February 2009Monthly Archives

Blog Candy Winners & New Video

Thanks to the good folks over at Random.org, we have some winners! Yes, today was the drawing for my birthday blog candy giveaway. After entering the info at Random.org (names were entered in the order in which people commented), here is who it selected as the winners:

Shepherd’s Bush kit: Annette
Weight Watchers cookbook: Nicole

SB Kit:

SB Kit

1. Missy Ann
2. Nicole
3. Margie
4. RC
5. Tricia
6. Debby
7. Kat
8. Annette
9. Sher
10. Agnes

Cookbook:

WW Cookbook

1. Missy Ann
2. Nicole
3. Margie
4. Kris
5. Laura
6. Alison
7. RC
8. Tricia
9. Cindi
10. Kat
11. Sher

Congratulations, ladies!! I’ll be sending each of you an email tomorrow to get your mailing information.

On a side note, there were several other people who commented to my birthday post who are not listed. If you did not specifically mention the drawing(s), then I assumed you were not interested so I didn’t include you. If you did want to be included and weren’t, please accept my apology!!

Next, in my continued series of video blog (vlog) entries, I filmed my grocery haul for this week. These haul videos are very popular among the weight loss losers group on YouTube, so I decided to give it a go.

Lastly, I just have to brag on myself a bit. I had an AWESOME workout last night at the gym. I managed to burn an amazing 675 calories while on the treadmill!! Gotta love an incline workout.

I hope everyone had a great weekend! Until next time …

22 February 2009

Stitching

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Blog Candy Reminder

I just wanted to post a quick reminder that tomorrow afternoon is the deadline for entering my blog candy giveaway. I will draw a random winner for each of the two prizes and notify the winners by email on Monday.

You can find full details here:

Birthday Blog Candy

I hope everyone is having a great weekend! I’m off to the gym.

21 February 2009

Misc.

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Made It to Disneyland!

Yay!! Right as I was leaving to head over to my LNS for a morning of stitching, the rain suddenly cleared up and I was able to make it over to the park after all. It had a really great time, too!

I uploaded a bunch of photos to my online photo album. I don’t have captions on all of them yet, but here’s the link if you want to see them.

Disneyland Birthday Photos

So, now I’m back to all of my original plans for my birthday. I hit Disneyland this morning/afternoon. I’m back at home temporarily, but will be leaving again in about 90 minutes to head over to Acapulco for dinner with friends. After that, we’ll head over to the LNS for an evening of stitching. It’s actually turning into a nice birthday after all.

17 February 2009

Stitching

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Change of Plans — Again

The rain has temporarily stopped. I’m at Disneyland. . If you’re one of my friends on Facebook, I’m uploading pics there for now.

17 February 2009

Stitching

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Mother Nature Strikes Again

Well, I guess I didn’t really want to go to Disneyland after all. Stupid rain! I guess it’s time to resort to Plan B and go to the LNS to stitch instead, which I might actually enjoy more. :lol

17 February 2009

Cross Stitch

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Birthday Blog Candy

Yep, that’s right. It’s my birthday, but YOU get the presents! I have two gifts for which I’ll be drawing random winners. One of the items is a cross stitch kit and the other is a Weight Watchers cookbook.

Here are the rules for the giveaway:

Leave a comment to this post by no later than 6pm ET/3pm PT on Sunday, Feb. 22.
Indicate whether you want to be entered in the stitching drawing, the cookbook drawing, both, or neither if you’re not interested.
I will perform a random drawing using Random.org on Sunday evening.
Winners will be notified by email on Monday, Feb. 23.

Here are details of the items I’m offering in this giveaway (click to see larger view of each photo):

Liberty from Shepherd’s Bush. Kit includes 9″x9″ piece of 32-count linen, silk fibers, needle, button, and chart. This would make an adorable fob. The design size is 22 x 29 inches or 1.5″ x 2″ finished design size.

Best Eats cookbook from Weight Watchers. This cookbook is a collection of 140 recipes deemed favorites by Weight Watchers members, leaders, and online subscribers. All recipes include full nutritional information, so they could be used with a variety of different eating plans other than just Weight Watchers. Of course, they also include the Points information for those who are following the Weight Watchers plan. Examples of some of the included recipes are:

Spinach, Tomato & Feta Omelette
Creamy Asparagus Soup
Slow Cooker Chicken Cacciatore
Lemon-Herb Roasted Salmon
Country-Style Short Ribs with Horseradish Cream
Grilled Margherita Portobello Mushrooms
Lemon-Ginger String Beans
Apple-Streusel Cupcakes
Brownie Crunch

As far as my birthday plans go, if the weather holds and the rain stays away, I’ll be spending my day with Mickey over at Disneyland. After that, I’ll be meeting up with some friends for dinner and then heading over to the LNS for the Tuesday evening stitching group.

That’s it for me for now. I hope you all have a great day on my birthday.