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The Big Summer Giveaway

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Dogdays

Have you heard about the latest brainstorm of Shannon from Rocks in My Dryer? It’s the Dog Days of Summer Bloggy Giveaway.  All over the blogosphere, people are holding drawings to give away things they just never got around to using themselves: a cookbook here, a notecard set there, and so on.

Shannon’s got a Mr. Linky up so you can click through to all the participating sites. And count me in!

Somewhere along the line, I wound up with two copies of the amusing and useful book, Amo Amas Amat & More. It’s a collection of commonly used Latin words and phrases—common, I say, yet not quite common enough that those of us who were not classically educated necessarily know what all of them mean.  It’s a good book to leave by the phone so you can flip through and con a phrase or two while the health insurance company has stranded you on hold again.

Leave a comment on this post anytime this week to be entered in a drawing for a free copy (my spare, never used!) of Amo Amas Amat & More. I’ll draw a name on Friday (the 27th) at 6pm Eastern time. And scoot over to Rocks in My Dryer to see the ever-growing list of other giveaway items!

115 thoughts on “The Big Summer Giveaway”

  3. What a great item to give away! I’m a return visitor, but haven’t been by in a while…so I’m glad to have the reminder!

  4. I took 3 years of latin in high school. What can I remember from those years? How to sing Jingle Bells in Latin. My kids think it is histerical. This could be a good refresher for me!
    BTW the kids and I are loving the Martha Years. We are on the 3rd book of the series. We have read all of every other series having to do with Laura Ingalls Wilder. We are a little obsessed, to say the least. We even went on vacation last summer to De Smet SD. LOL And my husband last night at dinner was quizing me on things he has overheard in the current book. Trying to figure out things I guess. I didn’t realize I was reading aloud to him as well.

  5. I would love something like that. And after this comment I am heading over to see if there is something else I can enter! Thanks Melisa, I love your blog.

  6. Sounds fun! I never took Latin, but I will be learning it right alongside my children this year.

  10. I enjoy your blog very much! And who knows when some Latin phrases may come in quite handy.

  13. Oh, how wonderful! My daughter and I are going to start word roots this year in homeschooling. Count me in!

  15. My son will begin Latin in his 3rd grade class. Since I will be clueless, this book will help!

  17. We’ll be starting Latin classes in a couple of years. This would be a handy resource. Please enter my name.

  18. I would like to start Latin with my 3 boys (Latina Chrisitiana is sitting, waiting for me to start), so I’d love to be entered in this drawing. thanks!

  40. This is just the sort of thing to keep my kids occupied, they like to be smarter than the average person, and this will help keep the charade going, lol.

  45. Thanks for the chance! I really enjoy your blogs, I get so many ideas from them. Also, your books got my reluctant reader devouring books.

  52. I’d love to win! That book sounds like something I’d really enjoy :)Thank you so much!
    And if you have a minute, swing by my site to check out my giveaway 🙂

  54. I’d love to win! That book sounds like something I’d really enjoy :)Thank you so much!
    And if you have a minute, swing by my site to check out my giveaway 🙂

  65. Count me in! I saw your organ donor button in your sidebar and I just wanted to say thanks for your willingness to donate…my son Gus died at 16 mos. waiting on a liver/small bowel transplant. It always warms my heart to see these buttons!

  81. This would be a great addition to our homeschool! Please enter my name into your drawing. Thanks!

  84. This is so cool, I learned some latin phrases in 10th grade and would love for my children to learn them. Thanks, Kathy

  85. I’d love to win! Please enter my name in your drawing.
    kblaidlaw at yahoo dot com

  99. Would love this book..My husband and I took Latin in high school. Unfortunately the only thing we remember is ego te amo!

  104. I’ll get in the line! Sounds like a fun book. Since my dd’s discovered that all her favorite fossils have long latin names, she wants all things latin!

  108. I am a lurker…. I read and never comment. But for a book that I can use with my girls? hmmmm….. We are going to start learning some basic latin this year so we can understand what the priest is saying (novus ordem?).
    At any rate, I appreciate your writing and the interesting topics you share with us.
    Bless you.

  109. I too took Latin in high school. Three years. Not much can I remember..except vini, vidi, vicki. They came they saw they conquered..I think that is what it means. I made A’s in the class, but you couldn’t tell now – haha
    Please enter me in your drawing.
    Thank you so much.
    Dana from Texas
    sunshinedaily4me@cableone.net

  114. I’ve had latin at school, but I’ve lost quite a bit in memory.
    It would be great to see what I still know and learn a bit more.
    Feel welcome to enter my give-away.
    Ending Friday night.

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