it arrived

If you remember a couple of posts back (here) I mentioned I had won a Travelers Guidebook of Calabria in a contest that Michelle at Bleeding Espresso had on her site.

It arrived, isn't it pretty?

I'm looking forward to reading all about the Calabria region. This is the first time I've seen a Traveler's guidebook and I can't wait to start reading it.

Thank you Michelle for the book!!

and the winner is...

Thank you to everyone who entered into the drawing celebrating my 1st blogiversary and 100th post.

As previously mentioned, picking the winner was going to be done the ole fashion way. I printed out the names, cut them into pieces, folded them, and put them into a Tupperware container. I’d show you a picture but my camera died last week so no photo. I then mixed up the names really well and pulled out a piece of paper.

I’d like to congratulate Gail – Fort Rock Glimpses on winning goodies from the sunny Southwest.

This was really fun and will look for other opportunities to have a drawing. Who doesn’t like to win something?

enter & win ~ two days left!!

Two days left to enter the drawing I’m having celebrating my 1 year blogiversary (Michelle from Bleeding Espresso’s term, love it!) and 100th post. I posted about it here but will list how you can enter again.

Good luck to all entrants!!

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Here’s How to Enter the Drawing:

1. Link to me in your blogroll OR if you already link to me, mention it in a comment.
2. Post on your blog about my drawing and link to my blog. http://iceteaforme.blogspot.com/
3. Comment and let me know that you’ve done either or both of the above by 11:59 p.m. PST Saturday, February 28th. You can comment as many times as you like, but only one comment will count for the drawing.
There you go, three ways to enter into my drawing, Link, Post, and Comment. All entries will be entered into the official drawing bowl

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Editor's Note: I corrected this post to say 'two days' left and not one. Obviously I haven't looked at a calendar lately. Linda

celebrate & giveaway

Today is the one year anniversary of the start of my blog, Ice Tea For Me and it is also my 100th post. To celebrate these two occasions I decided I would have a drawing.

The winner of the drawing will receive some wonderful goodies from the South Western USA. I will mail the box of goodies to where ever the winner lives and if by chance you live close to where I will be traveling this May (Italy, France, Switzerland, or Germany) I may be able to deliver it in person.

Here’s How to Enter the Drawing:

1. Link to me in your blogroll OR if you already link to me, mention it in a comment.

2. Post on your blog about my drawing and link to my blog - http://iceteaforme.blogspot.com/.

3. Comment as an entry and also to let me know that you’ve done either or both of the above by 11:59 p.m. CMT Saturday, February 28th. You can comment as many times as you like, but only one comment will count for the drawing.

There you go, three ways to enter into my drawing ~ Link, Post, and Comment. All entries will be entered into the official drawing bowl ‘Tupperware’ and will be randomly selected by me, eyes will be closed when drawing is done. Winner will be notified on March 1st via email and announced on my blog.

As always, thanks so much for reading, and best of luck in the drawing!

a sharp giveaway – check it out

If you appreciate beautifully crafted knives or just like to enter contests, zip over to Jaden’s Steamy Kitchen and enter in her knife giveaway:

How to Sharpen Your Knives + Knives Giveaway

This post will tell you everything you need to know about keeping your knives in perfect working order and also offers some great resources for finding out more. Contest ends November 30th.

If you Stumble, blog, post on Twitter or Facebook about the giveaway you get to have your name added to a bonus knife giveaway. Make sure you follow the instuctions on Jaden’s site. Here is the knife I chose when I win the contest (sending positive vibes):

Santoku 7" Fushionwood Knife

w/Peacock Handle

photo from New West KnifeWorks

Good luck to all participants, I hope you learned some knife skills. Go over to Steamy Kitchen and enter befor the November 30th deadline.