Sunday, January 23, 2011

Celllllll-e-brate Good Times, C'MON!

I'm very pleased to report that I've peaked the first blogging milestone and come over the other side to 100+ followers - woo hoo!  A special thanks to ALL of you who've spent a little time visiting my blog, given me awards, linked to my blog for one reason or another, and shown me some blogosphere love.  I know I wouldn't be here without you ~ :)

Now, you might want to shade your eyes as I throw a little of this:



And don't laugh too hard as you imagine me doing this:



Now - for the good stuff!!!  FREE STUFF!!  Free = good!  Blogging has really motivated me to write, write, and write a little more (oh, and also read of course).  This is a great community to be in.  And since 2011 is the year of 100+ and more to come - here's what I'd like to do....  I want to give 4 lucky blogging friends a prize - please let me order/pre-order either the 2011 Debut Author book of your choice OR any book by one of my blogging buddies!!  Might I make a few suggestions:





(these are just a very few suggestions - feel free to pick any debut you want.  And if you have a book I need to list here, let me know!!)

And, because I know that you'll have to wait for some of these - in the mean time, the same 4 lucky blogging friends will get a special treat all the way from the home state - UT!!  (*trust me - I'll pick out something uniquely utah)

And ALL you need to do is 1. Be a follower AND 2. Comment (side-bars and blog shout outs appreciated, but not necessary) on this post by Feb. 13th (Happy bday dad!) and I'll announce the lucky winners on Valentine's Day!  Why 2/14?  Because, as Charlie would say "I'm in smit."  (bonus points if you can tell me where the quote comes from...)  Yes, I'm in smit with blogging.  And I hope you'll celebrate with me!!  I look forward to many more years of getting to know some great people through their wonderfully written words.  :)  Happy Sunday!

24 comments:

Mary@GigglesandGuns said...

Congrats on passing 100! May you reach your next goals soon :o)
Sounds like a great way to celebrate.

Anonymous said...

Ah ha! Did you marry an axe murderer? LOL!

CONGRATULATIONS again and yes I can certainly imagine you doing the jig. Woo Woo!
(I'm keen to read 'The Room' by Emma Donoghue, but wouldn't mind any of those you've mentioned either). :O)

Jess said...

So I Married An Axe Murderer is one of my favorite movies ever, and I'm almost ashamed of how much of it I have memorized :) Charlie MacKenzie rocks!!

Congrats on the 100 followers! I would LOVE to win this contest (I already know which book I would pick, even though it's incredibly hard to choose between the ones you listed).

Alex J. Cavanaugh said...

You don't need to enter me, but want to congratulate you on 100+ followers!

Colene Murphy said...

What a great contest! Count me in gal! Congratufreakinlations on the big 100!!

Lydia Kang said...

Congrats on 100! No, wait, 108! That's awesome! I'm going to put you on my sidebar, too.
:)

Unknown said...

Woooohoooo for 100!!! Congrats!

Wow, so many books I am dying to read up there! It's amazing how many bloggy friends are being published! Definitely an encouraging thing and an amazing, inspiring group, this bloggy writers' world! :D

TerryLynnJohnson said...

wow! Great idea for a celebration! And thank you for adding my humble book with all this greatness!

vic caswell said...

whoo hoo!
congrats donea!!!
:)

The Happy Whisk said...

GREAT JOB!

Tracy said...

Hurray for you for passing 100! Isn't it a grand community? I have made great friends and met some fantastic people through blogging! Glad you are part of my community!

alexia said...

Par-tay! So excited for you. Love the wrap up on V-day. Yay!

Nas said...

Congrats on reaching 100 followers!

Anonymous said...

CONGRATS at 100+ followers! (You are at 110!) Woo Hoo!

I enjoy following your blog and I think this is a fun contest. Count me in, please.

Have a great week!

Jemi Fraser said...

What a terrific contest! You're such a sweetie. There are SO many books I want to read scrolling across there... I think I'm drooling :)

Congrats on the 100!!

Unknown said...

Congrats on crossing a milestone!
Left an award for you on my blog :)

Lenny Lee said...

hi miss donea! wowee i love contests!! so for sure i could wanna be in this one. and for sure i could wanna win something from utah but no snake stuff. ack! ha ha.
...hugs from lenny

J.C. Martin said...

Congrats on hitting a major milestone! Your contest also sounds awesome!

Donea Lee said...

Woo hoo!! A great group of bloggers to choose from! Keep 'em coming, spread the word, and best of luck to all of you on 2/14!! :)

Michael Di Gesu said...

Sorry I'm late for the party..... HAPPY 100!

Great contest ... see you on the 13th..

Michael

J.C. Martin said...

Congrats on the milestone! I'm already a follower! Love the leprechaun jig! :)

Unknown said...

AHHHH *throws confetti* congratulations *pour champagne* This is so freaking exciting!!!

Thanks for letting me know about the awesome! When I get home tonight I'll be tweaking my blog post and giving you the proper shout out!

I LOVE BOOKS! OH my gosh I'd adore something from Utah! How super special! COUNT ME IN!

HAPPY ONE HUNDRED!

Donna K. Weaver said...

Funny and congrats.

I checked out smit on Urban Dictionary. Umm ... http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=smit

I liked this one.
http://dictionary.die.net/smit

Caitlyn (Cait) said...

YAY! So cool, sis. :) I'm not sure what book I want, if you pick my name I'll let you know.