It's MY Birthday, but Somebody Else is The Winner!!

The Youngun is picking the lucky winner........and I have to tell you, that is Ellie's bowl we are using to draw the names, and she is sitting at The Youngun's feet patiently waiting for something good to come from that bowl!

It's Brenda!!

Brenda of Granny's Best is the winner of my birthday giveaway!!

Thank you all so much for your birthday wishes and for entering the giveaway and Brenda if you will email me your mailing information I'll get this package in the mail on Monday!

Thank you for being my blogger buddies, you are all the best!

God Bless.................

Someone's Got a Birthday, I Wonder Who??

Me, Me, It's meeeeeee!!!!!

On Sunday, I will be turning 34 years young!  What is the best thing to do for your birthday?  Give somebody else a gift of course!  And since you all are my favorite folks in the world, there is nobody I'd rather give a gift to!

So......what can I make you do to enter to win my birthday present??  Hmm........let's see........GOT IT!

Stand on your right foot, in a corner, with the middle finger of your left hand in your right ear and your right hand rubbing your tummy while you twirl around in a circle............

Huh?  What's that?  Too hard!?!!  Ok, ok, I guess all you have to do is leave me a comment then.  That should be good enough!

What's that?  Now you want to know what you are entering to win, just in case it's a piece of worthless trash?  Hmmm, awfully demanding aren't ya?  Oh well, I guess I'll tell ya anyway. 

The winner will receive this bundle of goodies......................a hand knit scarf and hat set; knitted up with lots of love and only a couple mistakes, this gem of a handmade duo could be yours, as well as this pretty little crock and a button doll made by my mama!

The giveaway starts today and will end on Saturday at 5 PM.

  The winner will be chosen at random Saturday evening and will be announced Sunday morning, January 30, 2011............MY BIRTHDAY!!

 

Thanks for reading my blog and helping me celebrate my b-day!

 

 

 

God Bless.................

 

 

Christmas Giveaway Winners!

Well we had a whopping 7 entries for the contest!  Makes your odds of winning pretty darned good huh?  ;)

Here were the questions again, answers are in red.

1.What breed of goats do we have here at Goodwife Farm?
We have Kinder goats here.  Kinders are a dairy breed, originally a cross between a Nubian and a Pygmy.  Tulip and her daughter Star can feed triplet kids and still have enough milk to give me 3 qts each milking once a day.


2.What is my darling yellow dog's name?
My darling yellow dog is Ellie, or Ellie-Girl

3.How many dogs do we have?
At the time of the contest we had 4 dogs, but we lost Brandy on Wednesday.  The three dogs we have left are Annie, Ginger, and Ellie.

4.What is the name of our cat?
Yup, we do have a cat.  A lovely barn cat named Willow.  The latest post I did about her can be found here.

5.What style of horseback riding do I do?
I ride English and that's the only way I ever want to go.  Started out riding western and it just wasn't for me.

6.What kind of hot rod does The Paintiff drive?
The Paintiff's baby is a 1966 Dodge Coronet that we restored together.

7.What is the name of our truck?
Our truck is named Black Betty, after the Ram Jam song!

8.When is The Youngun's birthday?
The Youngun exited my body and entered this world on December 24, 1998 at 3:47 AM

9.What is the name of my sewing machine?
My sewing machine is Steve the Sewing Machine

10.How long did The Paintiff and I date before getting married?
Our first date was January 30, 1996 and we were married March 30, 1996.  We got married exactly 2 months from our first date.

Thank you to everybody who participated!  Now on to the good stuff.............finding out if you won!

Tonia over at The Simple Life was our first entrant and she got the most answers correct.  The only question that stumped her was the name of our cat.  Congrats Tonia, you won the little pink purse!  Please let me know your mailing address and I'll get it out to you.  It may not be until Monday, depending on how easily I can get out with the ice, but you should have it before Christmas!

Now for the random drawing for the multi colored purse..........We had 6 other contestants, listed as follows

1. Jennifer
2. Nezzy
3. fernvally01
4. Nicole
5. tberry29
6. Growing Up a Country Girl

And the winner by random generator is.................

tberry29!!  So Trish, send me your mailing address and I'll get your purse out to you!

Thanks again everybody for playing along!

God Bless................

Cold Is a State of Mind...............And Don't Forget to Enter My Contest!

I just got off the phone with my good friend Darlin' Deb.  She said, Please tell me you turned your furnace on!  Well we did turn it on, but the thermostat is set below 60*.  It is currently 58* in my living room.  The current outside temp is 19*.  We've quit using the fireplace because the thermostat is in the same room as the fireplace and it will prevent the furnace from kicking on.  That makes the living room right around 45 or below, which is pretty chilly by all accounts.  So back to the current temps in my front room.  58*..........am I cold?  Not really.  Is The Youngun cold?  Not at all. 

Today's average American is a pretty spoiled creature.  My ancestors (and not too distant ancestors at that) had only a fireplace or an inefficient pot belly stove to warm their homes.  During a snow storm they would have to shake snow off the quilts when they woke up in the morning, and break ice out of the water pitcher to wash the sleep out of their eyes. 

The first few days of this cold snap I was a little chilly, but your body adjusts.  It really, truly does!  I'm thankful that we have a warm house, plenty of blankets, wool socks, and hot showers.  It also makes it a whole lot easier to go do chores when we keep the house cool.  If my house was 70*, going out to do chores would be miserable.  This way I don't notice the cold outside near as much!  

Stay warm and snug and please go enter my Christmas Giveaway if you want!  I've changed it to two winners, one that gets the most answers and one random, so please go enter!

God Bless................   

A Christmas Gift from Goodwife Farm.........

In celebration of my Savior's birth, I'd like to give a Christmas gift to one of my dear readers. 

