by Priscilla (wishing I was in Costa Rica) ~.
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January 10, 2006

Round 2 of the Free Book Contest 2 for 1

September 09, 2008 08:06 PM EDT
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The 1st post is getting very full, so here is round two.

This week I am going to give away two books to 1 lucky winner.

This contest is for the book Packinghouse Daughter (a memoir) by Cheri Register

the 2nd - bonus book is The Prayer of Jabez by Bruce Wilkinson.

Packinghouse Daughter: A unique blend of memoir and public history. Winner of the Minnesota Book Award, tells a compelling story of small-town, working class life.

The Prayer of Jabez: Are you ready to reach for the extraordinary? To ask God for the abundant blessing He longs to give you? Join Bruce Wilkingson to discover how the remarkable prayer of a little-known Bible hero can release God's favor, power, and protection. You'll see how 1 daily prayer can help you leave the past behind - and break through to the life you were meant to live.

The winner of this contest will be the person that has the most posts/comments on this article by Friday September 12th at 12pm Central time.

The books will be mailed to the winner - free of charge. Good luck!

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Comments: 176

Ok, here is where we are at right now as of the end of the last article
Golds 1
Jessica 4
Kelly 1
Visionaerie 1
Christine 4
Shannon 1
Joann 1
Heather 1
Janet (Jax) 1
Vikki 10
Debby 7
Jennifer 1
Elizabeth 16
Danielle 40
Sarah G 1
Mary Standard 3
Karen 4
Connie 1
Ken 11
Mariana 11
Mary G 1
Marianne R. Sep 9, 2008, 9:01pm EDT
Just tossing you a 10.
Connie C. Sep 9, 2008, 9:30pm EDT
I am just commenting to show my support to you Priscilla. Have a great night
Heather ~of the Whippets~ M. Sep 9, 2008, 9:43pm EDT
I had forgotten about this. So many things going on, not enough energy or hours in the day.
Karen M. Sep 9, 2008, 9:56pm EDT
I really want these, but I keep forgetting to come back....Grrr...I need to bookmark it or something...LOL
Karen M. Sep 9, 2008, 9:56pm EDT
Anyway, it is such a nice offer....good way to share too
Karen M. Sep 9, 2008, 9:56pm EDT
I wonder if I can catch up, it looks like Danielle has got quite the lead on me..
Karen M. Sep 9, 2008, 9:57pm EDT
strategy....strategy....strategy....that is what it is all about...back later...(if I remember) LOL
Vic Needs Coffee Sep 9, 2008, 10:10pm EDT
Very cool.
Karen M. Sep 9, 2008, 10:12pm EDT
So cool in fact that I came back to comment again !!!!
Karen M. Sep 9, 2008, 10:21pm EDT
Goodnight...I hope to be back tomorrow..
Janet "Jax" B. Sep 9, 2008, 10:50pm EDT
I don't need the books Priscilla...but I'll still comment.
Shaunee C. Sep 9, 2008, 10:55pm EDT
Great idea
Ang, wandering aimlessly, G. Sep 9, 2008, 11:00pm EDT
You are so sweet to give away so many books.
Ang, wandering aimlessly, G. Sep 9, 2008, 11:00pm EDT
Are you trying to get rid of them all before you move?
Ang, wandering aimlessly, G. Sep 9, 2008, 11:02pm EDT
I wish I had more time to read but school is keeping me busy, busy, busy.
Christine Zibas Sep 10, 2008, 12:37am EDT
Ok, I am back again. Just read your article about packing and moving...and fleas.
Christine Zibas Sep 10, 2008, 12:38am EDT
It sounds like your garage sale went well. I was planning to have one this summer, but it seems another summer has come and gone.
Christine Zibas Sep 10, 2008, 12:38am EDT
Actually went out and covered up the tomatoes tonight. We might have a freeze.
Christine Zibas Sep 10, 2008, 12:39am EDT
Hope you are packing your sweaters for Minnesota.
Christine Zibas Sep 10, 2008, 12:39am EDT
Will you be living in the Twin Cities?
Christine Zibas Sep 10, 2008, 12:40am EDT
Ok, I am off to read some more Gather articles.
Christine Zibas Sep 10, 2008, 12:40am EDT
One last comment. Looks like Danielle is slaughtering us. 40 Comments! Wow.
Danielle P. Sep 10, 2008, 7:10am EDT
I didn't realize I had so many, but that is good.........I haven't won anything in a while anywhere!! LOL
Danielle P. Sep 10, 2008, 7:12am EDT
One of the first things I ever won was when I was 22 and just had my daughter. I was napping with her resting on me on the couch in Buchanan, Va in our home and I heard the radio announcer say Caller ten will win a free day ski trip to a local mountain.
Danielle P. Sep 10, 2008, 7:12am EDT
I picked up the phone and acutally WON!! I was so excited. I went alone 'cause no one could get off work and go with me. It was so much fun!!
Danielle P. Sep 10, 2008, 7:13am EDT
I found people to hang out with and whenever we got to the top of the mountain we would go to the bar for drinks!!
Danielle P. Sep 10, 2008, 7:13am EDT
Needless to say I was drinking all day and had a blast. One of the DJ's fell and broke his leg!! It was a nice reprieve for a new, working mom. LOL
Danielle P. Sep 10, 2008, 7:14am EDT
Have a great day everyone. I will check back soon!!
Danielle P. Sep 10, 2008, 5:16pm EDT
Hey everyone I'm back. I hope you all had a great day!! We stained the new wood gazebo that Chris built for me and I spray painted the metal fire pit that was rusting. We are now ready for the cool fall nights to roast marshmallows.
Danielle P. Sep 11, 2008, 7:17am EDT
Hope everyone is having a great day!!
Amy C. Sep 11, 2008, 9:00am EDT
Good luck with the contest!
Elizabeth V. Sep 11, 2008, 12:53pm EDT
No way will I beat Danielle!
Elizabeth V. Sep 11, 2008, 12:53pm EDT
I have to work!
Elizabeth V. Sep 11, 2008, 12:54pm EDT
Did I tell you about my job interview the other day?
Elizabeth V. Sep 11, 2008, 12:55pm EDT
By the way, I have more than 16 comments on Round 1, don't I?
Elizabeth V. Sep 11, 2008, 12:55pm EDT
Back to my interview:
Elizabeth V. Sep 11, 2008, 12:57pm EDT
The girl from the agency just emailed me (EMAILED!) that she wants me to interview TODAY with the employer!

