Happy New Year, Paxie!

A coffee pot is on its way! Now I must get to my black-eyed peas;)

I'm Back...

...and not a moment too soon. I think I may have one thing left in my office that my beloved dog did not find and give away last week. Rome and Tuscany are everything I thought they would be, plus more than can be photographed or described. It is something that settles in your heart. I feel so very blessed to have been able to take this trip. More to come on this later. Now, we have a winner for 1000 Days in Tuscany: My friend Kate, #8. I cannot think of a person who will love this book any more than George's Mom....

Have a wonderful Saturday, my friends...

"Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one's beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others."

-John F. Kennedy

1000 Days in Tuscany

An amazing read....Or so I hear. I prefer books about dogs. But I know the lucky winner of this will enjoy it as much as my mommy did. I will leave this one open until tomorrow night. That's Friday. All you have to do is leave a comment telling me what a good dog I am. My sister will do a random pick tomorrow. Good luck!

Love, Dora

The Baroness is Classy!!!

The Baroness von Bloggenschtern is our new winner.

I will have my mommy mail it right out to you when she gets back from wherever she is...

Classy

When my mommy read this, she laughed and laughed.

Personally, I don't need this kind of advice.

But I know plenty of humans out there who could use this book.

Plenty.

Now it can be yours.

And it's an autographed copy.

Just leave me a comment using the word "biscuit."

I'll get my sister to pick another random number tomorrow.

iPod Winner!!

My sister is mad at me for giving away the iPod.

I don't really care.

"17. And that's a pretty expensive thing to be giving away on a website."

#17Joanie said...

Wow, you get a lot more comments when you give something away! Sissy and Sammy are my little pals. Sammy likes to blog too, like you, Dora, so he writes every once in a while..usually complaining about Silly Sissy. Your mama is one lucky gal...traveling!

Dear Joanie:

Please email my mommy at mentalpmama@aol.com so she will know where to send your prize! Congrats!

I'll be back as soon as I find something else up here in her office to give away next.

Oh, and she says she is having a nice time.

While Mommy's Away. A Give-Away!

Hi. Mom is gone to Italy.

And as soon as that door closed, I was like a rocket up the stairs.

Her office is a mess, but I know where she puts stuff.

This is my face where I pretend not to pay attention;

Where I am oh, so aloof:

But I don't miss a thing.

See:

An iPod Touch!

And I am giving it away...

Just leave your comments telling me about your pets.

Or whatever.

Just leave comments.

Tell your friends and family to enter, too.

I will have my sister The Bird choose a random winner.

On Monday.

And by then I will have found another present to give away.

This is going to be a fun week.

Love, Dora

The Next Shifter...

Eleventeen....

And the odd thing?

It was the Augie Baby who chose this....

And all is well.

Eleventeen and twelveteen are the same.

I love you, CBW!

Chesapeake Bay Woman said...

Bird - pick me! pick me! I love watching this man when he does the PBS fundraisers. He's so soothing, calming, quiet and wise.

PIck me!!

February 12, 2010 8:41 AM

Chesapeake Bay Woman said...

Random Integer GEnerator - Pick me!!

February 12, 2010 8:41 AM

Happy Friday...Let's Shift

A few weeks ago, I won a wonderful contest--

A DVD called The Shift.

On my 50th Birthday!

Not any accident.

It shifted me....

I had been living in my empty nest...

Trying to find fulfilling work.

Trying to be a good wife.

Trying to be a good long-distance mother.

Trying to be a good friend.

And then?

Nancy had this contest.

I won!

And I watched this.

I'm still shifting.

Shifting.

Now I want you to watch it:

The Shift.

Every human being should watch this.

Alone.

And if you win, you have to send it along,

After you watch it alone...

with love.

Enter as often as you want, and spread the word!

The Bird or a Random Integer will decide on Monday morning at 10 EST.

I really want everyone to see this.

It is that good.

Happy Friday.

Book Winner!

My random number generator is such a funny boy....

And #22 is my friend Flash Stitcher!

Another empty-nester just like me.

Our daughters just graduated from the same school.

I happen to know she is on her way for Parents' Weekend.

Where I will be in two weeks for The Bird.

Sigh.

Congrats Flashy! Have a wonderful time;)

Now everybody else, get out there and have a great weekend!

Anybody have great plans?

I get to meet Paul Simon tomorrow night.

Oh, yes I do!

Why Do You Blog?

I have recently published my 700th blog.

That's right.

700 of my wonderfully crafted tidbits have graced the Web.

Just let that sink in.

And on those days when I have nothing to write?

I sit here and wonder why I do this.

Why do I continue to write my mental meanderings?

And I don't know the answer.

I started it just to journal.

Then people started to comment.

And I went to visit them.

And they came back.

All of a sudden, I had all these friends.

Living in my computer.

And so on those days when I have nothing to say,

I sit here and say a bunch of nothing.

Because I like it in here.

And I like all my friends.

Now, to celebrate the 700,

I am giving away a book by a blogger!

Written by Catherine Sanderson,

Petite Anglaise is the true story of this British blogger

who lives in Paris.

And she gets herself into a pickle....

To enter the giveaway, just leave me a comment.

And tell me why you blog.

If you don't blog,

you can enter, too.

Just stop lurking and leave a comment;)

Contest ends tomorrow (Wednesday) at 8 PM EST.

Now go forth and blog!

Love, MPM

Texting With Mama -- And a Winner

When I was at Blogfest in July,

and we all discovered our cell phones would finally work...

on the beach at Gwynn's Island...

I called The Bird.

She actually chatted with her old mother for a few minutes.

She even asked who was there!

And when I said "Living on the Spit" is here!

The Bird wanted to know if I would bring her some barbecue....

Get it?

She thought it was a grill spit...

Not a spit of land.

I raised a good little Southern girl up here in the midst of all these Yankees.

So I asked the Bird to help choose the winner for our Get Happy Giveaway.

And I am happy to tell you all that our Marlene is the winnah!

Chelsea Handler is coming your way, my friend...

and when you read this and you're all happy?

I hope you'll send her on her merry way.

Mama's Cure for What Ails Us

Phew.

It's finally Friday.

I feel like a worn out puppy.

And I'm sure I'm in good company.

I hope I can restore myself.

With some good friends.

And some good laughs.

I got into a conversation yesterday, and we laughed.

We laughed, and laughed and laughed.

And when we were finished I felt amazing.

How long has it been since you had a laugh that made you cry?

How long has it been since you had a stomach-gripping guffaw?

Well my friends, I am here to help.

This is a funny book:

And I want to share it with you.

Chelsea Handler is quite the comedian.

This is no Pulitzer, but it will make you laugh out loud.

And that is something, in my opinion.

All you have to do is leave me a comment,

and say something funny.

Anything at all.

I will randomly select the winner on Monday night at 8 EST.

And if you pimp me, you get double the chance!

Now go forth and humor us!

We all need a good dose of it....

Love, Mental P

This-n-That Thursday Reporting In With a Contest!

As I told you earlier today, my dear reader, This-n-That Thursday have flown this rainy coop for sunnier climes.  They are staying in Palm Springs and report nothing but Nirvanic Conditions.  Just hush; Nirvanic is so a word.  Anyway, they have wasted no time in becoming friendly with my friend Suz while they are staying here:

Not only is it extraordinary, but Suz is offering us the chance to win two free nights there just for leaving a comment on her post at The Mom Blog.  So, do yourself a favor, and go spread the love.  And if you win, please remember that I make a wonderful travel companion;)