Spring Has Sprung a Little Early! January Giveaway Results

Thank you for all who participated in the January giveaway. The beautiful 2009 Spring issue and accompanying workshop Cd’s for mothers and daughters are on the way to each of our winners.

Stay tuned for the February giveaway, soon to be announced!

The winners are Carol, April and  Bridget.

You said,

“I appreciate my girls’ desire to grow into young ladies and their close relationship with me. My oldest is a little budding artist. My second daughter is a craft queen. My youngest daughter just loves to dress up and cuddle!” – Carol

“I love my daughter’s pure heart, her love of her family and her love of animals.” -
April

“I love my daughters joyful spirits and their willingness to help.” – Bridget

Carol, April and Bridget will be receiving Make it Lovely issues and Mother Daughter CDs!

Blessings,
Jill and Eric Novak

Last Minute January Giveaway

We’ve been moving our office over to my dad’s so we can take better care of him and January has almost slipped away. We still want to do a January giveaway, however, so we’ll sneak this one in. Contest ends midnight January 31st, 2010.

We are giving away 3  issues of the 2009 Spring Edition of The Girlhood Home Companion (Make It Lovely Issue) and the Mother/Daughter workshop cd’s that go with them.

To enter this giveaway tell us what you appreciate the most about your daughter(s).

Oh, and tell a friend to enter the giveaway too!

If you don’t have a blog, tell us how to get a hold of you.

Blessings to you,
Jill and Eric Novak

Getting Caught Up

We’re filling orders today, but Eric will be leaving in a few minutes to go over and help take care of Grandpa. We are working diligently to get caught up on the last minute orders right before Christmas, and will resume filling all other orders on Monday the 4th. I ran out of cases for The Pebbly Brook Farm Stories and those are here now, so if you’re waiting for Pebbly Brook, it will also be going out early next week.  If you have any questions about an order feel free to contact us at publisher@remembrancepress.com. We thank you for you patience.

Happy New Year,
Jill Novak

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Week Five Shopping Spree and Giveaway Results

Late last night, when you were probably all asleep, we drew names for the week five shopping spree and giveaway. First of all we want to tell you how moved we were by the memoirs of Christmas past and present. What precious testimonies about love for family and the faithfulness of God in hard times. Thank you again for sharing your hearts. We are going to print your comments out and read them aloud to our family and relatives on Christmas day.  You may want to do the same.

Well, I’m sure you’re anxious to know who won the contest. The winners are as follows:

The winners are Cinnamon, Kristen, Angela, Bernadette, Jen and Joan.

You said,

“I think my favorite Christmas memory is the year we were building our home. Our 8 children were small, all under 13. We needed a tree so our 8 yr old son went out on our 10 acres and chopped a tree down for us. He set it up in our living room which had no insulation, no carpeting, and electrical wires sticking out everywhere. It was an exact replica of Charlie Browns Tree and by far the most special tree we’ve ever had.” -Cinnamon

“My favorite Christmas experience … probably this year. The chaos of small children has settled into having a new 8 year old and new 5 year old, which means we get to be more purposeful in creating our holiday traditions. The kids’ favorite right now is our Lego Advent calendar. Another tradition we’ve adopted is assembling a (pre-made!) gingerbread house.

Also special … we’ve taken to marking ornaments that are tied to memories. We get lots of gift ornaments, for things like Christmas pageant participation and classes and random things, and it’s hard to remember from year to year what each one represents. THIS year I am trying to be handier with a pen, to mark (on the ornaments that can handle it) the date and event and child it is for. Very special! And someday the kids can have these memory ornaments for their own family trees.” – Kristen

“My most cherished memory is when my children were younger, and they memorized and acted out the birth of Jesus for extended family. It was precious!
Thanks for the contest!” – Angela

“When I lived in Sweden in the 1990’s the family redecorated the house with everything. They even changed the curtains. It was cold and dark but the houses were filled with candle lights, red and greens and the most delicious food including spicy ginger bicuits, ginger bread houses and all kins of wonderful things. They celebrate on Christmas Eve which was so much fun with 4 little children in the house.” – Bernadette