I just closed the email. I'll reply tonignt.
Elizabeth V. Sep 11, 2008, 12:57pm EDT
By the weay, the employer isn't who I thought it was.
Elizabeth V. Sep 11, 2008, 12:59pm EDT
I thought it was General Dynamics. I worked for the General Dynamics divisions in California and would have liked to work for them in Michigan, too.
Elizabeth V. Sep 11, 2008, 1:00pm EDT
So I'm not as excited about this as I thought I'd be.
Elizabeth V. Sep 11, 2008, 1:01pm EDT
I don't want to take time off work to interview. They'll have to wait to arrange something else.
Elizabeth V. Sep 11, 2008, 1:01pm EDT
Someone else will probably get the job, I know.
Elizabeth V. Sep 11, 2008, 1:03pm EDT
But I also know who the employer is. I'm not going to say, but I also know that this employer hired an editor about a year ago. I remember.
Elizabeth V. Sep 11, 2008, 1:04pm EDT
I also know, because I asked, that this job is to replace that, not in addition to that.
Elizabeth V. Sep 11, 2008, 1:04pm EDT
That makes me wonder why.
Elizabeth V. Sep 11, 2008, 1:05pm EDT
I can ask when I interview, I guess.
Elizabeth V. Sep 11, 2008, 1:05pm EDT
I have to get back to work. Oh, well.
Danielle P. Sep 11, 2008, 1:06pm EDT
I was coming by to tell you Pricilla good luck with the move preparations.
Danielle P. Sep 11, 2008, 1:07pm EDT
I do hope the interview goes well Elizabeth. It is always good to do a job you like. It makes it worth getting up in the morning.
Danielle P. Sep 11, 2008, 1:08pm EDT
Today was a busy one. I got my little one to preschool and then me and the fiance went to breakfast.
Danielle P. Sep 11, 2008, 1:08pm EDT
Then I came home and vacuumed and then it was time already to get the little one from pre school.
Danielle P. Sep 11, 2008, 1:09pm EDT
My youngest sister called and we went for a walk in the park for an hour. It was 2.2 miles. I'm beat now.
Danielle P. Sep 11, 2008, 1:09pm EDT
I have to take a quiz today in my religion class so I better go study a little bit more. Have a great day all.
Danielle P. Sep 11, 2008, 5:13pm EDT
Well the rest of the day was good. I got a 100 on my religion quiz. So far I have a 98 average in that class. Pretty cool for an older chick going to school.
Danielle P. Sep 11, 2008, 5:13pm EDT
Hope you all have a fabulous night!! I took a 60 minute walk today and might go play the Wii Fit.
Elizabeth V. Sep 11, 2008, 7:09pm EDT
I interviewed the other day for this job, but that was just with an employment agency.
Elizabeth V. Sep 11, 2008, 7:10pm EDT
Recruiters at agencies are often very young and don't know what they're doing.
Elizabeth V. Sep 11, 2008, 7:11pm EDT
That was true in this case. I was interviewing for a technical writer/editor job, and she wanted to know my typing speed.
Elizabeth V. Sep 11, 2008, 7:12pm EDT
I'd say she's stuck in the 70s except she was so young, she wasn't even alive then.
Elizabeth V. Sep 11, 2008, 7:13pm EDT
If she had been the employer, I would have left.
Elizabeth V. Sep 11, 2008, 7:14pm EDT
Today she emailed me at lunch time to interview with the employer this afternoon. I don't think she wants me to get that job.
Elizabeth V. Sep 11, 2008, 7:16pm EDT
I just emailed her that I won't be available for eight days. That's true.

