Everyone, EVERYONE!

We love to say that at our house as a preface to an announcement "Everyone, Everyone!" It actually comes from my niece when she was a wee little girl, perhaps 3 or 4 years old. She went to her daycare one day and put her arms up in the air and announced with purpose to all her friends,

"Everyone, EVERYone!! We are having a party at my house! And we are going to have cranberry juice because it hurts when my daddy goes potty."

The whole bit about the cranberry juice had something to do with a bladder infection that my brother had at the time. I think she thought the cranberry juice made it a special occasion thus a good reason for a party. Anyway, the details are a little shaky because it happened 13-14 years ago, but we still love to say "Everyone, EVERYone!" for important announcements.

Now that I have your attention, here is my important announcement... I WON a really AWESOME album in a blog drawing!!! I am so excited. A little more background may be helpful. I follow about 15 bloggers on a fairly regular basis. {I have had to give up my 25-year habit of watching Days of Our Lives to fit this into my life and it has been well worth the sacrifice.}Some of the blogs I follow are photographers, some are crafters, some are serious, some of hilarious, some are dear, close, personal friends of mine... I follow a variety, which are mostly linked up on the right hand side of my own blog. Occasionally, bloggers have give-aways (like a doorprize), and you normally enter by adding a comment to the post and then the blog owner does a random number drawing among the comment entries. I have done this for months, but this time I WON! I follow Wilna Furstenburg at My he{art} and entered her giveaway for this awesome Fall Coffeecup album.

Now I'll be able to fill it with my own fall pictures and memories. How sweet! I encourage you to jump on the bandwagon and follow your favorite bloggers... there are cash and prizes involved. Hoot-hoot! I do plan to have my own blog give-a-way later this week, so keep reading (& commenting) because you may be the next winner.