Another Chance Ranch

And Our Winner Is...

Here ya go!  Debbie from A day or two in the life of Me is our winner of the book What I Know: uncommon wisdom and universal truths from 10-year-olds and 100-year-olds by Roger Emerson Fishman!! Please head over to her site and check it out.  Please leave her a comment, and ask that she get on the ball and start posting again.  I have been reading her stuff this morning and I am ready for some new stuff.  Come on Debbie, you can do it!  She takes lovely photos too!!  I love the ones of Jenn on Glory at her parents' house, especially the one with her in her wedding dress.  Love it!

Debbie please email me at anotherchanceranch at gmail dot com with your mailing address.

Thank you everyone for playing along. 

I was just informed that I will be receiving a new artists cd to review, with another giveaway.  Finally, I am doing what I wanted on this little blog of mine.  Let's just hope it lasts!

Now head on over to Amazon.com to order your book today.  It would make a perfect gift for those that have everything, and you can't figure out what to get them.  I know I am ordering at least 2 books.

A Book Giveaway

What I Know: uncommon wisdom and universal truths from 10-year-olds and 100-year-olds

by Roger Emerson Fishman

Another Joy was kind enough to suggest that we hear about the worst gift you have given someone else.  I loved that idea, and I bet there are some great stories out there, but when I  sat here trying to write about the worst gift I have ever given someone I couldn't think of any gifts that I had given that were bad, or lame.  I am sure I will think of one later, but for now I am drawing a blank. 

Here it is:

What is the worse gift you have ever given or received?  It could be any kind of gift, but I am focusing on Christmas for mine. You'll see, first read the rules.  :)

This will be a random drawing.  You can enter as many times as you would like.  Giveaway ends at 9 pm CST Sunday, December 13th.  I will announce the winner Monday, December 14 bright and early, well bright and early in my time zone. :) 

When entering please enter your email address into the space provided, it makes contacting you much easier.  I do ask that you check back Monday, and if you are the winner to contact me.  But sometimes the winners are busy, and I try to contact them if I don't hear from them within a reasonable time frame.  Okie dokie?

Now, for the worst gift McD has ever received.

Many years ago, 19 years ago, McD and I went to my Grandparents house for Christmas.  They were not big fans of McD at that time.  We still can't figure out why, but they weren't.   So when they asked us to come over so they could give us some gifts.  I thought it was nice, and that they might be coming around to the fact that we were going to be married no matter what they thought. Then the gifts came out.  McD waited for me to unwrap my gift, which I can't even remember what they gave me that year because I was so blown away by what they gave him.  When he opened his gift I almost choked.  At the time I don't think he realized it was a "bad" gift.  It was cologne.  Shaklee cologne.  I don't remember the name of that particular scent, but it was not a nice smell.  The reason it probably wasn't a nice smell was because it was probably 10 years old. 

My grandparents own a Nutrition Shop and they sell Shaklee products, and have for as long as I can remember.  I had dusted that box several times during my time working there at their store.  I knew just how old it was, and I was insulted that they would even think of giving it to the man I was going to marry.  McD was very nice and said thank you.  Then we left, and threw it away.

The worst gift I have ever received.

I have to say that the worst gift I have ever received was not a bad gift at all, in fact it was a great gift.  Picture this, everyone is gathered around the Christmas tree and the kids are passing out the gifts.  When everyone gets their gifts we begin opening them.  We have been doing this long enough that it is kind of timed right, we all start opening and holding up the gifts that we received.  This particular year my Granny did most of her shopping at Dillards, yeah, and everyone was getting some pretty good gifts.  When I got to their gift to me I ripped it open and found a brand new black  bra and panty set.   My parents were there, my aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents, sister, etc.  That was the last thing I wanted to hold up in front of everyone, but I did.  Believe it or not that was my favorite bra and panty set ever.  I just couldn't afford to buy them for myself.  :)

Now it's your turn!

Are you interested in a Giveaway?

If you have not read the previous post please do so now.  Because I want to know if anyone is interested in winning an autographed copy of the book What I Know: uncommon wisdom and universal truths from 10-year-olds and 100-year-olds.  Joe Rohrlich, who wrote the book with Roger Emerson Fishman, has offered to send one of my readers an autographed copy. 

