A Few of my Favorite Summer-ish Things: A Random Giveaway

WE HAVE OUR WINNER!!!!!!! CONGRATULATIONS…
#2067  Edie Jones!
I think you will all so appreciate the first sentence of her comment:

“My husband is in Afghanistan and a few ‘favorite things’ would brighten my day!”

How about that, Sisters?!? OK, Edie, please contact Living Proof Ministries at toll free (888) 700-1999 and give us an address. Please ask for Kimberly or Susan. Knowing what we now know, all of us here would want so much to send you to the beach…but, instead, we’re sending the beach to you. ENJOY!!!

PROCEED WITH CAUTION: this post will embody most everything you anticipate and perhaps even despise about women’s ministry. There will even be pink nail polish. As the great Professor Thornbury said a few weeks ago on the Twitterverse “something is not a stumbling block if you can see it coming.” So, consider yourself warned.

Colin and I just returned from a week at the beach in Mexico. It was crazy fantastic. I slept. I read classic literature. I also swam with a dolphin named Duey. And on the day I returned home I was greeted abrasively by a stomach bug and a crick in my neck so bad I could barely move my head. Oh, and then my 100 lb puppy Winston ate my over-priced prescription eye-glasses. But how can I really be frustrated with this bad boy?

Anyway, since this weekend was the Memorial Day holiday I scrolled through numerous tweets from people who were somewhere fabulous while I was at home with a bag of frozen corn under my neck. And I began to weep for the serenity of the ocean and my dolphin Duey.

But enough about me.

I want to talk about you.

I got to thinking that there may be some of you who won’t get a break this summer. While nearly everyone you know is off to some fabulous island, you won’t get a moment’s rest. For whatever reason, you won’t be able to retreat to the beach or the mountains or to wherever else makes your heart happy. We want to send a little fun and lots of love your direction so we’re doing a random give-away. And it will not include commentaries, concordances, or anything super useful or meaningful.

This giveaway is simply full of some of my personal favorite summer things including: Bobbi Brown Beach parfum (seriously smells exactly like the beach!), classic Ray-Ban aviators, Votivo Candle in White Ocean Sands, a pair of bright yellow Moleskine notebooks, Tea Forte’ Pomegranate Blackberry Iced Tea, and America’s Test Kitchen Best Summer Dessert recipes. See the contents below:

 

 

 

There are really no conditions for this giveaway. My hope, of course, is that this gift makes it into the hands of someone who simply can’t get a break this year and not someone who is heading to the Maldives or Bora Bora next week to stay in one of those little huts with glass floors sprawled across sparkling turquoise waters. But truly, if this gift brings a big smile to a single one of your faces that is quite enough for me.

So, please enter your name in the comments section if you could use a little sunshine in your world. We’ll do a random drawing and announce the winner at noon on this Thursday the 31st.

 

You are loved.

Melissa

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  1. 3001
    Kristin says:

    Wonderful idea!!!

  2. 3002
    Rhonda says:

    Woohoo, this is fun! Thanks Melissa!

    Rhonda Siler
    Kalamazoo, Michigan

  3. 3003
    Shana M. says:

    Nothing better than the serenity of the beach! Fun idea!

  4. 3004
    Marsha Neufeld says:

    I always have hope of winning…lol

  5. 3005
    faith baker says:

    How thoughtful! We want to try to go to the beach this summer but with small kids ( 2 under the age of 2) it gets really hot fast! Maybe we’ll try on a cooler day !

  6. 3006
    Diane says:

    WOW! What a loving, generous and very thoughtful gift. You guys really are the hands, feet, mouth and heart of Jesus. This gift will totally brighten someone’s summer. And although this would be fantastic to win (I’ve been stuck at home sick for the past four years), I still win having been blessed in my heart by your love for us. Thank you! You’re awesome!!

  7. 3007
    Brenda says:

    We MIGHT get away to Branson. Oh, joy, hot pavement and hillbillies (I can say that because I’m from Soutwest MO). The give away looks really fun!

    Loved the pic of your Hubster with the dolphin on Twitter. Too cute!

  8. 3008
    Angie Miller says:

    I’m entering the contest! The only vacation I’m taking is to my parent’s house with my son. Not very “beachy”. And I won’t even get to sleep late! 🙂

  9. 3009
    Charlene says:

    So sorry to hear that you returned from such a fab trip not feeling well!’ 🙁 total bummer!! Love your favorite things….how fun!! Lovin those Ray Bans! And I bet that tea is yummy! What a great summer treat!

  10. 3010
    Cheri says:

    Awesome giveaway! Thanks! 🙂 Cheri Windley

  11. 3011
    Barbara says:

    I am soooo ready for some summer fun and sun!!! What a fun give a way and a great way to encourage!! Love it!

  12. 3012

    What a thoughtful observation! I’ve been homebound for 5+ years with MS and recently hearing about others’ beach trips really has made my heart ache. I have loved the beach and swimming my whole life but I maneuver mainly in a power chair so I’ve just been visiting happier times in my mind. Thank God for the power of sweet memories! I would cherish this gift bundle to enhance that process!

  13. 3013
    Janice says:

    Great giveaway. Thanks for the opprtiunity. Please select me.

  14. 3014
    Elizabeth Willingham says:

    Oooohhhhh, Aaaahhhhhh …

  15. 3015
    Cheryl Cash says:

    So fun! Happy Summer everyone!

