The big day is here.......the Lottery drawing for the Erma Bombeck books has been completed. I must confess that the cats were not totally effective at the job so I did use the Random Number Picker and here are the lucky Winners:
Blissed Out Grandma
Saranne
Anonymous - (Ida)
Now, if you really want the book you must be willing to email me your addresses. (I know yours, Ida. )
lms52927@aol.com (the first character is a lower case "L")
Congratulations to the lucky winners and I do hope you enjoy dear old Erma.
And so ends another breath-taking episode in the melodrama of "It's Always Something".
Thank you all for participating so enthusiastically......I really wish I had a book for each of you.
Now, I am going back to bed.....believe it or not I woke up at 5 AM with the urgent need to pee, let Baskin out and, as long as I was up, to rush these results to you.
More later.
The New Yorker covers: September 26, 2011
6 hours ago
I was up just about that early this morning Lo. But I went back to bed too. Congrats to the lucky winners of your books and lovely of you to send them.
ReplyDeleteAre you going to auction an afghan, ha, ha...you could auction all sorts of things...LoBay. Congrats to the winner of the book, what a great idea.
ReplyDeleteI get up at that time every weekday, sister. Hope you appreciate going back to bed.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy.
Congrats to the lucky winners!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations lucky winners. If you haven't read her before, you're sure to enjoy Erma. She was a grand dame.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to the winners, and no treats for the cats who neglected their duties. :-)
ReplyDeleteErma Bombeck was a local native. We read her daily column in our local newspaper and then she began to appear in other newspapers and I think she moved to Tucson, Arizona and passed away. I no longer have any of her books but did at one time. Roz Young was also a good newspaper column writer.
ReplyDeleteWe also had another excellent writer whose name was Marj Heyduck and she lived in a gravel pit named "Wayne Lakes." My brother-in-law lives there these days. It was a gravel pit that stretched out over many acres and roads were built and lots sold and people developed them. It is still a quite place with lakes everywhere.
Marj was a better writer than Erma, in my opinion, but was limited in what she wrote about. Her column, Third and Main, was a big reason for a lot of people to subscribe to the old Journal Herald newspaper. She wrote about wearing her first pair of panty hose and that was a hoot around here.
G'day Lo. Happy redaing to the winners. Take care. Liz...
ReplyDeleteG'day Lo. I really did mean reading, not that silly word that I typed. I must find my glasses !!! Take care. Liz...
ReplyDeleteYay!! I hope this doesn't come across as a "gloat." I was surprised and happy to get Erma's book, Lo. I have never one a thing in my life,,It will be "my" book, but several have already asked if they can read it when I'm through..Thank you so much dear.
ReplyDeletecripes! I intend to read the book as soon as it gets here, and my spelling in the above comment was a dumb mistake...I really can spell! "Never won." is what I meant to write,,xo
ReplyDeleteGreat news, thanks so much! I will send my address, and I will think of you as I enjoy the book.
ReplyDeleteI have always loved Erma Bombeck. She's was truly an original. Like the Julia Child of mommy humor. Great giveaway, sorry I missed it.
ReplyDeleteAh yes the luxury of going back to bed. I enjoy that too. May the winners laugh as they read.
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