TIGGERLANE!!!!
Congrats Tiggerlane!! I will email you soon. Right now I have to go back out and look for a cow. Her baby showed up this morning but I haven't been able to find her yet. I thought the weather was supposed to be in the 60s this weekend, that didn't happen.
Here it is folks! It's 2008 and what better way to start the year by winning something. I have decided to do something a little different. I thought about going out and buying something ungodly expensive and just giving it away to a random commenter. Then I decided that I wanted to make the giveaways in 2008 a little more, I don't know unique.
The first giveaway is a bookmark just like this one. Not this one, well because it was a Christmas gift for a good friend of mine.
Don't you just love the look of the wood behind the bookmark? I do!
While I was making this particular bookmark I decided that I would make every giveaway prize this year. I do one giveaway a month, that's only 12 things I have to make. I may make 12 bookmarks, or maybe a bread cloth, kitchen towel, etc. I decided on this bookmark because I already have one and I have all the floss out and in one place. :)
Here are the rules:
Anyone is eligible to win, ANYONE! I have asked for specifics in previous giveaways and somehow I always end up getting someone that just puts, "please enter me." Well, I would enter you but you didn't follow the rules. (Okay, I entered them anyway but please try to follow the rules.) Granted we all know Swampy will bend the rules. This is expected and will more than likely will feel slighted if she actually follows the rules. :)
Here is what I want to know...what are you reading, what have you read recently and/or what is your favorite book. The reason I have given so many things you can answer is because this is a random drawing. The more questions you have to answer the more times your name is in the hat. If you have read 10 different books, name them all...in different comments. One book per comment will get you more chances. 10 books in 1 comment will get you 1 chance. Get it? Got it? Good.
I will be announcing the winner tomorrow morning! So you have until Sunday to get your entries in, this means 12:00 am on Sunday.
Good luck everyone!
So sorry for the delay, my life is just crazy that is about all I can say.
As you all know we are in the process of getting settled into our new home. I will be posting photos, etc at a later date, but right now I just want to get all the boxes unpacked and stuff put away. It was not a bright idea to move the weekend I had my surgery. But you gotta do what you gotta do.
We are almost completely moved in at this point, but our internet is still hooked up at the trailer and they will not be moving it until the 18th. That is why I haven't been on the internet much lately. Well, that and because there is a solid sheet of ice between the house and the trailer. I walked it, or slid over there this morning. It would have been fun if I hadn't have been dressed for work and holding an umbrella. :)
So, here is where I will announce the winner for the 3rd December giveaway...
HALLOWEENHEATHER
Another...
I had something else planned, but well I have been kind of busy. Things are kind of hectic and I think I am losing my mind. Holy Moly!
So, here is the deal. On Friday, December 7th at 7pm CST, I will be announcing another winner. Here is all you have to do to enter:
Tell me about the gift that got away. Well, you know what I mean... tell me about the one gift that you just had to have that you didn't get. You could have been a kid or it could have been last year. Remember the movie - The Santa Clause? Neal wanted a Oscar Meyer Weiner Whistle and he never got it, oh and what was it that Charlie's mom wanted? That will get you entered into the giveaway too.
Good Luck everyone! And THANK YOU for all the prayers and well wishes, you will never know how much I appreciated them.
And the winner is...
LESLIE!!!
For those of you that didn't get to see what her gift was, here it is:
When I was 14 our house burned down while we were out of town. That Christmas I received several scrap books from family and friends with pictures from my entire life. To this day I treasure those as the best gifts I've ever received. I wouldn't have any photos from my childhood if it weren't for them.
Well, folks...time is almost up, you have 20 more minutes to tell me the best gift you ever received for Christmas.
I wanted to post a little today, but well...pain pills and keyboards don't mix. I can't wait to see what kind of chaos I can create at work tomorrow because there will be pain pills. :)
I do not have internet at the "big house" yet, so I will have to post the winner sometime tomorrow. It will either be afternoon or evening...and I am betting on evening. Thanks for being patient with me on this one guys!
See you tomorrow~
Hey Swampy! Thanks for the call, I hope you made it home safely!!
I love to give! I think that is why I decided to start having giveaways. This giveaway is for a nice Christmas Ornament. I am actually giving two of these this month, so if you don't win this one don't fret, there will be another chance.
Here it is:
This particular giveaway will end Monday, December 3rd at 7 pm CST. All you have to do is leave a comment about THE BEST CHRISTMAS GIFT YOU HAVE EVER RECEIVED.
Be sure to be here tomorrow for a house update.
Let me begin by saying I have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). In the fall 2005, I went to the doctors to discuss a lung transplant (I had about 30% of my lung function left.) That Christmas my only brother gave me a cemetery plot for my Christmas gift. ~~Joy
JOY is the WINNER!! So, Joy, please email me at anotherchanceranch at gmail dot com.
Everyone else...be here tomorrow for the next giveaway.
Tonight's the night for the first giveaway. I am calling it the December giveaway because the winners, yes plural, will not receive their prizes until December. I was going to start them this weekend, but things will be hectic around here...hopefully.
So if you haven't already commented about the worst Christmas gift you ever received, do it now! :)
I will be posting the winner for the Pampered Chef Recipe book tonight. Entries will be allowed until 7 p.m. CST.
HOUSE UPDATE:
It is going very slow. Our builder pretty much guarantees that the cleaning ladies will be there Thursday to finish cleaning. That leaves us Thursday night to move in before my big day on Friday. I won't be doing anything for a few days. I have decided that my Mom and I might just put up our Christmas tree, that way I won't be trying to lift anything. Makes sense doesn't it? I will be posting a house update Friday before we leave for the hospital. Hopefully there will be furniture in the upcoming photos. :)
There will be 3 different giveaways this month. The first will be this Pampered Chef Cookbook.
Features inspiring recipes using our Stoneware
Collection. Chapters include Easy Appetizers, Main Dishes & More,
Something Sweet, and Table for Two. Over 60 beautifully photographed
recipes, including make-ahead recipes for multiple family meals and
recipes specially created for smaller households. Also includes a
section on Stoneware Use and Care. Spiral bound. (photo from www.pamperedchef.com)
All I ask is that you leave a comment tell me about the worst Christmas gift you have ever received. That's it.
This will be open until Wednesday, November 28th at 7 p.m. CST. The next giveaway will start Thursday, November 29th. I will leave further details for that giveaway then.
(photo from www.luckyoliver.com)
Have a Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!!
FYI: Tomorrow I will be posting the 3rd Another Chance Ranch Giveaway! I want to hear about the worst Christmas gift you ever received. This time there are 3 items. They aren't anything big, but hey...they are free!
I have two "gifts that got away". The first was the Christmas of 6th grade. All the "cool" 6th grade girls were wearing white Izod shirts and black skinny leg cords with the zipper at the bottom (from Miller's Outpost). I asked my Grandma for this EXACT outfit for Christmas and instead I got a maroon Izod shirt and lavender cords. Just wasn't the same.
The other one was last year. I had been wanting the Willow Tree Nativity for a couple of year and last year I bought it for myself in October with some money that I had earned and even had it gift wrapped at the store. I was so excited each time I caught a glimpse of it in my closet. In November my sister asked if I would be upset if she asked for and got the same Nativity for Christmas. Then she found out that her husband had already picked something out for her present and she wasn't going to get it for her after all. In December I snuck over to her house and put it under her tree when noone was home. Her reaction was totally worth the sacrifice. I still need a nativity, but now I like the new one better anyway.