  16. 3016
    Alicia "frozen peach" says:

    sunshine? Yes please!
    Alicia phillips

  17. 3017
    Sherry says:

    How fun!! And . . . how generous! Count me in, too. (Hope your tummy and neck are all better.)

    Blessings to you, Melissa!

  18. 3018
    Jenny says:

    So clever-beach in a bag! This would be the only beach I’ll see this summer:). Ohio is too far from the ocean!! Thanks for your thoughtfulness. God bless!

  19. 3019
    Carol Tate says:

    Mmm. Summertime. Kids are in “year-round” school (not joking) so it won’t be until August until we have a summer break.

  20. 3020
    melody bergthold says:

    My name is Melody and I would like
    to be your random winner

  21. 3021
    Stephanie schoon says:

    This sounds like a fun treat, thanks for everything you all do!

  22. 3022
    Theresa says:

    Oh how I miss living on a tropical island! So many childhood memories! Being a full time working mom of 4…let’s just say my vacation hangs on my window at work where I try to take 5 minutes to daydream of someday going back for a visit. I haven’t had a vacation in almost 10 years & I crave it daily!

  23. 3023
    Debbie Jolley says:

    What a sweet thing to do … we are sending my 14-year-old son to camp this year, which won’t leave any money for a vacation. I love “stay-cations” anyway!

  24. 3024
    Lisa Emerson says:

    Lisa Emerson 🙂

  25. 3025
    Ellen C says:

    Oh what a wonderful idea for a summer giveaway! Thanks for thinking of all of us. I hope whoever wins has a fabulous time with these goodies!

  26. 3026
    Jennie says:

    Thanks so much for this giveaway! I so wish I could live at the beach…:)

  27. 3027
    Lynn Benefield says:

    Great! This is really a sweet idea for those of us not able to take a vacation-
    Thanks!

  28. 3028
    Michelle B. says:

    What a great idea!
    – Michelle Bornfleth

  29. 3029
    Jackie Sharp says:

    What a fun idea! My only summer getaway this year will be to a professional conference, so any reminder of the beach would be appreciated.

  30. 3030
    Sarah Wagstaff says:

    How cool!

  31. 3031

    Did someone say “sunshine” ? Love your idea. Simply awesome and uplifting !Happy Sunshine back to you !

  32. 3032
    Tammy Hughes says:

    Our own little beach spa in a bag! Thanks for entering me in the drawing.

  33. 3033
    Sharie Shupp says:

    Glad you had a nice vacation and that your ‘belly bug’ waited to attack until you were home again.

    “Like a waterfall pouring over me, so are the blessings of my King.” (from an orginal song by Todd Wallace)

    (no need to enter my name, though we won’t be going to the beach either)

  34. 3034
    Judy says:

    I love the beach!! I consider the beach, the ocean, the sand, the smell one of God’s most wonderful creations! I have 2 friends who won’t get a break this summer and life is not easy for them with them right now. I would love to “bless them” with a Beach theme box!

  35. 3035
    Patti Gorney says:

    I love, love, LOVE free stuff and giveaways!!! 🙂

  36. 3036
    Shannon says:

    Sorry you were so sick…. Praying you are so much better. What a sweet giveaway. Thank you for thinking of us. Blessings, Shannon

  37. 3037
    Sherry says:

    Such a sweet thing!

  38. 3038
    Carla Gillespie Crosslin says:

    I would LOVE to have this to share with my friends who have been so good to me this year! Though my life used to include an annual beach getaway and wonderful trips (like to Greece for the filming of Beloved Disciple), my life is very different now. Having survived a divorce in 2003, remarriage to a wonderful godly man in 2006 only to be diagnosed with ovarian cancer one month later and breast cancer since 2008, and saying “goodbye for now” to my precious husband February 13th, I am pretty beat up, and unable to work, so definitely no trips for me. BUT, I have never been more blessed than the past 6 years and it would be so wonderful to be able to share with those who have been so kind to take me for treatments and to provide food.

  39. 3039
    Lisa says:

    How wonderful! Thank you!! I was living vicariously through you when you posted pics of your beach trip. Hope you’re all better by now and just have sweet memories of your vacation instead of the way it ended 🙂
    Lisa Morrow

  40. 3040
    Susan says:

    This is such a great idea! Thanks and I hope you are feeling better.

  41. 3041
    Sharon says:

    Ooooh…I just love Give Aways!! We are currently on a speaking trip in NC, connecting with supporters for our ministry, but don’t think we’ll be able to make it to the beach. Would love to win!!

  42. 3042
    Heather B says:

    HOORAY!!!!! This is awesome! The beach is my bliss. xo

  43. 3043
    Judy says:

    Great summer giveaway! Thanks so much!! Hope you are all healed! Blesssings!

  44. 3044
    Donna Spiegelman says:

    Donna Spiegelman

  45. 3045
    Leah says:

    Oh, pick me, pick me, pick me!! This giveaway will make my “stay-cation” a VACATION! I could even take a few days off work to enjoy this with a few family and friends!

  46. 3046
    Brooke Fuqua says:

    What a wonderful treat!! Brooke Fuqua

  47. 3047
    Samantha says:

    To win this would totally be a blessing. Life can be very weary but a little nail polish sure can make a girl smile.

  48. 3048
    Nellie says:

    O while…sure could use a little brightness during the hard times.

  49. 3049
    Stefanie Goff says:

    What a sweet and thoughtful idea!!

  50. 3050
    Carol says:

    Such a sweet idea! Looks like fantastic stuff!

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