Read more about the big announcement on MSNBC:

Michelle Duggar gives her kids a Mother’s Day surprise: ‘We’re expecting!’

Help the Duggars name the newest baby here

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• Sheila at My Memories

• David Bertolo

• Karen at PediaScribe

Thank you to everyone who participated!  I enjoyed reading your comments and posts!

Sheila, David, and Karen…check your mailboxes tonight for your $20 Amazon GC.  Have fun shopping!

~Maura

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Here are the participant’s from this past week:

• Kotsengkuba
• Julie D.
• Starla Brunson
• Timothy Sternberg
• Angela
• Ingrid Jackson
• Barbara  
• Anthony Hedden
• Tina Rath
• joni chadwell
• Miranda Allen
• Sarah Lehan
• Kim Allen
• Nicole Handrigan
• gail
• trudee carreiro
• jane yates
• Patricia Treskovich
• Katt Lewis
• jessica
• Rita Singleton
• C Duran
• Barbara Fox
• tim brown
• Heather
• Tammy OHagan
• Michelle Simons
• kim crane
• Leigh Nichols
• Susan Bolden
• Allegra Ashley
• Vicki Thompson
• Terry
• Janet M
• brandy
• Linda Ellis
• Rebecca Chavez
• sharon
• Jim Cincinello
• David Bertolo
• Catherine copeland
• Jess Russell
• Phyllis Adams
• Suzie Lockhart
• Jennifer Barnett
• Carissa Davis
• Elizabeth Ray
• Suzanne Reichel
• Roann
• Vanessa Hunter
• Sand
• Leon Hart
• Theresa Shafer
• jayne burchfield
• Lisa Sibley
• Suanne Giddings
• Rosanne Morrison
• Donna Kozar
• Kimberly Hall
• Sabine Blanch

Please check back later!

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Mom Gadget is holding a contest, and one lucky winner will be awarded a new printer from Kodak!  The Kodak EasyShare 5300 All-in-One Printer lets you print, copy, and scan and is perfect for your home or office.

To enter the contest, simply share your best holiday shopping story.  Check out Gayla’s post for more details!

 Contest ends Wednesday November 28th at Noon EST.

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Happy Thanksgiving! 

On this day of giving thanks, I would like to say thank you to my readers!

Only one week left to enter Mom’s “My First Blog Post” contest!  C’mon and join the fun and your chance to win a $20 Gift Certificate to Amazon.  Just in time for the holidays!

Here are the participant’s from this week.  I am listing the blogger’s with posts first and I encourage you to check them out!  I have enjoyed reading about your first posts!

• Sher – Mom Coming Homes Blog Birthday Giveaway
• Tamara - My First Blog Post
• Caryn – Way Cool Contests
• Deb – Six Months Ago…
• Jean – My First Post Meme
• Karen – A Trip Down Memory Lane
• Lesha
• Diane
• Chief Family Officer
• William Causey <—Check out these cool deck designs!
• Andy
• Judith Musick
• David Bertolo
• Joanne Danzer
• Carol Dziuba
• Vicky Boackle
• Margaret Smith
• Adrienne Gordon
• Terrance Carroll
• Deborah Rosen
• Anthony Malaschak
• Staci K
• Michele Guinsburg
• Veronica Sandberg
• April
• Pamela Ray
• Rhonda
• Kirsten
• Linda Ellis
• Deborah Mahoney
• April Gupton
• Beverley Justice
• Rodney
• Lori Harrison
• Chrystal Jones
• Bob Keck
• Soha Molina
• Don
• Susan Smith
• Linda Lansford
• Jeff Donahue
• Cynthia W
• Dennis Pointer
• Kathy Scott
• Doreen Kuneck
• Sharon Haas
• Cynthia C
• Richard T
• Monique Rizzo
• Valerie Mabrey
• Louis
• Ruby
• Deborah
• Molly Capel
• Gregory Hill
• Gayle Morgan
• Claudette Flanigan
• Mike
• Sue Farrell
• John Mizel

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I’ve been battling cold/flu symptoms this past week, but I’ve had fun reading through your “first blog post” posts!  I’m also happy to find new and interesting blogs to read!

Here is the list of contest participants (and a link to their post) so far:

• Bloggingcontest.com - Win a $20 Amazon Gift Certificate…
• Trina
• Kathylynn
• aBookworm -  Win an Amazon GC
• Erz – Mom Coming Home’s Blog Birthday Giveaway
• Mr Prizes - http://www.mrprizes.com/individual/listingID_0685.htm
• Doreen – Your First Blog Post
• Bebemiqui - I Like This Contest
• Stacey - You Knew Me When
• Laura - My First Ever Blog Post
• Tanyetta -  My Very First Post –Inspiration and a Giveaway! 
• Lynn Anne – Back in the Bloggy Day
• Laura K
• Sheila - Beginnings: My First Blog Post
• Kristie - What was your First Post
• Erin M
• Mama Zen
• Pamela Kramer – My First Blog Post
• Amanda – My First Blog Post
• Marisa
• Andrea - Waaaay Back When…
• Linda

If you haven’t entered the contest, you have until November 29th!  C’mon and join the fun and your chance to win a $20 Amazon Gift Certificate!

