Giveaway : 3 Copies of Shed Chic
Update: I’m moving this right back to the top…today is the last day to enter.
In anticipation of the release of Shed Chic by Sally Couthard, Universe and Studio ‘g’ are partnering to give away 3 copies of the book. To enter the contest, you need to leave a comment on this post answering this question…..
Surely if you have a Facebook account you have seen the 25 random things about yourself list posted by someone you know…well, I would like to know you better…so, tell 3 random things about yourself in the comments of this post. Three is good right?…I personally couldn’t come up with 25…but I will share my 3 in the comments here to get us started.
Make your comments by Thursday April 23rd at 12:00 pm. I will announce the winners (2 by Random # generator and 1 judged by me as my favorite set of random things) first thing Friday Morning April 24th. Good Luck!!
rochelle said,
April 16, 2009 @ 8:57 am
Rochelle’s 3 random things…
1) when I was young I briefly had a raccoon for a pet.
2) I know ‘instant’ is passe…but I staunchly defend my instant espresso habit…3 huge cups a day.
3) my idol top 4 in order are…adam, allison, chris, and lil….gokey doesn’t make my cut.
High Desert Diva said,
April 16, 2009 @ 9:31 am
3 random bits from Charmaine:
I haven’t yet decided what I want to be when I grow up.
My husband and I have lived together for almost two decades without pets. We recently adopted both a cat and a dog and are completely ga-ga over them.
Beautiful gardens fascinate me; but I loathe gardening…ironic, considering I am president elect of our local garden club….sigh.
Jamie H said,
April 16, 2009 @ 11:05 am
Hello from the blogging course! Here are my 3 random things:
1) I studied wildlife biology as an undergrad
2) I eat two eggo waffles every morning for breakfast
3) when I was little I wanted to change my name to be Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz because I loved that movie so much (still love the movie!)
arythrina said,
April 16, 2009 @ 11:24 am
Ooh, I’ll play!
1) I spent a two years in college in a primate research lab doing behavior studies with monkeys (nothing medical!) which meant I got paid to feed tamarins mini-marshmallows. Best job ever.
2) I’ve seen 4 total solar eclipses in my lifetime. My family travels to see them (weird – I know) so we’ve been to Mexico, Curacao, the Black Sea and Turkey.
3) Uncles are transitory in my life: both my parents only have sisters, and they have all been divorced and remarried multiple times. Uncles come and go, aunts are forever.
Michelle Derviss said,
April 16, 2009 @ 11:26 am
3 random things…
1- I had most of my left lung removed 2 years ago and am doing fine without it.
2- I embrace solitude and quietness over most music and conversational chatter.
3- I am morbidly fearful of public speaking. On one occasion I could not even go on stage to accept a design award and instead stood super glued to the floor unable to move or speak.
Heather Lawrence said,
April 16, 2009 @ 11:51 am
Heather’s 3 Random Things-
* I am desperately afraid of fist. Not the eating kind, the kind that can eat your feet when you can’t see them.
* I sort of believe in Big Foot, I think most Northern Californians do.
*Ground Hog day is my favorite holiday of the year!
Heather Lawrence said,
April 16, 2009 @ 11:52 am
I mean afraid of FISH, not fist. My hands are cold from watering in the wind, lol
rochelle said,
April 16, 2009 @ 12:29 pm
I am laughing out loud…I was just about to go google “fist and eat feet” — even funnier is that I too am crazy afraid of FISH — I have too many stories for any rational adult woman of beaching myself (in bikini) on coral reefs, walking (literally) on water from fear, crazy screaming etc etc…all from FISH fear.
Waxyhearts said,
April 16, 2009 @ 6:26 pm
Three random things…
1. I am terrified of bluejays – they are just creepy
2. My job is so boring I am exhausted when I get home
3. I call my husband ‘Poochie’ and he likes it.
Sheila H said,
April 17, 2009 @ 12:46 am
How fun!
1) From the age of 5 until I went to college, I’ve had to pick rocks out of corn and soybean fields for my dad. I was paid $5 an hour to do this. Not a bad job for a young kid but I was certainly happy to graduate!
2) I quit a high paying finance office job to go back to school to become a landscape designer. I’m not paid as well but I’m much happier!
3) I just finished my first art exhibit – a 23 foot long jumbo water bottle for “Waterosity” summer exhibit at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum. My partner and I had to collect over 7500 water bottles to fill this bottle up! This was worst than picking up rocks!
Courtney said,
April 17, 2009 @ 10:25 am
This is a neat giveaway!
1) I’ve lived in the state of Massachusetts for 6.5 years but I still have a Pennsylvania drivers license that I re-new every few years when I’m visiting family.
2) I’m rarely able to make it through an entire movie without falling asleep.
3) I’m convinced that the day my boyfriend and I finally adopt a puppy will be one of the most exciting days of my life.
ChefBliss (Tiersa) said,
April 17, 2009 @ 1:53 pm
Great giveaway!! My three random things….
1. I can’t decide what I want to do with my life, but I know it’s not what I’ve been doing for the past 20 years.
2. I LOVE that I now have a yard and garden!!!!
3. Life without dogs is just not as fun!
Alicia Hanson said,
April 18, 2009 @ 1:05 am
I just discovered this blog and I am enjoying it.
1. The people that use to own our house use to have an orchid business, my jewelry studio shares our huge green house with all my new plants. It’s pure heaven in there.
2. I love the smell of wet tomato plants.
3. I want to dig up our front lawn and plant native plants and herbs and veggies and my husband thinks it is too crazy…. I say who cares. We can’t eat the lawn.
meg said,
April 18, 2009 @ 7:26 am
Hello Fellow Classmate :0) Love your blog! And find this book really cool- especially since we are going to be building a shed this summer!
