I'm celebrating 100 weeks of Thursday Thanks Tanks. If you haven't read how my Thursday Thanks Tanks started, visit this post: Without Fear: Telling my Story of Thankfulness
Before I share my 100th Thanks Tank, I have to say I am very thankful for my husband. Without his encouragement and his sweet gifts of a few gift cards just for this contest, this contest wouldn't be all that it is.
Here's what I am thankful for this week.
1. Coffee
This will buy several wonderful lattes (or Vivanno smoothies- Those are delicious!)
2. Journaling My Thankfulness
This journal has a place to list 5 things you are thankful for everyday. There is also a sweet pen.
3. Good Deals
I love it when I find a good deal. These notecards and the pen were bargains.
4. Appreciation
Words of encouragement from a friend. Thank you's from my family. These simple things make a difference in my day. I like cute cards like this for expressing my appreciation to others.
5. My Husband's Job
My husband works at a Target Distribution Center. I am thankful for everything he does and for his company. This $15 gift card will buy some wonderful things.
6. Slowing Down
I am focusing on slowing down, taking it easy, enjoying my family and the little things in life. I just got my copy of Not So Fast by Ann Kroeker. It looks wonderful.
By the way, I won a copy! Thank you to everyone that hopped over to the Name the Boy (on the cover of the book) Contest. His name is now Henry. She is going to refer to him as Henry in her talks and reference me and my blog. Isn't that fun?!
I highly recommend getting this book.
7. Decluttering
I am constantly working on simplifying and the book It's All Too Much helps me recognize I have way more than I need. This is a fantastic book.
8. Hearing from loved ones
It warms my heart to get a surprise call or card from someone I love. These cards (and pen) are so cute.
9. Praying for Others
I enjoy praying for others. I believe my prayers are effective even if the person doesn't know I am praying. I find that others are encouraged when I drop them a note to share they are on my mind and in my prayers.
10. More Coffee
I am not sure I ever drink my fill. You can get some delicious drinks with this.
The Contest
I am giving away each of the things that I am thankful for (except my husband- he's mine). There will be 10 winners!
Contest Entries
- One entry for a comment telling me something you are thankful for
- One entry for a comment telling me that you follow my blog
- One entry when you blog about the contest on your blog and then leave me a comment about that
- Endless extra entries for each person that comes to my blog and says that you sent them (either from your blog post, an email, or facebook msg - anything). For you to get a comment for it, another person has to comment they came because of you.
Also (in an effort to thank my current readers and commenters), everyone that commented on the last 4 Thursday Thanks Tanks gets entries for those comments.
Contest Deadline
The contest ends on Tuesday, Aug 18 at 10 p.m. Pacific Time
Winners
Winners will be announced on Winner Wednesday (oh yes, you love that title, don't you?) on Wednesday August 19th.
Remember - Take time to be thankful, you will be better off for it.
179 comments:
Awesome giveaway!!!
One thing I am thankful for?
Gods grace!!
I am thankful for my big (older) sister, Jane Anne, who for some unexplainable reason is my daughter's favorite person. My children talk about Aunt Jane Anne every day. ~Carrie
I follow your blog constantly!
I am thankful that I am not the same person I was 7 years ago when I met the real Christ for the first time!
Carrie sent me!
I am so Thankful for my healthy children. I love your blog too!
what a fun and sweet giveaway!
I follow your blog every post:)
Today I am thankful for a smooth start to school and that my son is happy to go! :)
And of course, I am a follower. :)
I just blogged about it on my Thursday post.
I am thankful for my husband!
I'm a follower!
I am thankful for all the blessings God has given me! I am truly blessed!
PS Carrie sent me too!
Wow, that is so fun!
I am thankful for SO MUCH....but since I've started my blog, I'm so thankful for all the friends and advice I've made! I'm thankful for all the kind words and encouragement I get from them :) What would we do without friends...even in bloggy land?!
I'm a follower, too! So glad...I don't always comment,but SO LOVE your comments on my blog! You are so sweet and have such a wonderful family!
And Mimi sent me! I wasn't sure if that was an entry for her or me...but either way, I love Mimi {HE&Me+3} and I want her to win too! Super fun giveaway!
Woo Hoo! I LOVE me some coffee!!! I am so thankful for my MOPS friends-they have become some of my closest friends. I'm also thankful for brand new healthy babies-Baby Macie is making her debut today! Oh Jane Anne, you know I am a faithful follower!!! Yay coffee!
