200th POST! And Happy Birthday to President Lincoln

Can you hear the fanfare? See the fireworks? Hear the roar of the crowd?

I know that 200 isn't much for some of you prolific posters but for me? Yeah it's kind of a big deal. I've actually tried this blogging thing off and on since February of 2005 so...just over four years (not here on blogger but elsewhere). Before the blogging I tried my hand at the "web page" thing but never was really good at that either. I have one or two pages floating out there in cyberspace and I have no idea where they are.

I have been on this world wide web since my daughter was born 11 years ago. I needed an outlet to talk with other women and I found it in the little box on my computer desk. It's been a great ride. I've taken breaks but I always come back.

The people I have met have been diverse and lovely. There have been a couple that freaked me out but I quickly distanced myself from those few. Others I have slowly drifted away from but I still feel a bond there and I am so grateful to have known them. I'm even reconnecting with a few that I had drifted away from. I have met up with people in real life that I had only known before on the computer screen. And I hope to meet up with more...soon!


I know what you are all thinking...

"Enough with this rambling!!! Bring on the Give Away!!!"

So without further ado I give you, well, what I am giving away.

(These are all made with love by me.)

First we have a vibrant wooden square painted a beautiful Calypso Blue and covered in a cute paper with an adorable owl that you can hang by the beautiful yellow ribbon.
I made this in honor of my word for this year "Happiness".
You can hang it anywhere you want the reminder to Be Happy.

Next we have a set of four wooden squares painted in the colors of Spring with coordinating flowers attached. They have hangers on the back of each square so you can either hang them on a wall or they will stand on their own. The pictures below are different ways you could display them in your house.

And this is a set of wooden blocks with the word LOVE on them. To show my love for this blogging community. They also have hangers on the back and can be hung on the wall or set on a shelf. (The second picture is a truer to the actual black of the blocks. I'm not sure what happened with the first picture.)

There are three thing shown here but in actuality there will be FOUR winners.

"Did you say FOUR!?!?!" I can hear your breathless excitement....

Yes four possible winners. Two for my 200 posts and two for Abe's 200 birthday's.

Here's how it's going to play out. The first three will be randomly generated. (I'm a little fuzzy on how to give you more chances like mention this on your blog and you get another entry. It's all a little hard for me to follow so I'm doing things my way.) The fourth prize will go to the 200th comment. You can only make one comment a day but I will be leaving the contest open for a week. That should give ample time for the comments to reach 200 (I hope.) This also makes it so your chances of being one of the chosen randoms is higher for each time you come back and leave a comment. If comments do not reach 200 by the time the week is up then there will only be three winners.

"What does the 200th comment win? " I can hear you wondering. Well they will win a custom made sign of their choosing hand painted by me. We will discuss the details of that if/when the comments reach 200.

If by some chance one of the randomly generated numbers turns out to be the same as the 200th commenter then I will randomly generate again until there are four separate winners.

Clear as mud?

If you have any questions you can leave them in the comments or email me either one!

Oh yeah.

Happy Birthday Mr. President!!! You're lookin' good for 200 years.