The winner for my prize for the blog hop is:
Mel Bourne!
I've send off an email. Congrats!
Thanks to everyone who entered. It was so fun to see your comments!
The grand prize winners will be posted on the main site.
I just posted a blog entry about New Year's Resolutions in Are You One of the 22%?. So for this post, I'll tell you one of my funniest New Year's eve evenings. My best friend and I were spending it watching movies (we were in our twenties) and she told me they had a New Year's tradition in her family. They had to run barefoot around the house, twice, in order to have good luck for the year. I thought this was stupid, but whatever, I was on a quest for good luck. I shed my shoes, drank the wine and waited.
Midnight struck and she made me go first, both of us streaking around the house in our bare feet, the lawn spotty with snow and the air frosty cold. I finished, turned around and she pegged me in the head with a snowball. Come to find out she had made up the tradition because she was sick of being pegged with snowballs, since I was a better shot! All she wanted as an opportunity to get back at me. We still joke about this every year.
Now on to what you could win for reading that.
We have THREE grand prizes. You as a reader can go to EACH blog and comment with your email address and be entered to win. Yep, you can enter over 200 times!
1st Grand Prize: A Kindle Fire or Nook Tablet
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3rd Grand Prize (USA only): A Swag Pack that contains paperbacks, ebooks, 50+ bookmarks, cover flats, magnets, pens, coffee cozies, and more!
To celebrate Spy Games: Trained for Seduction making Smitten With Reading's Best Reads of 2012 List, I'm giving away a signed print copy.
All you need to do to enter the grand prize drawing and my drawing is to make sure you fill out the Rafflecopter gadget. You MUST leave at least your name on the blog with your email addy if you want to be considered for the grand prizes. If you're chatty, then share your New Year's tradition or resolution. I'd love to know!
84 comments:
HAHA!! That's a funny story!!
I don't do resolutions, but one tradition we used to do as kids is run around the neighborhood with noisemakers and drive all the old people crazy. It took us a good 10 minutes to run around the entire block. We thought we were so cool and "big" because we were allowed to go alone in the dark. We found out later that our parents told the neighbors that we would be around and they all watched out for us.
Thanks for participating in the hop. I don't make resolutions anymore. Staying home and watching it all on tv.
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One of my New Year's Resolution is to lose the last 8 pounds that I had gained in the past 8 years. That and to take better care of my health.
Thank you! Happy 2013!
- Tin (khriscc at yahoo dot com)
Thanks for being a part of the hop and I hope you have a great New Year!!
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Happy New Year and thanks for being part of the hop :)
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That was funny thanks for sharing . Heres to getting her with a snow ball. jacobsonlr@yahoo.com
Happy New Year!!
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Happy New Year! Awesome blog hop!
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Thanks, and happy new year!
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Happy New Year!
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that must have been cold
mrsbrinius@comcast.net
One thing I look forward to this year is Hubby and I finally getting to start our dream of RVing, hopefully in spring if our house sells. I look forward to traveling through many states.
Happy New Years!
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Sounds like you have a fun friend! Thanks for doing the blog hop! Happy New Year!
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Happy New Year! Thanks for the chance.
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Happy New Year.
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Thanks for the fun and happy 2013!
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My family has a tradition that you have to wear new underwear on New Year's Day or you are doomed to wear old clothes all year long.
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Would love a copy. Thanks for the great hop.
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Thanks for the great hop.Happy New Year!
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We start with waffles for breakfast, play games, eat more food, and watch football. Just an all around lazabout day.
Mel
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Thanks for the giveaway and Happy New Year!
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Thanks so much for a great beginning to a New Year.
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Happy New Year!! Thanks for giving me the opportunity to win such a wonderful giveaway!
Laurielu
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Happy new year! That was an awesome story. :) Thank you for sharing that.
My goal for this new year is edit my drafted novel to submit for publication. Your blog post on the 22% inspired me.
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Happy New Year!
better health is what I'm working on.
diane dot sadler at gmail dot com
I hope everyone has a wonderfully HAPPY NEW YEAR! My resolution is to finish unpacking from the May 2012 move to a new home and complete the last 25# of weight off of me.
Judy
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Thanks for the chance and Happy New Year!
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Thank you very much for the great giveaway and fun blog hop!
I wish you a very Happy New Year!
Latisha D
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Best friends are awesome.
Happy New Year.