Sometimes my giveaways are a dud, so I wanted to ask if any of you are interested.  I do not want to waste this nice man's time if no one is interested. 

Like I have said before, this would make a great gift for anyone.  I was thinking about it this morning and you could even give this to a 10-year-old. 

If you are interested in winning this book please leave a comment.  Then bright and early tomorrow morning I will either put up a giveaway, or tell you about the rest of McD's birthday so far.  :)

I am leaving it all up to you!

A Book Review

What I Know uncommon wisdom and universal truths from 10-year-olds and 100-year-olds

Recently I was asked if I would be interested in reviewing a book.  My first response was that I would have to read it before I could recommend it, or even give away an autographed copy of said book.  I am a bit of an impatient person, okay so a bit is a little bit of an exaggeration.  I am not patient at all.  I am working on it, really.  Right after I hit send on the email back to Joe Rohrlich, I went and googled the book's title.  Then I was a bit impatient.  I had to wait for him to send me the book.

The book came in the mail and I didn't really have a lot of time to read it.  I had laid the book on the table so I would see it every time I walked by.  Finally last night I was able to start reading it.  I love this book.  As everyone already knows, I kind of like quotes.  Just a little bit.  This book is full of quotes, but not just any quotes.  There are quotes from 10-year-olds and 100-year-olds.

"Integrity is being able to be trusted by somebody else, and that's a great feeling.  But if you can't be trusted, it feels as rotten as moldy turkey on a strawberry pie covered in fungus!" ~jack f., philadelphia, pa

That is just one of the quotes that made me literally laugh out loud.  If you think about it, some of the best advice we can get is from a kid or one of our elders.  Kids don't have a clue about the complicated side of things, or they shouldn't.  They usually say what they think, and if we would just listen to them we might learn something.

"If you want a friend, try to be as sweet as candy and not as sour as lemons." ~ethan a., lexington, ky

See what I mean? I know some people that are sour as lemons and they don't have many friends. Makes perfectly good sense to me. :)

Those are just a couple of quotes from the 10-year-olds in the book.  Some of the quotes are super cute, and some just make you sit and think a minute.  Here's one that will make you think, or it did me.  You can tell that it was from one of the 100-year-olds because this is the way things used to be.

"In life, the one thing you can control is your word.  When you give it, you're making a promise that you may forget, but the person who hears it never will." ~Betty Matoff, Los Angeles, CA

My first thought was, oh that is so true.  I know a lot of people like that, but I also know several that have either forgotten what your word really means, or never knew to begin with. Have I mentioned that I love this book?

This is a perfect Christmas gift for that person that is hard to buy for.  I am going to see if I can find it at our local Hastings, but if not I am ordering some from Amazon.  My grandparents are kind of hard to buy for, and I think this would be perfect for them.  In my opinion, people of all ages will enjoy this book.  It makes me smile.  As I read through the book I catch myself grinning from ear to ear.  I have been reading portions of the book outloud to McD, but I think he will read it when I am finished.  See I haven't even finished it, and I love it!  

Buy this book! You won't regret it.

More on this book after I finish reading it.   :) (Read: I am ready to go to bed and read some more of this book.)

What I Know (the book)

I just want you to check this book out, then later this evening (read: when I get home from work) I will be posting a bit of a review. 

What I Know
uncommon wisdom and universal truths from 10-year-olds and 100-year-olds

I started reading it yesterday, and ended up reading half of it out loud to McD.  We giggled and agreed with most everything in it.

This would make a great Christmas gift, especially for those hard to buy for folks.  I think I am going to go pick up a few more for a few gifts.

What's Your Favorite Quote?

Tell me please!  I want to know what your favorite quotes are.  I love quotes.  I could spend hour upon hour reading quotes, then I sometimes share them with you!  I want your favorite quotes, it could be a famous quote or a quote from you or your family/friends.  All I ask is that you keep them clean, I don't want to lose my family friendly status.

