We Have a Winner!

Good afternoon to all my friends. I hope you're all having a good Saturday. It's chilly here in Virginia. We had some snow and ice last night, but it's all melted away now.

Well, my husband drew the name for my giveaway and he chose...

Sandi at The Primitive Skate

Congratulations, Sandi! If you would please e-mail your address to me, I'll get these mailed to you right away! :)

Thank you all so much for your entries and your sweet comments. Enjoy your weekend!

Take care,

~Melanie

A Valentine Giveaway!

Hi, everyone.

I hope you're all doing well, and getting back into the swing of things. All of our Christmas decorations have been put away for another year, and it always makes me a little sad...but I DO keep my snowmen out during the winter! I like their cheerful little *smiles*.

Our weather here has been chilly this week. We woke up to a dusting of snow yesterday morning...it did my heart good to see a little snow.♥

Well, I thought it might be nice to do a giveaway for Valentine's Day, so I have made up these five little hearts to give away (basket not included). Katie helped me cut them out. :-)

You have three chances to win.

First, you need to be a follower of my blog, and leave a comment on this post telling me you'd like to enter. New followers are welcome!

For a second chance to win, you may use this picture to do a post about my giveaway or put it on your sidebar with a link back to this post.

If you'd like to follow me on Pinterest, I will enter your name a third time. Just click the red Pinterest button on my sidebar...by the way, I think Pinterest is wonderful!!

Let me know if you post this on your blog or follow me on Pinterest.

If you do not have a blog, please be sure to leave an e-mail address where I can contact you. If the winner doesn't claim the prize within 3 days of the drawing, I'll draw another name.

The giveaway will start today and end on Friday, January 20th, so the winner can get them in time to display for Valentine's Day!

Have a great weekend, everyone! Thanks for stopping by. :-)

Take care,

~Melanie

The Simple Woman's Daybook

For today...Tuesday, February 15, 2011.

Outside my window...sunny and 46°. Yesterday the temperatures were up in the 60's!

I am thinking...about what a nice birthday Katie had. She had so much fun at her skating party. I would like to thank all of you who stopped by to wish her a happy birthday.

(Did you know that Laura Ingalls Wilder's birthday was February 7th?)

I'm also thinking about the nice Valentine's Day we had.

I always enjoy Valentine's Day at the school. I like to see all the sweet cards the students exchange. Many of them (especially the younger ones) give me cards too. I like their cute little handwriting.

However, by the end of the day, the kids are pretty full of sugar, so I'm always glad when three o'clock rolls around. :)

Valentine's Day at home was nice too, although it didn't really go according to what we had planned. My husband was going to make Eggplant Parmesan for us, but it was so windy outside that a tree fell onto a power line across the street, knocking out our electricity. So, we called Papa John's and had pizza for our Valentine's supper! It was OK, but I was really looking forward to what my husband was going to make. We had a candlelight supper though. :)

God bless the men and women who work on the power lines! They have a hard, dangerous job, and they're out in all sorts of weather!

I am thankful...for our generator! It has come in so handy over the years we've been here. All we have is electric heat, so when the power goes out, we're able to run little space heaters to keep warm, and we can plug in the refrigerator to keep our food from spoiling. It's one of those things I don't really think about until we need it!

I am reading...Sisters of the Quilt by Cindy Woodsmall. I'm really enjoying it!

From the kitchen...my husband is planning to make the Eggplant Parmesan we were going to have last night.

One of my favorite things...a gift of chocolate on Valentine's Day!♥ Actually, a gift of chocolate is great on ANY day! :)

A few plans for the rest of the week...work every day 'til 3, church on Thursday, church on Sunday

A picture I'm sharing this week...

My husband just finished making these shelves for me. I think he did a wonderful job! ♥

The white pitcher and the flowers on the top were part of what he gave me for Valentine's Day yesterday. We also used the oil lamp last night while the power was out.

My husband painted both of the pictures, and my mom painted the pine cones on the candle.

I am so pleased with how everything turned out. :)

Please visit Peggy to read more daybooks.

I hope you're all having a great week. :)

Take care,

~Melanie

Valentine Gifts

I just wanted to show you my gifts for Valentine's Day. Our daughter, Katie, gave us these cute stuffed animals, and my husband gave me these pretty earrings. Hope you all had a nice Valentine's Day, too.

Melanie