I appreciate all of you who participated so enthusiastically in the drawing for the Artisan Whimsy Holiday event and drawing.
This necklace and earring set, inspired by the Art Deco period for a History Challenge....
goes to:
New Moon Scents!
Please send me a comment here with your mailing address. (I won't publish it.) I'll get your winnings off to you! Hopefully this brings the best of luck your way!
For the rest of you, please stay tuned in the coming weeks. I'm planning more giveaways and announcement of sales (mine and others) that might be of interest!
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Now for the story...
Why am I so behind, you may wonder? Why so long to announce a winner? Well, have you ever heard of "bad luck coming in threes?" I'm not a superstitious person, truly, but here is my story (and bad luck list)....
Prefatory Notes:
-- Over Thanksgiving I got a new workbench. (That wasn't bad luck, that was GREAT luck!) Not together yet, but it's waiting for me to prepare a space for it! Of course it did cost a bit of money, which is why I mention it here at all.
-- For my birthday, a few weeks before, my family gave me an IOU for a new camera too, as the lens on mine kept sticking. It was clearly time for a newer model!
Now here is where we start counting:
1) One day last week, the modem died. Luckily, I could get a new one free from my internet provider. Just had to go get it. (While I was out, I decided to shop for that new camera. Found one and bought it. Good thing, just more money out.)
2) I took photos with my new camera the next day and as I went to load them on my laptop, the laptop died. (Dang!)
3) I went and bought a new laptop. Ka-ching!
4) Two days later, it's the weekend and my husband is doing laundry. (Love that husband of mine!) Washing machine won't agitate. Full load with water that won't drain. Not good. Ka-ching, ka-ching!
5) While husband goes to buy a new washing machine, I get the only large bucket I can find and a small plastic bowl, and begin dumping the water from the machine into the bucket. When I would get the bucket about 1/2 full, I would take it to the bathroom just around the corner and dump it in the toilet. (Too much info? Sorry... but this is vital.) About the 2nd or 3rd trip, I notice water running all over the floor. Must have been messy in my pouring. I cleaned that mess up and filled another bucket. Wow! More water on the floor. Cleaned that up. By bucket 6, I stopped. Water was running on all sides of the toilet, under baseboards, all over the bathroom floor. Could I be that messy in pouring water from a bucket?! I think there must be a leak in the toilet. I call my husband while he's still on the road to the store to look for machines.
He calls the plummer.
I call my sister.
My sister is very familiar with all things lucky and unlucky, so I had to ask her if I hit 3 rounds of bad luck and kept going to 4 and 5, does that mean more bad luck is to come or I am just being an over-achiever? We're realists in our family, so even considering my prior history of over-achieving status, she bets there is more bad luck to come. (Gotta love her!)
6) Monday, first thing in the morning, I realized that little decorative flag on my front step needed changing from fall to winter. I stepped out on the front step and the door which had been open about 2 feet, slammed shut with the force of the wind. Locked. Locked out. ...Did I mention I was barefoot? (I'm NEVER barefoot, even in the house!) Called that dear husband of mine who drove home 30 minutes from work to let me back in.
Then I called my sister to let her know she had been right and how thankful I was to hit a multiple of three again! Whew! So glad that was over!
7) Monday night the plummer finally made it over to our house. He looked everything over. Yep, the washer was shot--good thing we were having a new one delivered. Couldn't figure out the bathroom leak though. Decided to reenact it. Turns out there was a $40 leak in that bucket....
8 and 9) Yet to come...
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Image Credits:
Jewelry and jewelry photo by Sharyl
Story: http://www.wpclipart.com/education/reading/reading_3/contemplation.jpg
Camera: http://www.wpclipart.com/camera/.cache/old_camera_2.png
Laptop: http://www.wpclipart.com/computer/laptop/laptop_2/.cache/notebook_smiling.png
Washing machine: http://www.wpclipart.com/smiley/assorted_smiley/assorted_3/.cache/smiley_in_washing_machine.png
Call to sister: http://www.wpclipart.com/holiday/halloween/assorted/assorted_2/.cache/scared_phone_call.png
House: http://www.wpclipart.com/buildings/homes/house/.cache/house_symbol_round_1.png
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