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Topsy Turvy Monday
Congratulations to Mandy who writes her family blog, The Halverson Times. Mandy won a free copy of SpellQuizzer, the fantastic spelling software my family loves. Mandy, I hope your children enjoy it as much as mine do.
Please email me at Lisa@onethankfulmom.com.
Thank you to everyone who participated in this Giveaway. Watch for more!
~Lisa
Do you see the smile on Dimples’ face? That is the expression she wore the day she got 105% on her spelling test. Not only did she get 23 spelling words correct, she also got the five bonus words! This was an extraordinary contrast to her previous spelling tests.
How did she improve so dramatically? I can tell you. She finally got the practice and repetition she needed each day. Did I finally become an awesome mom who quizzed all of her kids on their spelling words each night? Sadly, no, but I did become a mom who spent a little bit of time on Saturday recording all four of my girls’ spelling lists with my new SpellQuizzer software. (hint: read to the end of this post for Give-Away information.)
The creator of SpellQuizzer, Dan Hite, contacted me to ask if I would like to try his program and then review it. I thought it sounded interesting, but it was just as we headed into the holidays and it took me ages to get to it. I wish I had done it earlier. I am a huge fan of anything that makes my crazy life easier.
There are lots of neat techy aspects to SpellQuizzer, but I’ll tell you about it from my non-techy mom perspective…
Thank you to everyone who participated in my first-ever blog give-away. The winner is Ann, writer of Crazy for Kids. Ann also wrote the amazing guest post, The Sleeping Bag of Grief.
Ann, I hope you like the book as much as I did. If you have not read There Is No Me Without You: One Woman’s Odyssey to Rescue Her Country’s Children, 
Watch for more give-aways soon!
~Lisa
Two-for-One Photo: You can see my mom and dad’s engagement picture in the background.
My mom and dad are in Seattle with Dimples and Eby today, so I asked if I could do something fun for all you great readers. To kick off the brand new website, we’re giving away Melissa Fay Greene’s amazing book, There is No Me Without You. If you are a longtime reader of A Bushel and A Peck, you know that this is one of my mom’s favorite books. She has mentioned it numerous times and wrote an entire post about it here. The copy we are giving away today is from our bookcase (still in good condition) — my mom loved it so much that she bought three extra books to lend out to friends (and now, give to you!). Fair warning is in order: Without You is a desperately moving piece and may change your life forever. [...]
