We love each and every one of our readers! To show our appreciation we
decided to throw a “Getting To Know You” giveaway. Tell us a little
about yourself and you could win the first prize of $50 via
PayPal. (Don’t worry – if you don’t have PayPal we will send you a
gift card.) Second and third place winners will win $25 via
PayPal and we will also be giving away 5 of our Imperfect Women
reusable shopping bags to 5 lucky folks. So many chances to win!
It’s really simple to enter. Leave a comment on this post telling us
and the other readers of this website something about yourself to help
us get to know you.
For example:
-It’s noon and I am reading your site in my PJ’s.
-I live on a ranch in Wyoming and raise cattle.
-I have 2 pet dogs, a potbelly pig, and a pet duck named Quack.
-This summer I am going on a vacation to Kathmandu.
-I wear high heels because I think it makes my legs look thinner.
-I’m a dude but I read Imperfect Women!
The rules:
One entry per person per day. Contest runs until midnight February 3,
2012 EST. Winners will be chosen randomly and will be announced by
February 6th, 2012.
The Prizes:
1st Prize will be 50 dollars delivered via PayPal or a 50 dollar gift
card if you don’t have PayPal
2nd Prize will be 25 dollars delivered via PayPal or a 25 dollar gift card.
3rd Prize will be 25 dollars delivered via PayPal or a 25 dollar gift card.
4th 5th 6th 7th and 8th Prizes! Just to add to the fun, we have 5
fabulous lightweight reusable Imperfect Women Shopping Bags that we
will be giving away! You’ll be the envy of all your friends with one
of these fashionable bags featuring the new Imperfect Women logo. Well
okay, maybe you won’t be the envy of all your friends, but you’ll at
least be kind to the environment when you bring your own bag shopping!
We look forward to getting to know you, and good luck!!
I live in the northeast and the weather is crazy here this winter! It was unseasonably warm last week and suddenly last night all heck broke loose with an ice/snow storm.
I love my two sons, coffee all day long and reading!
I’m at work and I shouldn’t be reading Imperfect Women 🙂
i live in pa. i wanna move to hawaii. i have a beautiful 11 month old daughter, aurora. my fiancee is my best friend. id rather wear sweats and a tee all day everyday. i only ever try to impress myself and my fiancee, i always fail. im beautifully imperfect but im me : )
I’m procrastinating!
I love to eat raw onions like an apple!
My niece went to Katmandu 2 years ago, and based on her description, I would NEVER want to go there.
I have a BEAUTIFUL GORGEOUS 16 month old daughter Named Aubree Christamay
It is almost 11:00am in So CA or lalaland, as we prefer to call it! Washing bedding this morning. My 2 Boston Terriers, Toby & Peggy Sue are snoozing.
I have a great dog – a Belgian Tervuren
My baby girl and I just got back from the park! It’s great now that it’s 60 degrees in January.
I am a school bus driver and I take my three girls, 10, 7, and 17 months on the bus everyday with me. Very early morning and some extra grey hairs;)
Hi I ive in a remote area in SD and live on a ranch where we raise cattle and sheep. Our closest grocry store is 35 mi. away. Our weather has been unusually mild and presently have no snow on the ground. We begin to calve(cows begining having their babies or calves)and that makes it for a very busy SPring. So we are hoping our weather continues to be mild.
Hi!
Welcome to all the new posters to IW today! I contribute to IW about gardening, and for Jan. it feels like spring today. We hit 58 today for a high, so washed bedding and hung it on the line. I volunteer in my town, cancer ward for women with breast cancer, food bank, and love DH and my family.
I have two grandchildren named Johnny and Katie and NO… I didn’t name them 😉
I know lots of jokes but they aren’t really the kind I can tell. 😉
My car got broken into wednesday and wallet stolen…what a fun thing to happen while 7 months preggo!
I have the Sprout channel turned on. My 4 yr old is on the couch sucking on one of her dollie’s bottles and my 2 yr old is sitting on my lap eating pretzels while I type.
Welcome, everyone! So many interesting comments!
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#2 Jennifer must be my twin; I’m at work too. (but I can read IW if I want to! I have rights!)
