Celebrating My Anniversary - Enter to Win a $50 Amazon Gift Card {Giveaway Now Closed}

UPDATE 10-15-13:  Giveaway is now closed.
UPDATE 10-18-13:  Winner chosen - kellyr78.  (Congrats!)

You might be assuming that I am posting about my blog anniversary.  Nope.  That was back in June.

 

September 30 (the start of this giveaway) is actually the anniversary of the date I met my now-husband ... eighteen years ago.  We were married in the month of July four years later, but we seem to celebrate the anniversary of the day our paths in life first crossed more than we seem to celebrate our wedding anniversary. 

 

There's a funny and unique little story about our meeting that I thought I'd share.

 

We met when I called the wrong number.  (True story.)  He answered.  We ended up talking for a bit.  I blurted out that I was having a little shindig later with some friends at my house.  Did he wanna come?  

 

He could have been a serial killer.  He could have been psycho.  He could have had three eyeballs.  He could have kidnapped me that night and held me for ransom.  (My mother says to this day that I was crazy.)

 

But, guess what?  He was a super nice, good-looking guy.  It turned out that his family knew my step-father's family.  His folks lived right around the corner from mine. 

 

He hung out at my house that evening for a few hours.  After he went home, we talked on the phone all through the night until the batteries on our cordless house phones were dying.

 

We have been together ever since that fall day in 1995.  Fate.  Destiny.  Call it what you'd like.  I love that the way our story together began involves a crazy, sweet story that we tell our kids and will one day tell our grandkids.

 

 

So, in honor of our special day, I'm launching another Amazon Gift Card Giveaway.  You'll find the details below.
 

The contest begins Monday, September 30, 2013 at 12:01 a.m. (EST) and will close on Monday, October 14, 2013 at 11:59 p.m. (EST).  A winner will be chosen at random through an online random drawing generator site by October 21, 2013. 

 

Here's how to enter for a chance to win:

Leave a comment below this post (with your name or a user name that will easily identify you should you win) and share the name of a recipe that you have tried (or would like to try) from this blog.  (Limit 1 entry per person for this option.)

If you want to earn some additional bonus entries:

1.  Follow Joyously Domestic on Pinterest.  Leave an additional comment (with your name or a user name that will easily identify you) stating that you follow us on Pinterest.  (Limit 1 additional entry for this option.)

2.  Sign up to follow Joyously Domestic via email.  You can find the Follow By Email box in the right sidebar of the blog.  Leave an additional comment (with your name or a user name that will easily identify you) below to let us know you've done so. (Limit 1 additional entry for this option.)

3. Tweet about our site or this giveaway on Twitter.  Leave an additional comment (with your name or a user name that will easily identify you) below to let us know you've done so.  (Limit of 3 times during the run of the contest.)

4. Mention this giveaway (with a link to this post) on your own blog or website. (Feel free to use the contest "teaser" shown above in your post.)  Leave an additional comment (with your name or a user name that will easily identify you) below to let us know you've done so.  Also, include a link to the page where you mentioned our site or the giveaway.  (Limit of 3 times during the run of the contest.)

5.  Follow (add) Joyously Domestic on Google+ under Angela Steveson (that's me).  Leave an additional comment (with your name or a user name that will easily identify you) below to let us know you've done so. (Limit 1 additional entry for this option.)

PLEASE NOTE: This giveaway is only open to residents of the US and Canada.

No comments, shares, tweets, follows or any other activity mentioned within this post completed prior to the start or after the end of the contest shall be considered as valid entries.

Winner will be chosen at random.  Winner's name will be announced on this blog.  Notice that a winner has been chosen will be announced on Joyously Domestic's FB page.  Winner must contact Joyously Domestic with their shipping address within 7 days of winner being announced.  If winner does not respond within 7 days, an alternate winner will be chosen at random.  Prize will ship within 2 weeks of winner's claim and response to Joyously Domestic.