"Oh the weather outside is frightful..."
It seems much of the country is dealing with a lot of snow these days. We have certainly had a lot lately ourselves! For the most part, I am ok with it because I have my sewing projects and my books to read and, as long as I don't have to drive in it, I'm content to be home.
So, for me, winter is a great season for reading! And, in honor of that, I am having a week-long giveaway! Every day for this week, I will have a book to give away. I hope you will find something you would like to read!
Those rules again:
1.) To enter the drawing for a book, just answer my random question for the day in the comments of the post.
Today's question: What is your favorite comfort food(s)?
My Answer: I love all kinds of comfort food! My favorites are mashed potatoes with butter, warm bread, and chocolate chip cookies!
2.) Be reachable by email should you win, so I can let you know.
3.) Enter by February 1, a winner will be selected the following day.
4.) Come back again tomorrow!
Today's book:
One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp
Description:
Just like you, Ann Voskamp hungers to live her one life well. Forget the bucket lists that have us escaping our everyday lives for exotic experiences. 'How,' Ann wondered, 'do we find joy in the midst of deadlines, debt, drama, and daily duties? What does the Christ-life really look like when your days are gritty, long---and sometimes even dark? How is God even here?' In One Thousand Gifts, Ann invites you to embrace everyday blessings and embark on the transformative spiritual discipline of chronicling God's gifts. It's only in this expressing of gratitude for the life we already have, we discover the life we've always wanted ... a life we can take, give thanks for, and break for others. We come to feel and know the impossible right down in our bones: we are wildly loved --- by God. Let Ann's beautiful, heart-aching stories of the everyday give you a way of seeing that opens your eyes to ordinary amazing grace, a way of being present to God that makes you deeply happy, and a way of living that is finally fully alive. Come live the best dare of all!
My Thoughts:
This book has had a big impact on my life! Voskamp writes with poetry and beautiful imagry. I feel called to gratitude after reading this and know that each day I can find ways to add thankfulness to my life. I love how she speaks with a voice that lets us in on her experiences as a mom and wife in a way that is genuine and real. I want to know her in person because I know she's the kind of person who would refresh my spirit just by sharing some coffee together.
I also love her blog: http://www.aholyexperience.com/. Check it out too!
Two of my favorite comfort foods are macaroni and cheese and a big slice of warm apple pie with a scoop of cinnamon ice cream.
Posted by: Lynne | January 25, 2012 at 05:02 PM
My favorite comfort food is spaghetti and meat balls.
Posted by: Anita Yancey | January 26, 2012 at 04:46 AM
I love mashed potatoes, too! Sometimes the best comfort food for me, though, is nachos. :p
Posted by: Word Lily | January 26, 2012 at 05:30 AM
Tami, my favs are the same as yours! Mashed potatoes with butter, warm, just out of the oven bread and my Mom's chocolate chip cookies. :)
Posted by: Merry | January 26, 2012 at 05:40 AM
My comfort food is Campbell's Chicken Noodle Soup and Canada Dry Ginger Ale. From when I was a child, my mother always gave it to me when I was feeling low or ill, and it stuck with me in my adult life. When I'm down and feeling sick, it's what I always go for.
Posted by: Freda | January 26, 2012 at 07:00 AM
My favorite comfort food is my husband's white chili with his homemade Cheesy biscuits!
Many thanks, Cindi
Posted by: Cindi | January 26, 2012 at 09:32 AM
Ice cream was always my comfort food, now that I'm dairy free I go to peanut butter!
Posted by: amandasue | January 26, 2012 at 02:39 PM
Ohhhhh... I love Nacho Cheese Doritos and Queso Sauce. Also love potato chips with ketchup (no different then putting it on french fries)... and a cheeseburger and fries. :)
Posted by: Cindy Woolard | January 26, 2012 at 04:21 PM
My favorite is Chicken A la King on toast.
Posted by: MJ | January 28, 2012 at 06:06 AM
I agree with Lynne - Mac and cheese!
Posted by: Sandra J | January 29, 2012 at 04:35 AM
Love comfort food. Macaroni and cheese - homemade of course, chicken enchiladas, lasagna, and the queen of comfort food, homemade chicken soup. . . And on the sweet side? Brownies have to top the chart. :)
Posted by: Heather | February 01, 2012 at 05:38 PM