Oh what a woderful way to celebrate. I am thankful you wrote that post for rocks in my dryer because that is how I met you. Oh and I am so thankful fo my coffee brewing. Have fun with the contest.
I follow...
I am an avid follower. Probably too faithfully! :)
I am thankful for my coffee that I got right before coming to your blog! I'm thankful for you. And I'm also thankful Seth isn't on the giveaway... ;) You know I love him. I love you too!
Me? I'm thankful for you :) and I'll follow you anywhere, like you've followed me for the last 14 years.
I'm thankful for the internet. There are so many people I wouldn't be able to connect with nearly as easily if it weren't for the internet!
God gives people good ideas, doesn't He?
Oh, and I follow your blog!
I am truly thankful for your blog and that I get to keep up with you and Seth through it.
I am even more thankful that I got to read this today as a pick me up when I am SO very nervous about my Board Exam tomorrow. It made me smile:)
I am thankful for my dear husband and daughter and for endless chances to become a better person- or rather the forgiveness of others. thank YOU!
I'm a blog follower!!
I'm thankful for my husband who supports me, despite myself!!
And I blogged about your contest on my blog!
I'm thankful for our summer vacation to visit family (which we just returned from, and which I'll be blogging about very soon)!
Hi Jane Anne, this is Nate. Jill sent me. I'm really thankful for my beautiful wife!
(Ok it's really me pretending to be Nate, but I really need more entries!)
PS I'm posting about your giveaway!
I am thankful for my Mommy. She is especially nice after she has coffee.
From Porter
I'm following you - and have been for a while now :)
I just blogged about your contest over on my Thursday Thanks post! Congratulations on reaching 100 posts!
Don't enter me in the contest, but know that I am thankful for you! It's so fun to see the photo of "Henry" on the post today. I can't wait to see who wins him, er, the book.
Have a wonderful, thank-full Thursday!
Julie Snyder sent me to check this out. So mark up another entry for Jules! :)
I am thankful for so much (though I don't always voice it):
~my relationship with Jesus
~my wonderful husband of 15 years
~my 5 children
~a great cup of coffee... yum!
~dear friendships (and blog friendships most recently)
~my sisters and brother
~simple things like: quilting, blogging, scrapbooking
~new stationery, notecards, pretty paper
Thanks for the contest.
By the way, Mimi at He & Me + 3 sent me over.
Jill Barnes sent me your way!!! Looks like I'll be one of your newest blog stalkers:)
I am SO thankful for my happy, healthy son!!! I am also thankful that I get to stay home with him and spend each day with him.
I am thankful for the ability to freely do this post every week and know it has linked me up with other precious believers like yourself. YOU are a blessing to me!!
Great giveaway, Jane Anne!
I follow you!
I also posted about you today, dear friend!
Oh how fun is that?!!!
I wanna win!
This is one of the neatest Giveaways that I've seen yet. =0)
PS - I came over from Mimi's blog. =0)
Great giveaway! Thank you for that :)
I am thankful for my beautiful family.
I'm a follower of the blog :)
I follow your blog. By the way Jill Barnes sent me your way :)
I'm thankful for sonic diet coke with vanilla (at least today). I just came over from the Barnes Yard.
aI am thankful for your faithfulness in creating your Thursday Thanks Tank each week and reminding me to take a minute to think about what I am thankful for!
And I'm a follower :)
Oh Jane Anne...I am so thankful that I have met you in bloggy land! You are so sweet and caring and kind! ANd I appreciate your kind words prayers regarding Colin....you are so awesome!
He is doing great...less than 3 lbs to go, but he is working so hard!
Here's to a great contest...what fun prizes...all of them!!
And of course I follow...would wouldn't and why wouldn't they!!?!
Hello. What a great treat. My sister gave me the counting my blessings book over ten years ago and when I am having a down day or notice that I have not said thanks to God for a while I pull it out, it is a great reminder to tell God thank you. *smile* What a special treat.
I am here because Julie over at http://julieandian.blogspot.com/ send me and I wanted to help her out. So, please enter her name for my sake. *smile* And thank you for sharing so many great things with everyone. You are very kind to be so generous. And to remind us all to be thankful for what the Lord has blessed us with. Thank you. By the way, she does the Thrusday Thanks Tank and I find it refreshing to read how thankful she is at least once a week. *smile* It reminds me to be thankful. *smile*
Have a great day knowing God loves you. Blessings.-me-(Mommy of two little blessings)
I am thankful for awesome giveaways! And I will also sign up as a follower. Sent by Jill at Barnes Yard! ~Brooke
i'm thankful for a day at the beach in perfect summer weather with my family!
what a great giveaway - ten winners! wohoo!
