Archive for the 'Give-Aways' Category

In which the size of my ear openings make for good blog fodder (?)

Wednesday, February 4th, 2009

While walking to the bus stop yesterday afternoon I realized that the Ben Lee song I was listening to seemed to be missing a little somethin’, somethin’. I stopped, turned up my iPod, and yet, still MISSING SOMETHING.
It was then that I realized no sound was coming out of my left headphone speaker.
Darn it. I [...]

In which I mix Delurking Day and a give-away in the same post

Monday, January 12th, 2009

Back in 2008, long before Christmas and the New Year, I held my final give-away for the awesome fused glass jewelry goodies from Kate Creates.   In this give-away I shared pictures of the official Christmas ornaments The King and I have collected in the eight years we’ve been married and then asked you to share [...]

In which we document the year with an ornament

Friday, December 19th, 2008

The King and I got married in August of 2000.  That first Christmas we decided to start our own tradition by documenting the year with a new ornament for our Christmas tree.  Of course the defining ornament for 2000 had to represent our wedding, and so we bought an over-sized diamond ring ornament.

We’ve been using [...]

In which I find out what Christmas smells like

Friday, December 5th, 2008

I remember when I was a teenager and it seemed like everyone I knew was buying fake Christmas trees. It was like this coup against nature. Everyone with real trees hated all the people with fake trees. We had a real tree at my house. Anytime we’d go over to someone’s house who had a [...]

In which I fall in love with Guns N’ Roses, but not really.

Friday, November 21st, 2008

While waiting at the airport to fly to Europe a few months ago a song came over the speakers that made me stop in my tracks. It was the perfect song. It was soothing and awesome. It also had a good beat you could dance to. I stood there, in the SeaTac [...]

In which it’s Pizza Friday and another give-away!

Friday, November 14th, 2008

Holy crap, is it Friday already? Yes, today marks the end of this work week and the last day of open enrollment at my office. Of course I left it to the last minute and am now scrambling to figure out what insurance I want to sign up for. (I want the [...]