Barking Mad

Are We Ever Going to Get Tired of Sexy Vampires? NEW MOON GIVEAWAY!

 

COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED!!!

The winners are...

Jenn from Three Pugs and  a Baby

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Brooke from Txting Mr. Darcy

LADIES....Get in touch with me ASAP so I can instruct Borders where to send your DVD's!!!!

CONGRATULATIONS Jenn and Brooke!!!

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I'm going to keep this short and simple.

Tweet about this contest and be sure to include @Barking_Mad in the body of your tweet.

Leave a comment on this post.

I'll draw two winners on Wednesday 3/17/10 at 10PM EST.   The DVD's will be shipped out from the vendor (Borders - because of the awesome Borders-only goodies!) directly to you. 

Now, as far as my question...Yeah, I'm ready for vampires to be the bad guys again - as long as their drop-dead gorgeous.   I'm growing tired of the glittery disco-ball vampires.  Give me an eternally damned blood sucker, one that keeps me up at night and sends shivers down my spine. 

Sorry RPatz...I'm over the shiny-Volvo-driving-woodland-creature-dining-emo-vampire.  

THE FINE PRINT: Void where prohibited...which really is just my fancy way of saying that if I've had sex with you,  you gave birth to me, if I gave birth to you,  if you are a sibling (rivalrous or not), or in any, way, shape, or form related to me, nanny nanny boo boo, you can't enter the contest. Dear FCC, no one paid me or compensated me for this post, or the movies. They were self-provided!

 

Barking Mad's Crazy Christmas $300 Target Giftcard Giveaway!

  

CONGRATULATIONS TO...

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Sharla from The Mom Nerd!

I'm sorry it took me forever to post this.  I told Gaby I'd let her draw the name out of the Santa hat and she was bound and determined to NOT get up this morning!  The one morning I don't want to sleep in, she does!  Go figure.

Congratualtions Sharla.  Please email me at iambarkingmad@gmail.com ASAP with your contact details so I can overnight your Target gift card!  Happy Shopping!

Let's get right to the point shall we (before I go completely stark raving mad and pull all of my hair out because all of this packing and the mess and don't even get me started on the dust it's stirring up is going to make me completely CRAZY...hence the giveaway!) because time is of the essence!

Between now and 10PM on December 14th, 2009 you can enter for a chance to win a $300 Target gift card...just in time for Santa's Big Day!

I have been so richly blessed in so many ways.  I think it took some really hard times (not that we're completely through the woods yet, but I think I stand a much better chance of surviving them today than I would have a year ago at this time) to make me realize how truly wealthy I am when it comes to things that can not be quantified or hold no real value in the material world.   One of the things I've come to discover lately is that I have this absolute gift of joy that's been gifted to me.  I'm stressed beyond belief over this short-notice move and all that comes with it, but all I need do is look around me at the smiles that grace my life and I am immediately filled with a sense of joy and gratefulness. 

You must have a blog to enter.  No ifs, ands or buts about it!  Gotta have one.  

Write a post about what brings you joy in your life.  I don't care if it's warm puppy dog noses, pink kitten paws, snuggles in the morning with your kids, or enjoying a hot cup of coffee in the still, small, quiet of the breaking dawn.  If it brings you any measure of joy, write about it and share that joy with us.  Once your post is up, link back here in the MckLinky area so that we can all click over (linky love...tis the season!), and read about it.  At the end of your post make sure you link back here to this post.  Also, display the button below in your post too! Oh and don't forget to leave me a comment...I love comments!

That gets you an initial entry into the giveaway.

For further chances to win, you can do any or all of the following...

Tweet about the giveaway and be sure to link to this post in the body of the tweet and include @Barking_Mad in the tweet as well.

Display the button, below (I'll put the code up by 11PM tonight), on the sidebar of your blog...THIS WILL GET YOU TWO ADDITIONAL ENTRIES!

For a chance to get an additional possible SIX entries you'll need to do some sleuthing around the asylum.  Answer the following six questions by digging through my archives and EMAIL the answers to me at iambarkingmad@gmail.com .  For each correct answer you'll get another entry into the giveaway. DO NOT ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS IN THE COMMENTS!  Any comments with the answers to the following questions will be DELETED!

1.  What did I do that caused me to loose most of my eyelashes? 

2.  What are the names of our four cats?

3.  I have certain "Mad Skillz"...what might those be?

4.  What part of my body did I glue to what part of my automobile?

5.  Gaby said something really naughty once upon a time and I got a video of it.  What did she say?

6.  What was the name of the lead singer in what band that I had a mad crush on and then found out he   was actually kinda creepy in real life?

There you go! Easy as that.  You have a chance for your name to go in the pot a total of 10 times.

THE FINE PRINT: Void where prohibited...which really is just my fancy way of saying that if I've had sex with you,  you gave birth to me, if I gave birth to you,  if you are a sibling (rivalrous or not), or in any, way, shape, or form related to me, nanny nanny boo boo, you can't enter the contest. Dear FCC, no one paid me or compensated me for this post, or the gift cards. They were self-provided!

 

code for the above button is below

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GOOD LUCK!!!!

COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED! 

THANKS FOR PARTICIPATING AND CHECK IN TOMORROW MORNING AT 8A.M. EST  WHEN THE WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED!

 

It's My Birthday and I'll Have a Giveaway if I Want to!

 

****Congrats to Elaine from Miss Elaine-ous Life!****

Email me ASAP with your contact details so I can get your gift cards out to you!

