Window Shopper

A while back, I entered a contest that included some pretty terrific prizes. You can see the blog post about that contest by clicking on the link here. It was about the new Andromeda Strain movie that broadcast on A&E network last week, I think. And I won the contest when I wrote this blog post about it! The prizes are awesome! I received the old version of the movie and then the new one too!! We watched the new movie last night. It was fantastic! It was somewhat like the other one but there were definite differences with extended content. I will not be giving it away for those who do not like spoilers.

I wanted to thank Simply Stating the Obvious for hosting the contest and for letting me enter it. This is a really nice blog to visit anyway but now there will be more contests in the future since this one was successful!! YEAH! I love contests. So, a great big thank you! Keep the contests coming.

If you are a dog lover and a doggie owner or know someone who has a dog, here is a great contest for you! I ran across this absolutely great blog called “The Chocolate Dog Blog” (I LOVE that title) and they have a contest running. I love contests so I checked it out. We have a brand new puppy so I am really interested in this as well as in the people at DogPause where the bowl comes from.

On the blog, you will see a video with a dog eating from one of the bowls and testing the thing. Looks good to me. DogPause has this new type of bowl that is especially for fast eaters. This slows those doggie wolfers down. If you want to see more about that contest, just go to “The Chocolate Dog Blog” and sign your little self up for the new doggie bowl from DogPause!

As you know, if you read this blog very often, I love contests! I like to enter the relevant ones as much as possible. Recently, an email was sent out about this jewelry place in Florida that was having a contest. I decided to check it out.

What I found was a company that has been in business at the present location for over 30 years, has a great reputation in their area with the local people voting them favorite jeweler of Orlando. It does not hurt that they are the largest independent diamond broker locally either. Not bad. Goldsmith Jewelry has a very nice selection of fine jewelry pieces that anyone would love to wear.

And now they are having a contest to win a prize worth $1,500. Now, if you are a blogger who wants to enter the contest simply follow the link. You had better hurry up though. The end of the contest is on February 4th. On the 5th, they will open up a poll with all of the entrants listed. Then people vote for the best entry. They will announce the winner on February 10th!

Teresa is running her first contest of the year over at her personal blog. You have a chance to win a beautiful turquoise bracelet created by Lori Jaclyn. She’s willing to ship anywhere and that means anyone is eligible to participate and win.

I just love contests and this one is a great contest. What you are aiming for is a $25 Bed Bath and Beyond gift card! Hooyah! In order to get in on this wonderful contest, all you have to do is go to the blog sponsoring the contest, post a comment about this and you are in the contest. If you like, you can blog about it for a second entry.

There are a couple of things. First, you must be a U.S. citizen. Second, the contest runs from now until January 18th at 8pm est. That’s a Friday. The next day, the names will be put into a bowl and drawn and a video will be on the blog that day with the winner’s name! You must provide a valid email address in order to win. And if you are not a blogger but still want to enter, simply put a comment with email address on the contest post. That’s all there is to it.

I have been to Raleigh, North Carolina, during all seasons of the year. It is a beautiful city, well worth the effort to visit on a vacation. The place is so pretty, especially in the fall. The colors are awesome. Did I mention a FREE Raleigh Getaway? Thought so. The prize is incredible. Want just a taste? Of course, you get a night stay for two at the Courtyard by Marriott, a $25 gift certificate to a Bistro, a couple of tickets to a theater performance and several more. Hey, you have to go register. Don’t wait on me to tell you all of it.

Do you like Shakespeare? Then it is time you traveled to Raleigh during their Fall Getaway season for the NC Shakespeare Festival. Two of the writer’s plays are being shown during this event…The Crucible and The Comedy of Errors. If Shakespeare isn’t your cup of tea, how about Man of La Mancha? The museum exhibits include Dinosaurs: Ancient Fossils, New Discoveries, Landscapes from the Age of Impressionism and Mysteries of the Lost Colony. Opera, Theater productions, Little Theater and festivals are just a few of the attractions available to those who travel to Raleigh, North Carolina during their Fall Getaway season in October.

There’s a great blog who’s owner wants to be in the top 5000 on Technorati. Who wouldn’t want that? So, they have asked us to help things along a bit. And for our participation, we have a chance to win one of three super great prizes. I so want to win that MP3 player. Sweet.

Want to check it out? Okay, below is the link for you to go to find out more about the contest. By the way, the blog is about blogging tips. Don’t we all need a little of that from time to time?

http://blogaboutyourblog.com/2007/09/10/blog-about-your-blog-belongs-in-the-top-5000/

Happy Contesting and Happy Shopping!!

I found this contest that you have to write about one of three things: My Blog, a review of your own blog (that could get interesting all by itself!), a funny true parenting story..you get to be the goofy parent! or the worst job you ever had. And if you put the cackles in, you get bonus points.

Now, you have to have at least 50 words (I can do that) and a link to her blog with the anchor text of “The reality of a brat”. Be sure to spell it right, grammar is important and so is the laugh factor!! Can I laugh here? Is that appropriate? No? All right. When you get that finished, send it on to The Reality Of A Brat page and put her in the comments section. The deadline is September 10, 2007.

Now, I picked the worst job I ever had. Thing is, you ain’t gonna believe it if I do tell ya. I was going to say to make a long story short but I can’t. This takes a few paragraphs, at least. And I promise you that it’s true. Got paid 50 bucks for it. In those days, that was pretty good.

When I was young and extremely foolish (as if it’s different from now!), I traveled around with a carnival selling tickets to rides and trying to get everybody’s money on the games. Nope, not the worst job. Just wait. When the season ended, I was stuck because I wasn’t one of the regulars. I was sort of a “roadie”, you might say. I ended up in Titusville, Florida, broke and looking for anything to do. This guy comes up to me and says…”Hey, girl, you want a job? I need somebody right away. You look like you need work.”

Okay, that didn’t sound good. I LOOKED like I needed work??? Apparently, the pages of Glamour didn’t show my style that year. In fact, I probably reeked. He did look like he swallowed a persimmon, kinda red faced, a sort of out of breath thing. I digress. The guy did seem to be legitimate although I have no freaking idea how I would have known that. Says to me, “Follow me. I can give you a job that pays enough for you to eat tonight and have a place to stay.” Hey, that works for me. Beware of strangers bearing gifts.

I get in my car and we go to one of these tourist attractions that has all sorts of stuff to do like watch the stage being robbed……ten times a day. I’m thinking here that I get to be part of that show!! ALL RIGHT!!! The guy takes me to another area. An amazingly horrible stink begins to hit the nose. ACK!! No WAY!!!! I ain’t that blasted hungry. Guy looks at me and says “You agreed to do this job. You are NOT going to back out now!!” “Uh, yes sir.”

He hands me a shovel about the size of Cleveland and says “get to work”. So, I start shoveling elephant poop for the rest of the day. I was right. I wasn’t that hungry.

Okay, this has got to be the easiest contest I have ever tried to enter. A blogger, Dear Crissy, is holding a contest with a prize of $50. It is so easy a caveman could do it. ACK! Maybe I shouldn’t say that one. Anyway, all you need to do is write a blog entry about the contest in 50 words or more. Link back to her main webpage and one link to the contest itself.

The contest is called $50 for 50! When are you going to go do this? Do you need fifty bucks? I know I could use it. So, get going. The contest ends at midnight August 31st EST so you need to enter now!

NOTE: This is not a paid post…not yet anyway.