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Sounds like something that happened to me in college during the winter time... Icehockey games=drinking=slipping on ice back to dorms and snowballs being put down my pants... Gotta love besties.
j.m.platt83@gmail.com
I am releasing my debut novel and moving to a new city. I am hoping to retain my sanity and pant size through the process. Sadly, I think one may be lost along the way. LOL
Michel_Lee_King(at)yahoo(dot)com
LOL I probably would have believed it too. Happy New Year!
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Congrats on getting on the best reads list!! I am gonna have to check it out!!
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Happy New Year! I enjoyed your snowball story. :)
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Thanks for a fantastic hop! Happy New Year!
lucy at lucyfelthouse dot co dot uk
wonderful Blog Hop.. Happy New years to all
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My goal for this year is to be kinder to myself. I am learning that it is okay to say no to others.
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Happy New Years,thanks for the giveaway.
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Happy New Year
Missie Jones
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THanks for participating in the blog hop!
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I want to do more de-cluttering of my house. Fun story about your best friend and New Years Eve.
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HAPPY NEW YEAR
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MY RESOLUTION IS TO READ 130 BOOKS THIS YEAR :0)
I don;t make new year resolutions but I hope to enjoy life to the fullest
Crystal
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Happy New Year!
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Snowballs...ouch!!!
Must have been fun though :)
Happy New Years!!!
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Happy New Years! I didn't make any resolutions this year. I just decided to take one day at a time
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Thanks for the awesome giveaway!
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I'd like to buy a house in 2013, so I need to save more. Thanks! katieamanda1(at)yahoo(dot)com
cute prank ;) happy new years :)
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Happy new year!
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Thanks so much for the chance to win. It's a great way to start the year. No major resolutions beyond reading a lot (let's go 50 books!) and staying active (jog, jog!), but I hope you have a great year :)
Thanks again!
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My resolution is to exercise 5 times a week.
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Loved the story!
Thanks for the giveaway and happy new year :)
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We call each other at Midnight!
Thanks for the hop!
Happy 2013!
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buon 2013
Happy New Year!
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Thanks for the giveaway and happy New Year!
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I always have to be with family on New Years. I was always told as a kid that the person/people you kiss at midnight will be who you are with in the next year. With that said I kiss the hubby first and then my four boys.
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Wishing you good things and much success this year. Happy New Year and thanks for the chance to win. <^_^>
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Hi, Mia! Happy New Year!
Since I already got Spy Games: Trained for Seduction from you in another blog hop, I`m just entering the grand prizes. :)
My resolution is To find a job I love!
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My goal for 2013 is to be more active. I didn't follow through on my 2012's. Happy New Year!
Jennifer Rote
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Thank you for participating in the New Year Blog Hop!
Best Wishes in 2013
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thank you for the hop
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happy new year and thanks for the giveaway! - regnod(at)yahoo(d0t)com
Happy New Year, and thank you so much for participating in this hop!
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Hope we both have a year full of warm memories love laughter and good health
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Happy New Year to you!
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I am going to try my best to get out of state at least once a month cant stand it here. angel0319@hotmail.com thank you
Have a great New Years!!
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Thanks for the chance to win!
Happy New Year!
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Thanks for the blog hop and Happy New Year!
Ann
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Great hop,Thanks!!adgaliatymaildotcom
thanks for the hop i am going to draw more this year
kaholgate at ymail dot com
Happy New Year! And thats funny!
xstitchdiva at att dot net
*SPLAT*
Just wanted to throw another snowball at you. :) Fun story. Thanks for sharing!
I resolve to meet the goal of finishing the polishing of my first book in the Existence series and to submit it to agents/publishers.
j.lennidorner@facebook.com
Happy New Year from What-Are-They.com ! I hope you have a great one. Thanks for taking part in the hop.
Thanks for the giveaway. My resolution is to spend more time with friends and lets time at work.
amnell(dot)khalan(at)gmail(dot)com
Well as I always stray from my resolutions this year my resolution is do things my way and don't let other people tell me what to do. That seemed like something I could do! ^_^
minnie2297 [at] yahoo [dot] com
Funny story, and I don't really make resolutions I just try small steps. Mine this year is to add two exercise sessions a week to my life.
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I don't really do resolutions.
This is a great giveaway! Thanks!
mestith@gmail.com
I'm going back to school this year! :)
anne.j2 (at) gmail.com
LOL, nice story! Thanks for sharing!
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Happy new year
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