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#3 Athena – Aurora is a beautiful name; it’s what my cousin named her youngest, who is now a beautiful six (almost seven year old).
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#5 Aubrey – I’ve heard of people who eat raw onions like that, but I can’t imagine it; it would probably make my eyes water SO bad, for one thing.
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#9 Shirley – I had to look up the Belgian Tervuren. What a beautiful dog! I want one now. 🙂
I have really curly hair and always wished for beautiful straight,shiny hair.
I am spring cleaning. It sucks but it’s amazing how much extra room you get cleaning and rearranging.
I live in Colorado. I spend far too long surfing then net. I can’t stand hate and bullying. I like the Gosselins and Duggars. I watch General Hospital. I like to save money. I love my iphone and Kindle. I want to go to Hawaii. I want an Ipad.
i hate mornings, and usually take my time getting ready. even if it means being late for something. my favorite time is definitely bed time. i could probably sleep forever.
When I first started blogging 3yrs ago my daughter made the account for me. Today after weeks of trying I was able to change my avatar on twitter, by myself! LOL
Some days IW is my only adult interaction & “me” time and I’ve met some really great women who I now consider friends. I really didn’t expect that to happen, but I’m very glad it did. 🙂
Whoo Hoo! Looks like I was also able to change my profile pic on blogger too!
My 3yo keeps feeding Chip to Shamu & then I have to dig him out of Shamu’s tail. Fraud would have a hayday with house 🙂
I am a frequent reader, but a first time poster. My lap top crashed the other day and I had to replace it and I am absolutely loving my new one!! I am a night owl and I hate early mornings.
Hello! My name is Mo and I have 2 kiddos – 10 and 7. I have 2 doggies – a husky and a puggle. We also have 2 cats – a white and a black one. I should be working today but I took the day off to run errands and spend some time at my sons school. Happy Tuesday!
I have been known to go off on tangents reguarding politics and the federal gov. lol my friends have grown acustom to it and i have no doubt at times they want to drop me via fbook dew to my sometimes raw and alarming political posts.
I’m at home recovering from hand, wrist surgery that was done yesterday. Oh joy!!
I Love my Husband.
Welcome everyone!
So many new names 🙂 Did “Getting to know you, getting to know all about you…….” pop into anyone else’s head?
Getting to like you, getting to hope that you like me…….
What a fun read! Waving hello to everyone.
Momsby, I’m proud of you, you’ll be programming in no time 😉
Ouch Gwendolyn, hope you’re healing up nicely.
I’m a stay at home mom in Florida. I stay busy taking care of my 2 kids, home and hubby.
I love animals so I care for our 3 cats plus every squirrel, raccoon, deer,bird, stray dog or cat that happens to wander in my yard
I am a stay at hm mom in Tn.Have a 12 yr old who wants to be 18, LOL I have 6 grandchildren.I love to read,crochet and work on computer. I am recovering from some minor surgery at this time but other than that doing great.
I am a married working woman…married to the love of my life, Gene-O. We have been together for almost 28 years of marriage after dating two years before that! Living in the upper midwest…it seems as if winter hangs on forever…It makes me that much hungrier for the arrival of spring.
My dog came from Virginia.
Married with 3 children, all guys. Even the dog is male, so I am way outnumbered! Will be celebrating 25 years of marriage this August! Fun fact, raised in the Midwest on a farm where I had to gather eggs daily laid by 12,000 chickens. Love reading here at IW!
everyday i try to do one nice thing. even if it means holding the door open for someone. at the end of the day i feel like i become a better person.
It’s now sunny outside. Finally!
Waving Hi to everyone! Love reading what you have to say about yourself. Don’t forget you can enter every day until Friday. Good Luck!
I was raised in LOUISIANA where Y’all is a proper noun, chicken is always fried, biscuits come with gravy,and sweet tea is the house wine. Oh an I’m tottaly imperfect lol
Today at the dentist I was told I have two cavities 🙁 Until today I’ve been filling free! 40 years was a pretty good run though…
Athena, what a lovely life philosophy 🙂
When I first started reading/chatting about the Gosselins my daughter was 10. Friday she is taking her driving test.
