After a few delays and a little confusion, here’s another winner of my First Friday Freebie.

Check out the First Friday Freebie rules below. You’ll find out how simple it is to enter to win.  This is a special monthly gift for my email subscribers only.

Meet May’s winner –

Elise from Sterling, Illinois.

Congratulations, Elise!  Let me know how you liked the stories (especially mine).

Elise is shown here with the book she won. As an email subscriber, Carol commented as directed in the freebie post on the day it arrived in her inbox.  I require this tiny bit of effort each month in order to prevent spam and make sure you’re on your toes and paying attention. 

I send freebies anywhere in the continental U. S., so don’t think you’re too far away to enter.

If you’d like to see other past winners and their gifts check it out here on my Freebies! page.

You can see the original First Friday Freebie offer for the one Elise won here. 

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NOTE:  Subscribe with an email you intend to keep and check the week after the drawings.  This is my only means of notifying winners.  If it isn’t up to date, you may not get your gift!

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It’s hot – it’s super hot out.  If you live in the Midwest, it’s oppressively sticky.  I try to take Lil’ Snookie and Fruity Pebbles to the park in the mornings before it gets unbearable out.  Afternoons are filled with books, play and arts ‘n crafts (and keeping Fruity Pebbles from eating everything associated with all those activities).   

Leave a comment – what are you doing (besides perhaps enjoying a snooze) on these days when you’re staying in the air conditioning and asking God to bless the person who invented it?