“My favorite CHRISTmas memory is the when my husband FINALLY purposed to me. We had been courting for 2 years which to me seemed like a life time. But it was the events that happened after that are more important to us. In April of 05 my sister developed a brain infection (she was also 6 months pregnant), the chances of her surviving were slim to non. I was not a believer at the time nor was my fiancee. But my parents are very strong Christians. They rushed my sister into surgery. I remember my parent’s Pastor coming to the hospital and me being so full of anger I didn’t want to hear anything he had to say. My sister was brain dead when they started the surgery, but by the grace of God my sister survived, so did her unborn child who is now a very active 4 year old. Fast forward 5 months to September my husband was at work and we felt as if our world was crumbling in on us. We were in financial ruins and down as deep as we could go. He could not get any other radio station in at work except for a Christian station, after the speaker was done on there he gave an alter call and my husband accepted Christ as his Savior. My husband called me crying and told me what had happened. Growing up in a Christian home I knew what had happened. I fell to my knees in submission to Him. We were married in Novmber. That first CHRISTmas as Husband and Wife was also our first CHRISTmas as children of God!!! What a wonderful experience. I could go on and on.

Thank you for the give-away and giving me a moment to reflect on the important times. I will post about your give a way on my blog. I have wanted to get some of your magazines but we just have not had the money. What a blessing this would be!!” – Jen

“Such a precious memory of sitting at the top of the stairs with two of my sisters with our Daddy and waiting for Mom to finish turning on the tree and the candles in the windows and then Daddy rushing down the stairs to await his little girls as they came down and saw the tree and the gifts they had had asked for under the tree. He died when I was almost 14 and that memory of a Father filled with love made it easy for me at age 37 to picture a Heavenly Father who loved me and would forgive me of my sins as the Pastor explained that Sunday morning so many years ago. As a Homeschooling Mom for 12 years now, many times I have failed and yet many times I have crawled back into the arms of my Heavenly Father and asked for His forgiveness and wisdom and He has never ever failed me.” – Joan

Angela, Bernadette, Jen and Joan will be receiving a Comfort and Joy issue.

Cinnamon and Kristen will be receiving the $50.00 shopping spree!

Blessings,
Jill and Eric Novak

Week Five Shopping Spree and Giveaway!

This has been so fun! Thank you everyone for the wonderful comments on the last post. We are privileged to be a part of your lives!

Eric and I were trying to decide what to give away when he said something about a shopping spree. I said, “Yes, that’s it!” So here we go again.  We’re giving two “blessed” participants a $50.00 shopping spree each on Remembrance Press products, plus we’re giving away four more “Comfort and Joy” Christmas Issues.

The contest starts  12/17/2009,  ends midnight 12/20/2009.

Here are the rules:

Leave  a comment here about a favorite Christmas experience you’ve had (past or more recent) and tell a friend about this giveaway.

Blessings one and all,
Jill and Eric

Remember, leave us a way to get a hold of you if you don’t have a blog.

Week Four Contest Results

Dear Mothers and Daughters,

Contest number four was such a blessing to us personally. We have been overwhelmed by your comments – 166 of them -  about what The Girlhood Home Companion means to you! Thank you for your sweet spirits and thank you for taking the time to express what’s on your hearts. It means more than you will ever know. We are thankful that the Lord continues to touch your lives in such a profound way and on such an individual basis – Praise God!

We gave away four copies of the Christmas Girlhood – Comfort and Joy and two holiday bundles with all our current CDs.

The blessed winners are Robin, Lori, Jennifer, Jenny, Karen and Terri.

