GIVEAWAY CLOSED.
Winners!
Sew, Mama, Sew gift certificate:
SewLindaAnn
Electronic copies of Snarky and Sweet:
cradke
bethandodd
jaya
texheks
javede
Congratulations! I'll be sending emails shortly (after I feed the baby). I've loved all the comments -- everything from sweet statements about having already achieved life dreams to be wives and mothers, to amazing goals like growing your own food or opening businesses. The most poignant were acknowledgments that sometimes our goals change -- we choose the greater good. Best of luck with all the other giveaways, and thanks for lifting my spirits!
I'm giving away $30 at Sew, Mama, Sew! as part of their semi-annual giveaway day madness. Check out all the other amazing stuff!
This year has been a very exciting one for us. My husband and I bought a small business early in the year. We now own Alcor PetroLabs, located in Fort Worth and San Antonio. It's a culmination of one of my husband's life-long dreams. In the time that I've known him, everything he's done in school and his career has been with the aim to own his own business someday. And it's going fabulously well. He loves it, his employees love it, and so do the customers. It makes a huge difference at home to have a happy husband and father. So proud of him.
Elsewhere in the family, this year has brought us a quilt in the Quilt National show, one of many amazing goals my sister Naomi Adams has completed recently. My little sister Georgia Leigh had her sixth child and continues to homeschool, run a fabulous online shop with PDF patterns (check her out this week, her giveaway is fab), and is currently selling her house to move closer to us! OK, so they're moving because of a job, but the closer to us part is very exciting.
And my dear mother has finished a life-long dream of having a book published. I don't think she expected to wait until she had 10 grandchildren to complete this goal. I don't think she expected this particular novel to be the first one published. She works hard, running a shop with vintage patterns, working as a reporter for a local newspaper, and writing novels. I hope she publishes many more. In honor of her, I'm also giving away a few copies of the electronic copy of her first book, Snarky and Sweet. It's clean and fun, a fabulous holiday read for anyone. Think classic Elizabeth Peters or Georgette Heyer, but featuring a Texas schoolteacher.
To enter and win $30 at Sew, Mama, Sew or a copy of Snarky and Sweet, please just leave a comment! If you want to tell me about your life-long goal, go for it. (Mine? PhD.) But any comment gets an entry. If you win an e-book, I'll let you choose Kindle or Nook format. (Kindle e-books can be read on your computer.) Giveaway open until midnight December 16th, winners chosen randomly.
Good luck and enjoy Giveaway Day!
271 comments:
1 – 200 of 271 Newer› Newest»Wow, you come from a very crafty family !
I don't know if it counts as a goal but I can't wait to start a family of my own with my boyfriend !!
Thanks for the chance!!
This would be awesome!
My dream was always to be a wife and mother. I'm now married with 1 toddler and a baby on the way!
Ambersewwonky (at) yahoo (dot) com
My dream is to take care of people. I'm now a chiropractor and opening up my practice this year. Thanks for the chance to win
thank you.
my life goal (with 3 small kids) is to sleep...
:)
A long term goal is to open an Etsy shop with my handmade projects.
Thanks for the chance to win a fabulous gift!
acbrown28 at gmail dot com
I want to become a librarian. I think that's where I've been headed since I started reading. :) I would love to win that gift certificate. I could really use some more dress fabric.
Life goal? Probably to be published. :)
I always wanted to be a wife and mom. So I am living the dream.
MY life long goal is to just find something I love and stay in it for the remainder of my life. I have trouble committing and accomplishing. Thanks for the giveaway!
Wow! What a talented family. I think my life goal is pretty simple, I just want to be working in a job that I enjoy and living well in a community I love.
A phD is also one of my goals in life. I have a master's but was so burnt out afterwards the doctorate has fallen to a back burner. One day I hope I get it though!
