Not only is today the day to spill the random beans, but it's also my 100th post!! Woot woot. And also a thanks to you guys, my first giveaway! There's lots of shiznit happenin' today. So let's get started with the random stuff first.
~ Yesterday I went out shopping at a mall in the Phoenix area. It is the mall that I grew up going to. It was cool when I was a kid, but now I think it's just plain ghetto. It was really ghetto back in the day, but now that I'm all growed up..I really think it's ghetto. It is after all known to have the most car thefts at that mall. Let me tell ya what I got to experience there yesterday. I was out looking for the second item that I could possibly give away today, so I ended up in Spencers. I find an item I wanted...and a Tapout shirt for me...and I get to the register to pay. As I am paying I hear some guy behind me say Woooooowwwwwww. Ok, let's just picture how this sounded for a moment. It was a long drawn out wow, real low key..ya know, kinda like a stoner. Well, it sounded really close, like someone was in mah space. But I just ignored it and continued to pay. That is until I heard this same person say, mmhmm, those lights are really doing things to your shirt and hair. Now I knew it was close, and my first thought was this better be someone I know because they are literally RIGHT AT MY BACK TALKING INTO MY NECK. So I slowly turn around and give THE LOOK and was not too excited to see it definitely was not someone that I knew..it was some furrreeak. Dude was trippin' on the colorful small spinning strobe lights that were reflecting off of me. I do a slow neck turn to the cashier who is frantically trying to ring me out and is giving the guy THE LOOK also and looking at me like sorry, and I'm looking at her like holy hell glad I don't have to stay in here with this nutcase. So I pretty much just finished the transaction and got the hell outta there while he was still bantering on. I always want to go off on those kind of people...but I don't know how they are going to respond..after all, they aren't all there obviously.
~ I have not one, but two sick kids at home today. Seriously they just.got.over.colds from Christmas time. And tomorrow is class picture day at school, which I really don't want them to miss out on..especially since it's Jayce's first year for class pics..can't miss out on the kindergarten one!
~ Well we traded off our 2006 Dodge Ram 2500 Sport Quad Cab for a 2010 Chevy Equinox...good bye gas guzzler. I will really miss that truck, it was suhweet...minus needing to own an oil company to keep it going and the suspension was pretty stiff too. I love the smoothness of the new vehicle. Now we barely feel the bumps in the road instead of feeling like you've been picked up and moved over a couple of inches every time you go over rough patches in the road.
~ I have finally enrolled in college courses. I haven't been to college in many years. This semester I'm taking math and psychology 101. It's beginner math people..I fear/loathe/despise/am sickened by math. I am now on the road to a degree in nursing. It's gonna be a looooooong and most likely stressful road..but I'm on it. I don't want to take a full load, I want to extend it out so I am still able to stay at home with the kids until they are older.
Ok, now for the giveaway. I have learned that a lot of you out there really enjoy cooking. I on the other hand..don't! I.don't.like.to.cook. Yes, I said it. So I am giving away two items today. The first up on the list is this...
The back of this cookbook states "The Silver Spoon is the bible of authentic Italian cooking. Italy's best-selling cookbook for the last fifty years, it features traditional dishes alongside specially written menus by celebrated chefs. Now translated for the first time into English, The Silver Spoon's 2,000 recipes make it an essential classic for everyone who loves good food.
The second part of the giveaway is for those of you that like to sip on a little sumpin' while you're tearin' it up in the kitchen...
This is a stainless steel ladies flask. Get wasted in style! The back of this packaging reads "The flask has been a favorite of bad girls since the prohibition days when naughty ladies would smuggle gin hidden inside their petticoats. Now, it's your turn to look fierce while you get f*cked up! Made of sturdy stainless steel, this stylish 6 oz. flask makes the perfect gift for you or your favorite hip chick."
So here are the rules if you would like to win these two items.
1. For an entry you have to be a follower AND leave a comment stating you would like to be entered to win.
2. For an extra entry, post on your blog about the giveaway and rule #1, and then leave a 2nd comment letting me know that you have posted.
The giveaway will be open for entries until the end of the day tomorrow, January 13, 2010. Good luck to everyone! My goal is to post the winner by Thursday.
Now seriously...since this is my first giveaway I have to find out where to get that random number generator thingy so I can post it on here with the results. So for those of you pros out there that have already been there and done that...Help!
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