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It’s actually my Blog’s Birthday…3 years. I know it’s only 3 months since I started blogging regularly, but I needed a reason to celebrate!

I love looking through old photographs and journals. It’s interesting to see “how things were” at a given point in time, and to compare how things are now.

Here’s my first post at Mom Coming Home (my how things have changed):

November 6, 2004: “Beginnings”

Welcome! The purpose of this blog is for me to have a webspace to record my thoughts about becoming a SAHM (stay-at-home-mom) or possibly a WAHM (work-at-home-mom).

Over the past thirteen years, I have worked outside the home. Some years full-time, some years part-time, and some lean years self-employed. As of November 4, 2004 I have worked two consecutive years full-time. Before that I was self-employed for four years as a network engineer. Networking, as in “LAN/WAN” not the marketing variety.

To sum things up, I work outside the home while my self-employed husband is at home with our five children. We are both completely ready for a role reversal….or would that be a role re-reversal? Anyway, my goal is to be AT HOME next year.

Stay tuned for more details on how I’m getting there.

Wow. 3 years ago, I worked full-time outside of the home and dreamed of the day when I could quit my job. Now I work at home for that same company. And with the addition of Baby A we have six kids! It’s funny how things work out.

To celebrate my birthday, I’m holding my first blog contest for the month of November.

The Contest is about “Your First Blog Post”

Each comment left on this post will count as an entry. To receive an additional two entries, write a post on your blog about your first blog post and link back to Mom Coming Home…I would love to read about how things have changed for you over the months or years.

To show my appreciation, I will post a list of participants each week linking to both your main blog page and your specific blog entry (if you wrote a post).

The Prizes:

On November 30, 2007 – Three random participants will win a $20 gift certificate to Amazon!

Mom’s Rules:

• The three prize winners will be selected at random and receive their $20 Amazon Gift Certificate via e-mail, so please provide a valid e-mail address.
• My kids read my blog, so please keep it clean.
• Let me know you’ve entered the contest via my Contact page
• All entries must be posted no later than Thursday, November 29th.

Have fun reminiscing and thanks for celebrating with me!

~Maura

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A kind reader e-mailed me to advise that comments are not working on the site. It appears that this is related to the WordPress conversion.

If you tried to comment in the past week and received a blank page, I am sorry. We are looking into the problem now.

~Maura

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In our family, our motto is: Count Your Blessings, Not Your Problems.

When we learn to recognize and appreciate what we have, it helps us gain perspective on our lives.

Jenn at Everyday Randomness is holding a contest this month – What Are you Thankful For? Check it out for your chance to win some yummy scents for you and your home.

I am thankful for many things this year, but here are a few at the top of my list:

• The safe birth of Baby A
• That our oldest daughter made it through her illness (resulting in a scary ICU stay) without permanent lung damage.
• That all of us are healthy

***11/05/07*** Update: Only one day after I wrote this, my 5 year old cousin died in a car accident.  Please keep my family in your prayers – especially her parents as they grieve the loss of their precious girl.

I tucked my children in last night and wept in gratitude that they are safe and we are here together another day.  Life is so very precious and we must not take it for granted.

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First the “Bloggy Stuff”

• Mom Coming Home hit an all-time record of traffic this month, and I hope that November and December do even better!
• I know the big “G” slapped many of the “big” people…but my little blog went up to PR 2. 
• My new blog design was put in place and it puts a smile on my face! ←Rhyme intended!
• Not only did Liz from Successful-Blog name me a S.O.B. she also held
  a magnificent birthday party in honor of her blog’s 2nd Birthday and I had a blast!  Thank you Liz!
• YC from Internet Marketing Mind wrote a great two-part article that you must check out: 
  Make Money Online – Excuses Part 1 and Make Money Online – Excuses Part 2 
  His articles motivated me to start on a website project that I’ve neglected for over a year.  I’m making good progress on writing the content and hope to share results soon.  Thank you YC
  for the kick this mom badly needed!

October was a month of great work accomplishment

My team completed a work project that’s been in the making for almost five years (seriously).  Due to a number of issues, mainly budget cuts, this project was always put on the backburner…until this year. 

I derive deep satisfaction from knowing it’s done and seeing the many ways our company will benefit from it.

We kicked the Starbucks Habit!

Last month, I wrote about the Starbucks breakup and as promised here is the update on how we’re doing.
In 28 days, we went twice.  We saved $230 this past month by breaking the daily foo-foo coffee habit!  WOW!

Dad and I are examining other areas of spending to see where else we can cut back.

November is promising to be a great month!

My workload will be heavy as another big project gets underway, but I am looking forward to Thanksgiving and spending time with family.  I hope everyone reading can take time this month to spend with their loved ones.

What are you looking forward to?

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