Made Me Smile Monday and A Winner!

{a snapshot from my week. with or without words. something exciting. something ordinary. something special. something silly. just something. that made me smile this week. a memory to brighten my day. to make me smile again. even though it's MONDAY!}

Welcoming the 1st day of  Spring with FREE Rita's Ice for 6. Mmmm!

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And now........

 We did a good old fashion drawing. Partly because I had some cute and willing little helpers. Mainly because my technology challenged self doesn't know how to do the random number generator thing that normal people use.  And so, 

I wrote. They shook. He chose.

And the Winner Is

Janae!!!

Congratulations!

(Janae, email me at garrynrachel at aol dot com and let me know what color you'd like your flower pins to be and where I can send it too.)


Thanks to all of you who entered! It was fun to
"meet" you! I've been having fun checking out all the great blogs you recommended as well!

Happy Monday Everyone!
 Now I know why Janae is smiling, what's making the rest of you smile today?

Spring Giveaway!!

My Bloggity-Blog has a birthday this month.

It's been a whole year of ramblings from around these parts.

What better way to celebrate than a

GIVEAWAY?

Here's what's up for grabs.....

This collection of goodies.

Which includes...

* This sturdy reusable tote. 

Perfect for trips to the market for fresh Spring produce.

* 2 Handmade flower pins....

 

...... in a choice of colors. 

Perfect for adding a little "glam" to your new Spring outfits.

* Some  flower seeds to get your Springy look started outside.

* A bag of Springy colored M&M's for your chocolate fix of the day!

* A bag of Nonni's Carmel Milk Chocolate Biscotti. Mmm!

 (Just in case one dose of chocolate doesn't quite do the trick :)

* Nivea Chapstick for your Springy smile 

And......

Just for fun, a $10 Starbucks Gift Card!

(Yeah, we might be Celebrating the arrival of Spring here too!)

What's not to LOVE about welcoming Spring with 70 degree temperatures?

Here's how to get your name in....

#1. Leave a comment and tell me how you found Everydaymoments blog.

#2. Leave a separate comment with a link to your favorite blog.

(Yes, it can be your own if I'm not already a follower of it.)

#3. Become a follower, and leave me a comment so I know you did.

Giveaway ends at Midnight on Saturday, March 24, 2012.


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I'll be spending the day with the kiddos at "Hershey Kiss" (a.k.a. Hershey Chocolate World.) And we might need to stop and get our FREE Rita's Ice on the way  back.
WELCOME SPRING!

Sunny Surprise

Remember this jungle that we tackled last fall?

 

The bank drops off right behind the house so even when I'm looking out the kitchen window I can't really see what's happening back there. I was quite surprised this week when I stepped out back for something and discovered this.....

I Love daffodils and tulips. They scream, "SPRING" to me! I bought a few last fall and planted them near the house. But since I'm Miss Cheapskate, I usually only purchase a few. Then I have one or two lonely, spindly looking flowers scattered here and there. I know that they multiply so I dream of the day when I'll have  big patches to pick and enjoy on my kitchen table. But being the "chronic movers" that we are, we never stay long enough to get to that point. Since these were all in full bloom before I even realized they were there they obviously aren't being properly enjoyed back there so I picked a big bunch to smile at me from my kitchen table. Love it!

I also found these beauties smiling at me around the corner.

I'm rather anxious to see what else pops up out of the dirt around here now.

I honestly had not even considered that that might be an option.

Not sure why, I guess I just didn't stop to think about it.

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 In other news, stop back very soon

 for

 my very first Giveaway.

Yay!!