Sunday, April 11, 2010

I am a lucky winner!

The back story:  I don't ever win anything.  Literally.  You can gift me with 40 lottery tickets and I won't even win a free ticket.  Guaranteed.  You can give 2 to my wife and she will likely win something.  Some people, I have decided have the "win" gene or the luck of the Irish or whatever.  I don't mind. I am lucky in other ways.  I invariably meet nice and interesting people when travelling or when i need that magical special bit of help, someone seems to be there with it.  But win prizes??  Not me.

Except that last week I DID!  I entered a raffle put on by my friend Loree Burns who is also an amazing author.  I won an autographed copy of her book Tracking Trash, Flotsam, Jetsam and the Science of Ocean Motion.  This is a sreadable, entertaining and approachable science book for kids. Her writing style is delightful and not the least bit dry.  There are cool photographs.  My kids are so excited about this book---but I have told them they have to wait till I finish reading it.  LOL

And for anyone who wasn't lucky enough to win a copy, you can get yours on Amazon.  It's worth it.  Really!

2 comments:

Todd said...

I don't 'win' that many contests I enter, but when I do, it's usually something "BIG". I don't really worry that much about it though.

Congrats on YOUR win!

Jo said...

Whoo hoo you won something! I started winning stuff last year, and now I can't say anymore that I never win anything.