December 4th already!  Where does the time go?

Are you finished with your Christmas shopping yet?  Here’s a surprise, I’ve barely started mine and I currently have no time to get it done!   Before I give you the skinny on today’s Advent Calender promotion, I’m going to fill you in a bit on what’s been going on behind the scenes here at Heart Like a Dog.

My mom (who lives in an in-law unit in our basement) has been ill.  She has been in congestive heart failure and was hospitalized on the 21st of November.  On the 22nd of November she developed pneumonia and was moved to Intensive Care.

Life got super hectic for me.

Walking the dogs on my lunch and then heading to the hospital after work left me feeling very rushed and frazzled.  To top it off there was a holiday added in there.  Thankfully mom is a tough old bird and has turned the corner.  We moved her on Saturday to a rehabilitation center where she will heal more and get stronger.  I have high hopes she need only be in there two weeks or so.

I tell you this so you will understand why today’s post is so late.  No, no, I know it’s not late, I mean since I’ve been working on this Advent Calendar my posts have been scheduled earlier than they have ever been and if I’m being honest (which I always try to, siriously, who can remember the lies?) I like it.

But that’s not what this is about.  This is about a calendar give-away I promised you two weeks ago.

Do you remember the post, “Which Way Do We Go?” And this picture?

What? You’ve never heard the tale of the two stubborn labs?

I asked you to tell me which dog turned back to me first and which path we ended up taking.  In exchange for your thoughts I offered to give away a Dogs of Blogville Calendar in a random drawing and I promised I would share the winner and the the answer in the special Thanksgiving This ‘N That Thursday blog hop.

You remember these guys right?  They grace our calendar for December of 2014.

Except life got in the way and I totally forgot.

Well the answer to the question is this.

The dogs turned almost simultaneously, BUT if I had to say which dog turned first, it would have been Sampson and because Sampson turned first, we took the path to the left.

Well that’s the first part done!  Check that off. 

Now for the giveaway, I had 27 comments on that post and I plugged it into Random.org and came up with the number 10.  As I was counting down the comments, a big smile came across my face because I was pretty sure I knew who the number ten commenter was.

Here’s her comment, “Ooooh, I hope I win. I’d love to get a calendar. Last year, I gave each of the ones I ordered away and didn’t keep one for myself. This year, my timing was off.  Anyway, because she’s full of surprises, I’d guess Delilah came back to you before you got bifurcated by the sapling.”

Congratulations Pamela, your calendar is on it’s way. 😀

Have you been enjoying the Advent Calendar giveaways?  I cannot enter any of the drawings but I can tell you I’m finding lots of cool ideas and new products and companies that I’m loving.

I’m super excited for today’s giveaway, are you ready?

It’s time for the Advent Calendar for Dog Lovers hosted by Kol’s Notes, Heart Like a Dog, My Brown Newfies, My GBGV Life & Bringing up Bella! 24 giveaways in 24 days, plus a grand prize worth more than $800 – who wants to win? Today’s giveaway is sponsored by For Love of a Dog. You could win a beautiful lamp work beaded “I Love My Dog” necklace. Click here to check out the Advent Calendar and enter today’s giveaway!