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This giveaway is now closed! Congratulations to Amanda, our winner!

When it comes to my writing, my husband is my number one best fan. The moms are a close second; his because she takes the kids once a week so I can eat chocolate without sharing write; mine because she has always read everything I have written. Always. Even before spellcheck. That’s love.

But my husband is my number one fan because he gives foot rubs. He loves my blog except for one thing: when it comes to giveaways, he doesn’t really get it. All the jewelry and home organizational books make my heart beat faster, but they leave him scratching his head.

So when Heather Mason contacted me about doing a giveaway for jerky, I could not wait to tell him.

His eyes got big. “Someone’s sending us jerky?” he stammered.

Jeff loves jerky. He carries the stuff around in his backpack and munches on it during the long drive down to Ft. Lewis and back. It makes me cringe because most commercial jerky is full of nitrates, MSG, artificial colors, and so much sodium, you have to wash it down with a Super Gurgle Coke or your tongue will fuse to the roof of your mouth.

Ick.

Heather’s jerky comes from Jerky Direct, which is a jerky subscription program. Every month, they send two packages of jerky directly to your door for $14 a month. You can change the flavor if you’re feeling like Habanero beef one month and BBQ Turkey the next.

Heather sent me two packages of organic jerky. It made me happy that Jerky Direct even offers such a thing. It has no preservatives, no MSG (most of their jerky is MSG free, actually), and no weird colors. Plus, I compared the label with one of Jeff’s jerky pouches and found the sodium content to be far less! And, they didn’t skimp on the content just because it’s organic. The bags were a full 3 oz. each.

Nor did they skimp on the flavor! We tore into the packages and started munching. I love the salty-sweet flavor of the original, and Jeff liked the peppered best. The slices of jerky are thick, so you can really sink your teeth into them, but not so overly dried that you have to gnaw your way through like some kind of pack animal.

I could not stop eating it, except I had to because I needed to take a picture.

Jerky makes the perfect addition to my Man Easter Basket! Add a few varieties of jerky, Fruit Stix, and a few “survival” items and you have a great basket!

I felt a pang of guilt because it tasted so good, but I flipped the package over and found out that there are only 300 calories in the entire bag, and I had not eaten the entire bag. Yet. Also, there are 11 grams of protein per serving and I’m pretty sure salted caramels don’t have any so yeah me!

Heather also sent me a package of their Berry Blend Fruit Stix. These super-yummy treats are kind of like fruit leather, but they come in a stick form that keeps kids’ hands from getting sticky. LOVE. It’s the perfect thing for keeping stashed in the car or taking on a hike because you won’t have to carry a vat of Wet Wipes along too.

But the thing I love most about Fruit Stix is that they contain krill oil. Krill oil is a super-food. It helps with brain development in children, among other things, but the stuff tastes nasty and if you’ve ever tried to sneak a bit of it past a toddler, you know it’s just not going to happen. Unless you are very sneaky.

Jerky Direct is very sneaky.

SOOoooOOooo. Do you want to try some of these great products? Here’s your chance! Heather is giving away a prize package to include one package of jerky of your choice and one package of Fruit Stix.

Yum!

In order to enter, you must do the following:

1) Be sure you are following me in some form or another! You can subscribe to my blog via e-mail, Twitter, or Facebook, but please join me, friends, so you don’t miss any more fun! Leave a comment below stating how you follow me.

2) In the same comment, tell me which jerky flavor you would choose if you won! Poke around Heather’s website. Don’t they all sound yummy? You might want to visit her Facebook page as well. She keeps everyone posted on any specials, giveaways, and other fun stuff!

3) That’s it! Be sure to share this giveaway with a friend for an extra entry. You have until Wednesday, 9 pm PST to enter. The winner will be contacted via e-mail. Good luck!

P.S. If you don’t win, or if you’d like to order jerky for your husband’s Easter basket, be sure to order by the 15^th to ensure Easter delivery. If you love the idea of receiving jerky directly every month, you might want to consider starting NOW! Heather is offering a free pouch of jerky to everyone who enrolls in the autoship program this month!

Also, if price is a concern, you may be interested in talking to Heather about how you can earn jerky for free or even start your own business. She can be reached here.

Man Basket of Awesome

This giveaway is now closed! Congratulations to Jen and G, the winners!

It’s day two of our week-long giveaway, and I am proud to be offering two very special prizes.