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Yes indeed, today is the day that 41 arrived on my doorstep, (at the UnGodly hour of 4:13AM this morning!), walked in with a huge smile on her face, plunked down her bags, (good grief, she has a lot of baggage, but I'll see if I can't help her be rid of some of that this year!), and announced that she was staying.  I welcomed her in with open arms, and in true fashion, she tripped going up the stairs.

Normally, I'm of the opinion that the age-old adage about fish and house-guests going bad around the same time, holds true...but there's just something different about 41.  I'm not sure what it is, but she looks like she'd be good company to have around.  Sure, she's a bit weathered around the eyes, deep furrows line her forehead, and there are a few very evident gray hairs, but something about her stands a little taller than 40 ever did and there's a look of determination in her eyes that tells me she isn't going anywhere, no matter what I throw at her.  I think she understands that this may be a tough year - tougher and leaner than some we've faced in decades, but she looks like she's ready to stand her ground and not let herself sink into the muddy depths that have lapped at her feet and threatened to pull her under in the past couple of years...when she was younger and weaker.  I think she also knows she's surrounded by a wonderful group of friends and loved ones who won't let her slip back under and into the abyss and that gleam in her eyes tells me that she'll ask for help from those people - and not fear reaching out to them, if she feels the funk settling in.  Friends defeat funk any day of the week!

Sure, it goes without saying that 41 knows she's got a long haul ahead of her.  She knows there is work to be done and it's going to be hard work.  She has fears - just like anyone else in her situation and faced with the same things she's faced with, but I think there is an air about her that is shouting at me - getting in my face and letting me know that she'll meet those challenges and difficulties head on and not be defeated by them!

41 has had a wonderful day thus far and would love the chance to make someone else happy!  So, she’s giving away a $25 Borders gift card and a $25 Target gift card.  All you have to do is leave a comment on this post and for an extra entry, Tweet about the giveaway and be sure to include @Barking_Mad in your tweet as well as a link to this post.  I’ll leave comments open until Monday, November 16^th at 10PM EST.

   

THE FINE PRINT:  Void where prohibited...which really is just my fancy way of saying that if I've had sex with you,  you gave birth to me, if I gave birth to you,  if you are a sibling (rivalrous or not), or in any, way, shape, or form related to me, nanny nanny boo boo, you can't enter the contest. Dear FCC, no one paid me or compensated me for this post, or the gift cards. They were self-provided!

COMMENTS FOR THIS POST ARE NOW CLOSED.

  

P.S. I have no stinkin' clue what happened to the formatting on this post.  I think I'm just gifted when it comes to messing things up...the same way that only I can step on my own feet, trip going UP the stairs, and manage to blow up my microwave by simply reheating left over roast beef!

Right When I Thought I'd Seen it All...

...I came across this over at Downeast Doing Stuff (and by the way, not only is Elenka a Mainer, she's a damn talented one at that! I covet her paintings!), and knew at some point I was going to pinch it and post it here at the asylum.  Of course, Elenka is very new to the folks here at the asylum and I worry that I might have scared her off. 

Are you ready for this?

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Once the initial shock of this photo subsided, I had to ask myself if it was a pregnant belly or just a dude with a serious case of beer-belly?

And then I made the mistake of looking at one of my own beloved fur beasties as he was walking by and I gagged.  I love my cats. Despite the raging flea-battle we are waging (don't even get me started on it. I can thank the neighbor behind me for the parasitic invasion.  They do not believe in treating their animals for fleas and as a result of their walking flea bag getting into my yard - I swear I'm going to electrify that fence!- we are now dealing with a flea problem of infinitesimal proportions  that's going to drive me completely batshit insane! And yes, this is the very same neighbor who whistles horror movie tunes at the butt-crack of dawn and who has Satan's spawn for children! Woops, I went and got started, didn't I?) , I do love the evil little things.  Even as much as I love them, there ain't no way, no how I'd ever get something like this.  This is just wrong on so many levels.

So, now that I've probably ruined your morning and you're feeling stabby and would like to stick forks in my eyes, or maybe even your own, how about I tell you something cool? 

I finally restored all of the posts saved to Word and once I've loaded them onto the new computer with the monitor as large as my ass (which explains the horrible crick in my neck), I will start the series about how Gareth and I met.  But that's not all my pretties.  Oh no, I've got lots of fun stuff shoved up my sleeve.

I'm working on a huge giveaway.  We're talking a $300 Target gift card HUGE.  Yeah, that's right.  So you want to be sure and stick around for that.

I've also been penning a missive about how much I'd love to dethrone Dooce. Yes, that Dooce.  Well, I don't know how much of it I mean, but you'll just have to check back in to read it and find out.  And really?  It's not so much about dethroning Dooce as it is...oh wait, I'm going to give it all away before I've even hit the publish button on it.  Silly me!

I also have an iTunes gift card that's burning a hole in my safe that is screaming, "Give me awayyyyyy!"

In the meantime, why doncha go check out this ringer for a boobie.   A boobie just laying around on the ground. If I had these kind of mushrooms sprouting in my yard, I'd no doubt have every teenager in New England on my front lawn.  A boobie I might add that resembles the kind of boobs I'd like to have on my very own chest.  How pathetic is that?  So go check this out.  Unless you've already been blinded by the above photo.  But I hope not.  Because if you are blind, then you can't read the rest of this post.  That would be sad.

Winner of the Keurig Platinum Brewing System, 3 Month Supply of K-Cups, and $50 VISA Gift Card

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

Foolery, please email me your contact details ASAP!!! Again, Congratulations!