So here's the deal: Giveaway!!!!

This month, I reached 50 followers!!! THANK YOU, amigos!!!!!



SOOOOO....


I decided to give you all something to look forward to.



Oh wait.

You mean, you want to know what it is?

Well, I'll give you a hint.

You will ALL love it. In fact, you'll go crazy over it. Just like you are all going to go crazy over this:

 

 

Ok, so....

 

 



 

 

 

 

GIVEAWAY!!!!!

 

But here's the catch. It starts when my blog has 75 followers.

 

But, just to give you all incentive to get the ball rolling, here are the prizes!!!!!!!! :D

 

 

these will go to one winner



 



 

 

 

this will go to one winner



 

 

 

And the one fandom inspired drawing by yours truly:

 

 

 

 

^^these drawings not available

 

For the drawing, once you have won, I will have you select one picture from a fandom of your choice for me to draw.

 

 

Ok, ya'll!!

 

 

How to enter:

 

 

1: follow my blog {if you have already done this, you will get this point automatically! :D}

 

2: post about the giveaway on your blog. For each time you post, you will get an additional entry.

 

3: add my blog button to your side panel.

 

4: follow me on pinterest {if you already have done this, please let me know, and you will get an extra point!} {here is the link: http://www.pinterest.com/exhilarated/boards/}

 

5: comment on a post of mine from last year.

 

 

Ok! Pretty basic stuffs, right? So, spread the word! Cause it's only gonna happen when I have 75 followers! I know, bit leap. I think it'll happen. I have faith in you, my dears. ;)



 

 





I hate cake...

I know, I know. I am admitting a heinous crime. But, really, cake is disgusting. It sort of makes a lot of celebrating difficult. Like right now. Because there is much to celebrate!

First off, Treskie won the AWESOME giveaway!!! {Thank you Jonnah for writing that post for me! I feel so bad everyone that I had to ditch you. But frankly, not one of you compares with my bro, even though you are all awesome, so I spent my evening with him. ;)}

Second, life is good. Don't fool yourself into thinking otherwise. Forget the little problems and focus on what God is doing in your life. Because no matter how dull you make think it is, He is setting you up for something grand, if only you will open up and let yourself be used!

And, yeah, that was actually all I had to say. So eat ice cream! Cause it's fantabulous!

 

 

{story of my life}

 

 



 



And, now that the giveaway is over, I am thinking up a new way to liven up some of these Podunk posts. It will come to me, never fear. As usual, it will probably knock me to the ground and clobber me with it's brilliance. ~_*


Btw, today was beautiful. Simply. Beautiful.



And The Winner Is.....

So. First off I have to give you a big drawn out explanation as to why it is Jonnah sitting here typing and not Caitria. The reason for it being drawn out is so that you guys don't see the name in the window on the little bit of post it shows you on your Dashboard. :-) 

So, First off, This is Jonnah from Merrie Melodies. 

Yeah. Not my blog. I know. But Caitria is busy tonight because her brother is home for a little while from collage. She couldn't write tonight, but since we promised you the announcement today, I will try to get both posts done before midnight. :-) 

Now I want to apologize because it has been so long coming. So many things happened that kept us from seeing each other for three weeks instead of the usual every Friday. 

But yesterday we worked up this really cheesy/fun video of the two of us drawing the name from a hat. But I have spent the last hour trying to get it to work. Well. I wouldn't be explaining all this if I got it to work. Right? So, yeah. I couldn't make it work. 

Anyway. We talked and we (I) am going to announce it right here. 

So. This is drawn out enough. Right? Like, Can you see this on your little dashboard? 

So. I think you have all waited long enough. 

The winner if the Merrie Melodies and My Unicorn Has Wing 100th Post/1 Year Anniversary Hunger Games Giveaway is....

!!!!!TRESKIE!!!!! 

WhoooHooo! 

Congratulations Treskie!!! 

Comment and leave your email addy so I (Jonnah) can contact you for your mailing info. 

Congratulations again, and thanks to everyone for participating! <3 

~Jonnah for Caitria. :-D 

In which I say something somewhat important

So, I know Jonnah and I promised all of you the announcement of the giveaway today. And I promise you, we really did draw a name. But, we also created a video of us drawing that name...and we didn't have the plug to transfer that video to the computer. So it will hopefully be posted tomorrow evening, as long as Jonnah can email it to me sometime tomorrow morning. :D

All I will say is, CONGRATS to the very lucky winner.

And I can't wait to see your reaction.

And good luck to the rest of you! I am hosting another, smaller giveaway at my other blog, Stories in the Mind. Link is at the top of the blog. Go check it out! It's still pretty cool!

Cheers!

~_*



100th Post

Exactly one year ago I wrote out my first blog post, rather nervously. I had no expectations about what my blog was going to become. Several of my friends had blogs and I wanted to join their adventure. I'm glad I did.

Cause now we get to celebrate! Ice cream for everyone!! With raspberries sprinkled on top. Delish.



In honor of this post, the giveaway is closing and Jonnah and I were *going* to announce the winner. But due to the contrary weather which canceled our meeting...we were not able to draw the winner so we will postpone announcing it until "further" notice. How much further that will be...only time will tell. Not longer than two weeks, I can guarantee. We will definitely be seeing each other in two Fridays.

One year has changed me so much. I look back over my archives and I see the things I wrote. I see the way my writing has changed. I see the things that happened to me. I see how much I have learned. It shocks me. And makes me smile. {My first blog post makes me laugh so hard.}

God is so good. The last year has been painful in many number of ways. I have a habit of not telling people my troubles. I guess it is because I don't want to burden them. I hate it when people always complain of their rotten lives. So I don't.

