good apple contest!

Check it out!

Victoria is having a contest over at her blog.

The winner gets one of her awesome recycled t necklaces!

All you have to do to enter is leave a comment on her blog saying which necklace in the shop is your favorite & what outfit you'd wear it with. Go now! Thanks, Victoria!

gnome gname

After much deliberation between the judges (i.e. I read the names to Doug without telling him who had submitted which name and he picked the one that I was favoring), we have come to a conclusion.

And the winner is... 

Mibbiwinkle the Mill Street Gnome! 

Congrats to Marla for coming up with the winner!

Runners Up:

Emily/Mom with "Johnnybell Tubbywunkle"

Manda with "Finwinkle" 

Obviously, the "winkle/wunkle" part was a hot seller.

Hooray for my first blog contest. The next one will be way more exciting.

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In other news, I have to share a hilarious story about my pious husband.

Last night, well, probably between 2 and 4 this morning, I was awoken by some major jostling in the bed. I realized that Doug was sitting straight up, and before I could ask him what he was doing, I heard the following: "Dear Lord, please help us to show your love to others and live for you. And please give us a safe trip home." Then Doug plopped back down. I mumbled, "Did you just pray?" to which he replied, "Huh?" He had been fast asleep!! That's right - my husband even prays in his sleep! My only question is where he was coming home from... 

random things and CONTEST!

I got tagged by C.J. to do a post about 7 random things in my house. While I don't usually do the whole "tagging", I thought it would be a good way to give a little glimpse into our new place, since I haven't posted any pictures of it yet. So without further ado, 9 random things in our house/yard. 

Not very random, but this is our mailbox.

The room that we have made our office was supposed to be the master bedroom, so there is a funny little sink in the hallway.

In our bathroom, there is a laundry chute that goes into the hamper which is in the laundry room right next door.

The last people to live here left this cute little key holder. I'm actually in the process of painting this tonight. Maybe I'll post a picture of the finished product later...

My favorite part about our living room - the built in book shelf.

Birdhouse that I don't think has any birds living in it.

This might just look like a random patch in our yard, but this spot actually had strawberries while they were in season! I'm excited to expand upon that little garden next spring.

I LOVE Johnny Jump-Ups and was SO pleased to stumble across these.

This freaky little guy was also left as a little surprise for us! This was the very first thing I thought of when I saw the "random things around the house." 

Which gives me a good idea! 

CONTEST: 

What should we name this frightening little gnome? Winner gets... um... a free Good Apple ornament! Post a comment with your idea. Judging will be completely subjective, probably biased and whimsical. What else do people do when they have blog contests? Oh, voting closes... I guess when people stop commenting. I'll say voting closes Wednesday at midnight. So let's hear those names! :)