Gentle Readers . . . and Maxwell,
I received five more birthday cards for Margaret (my former mother-in-law who's turning 80). Thank you!
For those of you who haven't heard about it yet, although I don't know how that could be possible with the way I run my mouth and tap at my laptop, I want to send Margaret 80 cards from all over the world. You get 10 entries in my giveaway for sending a card.
Prizes are three books, two Amazon gift cards, one t-shirt, and a partridge in a pear tree. Or maybe $150 worth of editing by The Queen of Grammar (dat's me).
To send a card for Margaret, please use this address:
Janie Goltz
PO Box 61371
Jacksonville FL 32236
Today's new card-givers are Sue in Australia and my oldest sister. I'm not telling you where she lives, but it starts with a T and she says y'all. Super-duper card-givers are Inger, who sent a SECOND card, and Shelly, who sent a SECOND and a THIRD card. God bless you all.
Okay, now let's figure out how many cards we have and how many more we need to get to 80.
Yesterday we had 34 cards, so we needed 46 more. Now we have five more, for a total of 39 cards. Consider the sine and have a tangent. That means we need 41 more cards. I'm counting on you, but don't worry if we don't get to 80 by the end of the giveaway. I will walk the streets, which I do anyway, and accost strangers, forcing them to sign cards.
As of this moment, you have five days and two hours to enter my giveaway. If you don't want to enter the giveaway, you still are allowed to send cards.
Infinities of love,
Janie Junebug
P.S. I hope you'll visit the ab fab author Nicki Elson at Nicki Elson's Not So Deep Thoughts. She's added my rafflecopter to her blog and if you tell her you sent a birthday card to me for my mother-in-law, Nicki will give you a free digital copy of her short story that involves three octogenarians. No doubt, antics ensue.
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Janie, I don't think I sent a second card. I wish I had though, but I've been stuck here while hubby had to go to LA and fix plumbing at out LA house. It's always something, right. I'm glad you got the card though and I just hope I'm not losing my mind again. It can be difficult to locate at times. Hugs!
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry, Inger. I remember you saying you would try to send a second card. Anyway, thank you for the first card!
DeleteThis is a wonderful thing you're doing for Margaret. She must be a remarkable person.
ReplyDeleteShe's so generous.
DeleteHi Janie .. well you're doing so well - and people are helping out - Margaret will be so happy .. just hope your snow storms don't affect the celebrations .. enjoy, enjoy and pleases say Hi Hi Hi to Margaret .. happy birthday time for her .. cheers Hilary
ReplyDeleteThanks, Hilary. I think the worst of the snow is in the northeast part of the country, but I don't know for sure as I rarely watch the news. I can't take all the bad stuff. I want to be ignorant and optimistic.
DeleteYou are half way there, and I am sure there will be more cards arriving each day
ReplyDeleteOh, yes. I'll go to the post office again tomorrow. If I need to, I'll ask my neighbors to sign cards and ask all the servers at my neighborhood restaurant. I'll get there.
DeleteYou are a love. Ex-husband must be crazy!
ReplyDeleteHe is, and when he stopped taking his medication, it was the beginning of the end. I'm so much better off without him.
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