Contest Winners for the Pennsylvania Contest

This virus is draining me. I don’t think I have one brain cell left! And I don’t even drink...well, okay, sometimes. Maybe.

I totally forgot I have a contest to award! And it's Friday the 13th, so no matter what the boogity woogities tell ya, it is your lucky day!

Last week, we flew into the PA. I asked you bloggers the following question:

Wait. Did I tell you how much you all rock for even indulging me in this game I call life? Well, you do! Rock!!

We are going to:_______(fill in the blank!).

Next time I’ll be a little more specific, but I knew y’all would be creative and funny. And I promised that the funniest answer gets a $50 gift card to his/her choice of stores. And then, I promised that the closest answer gets a $75 give care to his/her choice of stores.

Who won?

Funniest: Sandy at ibeati. Her answer?

We are going to: Intercourse, Pennsylvania or to see my mother in Quakertown but do not tell her you went to Intercourse first!! (I could just see me telling Sandy's mom - "We did Intercourse this morning, then drove to Quakertown.")

Closest: Irish Gumbo

We are going to: Hellinnahandbasket, a small town not too far from Pittsburgh. It’s warm there, I hear. :)

What did we really do?

We went to: Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, (right behind the Trax Farms) ( a place not too far from Pittsburgh) (see why he won?) to a housewarming party at John and Suzan’s new house. It was hotter than Hellinnahandbasket because so many people were there. And it’s a two story house with a basement, people, plenty of room, but packed, packed, packed with people! A steaming success! Okay, it wasn’t that hot, but it was packed! And fun! And the new house is BEAUTIMOUS! Suzan, Becky, John, Cara all worked their butts off to make this party go down.

And I have to give a third award to VodkaMom, because she threatened me and made me laugh. You’ll have to go back to comments to read it. I’m trying really hard to keep things PG13 here.

So, Sandy, Irish, and VodkaMom (you heifer), e-mail me with your choice of stores, and your addresses, and the cards will be in the mail post-haste!

Congratulations!!! One more question...

Do you think that's enough contests for one month?

We're in Pennsylvania! (Yep, Another Contest!)

After leaving the house at 5:30 a.m., ThatManILove and I finally in Pennsylvania after a full day of flying.

We are going to:________________(fill in the blank!). You must leave your answer in the blog comments.

The funniest answer gets a $50 gift card to your choice of stores!

The closest answer gets a $75 gift card to your choice of stores!

Be creative! Contest ends Monday night at 6 p.m.

Excluded from this contest: SKA, JKA, BAM, KAB. TG, BD and CD. You know who you are and you know I love you!

Free James Taylor Tickets Tanglewood!!!!

You’ve got about a week.

One week. Seven days. 24 hrs X 7 days. 60 minutes X 24 hrs X 7 days. You get the drill. Anyway...Just. One. Week.

One week to decide if you can hang at a James Taylor Concert in Lenox, Massachusetts in August. Free Tickets. To a sold out concert. If you remember, we went last year with our boys, and had a blast. (Yes, we went all the way to Massachusetts from Texas, so no griping about distance.) We built our entire vacation around this concert – and yeah, we love music, and especially James Taylor!

ThatManILove and I will be giving away 2 reserved seats for the August 29, 2009 Performance at The Shed at Tanglewood in Lenox, Massachusetts. These seats are in Section 20, underneath cover, and are sweet seats. I’ve had them since February, but we’re not going to be able to go, after all. So, blogger friends, you might be the winner! You're responsible for transportation and lodging, all I'm providing is the tickets, but hey, that's a great deal!

I’ll hold the contest next Monday, July 27, 2009 – so you have plenty of time to spread the word amongst your friends that are close enough to attend this concert. This is an annual benefit concert that James Taylor does for Tanglewood– and this year, he’ll be joined by YoYo Ma and Sheryl Crow.

I can’t believe we’re not going!!

Watch for details, and tell your friends – a week from Monday, one lucky blogger will be singing “How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You” when they win these tickets!

PS - Brother Scott has posted a tribute to one of his mentors over at his blog. Go visit!