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I Dropped the Blogging Ball and Advent Calendar for Dog Lovers Day 4

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December 4th already!  Where does the time go?

Are you finished with your Christmas shopping yet?  Here’s a surprise, I’ve barely started mine and I currently have no time to get it done!   Before I give you the skinny on today’s Advent Calender promotion, I’m going to fill you in a bit on what’s been going on behind the scenes here at Heart Like a Dog.

My mom (who lives in an in-law unit in our basement) has been ill.  She has been in congestive heart failure and was hospitalized on the 21st of November.  On the 22nd of November she developed pneumonia and was moved to Intensive Care.

Life got super hectic for me.

Walking the dogs on my lunch and then heading to the hospital after work left me feeling very rushed and frazzled.  To top it off there was a holiday added in there.  Thankfully mom is a tough old bird and has turned the corner.  We moved her on Saturday to a rehabilitation center where she will heal more and get stronger.  I have high hopes she need only be in there two weeks or so.

I tell you this so you will understand why today’s post is so late.  No, no, I know it’s not late, I mean since I’ve been working on this Advent Calendar my posts have been scheduled earlier than they have ever been and if I’m being honest (which I always try to, siriously, who can remember the lies?) I like it.

But that’s not what this is about.  This is about a calendar give-away I promised you two weeks ago.

Do you remember the post, “Which Way Do We Go?” And this picture?

What? You've never heard the tale of the two stubborn labs?

What? You’ve never heard the tale of the two stubborn labs?

 

I asked you to tell me which dog turned back to me first and which path we ended up taking.  In exchange for your thoughts I offered to give away a Dogs of Blogville Calendar in a random drawing and I promised I would share the winner and the the answer in the special Thanksgiving This ‘N That Thursday blog hop.

December - Benny and Lily - Two French Bulldogs

You remember these guys right?  They grace our calendar for December of 2014.

 

Except life got in the way and I totally forgot.

Well the answer to the question is this.

The dogs turned almost simultaneously, BUT if I had to say which dog turned first, it would have been Sampson and because Sampson turned first, we took the path to the left.

Well that’s the first part done!  Check that off. 

Now for the giveaway, I had 27 comments on that post and I plugged it into Random.org and came up with the number 10.  As I was counting down the comments, a big smile came across my face because I was pretty sure I knew who the number ten commenter was.

Here’s her comment, “Ooooh, I hope I win. I’d love to get a calendar. Last year, I gave each of the ones I ordered away and didn’t keep one for myself. This year, my timing was off.  Anyway, because she’s full of surprises, I’d guess Delilah came back to you before you got bifurcated by the sapling.”

Congratulations Pamela, your calendar is on it’s way. 😀

Have you been enjoying the Advent Calendar giveaways?  I cannot enter any of the drawings but I can tell you I’m finding lots of cool ideas and new products and companies that I’m loving.

I’m super excited for today’s giveaway, are you ready?

Win a beautiful lamp work beaded I Love My Dog necklace from For Love of a Dog in the Advent Calendar for Dog Lovers Giveaway Event It’s time for the Advent Calendar for Dog Lovers hosted by Kol’s Notes, Heart Like a Dog, My Brown Newfies, My GBGV Life & Bringing up Bella! 24 giveaways in 24 days, plus a grand prize worth more than $800 – who wants to win? Today’s giveaway is sponsored by For Love of a Dog. You could win a beautiful lamp work beaded “I Love My Dog” necklace. Click here to check out the Advent Calendar and enter today’s giveaway!

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  5. Glad to hear your MIL is doing better. My mom is stressed as well, having been gone for two weeks and tossed back into the holidays. She keeps forgetting that she still has most of her shopping to do to. There is this four letter thing that seems to get in the way all the time called W-O-R-K if we could just leave that out of our daily program there would be so much more time for important stuff!

  7. I’m so sorry to hear about your Mom Jodi, but so glad that she is doing better. Life can be so crazy sometimes, especially around the holidays. For the past several years my husband always seems to get very ill 2 weeks before Christmas. Like, in the hospital sick. The last 2 years he has been hospitalized with pneumonia. He got the pneumonia shot last year so I’m hoping this year we will be hospital free for the holidays.

    Keeping you and your mom in our thoughts and prayers.

    and sending you hugs and hoping for that girl day very soon 😉

  9. Sorry to hear about your mom. I know how hectic life gets when someone you love is in the hospital. I’m glad she’s feeling better and will hold you and her in our thoughts.

  10. We are SO very much sorry to hear that your mom is in the hospital. We are sending her out STRONGEST VIBES >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> for a speedy recovery.

  11. I know how stressful it is when a loved one is ill. Don’t worry about anything else, your attention is where it belongs. Hug the dogs from me, Kelly and Ike!

  13. Yea! Glad you won the calendar Ms Pamela. And no, mom is pretending she does not have to Christmas shop. Thank you again for all you did for my brother Benny. We miss him so much
    Lily

  14. We are so sorry to hear about your mother and are sending our best wishes out to ll of you. We thought we were busy during this season, but you make us feel like slackers in comparison. No need to apologize when life happens in such a way.

  15. Hi Miss Jodi. I am so glad to hear that your mom is doing better. It is hard when a parent gets sick and even harder when it is such a hectic time of year. But priorities are always people we love and she is lucky to have such a caring daughter.
    *Cairn cuddles*
    Oz

  16. Important stuff first. So sorry to hear your mom wasn’t doing well. Hope she can make it back home in time for Christmas.

    Don’t forget to take care of yourself. And if you need help with any bloggy tasks, let me know.

    Ok, now to the other stuff. Waaaaa Hooooooo! I’m so thrilled!

    I gave last year’s calendar to my boss and I smile to see my friends on her wall. I can hardly wait to get my own. Thank you. Thank you.

  17. Congratulations Pamela! 🙂 I’m glad to hear your mom is doing better, Jodi. Very scary. I will keep you both in my prayers.

  18. Yes, where does the time go? Hard to believe it will be Christmas in 3 weeks. (PANIC!)

    Sorry to hear about your mom, but glad she is on the mend. Hope she’s home in time for the holidays!

    Congrats to Pamela!

  19. So glad that your Mom is healing. I have mostly finished my Christmas shopping but I haven’t decorated my house yet, and I can’t seem to get caught up on my blog reading!
    I think everyone else has been so busy, that we didn’t notice you dropped the ball on the calendar giveaway. Congrats to Pamela for winning!

  20. So glad your mom is well enough for rehab and praying she’ll continue to improve. Good thoughts and prayers headed your way. Take care of yourself, Jodi. This kind is stress is so hard!