Winners, News, and Thank Yous

As you may have noticed, I haven't posted since Wednesday. I know-crazy, right? I am so behind on everything blog related! The truth is I've been suffering from exhaustion...and no that's not starlet code for 'drug overdose' (at least not in my case)-it's just the natural state of a mom of three kids 5 and under who uses her 3 hours of allotted sleep time to blog. Unfortunately this last week it got really bad. So bad that I literally couldn't tell the difference between nursing The Bean and dreaming I nursed The Bean. So Hubby commanded encouraged me to step away from the blog for a little bit in the name of self preservation.

In the last few days I have been luxuriating in my 3 hours of sleep and I even got in a two hour nap (that's practically an extra night!), and now I'm rested (read:up to my eyeballs in Diet Pepsi) and ready to go go go!

First order of business....announcing the Scentsy Warmer winner of course! Random.org has spoken, and the very lucky winner is......

Shel from Auntie Thesis!

CONGRATS! Shel, you are now the proud soon-to-be-owner of your very own Scentsy wickless candle warmer and three Scentsy bars of your choice!

And, of course, a warm thank you to our lovely and generous friend Angela! If you didn't win, don't worry-you can still get a Scentsy System with three Scentsy Bars for a very reasonable (and totally worth it) $45 directly from her!

In other fabulous news...can I just say how proud and grateful I am right now? Last month was the very biggest month I've ever had here on my blog! In July I smashed through the 1,000 visit barrier and had 1,373 blog hits-I know it may not seem like much, but it's more than I've ever had and it means a lot to me. Especially knowing that every day I posted I had a number of page views that almost exactly matched the number of followers I had at the time. When I had 50 followers, I would get on average 48 hits on every day I posted, and the trend only continues-even now, when I have 91 followers. (91!)

It means so much to me that you guys keep coming back and reading what I write. When I started this blog I didn't really have any big plans for it, I just liked writing. When I came back from my blog vacation after having Baby Bug I knew that I wanted to build a community of bloggers to share and laugh with, but I didn't know if it would happen. I'm so happy to say that I really think we're on our way.

The real credit, of course, goes to YOU! I could write until I was blue in the face (or fingers) but it wouldn't mean anything if I didn't have great friends like you guys to visit and share with me. Thank you so much!

As a small economically proportioned token of my gratitude I would like to give away a $15 Target gift card. Well honestly, I would like to give you a $1,373 Target gift card or to give $15 gift card to every one of you, but the small amount I can give comes from my heart with a big giant hug! If you follow me and you want a $15 Target gift card, just leave a comment! You deserve it! I'll draw for the winner on August 15th.

Thank you for a wonderful month~and don't worry, I do have great giveaways coming up for you this month as well!

xoxoxo