Won't you be my Neighbor?

I live in a great neighborhood. We have families of all kinds.........families with children, older retired couples, DINKS (double income no kids)........but they are all friendly and nice. The kind of people who will pick up your newspaper and put it on your porch when you are out of town or mow your lawn when you are on vacation or bring you food when you have a baby.
In this day and age - we are all so busy. It's easy to hibernate and come home from work and just stay in your house and be your own little island. But I love the feeling of community. I love the summer when the kids all play out in the street and the parents sit in lawn chairs in the driveways and watch the kids play and visit. I love neighborhood cook outs and Halloween parties.

What is your favorite thing about your neighborhood? I'd love to hear about it.

So would Dreyer’s (for those on you on the west coast and in Texas) and Edy’s for those of you East of the Rockies! Share why your neighborhood is so special and nominate your neighborhood for one of 1500 Dreyers/Edy's slow churned neighborhood salutes ice cream parties at www.SlowChurned.com. You must enter by midnight on May 29th.

Each winning neighborhood will scoop up a doorstep delivery of Dreyer's/Edy’s® Slow Churned® Light ice cream (with half the fat than regular ice cream, Slow Churned® gives neighbors even more reason to celebrate!). The package includes all of the fixings (cups, bowls, scoops, etc. and of course, ice cream, to host a summer block party for up to 100 guests.)

Whether you know of neighbors in need, are hoping to “mend some fences,” or are simply looking for an opportunity to acknowledge and celebrate strong neighborly bonds, hosting a Dreyer's/Edy’s® Slow Churned® Neighborhood Salute can both spark and strengthen camaraderie on your block.

AND ALSO:

And let me sweeten the deal..........................10 of you who share your favorite neighborhood tales below will get a coupon for a free 1.5 quart of Edy's slow churned ice cream. How good does that sound as the hot weather is here????

Also visit www.blogher.com review round-up page to check for other reviews and chances to win!!!

To enter, leave me a comment below or you may leave a link to your post on your own blog in the comments below. The contest will begin on Tuesday, May 19th and will end Friday, May 29th. Make sure that the e-mail address you leave is correct.

Rules:

• No duplicate comments.
• You may receive an additional entry by linking on twitter and leaving a link in the comments.
• You may receive an additional entry by blogging about this contest and leaving a link in the comments.
• This giveaway is open to US residents, 18 and older
• Winners will be selected via random draw, and will notified by e-mail.
• You have 48 hours to get back to me, otherwise a new winner will be selected.
• Please see the official rules here: http://www.blogher.com/official-rules-dreyers-edys

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WINNERS!

If you did not win at Bright October - you can go in and use the code kellyskorner and get 10% off!!!!!!



Winner of the little shoes -

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

102 

Timestamp: 2009-04-25 20:56:59 UTC

Kimberly at http://one-mamas-photoblog.blogspot.com/

Winner of a toy from Bright October:

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

54 

Timestamp: 2009-04-25 21:03:32 UTC

Hannah at http://schreinerhannah.blogspot.com/

Baby Shoe Giveaway

How cute are these shoes?????? This blogger, Laurie, makes neat vintage inspired baby items for this website www.thebabygardner.com. These shoes were recently featured in Parents Magazine. Check out some of these links and let me know how you like it and what is your favorite. I will draw at 5 tomorrow for the winner of one pair of shoes!!!

http://www.thebabygardner.com/productpages/onesies/cccowpoke.html

http://www.thebabygardner.com/productpages/onesies/ccelegirl.html

http://www.thebabygardner.com/productpages/onesies/ccwhale.html

http://www.thebabygardner.com/productpages/onesies/birdcoverall.html

http://www.thebabygardner.com/shoes.html

Toy Giveaway

There is this great site with very unique toys like nothing I have ever seen.

It is called

Bright October

They are letting me giveaway either a super ze hero

or a mini blabla doll

All you have to do is visit the site and look around and come back and tell me your favorite toy they carry! Then on Friday at noon - I will use the random number generator to pick a winner!!!! Happy Shopping!!!!!

Winners

Winner of the jumper/jon jon from Cotton Candy Tutus:

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

155 

Timestamp: 2009-04-10 20:36:25 UTC

http://battaglio.blogspot.com/ Lynette!

Winners of the book:

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

216 74 32 163 29

Timestamp: 2009-04-10 20:40:11 UTC

http://witheagerhands.blogspot.com/ Brittney

http://grettajohns.blogspot.com/ Gretta

http://justabitofmegs.blogspot.com/ Megan

http://528ourloveisheretostay.blogspot.com/ Leah

loftin_rachel@yahoo.com Allison



All winners - please e-mail me at mrskellystamps@yahoo.com and let me know you won and send me your address and I'll get your prize to you!!! Thanks so much!!!

Jumper/Jon Jon Giveaway

There is a precious web site called Cotton Candy Tutus

They have some of the CUTEST baby and kid clothes.

And you have the chance to win either a jon jon or a jumper!!!!

Just go to the web site and look it over and come back and leave me a comment and let me know your favorite thing on there!

I will draw a winner on Friday. Comments close at noon.

And if you don't win - well you just might want to do some shopping! :-)

Book Give Away

You have a chance to win one of five copies of this book!!!!

Starting a family is a soul-shaping, world-altering experience. Unfortunately, in a culture of competing values and protracted timelines, couples are increasingly backing their way into parenting or missing it altogether. By the time the average couple tries to have kids, they are often beyond their late twenties and surprised to learn they’re sliding past the peak of their fertile years. In Start Your Family, Steve and Candice Watters encourage couples to be intentional about their timeline in the early years of marriage and to trust God to help them boldly launch their families. Responding to the most common doubts and hurdles, they offer biblical inspiration for the questions, “Why have kids?”, “When is the best time to start?”, and “How can we fit kids into our lives?”

Candice and Steve work for Focus on the Family. This would be a great book for any couple thinking of having children or to give to anyone you know who wants to start a family or a newly married couple.

Check out the website here.

I will draw on Friday at noon!

Leave me a comment and let me know if you would like to win!