Almost One Down and 11 More to Go

September 22, 2012



I miss you so much! I miss your smell, your laugh, your kisses, your hugs. I miss cooking and baking for you. I miss you picking up dog poop. I miss you driving us around exploring. I miss you taking care of the yard work. I just really miss you.

I know there's a good amount of people out there who are so negative towards the military and the lives that we live. I am in no way complaining, because YES, this is the life I've chosen and I wouldn't have it any other way. We're nearing our one month mark and I have to say, I've done alright. Like I said awhile back, September has been really good to me. I turned 29, made lots of new friends through blogging, had my first sponsor from the amazing Tookies, finally finding someone to do our yard, my A1C went down to 5.8 and my friend Jenny is coming to visit in 2 weeks!!

I feel very blessed and so thankful for those who have recently come into my life... and that includes all my new followers. I'm just very grateful.



With that being said, I am so excited to give you a sneak peek of what's to come on Monday. I am going to be hosting my very first giveaway on this blog! I'm going to be giving away 2 Zoya nail polishes, $10 GC to Starbucks and a FREE 250x250 sponsor ad spot. It'll run for about a week and a half, but it's ONLY for US residents only.

Question for you: Is it better to have it open to everyone? Open to only bloggers? Should I make following me on GFC mandatory? Any help would be great!

10 comments:

  1. You got this deployment down! :D

    Hmmm well I like asking people to follow me for giveaways because I have a very small list of people who follow my blog lol

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    1. Thanks for cheer Kristy! I'm thinking if I only think of it in 6 month increments it won't be as bad?

      I'm just worried that because I'm also giving away a free ad spot, it wouldn't be handy for someone who doesn't have a blog.

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    2. Think of it as whatever gets you by :D

      Hmm..yeah but the other prizes are great too.

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  2. I haven't had to experience deployment and I won't (boyfriend's in Coast Guard), but we've done long distance relationship for the last 2 1/2 years! It's rough but girl, you'll make it through it! You've got a group of MANY people behind you here to support you - me being a new one! :)

    As for the giveaways - I make following me through GFC or e-mail mandatory. I also make leaving a comment mandatory so I know they're actually reading :) good luck with it!

    Sara

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    1. My husband and I have done long distance in the past with him being stationed in Korea for a year and his deployment couple years back. I think it was different in the past since I either lived/moved home and had a great support system. This one, I have a pretty weak to non-existent support system.

      Anyways, Thanks for the giveaway tip! I'll definitely change that & I'm now following you at your blog!

      Yen

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  3. I would definitely make it mandatory to follow your blog. I'm in the middle of my first giveaway right now, and I'm worried about the ad space issue too because one of the prizes involves a large ad space. I suppose it's up to you! New follower, btw :)
    Ashley
    ashley-kristine.blogspot.com

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    1. Hi Ashley Kelly and Thank you so much for following :)
      I just went to check out your blog (which I'm now following!), but i think if someone whose a non blogger wins the ad space, you can probably just choose another winner. Not sure how you do that, but I think that's what I'm going to end up doing.

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  4. You should definitely ask ppl to follow you as mandatory. Open it WW and you may find that fewer sponsors join you, but since I'm outta the US, I've got to say I really enjoy and intl. giveaway ;)

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    1. I knooooow, I'm sorry! I'm going to look into hosting an intl. giveaway soon. Promise!

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  5. i think (after doing my first blog yesterday...it took me a week to put together!) you should open it to everyone, an mandatory to follow your blog...and if it's not too late...we would like to contribute to your blog giveaway! let us know, email me! x0x

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