On the sixth day of giveaway...

Before I announce the next giveaway, it is of course time to visit RANDOM.ORG, the fun site that feels the need to shout its name.

And the winner is...

Kriston! (Yes, I'm a softie who lets people enter for more than one prize; and Kriston has been such a stalwart supporter, how could I say no?)

Congratulations!

With this next book, as always you'll get an extra shot at the drawing if you post about SHM somewhere. But you'll get two extra shots if you post about the fact that we are looking for articles about any aspect of homeschooling that you care to write about. We can't pay much, but we can give a little cash or a free six-month subscription for each piece.

More about this after the giveaway's all done (this is only the halfway mark!); but I will say now that the single biggest difficulty I'm having in keeping SHM going now is no longer money. I'm making enough to pay the printers and the post office and buy my son a book for his upcoming birthday in the bargain. My biggest worry is that I'm getting more and more crunched for time to work on SHM because I have to do so much writing, rather than editing.

Also, I get requests for all kinds of articles that I simply can't write myself. Homeschooling gifted children! Homeschooling a several-child family! Being a homeschool dad! I would love love love to run those articles; but I'm just not qualified to write them.
So: spread the word, and get an extra-extra chance to win a brand-new copy of:

365 Ways to Live Cheap! by Trent Hamm, founder of The Simple Dollar: http://www.thesimpledollar.com

This little paperback is a great book, in excellent condition. I reviewed it some time ago. I read it through, deeply enjoyed it, and employed some of the tips.

The reason that I can part with it is that enough of the tips are things I can't apply to my own life -- many if not most of them assume that you live in a house, or at least a bigger apartment than I have. This is not a criticism. Fact is, living in a tiny place like this (and being the on-site manager to boot), I'm already saving a lot of money. But most people don't live in my situation, and this book has a lot of terrific ideas for them.

Hamm's ideas run the gamut from simple stuff like eating before you go grocery shopping to tips on how to choose investment options, save for retirement, and build up an emergency fund. And yes, I love that the man makes his own laundry detergent.

So: who wants this book? Just post here to enter the drawing!