Happy Blogiversary to Me!!! Give Away!!!

I'm ONE!

One year ago today, I jumped in with both feet (and all 10 fingers!) into the world of blogging. I had been warned that it would be addicting and that I might as well kiss my clean house, other hobbies, and all pride good-bye. Of course I didn't really believe THAT was going to happen. Guess I should have listened. Parting has been such sweet sorrrow...


Even so, it has been one of the greatest things I have ever done. I am a born historian and this blog has helped me record things that otherwise would have been lost in the shuffle of life. I LOVE to take pictures (always have) and blogging has allowed me to merge my love of photos with my love of writing and my love of recording history. It is like the perfect medium for me! I was born to blog! I just feel bad blogging wasn't around years ago when my boys were little. Oh the posts I could have written then! Thinking...blackmail!


I am grateful to YOU, my readers, who so graciously read my posts even though I know many of them must be extremely boring because I post so many things historically speaking, since I want to remember them for my family's sake. Thanks for sticking with me for an entire year! When I started, I only had one bloggy friend. Now I can't even count how many of you there are. I have friends from all over the world! It blows my mind to think I have friends not only across the United States, but in the Phillipines, the Netherlands, England, and Japan...even India! The internet is an amazing thing. Even though I haven't met many of you, I consider you to be my dear friends! Thank you for your wonderful and sweet comments! How I LOVE your COMMENTS!


Since I added my stat counter, I have had over 22,000 hits on my blog. That's kind of a scary thought. Especially not knowing who all those readers are! But it's still so much fun.

I must say how much I love reading your blogs as well. I have noticed that I don't read as many books as I used to, because I enjoy reading blogs so much now! Thanks for taking me in as your bloggy friend. It's been a great year!!!

I ♥ YOU ALL!

Okay now for the FUN part!!!
I am having a GIVE AWAY to celebrate my BLOGIVERSARY! I LOVE contests and give aways! I never win any of them, but I like giving stuff away!

As we all know PURPLE RULES, so here's the rules:
♥Leave me a comment and you will be automatically entered ONCE!
Everyone is welcome to enter! Even if this is your first time to stop by! Enter!!!
♥Leave me a comment PLUS add my link to your blog encouraging your readers to enter, and you will be entered TWICE! Just be sure and let me know you linked me.

♥Leave me a comment PLUS link me to your blog PLUS email me a picture (or saying) of something unusual or unique that is purple (or has to do with purple) that I can use in my upcoming post titled: ♥Purple PASSION Post♥(see some examples in pictures below) and you will be entered THRICE! (Or if you don't link me but do this and leave a comment then I will enter you twice)

My email address is at the bottom of where you leave comments.


♥I will also choose a winner of the person that emails me the most unusual purple thing I don't already have saved in my picture file. (two winners on this one!) I have been collecting unusual purple things for this post for nine months...so this one is going to be a challenge!!!

You have until Valentine's Day ~ so get hunting! And you can email me as many things as you find. No limit!

PRIZES!!! PRIZES!!! PRIZES!!!

...in ALL things PURPLE!!!
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There will be FOUR winners...yea! Not just one!!!

The first name drawn will win this purple-ee little package of:
☺A stylin' purple make-up bag! We all need more of those!

☺Slipper socks in the very in-style color of (yep you guessed it!) PURPLE!

☺The cutest little PURPLE-ISH smileyface keychain that is a mini flashlight (handy dandy for when it's dark and you need to see your keyhole OR other darkened things!)

☺Way cool purple fingernail clippers! You can NEVER have enough of those!

☺Seductive♥ purple lip gloss! Who doesn't want to be more seductive!♥ (If you are one of my guy readers - this would make a very seductive gift! Unless of course...nevermind!)

The second name drawn will win this

most adorable PURPLE Easter Apron and PURPLE Easter Egg shaped bowl!!! How cute are these????
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My bloggy peeps (two winners on this one!) who email me the most creative, unusual, unique, strangest, or most outrageous

PURPLE FIND

will win ONE of these:
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Yes my internets, it is CHOCOLATE!

Purple wrapped chocolate even! Did you really think I would have a give away without some kind of CHOCOLATE involved???
Someone should really invent PURPLE CHOCOLATE!

GOOD LUCK!

Here are a few ideas (just ideas...yours need to be original!)

Oh my crap!!!

If that is a lighthouse in the back ↑, this would be thee perfect picture...well, not quite, it would need some chocolate in there somewhere too.

I am ready to design my next kitchen now!!!

I once ate so many carrots I turned ORANGE! If I had only known these were around then!

I would love a BIG BEAR HUG from this guy! ♥ It would be all purple-ee and fun!

Oh my crap AGAIN!

Looks like my bathroom is going to need a remodel now too!

Udderly amazing!

"I" might even chicken out if offered this!!! ↑

HAVE FUN!!!

Winners will be chosen on VD! (Valentine's Day!)