Friday, October 29, 2010

Splendiforous Giveawayapalooza!

As you all know by now, today is my one year blogging anniversary. I wrote a brief post last night but feel I need to do something else to commemorate the occasion. I realize I have a small site, without a great deal of traffic yet I still want to try a giveaway. Please help spread the word. Nothing fancy here, as I am still a techno-moron. I will put every ones name into a hat and have my husband draw a winners name. All you have to do is leave a comment on this post.

The prizes: "Miserly Moms, Living on One Income in a Two Income Economy" and "Frugal Families, Making the Most of Your Hard Earned Money" by Jonni McCoy, and "Debt Proof Living, the Complete Guide to Living Financially Free" and "Debt Proof Your Marriage" by Mary Hunt. All are used books but the spines are in excellent shape, so they still seem practically new. They would be an excellent start to a frugal hints collection to help a recovering spendthrift change their outlook, or for a young couple just starting out.

As I said I am a techno-moron, I don't Facebook, or Myspace, or Tweet, and I don't even own a cell phone. It took me almost a year to figure out how to make a link to another site on my blog. My kids have to set up any electronic crap around the house. It's embarrassing really, however, work takes a lot out of me and I have a tremendous amount of work to do at home with Chloe's medical care among other things. If I did Tweet and Facebook and Youtube and all of those modern things it would just create more things that I could feel guilty about. I feel bad enough when I miss several days on my blog, I would be just a complete mess if I had other electronic obligations. How do you more connected bloggers manage it all?

Back on topic, do you want to win four books? Just leave a comment here. Want to help a sad technically challenged blogger not be embarrassed when there are only two entries for her contest? Send your friends here so they can have a chance to win as well. Come back Saturday, November 6th to see who won.

Thank you all for reading, and joining me on this journey. It has been quite a year. I'm not sure if I have accomplished any of my goals from the first post long ago, but I do know I am working towards some changes. Things are getting steadily better, and anything I learn along the way I will share with you.

19 comments:

  1. I'll mention on my blog. I don't want to win the books b/c I've read them all and have toooooo many books!

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  2. Happy anniversary! I'm neither a recovering spendthrift nor part of a young couple, but I'm always open to new hints and tips. Please enter me in your draw, and thank you for the opportunity.

    Many happy returns!

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  3. First of all... congrat's on the one year anniversary! Second ... I tweeted the contest for you. Third... I linked up your giveaway to the following sites:

    http://joyfulhousewife.com/category/contestsgiveaways/

    http://faithfulprovisions.com/2010/10/25/giveaway-round-up-for-october-26-come-link-up/

    And here are some places that you can check out to link up your giveaway...

    http://faithfulprovisions.com/resources/giveaways/giveaway-linky-list/

    http://www.thriftyandchicmom.com/giveaway-linkys/

    I really enjoy your writing!
    dawn

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  4. If I were so fortunate as to win your prize I would donate the goodies to my pals at the local Food Pantry, who use public assistance to fund their food budgets and are always on the hunt for great ideas to save money, just in order to survive!

    You may think of yourself as a techno moron but what you do, dear one, is noble and I applaud you for your efforts and your tenacity!

    Hugs,
    Mother Connie
    http://foodstampscookingclub.com/blog

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  5. PS/I will give you a shout out on my blogs and see if we can gin up some contestant excitement for you. I'd love for you to be inundated...

    Hugs,
    MC

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  6. I'll tweet it for you. Congratulations on making it one year!

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  7. Congrats! I really love this blog. Keep up the good work, and post more often!LOL BTW, I just started my blog(only a couple of posts). I've wanted to blog for a while but, like you, I am totally clueless when it comes to computer stuff!LOL I'm giving it a shot anyway. Just don't expect me to link up to any other sites anytime soon:)

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  8. Frugal Scholar sent me! I'm somewhat technologically challenged too, if you want to visit my blog and see. It's great that you've made it a year. Please enter me in your contest. I have a blended tribe of 8 adult children all of whom are struggling to come to terms with the recession after growing up in more affluent times. THEY would truly benefit from any one of these titles.

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  9. Congratulations on making a year! I just started reading your site a week or so ago, but I've been through all of your posts. I think I found you through Donna Freedman's site. I do enjoy your writing and hope to one day start my own page.

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  10. Congratulations on one year of blogging! I also just discovered your site a week or two ago. I find your blog very interesting and informative and look forward to reading more!

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  11. I would desperatly want to win them as my husband is unemployed and we are cuttig where ever we can

    kellyann

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  12. First off: Congratulations on your 1st anniversary blogging. Secondly: I would love to win as well. I consider myself tech-challenged all the time. Everytime I get online, I consider it a minor miracle. ;-) I have recently suffered a fairly drastic reduction in the household income and I am more the spender type than the saver type. :(

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  13. I just found your blog about a month ago through Donna Freedmans blog. I have read all your posts and really like your writings. I would love to win the books.

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  14. I love your site! I would love to win the books!

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  15. Ditto on site! Would love those books..:-)

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  16. Congratulations on your blog! I love it, too! If I win, please tell me (because I never win anything, LOL) and then re-draw. Not that I wouldn't love to have them, but others may need them more. (They can loan them to me).

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  17. I would LOVE to win those books - particularly Miserly Moms - pick me! pick me!

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  18. Love to win ..I would tell my friends about this giveaway.
    natalia
    liahec@yahoo.com

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