I frequently wish IW had a like button. 🙂
Married with 3 boys, my ‘baby’ is going to be 12 this month. Time is going by way too fast. Going to be married 28 years this month too.
My favorite food is sushi!!
tomorrow i get my wisdom teeth out. im horrified. anything involving my teeth scares me beyond belief.
momsby: my dentist told me i have a few cavities too, im terrified lol
I just turned 51, YIKES.. I have 4 beautiful children and 2 grandbabies. I have a dog named Odie. A husband name Tim. I live in South Carolina but born and raised in Savannah, GA. I work from home, stay in my PJ’s till about noon. I am OCD. I collect boxes (never know when you need a box)I CAN’T BELIEVE I JUST TOLD EVERYONE THAT….
I have a bit of a fascination with boxes also. Not sure why. I think for the same reason..you just never know when you are going to need one.
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athena d., you will be fine. They have such great drugs and methods today that you won’t even know that it happened. In a few days you will be right back to normal.
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I have never tried sushi. There is just something about it.
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Happy Anniversary Lori, 28 years is something to be proud of.
Hi Debbie! How time as flown by. We tried the like button thing but the plug in also had a dislike button and that didn’t go over well. I will have to look again. Good luck to your daughter on Friday….and to her parents. 😉
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momsby, my sons have no cavities and they are in their mid twenties and 30. I am thankful that they were able to have the advantage of all the new dentistry to help them keep their teeth healthy.
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Wow, I am reading up thread and see quite a few of you have been married for over twenty years and it seems like we have quite a few girls from the south.
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Thank you all so much for commenting. I am really enjoying this thread and reading every comment.
I am addicted to iced coffee. Specifically McDonalds iced coffee. The exact order is – medium sugar free french vanilla iced coffee with 2 xtra creams. Booyah!
Mo, as addictions go, I think that is a pretty safe one to have. I have never liked coffee. I like the smell, brings back memories of waking up to it perking when I was young.
Only myself to blame..take the kids regularly, but didn’t go myself for too long 🙁
Good luck Adele!
Two household tasks I enjoy the least are laundry & lunches! I can never get the laundry totally done!
Pam, I’ve never been a huge coffee drinker. I don’t really drink hot coffee. I just love the creamy iced coffee kind. And I like to prentend that it’s fat free, calorie free and organic. lol
I am with you on the laundry and lunches!!
I can wash/dry but I always have a stack of clothes on my dresser because I hate putting it away!
Both of my kids school have a healthy choice (fresh fruit and veggie bar) at lunch so most days they buy lunch at school.
Thanks Pam. I thought I was the only one.
Laundry… UGH, I wash and dry. Hate to fold and really really hate to put away. My husband checks several places thru out the house when looking for something to wear.
Our family adopted a puppy from the islands of Turks and Caicos in the caribbean. He is a Potcake and my furbaby soul-mate! His name is Iggy and we love him to the moon and back. Potcakes are just the most AWESOME dogs! Check out potcakeplace.org to learn more!
In my early 30’s I was still so afraid of the dentist I needed a root canal. I was in so much pain and had lost 20 lbs.
A friend told me about nitrous oxide and that was my ticket. I came right out of it and went to work right after. I lol enjoyed it so much I had all the work done my mouth needed after years of neglect and now I don’t need the gas anymore when I go. Its just no big deal now.
Thanks Pam! I’m a bit more nervous than she is, LOL.
We recently got a smoker and are having fun trying new recipes. I’m having trouble finding good wood chips. Anyone know where they can be found? Apple is our favorite.
Alice, Potcakes are adorable! What color is yours?
Debbie,
If there is an apple orchard close to you, when they prune, they have pieces you could cut up yourself. You can buy smoker chips at local nurserys, places that sell the smokers or on-line. I have even seen them sold in stores during the grilling season.
We are going out of town for this weekend.
