AND THE WINNERS ARE...!

Are you excited????? :D Greg chose the winners randomly today! Here they are! If I don't have your email address, please email me at poohisstampin@aol.com to give me your mailing address!

1. Clara Ogren-Rubalcaba

2. Amy Buchanan - need your addy!

3. Sally - need your addy!

4. J-me

5. Hootie

Congratulations to our winners!!! :D Greg will be bringing me your CDs in the next few days, and I'll have them out sometime around the end of next week. Now, then, for all you who DID NOT WIN, please PLEASE take the time and the little amount of money it takes and go purchase Greg's CD. Remember: this CD is up for Album of the Year with other greats - INCLUDING ALAN JACKSON! It's GOT to be good! :D Go to http://www.ahouseformykids.com/ to purchase the album and support a great cause. God will bless you abundantly!

OK, I'm off to the races some more. :) TAKE THE TIME TO STAMP SOMETHING!!!

LAST DAY TO ENTER THE DRAWING!

I went on the Tennessee Stampers Retreat this weekend. This is a fun group of ladies, let me tell you! :) We stamped, talked, and laughed all weekend. Oh, and ATE. LOL! There was enough sweet stuff to feed an army, and the camp's food was great, too! Thank you, everyone, for making us newbies feel so accepted! :)

I'll be showing off some of our projects as I scan or photograph them, or finish them. :)

Don't forget: today is the LAST DAY to enter a drawing for Greg McDougal's CD! All you have to do is leave a comment here on my blog, on any entry you want! It's not difficult, and we're giving away FIVE of them!!! So your chances are pretty darned good! :) It's a great cause - and you can feel free to go purchase a CD as soon as you don't win one. :D (See, I almost NEVER win anything, so this way, you'll be prepared....:D)

Too much to do, not enough time again!!!!! OH, please pray for Becky P.; she's having severe toothaches, and arrived home yesterday after retreat to find that her 5-year-old daughter has a severe break in her leg. They're going to the surgeon today, to see if that's something they're going to have to deal with. Thanks, everyone!

Don't forget!! TAKE THE TIME TO STAMP SOMETHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Keep 'em coming!!

What an INCREDIBLE show, y'all!

You've visited this blog in numbers I never would have believed! Some of you have told me that you don't want to be entered in the drawing - that you're going to PURCHASE a CD to bless the McDougal family. You have been a TRUE blessing, and I can't tell you how much it means.

PLEASE KEEP IT COMING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm passing along pertinent comments to Greg - and we're all being abundantly blessed by knowing more people are praying, more people are thinking, more people are rejoicing in the love this family has for each other and for God. PLEASE continue to share his story with friends, family, ANYONE you can think of!

God bless you, dear reader!!!! I just wanted to show you another view of the family today. Keep leaving those comments - you have until OCTOBER 1 to leave one and get entered to win one of FIVE FREE CDs from Greg McDougal - read September 24's post for more details!

Did you think I would forget?!??!?! :D TAKE TIME TO STAMP SOMETHING!!!!!!!!!!!

FREE CD GIVEAWAY!!!

Hi, everyone! Last night, we helped get Greg McDougal a venue at our church to have a concert. It was a small turnout, but I believe he touched most of the hearts of those there. Greg's been a family friend for four years now, and he continues to touch our lives - as well as the lives of people around us!

Greg was on the verge of going all-out in a country music career eight years ago, when God told him to walk away. Since then, he's been faithfully working to support his family as a carpenter. But God has told him to take up his guitar again, to raise money to help his family - and families of other special needs kids - to get what they need to take care of these needs at home. And God's blessing! Greg is nominated this year by the Christian Country Music Association for Best Album of the Year, and Best New Artist!

