And The Winner Is......

drum roll please..............

The sixth comment was from Busy Bee Suz at Day by Day.

 Suz even picked a fictitious fact, which was number one.   Hello, Grandma J doesn't need classes to learn how to decorate JJ!

Also,  Grandma J never played a musical instrument.  OK, she played the harmonica because someone gave her one.

She never had a job for just one day because you can't collect unemployment until you pass probation, can you??

All the floods happened, and yes, she crossed the Mississippi six times.  She crossed the Red River too, which is called the Muddy River on some maps just to confuse me.

Congratulations to Busy Bee Suz!! Let me know which gift you want....PetSmart or Day Care at Pouncing Paws.

We Have A Winner!

You know the one thing Grandma J hates about this book giveaway, is not being able to send everyone the book. The MIDDLE PLACE is an amazing story. It's my kind of story, about a real person with a real family, living a real life. Not necessarily the life she would have planned, but one she wouldn't trade.

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I used a random number generator because it's really the only fair way of picking just one person out of the eighteen that entered.

The winner is Noe Noe Girl...Tall Tales from a Short Chick.

Noe Noe Girl, please email me: jannieret@hotmail.com , so I can get your address and send the book on it's merry way. I hope you decide to move it along and share it after you read it. It's that kind of powerful story.

Thanks to everyone who left a comment requesting the book next. Hopefully you will get the opportunity to read this book one day.

We Have A Winner!

I was overwhelmed by the variety of your favorite posts. I guess I expected a few to be favorites, like JJ, Rita, Jack, Phillip Johnny Bob, ...maybe my aqua aerobics, to name a few.

But you guys liked stuff that I had forgotten all about posting. Several of you like the Friday Matinee reviews, or my visit to the post office. Babs touched my heart with her favorites being the ones about SGT John.

I used a random number generator to pick the winner. Here is the results:

Comment #16 is Colin!

["My favorite post was when you stayed overnight at the hospital all wired up for snoring. That picture was great".Colin]
March 5, 2009 9:38 PM

Congratulations! Colin, please email me your address @ jannieret@hotmail.com so I can get your $50 Bed Bath & Beyond gift card out to you.

This has been one heck of a year for me. Never did I dream I'd have so much fun and get to know so many blogging friends. I look forward to the year ahead and meeting several of you this July in Virginia at the Blogfest.

Thank you !