Announcing the first contest (and maybe only contest on my blog).
Inspired by Confessions of a Pioneer Woman, Good Soil (actually she had a giveaway, but I'm not that nice), and Life With My 3 Boybarians, I'm having a contest.
First, read my post below about cleaning the bathroom after the septic tank backed up, if you haven't already.
Second, tell me about a time you had to clean up a big mess. It doesn't have to be a foul, nasty, disgusting mess, just a mess. For example, if you're two-year-old decorated the living room walls with permanent magic marker causing you to have to prime and repaint; that's a big mess but not disgusting. If it IS a foul, nasty, disgusting mess, that's fine too.
Either leave me a few sentences in the comments telling me about your mess cleaning up time, or if you want to be verbose or include pictures; blog your story and send me a link. If you are one of the last few people on Earth without a blog and don't want to leave your story in the comments, then email it to me at musicmom32 at yahoo dot com. The winner will be chosen by me and maybe David and KJ.
I think that's everything you need to know to enter. Oh wait! I forgot the prize!
The winner will receive a free T-shirt, tote bag, mug, cap, onsie, or bib from our T-shirt store, The Eclectic Bohemian. (any item except the sweatshirts, hoodies, or tracksuits, because they're more expensive and I'm not made of money, you know)
I dislike deadlines, but I don't want the contest to go forever so let's say you need to have your entry to me by August 26 at 9:00pm. That's this Sunday evening so you have all weekend to enter.
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- Alexander's Maitresse
- Bridget
- Classic Adventures (Dy)
- Confessions of a Pioneer Woman
- Doc's Sunrise Rants
- Faith (Alaska)
- Good Soil
- Italian Trivia
- J-Lynn
- Karisma and Kids
- Motherhood Uncensored
- Notes From The Trenches
- One Sixteenth
- Parah
- Phoenix
- Poppins Classical Academy
- Redneck Mother
- Road Schola
- Zoo Full of Boys
15 comments:
well I can not think of anything right now (I think I block out the bad things ;) however check out the blog of this fellow HSer about her poo trouble:
http://fourmother.blogspot.com
Aug. 3, 12, and 14th
I remember a day back when my girls were just 4 and 2 (they are now 18and 16)....they were all quiet...cleaning their room...when I checked on them... they were pouring BABY POWDER EVERYWHERE!! I wanted to sceam or laugh, I just couldn't get my feelings together..THEY SAID.."MOM, WE'RE JUST DUSTING.."
Oh I've got a million of these! Seems like every single mess in my house is a BIG mess. I guess the kids figure it better be a good one, or it's not worth making a mess at all. When my youngest dd was 2, I took laundry outside to the clothesline and when I returned, I could smell menthol as soon as I walked in the door. I found my dd sitting in the middle of her bed after having smeared Vicks VapoRub all over herself, the carpets, the sheets and blankets, stuffed animals, everywhere. It was in her hair and everything. Took days to get it all out of everything, and after all that, I can't stand the smell of the stuff anymore. I've never bought vaporub again.
when my daughter was just an infant, she was having problems going poo(Im sure she would love the fact that I shared that with you...lol).Well, I had laid her on my bed, diaper open, when out comes this huge BURST of poo that makes its way halfway across the room(I am soo not kidding, this really happened)Ever heard of projectile poo?lol. It got on the curtains, all over the bed spread, and there was even some on the floor..............
Oh my goodness, its gotta be lipstick. Lipstick. Darn the lipstick!!!
My niece was 3 at the time; my son was 2 1/2, and they thought that lipstick made great wall paint.
Pencil can be erased; marker can usually be washed off; crayon can be scrubbed.
But lipstick? Lipstick is forever.
Hey Rebel, I posted my entry at my blog. Enjoy:
http://regularmom.wordpress.com/2007/08/23/a-most-memorable-mess/
I love a contest. When Ashleigh was 3 she decided that her babies and stuffed animals all had diaper rash and needed Desitin. All of them, included herself, her hair, the walls, the carpet and the bed. Did you know you can get a whole lot of Desitin out of one little tube? It goes a long way. I still can't stand the smell of that stuff.
Thanks girl! This was really fun. Just thinking of the memories,LOL! I posted our big mess on my blog. http://kittens-homeschool.blogspot.com/
kitten from TDJ
You can read about my septic hell in my "Friendly Advice" post.What a nightmare!
Lisa
becauseimthemamthatswhy.blogspot.com
Here is my entry: Not really gross, but traumatic nonetheless....
vaseline incident
Not Jenny
Rebel, I just read your comment on my blog. I see that Cristy has already entered my Poopy Incidents saga.
http://fourmother.blogspot.com/2007/08/family-life-is-full-of-it.html
I'm so glad you're having this contest. Now I don't feel alone.
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=138955116&blogID=302881075
Sounds like fun, I posted one at my blog.
www.karismaskids.blogspot.com
http://www.thefoilhat.com/insidethefoilhatblog.htm?blogentryid=1089033
OK this is my most recent mess . . . Sadly, I have pattern of mess, I can give many, many more.
The best one was what our family refers to as the "Paducah Dairy Queen Incident". You know the story.
Love you,
Mom
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