A BIG thank you and a GIVEAWAY!

I would like to give everyone a HUGE thank you for stopping by yesterday. I will admit I'm slightly overwhelmed. I never imagined I would receive over 200 comments and get almost 100 new followers! I feel famous :) After work yesterday I went to the Taste of Home Fall Cooking School, so I still haven't read through all your wonderful comments. I look forward to reading them all! I had a great time at the cooking school. This was my 3rd time attending. My best friend was sweet enough to surprise me with V.I.P seating, so I was right on the front row smelling the wonderful food cooking the whole night. Between recipes they showed short video clips from the Taste of Home website. One particular clip showed them making and then taking pictures of the food for future reference. My friend busted up laughing and said she had a crazy friend who did that.... hmmm, I wonder who she was referring to? If you've ever attended the cooking school you know you receive a goody bag when you walk in the door. This year I had a September/October issue of Simple & Delicious in mine. Since I'm a subscriber I would like to give it to one of you. If you would like to win this magazine all you need to do is leave a comment.

A few days ago I mentioned a recipe contest I would be entering. A local radio station's hosting a recipe contest for inexpensive beef dishes with the grand prize of $1000 in groceries! The recipes receiving the top votes on the radio station website will be in a cook-off Tuesday and the winner gets the grocery money. If anyone has 5 extra minutes I would be forever indebted to you if you'd go and vote for my recipe. It's one vote per person, so you have to type in your name, email address and come up with a password. Click HERE to vote. My recipe is #15 crockpot nacho supreme. Voting ends tomorrow at noon, so I will post and tell you if I made it to the cook-off and announce the magazine winner!