December 16th, 2009

“We Have A Winner Wednesday!”
The winner of this week’s contest is…drum roll, please #4..Tiffany Bellah, Orange County, CA!!!!
She is the lucky recipient of a couple’s registration to the April, 2010 FATJEF IV in Rancho Cucamonga, CA.
Congratulations, Tiffany! We’ll look forward to seeing you there!
Just remember…
YOU could be the next lucky contestant on ” We Have A Winner Wednesday!”
please direct all further complaints and comments regarding this contest to Mads Haahr, Dublin Ireland.
For this week’s contest and fabulous prizes….please read on.
It is my distinct privilege to introduce you to this brilliant, entrepreneurial, fantasticly
is that a word?!…it is now
mom, Lauren Miller of:

Click on her banner and it will take you to her Etsy page…
where creativity and visual stimulus abound!…
Her soap creations are nothing short of amazing!
The colors!…

The creativity-combined-with-real-life-scents…

Take the art of hand washing to a whole new level!…
At least at our house…
where admittedly, we could possibly need to get out more!
When packages arrive from Lauren, Son #5 calls a hiatus from all current activity.
Here at the Helms, thanks to Sunbasilgarden, we have happy hands!
Let’s face it…
It’s the little things in life that sometimes matter most…
Or as Lauren’s tag line says,” Because life is too messy to not use happy soap!”
I don’t gravitate to bar soap…
please remember: 5 Sons + 1 Hero Hubby = 6 Males…
This is not a bar soap equation.
This fact being clearly stated regarding bar soap…
Let me be perfectly clear.
Lauren’s soaps are NOT just bar soap…
Any more than Etsy is “just another place to shop.”
Etsy is a place to buy and sell all things handmade.
I love it.
I can support really smart, innovative people…
never leave the drive way…
Not have to take any “little Sons” to the women’s restroom in a crowded mall because no “big Sons” came along…
And I get one-of-a-kind, “where did you get that?” things!
I’m in…
This week’s winner will not only get 3 of Lauren’s beautiful, handmade wonders…
but will also receive the joy of “finding things out!”
I hope you become a “Smartypants” with your kids in tow!
We are still posting our comments under the initial prize post for each week...i.e. this one.
With the “rules” firmly in place…
Part of excellent social leadership, involves the key components of…
community involvement and stewardship.
Here, at “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year”…
Let’s “test” your knowledge of this organization…

those of you that regularly default to customary fill in the blank, true/false knowledge acquisition are cheering…
Others of you are possibly sweating…profusely.
A TEST?!
No one told me that was TODAY!?!?
The Salvation Army has historically had great taglines over the years…
“Caring is Sharing.”
“Heart to God and Hand to Man”…
(Lauren and I want you to have “happy hands”, wherever you live in this amazing country!)…
See how thematic I can be?!
Over the next week, simply post the answers to your research…
All in one post, please, and you will be entered to win 3 custom soaps!
For the “other” posting days, simply return to this original post and comment…
Even if it’s just that you read the post…
It still counts as an entry.
More on this incredible community organization to come…
Ready, set, go!…
You Smartypants, you!
1. Who was the founder of The Salvation Army?
2. In what country did it originate?
3. Where was the first kettle placed?
4. In what month and year?
5. By whom?
6. What is the purpose of placing kettles?
7. During WWII, what did The Salvation Army typically give to soldiers?
8. True or False? Santa sometimes rings a bell at a kettle.
9. True or False? The Salvation Army has orchestras as well as bands.
10. True or False? The Salvation Army is a church.
11. What is the motto of The Salvation Army?
12. Counting the upcoming 2010 Rose Parade, how many consecutive years has The Salvation Army marched in the Rose Parade?
Thank you for playing!

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