.....(or as those of you not from Itty Bitty, Alabama might call it.) The Labor Day kickoff of the I love Fall Giveaway, hosted by Laurel Wreath!
But if you were to live in my town, you'd know that today is Mule Day! Mule Day is the annual Labor Day celebration we host here each year where thousands (seriously, thousands!) of people descend on us here in Itty Bitty for a day of draft horse pulls, mule competitions, car shows, pony rides, ect, and it's all kicked off by a parade down the main highway ('cause we don't have streets here!)...oh, and most importantly the FOOD!
I promise to delight you with photos from the day's festivities once I return, but in the meantime, lets get to the giveaways!
In honor of my Mule Day/I love Fall Giveaway, I present to you my giveaway for today, I like to call it BBQ Dreams!:
This lovely prize package includes the following:
Sugar & Grits: A book about four strong women with a dash of sweetness.....and a heart for God!
Our Daily Bread, The Joy of New Life!: A Special edition of ODB designed for new parents. A fantastic devotional to help encourage and inspire parents of young children in their daily walk with God. (2 copies, 1 to keep, 1 to give away!)
Now, if you live anywhere in Alabama, Mississippi, or Tennessee you have no doubt heard of and love these next two items. If not, you can get it here and simply must try it! No self respecting southerner would dare attempt a BBQ without it!
Big Bob Gibson Championship Red Sauce (1 bottle) (this is awesome in hamburgers!)
Big Bob Gibson Original White Sauce (1 bottle)
....and a few other things to enhance your holiday BBQ experience!
Grill It Quick Cookbook, The Pampered Chef
Grilling Planks, The Pampered Chef
Microfiber Dishtowel, The Pampered Chef
Large Serving Spatula, The Pampered Chef (just plain perfect for removing burgers from the grill!)
Chillzanne Rectangular Server, The Pampered Chef (for keeping those cold items @ your BBQ perfectly chilled!)
....did ya'll notice that every single thing in my prize packet had something to do with food?...and did I mention I'm a Pampered Chef a time or twenty?
Now, all you have to do to enter is to leave a comment! (be sure to leave me an email addy so I can contact you if you win!) I will be picking a number at random and announcing the winner on September 10, along with all the other winner's of Laurel's fabulous I love Fall Giveaways. You can enter to win until 6 PM CST September 9. Giveaway open to U.S. and Canada only.
Remember, you don't have to have a blog to enter! Just be sure to leave me your email address so I can contact you! ...and if you haven't already, be sure to visit Laurel, she just might have a little surprise for ya over at her place!
This Saturday’s Recipes by The Pioneer Woman
6 years ago
76 comments:
Happy Mule Day! This is a wonderful Labor Day kickoff and you couldn't have included a better bunch of goodies. Thanks for the chance to win!
doot65{at}comcast[dot]net
Elizabeth
Hey Girl,
Hope you have a wonderful Mule day! I wish I lived out there, it sounds right up my alley :)
Happy Mule Day (and there's something I never in my life thought I'd say!)
I found your blog through Laurel's and I'm SO GLAD that I did. I love it and have already subscribed to your feed!
Mule Day sounds like fun and I can't wait to see the pictures! So, I guess I've never seen this anywhere, but do you sell pampered chef? I love that stuff!
Count me in! What a great give-a-way...food...you go girl!!! Puts my vintage tee give-a-way to shame:) lol!!!
Thanks for such a great blog...I look forward to reading it everyday!
Wow, really great stuff! Happy Mule day! We don't have that Bib Bob Gibson sauce here in Ohio, it sounds wonderful. Thanks!
Hi Deedra,
This is my first time over to your blog. I'm sure I will be back. It looks so interesting!
Please enter me into your giveaway for all those yummy Pampered Chef items.
Blessings,
Marsha
MtnMarmi@aol.com
MULE DAY...I love it! I'm sucha yankee - I've never even heard of such a thing =) Love your blog!
loriloomis[at]sbcglobal[dot]net
Hello! I came over from Laurel's site. What a fun giveaway! Happy Mule Day!
preciousmoments2004@gmail.com
I have been to your site before. You've changed the layout since I was here before. Can't wait to see the pictures of Mule Day. I'm from TN but never heard of it before. Sounds like fun. Thanks for the chance to win all the great stuff. How we in the south like our bar-b-que. My email address is dlowran1(at)comcast(dot)net. Thanks for taking the time to do this. Have a great day, looking foward to the pictures...
Happy Mule Day Deedra! I came over from Laurels, and while we don't celebrate that honorable day here in Maine, we do have Moose-mania! So we aren't totally out of it up here! I love your site and your sense of humor! Thanks for the giveaway, it would be a fun win! Take care, I hear mules kick worse than moose!
your blog is so gorgeous! i love the top of it it's so colorful and very pretty! well, thank you so much for being so kind and giving such great things away : )
lc_intocable at yahoo dot com
Pick me,Pick me, Pick me!!!