My goal is to get a position with the CDC's elite Epidemic Intelligence Service. This will require either a PhD or MD or both, and the position never lasts more than two years... a lot of schooling for two years of work, but hey! It'll keep me busy.
corvus.melloriATgmailDOTcom
I would love to learn how to take better pictures!
Tasha Haston at yahoo dot com
Lots and lots of travel! A dream and a goal.
My husband is going back to school next year to finish his degree and that is one of my goals-- to support him in reaching his eventual goal of a PhD :)
Desiree
weeshareblog@gmail.com
My life goal is to start a family with my husband. The clock is ticking!
I want to be a good mother to my children while they are still at home and still like me :)
I'm happy with my life- short term goal is to move to Maine :)
I have my Ph.D. in organic chemistry, but my lifelong goal is secretly to become a creative non-fiction writer. (Shhh! Don't tell my students!) :)
Thanks for the opportunity to share, and participate!
I have this dream of traveling all over the world. I don't know if it will ever happen, but I keep hoping. Thanks for the great giveaway.
To be a good mom with kind children. Thanks for chance to win!
Ooh, I come from a creative family too! My mother and I are both authors. Big congrats to your mum!
I feel like my dreams are all coming true - I have books published, I'm one year into my PhD and I'm hoping to buy a house with my boyfriend next year. Now if only he'd ask me that Big Question...
emailbylili[at]mac.com
I'm married to my best friend. I get to stay home (or not) with my four awesome kids. I receive free books to review. Life is good.
Hm, I think my dream would be to have a family. I've a way to go yet but no doubt it'll all fall into place when the time is right.
My kids favorite winter joke:
One snowman looked at the other and said, "Hey, do you smell carrots?"
Thanks for the chance
Why is ordering Christmas cards so stressful? I finally ordered ours last night and I was exhausted by the time I was done!
I always wanted to be a wife and mother and I am about to have my 4th child so I have been able to accomplish that. I would love to go back to school as soon as my kids are all in school and finish my degree. I would also like to start an etsy shop or something similar where I can sell some of the things that I make.
My lifelong dream is to take an around-the-world trip. It may still happen... some day.
I'm slightly in awe of your family! My goal is to open a B&B running classes in photography, bear making, jewellery making and sewing in the Scottish Highlands :o)
Thanks for the chance to win!
I want to be a stay at home mama and work prn as a nurse. Right now I work a lot as a nurse.
My lifelong goal is to go to Tahiti.
My goal is to publish a novel based on my grandmother's life.
Thanks for the giveaway!
I don't have an ebook so...
Life long dream? I don't think I have one. I do have a "life list" somewhere that I made a few years ago as part of a, oh, I don't know, goal to better myself. I guess that would be my life dream: be better!
Would love to be able to stay at home with the children full time, open up my own shop, somehow be surrounded by lots of fabric.
I love these blogs!
My goal is to get to France. I want to see the Louvre! Actually, I want to see a ton of art museums all over the worlk. I'll make seeing as many as I can as my goal :)
My life-long goal is to have my own brick-and-mortar studio space/storefront where I can peddle my crafted wares.
Right now I'm busy being a mom...so my goal is to see my children become successful adults...an asset to society! After that I'll think about me. =)
Thanks for a chance to win.
My life long dream would be to go to Great Britain and see castles. I read way too much historical fiction! Thanks for the chance!
I got married in September, so my goal is to be as good as I can be at being married! Thanks for the chance to win! Happy holidays to you and your creative family!!
What a lot of talent and energy in one family! You're blessed!
I want to live a long and healthy life!
Thanks for the cool giveaway! I'm living the mommy dream!
I think my lifelong goal was to be a mom.
My goal is to go back to school for my master's and beyond...to actually become an anthropologist.
I would just like to figure out what I want to be when I grow up.
Someday, when my babies are a bit bigger, my dream is to be a midwife. Thanks for the chance to win!!
What a wonderful and memorable year for you and your family. I wish you many more successes! I would love to go back to college and finish up to get my degree. Thanks for the chance! Smiles~Beth
My goal is to be remembered as someone who was good and kind.