I am thankful for your blog and all it has taught me.
I follow your blog!
I blogged about the contest. =)
http://jayota1209.blogspot.com/
Oh, you had me at the coffee . . . and then the pen!! I'm a little bit of a pen freak. :) I'm thankful for my boys ~ everyday (and God for giving them to me). :)
I already follow! :)
Yahoo! I am thankful for your give aways!!
I follow you!!
How cool!
So, so many things to be thankful for, but most importantly, the saving grace of Jesus.
(BTW, sent to your blog by Sarah)
Just found your blog, but am definitely going to start following it :-)
Yippee!
I'm thankful for this cool summer day!
I've been following your blog for a long time now!
What AWESOME goodies! :)
You are doing a totally cool giveaway...and I picked your entry for the book name, HENRY! That's awesome. :)
Oh yes, and of course, I'm a follower...I even loved you BEFORE the giveaway... ; )
Awesome giveaway
My daughter Sarah Giampapa sent me
Jane Anne,
I'm thankful that you lived in Washington and came to Bethany Baptist Church and that I got to know you. I'm thankful for your blog and that it allows me to keep knowing you now that you are in Oregon. You know I follow your blog - am I supposed to put that in a seperate comment to get an entry for that? Oh well. You inspire me and so many people. I love reading your thankful thoughts and the everyday stuff of your family. I also love the recipes you share.
Love,
sharon
Okay, here is my official second entry for telling you I follow your blog. I don't know if I have to do something official to become a "follower", but I read it every day!!
sharon
Wow...what an awesome contest!
I am thankful for YOU. You have been such an encouragement to me. Your Thursday Thanks Tank is always so inspiring.
Please enter me in your contest!
Blessings,
Beth
Oh, and I've been a follower for quite a while! :-)
I am thankful for my three boys, my husband, my family, my home, my Saviour, my life.
Thanks for a great giveaway!
Molly
I just posted about your contest on my blog...I've got my eye on those gift cards of yours...just what I need to boost my spirits a little! :-)
Hi there! Just stopping by from Mimi's blog to say hi! Your giveaway looks awesome!
I am thankful that the Lord has his hand upon my life. I am truly blessed!
I am thankful for my healthy kids! Im a BFF of Jill too!~Shelley~
What a wonderful giveaway...
I am thankful...that my blogger is kind of working again.
I'm a follower!!
Great giveaway, Jane Anne! What an awesome idea!
I am thankful for my family. Plain and simple. Without them, my life would be a boring mess. :)
I'm a follower. :)
Liz over at Loving Mom Two Boys sent me via twitter. :)
I'm thankful for summer days with my kids. I'm thankful for the freedom I've found in Jesus.
Clicked the follow button.
Nice to meet you!
Wonderful giveaway!
I'm thankful that even though my husband lost his job & we currently have no incoming income, we are still blessed. God is good!
P.S. Jill (barnes yard) sent me this way
And I am now following your lovely blog! :)
I also posted a blog about your awesome giveaway!
I love all of those things too! Great giveaway.
I am thankful for my most excellent husband, among a 100 other things!!
Blessings.
Kim
I am thankful for my precious little girl and my wonderful husband and family!
I added you to my blog list as well.
Oh and please give Beth (http://endeanmom1.blogspot.com/) credit. I found out about the giveaway through her blog.
I am also posting on my blog about your giveaway - http://miraclenamedavery.blogspot.com/2009/08/dontcha-just-love-giveaway.html
Have a great weekend!
Thank you very much to making good blog.....
Work From Home
Hey JAQ! I am thankful for my friends...especially my life long friends like you and your sisters and several others all of whom you know. :o)
Leah
I also follow your blog to keep up with the goings on of the Owen clan! :o)
Leah
I posted about your give away on my Friday blog! Have a great weekend!
Right now I'm thankful for a napping child.
I'm a follower.
I am thankful that I have gotten to know you through your blog and for the friends I have made through blogging.
I am a follower.
Congrats on filling up your thanks tank 100 times!
I'm thankful for the friendships I've made through blogging.
I'm a follower too!
