Day: July 27, 2008

Giveaway/Contests

Photo Contest – Summer Time!

Karen

The 2008 Summer-Time Photo Contest is officially over!!

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CONGRATULATIONS GO TO … Kim of The Misplaced Midwesterner
(Kim, if you read this before I’ve had a chance to email you, contact me and let me know which retailer you would like your gift certificate to!!)

Kim wins a $25 gift certificate!!

Here are the final poll results:

Kim of The Misplaced Midwesterner 45 votes

Kim at Kim’s Photo Blog 34 votes

Karen at For the Love of Pete … 18 votes

Karen of Sillymonkeez 17 votes

Mrs. 4444 at Half-Past Kissin’ Time 16 votes

Alisha at Izzy ‘N Emmy 14 votes

Penelope of Sassy Mama’s Cafe at the End of the Universe 10 votes

Kristen at Kristen McLane 9 votes

Angela at Mommy Bytes 4 votes

Amanda M. at The Crazy Life of the Mills Family 4 votes

Terri of Mrs. Squidley’s Place 4 votes

Em Dy of Captured Beat 3 votes

Thea at I’m a Drama Mama 3 votes

Monkey of Where You At?! 3 votes

The winner will be announced will get to choose one $25 gift certificate to any of the following (winner’s choice!)

Old Navy
JcPenney
Kohl’s
iTunes – (I’m not sure they offer e-certificates, so will probably need winner’s address)
Target
Land’s End
Amazon.com
Busy Bodies
Life is Good

If you have questions, please contact Karen.

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Contest Participants

Karen of Sillymonkeez Terri of Mrs. Squidley’s Place
Em Dy of Captured Beat Kim at Kim’s Photo Blog
Mrs. 4444 at Half-Past Kissin’ Time Thea at I’m a Drama Mama
Penelope of Sassy Mama’s Cafe at the End of the Universe Monkey of Where You At?!
Karen at For the Love of Pete … Alisha at Izzy ‘N Emmy
Angela at Mommy Bytes Amanda M. at The Crazy Life of the Mills Family
Kristen at Kristen McLane Kim of The Misplaced Midwesterner

If the poll does not appear in this post (due to technical difficulties), please click on this link.

Blog-a-thon 2008

Blog-a-thon ’08: The Final Post

Karen

Support Our Troops

Wow. It’s over. I survived the 2008 blog-a-thon and I still have enough brain cells to type this last entry.

Barely.

It was fun, folks. I had a blast and I hope you had fun, too. Even though I didn’t receive very many comments, I KNOW you were out there, reading and keeping me company and for that, I humbly thank you.

Remember, the reason I stayed up 24 hours wasn’t to entertain you, though that was certainly a pleasant side-effect, but to inform and remind you how important it is to SUPPORT OUR TROOPS and SHOW THEM WE CARE and that WE WILL NEVER FORGET THEIR SACRIFICES.

So, to all our military personnel and veterans, THANK YOU and GOD BLESS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.

I’m going to bed now. But not before I remind you of three things:

1. The July photo contest post IS NEXT. Stay tuned and as soon as it shows up, put your name in the Mr. Linky so we can find you!

2. The Monday Morning Meme Questions (sneak peek and otherwise) will post at the regularly scheduled time.

BUT

3. I’m taking a short blog break because wow, I could use it after this weekend. I shall return on Wednesday. But what, are you kidding me?? You have 48 posts you can read and follow links on so you can’t POSSIBLY miss me while I’m gone. Right? 🙂

Thank you all for visiting and GOODNIGHT!

Blog-a-thon 2008

Blog-a-thon ’08: Promote Support the Troops in Your Schools!

Karen

Black Hawk, originally uploaded by cfain.

Promote Support the Troops in your schools, churches and businesses!!

Salute The Troops was established to encourage the support of our service members and Veterans and offer the community resources and ideas to better serve the needs of our military members and Veterans. Recognizing the honor, courage, and character of those serving in uniform, Salute The Troops takes special interest in projects that allow children the opportunity to interact with real models.

SUPPORT OUR TROOPS AND VETERANS

Write to Soldier Pen Pals
Display yellow ribbons
Invite a military guest speaker
Send Soldier Valentines
Collect new socks for Veterans Home
Wear camo for a spirit day
Collect and Retire worn US Flags
Host a dinner for deployed service member’s family
Recognize patriotic holidays
Pray for our Leaders and for our Troops.

Blog-a-thon 2008

Blog-a-thon ’08: Welcome Home, Daddy!

Karen

Want to know what’s going on? Visit this page


welcome home daddy, originally uploaded by joghadban.

I finished my first online, ongoing story and I’m feeling pretty satisfied with myself. I think it came along nicely and I had a BALL writing it. I stayed just oooone step ahead of the game writing it and I think in some ways, it worked out better that way because I was forced to focus.

I hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. 🙂