Our family likes » Contest http://ourfamilylikes.com Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:11:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 The Tell Me What Your Family Likes Contest winner is Dora from New York http://ourfamilylikes.com/2009/10/the-contest-winner-is-dora-from-new-york/ http://ourfamilylikes.com/2009/10/the-contest-winner-is-dora-from-new-york/#comments Sun, 18 Oct 2009 02:09:48 +0000 admin http://ourfamilylikes.com/?p=120 Thanks to all who participated in our contest. Dora (who twitters) had the winning list and will be sent a $25 Amazon gift certificate.

Dora’s winning list (totaling $92.93)

Our comments

All the entries were great and all of them made us hungry :) . We really appreciated the choices here. Completely agree about the Dutch oven. This is our first exposure to the Trudeau Melamine mixing bowls, and we are quite impressed with the reviews they are getting – we’ll have to get a set ourselves.

About the winner

I asked Dora a little about her family – she says she is not married nor does she have any kids. She just finished college, works full time, and lives with her family which she says works out great. Enjoy it, Dora – great way to save money while you start the rest of your life!

I also asked if she had any words to live by. Despite the corniness of my request, she obliged:

Long you live and high you’ll fly and smiles you’ll give and tears you’ll cry and all you touch and all you see is all your life will ever be.
- Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd?

I’m actually not a crazy fan or anything but I heard this song on the radio once in 5th grade and the lyrics really inspired me then so it’s remained my favorite quote! :)

There you have it parents: You can let your children listen to something other than Barney music and they may still finish college.

Thanks to the participants and the rest of our readers

Thanks to all the participants, and thank you to our readers for indulging us in hosting a contest – it was a fun experience for us. We hope to do it again.

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We’ve always wanted to have a contest. :) Here’s how it works:

The premise

Pretend you have $100 to spend at Amazon on Kitchen/Dining-related things. Make a list of the things you’d buy (as close as you can get to $100 without going over – don’t worry about shipping). Then email your list to ourfamilylikes+contest@gmail.com with the subject: Kitchen contest. We’ll choose our favorite list, and send that person a $25 Amazon Gift card.

The details

  1. The email must arrive in our inbox before 11:59 pm (Central Time) of Saturday, October 10.
  2. We respect your privacy and do not spam. We’ll use your email to notify you if you’ve won, or to let you know if we need more information from you for this contest. That’s it.
  3. Include not just the names of the items, but links to that item’s page at Amazon, too.
  4. The winner will be announced on Saturday, October 17. (You can subscribe to our RSS feed or follow us on Twitter to stay in the know.)
  5. The winning list will be a completely subjective decision on our part. But we’ll tell you what kinds of things we like: the creative, the practical, and the personal.
  6. We’ll publish the winning list as well as attribute the winner by giving their name, where they are from, a photo, a link to their web site, twitter account, whatever. All up to you, really. If you want, go ahead and send us that information with your list.

More tips

When we say ‘Kitchen/Dining related things,’ it doesn’t only have to be from the Kitchen & Dining department at Amazon. It could be a cookbook, or even grocery items (did you know Amazon sold grocery items?). They could be items you already own. Your list can be one $100 item, or 100 $1 items, or anywhere inbetween. Though not required, it would be favorable if you provided some reasoning behind your items – why do you like them? Do they mean something to you? Are all the items on the list related somehow?

We hope this is fun for you, and an easy $25 for the lucky winner. Let us know if you have any questions (using: ourfamilylikes@gmail.com).

Get started and good luck!

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