Business Name Contest

A couple of friends here in England have been urging me to start a scone delivery service for the past few weeks. Today the urging intensified after I dropped off my latest pumpkin scone creations. My sweet friend J said, "It's not so much that you need to make money as the world needs to eat these scones!" It may be the best compliment I've ever received on anything I've baked.

So the wheels have started spinning in my head, and there are so many things to think about: legal/tax issues, work space, ingredients, baking tools, costs and charges... and that's just the short list. To start, I'm going to be making scones for my friends and see how it goes. I already have orders for 3 dozen just between two of my friends. If I expand to selling outside my circle of friends I may need to become official which could require finding another space for the baking other than my own kitchen.

But here's the fun part: I need to decide on a name for my proposed new business! And that's where I'm asking for your help. Any ideas? Be creative and submit as many ideas as come into your mind. If I choose your idea, I'll think up a prize and send it your way!

Cheers!

We Have Winners!

Winner of The Sneaky Chef is Dolls123 from California!

Winner of the two boxes of tea from the London Tea Company is Debbie Jordan Kravitz of Virtually Organized. I'm quickly coming to appreciate Debbie's blog about organization, something I could use a lot more of!

Congrats, Ladies!

~Reese

Final Giveaway for the Month of April!

Did anyone notice that Heather and I said we'd be giving away a book a week for the entire month of April, yet skipped the giveaway last week? Unofficially, I'm the one that dropped the ball. I gave away the first book, Heather gave away the second, and no one gave away a third. We never talked about taking turns, but it makes sense that it was my turn and I dropped the ball.

Time for my penance: I'm giving away two books AND two boxes of London Tea Company tea. There will 2-3 winners; one each for the books, and another for the tea, but you may win the tea and a book.

The first book is The Sneaky Chef, which I bought brand new a couple years back. It does have a crease in the back cover; sorry, but that's what comes of being used.



Second book: Ribbon of Years by Robin Lee Hatcher. Great book.



As for the tea, it will be 2 boxes of the following 4 possibilities:



Sometimes the store I buy them at is out of some of them, that's why I'm not committing to any two specific ones. I will notify the winner of the choices and let her choose.

There's only one catch to all this blog reader goodwill: you have to do something to be eligible to win!

To win the Sneaky Chef, you need to post either a comment here or a post of your blog (and link bag to this post) about kids and eating. It can be a humorous story of trying to get your wee one to eat healthy foods, it can be a joke, even a picture, like this one of Ian enjoying his spaghetti a couple years back:

It just needs to relate to kids and eating.

To win Ribbon of Years (you may enter to win both books), I will choose the best entry (again, comment here or a post on your own blog) from submissions on your best friend. Tell us a little about your friend, include a picture if you'd like, all the sweet details of how you met and how your friendship has grown.

For the tea, simple comment and let me know you want to be entered to win these teas from London.

Voila! Easy peasy!

~Reese

A Winner!

Jackie, from Georgia, is the winner of the Max Lucado book! Thanks so much for commenting everyone!

Jackie, please email us at: kickingitincrazyville@gmail.com with your address and I will send the book out to you right away.

Stay tuned for more contests.

- Heather

Contest Reminder

Tonight is the night that I am drawing the names to win the Max Lucado book! All you have to do is post a comment to our blog and you'll be entered in the drawing!

I'll have one of my kids pull your name out of a hat this evening and will post the winner tonight!

- Heather

The Winner of "The Frazzled Female" is...

Lora from My Blessed Life!

Congratulations to Lora!

For your chance to win in the next book giveaway, leave a comment here.

My prayer for you all today:

I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.

~Ephesians 3:16-19

Bless you!

~Reese

Max Lucado - Cure for the Common Life

Okay girls....Here is the second book giveaway! I love this book. Max Lucado is an amazing writer, although you probably already know that :)

Here is a synopsis of the book:

It's Sunday afternoon and you're already dreading the inevitable Monday morning. You spend 50+ hours at a job you hate, only to come home too exhausted to pursue anything other than reality TV.

Well, you are not alone: 87 percent of workers don't find meaning in their work and 80 percent believe their talents are not used. And there are consequences-whether or not we realize it, our resulting attitude impacts our health, our relationships, and our fundamental sense of happiness-but best-selling author Max Lucado has a cure.

We are all unique individuals, created in God's image, with our own gifts, strengths and passions. In his winsome voice, Max will encourage you to explore your uniqueness, put it to work, and redefine your concept of career.

All you have to do is comment to win! That's it....but, Reese and I really want to get to know you guys. So, please comment and tell us something about yourself. How did you meet your spouse? What are your hobby's? Who is your favorite author?

I will draw a name next week and let you know who wins.

-Heather

Reminder

Don't forget that it's Crazyville De-Lurking Week! For your chance to win the first book giveaway of the month, comment on this post.

De-Lurking Week!

OK, all you regular visitors to Crazyville! Heather and I are declaring it Crazyville De-Lurking Week! If you are a lurker who visits us regularly but we don't yet know you... Leave us a comment and introduce yourself! If you are a regular commenter-- practically a resident of Crazyville yourself-- you can comment too. We'd love to hear from you!

What was that? What's in it for you? Well, let's see:

• You get the joy of being known, even as we are known (rather a biblical way of putting it, don't ya think?!)!
• The chance to win a free book!

That's right, every week in April we will be giving away a free book. It might not be a new release, it likely won't be signed by the author, it won't be one either one of us have authored, and it might even be a secondhand store gem, but it will be a good book AND it will be free! WOOHOO! Can't beat free things.

This week I've chosen one of my favorite devotionals as the Crazyville Free Book of the Week: The Frazzled Female by Cindi Wood. Anyone who comments, lurkers or old friends, will be eligible to win the book.

Feel free to send friends, family, and readers of your own blogs over for their chance to win as well!

PS. This is NOT an April Fool's Day joke!


On a personal note THANK GOD that March is over! It's been my least favorite month for as long as I can remember. I'm so glad it's April-- the first full month of spring this year! I love it!

~Reese

And The Winner Is...

Tiffany Stuart!

Visit Tiffany's blog Tea With Tiffany. When I stopped by her blog to let her know she had won Red Letters, I read her latest post, which contained this link to a her recent article for Ungrind. Stop by and be blessed!

Congrats Tiffany!

posted by Reese