Monday Mischief: I Got Too Busy Last Friday !!!

Last Friday I was supposed to pull the winner of my giveaway for Jackie's newest book. You would think someone who is temporarily unemployed would have plenty of time to get that done and post about it. But, no, somehow the day got away from me. I did have a couple of phone interviews (yay!) as well as an agility lesson, and then unexpected plans for dinner. That left me with no blogging time and for that I do apologize. Then the weekend held a two day agility trial.....Time just flew by and here it is Monday.

So, the moment you have all been waiting for, albeit waiting overtime, the winner is:

D.Nelson

Congratulations! Please contact me at taryn(dot)tipton(at)gmail(dot)com (or hit me up on FaceBook with a PM) and I will get Jackie's book winging its way to you. I'm going to send it straight from Amazon to you to save a step. I had hoped to purchase a copy at Walmart but alas the three stores I tried did not carry it.

Many thanks to all of you who left comments. I enjoyed reading your stories a lot!

Since I don't like to have a blog post without photos, I want to share some pictures I took last week along Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park last week. The day could not have been more gorgeous! Alas, the car ride and the hiking was too much to bring Jimmy and Wilson along on, so these are corgi-free photos! Gasp!

Making Monday a Little Bit Better for One Person - Giveaway Winner Revealed!

Well, it's been a week since my blogiversary giveaway post and that means it is time to announce a winner.

Before I do however, I'm going to make you look at one more photo of Wilson, catching some very early sun rays while he waits for breakfast.....I love how the sun highlights his whiskers!

Could you put down that camera
 and get busy with my breakfast?!

OK! Time for the big reveal! The winner is:

And that means.....JANET.....you are our lucky contestant! 

Email me at taryn(dot)tipton(at)gmail.com with your choice of prize and I'll get it off to you asap!

To everyone else, I thank you for playing another of my silly giveaway games. I truly appreciate you visiting my blog and playing along. I'll have to host another milestone giveaway soon....there might be one coming in early September, so be sure to stayed tuned!

Wilson Watches and Waits for Wintery Wordless Wednesday's Winner!

I would like to send a big Thank You! to everyone who contributed comments to last week's Wordless Wednesday celebration of my 1000th blog post! You all did a FABULOUS job of coming up with "W" themed captions!  It was so fun to read the comments!

I really wish I could award each of you a prize, but, alas, a Wordless Wednesday Winner must be picked. I used Random.org to select the winner.....and....drumroll please.......Bethany at Cascadian Nomads claims the prize!

Again, thank you all so much for participating! I think I will try this again in May when I reach another milestone.....blogging for 5 years!

Tasty Tuesday: A Fresh Green Salad!.....And a New Giveaway Winner!

This time of year, when the grass is back in full force, both my boys become obsessed with chowing down on it! They would happily stand in one spot for ten minutes and get a belly full. I, being the meany that I am, don't let that happen. I know what the result will be a few hours later after it has traveled through the dog and is ready to come out the other end!

Next on today's agenda.....The winner of last week's giveaway for Jackie's book What the Dog Ate has never contacted me, so, after five days, I think it is time to try again!

The new winner of the book is:

It looks like Jackie's book will be on it's way to being an international sensation! Molly the Wally is our new winner! Please contact me at  taryn(dot)tipton(at)gmail(dot)com so I can get this fun book on it's way to you!

Ferdinand?......and the Giveaway Winner, too!

Did you ever read the children's story Ferdinand the Bull? It is one of the beloved stories I remember from my childhood. I still have a copy of it from the early 60's tucked away in one of my closets somewhere. At any rate, I can remember the illustrations well, and this next photo is what brought the book to mind......

Jimmy the Bull? Happy to sit and smell the roses, er, bluebells...

Here's the illustration from the book......

Artist: Robert Lawson

The bluebells bloomed earlier than I expected this year and the patch was much smaller than last year. I noticed them a few days back and knew I needed to hurry and catch them before the blooms subsided.

There were deer close by and I could not get the boys settled into modeling mode. It didn't help that I constantly had to remind them to stay with me and not run off after the deer. Here's what I got......

The expressions on their faces definitely show their discontent.
They had much better things to do than deal with the annoying camera!

Jimmy: Deer at one o'clock! I'm outta here!

Wilson: If I sniff this leaf all cute and stuff, can we call it a wrap?

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And, NOW! The real reason you are here today......... Drum roll, please.........

But WAIT! First let me say Thank You! to everyone for taking the time to leave such great comments. It was a lot of fun to read some of the stuff your dogs ate. I'm glad all the dogs are OK!

I just counted the comments, leaving out the ones that were not actually entries, like Jackie's and her sister's, and came up with 35 qualifying comments. With that said.......

The lucky winner of Jackie's book What the Dog Ate is................

So! If BL (who commented on April 23rd at 1:00 am) who has the naughty parrot who feeds the dogs would please contact me at taryn(dot)tipton(at)gmail(dot)com, we can finalize the details. Congratulations on winning Jackie's book! You are going to love it!

Once again, thank you to everyone for participating!

Drumroll Please! The Winner is......

First, let me say Thank You! to everyone for visiting my blog. I really appreciate that you spend some of your precious time here! That being said, I know you really want to know who was picked. Random.org did the work for me. Here's the number it selected, you know, out of the blue :-) As in Once in a Blue Moon....

So congratulations to Kathy! Please email me ( taryn(dot)tipton(at)gmail(dot)com ) with your email address and I'll get a gift certificate sent your way.


Thanks again to all of you for playing my silly game! I am sure there will be another GiveAway planned in the future, so be sure to check back.

This is a photo of the actual Blue Moon as seen from my backyard. It doesn't look very blue to me :-)