ZORI

Zori?

NOW what is Nancy talking about?!!

Debbie (lives in Japan), at Etc., Etc.,Etc. had a contest to win a pair.

Zori are hand-made cloth slippers made from old kimono's scraps.


She explained they are quite uncomfortable at first, but as they are worn and washed, they conform to your feet and feel won.der.ful.

She is right, they are un.com.for.table !


But, I'm going to wear them and wash them and probably get so attached to them you'll see me wearing them to work!

She also enclosed a lovely note with sentiments that only a kindred sister share.

Look at his Goddess doll she MADE!

The denim is from her jeans, buttons from her bracelet, and a reminder of the Goddess in each of us. Straight from the heart and something I will always cherish. Thank you Debbie for my "Boot Scootin' Goddess"

Internet friends are amazing ... even from thousands of miles away!

Bling Contest

Well, that was a selfish misleading title.

Actually, I am in the finals to win some beautiful earring from Mrs. Fussypants photo contest. Please head over to her site and vote for my entry. Careful, there are two Nancy's as finalist. If you haven't visited Fussy's blog yet, be prepared to add her to you "must reads" ... daily she makes me laugh.

"Since losing all his super powers,
he hasn't been able to hail a cab in a coon's age"

Do I Feel Lucky?

OK, that is a bit extreme. But I can't help but feel a little lucky.

This past March I won a Dooney & Bourke bag with a $1,000 bucks in it from my local radio station WDVD 96.3 (the least I can do is a plug)

Then, last month, in my effort to win 10K in furniture, I did win a $100 gift card from Art Van Furniture store. I bought a jewelry armoire with it.

Since then, there have been more contests. 10K to spend at IKEA. I never tried for that ... you know how I feel about IKEA.

10K to spend at Lord & Taylor. Meh, I'd rather not waste 10K on clothing, jewelry, shoes. That store doesn't call out to me.

Next they had 10K in a gas card from Marathon. Hell yeah, that sounds good, BUT, to pay taxes on a 10K gas card? Nothing to show for it? Nah, wasn't worth the hitting redial a million times.

But now, this week :::I'm twitching thinking about it::: KOHL'S!

10K to spend at my favorite store! I have my pad of paper, keeping track of all the guesses, my redial finger all flexed, and I am going for it!

I have to ask myself, "Do I feel lucky?"

Yeah! I DO!

I'm Not on America's Most Wanted

Remember the $100 gift card I won from my local radio station WDVD 96.3?

This morning, I went downtown to the Fischer Building in Detroit where they broadcast from, to pick it up. You know, you have to go in person, can't be mailed because they need ID, blood, finger prints, a urine sample and to pledge your first born just to make sure you're not scamming.

On my drive down, I hear the morning crew cracking up over a prank they initiated today on an afternoon DJ. (Sorry Jess, and I won the $100 during your time slot) I was just about to call them, tell them I was about 5 minutes away and ask if I could come take a photo of their prank. Just then, they announced "be the 96th caller and win Red Wing tickets", so I knew I'd never get through to them.

I arrived at the reception area, received the gift card, then the receptionist (super nice lady) placed a call to someone to see if I could come up and take a photo of the prank. The call was intercepted by the PR Nazi. (He must have always been picked last for kick ball)

I don't think I pose a security threat. It was a simple request. I even said it was great blog fodder for today since I didn't have much to post about. Nope, nadda, no way, it ain't happening.

Mr. PR Nazi offered to send me photos he took. (Twirling finger in air) Big woop, missing the whole point of creating my story.

Anyway, the prank was the morning crew, Blain, Lisa, and Allyson, took post-it-notes and "decorated" Jesse's office space.

These photos are pretty hilarious, but I'd have liked to take my own.











P.S. Thanks Ron!

Sunshine's Designs

Thank you to everyone that helped me win Sunshine's contest. The awesome Swarvoski crystal T-shirt goes so well with my tiara.
Lawyer Mama, you can borrow it anytime, it was a close call.

Photo by Captain Obvious

Summing It up

From recent past posts, here goes ...

