Wednesday Hodgepodge and a Giveaway!

UPDATE Sunday, 1/29/12 3:15 pm WINNER!

Here are your random numbers:
8
Timestamp: 2012-01-29 21:04:18 UTC
Congrats to April!

Email me your address, April, and the book will be on its way to you!

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1. The NFL playoffs were held this past weekend and this year's Superbowl lineup will feature The New York Giants versus The New England Patriots. How do you define 'patriot'?

One who serves sacrificially, acting and making decisions based on what is best for the country, without regard for personal gain or welfare.

2. What's something in your life right now that feels like a 'giant'?

Thinking of answers to these questions. :-)

3. What's the first thing that comes to mind when you think back to being 18?

My freshman year in college.

4. Coconut-mashed potatoes-vanilla ice cream-mayonnaise...which white food would be the hardest to give up?

I guess the vanilla ice cream. Although I've essentially pretty much given up all of them recently.

5. Describe an incident or a day you remember as the coldest you've ever experienced?

Years ago my two sisters and I went to the Grand Canyon just after Labor Day. We camped out on the south rim, and it got down in the 40's. I slept in my clothes, my coat, and my sleeping bag, and I was still freezing. One sister finally went and slept in the car. The next morning when we cooked breakfast, I didn't think the eggs were ever going to scramble, between the altitude and the temperature! When we got to the north rim and it was in the 30's, we got a cabin!

6. You're hosting a brunch...what's your favorite dish to prepare and serve?

Can't go wrong with an egg casserole, especially one with a Tex-Mex twist!

7. How do you combat negative thinking?

Scripture, prayer, music, destraction.

8. Insert your own random thought here.

Does a giveaway count as random?!

Guideposts sent me a second copy of this new devotional book, Mornings with Jesus 2012, which I reviewed Monday, to give away, and in my haste to post the review, I omitted the giveaway. But what better place than the Hodgepodge to piggyback a review?! I'll choose a winner from the comments left on this post by 8:00 pm CST Saturday (1/28/12). US Residents only, please. Be sure to include an email address if you don't have a blog so I can contact you if you win.

Each day's devotional is written by one of seven authors: Judy Baer, Gwen Ford Faulkenberry, Tricia Goyer, Sharon Hinck, Keri Wyatt Kent, Erin Keeley Marshall, and Camy Tang.

You can find out more about the book and read my review here.