{winners + losers}

i'm a winner!

and i didn't even know it!

i got a message today

from a local radio station

saying if i didn't claim

said prize, won in feb,

by this friday,

i would forfeit the loot!

clearly, they don't know me!

if i had known i won,

the prize would not still be there!

as it turns out, an entry i submitted

online was read over the air,

winning me this sweet necklace!

the contest asked listeners

to describe the perfect valentine's day

or something like that...cannot remember!

but here is my entry,

{which they made a copy of for me...i couldn't remember all that i wrote!}

my perfect valentine's story starts with an awful valentine's day! i left my emotionally abusive marriage on valentine's day. happy to be leaving, but not an ideal valentine's day! less than 5 months later, i accidentally met the man i would marry, the love of my life, when our phone lines were crossed! i consider that a redo of the crappy valentine's day earlier in the year! here we are, 7 years later, and valentine's day has a whole new meaning for me!

and onto the losers:
pistachios!




we have upwards of 5 pounds
of the damn nuts
on the counter
i have been eating
on one bag for a week now
until today...salmonella?
can the farm responsible
reimburse me for these
useless nuts now?
i hate to throw them away
but i think i'd hate
salmonella even more!
might be a good weight loss program though!

winners and losers...
got any to share?