Especially since this year has also been the best year I have ever lived. God taught me so much. So many of these posts are filled with life and love and opportunity! Pieces of my heart. And I can look back on it and see the journey that I have traveled. It is amazing.

Now I am going to tell you all about my Saturday, because it was a huge landmark in my life. It was filled with dogs, dogs, and more dogs... ~_* {I am still in love with this winking guy.}

For those of you who have been hanging out here long, you know that I own a business of raising show dogs. English Cream Golden Retrievers, to be exact. Well, the day came. They are finally old enough. I went to my first show!

And it was fantastic! Long, exhausting, brutal, but fantastic. Both Tizona and Silver won their championships! And Silver won top dog of her class in two of three shows {the silver plates}.

The basic outline goes like this. There are three different shows and three different judges. You pace your dog up and down a long mat so they can see their gait and then you stack them {see pics} for the judge to see their conformation. Then the judge will check their teeth and feel their joints and send you on your way. All three judges rate you on your 1. ring presence 2. head 3. body 4. front and rear quarters. In each category you can get  up to 50 points. A perfect 200 is almost unheard of, but VERY desirable. Based upon the rating of each judge, you get your ribbons. For the first set of three shows you have to get above a 177 to get your ribbons. There is a white ribbon, a red ribbon, and then the blue champion ribbon if you win the other two! You have to get above 177 in each show to earn all three. AND BOTH OF THEM DID! In fact, Silver got 199 in TWO of her shows! {I know this is all confusing. ;)}

Then, for each set of three shows you get higher ratings. Next show they will have to get above 187 to get their championships. And the one after that 197 to earn their prominent championship. Which is what you want to get.

So I have two more sets of three shows to go.... Scary. And exciting. Here are pics of Tizona and Silver stacked with their ribbons {and me too, ;)}!!

{Tizona}

{Silver}

 

 

{before the judge ~ sorry it's so blurry}

 

And then, after the show, I headed  to the airport to pick up our new pup. She does not yet have a name, so I am fondly calling her Pickle for the time being. ~_* She is a little doll.

 

 

Yes, I was exhausted in this pic. I woke up at 6:00 am to get ready for the show. And I very stupidly went to bed at 1:00 am...Yeah, slap me. Then this girl's flight was delayed so she didn't come in until 6:20 that evening. I ate VERY little until we got home so I was pretty tired. But happy. On more than one account.

 

And that was my Saturday. A lovely day. I will look back on it lovingly for a very long time.

 

Last night we got...more snow. :P I think Spring has forgotten what it is supposed to be like and decided to be winter. This SHOULD be the last snow of the season...but, knowing Missouri, you never can say.

 

Now I am off to finish pages of my book before the end of this month pounces out at me and yells at me for not finishing.... :P See more details of this at Stories in the Mind {link above}.

 

 

G'night, my dears!

 

 

Yes, it was planned. My 100th post on my one year anniversary. :D It may be silly, but it makes me happy. :D

 



Second Winter

 

Yesterday was the first day of Spring. {It was yesterday, right?} And we got six inches of snow. :P

Blah! Snow. White evil, in my way of thinking. It's cold. And wet. And ruins all your plans in life. ;)

Haha, ok, so maybe that's exaggerating a little. In fact, this snow storm proves to have an adventure tagged along with it. I am going sledding!



 

 

I will try to post pics of all my adventures disasters. :D

 

Also, Jonnah and I came up with more ways to enter our fantabulous giveaway and gather more credits toward winning the prize!

 

1) Pin the above picture (linked to either blog) and comment with the link to the board you put it on.

2) Share the Giveaway on Facebook and leave us the link in a comment so we know you need another entry.

 

3) Share the Giveaway on Twitter and leave us the link in a comment so we know you need another entry.

 

We are having so much fun doing this! I can't wait to see who is going to win! :D

 

Make sure you send us the links every time you do something, because otherwise we can't get you your credit! And we want you all to get as many as possible!! :D

 

 

 

 

And Charley, this is the pic that is for you. You will understand what this is. ~_*

 

I have to go get ready to go now. :D

 

Enjoy your snow-lovely days.

 

 



 







Pretty Much an Awesome Giveaway

In honor of both my own and one of my very dearest, bestest friends Jonnah's 100th posts, we are hosting a giveaway. We wanted something that was going to reflect our own personalities as well as being crazy awesome, so we came up with something that is pretty much going to knock your socks off. ;)

Are you ready for it?

{Hold your breath.}

 

 

 

 

 

 

{this is paperback}

 

 

I know you are all screaming at the top of your lungs or hyperventilating on the floor, so here are the rules for entering.

 

Just to be clear..... ALL three are going to ONE winner!


Rules:
1. Follow Merrie Melodies {Jonnah}
2. Follow My Unicorn Has Wings {Me}
3. Find your favorite post {on both blogs} from 2012 and leave a comment saying why it is your favorite.

All of the above rules are for ONE entry.

For those of you who really want a chance of getting this prize, you can earn one extra entry by following me and Jonnah on Pinterest. Be sure to let us know you've done it. My button is on the side of the blog and hers is linked to her own blog.

AND for you really hard core strategists, you can get one more entry for sharing the giveaway on you blog and posting the link in a comment. You get an extra entry up to once a day by sharing the giveaway again and giving us the link for each time and each day. Make sure you add each of our blog buttons in addition to the pics of the giveaway items:

 

   

 

This giveaway is open internationally. {Hurrah!}

It starts today, and we will announce the winner on Sunday the 24th... My one year anniversary!!  ~_* {Could things have been better?}

This giveaway is only going to last a week, so be sure to spread the word and pile up your stocks!!! You're going to need them. :D