First, I am pleased to introduce you to my bloggy friend Emily Cook.

Emily is the big kid in the middle

Emily is a mother of six who has captured my heart by her honesty, her real but messy love for Jesus, and her aptitude for finding beauty in heartache. Her story has not been picture-perfect because it is not fiction. It is truth.

One of Emily’s children has struggled with epilepsy. She wrote about it in her book Weak and Loved: A Mother-Daughter Love Story. I know some of you were able to get that as a free download when I shared the offer with you. I know this because I have heard from you about that book. I have heard how it moved you, how it touched you, and how thankful you were to get to know Emily.

“It is not the quantity of children,

but it is the blessed weight of any number of children,

that makes us what we are: mothers.”

–Emily Cook

When Emily asked if she could donate her book Tend to Me: Devotions for Mothers I was honored and grateful. To be able to give one of you rest and hope and truth, well, that is the kind of thing I love to do. Her words are beautiful, encouraging, and true. You will be blessed by Emily as I have been.

Photo source: Hazelaid.com. Used with permission.

Our second prize today comes from a company I adore. I have written about Hazelaid before, and I’m afraid I used such glowing terms that some readers thought I was making a profit.

So before I begin talking about them, let me be completely honest: I am not an affiliate for Hazelaid nor have I ever been! I do not profit in any way from any sales made through my links. None! In fact, I began using their products long before I started my blog and actually purchased my first giveaway prize myself because I love their products so much. This time around, Hazelaid graciously donated this prize but I have chosen not to become an affiliate because I feel it’s a conflict of interest in this case.

That being said, Hazelaid products have changed my life, pure and simple. They are donating a $25 gift certificate so one of you can shop around and try their products for yourself!

My family has been particularly impacted by the Baltic amber necklaces. You can read my original testimonial here. I still remain almost completely pain-free after suffering years and years of joint pain and mysterious aching in my body. I am still free from taking over-the-counter medications in order to deal with this pain. Coming from a girl who used to pop Advil four at a time, this is remarkable.

This natural pain relief makes amber perfect for teething babies, elderly patients and everyone in between. It becomes more and more effective with time, I have noticed, to the point that I do not have to wear my necklace every day. I kept it on 24/7 for a few months because I was afraid to take it off! I didn’t want the “magic” to end! Now, I wear it at night or whenever I think about it and have continued to enjoy the benefits of the amber even though it’s not in contact with my skin all the time.

But amber is not all Hazelaid has to offer. Their hazelwood jewelry is remarkable as well.

In fact, one of my first purchases from Hazelaid was a hazelwood bracelet. I have eczema that flairs up on my hands in the winter. I wore the bracelet on my left wrist, and within one day, the bumps on my left hand were about 50% better than the bumps on my right. Within a few days, they were gone completely. I have not found any lotions or treatments for his eczema that work so well–and it’s completely natural! No steroids, no artificial ingredients, just wood.

One reader will win the $25 gift certificate and earn the burden of trying to decide which product to choose! Good luck with that! As a bonus, Hazelaid is offering a 10% off code to all Five in Tow readers. Simply enter fiveintow10 at checkout. This code NEVER expires, so hang on to it for future orders!

So…how do you enter today’s giveaway?

1) I like to keep giveaways simple. All you have to do to be entered for this giveaway is to comment below! That’s it! It would be fabulous if you also subscribed to my blog, followed me on Twitter, or liked my Facebook page, but I can’t make that a requirement because of Facebook policies (and it also complicates things and that sort of defeats the whole “simple” thing).

2) Now, I know some of you are over-achievers and want to do more to increase your chances of winning. Okay. Here you go: you may earn extra entries by visiting and commenting on our sponsors’ blogs, Facebook, or Twitter pages. Why not subscribe, like, or follow them while you’re there? Come back here and leave a separate comment to let me know you went a-visiting so I can enter your name twice.

3) Share any story from Five in Tow that has impacted you. You can even share the giveaway! Comment below (in a separate comment from any of the above) with the title of the post you shared and you’ll earn a third entry.

4) This giveaway will remain open for three days. I will draw two winners on February 1 at 4 pm PST and notify the winners. Prizes will be delivered by the sponsors within 4-6 weeks.

5) Don’t forget! You still have two days to enter yesterday’s giveaway if you have not already done so. Come back tomorrow for two more great prizes! You can see the complete list here.

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