1. i adore mini donkeys. and sometimes go for car rides just to visit one not far from here.
2. i am a certified arson investigator, but instead i photograph weddings and babies.
3. i love the smell of yeast bread rising, but am allergic to gluten. so i make bread for everyone else i love.
xoxo
Jamie said,
April 19, 2009 @ 4:23 pm
Hi from decor8 eclass! I really like the organization of your blog, so I will continue to stalk you
Random Things:
1. I have an irrational phobia of ladybugs.
2. I have an irrational fear of eye gook.
3. I have a rational fear of mice.
Thank you for offering the giveaway!
Jessica said,
April 20, 2009 @ 1:56 am
Well thank you in advance because even if I don’t win your giveaway, I know what to get my MIL for her next birthday gift now! Score!
Three random things about Jess:
1. If the blankets are hanging unevenly on my bed, it wakes me up.
2. I prefer Coke made in Mexico since it’s formulated with sugar vs. corn syrup.
3. I want to move to Portland, OR.
Ciao!
Studio G - Garden Design & Landscape Design inspiration » Gypsy Stuff said,
April 21, 2009 @ 9:11 am
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Elizabeth said,
April 21, 2009 @ 12:53 pm
Three random things about me:
1. I’m training to become a Zen Hospice Volunteer.
2. I feel disoriented if I can’t identify the vegetation around me.
3. I’m grateful for my life, the suffering and the joy, the great beauty and sloppy mess of this life.
Jeannie said,
April 21, 2009 @ 12:56 pm
1. I really like peanut butter and bacon and tomato sandwiches.
2. I love botanical latin and frequently have conversations with myself which have words like “gypsoploboides” (yes…I made it up) and “wolfenii”
3. I grew up with a dancing teacher mum and did the 4 Swans number from Swan Lake when I was 13…toe shoes, very skinny…and can remember the routine still…it’s like riding a bike, you don’t forget how…course now I’m not so skinny, so I’d be a rather lumpy swan!
Michele said,
April 22, 2009 @ 4:03 pm
1. I’m absolutely shocked that Danny is not in your top four! :]
2. I’m not great at it but I love to grow a veggie garden every year and I currently have 52 tomato seedlings, basil, kale and several kinds of lettuce under grow lights and I love them like my children.
3. I seem to have formed a Facebook addiction much to my husband’s dismay:]
rochelle said,
April 22, 2009 @ 5:07 pm
Yeah Michele!….so glad you are here…. gokey annoys the be-jesus out of me…I admit he is talented…but…Yuck!
Megan said,
April 22, 2009 @ 5:50 pm
1. I am currently obsessed with colorful tiny bowls that i have placed all over my house to catch my earrings and watch when I remove them and night. The occurance of me loosing rings to the sink-God has decreased dramatically.
2. This last weekend I broke my nose on my boyfriend’s head while laughing at Miss USA contestants on tv. Kharma
3. Succulents have the number one place in my heart, but I am growing a variety of hot peppers from seeds for my boyfriend to someday perform feats of greatness with for all of his friends. I can’t wait to hear the whimpering.
Nitasha said,
April 23, 2009 @ 9:52 am
Gorgeous blog!
1. I never realised I wanted a shed until I saw this book.
2. I grew up in hot and sunny India and miss my mum’s garden here in freezing Boston.
3. I am a blog addict – Rochelle here’s one for you: instant love! http://www.kopidunia.com/
Shanna said,
April 23, 2009 @ 5:11 pm
So three random things that I haven’t told you on facebook
….
1. I grew up in Oklahoma and have only been in Mass. for 5 years. I still can’t figure out what will grow in this state and am need of lots of help!
2. It took me 16 years to get my bachelors degree but I am hoping that I can finish my Masters within 3 years. Maybe start a career before all my kids graduate college.
3. I have always wanted to know how to tap dance so I now take lessons on Friday nights. It is alot harder then it looks!
jennifer sundeen said,
April 23, 2009 @ 11:30 pm
ohhhhhh nooooo~ my comment was submitted under the blog about shabby sheds = definitely in the wrong place! rochelle, find me and put me back here! i want to be a part of your contest! please be patient with those of us new to the blog commentary world!
ok — here it is cut and pasted….
1. i collect magic hat bottle caps. my favorite one says, ‘nothing could be better than a beer with eddie vedder,’ taken from a magic hat #9 the night before the ed vedder ‘into the wild’ concert. that was the same show where i won first row seats and he shook my hand.
2. i love the smell of beer on a man’s breath.
3. i am an ‘arkie’ (from arkansas) who considers herself well above those okies (i.e. the other contestant shanna from oklahoma) and can do the biggest baddest pig suey you ever did hear. ‘oooooooooooooooohhhhhh pig suuuuuuueeeeeeyyyyyyyyyy!!!!’
thanks for the contest. if i win, i will FINALLY clear out the garage and buy that shed i’ve been waiting 12 1/2 years for. if perchance victory escapes me, does Sally have a book called ‘groovy garages’? i could use some help!
Delphine said,
April 24, 2009 @ 2:57 am
Random Things:
1- i live exactly 39.82 km far away from the Eiffel tower
(when the night is clear, we can see its light from our house)
2 – All my cats have a city name : Venise, Toulouse, Pontoise….
3 – i buy my organic croissants in the Bakery “Patibio”
Kath said,
April 24, 2009 @ 10:18 am
This book looks lovely and tempting! So here are 3 things about me:
1. I just had a kidney transplant thanks to a donation from a wonderful friend and am feeling very fortunate indeed!
2. I was laid off from my programming job and am hoping this is an opportunity to finally begin to use my certificate in landscape design outside my own yard.
3. I grew up in Maine and love the plants native to New England from having gone on walks in the woods with my Dad when I was little.