MilandDil Designs Giveaway

Hey, everyone…it’s Terri (aka Teresa’s elf)…I didn’t make it really clear how to enter your name three times for the giveway.  So just an easy clarification on the three ways you can enter the $100 giveaway on MilandDil Designs. I put the links below so it’s easy.

• 1. Go to the MilandDil Designs Facebook page and hit the like button.
• 2. Go to the MilandDil Designs blog site and become a follower.
• 3. After you become a follower of MilandDil, leave a comment on the MilandDil blog and I’ll put your name in the drawing for a third time. *For those of you who have already left comments on Teresa’s blog, don’t worry your names are in the drawing. I realize on the last post the word “blog” took you to her site…oops so sorry.

Remember the $100 can be used for product currently listed or to apply toward a custom item.  Here are a couple of more items in our current collection.

If you have time and want to do a little window shopping, you can go to our website to see our entire collection. Good luck and thanks for stopping by!

A One Hundred Dollar Value Giveaway

Hopefully that $100 value giveaway in the title has gotten your attention.  Teresa gave me permission to do a guest post to introduce my new business MilandDil Designs.  When I’m not working on MilandDil, I help Teresa during her holiday tree season as one of her elves.

My DIL and I have been really busy trying to get the word out about some of the creative floral designs we have done. So here’s the deal…okay, first let me show you a few of our creations. And you can see many more on our website or our Etsy store.   

  

GIVEAWAY DRAWING IS NEXT MONDAY, AUGUST 15TH. 

MilandDil Designs is giving away a $100 credit for any current product we are offering or you can use it toward a custom order…you decide.  There are three ways to qualify. Go to our MilandDil Designs Facebook page and like our page. And also become a follower on our blog to enter. AND IF YOU LEAVE A COMMENT ON MY BLOG, I’LL PUT YOUR NAME IN A THIRD TIME!  So whatcha waitin’ for????

MilandDil Designs began with me (MIL) and one of my daughters-in-law (DIL) Olga. I wanted a way for Olga to get a little extra tuition money for her nursing school…something that allowed her to spend time with her little one, Lilliana …my 15 month old granddaughter.  And yes, just in Grammy style, here’s a picture…  or two or three.  That’s Olga with Lilliana, her little Russian-looking photo, and her unruly curly hair.

Thanks to Teresa for letting me share our exciting new venture and a special thanks in advance to all of you who enter our giveaway. Now let the liking begin!!!

BECAUSE HE LIVES WE CAN FACE TOMORROW

I was not planning to post today, not because I did not have anything to say, but because my mind was on overload. Maybe posting will unload it a little. 
In the past seven days there have been more questions than answers.
Maybe that’s how life is most of the time.  For me this week was intense.  Some things you cannot pay back but you can pay it forward.  We have been given the opportunity to do that. 
We spent five days in Dallas last week and are headed back there tomorrow.  It happens to be a month we have the luxury to be gone.
I have watched a dear friend watch her husband struggle to stay alive until a liver can be found. The struggle is ugly and it goes on today…
and if you pray specifically, please pray for no infection, for his sodium level to increase.   He is now in ICU on dialysis 24/7, he has super low blood pressure, sodium levels that come close to taking him off the transplant list and a multitude of other complications.  Dianne has not had one night away from the hospital in 5 weeks.
It has been our privilege to just “be there” if she needs us.  We came home just long enough to do laundry and pay bills, kiss the little's and repack.  It’s been a heart wrenching week. 
Jack and I had the opportunity to pray with a stranger in the waiting room, a lady that had just learned her brother was getting a liver after 8 months and she was scared to death.  I may never see that lady again, but I will never forget her face. 
I hate hospitals and just walking in Baylor made my heart race.  We spent the hours having long talks about days gone by, football, kids, grandkids; I even got an occasional laugh and smile from Keith and that was as valuable as gold.
He can have little pain medication as his liver no longer is able to filter it out…so he is in great pain. Every few days they drain 7 plus liters of fluid off his stomach.   I would look across the room at Jack and see a MIRACLE and know that Keith could be one too.  Life is hard right now for Diane and Keith and their boys.
Then the economy splattered.  Keith is a stock market man, so he would constantly ask about what was happening…not good news.  I could get political here, but B Obama promised change…I hope this was not what he had in mind.  And then to see America..America The Beautiful, lose it’s triple A credit rating…I want get started.

Today I woke up to the tragic death of all the Navy Seals in Afghanistan.  A few hours later find out one of the dead is the son of our banker.  Life is hard tonight for the Reeves family. I don’t know Rob Reeves, but I know he went to work everyday to keep you and keep me safe and free. 
So it has not been a week of many answers…a week full of questions…these are the weeks, you hum “Because He Lives”

I heard a new song that I love….
you may know it but it was new to me…

I Call You Faithful

 

My favorite line is “I Call You All That”…..

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