... well... wait a minute, not so fast. I have things to say, before announcing the winners. First of all, this was my first contest, and I will admit, that it's not an easy win. After all, if you wanted to win, you had to commit to posting the same thing on your blog with the promise to send 5 prizes to other bloggers, who comment on your blog. Give that a little thought, and pretty soon you realize, you have no idea what to make or when to make it... because you have work, a house, kids, hobbies, and your day ends after 24 hours just like everyone else's.
Hence the rather, uh, low participation of my first ever contest. Or maybe nobody read that particular blog entry. But I choose to believe, that my reason number 1 was the real problem. :)
My Five Alive blog post has 8 comments. Two came from me, one from the Shady Lady, who, as part of the Inner Circle is excluded from ever being the winner of anything. She'll just have to come to me and ask, if she wants anything. Yep, that's how well I treat my friends. I take friend applications right here, if you feel, you are worthy and can handle it. ;)
I'm digressing. Back to the post. It just so happens, that there are exactly 5 more posts, only two of which have officially entered the contest. The plan was to choose 5 winners. FIVE!
And that is why I decided to announce all 5 of those commenters to be the winners. Sooo, if you see your name on the list below, I request that you get in touch with me by e-mail, so you can send me your names and addresses.
Aliceson
Gina
Warren
Reluctant Blogger
Rachel
Congratulations to you, readers. And I promise, my next contest will be a much easier one to join. :)
Well, I read it but I'm afraid I'm not the participating type. So you DO have at least one more reader. And I'm sure Alicia would have joined (she's that way), but she's been fighting off a bad case of the aching coughies for a couple of weeks now and hasn't been doing a lot on the computer the last few days.
ReplyDeleteTaking applications, huh? What? HerbiFaery and I aren't good enough? You're thinking of replacing us already? Do you think you can get away with that? Oh...wait...ummm...never mind. I'm fine, really!!!! I'm fine!!!
ReplyDeleteShady Lady... what have you had to drink this morning besides Vanilla Rooibos tea? ;)
ReplyDeleteDaryl, so glad to hear that. My best to Alicia.
Call me dumb but I can't find your e-mail address. Anyway, yippee! This should be fun. Now, what to make?
ReplyDeleteAnd totally unrelated, my posts seem to be linking to other blogger's posts even if I didn't link to them. Sorry! I must get to the bottom of that one.
Guilty here too. I read it and contemplated....but the commitment to making 5 things....oh, just fess up Lisa, I guess I'm just lazy!
ReplyDeleteUh... well... no e-mail address, huh?
ReplyDeleteWrite to utem at comcast dot net
You were right about reason #1 for my reluctance to enter. But it seems I've won without even entering! Wow - I can't believe my luck!
ReplyDeleteYou did say I have a year to post and make the prizes, right? And to learn how to hand-make something???
no-one is likely to want anything made by me but I always do as I say so I shall do so. Glad I've got a while to do it though. Maybe I could sub-contract the making things bit to my children - they are rather more talented at it than me. Or is that cheating?
ReplyDeleteI'll let you know when I do my post (when I have pondered what I could possibly get the slaves to make).