Hi! I'm visiting from Avery's Place! Thanks for the chance to win! I also noticed that you are a Bama Fan! So am I ! Roll Tide!!
I am thankful for the health and happiness of my kids and husband! and I follow you too :)
i'm thankful for dental insurance and good pain meds and my parents giving up their day to go with me to the dentist and for my sis-in-love who though she was very, very busy watched my girls today.
i follow your blog and have for years and am still being blessed by it!
hey I finally posted a new post - about your giveaway!!!
I am so thankful at how God has blessed our family! We have the awesome priviledge of hosting another exchange student which is an answer of prayer for our family. We are looking forward to the adventure. Thanks for the contest JA!
I'm thankful for my family! I am blessed!
Thanks for the chance! Great giveaway! ;O)
I am a follower! ;o) A new one!
Oh yeah...Mimi sent me!
I am thankful for:
My relationship with Christ!!
My husband and children, and the greatest invention ever.....Coffee :o)
Oh and Kim McCoy led me here :o)
I am thankful that no one was hurt in the car accident I was in last week. I had the triplets in the car and someone hit me from behind. There was lots of damage but we were not hurt.
I am now following you in my google reader.
I actually found your blog from Mom to 2 Busy Boys/Chaos to Organized
I blogged about your contest on my blog
http://creativetripletmom.blogspot.com/2009/08/contest.html
I'm thankful for my daughter having a blog which gives me hours of reading entertainment. Now I must fess-up that I'm one of your blog stalkers. Love, love reading your posts! And lastly JILL made me leave a comment, which I rarely do on anyones, because she knows I have never drank coffee, and I'll give it to her if I'm picked. LOL
- Jill's Mommy
Sarah Gaimpapa sent me your way! I am thankful for my wonderful little boys!
What a great giveaway... and all those things made me thing of things I'm grateful for too!
I'm thankful for how crazy God is about every single one of us.
And thankful for bloggy friends!
hey great blog ...basically i like you gravity of motion article its totally amazing .......
Work From Home
I would say that I am now following your blog because of this great contest....but after reading a few of your posts, I would be following anyways! I look forward to returning and reading more!
I am thankful for God giving us exactly what we need....even when we didn't know we needed it at the time!!
I came from Pam Darbonne's blog.
I'm thankful that I actually made it to the top of the St. Simon's Island lighthouse yesterday! Due to 8 orthopedic surgeries & a broken pelvis throughout my lifetime, plus the arthritis that ensues from those injuries (not to mention the 85 extra pounds I had put on), I've never been able to go up those 129 steps with my family before--waiting & watching & taking pictures from the bottom has been my job. After losing 53 lbs, I decided to give it a try, and I DID IT! I was a puddle of tears in joy & thankfulness.
I am thankful for so many great resources on the web to help me with my journey of organizing my life.
I am thankful for my husband and 2 precious girls and being able to spend lots of time with them this summer as my husband is a teacher and will soon be going back to work full-time!
Missy sent me to your blog - looks like a great blog!
Beth at Outnumbered, three to one sent me over here. What a great contest!
I came here from http://miraclenamedavery.blogspot.com/
You can go to read about our miracle there, but anyway I hope she wins!
I want ANY of these!!!! Pick me, pick me, pick me!
Well I am the warrior, and heart to heart you'll win..if you survive
the warrior....the warrior.
No, I'm a FOLLOWER!
I totally blogged about your contest on my blog. I expect all of my faithful followers to come and check out your contest. 'Cause I am a leader and everyone wants to follow me. Ahem.
Good Morning - After going back to Sunday School at my home church this summer...I am thankful for Christian friends. Without them, times would be more difficult and life would be less fun!!! By the way, Beth at Outnumbered Three to One sent me! Happy Sunday to you...
Thankful for God's provision in my life and for the love that breaks me and sets me free.
Blessings,
Sarah Dawn
I am thankful for my health, and for finding all these great blogsites that I love.
oh, and Beth E. sent me!! I would love to follow you....
I am so thankful for my bff!
I am now your newest follower! Love your blog
I found your blog from a post on foursons blog! I am glad I found you!
You do have a great husband!!! I'm thankful for my MOPS friends.
I follow your blog, if you didn't already know.
Just made a post!!
Julie from Foursons sent me over :)
I am thankful for my family. Sounds cliche but I really truly am. I am thankful that we are all healthy. I read so many blogs about people whose kids are ill and it breaks my heart.
Great contest idea!