• Weight loss to date 45 lbs.
• Cut or not to cut, majority rules, it stays.
• New baby Bridget (my great niece), I get to meet today!
• Sunshine's comment contest, THANK YOU for helping me WIN.
• Wrapping lettuce in paper towels works, it stays crisp.
• I love my new Tai Chi class.

And coming up ...

How I spent the past week with Caitlin battling fleas in her apartment.

96.3 Again, Whoot!

WDVD, 96.3 .... that's usually what I listen to at work. They play hits of the 80's, 90's, and today's top overkill. Like all radio stations, they are forever running contests.

I used to say I never win at anything, but last March, I was the 96th caller and won a $285 Dooney & Burke purse with $1,000 in it. (Yeah, I know, I'll get 1099'd for it)

The latest contest has been to guess four numbers, in their correct order and win $10,000 shopping spree at Art Van Furniture Store. Over the past couple weeks, callers have been able to narrow it down to the numbers 7,3,8,and 9, but nobody has guessed in the correct order. I have my little list of guesses on my desk, there have been about 12-15 combinations guessed so far. Yesterday afternoon, when they announced "be the 96th caller...." I decided to try my luck. I was the 96th caller. My guess of 9873 was wrong, the good part though, I won a $100 gift card to Art Van. I'll keep trying, I need, ahem "living room furniture".

Online Whores

:GASP: not in THAT way.

Sonia, at and the persuit of happiness is a self proclaimed comment seeking, traffic loving, whore. I am a closet traffic whore who will only come out when my blog actually does get more than the few family stopping by. But I do like her contests, so I guess I can be a contest whore.

If you look here, she has posted a challenge to pimp her site. One requirement in the contest is to have as many readers from my site leave a comment on her post saying you came by way of moi. Please go over and do that now before you forget, then come back to finish reading here ... I'll wait.

(Putting on my finest purple crushed velvet suit and feathered fedora)

I don't mind pimpin' for her, I am there everyday and have linked to her posts in the past. I recently had her create an original design T-Shirt for me. Check out her Sunshine's Designs site. She uses Swarovski crystals and my-O-my is it the bomb!

She used my tag line ...
"cafe mocha vodka valium latte to go please"

She does more than T's ... for example, this quasi doo-rag.

*I told Sonia, I'd post a photo of me wearing the thong she made me*

On a more serious note, the whole comment leaving, blog reading, trafficking of readers just helps build and support the blog community. There are many people I consider friends I exchange e-mails with and read daily, that I have never met. I see so much support with words of comfort to some that need it, rallying around others to celebrate good things happening in their lives, and joining in on projects developed to help the military community, hunger programs, and much more. I have a list of people that I read just about every day. As I titled my blogroll ...

I'd have a latte with:

*AND THE PERSUIT OF HAPPINESS
AM I GOING MAD
*BIDDY'S WORLD
*BLIND AS A BAT BETH
BLOG ME TIL MIDNIGHT
CAPTAIN CORKY
*CAPTAIN OBVIOUS
CONFESSIONS OF A PIONEER WOMAN
*DEEP FRIED SOUTHERN STYLE
DUCKS MAHAL
FANNEE DOOLEE
*FIGHTIN' MAD MARY
*FROM THE FRONTLINES
FUNNY MOMMY
*GET IN THE CAR
*I AM BOSSY
JOEPRAH
*KEVIN CHARNES
*LAWYER MAMA
LINDA AND HER SURROUNDINGS
MAMA LOVES
MOD*MOM
*MOTHER OF SHREK
MY LIFE IS MURPHYS LAW
*NINJA KITTY
*NOT THAT DIFFERENT
*OH THE JOYS
PATIENCE IS A VIRTUE
PINK PAGES
*QUEEN OF THE MAYHEM
RETURN OF THE WHITE ROBIN
SERVING THE QUEENS
*SOUTHERN SUBURBIA
THE RUDDELL TIMES
*THIS JUST IN
WAITING FOR SOPHIE
WHAT'S A DELMER LOOK LIKE
*WILLAM
*WIPING THE CRAZY OFF MY FACE


* I'm sure these people wouldn't mind if I put a shot of Baileys in theirs!

Don't forget, go say hello to Sonia in her comments and mention you came via my blog ... I'd really like that T-shirt prize!