You said,

“Your magazines are beautiful and glorify God. They are wonderful resources my daughter can turn to and learn from. Thank you!” – Terri

“Hi! I receive your emails and would love to win your Girlhood Giveaway!” – Karen

“We love the Girlhood Home Companion, as it helps to bring my 11 & 13 old daughters together. My mom bought our first issue and we enjoy learning new skills as well as what it means to be a true lady. I’m not on facebook, but we have loaned out our issues to our friends and family, who all truly enjoy!
Thanks for our entry” – Jenny

“I am a subscriber and customer and I enjoy all your products. I am impressed with the beauty and simplicity of the magazine and would love to win a bundle.” – Jennifer

I had received your magazine awhile back and really enjoyed it, I do plan on ordering a subscription but am waiting for are finances to grow a little. – Robin

I am an email subscriber and a fan on Facebook! I did try to write this up the day I got the email, but for some reason I don’t think it went through. Anyways, I think your magazine is great, I’ve seen a friend’s. I would love to be able to share them with my daughter. We talk about how God desires us to be beautiful women for him. The key verses for the two of us (and the ones I tell the boys to look for in a future wife) are Proverbs 31 and Titus 2. I love how your items celebrate that! – Lori

Robin, Jenny, Karen and Terri will be receiving a Comfort and Joy issue.

Lori and Jennifer will be receiving the holiday bundle and CD’s.

Blessings,
Jill and Eric Novak

Girlhood Giveaway Week 4

Hello ladies,
It’s time for another giveaway. I think gift giving is just about everyone’s love language in our family and it brings us great joy to be able to bless you all, especially at Christmastime. We so appreciate your comments. You always give us a new perspective on how much The Girlhood means to you. Thank you for taking the time out of your busy day, children gathered around, to tell us what’s on your hearts.

Well, this time, we are giving away two holiday bundles with companion CD’s and four Christmas issues, so here are the rules.

To recieve1 entry: Let us know if you are a subscriber or customer or Facebook fan.

To receive 2 entries: Let us know what the Girlhood means to you.

To receive 3 entries : Tell your friends on a blog or Facebook about this giveaway.

God bless you,
Jill and Eric Novak

Please let us know how to contact you if you don’t have a blog.

Girlhood Magazine Week Three Giveaway Results

Wrapping up week three is a tad late but it gave y’all a bit more time to actually enter the contest. I’m sure you had to take time out of baking sugar cookies or singing Christmas carols to post a comment. To add a little more Christmas cheer to the holiday lets get right on to the winners, because we’re still giving away two issues of the Girlhood Home Companion Magazine and their companion workshop CD’ s for mothers and daughters, each and every week until Christmas!

Congratulations to Sue and Mary! You said,

“What a deal, I can’t afford a sub yet so this maybe my chance! I’ll be blogging about it and posting it on my facebook too! Thanks!” – Sue

“I have never read “Girlhood Home Companion” but it looks delightful. Count me in on your drawing!” – Mary

You’re both getting Girlhood Magazines and CDs in the mail!

We don’t want to leave anyone out though, so everyone who participated in the contest gets a private link to the November Tea Cozy Club download and MP3 audio conversation!

Blessings,
Eric and Jill Novak

Thanksgiving with Grandpa

On Thanksgiving day, my father wanted to carve the turkey, so Robert and Eric stood behind him and held him up while he gave it a valiant attempt. My father used to be a butcher. In fact, that’s where my mother met him, behind the butcher’s counter at the local grocery store in Chicago, in the 1940’s.

Robert and Eric spent about 15 minutes helping him get a sliver off the poor old bird.

We had a lovely time at my sister’s house. I treasure that moment in time.

Sunday, when we went to my dad’s for our second Thanksgiving, I was sitting next to him when he asked me for more cranberry sauce. “You  already have seven pieces on your plate,” I said. I turned his plate so he could get a better look.  He wasn’t convinced he had enough, though. The nursing home dining hall still lingers in his mind. Since we brought dad home, he can pretty much have what he wants, whenever he wants – within reason.

“Here, dad,” I said, “you can have another piece. Now you have eight.”

He looked at me with those big brown eyes and said, “They used to call me Cranberry Kid.”

“Right dad,” I said. “What they do? Name you that last week?”

Oh, Grandpa is a creative storyteller, for sure.

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