bethtastic.com

I regularly lurk on a site that is doing something I LOVE.  LOVE.  It’s http://www.swistle.blogspot.com/ and the author not only makes me laugh, she makes me feel like I’m having a conversation with myself.  She writes just the way I speak (which is a complete talent, it’s awesome).  At least that’s the way I think I speak - I sound that way to me, anyway…

I digress.

I’m joining in a “Pay it Forward” event.  Here’s how it works…

I am going to send a most fablous gift box to one person who comments on my site between now and July 4.  It will be a surprise gift, custom made for the winner ***ALL CUSTOM ASSEMBLED GIFTS WILL CONTAIN CHOCOLATE…BECAUSE EVERYONE SHOULD TRY THE CHOCOLATE FROM THIS LITTLE PLACE IN NEBRASKA THAT I LOVE.  EVERYONE***  (Doesn’t that make you want to enter?? ).  All you have to do to enter is leave a comment.  How easy is that?  On July 4 (midnight Central), all the people who have left a comment will be entered into my drawing.  I’ll draw a name, and send the winner a fun package in the mail.  (Actually, I’m going to try a random number generator program and select someone by using his/her comment number, but really I might just throw everyone’s names in a hat and pull one out, because seriously, there are only 6 of you who ever come here.  Either way, someone wins, right?)  YAY!

Once I have assembled and mailed the surprise package, the winner needs to “Pay it Forward”.  The winner now has a contest of his/her very own.  If the winner has a website, s/he can put up a similar post as mine and continue the cycle.  If the winner does not have a website, s/he can send out an email to everyone in his/her address book, set a deadline for emailing back (even encourage forwarding of the email so more people enter), and choose from the list of friends who emailed back in the given time.  Or heck, just do something nice for someone unexpectedly.  However you want to do it,  “Pay it Forward”.  We need more good things going on in this world, for real.

(As a side note, and to be honest, when I first read about this I thought, *shrug, meh.*, and then I thought, that sounds like w.o.r.k.  And then I thought, what if MY winner doesn’t pay it forward?  And then, I reconsidered.  I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE getting gifts for people.  It’s one of the joys in my life to buy things for other people.  LOVE IT.  Going to basically one income when Tara was born really limited the fundage for doing such, and I miss it terribly, so still anytime I have a little extra cash, I’m buying something for someone.  LOVE.  I also think something like this is just what we need.  A little something for nothing, grace activity to spurn us into doing something for someone else for nothing.  We need more of that in this world.  So, if you had the very same thought and hesitate to enter because then you’ll have to pay it forward yourself, reconsider.  Period.  Getting off soapbox now.)

So, want to enter?  Just leave a comment.  And if you have no idea what to say in your comment, how about answering this question:

When you get in the shower/tub, what part gets washed first? 

(Oh, and if your comment doesn’t show up right away, don’t sweat it.  To keep the spammers at bay, I have to approve comments.  Until approval they’ll be in moderation…but I check my email about a gazillion times a day so I’ll approve you, just wait. )