Good gravy! I just found out that I am to pick the winner of The Old Schoolhouse Magazine Contest! You might be thinking to yourself, "Tia, you always pick the winners." Right you would be. For some reason I had it in my head that this contest was special and would be handled by the very special TOS Marketing Team. "Nope!" they said. "You pick it."
Well, after some trial and error, we finally got the ball rolling on this contest. Sorry for all the confusion! We were pleased by the number of contestants and we loved reading your entries. Those of you who took the time to say something wonderfully brilliant and exciting and all together truthful about TOS - thank you! Your effort landed you another ticket in the random pot of fairness.
Let's refresh our memories, just what will the winner be winning? A $50 gift certificate to the Schoolhouse Store! That is so exciting! At least I think so but I'm not allowed to enter these things.
Okay, moving on, the winner is... Tifany! Congratulations! You are now $50 richer in gift certificate. Watch out for all your homeschool relatives that will come out of the woodwork giving you sad tales about how they are too poor to buy curriculum for their children.
What all of you need to do is convince TOS that I need to hand deliver these gift certificates right to your door! Wouldn't that be something? I'd attempt to ring your broken door bell while your toddler stared at me through the window at the side of the door. He'd run off to tell you there was a strangely dressed lady outside with a really big poster. You'd be thinking that some demonstration was taking place in your yard and you'd rush to your door, open it up, and there I would be with balloons and cameras flashing in your face. I'd hand you your larger than life gift certificate and you would scream, "I can't believe I won!" You'd jump up and down and hug me so tight it would bruise my trachea.
What? I don't see any reason why Ed McMahon should have all the fun.
Tia Linschied
Senior Editor of HSB
