And the Winner is...

Pam!!! Thanks for all your sweet comments about the blog.  It's been a wild ride!

Pam, I'll contact you and get your café to you!!

Blogaversary!!

6 years is a long time.

Just think about it for a second.  6 years is the difference between a baby and a 1st grader.  It's closer to 10 than 1.  It's 45 dog years.  And 100 in blog years.  I jest.

But! Here we are, still alive and kicking 6 years later.  Amazing I tell ya.

Remember way back in the day when I had just one baby?  And then remember we added a kid?   And that time I battled squirrels that ate my bread?    Oh, what about the time we played in the sprinkles?   Ooo, remember winter retreats? And when we moved?  And learned a new language?

Oh, oh, oh!  What about the time we had a rat in our laundry room?  And  then when we added another kid?

And then there was the time we moved again?  Ooo, and learned how to make tamales? And tried to get drivers' licenses?  And got about the work here at Roblealto?

And because a birthday or anniversary isn't complete without presents, I have something for you!  Well, one of you.  Leave me a comment and tell me what one of your favorite posts have been, and you will be entered to win a fabulous bag of Costa Rican coffee. 

I am going to keep the comments open for a week (from now until and then Tuesday, the 25th) and then we'll draw a winner!

And the Winner is...

So, I know you are all anxiously awaiting, with baited breath nonetheless, the annoucment of the Coffee Contest winner.  Well, first, just to drag this out and be obnoxious, it was fun to hear from some of you for the first time! Thanks for making my week!  And now that you've made yourself known, let's chat a bit more 'emk?  Thanks.

Alright, and now for the big annoucment.  The winner is:

¡¡¡¡JEN!!!!

Thanks to all who wrote comments, who made fun of me, and who blogged and Facebook about this.  It was fun.  I'm thinking we should do it again sometime.

Have a great weekend folks.  We are headed to the beach with some of our leaders tomorrow, just to give them some fun in the sun.  Yeah, I know all you Michigan people are jealous right now.

  

Use You're Words

Ok.  I have noticed something around here lately.  It seems that I am the only one talking.  And while it is my blog and all, I would like some conversation, not just monologue.  Really.  You all are intelligent, smart, funny, witty people.  Use your words!

And here's the thing, a lot of you tell me "oh, I read your blog all the time but don't comment."

So I tell ya what I am going to do.  Bribe you.  Yes, I am not above bribing.

I am going to send one person a bag of genuine Costa Rican Coffee (regular or decaf, or if you really, really, really don't do coffee, maybe some hot chocolate, but really, you might like this coffee, it sure ain't your grandpa's Maxwell House, I promise!), straight from Costa Rica so you get to see all the fun postage and what not on it.  You might even get a post card included in the fun.

But here's the catch.  You have to use those smart, witty, intelligent words you all have and comment on this post in order to be eligiable for this fantastic prize.  So here's the rules:

1.  You can recieve one entry for comment on this post answering the question "What has been your favorite post at A Part of the Whole?"
2.  You can receive another entry for posting this to your facebook (let me know you've done it)
3.  You can receive another entry for blogging about this with a link to our blog. (Again, let me know if you've done it.)

I will use a fancy internet randomizer to pick a winner.  This contest will be open from today, Feburary 4th until this Friday, the 8th.  On the 8th, I'll close down the comments and annouce a winner.  If you win, you'll need to email me your addie so I can send you your café.

So, everybody got it?  Ok, start talking!!

UPDATE: This contest is now closed.  Thanks for stopping by.  Want to know who won?  Check out this post.