CSN Winner!

We have a winner for the CSN Store giveaway! Chosen by Random. org, the winner is-

Rachel, who said....
Being the most indecisive person, I'm struggling to narrow down my choices to just one item!!!.........

Thankyou to all who entered this contest and left comments; I love you guys!

A Giveaway from CSN Stores!

Contest is now closed. I hope you all had a great week end. We still lots of snow on the ground here, as you can see from the photo where my hubby was shoveling our buried sidewalk, and there's more expected tomorrow. I have a soup recipe to share later, but right now I have a giveaway for you.

I have been contacted by a representative from the CSN Stores to host a giveaway for you, my dear readers and followers. I know you've seen some of their giveaways on other blogs. This is a $60.00 gift certificate to any of the CSN Stores and is open to my Canadian and U.S. readers! CSN has over 200 stores featuring too many items to mention. They even have modern furniture for your shopping pleasure!

All you have to do for a chance to win is leave a comment on this post, and mention something you'd like to buy from one of their stores. Be sure there is a way I can contact you if you win.

This giveaway is open to residents in the U.S. and Canada through Saturday, February 12, at 11:00 PM Pacific Standard Time, and the winner will be drawn sometime on Sunday, February 13. Shipping costs are not covered in this giveaway, but you may order anything from any of the CSN Stores. Good luck everyone!

And the Winner is!

I promised to have this out this morning, but computer problems have been thwarting my intentions! As a result I have pulled the name of the winner from a basket, randomly, I assure you, so without further ado- Rachel of "Rachel vs. the Kitchen" is the winner of the Cooking Light Cookbook, "Healthy Summer Grilling"! So, Rachel, please contact me with your mailing address so that I can get this out to you.
Thanks to everyone who entered this drawing and more so, thank you for reading my blog. I appreciate all who stop by and those who leave such wonderful comments!
I'll have a new recipe out later today, if my computer will let me!

My 100th Post! (and a Giveaway !)

I can't believe it's been 100 posts already! When I started this blog, I was looking for a way to put all of my recipes on the computer so that my children could access them easily. One of my sons was looking at a software program to do this and the older son and his wife were calling weekly to get instructions on how to cook certain dishes that my son loves. They still do that some of course, but this blog has helped them out as well. It saves them a little time if they can pull up a recipe on the computer! Of course, I still have recipes to add!

This blog has also introduced me to some wonderful people! I've enjoyed getting to know so many of you wonderful bloggers and a number of you have helped me when I was stumped on something technical! I was definitely not teck savvy when I started this, other than Ebay and email! Of course, I'm still struggling in some areas, but I've gotten better! I love your comments; they bring a smile to my face!

I've even become a better cook as I've learned so much from your wonderful blogs! I also have a lot of recipes to try, so my family is happy because they have more variety now in our meals. Of course, I'm also taking pictures before they can eat, so they had to get used to that!

And, I take a lot of pictures! But, they've gotten some better too, except for the one above, it turned out not so great. But it was the best one, so sorry about that.

So anyway, I'm having a giveaway to show my appreciation to you, my readers. Unfortunately, I can only offer this to my readers in the U.S. I wish I could do it world wide as I appreciate all of my readers, so maybe next time.

Up for grabs is a special edition of, "Cooking Light, Healthy Summer Grilling", cookbook. There are no ads, just 110 delicious looking recipes for every level of experience. It includes recipes for beef and lamb, pork and poultry, fish and shellfish and fruits and vegetables! The "Adobe Marinated Pork Tenderloin and Grilled Pineapple Salsa", that I last posted, is from this book. Every recipe looks fantastic! There are steaks, sandwiches, kabobs, tuna, clams, swordfish and lots of other choices!

So to enter this giveaway, you must be from the U.S., and you need to leave a comment telling me what your favorite grilled food is. This contest is open until Saturday evening at 12:00 midnight. I will announce the winner Monday morning, August 10th! Winner will be chosen randomly. Thank you everyone for a great blogging experience!