My quilting goal: to have a solo show with my art quilts a few years from now.
My family goals: to be good mom to three kids and a great wife to my husband who supports all this crazy sewing.
My life long dream is to own my own quiltshop :-)
Well geez, now I have to re-evaluate my life because I apparently don't have a lifelong dream. . . Maybe playing in the Orchestra on Temple Square?
I kind of just hope that my kids grow up to be contributing members of society and that they won't curse me for messing them up . . .
My dream is to live self sufficiently. I hope to build my own home sustainably and live a more purposeful life. x
Cool! Thank you for the chance. My life long goal was to be a mama to lots of children. We have 2 and want to adopt another. I sew for my kiddos and now they sew too! I hope you are having a wonderful holiday!
Sivje
sivjegoose@sbcglobal.net
My dream is to someday use my foreign language skills to become a literary translator. I love to write but rather than be a writer myself, I'd like to use that creative energy in sharing other people's stories into English. It doesn't usually pay much but I'd love to be able to support myself that way.
I feel rather goal-less. My husband has started his own business and I'm the support staff!
My goal is to be happy. Truly happy. :)
To raise my boys (all 6) and be a great quilting grandma! Thanks for the giveaway!
A lifelong dream was to create an entire wardrobe for myself....well, I never did that, but that is what I am doing for my granddaughter now that I have retired. :)
lovely giveaway! thanks! goal.. finish postgrad and work!
To own a little farm. Getting there have the house already
my goal is to be happy and to enjoy everything life has on offer!
Good luck getting your PhD!! I don't think I could ever go back to academia, except maybe if we start a family, I could potentially do it as a WAHM.
I want to do an MBA but somehow that has been very elusive. I also hope to own a hand made cards business but I am scared to venture out.
I think mine is to work in Museum Curatorship, although also to raise an awesome family one day!
Thanks for the giveaway
Sarah @ http://kiwigetscrafty.blogspot.com
As a farmers daughter I would love my own farm!!
Enjoy your holiday season, and thanks for the giveaway!
ltenhage@gmail.com
My dream is to still have a window treatment business out if my house. I have it but no business. Sounds like everything is working out for your family.....awesome.
I would like to get at least one more degree if not a couple more. I love education!!! jinglesells at gmail dot com
I want to get my crafts set up on Etsy.
I am not sure my goal right now... I am just happy being a teacher for now, but I am pretty sure I can't do that for the next 30 of the 38 years it would take for me to get my full retirement. I am thinking I may want to do something with admin, or maybe even ed code law
This would be great gifties! Well I have 3 life long goals...1) Open on online fabric store for Cotton, Wool, linen and silk. 2) open a food shop 3) get my PhD too!
Wow, my life is pretty pleasant right now. I do have a goal to be a bit more organized in my sewing room but not sure that's going to happen!
Mine is to start a children's clothing company!
I've always wanted to learn to play the trumpet. Maybe someday. Thanks for the chance!
Maybe not a life-long goal but I've always wanted to learn how to sew and just started this summer!
Don't enter me in the contest! But thanks a thousand times for the book plug. Being compared to my two faves, Georgette Heyer and Elizabeth Peters--be still my beating heart! And having children like you and your sibs is better than having a dream come true. You are all far more amazing and wonderful than I imagined you would be.
My goal? To find a job that makes me feel better to go to work!
Thanks for the chance to win ^^v
My goal is to lose weight to stay healthy.
My birthday is Saturday, and this would be a great birthday present!
My life-long goal is live a life worthy of the gospel.
My goal? Get off this computer and get to work. Seriously, tho - thanks.
My goal is to be more comfortable and confident in myself and to be kinder to others!
I completely my lifelong goal, which was my career. But my new lifelong goal is to see as much of the world as I can.
@Goldenapple, haha - me too!
