We currently have three contests going on.  You can read about them in previous posts down below to get more info, but I wanted to remind you of them. 

Contest 1 is the "Design the Blubber Blogger Logo" Contest, and entries are due by April 15th.  Please send them to me at mkin@udata.com.  I have received 5 so far, and they all look terrific!  I know that several others of you are working on them, and probably others that I am not aware of.  Just make certain that they get to me by the end of the day on the 15th.  All will be posted here on our blog and all members will get to vote.  Names of the designers will NOT be given, so that we can be as fair as possible in our voting.

Contest 2 is for those who are not graphics people, but still want to help us decorate our blog.  It is the "Find the Neatest Weight Loss and/or Fitness Blinkie" Contest.  Find the best ones you have run across, and enter one or more of your favorites...as many as you like within reason :-)  They will also be due to me at my personal email address by the end of the day on the 15th.  Be sure to include any credits that must be included when posting the blinkie so we can give the linkback when necessary. 

Contest 3 is for "Finding the 36th member of our group."  You can read below why I picked the number 36 :-) 

All winners will receive a copy of the First Place book of their choice.  Graphics and blinkies winners will get to see their design featured on our blog site and other places. 

Coming up after Easter...Our Trip Across America Competition!  This will be a team challenge, where we will walk, bicycle, jog, run, climb, and swim our way all the way across the USA!!!  May the better team win!  I can't wait to see what fun we can have with this!  Please encourage friends who are thinking about joining our group to do so in time to be a part of this challenge.  It should help all of us in our weight loss and fitness goals this spring and summer!  And we'll even have lots of fun doing it!  I am working on a really, really cool prize for the members of the winning team and a really super duper one for their team captain!