September 27, 2013

Winner Winner Number 3!


We have a winner! The Random Number generator spit out






Number two!


Tombstone Livestock said...
Count me in, and added my like to FB. Guess all this is not leaving time for spinning .... good luck on the endeavor.

Congratulations!! I just need you to email me your address and the scents you want to meg.bumblewood(@)gmail.com (without the parenthesis of course).

And no, not much spinning going on. ;) Hoping to be able to sit down at my wheel when things settle down a bit... Not that they ever do, heh!

We'll have one final giveaway next week before the launch, and it will be a big one! A whole big set of goodies! So make sure you're back here next week to enter. :)

Happy Friday!
Meg

September 20, 2013

Bumblewood Giveaway 3!


Happy happy Friday! Can I tell you how crazy excited I am that it's Friday?

We are 3 weeks away from the Bumblewood launch! I am getting products labeled and photographed, business cards are here, the lotions and lip balms are being created, I'm slowly working on a separate Bumblewood blog/site and I'm getting ready! I'm so excited! I hope you are too. :)

On to the Giveaway!

This week you have a chance to win....



A little gift set that includes TWO 4 oz bars of soap in the scents of your choice* (one scent each, or two of one scent!) and ONE 1 oz lotion bar in the scent of your choice*.

Here's how to enter:

- Get one entry for leaving a comment here saying you'd like to enter.
- Get a SECOND entry for liking the Bumblewood Facebook page, then leaving another comment here saying you did so (or leave a comment saying you're already a fan if you've liked it before!)
- Get a THIRD entry for sharing this giveaway on Facebook or your blog and leaving a third comment saying you've done that as well. 


And the rules:
- I will only count the entries that follow the rules! If you like or share, but don't leave a comment here I can't count it. Make sure you leave a comment if you do either!!
- Not open to immediate family members. (Sorry y'all, but you know where to find me to get some. :) )
- In an effort to be fair, anyone who has won something from me in the past 6 months is not eligible.


This contest will run until 11:59 Thursday the 26th, and the winner will be announced the next day!


Good luck everyone! And if you don't win this one, I will be holding one more giveaway before the launch on October 12th!


Meg


* Soap scents available:
Apple Pie
Spiced Orange
Chocolate Peppermint
Naked (Unscented)
Brazilian Red Clay
Lemongrass Scrub
Coffee Scrub
Oatmeal & Honey
Lemon & Lavender
Lavender Olive Oil
Tea Tree & Rosemary

*Lotion bar scents available:
Grapefruit
Naked (unscented)
Lavender
Peppermint


September 18, 2013

First Day Pics, and Why I Fail At Blogging

First day pictures

We've been doing first grade for two and half weeks now and I'm already exhausted! But don't they look handsome? (Munchie has started this new little sideways jaw grin. It's kind of funny. He sports it whenever the camera comes out.)

I don't know why but this year seems to be so extremely hard. I think most of it is because Munchie is very rambunctious, and very demanding, and he spends most of our school time fussing and wanting to be picked up, which doesn't happen, which in turns makes him angry... It's a vicious cycle. Pair that with three boys who don't sit still very well and.... I'm sort of pulling out my hair.

Oh how I wish this were my view.

So I'm changing our curriculum a bit and I will be adding lots more "hands on" activities and more things to do outside. Like using hopscotch for math. We'll see how it goes.

Annie gave us quite a scare over the weekend. I noticed on Wednesday evening that she hadn't touched her food from the morning, which I thought was weird. When I went out Thursday morning to feed her, her bowl was still full. Since she's been a dog that really enjoys her food and wolfs it down in seconds, I knew something was wrong and got her to the vet Thursday afternoon.

A quick test showed us that she had parvo, and by the next day she was vomiting, very lethargic, and had stopped drinking water as well. When the vet sent me home he gave me a slew of antibiotics and medications and instructions for feeding and keeping her well hydrated.

This is how my brain feels.

It was a very long and stressful weekend, with alarms set for different medications, and every hour the alarm would go off for us to get fluids into her somehow. Thankfully, with lots of care and lots of prayers from friends and family, she was eating some boiled chicken and rice and drinking water from the faucet by Sunday night. Today, she is bouncing and happy and wolfing her food again. Completely back to normal! Totally scared the crap out of me though.

After schooling and dog caring, and trying desperately to keep my house clean (have I ever told you how extremely messy four little boys can be??), I am trying to get things ready for the Craft show and Bumblewood launch in three weeks.

The soaps are getting labeled, the lip balms and a small amount of lotion bars are being made, the finishing touches are being put on everything, and I'm filling a few custom orders.

By the end of the night I am falling into bed and usually asleep before I hit the pillow.