Great give away, luv all the great stuff and it sure does beat "A New Heart's" green T-Shirt!! that i have so many of already! LOL
Not doing Mule Day today for the first time in 6 years. I needed a break!! I know Carter will have a blast!
Wow! Great give away! I hope I hope it's me!!
wendyl@farmerstel.com
Happy Mule Day! I'll be back to check out the pictures. My husband and I love to go for extended weekend trips and do fun things like that. Maybe we try it next year.
Your give away sounds wonderful. I heard about it from Laurel's blog. I would love to try some new sauces.
jonandregina@comporium.net
Just got home from Mule Day with three b-b guns. Sam got kicked off the trash cart for shooting a lady. Oh the joys.
And what an awesome giveaway!! You are just the coolest...
Thanks for commenting on my blog. Looks like we have a bit in common. I'm from Mississippi!
Well Happy Mule Day to you!
Sounds like it might be a bit like "Possum Day" in Wausau, Florida (very near here)!!! (Not sure when it is---but my daughter and her hubbby generally go---and his grandmother has won the "hog callin' contest" before. I do believe we in the South can think up the best names for our holidays...! :)
Enter me please --I came by way of Laurel Wreath--a sweet friend!
av(underscore)knight(at)hotmail(dot)come
Count me in too! We have been at Mule Day. . . well you seen me at the parade so you should know. The girls jumped on the bungy(sp?) thingy. They loved it! Britt and I saw a little of the Mule pull and those teams were kickin some tail. When we left they were up to pullin' 9000lbs! I have posted on my blog so check me out if you get a chance. Have a great week!
What fun! I really like your site and am going to subscribe right now! Corgidogmama at http://www.corginews.blogspot.com/
Everything looks so wonderful. Great giveaway! I want to come to Mule Day.
I see you do Twitter. I am totally addicted. I am heading over to "follow" you now!
Oh, I just read your prayer request. I am so sorry! I will keep them in prayer.
God Bless,
Sarah P. (the other Republican Sarah P. - haha)
Never heard of Mule Day! I love the south!!!!! I love pampered Chef, and I know that the south has the best BBQ sauce! Sign me up, what a great give away!
I haven't been here in a long time, I'm liking your new digs!! What a wonderful giveaway!
Happy Mule Day! Sounds like a great time to me. I have been thinking about your part of the country and
Gustav! Many positive thoughts and prayers have been coming your way!
You are hosting a spectacular giveaway prize package. My husband's birthday is around the corner and he would love this as a gift! Please enter my name in your delightful drawing. Many thanks, Cindi
jchoppes[at]hotmail[dot]com
Deedra,
I cannot wait to see the Mule Day pic's. I get it. We are a Cowboy/Cowgirl family. No mules but we have mini donkeys and quarterhorses.
And I actually used a P.C. recipe tonight for our Labor day event with the family.
I would love to win your giveway. What cool prizes. My email
is Slegan@yahoo.com
Please come by and visit. I am glad I found you.
Smiles,
Sherry
Glad to find your blog - so great. I'll br praying for Billy & Roxanne... I cannot imagine! Thanks for hosting a great and Godly blog!
Hey! How was mule day? I didn't get to go. Sounded like fun though!
Amanda B.
akbarrentine@yahoo.com
Oh, pick me!! Your prize is great! :) Now I feel like redoing mine! LOL
I'm found at:
editor@christianwomenonline.net
Came by via Laurel's place. Love the look of your blog! Great giveaway!
I'll be saying a prayer for Colby's family. So sad.
jubys1mom(at)yahoo(dot)com
Deedra, I love the new look for your blog. More importantly, I love you! You are officially on my "hero list"!
Yum! What a delicous prize pack! :D
anastasia[at]mediamafia.org
Happy Mule Day! Count me in on this giveaway! We love us some barbeque!
This is so fun! Thanks for the giveaway! stonefox@pobox.com
I feel like the Shrek donkey..Pick me, pick me!!! Hey that would have went well with mule day! LOL
Awesome giveaway! And happy belated Mule Day!
Mmmm. Sounds delicious!
I have to tell you, I lived in Alabama for 15 years and never heard of Mule Day! LOL
Happy Belated Mule Day.
I don't know if I will be able to leave a comment or not. But I will try anyway.
I hope you had a wonderful Mule Day. I live in Central Mississippi so I am familiar with the products that you listed. :)
Have a beautiful week in the Lord!!!
Sarah H.
checkmat@bellsouth.net
Oh I love the country life myself!
I am in East Tennessee.
Love Pamper Chef stuff.
Include me in your giveaway!
What a wonderful giveaway. Thank you for offering it!
We love BBQ around our house! I'm sure Clayton will develop a love for it very early!
