1 Year Blogiversary Giveaway

To celebrate my 1 year blogging anniversary, I thought I'd have a giveaway for my loyal readers (that would be you). As I mentioned before, the items aren't anything special; just stuff I've had and am willing to part with and thought you might enjoy. (This is a shoestring operations folks!)

Here is how it will work. There are four items in the giveaway. You can pick one that you would be interested in getting. I will divide everyone up into four groups based on the item they picked. I will then draw a winner from each of the four groups. So here are the four items:

• Item 1: 52 Ways to Make A House A Home Cards by Lynn Gordon -- This deck of cards provides ideas for making anywhere you live feel like home. Ideas include suggestions for making an inviting entryway, keeping a home journal, creating lovely lighting, gardens galore and repair and care.

• Item 2: 52 Activities for You and Your Baby Cards by Lynn Gordon -- This deck of cards offers a fun and simple way to interact with a little one, from stimulating your infant's perceptions to lulling your baby to sleep. Pick an activity that will offer new developmental experience with sight, sound, scent or movement.

• Item 3: The Imperfect Mom: Candid Confessions of Mothers Living in the Real World edited by Therese J. Borchard -- Description from Amazon: The supermom is a suburban legend. At some point, we’ve all forgotten to pack a lunch, yelled at our kids, or been late to soccer practice. This book is for every mom who has ever gotten angry at being interrupted from a consecutive five hours of sleep, or who has ever hid in the bathroom just to get a few moments of peace. In this collection of 36 original essays, award-winning novelists, famous columnists, and bestselling authors tell it like it is, covering a plethora of confessions to reassure any mother. Gail Belsky writes about the emotional torture that led to the secret circumcision of her son. Andrea Buchanan talks about the pile of dirty laundry that saved her son's life. Muffy Mead-Ferro confesses to her slacker summer, three months without one organized activity. Judith Newman recounts the game of Torpedo that landed her and her twins in the emergency room. Jacquelyn Mitchard shares how she was expelled from the carpool for showing up late one too many times. Together, their stories provide an entertaining, affirming, and sometimes surprising look at the perils and pleasures of motherhood. Poignant and amusing, The Imperfect Mom is a refreshing look at mistakes we all make in mothering and a consoling and hilarious testimony to parents who don't have it all figured it out.

• Item 4: The Secret Lies of Men and Women: A Postsecret Book compiled by Frank Warren -- Description from Amazon: Postsecret.com founder Frank Warren is back with an irresistible addition to his bestselling PostSecret series. For The Secret Lives of Men and Women, Warren has selected a never-before-seen collection of postcards bearing the explosive confessions and captivating revelations of men and women everywhere. Created using photographs, collages, illustrations, and more, the handmade cards offer a compelling dialogue on some of today's most provocative topics--from marriage and infidelity, to parenting, office politics, repressed fantasies, and even abortion--daring us to consider how well we really know our friends, family, even ourselves.

So remember, if you want to enter, leave a comment in this post indicating which item you would most like to win! The giveaway will end on November 17th and I'll announce winners shortly after that. And thanks to everyone who reads this blog. You make it so much fun and worthwhile! I wish I could give all of you a little token of my appreciation!