I am desperately hoping for a wet winter.

But! Autumn is coming! I can feel it. The last few days have been breezy and cool and delicious and I can't wait for colder weather and jeans and comfort food and baking and the visit to the apple farm and all the wonderful things that come with fall! :)

And in the back of my head there is that little voice that says "Plant a fall garden...."

I'm not sure if I want to listen to it right now.

Happy Wednesday y'all,
Meg


September 13, 2013

The Bumblewood Giftcard Winner!

This is but a tiny showing of the plethora of soaps taking up residence in my closet!

Happy Friday the 13th everyone! It's a LUCKY Friday the 13th, as today someone is winning the $25 Gift Certificate good towards anything in the Bumblewood shop, launching the October 12th weekend. (That's in FOUR weeks. I might be panicking a little.)

There were 19 entries for this giveaway, and since I'm sure the suspense is probably killing you by now, the winner is....





Number 18: Molly!


Molly said...
Ooh I'd love this Meg!

Congratulations Molly! If you'd like an email version of the certificate send me your email address to meg.bumblewood@gmail.com. Or if you'd like a hard copy I can mail it to any address you give me!

Please go check out Molly's blog too at Molly Makes Do. It's a very sweet blog, and she posts lots of wonderful ideas for homekeeping and child raisin'!

Be sure to check back next week, as I'll be holding another giveaway next Friday!

Happy Friday y'all,
Meg


September 11, 2013

More Important


I woke up this morning thinking I should do a blog post and had thought I would write just a little random post. Talk about what I've been doing, how our first week of school went, and post a picture of some of my soaps.



I clicked onto Facebook as part of my morning routine... And was reminded that today is September 11th.

Suddenly telling you what books I got from the library didn't seem important.

As Ben and I sat in the garage this morning, listening to talk radio, I heard the tributes, the 911 phone calls and voice mails from that day, the "where were you" stories.

I was 14 years old when September 11th happened. My parents had split up earlier that year and I was angry and angsty and a typical teenager. No problem was as big as my problem, right?

The night before we had been at Bible Study and the whole high school class was in good spirits. Just a typical bible study night, all laughing and having fun.

The next morning I remember my mom gently waking me up and telling me that the United States had been attacked. I went into the living room and we all watched the news, seeing the horrific pictures. As we watched we saw the second plane come and hit the second tower, and I remember feeling pain, hot rage, shock, sorrow.... Everything.  As I listened to the radio today I could feel all those feelings again.

12 years ago evil tried to split our country apart.

Instead, Americans rose up, embraced each other, and fought back. We weren't going to stand for that, and we were going to make damn sure Evil knew it.

There were no distinctions of color that day. There no distinctions of wealth.  No distinctions of education, or geography, or employment.

We were all humans. We were all Americans. We all felt pain and sadness and anger together.

12 years later, I pray that we will remember how we banded together as a nation and became stronger and fought for humanity, and I pray that the petty little differences that have tried to infiltrate our country again and have slowly started tearing us apart will be put aside and everyone will remember that we are all Americans. We are all in this together.

Bless those who were lost on 9/11. Bless those who lost someone dear to them. Bless those who fought for our continued freedom. Bless those who gave up their lives for those freedoms. And bless everyone who continues to believe in the values of America and what she stands for.

Love to you all,
Meg





September 6, 2013

Another Bumblewood Giveaway!



Happy Friday everyone!

It's 5 weeks until the official Bumblewood launch date, and so I'm holding another giveaway! I'm pretty excited about this one, and even more excited about the next ones! So if you don't win this time, check back later as I'll be holding more giveaways as the launch gets closer.

This week I'm giving away...


A $25 gift certificate good for any Bumblewood item! You can use this gift certificate both online AND, if you're local to me, in person at the craft show on October 12th!

Here's how to enter:

- Get one entry for leaving a comment here saying you'd like to enter.
- Get a SECOND entry for liking the Bumblewood Facebook page, then leaving another comment here saying you did so (or leave a comment saying you're already a fan if you've liked it before!)
- Get a THIRD entry for sharing this giveaway on Facebook or your blog and leaving another comment saying you've done that as well. 


And the rules:
- I will only count the entries that follow the rules! If you like or share, but don't leave a comment here I can't count it. Make sure you leave a comment if you do either!!
- Not open to immediate family members. (Sorry y'all, but you know where to find me to get some. :) )
- In an effort to be fair, anyone who has won something from me in the past 6 months is not eligible.

This contest will run until 11:59 midnight PST on Thursday, September 12th. Any comments after that will not be counted.

The winner will be announced on Friday, September 13th (we'll make it a LUCKY Friday the 13th!!).

Good luck everyone!! And have a wonderful weekend!

Meg

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