The Big One-Balegas and Thorlos and more, Oh my!

Sorry I'm so slow-Halloween parade and parties with the kids. You know, the fun stuff!

You ARE dressing up, aren't you?

Here is it, the Big Pink Giveaway. Two packages. Enter for one, enter for both, you call it!

The Big Pink Fitness Givewaway.

Since a lot of the fundraising that goes on for Breast Cancer Awareness programs is done through walks, runs, and other fitness events, I thought it would be appropriate to end off with Fitness Packages.

Also tomorrow I'm running my first half marathon, which I'm kinda freaking out about right now (since it should be roughly 30 degrees, and hopefully not snowing at Sundance tomorrow), the brain is on gear.

FIRST UP:

The walker package!

Thorlo has generously given me a pair of Distance Walking socks to pass on to you! Like pillows in your shoes. Seriously-check it out.

And after a nice long walk, feet need some loving. So have some Aloe Infused Spa socks. I bought me some of these and I love them. A lot.

And since I'm addicted to gum, some pink gum!

All of these products direct proceeds to help fight breast cancer.

AND THE BIG ONE:

The keep it together, run stronger, run faster package.

Raise your hand if you love a good running sock! I'm waving over here. I don't think I could run without good socks now. I had no idea what I was missing.

So to help you run faster, a pair of Balega socks-with pink.

Sport Beans-in pink.

Gu-in pink.

To help you run stronger-a little something for cross training; my other favorite workout-Pilates! The Winsor Pilates Pink Core Challenge. Four 10 minutes express workouts.

(Pilates rocks by the way. It got me ready for that Mrs Incredible costume 2 years ago.)

After you are done working on your rockin' bod-you need some spa socks too, so have a pair with pink stripes, just like mine.

and I did mention that I'm addicted to gum, right?

And there you have it. A Plethora of Pink Products.

All for you.

To enter: Leave a comment! You must tell me which prize you want to win! If you want to win #1, tell me! If you want to win #2, tell me! If you want to be entered into both, then please leave a separate comment for each!

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Giveaway ends Thursday Nov 5th at 11:59pm Mountain Time. Winners will be chosen using random.org and announced on Friday Nov 6th.

Special thanks to Thorlos for donating the Distance Walkers. Thorlos also send me a pair of Everyday Walkers that has been given to a ritual walker woman who lost her friend to breast cancer. Also thanks to Fleet Feet Sports in American Fork Ut. Support your local running stores!

Winner-Hourglass Door

You should know I read this again this week. : )

And the lucky lady with a new book to read is.....

~LL~ said...

Um.....MEEEEEEEE!

Congrats Loralei!

(and that actually worked out well since I have a cookbook I was supposed to send her, um, 3 months ago that I just found still sitting here.....whoops)

Today is the big grand finale giveaway-stay tuned!

Celebration

We all know how exciting birthdays can be when you get older. Sometimes it's just another day.

But not at our place!

I've already mentioned the fun activity I got to participate in that evening. And no, I'm not being sarcastic, I actually really enjoy home improvement projects!

Especially when it includes tearing nasty gross cheap carpet out and replacing it with something beautiful that should hold up worlds better.

(I really did do more than just take pictures)

Painting too. I really enjoy painting. I finally picked a color for our bedroom and it's sitting there just waiting for me....

But I digress.

Along with my fix-it excitement, the kids decided they wanted to shake things up.

Alaina made me breakfast:

("mom? Do you like plums and oranges?" "uh, sure." "ok good! Don't come in the kitchen for a minute")

They made me a cake and cupcakes:

(I look like I have no lips in that picture. Hmm.)

We always decorate the kitchen for birthdays-the balloons, streamers, banners...the basics. Apparently it bothered the kids that we neglected to do so for my birthday, so they came up with this:

A "surprise party" in the girls' room. Sweet.

Complete with the jack-o-lantern cupcakes that my mom used to make me every year to take to school for my birthday treat. Remember way back in the day when you could actually take homemade things to school? Yah.

(now "bake sales are dangerous". Don't get me started. Though my favorite quote comes from this one: "I love bake sales. I eat them myself." Uh-thank you, Mr Principal.)

(also, the girls cleaned their room after this. Hallelujah.)

Anyway-all sorts of favorite foods and treats, a surprise party from the kids, a new floor, plus my Dad took me out to lunch, and have I mentioned the Garmin?!

As far as birthdays go-this one was great.

And since it has been many months since we've done a Quote of the Day (go ahead, search quote of the day on the blog), I'll leave you with one from my dear sweet wonderful husband again.

"Is this a joke?" , he asked upon reading the birthday card from my sister and her fam. "Happy 31st? What's that about?"

Uh......Wait for it....wait for it........There it is! I am indeed 31 this year. That was a fun realization.

It's nice that he still thinks I'm younger than that. Hopefully he'll keep that up for the next, say 60ish years.

Love you babe!

Sneak Peek!

It continues.....

