Dear Rainbow Warriors,
I've been holding out on you.
First, I've never told you why I call y'all that silly name. I'll fill you in on that later.
The other thing I've been keeping to myself is that many weeks ago I was given a $45 CSN Stores gift certificate to give away. Yes sirree and indeedy do, I was. Eileen seems to be fond of me. I think she's nifty.
Did y'all know that CSN Stores sells everything from home decor to
Corelle to Halloween costumes for your dog? Well, now you do.
Since this is the wrap-up post for the summer of extreme color, I thought now was the time to do this giveaway. I know many of you struggled with the colors. As a thank you for putting one foot in front of the other each week and getting it done, I'm hosting this in your honor. Without you, I'd have had nothing colorful to read all summer long.
This is the piece of
Corelle I'd buy for my mom. To keep this in theme, I added the name of this design in violet. Now it's rainbowlicious!
How far into my cheek is my tongue? Ooooh, purty darn far. Not about
Corelle, no sirree and no ma'am. The whole rainbow thing is making me silly.
Why does writing about rainbows cause me to giggle? Because I looooove this man.
Most folks call him Jeff Gordon. To me, he'll always be
THE JEFF.
My love for him is the very worst kind of love—forbidden and unrequited.
I'm married.
He's married.
Not to each other.
He doesn't know I exist.
Besides that photo above, I have very little else of this man.
Sure, I have this picture of the fire suit he wore as a young NASCAR driver when he was nicknamed the Rainbow Warrior.
And this picture of the side panel from a car he drove.
And I'd own this if it didn't reside behind burglar-proof glass. Instead I've got another picture.
I downloaded this from google so now I have this image too.
During his less than stellar NASCAR season, I've needed something to keep my mind off my unrequited love (and frustration at the constant 2nd to 15th place finishes). You folks have become like Rainbow Warriors to me. We've shared a very strange journey. We've traded stories about the colors of the rainbow. I've learned what ROY G BIV means. And gosh darn it, each week when The Jeff lost the prior week's race, you were there.
To show my appreciation, I'm coming clean and holding the giveaway at the end of this
twisted winding road.
Here's some information you'll need to enter.
This is the rear end of my car. I rainbowed it up some for my visit to the speedway in April.
It's a 2002 Nissan Altima made in TN and purchased in late 2001.
Most of my immediate family members live about 50 miles away.
My friends live much closer.
I've never driven it further than 200 miles one way.
I drive fasssssssssst but not far.
According to NADA and Kelly Blue Book, the mileage on my car is indicative of being driven by a blue-haired woman in her 90s.
I'm thinking of a number between 60,000 and 100,000.
How many miles has the Altima been driven as of 3:00 p.m. September 15th?
This time around, I'm asking that you be a follower to enter. In the past I haven't asked this and have had to
hunt the winner down like a dog travel all over the blogosphere looking for the right Boy Named Sue jump through hoops to let folks know they've won. Oy, my head.
Oh snap! I almost forgot.
Whoever comes closest to the actual mileage WINS! In the event of a tie, I'll resort to using Random.Orgies for assistance.
Please have your entry in by 11:09 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, September 21. That gives me 24 hours to write a post before fall arrives like a ton of icy cold bricks and breaks my heart into a bazillion pieces. After that I won't be much good to anyone.
I've had enough for the day. How about you? Yeah, I thought so. It's been emotional and exciting and all but sometimes it just has to end.
The gift certificate can be used in any one of the 200+ CSN Stores for anything your heart desires. Open to US and Canadian residents.
I was in no way compensated by CSN Stores to write a post about this giveaway. I still think Eileen really, really likes me.
All locked and loaded and headed over to
Jenny's to bid adieu to the Rainbow Warriors. Why not join us?
