A Giveaway and a Thank You!

For those of you who take the time 

to read my ramblings

 about the vegetable garden and my composter, 

comment about my quirky projects, my toaster lamps
& 

silly posts about chickens and trends and smart cars and muffin tops

 &
why dog poop always ends up on the bottom of my shoes
and not anyone else's
&
 because
 you

 take the time out of your very busy day
to view my ideas, my projects 

and my chores

Thank you!
from the very bottom of my heart

This blog started out quite simply...
no big expectations
no real idea of what blogging was actually

no idea how to upload photos
or how to mess around with templates 

and gadgets and HTML
(what does HTML stand for anyway?)

not much fluff  

no gimmicks 

but

like it or not

I'm still doing it...and still posting about pretty much the same topics:

 remodeling and decorating,
original ideas and design tips,
gardening and daily life

just the basic stuff

that represents what goes on each day

everyday

just doing it

pretty simple, actually

I would love to give all of you a wonderful gift

and

I would if  I could 

because

your comments and emails are
  that important

 If you would like to enter this give away

please leave  a quick comment about what you enjoy 

or don't enjoy, if you like...

 (I take criticism well)

about 

The Polished Pebble Blog

or

you can just leave your name...that would be great too

If your comment is picked

( via Random Number Counter)

I will send this wonderful book to you

Martha's Entertaining

a year of celebrations 

Love her or hate her;
(I actually find her really fascinating)

this is an incredible book full of amazing photographs,

ideas for entertaining and decorating

 and it includes a recipe section to duplicate her party menus

this is a book which will make you sit down 

and read and look 

and flip pages

over and over...

 just to make sure you don't miss anything

and all of the ideas she shares 

can certainly be done on a small scale...

Martha has 3 BIG houses but acts like they are small

OH Martha!

 but....

This is my favorite book of hers yet

and I would love for you to have a copy

I will ship it directly to you from 

Barnes and Nobel 

Please enter

and

thank you so very much 

for all of the supportive and nice comments

I can't say enough about how special blogger friends are,
but I do think you are all very special
and I think of you all as friends

xx

kelley