Saturday, November 22, 2008

Alphabet Blog Challenge


Today's post will be fairly short. Sitting up is challenging to do without feeling dizzy. You see, my dear readers, I spent a scary Friday night and most of Saturday in the hospital, due to alot of pain that made me feel like I might die. I'm on alot of medication right now and am mostly bedbound, but I wanted to check in briefly to update the blog with info about my upcoming blog challenge, that I hope many of you will participate in.

The Alphabetical Blog Challenge: 26 Letters in 26 Days is basically a challenge for me and a contest for my readers. I will be posting about one letter each day, including a photo, taken somewhere on our ranch or in New Mexico.
My readers' challenge is to post a comment including a word beginning with the letter of the day. And at the end of the contest, to compile all 26 of the Letter of the Day subjects, and post them as a blog contest entry.

There will be a pretty nice award for the winner: A hand-made hat and scarf set!

This is not the scarf and hat set, but rather one I just finished for a friend (shhh!), but you can get an idea of what you'll be receiving. I call this one the 'Turquoise Camel' because both pieces are made with a camel/alpaca/sheep/cotton blend.

But this is the yarn I chose for the hat and scarf set contest winner! A beautifully warm, cream Icelandic Wool and a lovely, soft turquoise Mohair (angora) blend.
I hope you all will join me in the Alphabetical Blog Challenge.

Contest starts Monday, November 24!!

20 comments :

cdncowgirl said...

Oooh, I'm excited and can't wait to play! :)

Farmer Jen said...

What happened to you for you to be in so much terrible pain? I hope you feel better fast. Take care of yourself.

Nuzzling Muzzles said...

Oh my! Now you've got me worried, but if you are thinking about following through on this challenge, you must feel confident that you will be up to it. Get well soon.

Unknown said...

Sorry to hear about your illness, hope you feel better soon as in very soon to get your knitting done. Love the contest idea and look forward to joining in

Grammy said...

What a wonderful Ideal. I hope you are ok. And pain is over.
Blessings to you my friend.
Grammy E

sugarcreekstuff said...

Oh Lisa, how awful for you. I sure hope you are feeling better soon.

I wont be able to accept the challenge since now is my busiest time of the year but I am looking forward to seeing what you do for it when I can.

The hat and scarf are lovely.

Take care of yourself.
michelle

Fantastyk Voyager said...

OMG!!! Are you okay?? What happened? And still, you manage to post an entry to your blog!!

Grey Horse Matters said...

Feel better soon.

Mrs. Mom said...

Miss Lisa- get better FAST! We will keep you in our prayers here in our corner of the Southland, and hope to hear soon from you that you are up and going strong again, with no major issues left to deal with.

The colors are BEAUTIFUL. I'll be sure to do my best to participate in your contest!!

Linda G. said...

You really are a blogger-extraortinaire rising from your bed of pain to tell us about your contest! In my book, you should be getting a prize:) I'm sending all my best vibes and wishes for your speedy recovery.
The contest sounds fun and the prize is one to covet!

Gone2theDawgs said...

Lisa! I hope you'll be better soon!:(
You have me worried now...
I plan on attempting your challenge, as I would love to win your hat and scarf. Please take care...Tammy

Bella said...

its soooooooo cool how you make those hats, and yes, they are very beautiful!

i went to a vendor thing yesterday, and saw like 4 stands with hats like that, selling for a lot! (at least in my opinion a lot for a hat)... man!

Amy said...

I too would like to say that I hope you're soon feeling better and I am wondering what happened too. First thing that came to mind was that you might have taken a fall off Baby Doll. I sure hope you're OK!

Louise said...

FEEL BETTER SOON!!!! I'm having a hard time imagining you're doing a post when you've been that sick.

Beautiful hat and scarf!

allhorsestuff said...

Oh sweet, hope that you can overcome your illness quickly!
I love those colors...blue is my color....
Count me in..love to join in the fun!
Kac

Melanie said...

Goodness...I was wondering where you were!!!!

Stay in bed and get better fast so you can tell us what happened!

I will try to play this game...it sounds like fun. School may get in the way though...lol!!!

Sending you lots of healing thoughts....

Carla said...

Oh my, I hope you're going to be okay!
Lee had 'gonna die' pain last year---turned out to be kidney stones.
I hope you'll be back to yourself soon and feeling better.

Anonymous said...

Lisa,

So sorry to hear you felt so bad. Bummer! I hope you're all over whatever it was causing your pain.

Neat idea for a blog contest. Your scarf set is quite lovely.

Dan and Betty said...

Lisa, you'll be in my prayers.

I wanted you to know that Betty and I are driving over to see Lorie and "King" tomorrow, Monday. We plan to get to Lorie's place about 2:30 PM. We've told Lorie that we won't do anything until after the first of the year, but King looked great and we wanted to see him up close and personal.

I'll have to pass on your contest as we'll be out of town for the latter part of December to visit family for Christmas, but it sounds like a lot of fun. I'll catch up on the winner when we return.

I pray God's healing be upon you in a big way.

Regards,

Dan

Christy said...

Oh no! I hope you feel better soon. This sounds like an interesting challenge/contest.