19 July 2023

Week 2 Winner!

OK, if I had really given thought to the question I posted last week for the giveaway, I would have realized that unless all of you answered "liver and onions," the foods you chose would make me feel hungry! 

The question was:

What is your favorite holiday food?

Not necessarily for Christmas, but for any holiday throughout the year.

So many wonderful answers, and stories that came along with them, and I was sometimes surprised (Dee, I've never heard of Strawberry Pretzel Salad), and/or further intrigued (Valerie, do you know I've never ever had Mince Meat Pie?). Fortunately, choosing a winner wasn't up to me, because I only had one prize and I liked all of the responses. 😊

Once again, though I was able to tell the random number generator to choose, and so I am here to tell you that the winner for Week 2 of Christmas in July is:

🎉🎈Meredith MC!!!

Which seemed particularly appropriate to me, since one of the things in the giveaway is something she has apparently wanted to have:

My favorite holiday food is Christmas cookies. Not the eating of them, but making them. They remind me of my mom, and the best parts of being a kid.
I’ve always coveted one of those wrist rulers. It seems like such a knitting meets punk rock type of accessory.
I hope you’re staying cool!

Congratulations, Meredith! Please send an e-mail to baclancyATverizonDOTnet with you full name and mailing address, and I'll get the package ready to send.

Thanks everyone for participating, I'm glad at least some of you think this is as much fun as I do. 

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How has your week been? Mine has not been awful, but it could also have been a lot better too. So, I'm gonna say it's been fine, but uninspiring. Plus, my throat has felt scratchy all week, which is just annoying. Oh dear, my life is such a trial, isn't it???😝

Since I finished my market bag and am so close to finishing my stripey summer top, I've been trying to decide - well, at least narrow down - what to start next. I considered starting another summer top, but then again, given my slow progress on garments, I thought it might be good to start on something that could be worn in the fall, since I don't have a ton of transitional things. Also, I want to get started on a couple of things I know I want to make for gifts for the holiday season. I think I'll work on Tim's socks and my stripey top, and then once the top is really and truly finished, see what I want to do. Who knows, there may be something shiny and new that will distract me from everything else ... OK, I kinda hope there isn't. I already have too many things in my brain that want to be next!

Anyway, that's it for today. I hope all of you are doing well. Meredith MC, I'm looking forward to hearing from you, and for everyone, our next giveaway will show up this coming Friday, so stay tuned!

8 comments:

Vera said...

Congratulations to Meredith! I want to see your finished market bag!!!

Vera said...

Duh - just saw your market bag on the post I missed. It's great Bridget!

Araignee said...

Congrats to the winner! I don't really make many Christmas cookies these days because I will eat every last one of them before The Mister even knows they are in the tin. Cookies of any kind are a weakness.

My throat has been scratchy too. I didn't realize we were having smoke issues on top of us again and when we went out for a walk on Monday I came back feeling awful. I could taste the smoke even though I couldn't see it as much as I did before. The stinky air made me cough and gave me a headache that lasted two days. I'm feeling better today but I haven't been outside. I'm hoping all this rain we got last night washed some of it away.

Kim in Oregon said...

Hooray for Meredith!

Alison said...

I am amazed that liver and onions was not a favourite food. Who knew?

Dee said...

Congrats to Meredith MC!

I think Strawberry Pretzel Salad might be a Pittsburgh thing. Holly was from that area and said they had it at all holiday parties. It was pretty delicious.

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/20338/strawberry-pretzel-salad/

This looks like the one she made.

Kym said...

I think it's always the BEST knitting time when I'm almost done with my current project . . . and I can start dreaming and scheming of my NEXT knitting project! So many possibilities . . . Can't wait to see that stripey top all finished. (It's divine.) XO

Meredith MC said...

Thank you so much! Sorry I’m so late in responding. I always look at my favorite blogs on the weekends. I hope your throat feels better soon.