If I were unemployed, I would have said I'd be available tomorrow. But even if I were unemployed, today would have been a ridiculous request.
Elizabeth V. Sep 11, 2008, 7:17pm EDT
Well, at least I have a job. I'm a tech writer/editor now but not full time.
Elizabeth V. Sep 11, 2008, 7:18pm EDT
But right now I'm working on two projects at once.
Elizabeth V. Sep 11, 2008, 7:19pm EDT
Anyhow, we'll see what Jennifer (that's her name) says.
Elizabeth V. Sep 11, 2008, 7:20pm EDT
I predict she'll say that they will have hired someone else by then, and I should just forget it.
Elizabeth V. Sep 11, 2008, 7:20pm EDT
I predict Jennifer will be a snot because she was the first time.
Elizabeth V. Sep 11, 2008, 7:22pm EDT
By "first time," I mean when she wanted to interview me herself. I put her off for a week, and she emailed me that I should never mind, that was just too long to wait.
Elizabeth V. Sep 11, 2008, 7:24pm EDT
So the next day I emailed her that she wasn't doing her client a favor by dismissing me. Then she wrote back that I should let her know when I would be available.
Elizabeth V. Sep 11, 2008, 7:25pm EDT
I told her then that I wouldn't be able to meet with her for two days later than I told her the first time.
Elizabeth V. Sep 11, 2008, 7:26pm EDT
And she said that's fine.
Elizabeth V. Sep 11, 2008, 7:26pm EDT
Want to hear what a doofus she was then?
Elizabeth V. Sep 11, 2008, 7:27pm EDT
The day of the interview she forgot I was coming!
Elizabeth V. Sep 11, 2008, 7:27pm EDT
And she had the nerve to act like it was my fault!
Elizabeth V. Sep 11, 2008, 7:28pm EDT
So now we'll see.
Elizabeth V. Sep 11, 2008, 7:30pm EDT
I'll never catch up with Danielle. I don't know why I try.
Ok, here is where we are at right now.
Golds 1
Jessica 4
Kelly 1
Visionaerie 1
Christine 11
Shannon 1
Joann 1
Heather 1
Vikki 10
Debby 7
Jennifer 1
Elizabeth 53
Danielle 57
Sarah G 1
Mary Standard 3
Karen 4
Connie 1
Ken 11
Mariana 11
Mary G 1
Victoria H. Sep 11, 2008, 11:08pm EDT
What a neat idea!
Elizabeth V. Sep 12, 2008, 8:21am EDT
Now it's the 12th. Can I win?
Elizabeth V. Sep 12, 2008, 8:22am EDT
Maybe. But I have a busy day, so maybe not.
Elizabeth V. Sep 12, 2008, 8:22am EDT
As it turns out, I'm not working today.
Elizabeth V. Sep 12, 2008, 8:23am EDT
But I do have a couple appointments that will take all morning.
Elizabeth V. Sep 12, 2008, 8:24am EDT
I could interview for that job that I've been talking about, I suppose.
Elizabeth V. Sep 12, 2008, 8:25am EDT
That is, I could call and say I'm available to interview this afternoon. But she has me pretty turned off.
Elizabeth V. Sep 12, 2008, 8:25am EDT
If typing speed really is of importance, I don't want the job.
Elizabeth V. Sep 12, 2008, 8:26am EDT
Are they trying to fill a secretarial position? No thanks.
Elizabeth V. Sep 12, 2008, 8:27am EDT
So, instead, I may spend the afternoon doing housework.
Elizabeth V. Sep 12, 2008, 8:28am EDT
I know an interview sounds like fun compared to housework but not if the job isn't what I want.
Elizabeth V. Sep 12, 2008, 8:29am EDT
My kitchen floor should be washed, and I need to do wash.
Elizabeth V. Sep 12, 2008, 8:30am EDT
Before I can do wash, I have to wash the laundry room floor.
Elizabeth V. Sep 12, 2008, 8:31am EDT
The laundry room floor needs to be washed because Keith has been renovating in there, and the floor is coated with whatever.
Elizabeth V. Sep 12, 2008, 8:32am EDT
I'll have to wash that floor four times before it's clean.
Elizabeth V. Sep 12, 2008, 8:33am EDT
But it's a small room, so small that the washer and dryer take up most of the space.
Elizabeth V. Sep 12, 2008, 8:33am EDT
Right now Keith is in there installing a toilet.
Elizabeth V. Sep 12, 2008, 8:34am EDT
Yes, a toilet in the laundry room
Elizabeth V. Sep 12, 2008, 8:34am EDT
The toilet will be handy.
Elizabeth V. Sep 12, 2008, 8:35am EDT
The previous owner of this house had a shower in there. Keith tore it out and is putting a toilet in its place.
Elizabeth V. Sep 12, 2008, 8:36am EDT
I hope he remembers to install the toilet paper dispenser.
Elizabeth V. Sep 12, 2008, 8:36am EDT
That's not something a man is inclined to remember as much as a woman.
Elizabeth V. Sep 12, 2008, 8:37am EDT
At least that's true for Keith and me.
Elizabeth V. Sep 12, 2008, 8:39am EDT
Keith 'usually just puts toilet paper on the back of the toilet. This makes me crazy.