My goal! Own a Rose Nursery, growing and selling roses online.
my goal- to be happy! :-) and to raise my son to be kind, healthy, and loving.
A talented family for sure -- and I love your blog name! One fo my life goals is to learn how to play the mandolin!
I think sleep and time to creat stuff. Altho, I enjoy raising 2 kids as well. :-)
Run a dog shelter!
Thank you for the chance to win your great giveaway!
I'm working on my law degree and dream to one day finish it!
My dream is to start my own business in textile design
I want to become a CRNA, but that will likely have to wait until the kids are older.
rebekahricker (at) yahoo (dot) com
My goal in life is to be happy and do good. That latter one is harder for me...
My life goal is to raise my children to love God and be kind and respectful, self-sufficient, you know, all that good stuff! Thanks for the generous giveaway!
My one goal right now is to finish my first quilt so I can make quilts for my each of my boys. Thanks for a chance to win! :)
Wow. what a lot of accomplishments.
My lifelong goal has been to be a mother, but it doesn't appear that is going to happen. So my revised goal is to write a biography of my great-grandfather and great-grandmother. That, at least, I can have control over.
I have no e-reader, so if I win the e-book, please give the pleasure of reading it to someone who has the device.
I want to do interior design. But it's on hold for at-home-mommying. :)
peachstateme(at)hotmail(d0t)com
A family, happiness and financial stability :)
Thanks!
Tia
mtrand2 at gmail dot com
My life long goal is to adopt.
My goal is to have a small farm with wool producing sheep, goats & bunnies. I'll spin thread from their wool and then weave fabric out of it. This is of course, after I get a house with some land and after I learn how to spin and weave, lol. One can dream though.
I want to be a stay at home mom with a small side business, like writing or creating. Still figuring it out.
My life long goal is to get a PhD in biology or the gain my DVM (veterinary) degree, right now I have an AA and some course work towards a bachelors done but I'll get there. :)
craftafarian at gmail d c
One of my very many goals/dreams/wishes is to someday see a baby be born. I've had three of my own but didn't have a great view. ;)
As a teenager, my dream was always to go to college which no one in my family had done. I did get a bachelor's degree and went on to get a master's degree with scholarships, jobs, and hard work. It's always good to dream big!
thanks
Thanks for the chance to win!
My lifetime goal is my family, best husband and two healthy children ☺
Liebe Grüße
Bente - Germany
I'm just hoping to graduate with a masters this year - that's big enough for me right now.
michaelacking (at) gmail (d0t) com
My life long goal is to raise my children up to God honoring adults.
lifelong goal: to become a wiser, happier person (and transmit that to those around me)
My dream is anti-climatic. I can't wait until I can retire and have time to do the things I love. I just pray that I am healthy enough to do them when the time comes.
You have a very talented family. How wonderful.
Thanks sounds great!
I wouldn't say I have life long goals. The nearest goal would be to get better at Free Motion Quilting.
great read.
thanks for the giveaway!
My goal is to appreciate each day that God has given me.
funny thing is I would love to open a business. Whether it a brick and mortar store or not. Right now I want to open a quilting business with crafts and stuff it is going well.
as a child my goal was to read every book in the world and visit every country, now I am trying to combine to two by reading a book based on or about every country.
What a great giveaway! Congrats to your mom and well wishes on your new business venture!
My dream was always to have a family and be a stay at home mom, so I guess I am living my dream! :)
I'm like your mom. I would love to publish a book some day.
Thanks for the chance!
I forsaked (forsook?) my life long dream and became and accidental farmer. Life has never been sweeter.
My life goal is to use my stash or teach my kids to sew!
I just wanna make God proud.
I did finish my PhD in neuropsychology. Now I want to be craftier!! :P And be a great mom to my twins!
Thanks for the giveaway + merry Xmas!
my life long goal is to come up with a goal.
My life long goal is to leave the world a better place than I found it in any way that I can. To make a difference. For it to mean something that I lived.