Remember this felted purse?

My dad made me an antler button for the closure on it, and it's super cool!  ;0)

That's the gift I'm going to send you if you win. 

To enter you must answer these questions.  Lets see just how much you know about Goodwife Farm!

1. What breed of goats do we have here at Goodwife Farm?
2. What is my darling yellow dog's name?
3. How many dogs do we have?
4. What is the name of our cat?
5. What style of horseback riding do I do?
6. What kind of hot rod does The Man drive?
7. What is the name of our truck?
8. When is The Youngun's birthday?
9. What is the name of my sewing machine?
10. How long did The Man and I date before getting married?

In the comments section, please answer as many questions as you can, and if you don't know just guess!  The winner of the purse will be the person who gets the most questions right.  Hint, hint, hint, all of the answers can be found in the blog if you are bored enough to look!!  In the event of a tie, the winner will be chosen at random.  UPDATE!  I'm going to have two winners to this contest.  The person getting the most right answers will win the pink purse.  Then I will draw a winner at random for the multi colored purse.   The contest begins now and will end Thursday, December 16, 2010.  The winner will be announced at noon on Friday, December 17, 2010. 
Also........sorry to any of my family members that read this blog........you can't enter!  That just wouldn't be fair now would it??

God Bless...............

What the Heck is She Talkin' Bout.......Answers!

This was so very much fun and I hope that some of you all will come up with some questions like this.  I'm sure ever'body has phrases that are used in their neck of the woods that wouldn't make a bit of sense to out of towners!  I wish I'd a been thinkin' cuz this past weekend I coulda gotten pictures of granny beads, cuttin' cookies, and a horseshoe for ya'll!

To pick the winner we put all the names in a bowl and The Youngun picked one out...............and.......
...and..........the winner is.........Kelle! Check out Kelle's blog The Never Done Farm They are a busy bunch of folks over there!


The original questions will be in black, with the answers in red.

• If I were to say "My kid has granny beads"..........what do I mean?

Having granny beads is when you get that little line of grime around your neck.  Most often see during the summer months on grubby toddlers and little kids, but can also be seen round the neck of a big sweaty man who's workin' 'round the farm!

• If I were to tell you "My husband is goin' hoggin' on Saturday"......what's he up to?

Goin' hoggin' is going hand fishing in a creek.  You walk down the creek and when you come to a big, deep, dark hole, maybe with a submerged log, you carefully reach your hand down in the water, trying to find and haul out a nice big catfish!  Not for the faint of heart, reaching down into dark water and pulling out a huge cat!  The Man once told a co-worker he was "goin' hoggin'" and the coworker was very excited and couldn't believe he was going.  The Man asked him what he thought he meant and the coworker said "You're going crusin' for fat chicks, right?"  Gracious me, some people!  I told The Man he shoulda told Jeff he already had a fat chick at home and didn't need to cruise for one!  HA! 

• When my daughter was little I used to tell her to "skin a cat" quite a lot, what was I telling her to do?

"Skin a cat" means I'm telling my daughter to raise her arms above her head so I can whisk her shirt off prior to gettin' in the tub or gettin' ready for bed!

• If I go to my favorite place on a Friday night and tell 'em "I'll have a horseshoe" what am I asking for?

A "horseshoe" is a delight for your palate.  It's made like this.......take two slices of bread and lay them on a plate, overlapping each other.  Then put a 2 hot hamburger patties on top, then top that with a big heaping pile of hot salty fries, and pour warm yellow cheese sauce over the whole mess.  It takes a whole lotta man to eat a horseshoe, so you can also get a "ponyshoe" which is the same only once slice of bread and one hamburger patty.  You can also get a ham horseshoe, or in some places a chicken strip horseshoe, but the hamburger horseshoe remains the classic 'round here.  The Man has a ponyshoe at our favorite little restaurant, the Sunset, at least once a month.  At home I like to make a "dirty horseshoe" which is all the same except with chili poured over the fries before adding the cheese!  Yuuuumy, but not so very WW'ers friendly! ;)

• If I say "The Man and I were cuttin cookies all weekend" what were we doing?

"Cuttin' cookies" is often called "doing donuts" in other areas of the country.  It means getting in your car or truck and spinning it 360* and it's fun, fun, fun!  Easiest to do on ice, snow, or mud in a pinch it can be done on wet grass.  However if you've got a posi rear end in your hot rod or truck, you can do it on dry pavement!


So there you have it!  I loved all of your guesses and comments and if you got all or some of them right, then congrats for bein' as much of a Hillbilly as we are! 

Although nobody got them all right, I would like to send special congratulations to Nezzy, who is the only one who got #3 "skin a cat" and to deb, who is the only one who got #2 "goin' hoggin'"

Congrats Kelle! 

God Bless.........

What The Heck is She Talkin' Bout??

I've never done a giveaway but this morning I was inspired to do so!

To enter, tell me what you think (or know) these phrases mean in my neck of the woods.  I'll pick the winner by random, but I'm very interested to hear what you think.  If you'd like tell your friends about it so we can see what they think!  I'll pick the winner next Wednesday, September 22.  If you win, you'll get two of my homemade dish rags.  Not much, but fun at any rate!

So, on to the contest...............

1. If I were to say "My kid has granny beads"..........what do I mean?
2. If I were to tell you "My husband is goin' hoggin' on Saturday"......what's he up to?
3. When my daughter was little I used to tell her to "skin a cat" quite a lot, what was I telling her to do?
4. If I go to my favorite place on a Friday night and tell 'em "I'll have a horseshoe" what am I asking for?
5. If I say "The Paintiff and I were cuttin cookies all weekend" what were we doing?

Leave me a comment with your answers to each question and let the fun begin!