As for the Mule Day topic, my sister had a discussion with her 7 year old daughter about donkeys...Alexis is completely convinced that they are just big goats.
Please enter me in your giveaway I came from Laurel's website...Happy Mule day to you too!
Blessings!
Kelly Bryan
Dacula, Georgia
Bryan45@bellsouth.net
Hey, I just started my blog today and ran across this contest and thought I would enter. Thanks for the givaway!
I hope you had a great "Mule Day".
Thanks for the entry into the contest.
I hope you have a great rest of the week.
Happy Mule Day!
Would love to win!
curtnancy@yahoo.com
Nancy
Well, I've never heard of mule day, but thanks for hosting a giveaway. :D
I'd love to win! krysmh@gmail.com
Mule Day, Sound like much fun and FOOD. So much for trying to change my eating habits with all this talk about food... Any hoot I am entering the comment contest( ha ha) and gotta say these lil contests have really taken me to some wonderful blogs I have never visited before, so thanks for sharing your lil piece of life on what we have here in blogsphere.
Wow- what fun prizes.
smileitsbecky@yahoo.com
Great giveaway. I love anything Pampered Chef. The sauces sound great too. Thanks...semtaylor(at)yahoo.com
What a fun blog!! I'll be back to visit and LOVED the music!!!
I'd never heard of Mule Day before, but it sounds like alot of fun :) *Thanks* for the giveaway!
ols[dot]moonmaiden[at]gmail[dot]com
Well what self respecting blogger does not love a giveaway? :) Sign me up! Hey, I may be a Midwesterner, but I do love a good BBQ!!
looks like a great prize!!!
Wowwwww!! Looks like wonderful prizes, please count me in! Thanks!!
You are a hoot!
I'll be back!
Cheryl
ckmcdaniel@gmail.com
wow sound cool. Please enter me
Bar-B-Q is my favorite food group!
Thank you. :)
Theresa N
weceno(at)yahoo(dot)com
Sounds like a lovely giveaway - I love Pampered Chef!
Thanks!
Yum - looks great! Count me in!
tammy.gould@gmail.com
I can't believe all the goodies you are giving away! Thanks for the opportunity!
I love Pampered Chef! This sounds great! Thanks!
You can find me at: leaj@nacc.edu when I win. Love the look design
So, I found you from Laurel's site that I found through Lysa TerKeurst's site...ya get the picture! And I only dropped by to be entered for the prize!!!!
I will have to say though, I was drawn by the description on Laurel's blog...we have some crazy history in my family and I just explain it all by saying, "I am from Tennessee, ya know!!!"
One example that will leave you questioning someones sanity...
My first kiss was my niece's big brother!
Have fun with that and if you want to ask, you know where to find me!
Pamela in TX
bluegoose@verizon.net
Happy Mule Day!! What a great giveaway!!
My dream job is the be paid to travel all around the south and visit and write about all of the smallish town festivals that go on. I love them! We used to live in Irmo, SC....home of the Okra Strut. A festival devoted entirely to okra. It just doesn't get any better than that!
What a great giveaway! Pampered Chef has a lot of awesome stuff!
legacyofbrutalitysa{AT}gmail.com
67...not a vaild comment but it stayed at 66 way too long! lol
What a cool giveaway. I always liked Pampered Chef products - just haven't had time to go to a party lately.
What a fabulous giveaway! Hope you had a great time at Mule Day. We are fixing to celebrate Cow Chip Day. Hmmm. I like the idea of Mule Day better. Lucky girl.
Nice prize package! I love Pampered Chef. Thanks for the chance to win your great giveaway!
proudyaya04 {at} yahoo {dot} com
Great giveaway, I love books and Pampered Chef!
awesome prize. and i also need ego boosts now and again!
Please include me in your awesome giveaway! rwhisper3210@aol.com Thanks!
I started out reading my newsletter from Lysa TerKeurst this morning, traveled on to Laurel Wreath's Reflections and ended up here (to make a long story short!) I was so touched by the blog addressed to your daughter, it was so filled with love for both of your children. What a special day it's been! I thoroughly enjoyed looking at your pictures of Mule Day - I got my share of chuckles out of it as well! Thank you so much for sharing! LeslieI started out reading my newsletter from Lysa TerKeurst this morning, traveled on to Laurel Wreath's Reflections and ended up here (to make a long story short!) I was so touched by the blog addressed to your daughter, it was so filled with love for both of your children. What a special day it's been! I thoroughly enjoyed looking at your pictures of Mule Day - I got my share of chuckles out of it as well! Thank you so much for sharing! Leslie
This looks like a really great prize. I love cooking and I could definitely use all the items that you are giving away. Thanks for the chance! :)
I love Pampered Chef items, love cooking and trying new things - hope I win - I live in Alabama too.
I love to use the grill!!!
Chicken is my favorite!
cpullum(at)yahoo(dot)com
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