I want to be the best grandmother possible. I have a one year old grandson living in Boston and another on the way. My son and family are coming to live near me in summer 2012. I am really looking forward to being a full time grandmother.
skowens (at) sbcglobal (dot) net
I don't really have any life long goals... I'm happy taking my life one day at a time!
Thanks for the giveaway! I wish I knew what my life long goal is!
It was our dream to live in France and now we do! We moved here from the UK 8 years ago, things have changed with the recession etc so it isn't as easy as it was, but we are still here and hope to be for a while longer. Linda
Wow. Your family has done a lot. Very accomplished.
Thanks!
kristie_keely(at)yahoo(d0t)com
What a great giveaway. Thanks for participating. Congratulations on a great year for your family.
I am currentely doing a PhD as well! i wish you all the best for accomplish your goal!
Great contest, thank you for making this international as well!
I don't know if it's a lifelong goal, but I hope to raise my children to become wonderful adults!
I'd like to train to be a special needs educator...thanks for the giveaway
nabihawangde(at)gmail(dot)com
I only have short term goals: loosing some weight :)
Susanne
Your family is full of talented women!
Lifelong goal? I'm not sure as it changes all the time - happiness? does that count?
thanks for a chance. congratulations to you and your family for a great 2011, and best of luck in 2012. would love to win your prize! lifelong goal? to eat/cook/love healthy food and have my children do the same!
My next major life goal would be to have a house.
needlegrrl at gmail
You have one amazing family...lots to be proud of . Lifelong goal...own a quilt shop. Maybe some day. Thanks for a great giveaway.
My goal is to somehow make sewing into a career- but some time far in the future, since right now I'm loving being at home with the kiddo!
ali_nea (at) hotmail (dot) com
My goal for 2012 is to use up the endless supply of fabric scraps I have. Suppose I'll be making lots of zipper pouches and placemats.
I feel like I am living my dream in so many ways.
What a terrific giveaway-thanks!
My goal is to "retire" by age 30.. aka not work for someone who isn't family... I would also love to start a family with my boyfriend (hopefully in the next year!) but we'll see how that goes :)
My life long dream was to learn how to throw pottery on a wheel. This year it had come true. I stared at the end of Feb. and I haven't stopped since. :)
My lifelong goal is to get my RN. I want to be able to support my family if something happens to my hubs.
My lifelong goal is to travel to Europe.
Way to go to your mom!!! I have accomplished everything I really wanted to do and the rest of life is a bonus. I got my RN, married my high school sweetheart, raised 5 children and now enjoy (going on) 25 grandchildren. How good does life get?
Wow, great goals and great accomplishments. I also hope to write a book someday...
I'm with your mom...I have always wanted to have a novel published. Congratulations to her!
My dream is for when my son (mildly autistic) finishes college and is settled in life. To go to college in a subject I love (culinary, animal related) and move to a small property in a rural area to raise chickens, my food in a garden and work doing something I love.
My goal? A faculty job at some university not too far from family. Good luck on the PhD! You can do it!
My goal was to be a stay at home mother and I am so my new goal is to raise my children to be happy, good, and responsible adults. :) Thanks for the chance to win!
okiedokiemama at yahoo dot com
lifelong goal is to be the best Mama I can!
I don't have such a goal. I hope that we , together live another 17 years....
My goal is to have a family, house, and live happily!
I really want to travel the world. Have done a considerable amount already, but have so many places I want to visit still.
My goal is to get my DVM. Right now I am slogging through my first semester.
This makes me want to set a life goal! I always have lots of little ones, but I need to start thinking bigger! christina112358 at gmail dot com
My goal is to move to Oregon in 2012
My lifelong goal is to be happy. It comes and goes - and I'll do anything to make it stick around.
Wow. Hadn't thought about a life goal. I think I'd like to travel to all the continents of the world except Antarctica (although maybe there too).
PhD for me too! Thanks for the lovely giveaway!
I am hoping to finish some WIPs this year!
