia, 2011. I know microwave popcorn is WAY convenient and tasty, but it's not that healthy for you. So ... I thought it would be fun to giveaway an air-popped popcorn machine. And this is the one I own, so I thought we could be twins! Giveaway begins today and ends at 11:59pm on 2/24    (Friday, Mountain Time). Dawn's Blog Giveaway Rules 1. Anyone may enter.  Family, friends, in-laws, out-laws, previous winners, etc. 2. You enter by leaving a comment on my blog. Leave a comment--any comment--between today,  February 17 and February 24, 2012 @ 11:59pm. 3. One winner per giveaway: 1 Nostalgia Air Popped Popcorn Machine (red). I didn't win the million, sorry! 4. Winner is selected RANDOMLY using Random.org. The comments are numbered in the order they are received. 5. Winner will be named--first name/username--only on the blog on February 1. You may enter under anonymous, but I will have a heck of

Congratulations to the winner  of our Heart-Shaped Waffle-Maker ! No. 79: Alex    Alex, I'll be emailing you today and Amazon will be sending your prize STAT! THANKS to everyone who left a comment/entered the contest.  PS: There were 348 comments left on the blog (in various places)--and Random.org gave me #79 as the winner. PPS: The blog relaunch is a few days behind. We're "green light" for Friday, 2/3. Yay hoo.  

Happy Monday! This is a big week: 1. I'm planning to relaunch the blog on Wednesday--with some fun changes/updates. 2. We're giving away the heart-shaped waffle maker Wednesday morning. So, if you've entered the contest already, you're set. And if you haven't entered, you've got until Tuesday, Jan. 31 @ 11:59pm (MST) to do so. Click here for more details on the giveaway: http://thedeserethousewife.blogspot.com/p/giveaways.html PS:   I wanted to share this picture (above)--to show you just how incredible the whole "Survivor" experience continues to be.  If you've read the blog before, you might remember me mentioning a college student, Jake, who met me at the SLC International Airport over the Christmas break?  Well, I'd mentioned on the blog that I wanted to send him some bread.  And I finally did. So Jake--and his friends--sent this photo Saturday when the bread arriv

Love is in the air. Well, at least the love of waffles. You see, this weekend I learned that  you can cook a brownie on your waffle iron. Uh-huh. For reals.  Doesn't that just blow your mind?  Think of the possibilities: --hot fudge sundaes in brownie waffle bowls --hot fudge sundaes in brownie waffle bowls --oh, and hot fudge sundaes in brownie waffle bowls! Anyway, you get the point. It's dang revolutionary, I tell ya.  And so, I thought it seemed like a good time to do a Blog Giveway.  And what are we givin' away? You guessed it: a heart-shaped waffle iron.  Like this one ... unless it's out of stock when I ship. In that case, a similar one.  New In Box. Straight from Amazon to your home/office. So, if you've entered before, you know the rules. If you've never entered before, lemme review: Dawn's Blog Giveaway Rules 1. Anyone may enter.  Family, friends, in-laws, out-laws, pr