Happy Valentine's Day!

The hubs and I have never really celebrated Valentine's Day.  We do the whole card thing and plan on having supper together, but no presents or chocolates or any of that crap.  It just doesn't hold much appeal for me and let's face it, what man finds it appealing? 

This year I was surprised at work with a flower delivery and while it caught me completely off guard, I have to admit that I thought, "Oh that was sweet of him," but in the back of my mind, I was really thinking what a waste of money it was. 

Then I got the following text from Monkey's daycare owner...

"Your husband just got the "Coolest Dad on the Planet" Award.  He sent L flowers and a teddy bear for Valentine's Day!"

 

Now sending me flowers is nice, but sending her flowers?  Superb.  

Take heed fellas... we all know the way to a man's heart is through his belly.  The way to a woman's?  Well I think I discovered it's through her kids! 

 

**Winner of the Valentine's Day giveaway is Jill!  Send an email to me at armsfarmsandfam@gmail.com and I'll get your gift certificate mailed to you!** 



Paying it Forward

Born to Pharm recently celebrated their second blog birthday and they had a little giveaway with a Dally Designs $25 gift certificate being the prize.  I love that all the products are made from used team roping ropes. So creative!

I was the fortunate winner and I thought I would share the love by passing on the gift certificate to one lucky reader of my own.

You can enter up to two times:

1) Because this is a farm and firearm blog, leave a comment telling me why you love either of the two.

2) Tweet about the giveaway and leave a comment with your twitter handle.

Giveaway will close on Valentine's Day, good luck!

She's Done it Again!

A Girl and Her Gun is back at it!  She's beyond generous and having another awesome giveaway: 

First Place-

$200 toward firearms training
An OWB Holster from White Dog Holsters
100 rounds of ammo in .380, 9mm, 40 cal or 45 ACP
The Cornered Cat: A Woman's Guide To Concealed Carry

Second Place-
$200 toward firearms training
100 rounds of ammo in .380, 9mm, 40 cal or 45 ACP
The Cornered Cat: A Woman's Guide To Concealed Carry

It's only open to women, ages 21 and older and you have until July 3rd to enter.  If you have been wanting to attend a training course, or would like a loved one of yours to get some FREE firearm training, have them sign up today! 



 

Camp Perry Giveaway

Remember how I said I had been meaning to have a giveaway and this photo was a hint? 

Well it's time!  I won a gift package not all that long ago from NRA Competitive Shooting and wanted to pass along some of the loot.  If you'd like to have this XL Under Armour shirt, just leave a comment.  Any old comment will do... you can tell me who taught you how to shoot, how old you were when you first shot a gun, or what your favorite ice cream flavor is.  Just leave a comment before midnight Sunday May 13th, and you'll be entered to win!

Day 29 - A Word

I've been meaning to have a giveaway and just haven't gotten around to it... but the time has come!  I'm using today's photo as a sneak peak of what's to come!

Shooting Course Giveaway!

Remember waaaay back in January when I shared with you a giveaway that A Girl and Her Gun was having?  Remember how awesome it was?

Well, guess what?!  She's having another one! 

The prizes are once again pretty great: 

1st Place- up to $150 towards one basic shooting course, The Cornered Cat: A Woman's Guide To Conceal Carry, & 100 rounds of ammo(.45ACP, 40 S&W, .9mm or .380)

2nd Place- up to $150 towards one basic shooting course, The Cornered Cat: A Woman's Guide To Conceal Carry & 100 rounds of Ammo(.45ACP, .40 S&W, .9mm. or .308)

It's only open to women 21 and older, so if you fit that criteria, get on over there and enter to win! 

One Helluva Giveaway

Any women out there looking to learn how to shoot or brush up on your self defense?  I wanted to share a pretty awesome giveaway that A Girl and Her Gun is having. 

Not only do you get $300 towards any reputable beginning self defense shooting course in the United States, but some other pretty generous bloggers have thrown in more items... just look at all of this!

• 200 rounds of Ammo in either 9mm, 10mm, .40 S&W, .45 ACP or .38 spl provided by the very cool ZerCool  
• 100 additional rounds provided by the generous North  
• 150 additional rounds provided by the generous and competitive Tango Juliet
• If you are in the Metro Charlotte area of North Carolina a basic pistol class and Conceal Carry Handgun Class or if you are not in the area a $50 gift certificate for gear(ie eyes, ears, range bag) provided by the generous and very competitive Keads
• 100 Rounds provided by the nicest of nice Scott McCray
• 250 rounds provided by the incredibly supportive The Calm Gun
• 200 more rounds by the extremely kind Old NFO
• A $50 gift certificate provide by the goddess of all Gun Goddesses
• Electric ear muffs and if you live near Northern Virgina, a personal consultant to take you holster shopping or an hour of one-on-one range time provided by talented and knowledgeable Female and Armed
• A pistol class for the winner and a friend if she lives in the state of Iowa (or is willing to travel) provided by yet another generous blogger,known as Bill
• A fabulous holster provided by the good folks at Remora

If you are in the Central Illinois area and happen to win this, I can recommend a great class to take.  You have until February 3rd to enter! 

Thursday Giveaway!

Once again, I am not the one that is having a giveaway, but a great friend/photographer is and I wanted to share with you.  I've mentioned her blog on here before and if you didn't check it out then, you should now. 

I REALLY love this jewelry she's featuring:

Head on over to Imaginate Photography and maybe you'll be lucky enough to win her final 12 Days of Christmas contest, you only have until midnight tonight!

A Winner...

And with a whopping two entries into the 200th blog post giveaway the winner is....

Entrant number 2, Bonnie Jo!  Congratulations and I hope you love the book!