I’ve been online since 1994 when we got our first computer. Wow, things sure have changed since then! I’m now the 50 y/o mom of 3 y/o B/G twins and an 11 y/o ‘Tweenie’, my 3 miracles from God after many years of dealing with infertility/procedures. I have a 15 y/o cat named Pebbles who just in the past few years learned how to be a housecat (got her as a feral kitten). I’m a big Kate G. & Gosselin kids supporter, sometimes others disagree with my opinions. (shrugs) Glad to see a lot of new folks arriving here! Welcome to IW! 🙂
I have had to put a bib on my 16 yr old cat, because she no longer has enough teeth to hold in her slobbers! LOL
i’m disabled and i’m looking to make new friends, i just got myself to a place where i finally can spend time online and not sleep all day (although i still sleep a lot!)i have a kitty who is very rambunctious!
I am a stay at home mother of 2 very active little boys, ages 3 & 4 =D
I’m a workaholic… I work three jobs, 2 waitress positions, and I am also a Avon Rep! I am trying to achieve my asscioates degree in Healthcare Management. I have 2 Boys, 5 and 7. and I am SCARED to DEATH of getting old!!!
I hate maple syrup. I know, I know. I’m weird. To this day I have only met one other person who doesn’t like it either, who just happens to be my friend of 20 years. Perhaps that is part of why?
I’m a grandma that watches 5 grandchildren and 1 great nephew during the day.Three of them are two years oldsmso it gets really crazy sometimes!!
I have four children and live in Kentucky! I have a fierce boot collection! Oh and I love love love perfume!
The only thing that scares me about the dentist is when they hand you the bill!
Thanks Snickers! I’ll check out the Nursery. I found some at a BBQ store but they were expensive and not very good.
I’m Amy from Hickory, Nc and im Getting Married in July!!!!!
Amanda- I love boots! I’m obsessed with them. Whats your favorite pair?
Welcome Everybody!! I have enjoyed reading your tibits about yourself. Hope you come back and post with all of us. It’s a fun blog with lots of interesting topics. 🙂
Well I guess winter is finally here. It’s snowing. Aaarrrggghhh.
I will be married 35 yrs. this spring, got married very young, had kids very young, and we kind of all grew up together. We struggled quite a bit in the early days but my kids are wonderful, responsible adults who are all college-degreed with great careers.Even though we got married young we got married with the intention of staying married and believe me there were times when we had to work hard at that committment but it has been so worth it.
I am the mother of a boy (20yrs) and a girl (15yrs) and a wife for 23years. I like trying to find good deals to help my family and friends.
Carol, I will be married 35 years this spring also! So nice to hear, carol.
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Amy, congratulations! How fun and exciting. Keep us posted.
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loriann, isn’t that the truth. Very expensive.
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Vicki, you have your hands full for sure. No grandchildren yet for me.
alisa niki, you have found the right place. When this contest is over we have a place we call the lounge and it is open discussion there. Actually, any thread you can go off topic but the lounge is especially for that. You can find it here: https://imperfectwomen.com/iw%E2%80%99s-february-open-forum/ and there is always a link to it on our sidebar.
What a fabulous diverse group of women! I am pretty sure I was southern in another life!;-)
I have one husband, 2 children, one dog and a house full of projects!
I no longer have to worry about being 39…or 69, still feel 29! Am a Damned Yankee married to the most southern of gentlemen…a very LONG time ago. 2 children who have been gone on to do great things w. their lives. We have one DAWG & one very talkative African Grey parrot. (2011 was Mother Nature’s revenge on us…to have found IW & their creative humor & writing talents has been a BRIGHT spot!)
thank you at pam@IW and HB i like your comment too! it’s so cute! funny that i’m 29 and feel younger too! ha ha! and i’ll always be a kid at heart! i don’t think that will ever change!
i’M 46 AND STARTING LIFE OVER.
Congrats Amy! Tiffany Drew….my daughter hates maple syrup too! What a fun post and great women! Denise Anderson……WELCOME TO LIFE! It’s gonna be great!!!!
I dislike driving in the snow. It makes me a nervous wreck.
my fiancee is an mma fighter and has a fight next friday, im so nervous, especially because i have to stay home with the baby and wont be able to watch. i know he’ll do good though.
im also in the process of losing the extra weight i have from my daughter. its hard, considering i cant find the strength or motivation haha.