And now, you have a chance to win one of Greg's CDs. :) I've talked to him, and we'll give away FIVE of his CDs, "The Work of a Carpenter". If you'd like to learn more about him, and about his cause, please go check out his website here. You'll be blessed by his music, and touched by his ministry. The cause? Well, this picture is Greg with his four kids. Three of them - Jeffrey (the oldest), Sean, and Gracey (the youngest), have been diagnosed with cystic fibrosis. May I just tell you, they steal the show when they sing with Greg? :D Katie is a most precocious 5-year-old, and Greg and his wife, Diane, do a wonderful job of making sure she gets special attention, too.

They are a wonderful family, and I believe you'll LOVE the CD. SO, leave a comment here on my blog by OCTOBER 1, and we'll draw 5 names to win! :) Be sure to leave me a way to contact you - email, link to your blog, something! :)

GOOD LUCK! Oh, and be SURE to take the time to STAMP SOMETHING!!!!

It's our last full day at the beach.

And it is a BEAUTIFUL, AWESOME, GLORIOUS day here in Depoe Bay, Oregon. The water is a beautiful shade of Bordering Blue, the wind is blowing the sweet air inland, and I am so grateful for the rest we've been able to get!

Ken has gone to Newport again, to try and get a few more photos of the tall ships going out to sea. We purchased some fresh crab for dinner; it's record-breaking prices this year, but weve been very frugal all week so we could do this one thing. Dungeoness crab is one of the sweetest crabs I've ever eaten, and I'm looking forward to our feast tonight. :)

I'm going to have to start packing soon, and that always makes me sad - but we've had a wonderful time here. If you ever get to the Oregon coast, I HIGHLY recommend the Surfrider Resort in Depoe Bay. Tell them I sent you! :)

Please pray for Sean again; he went back to the hospital Friday. It's not as bad as first feared; they took him off an antibiotic a bit prematurely, from what Dad told Ken. But he still needs our prayers for healing! THANK YOU!

We had a funny thing happen last night. We realized that we aren't leaving until TUESDAY morning! :D So we get an extra day in Portland, to get those shots we didn't get. I'm glad; we're going to kind of rush to get out of here in the morning, to get to Vancouver to meet with the kids for lunch, and now we can take our time the NEXT morning, instead of rushing to get to the airport - and hurry up and wait again. :D We are so blessed!!!!!!!!

A beautiful day on the beach!

It's in the mid-50s and sunny this afternoon on the central Oregon coast. This is Yaquina Head Lighthouse, in Newport. It was a little overcast this morning, but the sun broke thru late in the morning and it's absolutely glorious now.

We spent yesterday watching whales right off our deck. It was so much fun!

I have GREAT news to share with you today! Sean, the little boy I wrote about yesterday, went HOME this morning!!!!!! He still needs prayer, because his lung is getting more damage with each attack, but I KNOW his family is thrilled to have him home! Please keep praying for them, and support their project.

My mom called today to tell me my stamping area's redo is going well! I can't wait to get home and get organized - and start stamping again! I've gotten a sneak peak at the sneak peak brochure from Stampin' Up!; there are some really fun things, and I can't WAIT for the new Idea Book & Catalog to come out in July!!!!!!!! I also am looking forward to stamping when I get home. :) I just wish home were the Oregon beach....

Please pray for our friends!

Hi, friends! I have a very special request for you today. Greg McDougal is a dear friend of ours; he is the person we use at our house for our contracting work, but he's also a daddy who has three kids with a Cystic Fibrosis diagnosis. And one of them needs your prayers badly.

Sean has been in the hospital for quite a while now. If you go to his website, www.ahouseformykids.com, you can read what's been going on with Sean. There's now a possibility that he may need part of his right lung removed - which is NEVER a good thing for a child with CF.

PLEASE pray for this family, if nothing else. Let Greg know you're praying for them. And if you feel led, buy his CD - all proceeds go toward building a clean house for his children to live in, to give them the best chance of a longer life.

If you have any questions, I'll be glad to answer them to the best of my ability. Greg, if you read this, know we're praying for you, friend. We'll see you when we get back to Nashville.