September 19th- This Day In History... x2!

There wasn't anything FANTASTIC that actually happened this day in history...

Nevada was the first to set off an underground Atomic Bomb- no one died and I honestly don't see the purpose in that

However on September 19th, 2012 former President George W. Bush asked congress for permission to use "any means necessary" against Saddam Hussein.  I don't like that this was "history" because it shouldn't have come to this to begin with... some idiots attacked our country without permission- why do we need permission to "return the favor" ya know?

Anyway- since regular history irritated me on this day... let's move on to my other "thing" - I love music!

So on this day in MUSIC history...

Both in 1981: Simon and Garfunkel reunited in New York- let's face it- they're awesome!! ((yes i kinda live outside of my generation! lol) And... The Rolling Stones album "Tattoo You" began it's streak at #1 on the charts for 9 weeks!

Perhaps next weeks "day in history" will be slightly more entertaining! LOL

Happy Reading!

My Ghost Has Found A New Home

My friendly ghost has found a new home! 

I allowed the contest to run an extra hour just in case of late entries and since there wasn't any stragglers I ended it at 2:30pm (est). 

Thanks to Random.org we have a new home for this sweet little guy.

Out of 21 comments we have a winner!!

#13!!! "Debra Roby" 

I have emailed Debra with the news- she will have 48 hours to claim her prize.

Giving Away a Ghost?

For those that missed an earlier post where I gave away a build a bear gift card- I stated in that post how much I LOVE Build-a-Bear Workshop. It's probably one of my favorite places to take my kiddos when we have "our" time together.

With that- I had stated on my Facebook page (found here) that I would be giving away the orange Halloween cat that was released a few years ago and has now been discontinued. However, a sweet little girl saw it sitting in my bedroom and fell in love with the kitty so how could I tell her no? How sweet is she?

So clearly she got the cat- I couldn't tell her no!!

Instead I AM going to give away a Halloween ghost from Build-a-Bear. Though it can still be purchased on their website and on eBay from other sellers, this ghost is hard to find in the stores around the country. 

He's roughly 19 inches tall and solid white with a small red heart shape over where his heart would be, assuming he was ya know, living. lol. My kids favorite part of this ghost is that his eyes and heart glow in the dark!!

(this is a stock photo from build-a-bear)

I will personally throw in the Halloween boxers that were purchased for this ghost- they are orange and so cute because the little ghosts on them also glow in the dark!

EASY ENTRIES THIS TIME!!!

(let's hear a joyful yay!)

For each "entry" leave it in a DIFFERENT comment with your email to contact you if you are the winner. This makes your chances higher of winning!

***Mandatory Entry***

Tell me who you would give this sweet ghost to? Yourself or a nice surprise for someone else?

**Extra Entries**

(with click-able links!)

(+1) Go "like"my Facebook Page (leave a comment stating that you did & what name you are using on Facebook)

(+1) Follow me on Twitter (leave a comment with your user name that you followed with- I DO follow back!!)

(+1) Go "like" my Sister Blog (leave a comment stating that you did & what name you are using on Facebook)

SIMPLE! 

You don't have to do ALL of those- you must do the "mandatory entry" though- if you do the others and not that one then they will not count.

Thank you all for reading!!

Good Luck!!!

**This contest will run for ONE week beginning at 1:30pm September 12, 2012 running until 1:30pm September 19, 2012**