One day I'm going to be a master chef - until then I'll quilt. :)
Your mother's book sounds like a fun read. It's not a life time goal but my next big goal is to go through my things. After living in the same place for 18 years, I'll be moving next spring.
eventually, i'd love to sew a bit every day and still have time to do all the other necessities. :) maybe once all the kiddos are in school... fun giveaway!
bess :)
I just can't wait to be a mom :) Thanks for the chance!
I would love to see my children grow up safe and healthy!
I hope to dwindle down my WIP and projects that I want to do list. I guess these things just happen with crafters though =)
My biggest goal at the moment is to get the sheep to pay their own way
What a successful family! Congrats on your husband's new business.
My goal is to retire and have more time for sewing, crafting and volunteer work.
ramona_murray(at)comcast(dot)net
My dream is to continue being a wife and mom, serving in the Church, gardening, cooking, sewing, playing games, hiking, and helping people as an occupational therapist. To continue being me!
id love to start designing my own knitwear :) raineoc@yahoo.com
I want to go on a 100 mile bike ride, phew!
My goal for this coming year is to get a job in a museum or gallery. I'm fresh out of university and applying for things madly!
My dream goal would be to open a small quilt/fabric shop, and not to have to worry about making profits to stay open.
I just think it would be so much fun to talk "sewing" all day to people with the same interest.
Lifelong goal? Write a children's book! I better get on that!
Thanks for the generous giveaway!
Lifelong goal.........to leave others happier for seeing me at each encounter.
love it!
Wow! Congrats on your amazing year! I wish mine had been great. I am definitely looking forward to starting anew on the 1st! My lifelong goal is to own my own event planning company.
You are surrounded by such creative people! Congrats on owning your own business. :) My goal, up until recently, was to become a professor, but after finishing grad school my interests have shifted a bit and I am now looking more into informal education. I would love to be the creative director of a museum someday!
I also love what fallingforpieces wrote, "I think my life goal is pretty simple, I just want to be working in a job that I enjoy and living well in a community I love." Well said!
My dream from when I was quite young was to be a Mother & I'm so thankful to have a beautiful 29 year old daughter, who is the light of my life & a constant joy.
My life goal is also to finish my PhD. Good luck!:)
Thanks for the great giveaway. A life goal. . . . I guess it's to raise my children well.
Be the best mother and wife I can be. Thanks for the giveaway. :) ryansarahn(at)gmail(dot)com
This is a sweet giveaway!
I always wanted a college degree and since I didn't I wanted my girls to get one. My youngest will graduate tomarrow with a chemical engineering degree.
My goals change as I get older. I really want to be a grandmother!
My goal is to raise polite, considerate children.
My dream was/is to be a stay at home mommy to a house full of kids. I've gotten a good start and stay home with my 2 year old now.
mindfulhome at gmail dot com
I guess my lifelong goal would be to see my son (10 months now) grow up safe, happy and healthy! :)
Glad it's been a good year, lots of milestones for you. I love Elizabeth Peters. I have a Kindle. I'm living my dream right now, kids all married and being productive citizens,several live here in town so I have grandchildren to be with, finished up several obligations and now I have time to sew, read and visit. I even lost weight so I feel healthier and am able to do more. I still want to travel. Thanks for the giveaway.
Wow, I wish my sister was moving closer to me. Lucky.
My goal? I'm in school right now, but that's just for a job, not my love. If I could do what I love, I would own a sewing/knitting/fabric shop and have all these brilliant and creative ideas that other people implement. I am not a self starter, but I have so many ideas. But I'll be happy with a job that supports my habits in any case!
Lovely giveaway,thanks for chance to win it.I would love that our family move to a house and to have another baby.
Happy holidays!!
Wow you have quite a family. I would just love to write a book Thanks for the chance to win
Would love to write a book!
My hubby and I would love to someday be able to move our little family out to the Northwest. Thanks for the chance to win!
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