Contest: Definitely Not the Same Blog Celebration
Posted on 20. Sep, 2008 by Laura-Jane - Whimfield in House
This post is about celebration!
A lot of good things have been happening to us lately, so we’ve decided to pass on the love by giving a $25 Chapters/Indigo/Coles gift card to one of you! Details on this below, but, first, some background.
What are we celebrating?
We are celebrating a variety of milestones:
1. Whimfield’s new layout, including weekly features: Inspiration Mondays, Outdoor Thursdays and Contest Saturdays!
2. Laura-Jane was recently invited to do a short piece for her favourite national CBC Radio program, the witty/quirky/wonderful Definitely Not the Opera (DNTO). This was Laura-Jane’s first time on radio, and she almost exploded with excitement from the moment she first heard about the possibility of being on the show.
Laura-Jane’s Radio Piece
From DNTO’s website:
On the show this week: Hop into the DNTO-mobile with host Sook-Yin Lee as she tries to figure out what the heck we’re actually using our cars for. Cars are more than driving machines – they’re relationship builders, creativity boosters and delivery rooms!
The show will air across Canada today–Saturday, September 20th–on CBC Radio One. Check your local listings. (Or listen to the abbreviated podcast here.)
On the show, Laura-Jane recounts the tale of how she and Cameron drove across Canada in the middle of Winter and slept in their car for 28 nights in very, very, very cold temperatures.
You can also read the blog version of this story (with lots of photos) here:
Part 1: Preparing to Drive Across the Entire Country and Sleep in the Car Along the Way
Part 2: Leaving Western Canada
Part 3: Driving Through Central Canada
Part 4: Arriving on the East Coast
What About This Free Stuff?
What about this contest, you ask? Right, sorry!
Here’s how it works.
Tell us something about yourself in the little comment box below. (Like what you had for breakfast, how you got here, whether you’ve ever been on a road trip, whether you’ve ever been on the radio, whatever!)
Then, we’ll randomly select a comment and mail the winner the gift card. Yep. It’s that simple.
For fairness’ sake, please only submit one entry per person. Your entry can be really short, but you’ve got to share something about yourself–no matter how minor. That’s it!
Oh, and this isn’t a scam. (Would we do that to you?!) It’s just good plain fun!
We will accept entries until end of day on Friday, September 26, 2008, at which point we’ll “close” the comments (which means that it will be impossible to write in the box below). We’ll announce the winner on Saturday, September 27th.
If you’d like more info, check out the contests page.
Melanie
Sep 26th, 2008
Hey there! I haven’t had breakfast yet, just debating if I go the smoothie route or all out with an omelette and bacon and toast…mmm. I’ll keep you posted! ;) I love road trips, having seen both the east and west coasts with my husband back when we were still dating…just not the nausea I get with reading maps while the car is moving! Oh yea, and of course I’ll never live down the time we were in N.B. and it was really late in the day and we were hungry and I was cranky so my husband started speeding to find a restaurant and got his one and only speeding ticket ever! lol He still blames me for it, saying he wanted to make sure I was taken care of because boy can I be a b**** when hungry!!! :-p
I was on the radio back in university, running a short-lived late night program – and a few times winning some contests, does that count ? It’s all fun, just the same.
Caroline
Sep 26th, 2008
I love DNTO! Years ago I won a T-shirt in their “One Thing in Common” contest…all the clips were from car commercials! So that ties in nicely to your post today! Congratulations on this great opportunity.
I had some oatmeal for breakfast…first a maple sugar flavoured one, and then because I was still hungry an apple spice one.