Thank You. Thank You Very Much.

This post right here, this post is my 200th!  I can hardly believe it.  When I first started this blog, I didn't know if I would write for a month and get tired of it or how it would work out for me.  And to be completely honest, I still don't know if I'll get tired of it tomorrow, or the day after that, or even the week after that.  I may decide one day to just give up on it altogether.  I don't think I really have all that many readers, but I do cherish each and every one of the few readers that I do have.

To show you just how much I appreciate you, to celebrate this mileston post, and to mainly say THANK YOU for sticking with me through my random thoughts, I want to share a great book with you.  Not only share it, but one lucky reader can have it to display on your coffee table, bookshelf, or pass along to someone else.  Whatever your heart desires!

The book I'm going to giveaway is a special one, On The Edge by Howard G. Buffett.  It not only has amazing pictures in it, it also highlights something I'm passionate about; agriculture.

To enter, just leave a comment.  Tell me where you would display the book, how you feel about agriculture, what you had for breakfast, who your highschool crush was... anything.  Just leave one comment before noon on Monday, September 13th and you'll be entered! 
Oh and again, thank you for bearing with my craziness and sticking with me!

Answers and Winner(s)!

It's Friday! Woo hoo!!

Because today is Friday and I'm feeling especially generous, I'm not only going to give one person a little something special for participating in my measling attempt at Word Games puzzles, I'm going to award TWO people for playing along with me.

It could also have to do with the fact that ONLY two people tried.  But no, I'm going with the reason as me being a great, loving and generous person. And those two people tried darnit, so they will be rewarded!

So congratulations Bonnie and Joe, you've both won an all inclusive trip for two to Jamaica! Oh wait, for a second there I thought I was Bob Barker on the Price is Right. Sorry about that.

You both win awesome, amazing coffee travel mugs! Just doesn't quite have the same ring to it, does it? Maybe next time. (Send an email to armsfarmsandfam@gmail.com to claim your prize.)

And without further ado, here are the answers:

1.

Neon Lights

2.

Space Invaders

3.

Win with Ease

4.

Forgive and Forget

5.

Unfinished Symphony

6.

Try to Understand

7.

In Between Jobs

8.

On Cloud Nine

9.

Connecting Flights

10.

A Walk in the Park

11.

Red Herring

12.

Top Secret

Thursday Giveaway

I think it's probably fairly obvious to you all that I love to cook.  It brings me joy.  You know what else brings me joy?  Fabulous kitchen utensils and appliances.  They really make me happy.

I want to share the joy with you today by pointing you in the direction of a FANTASTIC giveaway.  The Pioneer Woman is giving away 3 beautiful, candy apple red Anniversary Edition Kitchen Aid mixers!

Please, if you win, don't come back and gloat to me.  I don't have a mixer and I want one. 

Also don't forget to enter my Word Game giveaway, winner will be chosen tomorrow.  I'm guessing the odds on my blog are a wee bit better than on Ree's, of course I don't have a mixer on the line either!

Hint Hint

Hmmm... either my readers aren't as into word games as I am, or I just don't have any readers.  Or the third possibility is that I made them too hard?  Let me walk you through one and maybe that will help....

There is a space in between Va and Ders...

Space in Va Ders...

Space Invaders, of course! 

Does that help?  Come on faithful readers, give it a shot.  There's a great travel coffee mug on the line here!

Word Games

Times up!  For the answers and winner click here.

Remember those brainteaser games from grade school?  You know, the ones where the words were all goofy or jumbled up and you had to figure out the phrase?  I loved those.

Since today is Friday and it's hotter than Hades outside what better way to escape the heat than to sit in your air conditioning and participate in a little word game giveaway!  I'd recommend eating a freeze pop while doing so, just to get the full effect of being a kid again. 

It's easy, just take a stab at what each of these puzzles mean.  I'll be rewarding one person that answers them all correctly with a handy dandy prize!

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4.

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8.

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11.

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Good luck and happy solving!

Steel Yourself! Great Giveaway Ahead.

Knives are awesome. 

I have this set myself

It's a Furi 10-piece set.  And this one... this one I am head-over-heels in love with.  I use it practically every day.

Everyone needs a good set of knives.  I don't care who you are or what you do, you NEED knives.  They are your friend.

I know what you are thinking, a good set can be pretty expensive and you just don't want to spend the money on it right now, right?  But guess what?

Today is your lucky day!  Over here on this blog is a knife giveaway!  They aren't Furi, but they are Rada and they are nice.   

Go enter and enjoy if you win.  You can thank me later.

Thursday Giveaway!

Maybe last weeks cookbook and shirt just weren't up your alley.  I'm willing to bet money this week's giveaway WILL be up your alley.  Seriously who's alley couldn't use a brand spanking new computer??  And not just any computer, but an HP TouchSmart!

There are 5 different bloggers giving one away.  That's right, you have 5 different chances to win one and it's couldn't be any easier! Just go to these sites and leave a comment answering their questions:

Kelly's Reviews
Totally Together Reviews
mckama
NieNie Dialogues
BooMama

What are you waiting for.. go, GO!

Thursday Giveaway!

Okay so I'm not the one giving something away, but it's still a giveaway! 

You all know how much I love to cook and here is a cookbook by a stay-at-home ranch mom whose food is to die for.  I don't have a copy yet, but I want one.

AND a t-shirt as well! 

What more could you ask for, right? 

All you have to do is go to The Provident Woman website and enter to win!

One stipulation though... if you win you must give them to me.  Hahaha... only kidding... well maybe half kidding. 

If you'd like to check out some of the recipes from this cookbook just go over to The Pioneer Woman and have a peek!  It's some good food, I promise!