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Posted on November 14, 2016 November 15, 2016

Thank You Giveaway!

It’s that time of year. . . Time for a giveaway!

Actually, I’m a little late posting this – I had planned to start this giveaway a few days ago, but I’ve been a little distracted lately. So much so, that none of the Christmas decorations are even up, yet (check out my Christmas tree posts, here and here). This is why. . .

Standard Poodle puppies. 10 of them! Every last one brown and ultra adorable 🙂

Mom (our brown and white parti girl, Sophie) is feeling a little overwhelmed. She has every right. After growing up as the daughter and granddaughter of a poodle breeder and spending entirely too much time at vets, I completely understand. . . puppies are a lot of work.

But you’re not here to talk puppies, are you? You’re here for the giveaway, so let’s get started!

Enter to win the following:

A fall inspired set of bath/body items from our Etsy shop, MaidenHillFarm.

That means a bar of pumpkin pie soap, a pumpkin spice bath bomb, and a trio of pumpkin spice sugar cube scrubs.

Now for the legalese: Open to entries from the US only. One lucky winner will be chosen at random when the contest ends on November 30, 2015 at 12:00 AM CST. The winner will be contacted by email to obtain their mailing address – if after 48 hours I haven’t received a response, a new winner will be chosen. When you sign in to Rafflecopter be sure to include an email address so that I can contact you. As soon as possible, I will mail out the prize.

P.S. If you don’t want to wait until the end of the giveaway, please visit my shop on Etsy here.

Best of luck to everyone!!!

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Posted on September 9, 2015 September 9, 2015

End of Summer MHF Giveaway!!!

Or should I call this the Beginning of Fall MHF Giveaway?

Maybe, but since it still feels like it’s 100 degrees here, I’ll just keep Summer in the title. And actually, there’s no sign of ending, yet. But let’s get back to the giveaway.

That’s right! It’s time for another giveaway. And the prize this go around?

A bath and body gift set from my Etsy shop, Maiden Hill Farm, including one bar of goat milk soap, one sample box of sugar cube scrubs, and a lip balm!

Please Note: The Sugar Cube Scrub set pictured above is a full set not a sample.

A sample set will include 2 or 3 actual sugar cubes.

Now for the legalese: Open to entries from the US only. One lucky winner will be chosen at random when the contest ends on September 30, 2015 at 12:00 AM CST. The winner will be contacted by email to obtain their mailing address – if after 48 hours I haven’t received a response, a new winner will be chosen. When you sign in to Rafflecopter make sure to include an email address so that I can contact you. As soon as possible, I will mail out the prize.

P.S. If you don’t want to wait until the end of the giveaway, please visit my shop on Etsy here.

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Posted on May 12, 2015 May 12, 2015

Surprise.

Two weekends ago, we set out for Georgia for my great uncle’s surprise birthday party.

My grandma and great uncle:

A few more pictures from that weekend.

We had such a fantastic time: lots of great food, fun, and beautiful scenery.

Did I mention the beautiful scenery?

I did? But it deserves another mention.

I’m seriously thinking, ‘I have a pond, a hill, and I need a stream flowing down said hill into said pond.’

With stepping stones.

But back to the fun times.

My grandmother looking at a photo of her parents. They had ten children. Yes, TEN!

And another photo of her father and a few of his many grandchildren. They had numerous grandchildren, even more great grandchildren, and so on.

One thing that I’ve always been told about the Chappell family. Over and over again. They’re talkers. Almost everyone of them. Even yours truly at times.

And staging an impromptu photo shoot will probably result in a few outtakes.

But getting together is always a lot of fun. . .

Hope you had a wonderful birthday Uncle Albert! And thank you for sharing it with us!!

Posted on April 18, 2015

What the girls have been doing.

It has rained almost every single day for days and days and days. At this point, I’ve honestly lost track.

Of course, rainy days can make almost anyone ready for a nap, but the girls, Bryony and Sophie, have taken that to new heights.

In between hurried trips outside to potty (Because seriously, what self-respecting diva-licious farm poodle wants their hair wet?), they’ve napped.

And snoozed.

And dozed away the rainy days, probably dreaming of sunny summery weather. Whatever that is 😉

Considering we’re as waterlogged as you can get right now, they’re doing exactly what I feel like doing.

Sophie: “Rain, rain go away!“

Posted on April 10, 2015 April 10, 2015

You know you live in the country when. . . .

your dogs regularly tune in to chicken tv.

Wondering what chicken tv is? Basically, the act of watching your chickens doing their chicken-y things through a window. Or in Bryony and Sophie’s case a glass door.

The girls love nothing more than standing at the front door and watching the chicken shenanigans going on.

The photo above was taken today, and the one below, about five months ago.

Literally, they tune in to chicken tv every. single. day. But then, I do, too. 😀