Hope everyone is having a wonderful summer! You’re probably busier than usual at this time of year with outdoor activities, family events, or maybe some vacation days!

Even if there’s nothing in particular on your calendar though, remember to take some time to relax and spoil yourself a little during the nice weather. We all need a break from our routine! I figure while I am reminding myself – I should remind you too! 🙂

Speaking of summer and vacations . . .

How about a giveaway with a beach/ocean theme?

These earrings have the beautiful blue/green coloring of the sea!

Sea Cruise Earrings

They’re made with Czech glass beads and Swarovski crystals. All of the findings and embellishments are sterling silver. They measure approximately 2″ from top to bottom (including the sterling silver earwires.)

Contest Rules and How To Enter

This week, I’m going to do something that lots of TV shows do during the summer when they know that their regular viewers are busy with other things – they have a “best of” series.

***Each day this week, I will post a link to one of my favorite articles from the archives. Leave a comment on that post and get one chance for the giveaway. You can get as many as FIVE chances to win! I will post a new link each day through Friday. The contest ends on Sunday, so there would be time for you to catch up on any days you missed.

Today’s link – Day One is to a post where I encourage you to think of yourself sometimes. Click here to leave a comment on it and that will give you one chance to win! 🙂

Come on back tomorrow to see another link! If you comment on that post, too – you’ll have two chances to win and so on throughout this week.

Five chances are available and you can decide how many of those chances you would like!

Thanks for playing. 🙂

The Boring Stuff . . .
You must be 18 yrs. old. After the completion of the contest, the winner will be notified by email and the name of the winner will also be listed here. If no valid email address is given at time of entry, or if winner fails to respond to email within 3 days from the time notification email has been sent, the win will be null and void and a new winner will be chosen. The prize will be mailed by USPS First Class Mail.

All entries must be received by 9:00 p.m. EST on 07/26/09, and the winner will be selected on or about 07/27/09.

Oh my goodness, there were some great answers to last week’s contest questions, particularly about the “most unusual gift” you’ve ever received!

Some were hilarious and some were more serious, like Aik’s for example. Her most unusual gift was actually very special – a coin from the Ching-Dynasty that belonged to her Grandma!

And Carol received a gift from her amazingly thoughtful DH, that some called unusual, but it was actually the perfect gift for a lady who loves to sew!

Thank you so much to everyone for your comments and for joining in the fun.

This week’s giveaway is an adorable pair of dangle earrings that I’m calling “Nile River” – because the beads look like little pyramids! 😉

These “Nile River” Earrings feature gorgeous, dimensional, “pyramid-shaped” Czech Glass beads that are clear crystal with swirls of blue, green and pink. I’ve accented them with Swarovski Crystals in coordinating colors and all findings are sterling silver. They’re even prettier in person – with much more sparkle!

Measurements: approximately 1-1/2″ long – including the sterling silver earwires.

Contest Rules and How To Enter

This week, you will have up to four (4) chances to enter the weekly giveaway.

You can choose any or all of the following 4 ways to enter:

1st Chance:

Leave a comment answering the first weekly question: If you were stranded alone on a desert island what 5 items would you want to have with you?

2nd Chance:

Leave a comment answering the second weekly question: What is one TV show that you wish had never been cancelled?

3rd Chance:

Leave a comment telling me something you’d like me to write about in a future blog post.

4th Chance:

Leave a comment on any other post on this blog. It can be left on a recent post or an old post. There are over 160 posts – take a peek at the “Categories” on the right side of the page for choices. You can leave all of your comments today, or you can come back during the week to see what’s new and leave them then.

Please note: You do NOT have to tell me that you left a “comment” on another post. The blog program shows me all of the “comments” as they come in – so I do not miss any of them! 🙂

Of course, I’d be very delighted to receive as many comments as you want to leave, but only four will count as chances in this week’s giveaway.

The Boring Stuff . . .
You must be 18 yrs. old. After the completion of the contest, the name of the winner will be listed here. The winner will also be notified by email. If no valid email address is given at time of entry, or if winner fails to respond to email within 3 days from the time notification email has been sent, the win will be null and void and a new winner will be chosen. The prize will be mailed by USPS First Class Mail.

All entries must be received by 9:00 p.m. EST on 06/21/09, and the winner will be selected on or about 06/22/09.