What a Husband Needs From His Wife Giveaway with Melanie Chitwood
IMPORTANT NOTE: Those of you Weight Loss Wednesday gals who want to either participate in the girlfriends conference call tomorrow night or go back later and listen to it online, I need to have you email me at [email protected] BEFORE 9:00 pm tonight EST. I will email you back with the call-in instructions. There is no cost for this other than the phone call itself (and many of you have free nights on your cell phone, so have it all charged up and ready to go!) PLEASE put WLW Phone Call in the subject line or I might miss your message. Oh, I can’t wait to chat with you all!
ALSO NOTE: The winner of the couples basket-in a box from my Mismatched Candlesticks marriage post is: Margaret; Timestamp: February 4, 2010 at 6:06 pm Congrats! Email me your home address at [email protected] so I can mail you your prize.
Now for our regular post……
Love is in the air…….and roses…..and chocolate….and fancy dinners out. It is Valentines Week!
I have always adored Valentines Day; elementary school class parties with endless homemade, paper Valentines; high school dances (and a special singing Valentine delivered to me during fifth hour once by a barbershop quartet) and most of all many February 14th’s with my college sweetheart-turned-hubby whom I am celebrating with for the 27th year in a row.
My posts this week will be short and sweet (pun intended). I simply want to introduce you to four wonderful books on marriage written by some friends of mine. One book, along with some other goodies, will be given away each day (except for Weight Loss Wednesday when I’ll offer a different, fun giveaway) The featured books will be by her, and her and him.
At the end of each post, I’ll ask you all a simple question. Click on the comment form and leave a short answer to the question and you’ll be entered in the random drawing. This will be fun! Here we go:
We’ll start (and end) the week with my friend, Proverbs 31 speaking team sister, and Kenz’s current “other mother” Melanie Chitwood. Kenz began her year living in Charlotte with my P31 sister Wendy Blight, but due to Wendy’s daughter having major surgery and a great deal going on in their home, requiring their bonus room back, (Kenz’s home-away-from-home) she was taken in by Melanie, her hubby Scott and their two boys–who are the exact same ages as Kenz’s biological brothers!
Today, Melanie is giving away a signed copy of her book, What A Husband Needs from His Wife. I’ll throw in a $5.00 Starbucks card so the winner can steal away for a mug of something hot and delicious to sip on while she reads.
What do men really need from their wives? And what is the best way for wives to meet those needs? This engaging and thoroughly biblical guide demonstrates that a woman meets her husband’s needs most effectively by maintaining her own vibrant personal relationship with Christ. Filled with useful tools that will help women understand their husbands better, this enlightening resource includes…
Readers will also find useful tools for understanding their husbands better, including
– Ideas for dealing with addictions, infidelity, and financial challenges
– Explanations of personality types and love languages
– Resources that offer help for the helper
Each chapter ends with a list of focus points that summarize the chapter’s most important thoughts in an easy to remember format, as well as a concluding prayer that provides readers an opportunity to interact with God about what they have learned. A study guide at the end of the book makes this a perfect tool for individual or small group use.
Trust me ladies…..this is a wonderful, honest, and helpful book. Just like the gal who wrote it!
Now, to be entered in today’s giveaway, leave a comment answering this simple Valentines Day question:
What is your favorite candy (current or retro)? Peanut Butter Cups? Sweet-tarts? Mary Janes? Pixie Stix? Zagnut bars? Sprees? Plain milk chocolate? Hard, sour candies like Jolly Ranchers?
Mine is anything with coconut and dark chocolate combined; from a simple grocery store Mounds Bar to a fancy handmade, dark-chocolate dipped macaroon. Or, a retro favorite (one I remember riding to the Quik Pik corner store to get—-on my purple Schwinn bike with the banana seat and white, flowered basket of course) is Charms Sweet and Sour swirl pops.
How about you?
Candy-coated blessings,
I Love Reeses Peanut Butter cups and Hershey’s Bliss Dark Chocolate. Yum
Plain ol’ Hershey’s chocolate! I’m from PA, so maybe I’m partial, but nothing beats Hershey’s! :)
Chocolate covered coffee beans, chocolate & mint, chocolate & peanut butter, chocolate covered almonds or peanuts, chocolate & carmel, chocolate covered strawberries or cherries… I guess pretty much anything with chocolate. :-)
Would you believe trips to the local
dime store, on my recyled bike, with
the big high handlebars and banana
seat, and yep, the flowered basket, (white straw
big hot pink and lime green straw flowers)….do you think that dates us? Would nearly always get
a ChicStix (still available at Cash N Carry stores
for fans that might be looking, only about 1/3 the size, those things were about a foot long in those days)
Thanks for the nostalgia! I went to high school in
CA with a Karen Ehman too. Blessing for a Charming day! :)
Dove dark chocolate bites. Some of the best dark chocolate ever tasted. Thanks for having these drawings and for your devotions. Love them!
Nestle crunch. The mixture of chocolate and the crispiness of the crispy part. Yummm. (But I am still in my giving-up-sweets mode, so I’m just going to have to imagine it.)
Thanks for the giveaway!
I like a good dark chocolate that melts slowly on my tongue. Just plain and simple.
I would have to say sweet tarts and retro would have to be mary janes or Sugar Daddy’s ;-)
My favorite is the Goo Goo Bar. I love the caramel and pecan version. Besides the yummy taste I love the memories I have eating them with my mom, brother, grandma, and aunt. We used to go into town and get them at the Dollar General during our summer stays in Iowa.
Hershey’s candy-coated chocolate eggs–only available at Easter…:) (good thing too)
Reese’s Pieces! I LOVE them! When Easter rolls around I also really enjoy Robin’s Eggs. But, I rarely refuse any chocolate!
Dark chocolate covered almonds. I also enjoy an almond snickers bar dipped in a hot cup of dark hazlenut coffee.
Sweet tarts for sure!
Reeses Peanut Butter cups but I especially love the eggs they have at Easter time. When I’m trying to be healty, Doves Dark chocolate is my choice.
Anything with dark chocolate! (well if were going to completely honest, anything with chocolate period, I’m not that picky!)
Good dark Chocolate. Put a piece in your mouth with a little hot tea and let it melt. Yum.
Anything CHOCOLATE!!! Solid or covering anything. my most recent discovery although it was for a limited time, very limited…..Fudge Ritz!!! OH…my sweet mercy!!!!!
I need some time to myself now….the thought of them has been too much….big sigh!!!!
I love the chocolate caramel combo bars. I love heath bars also. twix, milky way, caramelo, snickers can go wrong with those.
It’s difficult to have a favorite. I suppose I prefer the classic Hershey Kiss, and second is the caramel Hersey Kiss. Then anything milk chocolate after that.
I love Fun Dip — I love the sticks, wish they came with two sticks per pack ;-)
Thanks and I hope to be part of the call. Debbie
Anything chocolate or peanut butter. Yum!!
Anything with peanut butter and chocolate or mint and chocolate -(reeses and York peppermint patteies top the list!)
Reese’s Peanut Butter cups are the best – perfection!
I would have to say one thing I can’t resist is a Heath bar. There is something about that buttery toffee covered in chocolate that is oh so comforting and soothing.