This is the laundry room! I will feel guilty putting dirty laundry in this room!

Slowly but surely (and my husband thinks I have perfectionist tendencies!). It will be beautiful when it's all done!

Happy Birthday to Me: Demolition Round 1

We've talked about it since we moved here, we've priced things out for over a year, we've saved our pennies, and now it's happening!

On Saturday night we finally started tearing out the nasty cheap-o carpet that came with this house. Hooray!

Look at my husband all smug and happy in the corner!

The curtains are all tucked up out of the way-rip that carpet out!

No, we didn't vacuum again before tearing it out. Sadly, I had already vacuumed once that day.

Last day with living room carpet! Yay!

There it goes!

Gone!

And take that linoleum entry with you!

And on Monday, my birthday, we finally started laying the new floor.

It is so choice.

Sneak Peek:

And though this is late in posting, if you go back to The Hourglass Door giveaway post and wish me a Happy Birthday, you can get yourself another entry! ha! (is that shameless or what? Hey, it ends Thursday, you know you want another entry!)

You want to win this!

I am SOOOOO Excited to be having this giveaway today!

Seriously-you have no idea.

Today's giveaway is a book. A book you scoff? Oh, no.....no scoffing! This is not only the most entertaining book I've read all year, but it's a first edition signed hardback copy.

HELLO!

This book:

I rarely buy books that are new releases, I usually wait until it's in paperback or hit up the library or borrow from a friend. But when the first chapter of The Hourglass Door landed in my inbox, I was hooked. I went out and bought this book-that day!

If you have not read it-you should! This was my "I'm laying out in the backyard soaking up the sun and reading something fun" book this summer. Though it only took me a couple of days to burn through it (couldn't put it down), so that necessitated reading it more than once. : )

Yep. My pages are showing wear, and it smells like coconut. The only thing that could have made it better would have been sitting on a beach while I read it.

A short time after I read The Hourglass Door, my husband then happened to run into Lisa Mangum (the author) at Costco on his lunch break. She was there doing a book signing. He knew I'd be bummed that I wasn't there, so he called me and handed her the phone! Ha! Funny guy. I commended her on the book, asked when the next one was coming out, and told her I'd love to give one away. She said, "sure, email me!" I figured she was just being nice, but thought I'd give it a shot anyway.

I was thrilled when she jumped on board last month and offered not only a copy of The Hourglass Door, but a signed first edition copy! Thanks Lisa! She's awesome. Now I just need to make it to one of her appearances so I can get my copy signed!

Back to the book.

Did you read Twilight?

Did you like it? You'll love this.

Did you hate it? You'll love this.

It's kind of "Twilight-ish", but totally not.

Yes people, there is talk that this is *gasp* better than Twilight. I know, I know, some of you are up in arms now, but give it a shot and find out for yourself!

Check out some of the reviews:

"The premise of the book sounded interesting, but I never imagined the adventure I'd find when I opened THE HOURGLASS DOOR. Abby and Dante's world is intoxicating and I didn't want to leave."

"The Hourglass Door has everything: a heroine who is genuine, strong, and lovable; an interesting and compelling love story; gorgeous language, fast pacing, and an intricate and exciting plot. For readers who have been waiting for the next book to sweep them off their feet-- this is it."

"If you're into losing track of time and absolutely drowning in a really good book I suggest this book (highly) for anyone."

And I'm loving this one!

Ok, so . . . I'm a guy. And guys aren't supposed to LIKE, let alone READ this kind of fiction book. Well, I haven't read TWILIGHT, but I did see the movie. However, I DID read THE HOURGLASS DOOR by Lisa Mangum. This is really a wonderfully creative story, and you really feel like to get to know and relate to the characters. Abby and Dante feel like real people, and I really cared about them and their growing relationship. I'm WAY out of high school age, but reading this story took me back to the emotions and experiences of that time. Lisa Mangum is a brilliant new writer, and I'm sharing this book . . . and her future books . . . with three of my daughters who love to read, and who love romantic fiction. I cannot tell you how MUCH I loved this book. Bravo, Lisa! I can't wait to read the next one!

So now one of you lucky readers get's your own copy! I have in my hands right now (ok, well not *right* now, it's hard to type while you're holding a book), your signed copy of The Hourglass Door!

All you gotta do is comment to enter!

Extra entries as usual (please leave a comment for each entry!):

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*Visit Leo's Dungeon! Huh? Lisa's site, Leo's Dungeon is named after a prominent hangout in the book-go check it out, drag through her blog, see the first peek at the follow-up book, The Golden Spiral.

Giveaway ends Thursday Oct 29th, midnight Mountain Time. Winner will be chosen using random.org and announced Friday Oct 30th.

Pink Giveaway #1-Winner!

And the winner of the new apron (along with the stash of other goodies) is:

MaryAnne said...

I facebooked this give away

Congrats MaryAnne!

Stay tuned for today's rockin' giveaway, and the big October giveaway finale coming up next Friday!