Holy mackerel! Where did the day go?  I have spent a lot of it decorating our house for Christmas.  I did take some generous breaks though.  I have quite a few more things that I want to do though.  I probably won’t get to them until next week because they require me to get a few more decorations and after my glorious Black Friday shopping I need to hold off on spending for a bit.  I have a few things I want to make as well.

 But for now here is a sneak peak at what I have done.  I wrapped twinkle lights around the banister polls that divide our dining room from the hallway.  It looks so much more magical than this picture lets on.  I told Eric my goal for this year is to make it look like Holiday cheer came and blew up in our house and I think I am well on my way.

Now for a giveaway!  I for sure meant to do this during November for National Adoption Month but I forgot.  This is a special bracelet.  It doesn’t have special powers like Wonder Woman’s indestructible bracelets, but it does support a worthy cause.  A women I went to high school with along with her husband, are adopting.  These bracelets were sold as a fundraiser for them.  I bought two, one for myself and one to giveaway here.  For each $2.00 donation, I will be giving back $.75 to House of Harkless, which is the woman’s photography business to raise money.  So please please donate!  You will be helping two families bring home their future children.

• Like to the last giveaway you must make a $2.00 donation through the secure Paypal donation button on the right sidebar or our Go Fund Me site.  For each $2.00 you will receive 1 entry.
• You can still donate $10 to sponsor a day and will receive 5 entries into the giveaway!
• You can receive an extra entry for each of the following: logging, Tweeting or Facebooking about the giveaway and our adoption story.  Leave a message in the comments telling me which ones you have done and a link to the post.  You must make a $2.00 donation for this extra entry to count.
• This giveaway will be open for 2 weeks.  All entries must be received by Friday, December 13th at midnight.  Winners will be chosen at random, and announced on Saturday, December 14th.
• Please make sure your contact information on PayPal is up to date, so I have the correct mailing address.