I plan to use your favorite quotes.  I will use each of your quotes on this crazy little blog.  Every quote I use I will link back to you. Sound okay with you?

And for all your trouble I am giving away some of my friend's cookbooks.    We are so stinkin' proud of her.  You know, Ree aka The Pioneer Woman.  I don't think I have ever mentioned her on this site before.  HA!  Who am I kidding?  Absolutely no one. 

Her new book The Pioneer Woman Cooks is on the New York Times Best Seller list, it is flying off the shelves at your local bookstores and Wal-Marts.  Don't wait for them to be restocked,  I am giving away not one copy, or two.  I am giving away a SLEW of them.  Do you know how many a slew is?  Stick around and you will see.  I was going to close the comments tomorrow night, but then thought the whole quote thing might take longer.  So...

Here's the deal:

Leave your favorite quote in the comments of this post.  Only one quote per comment please.  You can leave as many comments as you like, but please do not just enter the same comment 5 times, etc. Those will only be counted once.  Now, if 5 different people use the same quote that is great, and it must be a pretty darn good quote.  :) 

Time will officially be up Tuesday night at 9 pm, CST. 

I can't wait to read your quotes!!  So, if you are ready to begin.  Here we go...

On Your Mark!

Get Set!

GO!!!!

The Pioneer Woman Cooks Giveaway

Hello everyone!  Here is another chance to win an autographed copy of Ree's new book, The Pioneer Woman Cooks.  This cookbook is flying up the charts, in fact it should be #1!!

Last night I made her brisket, and her yummy mashed potatoes.  McD's  mouth was watering before he even got his plate.  This is really good food ya'll!

All you have to do is leave a comment.  Tell me something you are thankful for.  I am thankful for so many things, and I will list my between now and Thanksgiving day.  Again, EVERYONE is eligible for this giveaway, no matter where you live.

This will be a random drawing, so you all know what that means.  Instead of leaving me a two page comment of what all you are thankful for, you should spread them out into numerous comments.  Your chances of winning would be greater that way.  :)  You can comment/enter as many times as you like, just as long as you enter before November 10th at 9 pm CST.  I will post the winner Wednesday, Nov 11th bright and early.  :) 

This post will remain at the top of the page until Wednesday.  Sorry for the sticky post, but I just had too.

Good luck!

And the Winner is...

Terry!! 

Terry's caption was:

"So, you're asking a horse
if there is a cookbook I would endorse??
'The Pioneer Woman Cooks' of course!!"

There were many good ones.  Another favorite was "You can't handle the cookbook!"  And, "Wiiiilllbbberrr!" Oh and the one that just almost won, "mom! he's touching me!!" 

We loved reading all your captions!  We hope to have just as many entries next Sunday, when we give away ANOTHER AUTOGRAPHED COPY of THE PIONEER WOMAN COOKS!!!

Terry, please email me at anotherchanceranch at gmail dot com with your mailing address.

Time's Up!

Wow!  I seriously did not expect this many entries. 

I will give the judge all the entries, and will announce the winner first thing tomorrow morning.  

I will leave you with a little quote (cause I kind of like quotes).

No hour of life is wasted that is spent in the saddle.  ~Winston Churchill

Caption Contest - The Pioneer Woman Cooks

Caption Contest, or Name this Photo.  Whatever you want to call it.  :)

 

What is at stake here?  A new cookbook, The Pioneer Woman Cooks.  Wait, let me clarify.  An autographed The Pioneer Woman Cooks cookbook.  You won't see a photo like this in there, but if you did what should the caption be?  Or name of the photo?  Get your creative juices flowing. :)

The Rules:

One caption/name per comment.  I repeat, One caption or name per comment.  Please and thank you.

Comment as many times as you like. 

The contest will expire Monday, November 2nd, at 9 pm, CST.  I realize that will already be Tuesday for some, BB, but all dates and times are US dates and times.  :)  Everyone (BB), is eligible for this contest, no matter where you live - in the US or across the big pond.  This is an Equal Opportunity Caption Contest. :)

The winner will be announced Tuesday, November 3rd, bright and early.  There will also be another announcement.  So be here or be square!