Annette, Terri Sue, Jennifer Bogart, Debbie, Smock Lady, and Stephanie! Congratulations!!!

Have you heard about the Heart of the Matter Online’s Homeschool Virtual Conference? It’s a big event happening July 31 - August 3. My buddy Sprittibee and I will be hosting two different chats together: one on blogging and the other on burnout. Sprittibee tagged us “The Bee and Peach Southern Duo” - hope you can understand our Southern accents!

Guess what? I get to give away tickets to 6 lucky readers!

Here’s what HOTM says about the conference: “We will be providing the attendees with motivational speakers, video tutorials, free products, question and answer sessions, and a vendor hall - all ONLINE! Just log on and either listen live during that time or log in at your convenience and listen to the audios.”

Here’s how to win the tickets:

Leave a comment on this post.

Post about this giveaway on your own blog and link back to this post to be eligible for a second chance (please leave a separate comment with the link to your post).

Comments will close midnight Friday and I’ll announce the winners on Saturday. Good luck!

Visit the Homeschool Blog Awards site for even more chances to win!

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I’m a fan and customer of Twisted Silver, home of “fabulous and funky jewelry.” Not only are their products great, so is their customer service. I own a ring, two necklaces, two pair of earrings, and a bracelet.

Twisted Silver is premiering three new products this week: Motif earrings, Chichi bracelet, and Pod bracelet. A lucky winner, selected randomly from comments, will receive a pair of the Motif earrings!

Motif Earrings: An intricate curving paisley motif bracketed by brass hand forged angles. Wear your art! $50

Chichi Bracelet: Triple-thick links of substantial brass make an exclamation on your wrist, yet is distinctly lightweight. A dainty swivel clasp for easy “on-and-go.” $60

Pod Bracelet: The small seed-inspired copper pod jangling off both small and chunky links will cause second – and third – looks. $50

I’ve got TWO coupon codes for you, too!

1. Coupon code SWEET for $20.00 off your order of $100! Offer good June 24 through July 1, 2008. Not to be combined with any other offer.
2. The Moon necklace and the Wilma bracelet are 50% off when you enter coupon code MOON. June 24 through July 1, 2008. Offer while supplies last and not to be combined with any other offer.

TO ENTER:

• Visit Twisted Silver and then leave a comment here telling us your favorite piece of Twisted Silver jewelry. Don’t forget to click their “Sign Up Now for Twisted Updates & Our Annual Catalog” button to receive valuable offers!
• For a second entry, link to this contest on your blog and then leave a link to that post here in comments. Feel free to grab the contest button at the top of this post.

This contest is open to non-bloggers, just use a valid email address when posting your comment.

I’m so excited to be attending Proverbs 31 Ministry’s She Speaks Conference this weekend in North Carolina!  There are sessions on blogging, and a bloggers’ reception tomorrow afternoon.  I should be meeting at least four of the ladies listed in my sidebar links, as well as several of my Barefoot Blogs customers.

I hope to eat lunch today with Robin (Pensieve) today if I can get out of my house by 7 a.m.  WOO HOO!

I’m really kind of psyched about the 8 - 9 hours of drive time I have ahead of me this weekend (except for the parts when I pay for the gasoline).  What a perfect excuse to drink lots of sweet tea and listen to my favorite CDs!

Twisted Silver is introducing three new items on June 24 and I am really excited to be hosting a giveaway for one of them! The contest will run from Tuesday, June 24, to Saturday, June 28, and there will also be a coupon code for purchases through their website.

This contest is open to both bloggers and non-bloggers, but bloggers will have a chance for a second entry if they post about the contest on their blog.

I first heard about Twisted Silver through a blog contest giveaway and I’ve been a customer ever since (click the link at the bottom of their left sidebar to receive email updates about sale items - that’s when I shop!). I updated my profile picture yesterday, but I was wearing their Raw Bauble necklace in both the picture taken last year and the recent one, too. I practically live in this necklace and I’m getting a little nervous about it being in their Outlet section - I may have to get another one in case anything happens to mine!

Leave me a comment if you want a reminder email sent to you in time for the contest next week!

If I had read How to Make Your Blog Disappear for Dummies (don’t bother checking Amazon for that title) I couldn’t have done a better job than I’ve somehow accomplished lately.  My feed has had so many strange issues that I’ve uninstalled or deleted lots of plugins or post content that I’d really have preferred to keep.  Bloglines has apparently snuffed me, because my feed completely disappeared.  I subscribe to my own feed at Bloglines to help monitor it’s health, and it went from the dreaded [!] symbol (which means your feed is seriously messed up) to just gone.  When I tried to resubscribe it showed that I had 0 readers.  I guess that’s what happens when Bloglines terminates you.  If you subscribe to this blog, you might want to check your subscription, especially if you use Bloglines.

I’ve revamped my About page, based on the really cool layout of the about page at Scott Kelby’s blog, which I thought was much more interesting and informative than my neglected page.

Watch for a post soon (hopefully later today) with all the details about my Totally Twisted giveaway on March 24 - 28 (see graphic in top right sidebar), and of course I’ll be here for Wordless Wednesday (although I haven’t yet picked a photo).

Here’s a fun shot from when I first got my new camera, and please visit my photoblog for a beautiful fountain I photographed at night on our recent vacation in Gatlinburg, TN.

I am not usually an authority on everything going on in my little corner of the blogosphere. I tend to spend a lot of time on the computer working and less visiting than I’d prefer. Those wee hours that span the bridge between Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning tend to be the exception to the rule, because I love my Wordless Wednesdays!

Here are a few things that I’ve discovered along the way:

My pal Carrie the Gremlin Wrangler is hosting a giveaway for Volumes 1 & 2 of Letters from Your Friendly Cashier. If you’ve never read posts from this series, go there now!!! Just click on the button to read the contest post and enter the giveaway.

Hallie is starting a new photography workshop entitled Through the Lens: Digital Photography 101. We get photo assignments, people! How cool is that? Just go to this post to read about it. There’s even a Yahoo group you can join to keep track of it.

5 Minutes for Mom is hosting something called Creative Summer Days. Click here for a chance to win Yum-o! The Family Cookbook by Rachel Ray.

Last, but not least is a contest that will be hosted right here on my own blog in two weeks. I’m a big fan of Twisted Silver jewelry. Although you can’t see much of it in the profile shot in my sidebar, I was wearing one of their necklaces.

Twisted Silver will be introducing three new items on June 24, and one will be given away to a lucky winner drawn from comments right here at My Home Sweet Home! Stop by to participate that week, and if you’d like me to shoot you an email reminder, leave a request in comments.

Also, I’m attending Proverbs 31 Ministries She Speaks Conference next weekend. Let me know if you’ll be there, too!