We’ve had some great treasure hunts with teenagers. At the most recent one, I was told I should make an ebook of all that is involved in making a great hunt. I had been thinking the same thing, wondering if it would be a good idea or not, so with that encouragement I proceeded.

The new freebie ebook is 22 pages in length, and discusses in detail all the steps involved in coming up with locations, how to place items, what kinds of items you can use, how to approach businesses, creating a master list and doing the clue layout so you know which team should be at which location next. I even included several pages of poem clues that can be adapted to your particular area. I hope a lot of people give it a try!

Treasure hunts aren’t just for teenagers. They can be used with homeschool groups and coops, adult Sunday school activities, young couple activities, and even for family reunion activities. Some reunions last for a couple days – this is a great way to spend a few hours in a car, driving around solving riddles and finding clues, and getting to know some of your more distant relatives, or relatives you’d like to spend a little more time with outside of just eating burgers and fries together!

I’d love to have comments posted on here after you have tried your hand at having a treasure hunt and let everyone know how it went!

4,000 unique visitors since Friday at 3:00 a.m.!!!!  950 free ebooks sent out so far!! WAHOO!!!!

Since the inception of our new and improved web site, I haven’t had time to offer a freebie. But I did finally get one out this weekend.

The Old Schoolhouse let their customers know that Kap & Pen was offering a free ebook on how to feed a family of two adults and up to 6 children on $600/month, written by yours truly!  (The national average is $200/week for a family of four! At that rate, I’d be spending $400/week or $1,600/month. Actually, even more than that, because I have two extra adults I feed everyday. Plus we entertain frequently.)

In any event, I know folks who feed their large families for $50-$75/week, but the bulk of their diet consists of biscuits, beans, and cabbage.  We don’t want to have to eat that way.  So, my plans have lots of meat and veggies and variety. And it really works – I’m feeding 8 adults and two children everyday, and I am staying between $600-$700 a month.

I’m so excited for the response I’ve had to this freebie! People from all over the US, Canada, Australia – even Singapore – have downloaded this file.  I love this part the most: Several people have already contacted me and thanked me for making it available. I have heard from the nicest people – I’m really excited about this, and I intend to offer freebies more often.

The ebook downloads have been working great so far, so Curt and I are also contemplating offering some of our unit studies at SUPER reduced ebook rates. Keep watching!

And to everyone who has contacted us: THANK YOU!!!!

Hey Folks ~

I’m a big believer in celebrating one holiday at a time, and the next one is Thanksgiving. We each have much to be thankful for, and I encourage everyone to make a Blessings List and then sit down with your family and thank the Lord Jesus Christ for all the wonderful gifts He bestows on each of us.

So…I’m having a Thanks and Giving Giveaway! I’m truly thankful that the Lord has blessed our business this year. The extra editing customers I’ve picked up have been a real blessing to our home, as well. As many of you know, my husband was let go from his school district job this past June. He has decided to go back into business for himself, but as many of you also know, that can take a while to build clientele. So – the money we are making from editing and selling books and ebooks has really come in handy! SO — since I’m thankful, I’m going to give something away!

I know many are thinking ahead to the holiday of Christmas, and because many do not have a lot of extra cash floating around for buying gifts, I thought I would help someone make a Merry Christmas for someone else! I may even do this a few more times between now and Christmas, with different products!

Between now and the end of November, I’m going to be collecting names for a drawing.
I’m going to be giving away a FREE BOY’S HANDYBOOK (value $19.95) to someone on the last day of this month (November 2008). Here’s how to enter your name for the drawing:

Simply go to my website, www.kapandpen.com, and find a product you think looks interesting, or suggest an ebook idea you would be interested in seeing offered, and then leave me an email about it at kapandpen@bellsouth.net. In the subject box, put NOVEMBER FREEBIE so I can put all the replies in one folder. Make sure you sign your name so I know who goes with what email address!! One name will be chosen at random. Make sure you tell all your friends, relatives, co-workers, customers – whoever! – so they can participate, too!

If this goes well – look for more giveaways in December! The more emails I get….the more I’ll give away!!!! Tell everyone!!!!

Well – I have a long way to go before I can support my family off my bloggging! Hahahaha.
I keep hearing about folks who have super-popular blogs and so many people read them that advertisers pay big bucks to be on their blog. That’s not the case with me. Yet. I may be there someday. Then all of you faithful readers can say, “I knew her blog when….”

I’ve been a busy beaver, trying to promote our publications through various new avenues. Success is slow, but I am being rewarded for my endeavors.

One of the places I was able to promote our business through was for a great cause. I donated use of one of our unit studies to this benefit. Please read all about it below:

The Hopeful Farm Foundation is for special needs children and their families. They have an awesome ministry, with horses, a farm, and all kinds of really cool activities and buildings perfect for retreats. The benefit is to raise money for this foundation to be used for the special needs children and their families. The benefit ends in just a few days – October 5th. I’d encourage you to follow the links listed below.

Please consider blessing a family impacted by special needs by making a donation – and in return, you’ll receive some of the best products the homeschool community has to offer.
If you would like to hear what Hopeful Farm is all about, you can access an online interview by Cindy Rushton with Claire and Jill Novak at www.hopefulfarmfoundation.org/interview.html
You can find all the details here:
www.hopefulfarmfoundation.org/benefit.htm