I TRIED to do the ‘brazilian butt-lift workout’ this morning with my daughter-in-law and I still feel shaky.
The sun has come out here and is here to stay for the weekend!
My name is Mysti and I’m hopelessly addicted to Imperfect Women! There, I said it… I feel better now! ;o)
Denise Anderson….sorry I meant to type WELCOME TO YOUR LIFE! sorry…. 🙁
I love both the flavored hot and iced coffees. 🙂
Less than five hours to enter here today if you haven not done so. Waving to all of you and I am really enjoying this thread. Mysti, I like your addiction. Glad some of you will have a sunny weekend. Good luck to everyone who entered this contest.
I think this is my favorite-est thread ever. I like flavored hot and iced coffee too! In fact, the mocha frappe is the only thing left at McDonald’s that I can stand to consume. Coffee is always good!
Just love perfume also. My love has given me so many but my favorite is Lalique. I am my own boss since I own a few businesses and that is the reason I post so late. LOL!! But I take the time to read IW.
This is really fun to read a bit of stories from readers. It feels like we know each other a little bit more without divulging to much.
Have a nice weekend everyone.
Borders had a salted caramel latte to die for. I would love to sit in their cafe with a book and latte. I was so sad when they closed. 🙁
i like to eat ice cream even in the winter…. it’s a treat i can have any day of the year!!
Congratulations to the winners of this contest! Prizes were drawn by a random computerized program.
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First prize of $50 goes to #35 -Cheri
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Second prize of $25 goes to #84 – Deborah
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Third prize of $25 goes to #54 – Alice
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Winner of the 5 fabulous 😉 lightweight reusable Imperfect Women Shopping Bags are:
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Mysi French
Lynn
athena d.
Poorbabi
Leah Ryan
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All winners should email pam@imperfectwomen.com so that we can get your prizes to you.
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Thank you all for participating.
Really!!!! I won 25 bucks!!!! that is so so cool.
Yes you did, Deborah!
Pam!!!
I’m so excited I had to tell my family!
I’ll be sending you my addy.
Sent, My daughter-in-law said that’s what I get for trying 😉
I am so happy for you. I won a lawnmower once, lol. I felt the same way.
Congrats to all the winners!! This was a fun thread!
I couldn’t be any happier if I won a jack pot at the casino 😉
I know the contest is over but I just have to say its great to see so many new people posting here.
Aw, congrats winners and thanks to everyone who participated. I know there are more fun contests planned at IW so keep coming back!
Congrats to all the winners!
Thank you Thank You Thank you.
‘Wild Horses’ and all that Anya #103
It really was a neat thread, I really enjoyed reading it too.
Hey, Deborah won!!! Congratulations!
TYTYTY Ann, I can’t wipe the smile off my face 🙂 🙂 🙂
Glad to hear you won Deb! This was an enjoyable thread so many new people.
I feel like I should be out buying Lottery tickets right now!!!
Thanks Sage, so many new people.
I hope they come back again and again!!!
Which lynn won the bag?
The one not using a last name!
Congratulations to all the winners! Woohoo! 🙂
Congratulations! Deborah, so happy for you. And it was nice reading a little bit from those who posted.
Congrats Deb! Congrats to all the winners! What a fun thread this was!
I was just checking back to see the results and was so surprised to see my name! Thank you so much for this fun thread! It has been interesting to read and learn a little bit about everyone’s lives. Thanks, IW, for a fabulous place to read!
Congratulations Cheri! You are the big winner! We are so glad you all participated.
Congratulations Cheri,
I was hopping you’d check back.
Isn’t it great to find you won, I know I was thrilled.
Thanks every one! 🙂
Congratulations everyone!
It’s back to work today. Luckily the weather is still nice.
Congrats to Deborah and the other winners!
Congratulations winners!!!
Cheri, I have sent you two emails back. Not sure if you are receiving them, but I did get yours.
thank you so much! I am so glad I found this site, it is just wonderful all the way around!
Congratulations to Alice! Glad you found this site also.