WIN: Cash.... local contest!!!

This was random. I think I entered a local newspaper contest for lottery tickets! Well low and behold, they delivered them this evening! Despite all the other life stuff going on, this was a really nice surprise to change up the pace!!!

And so far, we have almost earned all the money they spent on the tickets themselves. I love surprises like these!!! Thank you Easter Bunny!

BLOG: 30 days, Almost half way point

As I hit the half way mark in a few days, I thought about another type of contest entry; snail mail.

Over a year ago, I paid for an annual membership to a nice newsletter called 'Sweeping America'. They also had a Yahoo group to join for support. Their weekly newsletter was very nice and put together in an easy to use fashion. I liked the newsletters so much that I looked forward to getting them each week.

On a weekly basis, I'd scan through the contests, check off the ones I wanted to enter and sent in as many entries as possible.

The final results after an entire year of handwritten, snail mail entries, lots of stamps/envelopes? Zero... ...

BLOG: Great site for contests

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