I don't know how to make the name be a link, but Julie at Foursons sent me!
And just for the record (don't know if it counts as two entries or not)... but I am thankful that Wednesday (the day you pick a winner) is my 26th birthday and I will be able to celebrate it with my family. Family is what I am always MOST thankful for.
I follow your blog.
I am thankful for this day. God made it & I get to walk with Him in it!
And Kim McCoy sent me; she's amazing!
hi JA!
I am definitely a follower of your blog - love your writing!
And I am VERY thankful for wonderful friends.
I am thankful for the wonderful vacation my family just had.
I follow your blog in my reader. :)
I am thankful for my Mommy. She sent me over here and also taught me how to type.
From Brooklyn Barnes
Hey Jane Anne! I've been out of town, so I'm hoping my couple of entries gets me something off your thankful list!!
I'm so, so thankful for my husband and what he does for our family to take care of us. I don't know where I'd be without him!!
you know I'm a follower, too!!! : )
I just blogged about it here!!
I am thankful for my family!!!!!!!!!!!
I am a follower now :)
Julie from My Four Sons sent me :)
Just blogged about it!
I'm thankful for you and this post. I had not heard of the two books you mentioned, "Not So Fast" and "It's All Too Much". They sound like they really hit on what I'm struggling with right now. Must go to bookstore today!
I just signed up to follow your blog! And I was sent her by iheartbowheads
What a sweet giveaway! I'm thankful that God always answers our prayers!
Found you from Ann Kroeker's Twitter. I'm grateful for JOURNALS AND BLOGS. :-)
Wow Great giveaway! Mimi for He&Me +3 sent me here.
I am really thankful for home right now.
I am thankful God knows our needs and is already working out the details before we even know we need to ask.
Mimi at He & Me + 3 sent me!
I am greatful for my beautiful family!
I follow your blog!*
I am thankful for the Internet, because otherwise we would most likely have lost touch after all these years, and I so love keeping up with you and yours. Love you, sweet friend!
I follow your blog... that is, every time I log on to read blogs, I catch up on all the posts I've missed! :)
I just saw a post about this on the Barnes Yard, so I stopped by!
-Mac (the dog)
Oh what a great giveaway! Thanks for letting me know about it! I would definitely love to win!
YOWZA YOWZA!!! I am sooo in love with all of your give aways!!! ;)
PICK ME! Pick ME!!! ;)
Uh, Im following...why have I not been..total MOM brain there!!!
Because I've been addicted to them this pregnancy, I am thankful for the chocolate covered raisins from Costco. No joke. They are SO good!! (and well... chocolatey!) : )
I follow you dear! : )
Hey! I just thought I'd ask if we get "an entry" every time we post something for people to come check out your blog? I'm trying to attract a few more in these last couple of hours before your contest is over. I know how much you LOVE the comments!!!! ;-}
Also thought I'd say that Seth's comment truly was priceless. How can you not love a man who says they'll follow you anywhere?
I am thankful for my precious Savior and my precious family!
I am already a follower, of course! Thanks for letting me know about the giveaway. I missed it somehow.
Love your giveaway!
I am thankful for God always holding me in His hand when life becomes unpredictable, scary and hard.
So many things I'm thankful for, but today I'm especially thankful for my husband. He took our 11 year old daughter on a daddy/daughter date and when I got home with our 14 year old, our 11 year old told me that she had the most awesome date and that she loves spending time with her dad! I am soooo blessed to have a godly husband who is a fantastic dad!
I follow your blog!
Ryan Leigh sent me.
I'm thankful for her.
What a great idea! You're seriously the cutest thing ever! And fantastic prizes by the way! I'm sure I won't win because I didn't even know until your FB posting that you had a blog, and so I couldn't follow it before today, but I do have some quick comments about things I'm thankful inspired by your very contest! I am thankful and inspired by journals. What better place than at God's feet is there to lay down our thoughts, hopes and dreams and to be able to visit them again later. Also for note cards and pens to write in them. I have a bit of an obsession in all of the areas that your contest mentions. I have far too many cards and pads of stationery to fill out with the far too many pens that I own. And I am grateful for the generosity of gift cards that allow me to buy with abandon...particularly those that provide coffee!!! So, kudos on your wonderful ideas and for sharing those ideas with us! Love you pretty lady!
Great stuff--how exciting!
Hey, I just hopped over from Mimi's blog to enter your lovely little contest!!!
Pick me, pick me! =0)
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