guess what! Guess what!

I get to cross two more things off my To-Do List!
1: bike down the great-grandaddy of all hills at a fairly high speed (this past Sunday)
2: win a big contest, like a cruise or something! (Wednesday afternoon)

No, I did not win a cruise. :( Nor did I win a flight to the concert of my choice, or get to have Mark Schultz come perform in my living room. :'( Nay, I won something else entirely. Take a look at this excerpt from the email (the red and bold letters were neither red nor bold before I tampered with 'em):

Subject: Hehey winner!
"Kiwi Fruit = you are a winner!


Just stop by the station and tell Sherry your name and you have won 4 tickets to Michael W. Smith!


Enjoy!!

(station dude)"


Hahaha!!!! I winned!
You see, one of the radio stations I listen to had a contest. You were to email them with "Why I Like Mike," then they would randomly select five entries, and those people won 4 tickets to the Michael W. Smith New Hallelujah World Tour stop in Dekalb, IL. It's a ways away, but hey! I just won $86-worth of tickets!
I entered just so I could say that I tried, 'knowing' I wouldn't win, because I've never won anything like this before!!!!
And then I opened my email-box, expecting an email from Queen Lucy and nearly had a heart attack when I saw that instead!
Here is my entry:
"I like Mike because he has an amazing voice. He's one of the few artists whose songs I could just sit and listen to over and over. And, his songs mean things, they aren't just nice words and catchy tunes.
One fun thing is that my Mom and I have very different musical tastes (I like slightly more rock songs, while she prefers gospel and hymns), but we both like Michael W. Smith! If I win the tickets, I can't wait to take my Mom and Sister with me.
~[Kiwi Fruit]~"

Then they sent me the afore-quoted email, saying I'd won.

"Thank you so much! I entered, and did not think it the least likely that I would win!!
~[Kiwi]"

The station dude replied with "Welllllllllll when you mentioned your Mom.....yah know... :D :D"

So that's been the highlight of my week. :D (I still can't believe I won something! :)
What about the rest of you? What's the most exciting thing that's happened to you?

~Kiwi da Ebullient Fruit~

p.s. I regret to inform y'all that for a few days, at least, I can't read some blogs. Mom and Dad set up some 'Parental Controls' on the computer that require them to unlock some sites. And as of yet, Mom and I haven't had the chance to sit down and unlock all the blogs. :( so sorry! You'll have to comment on here if anything really important comes up!

P.P.S. Ladybugs! (see the last paragraph of the post)

Blah Blah Blah, Yackety Yack Yack Yack, Yammer Yammer......(aka "Another Boring Post That Few Shall Actually Read")

That's an encouraging title, isn't it? I should rename it. I'll try to make it sound exciting, and make you want to read it b'cuz it looks interesting, and then squash your hopes with yet another dry, boring post. :D Yes, it would be mean and misleading, but last time I checked, it's a Free Blogosphere, people! If you got a problem wi' dat, you'll just have ta deal wid it!

Note to those who may not have read my blog before and may be slightly scared by that first paragraph: Don't worry, I'm just in a slightly stinky mood, which doesn't happen often. Continue reading and relax.

Someone (who shall remain anonymous, but she commented in the last post) told me that the 'Guess the Song' game was too hard. I admit, I tried to make it difficult, but I suppose other people just don't know their songs well enough to sing them all the way through and pick out the obscure phrases I used. So, you peeps have two choices:

1: Go back and try to figure out the songs, or

2: Wait for my next post, where I shall post slightly more well-known phrases from the same songs, but if you guess there you'll only get half the points.

3: (I know, I said 2 choices, but I changed my mind!) Just don't play.

Whatever you want. "The Reader is *Almost* Always Right!" is my motto.

We have passed the 100 comment mark in our Comment Blitz of Avalon, but methinks we are all getting bored with it. I know I'm starting to. Isn't that an awful thing? Getting tired of a movement you started? It's like.......*tries to come up with a good example*.........Skittles getting tired of watching Monk. Now that would be sad. (I know, that's not a perfect example, but I can't think of anything else.) I might start copying the comments from earlier this Blitz and re-using them on the same post. Can't you imagine Avalon's surprise when she sees two- or three-hundred comments?? I'd want to be there to see her face. *hopes Avalon is not reading this*

A Sudden Awful Thought: what if this doesn't work??? What if she is desensitized to the horrors of our Blitz??? What can we possibly think up that's worse? Hmm. Perchance, if our little Blitz fails (I wonder, what does 'fail' actually mean? C'mon, Kommander Kiwifruit never fails! If she failed, she wouldn't be Kommander Kiwifruit. She'd be Private Kiwifruit in charge of bathroom-floor-scrubbing-with-toothbrush! Have faith in me!.......and pray that it's not misplaced. ;P'), I will ask y'all for suggestions.

ho hum.

I have finished my cards! Not officially, 'cuz I haven't printed any out yet, but they're finished! Now, on to my next painting project, and then............(the following is to be said in a 'CHARGE!!!'-like manner) ETSY!!!!! And then (hopefully).......MONEY!!!! And then.......STUFF MONEY CAN BUY!!!!!! Like cds, tee shirts, concerts, dvds, ipods, cameras, COMPUTERS, cruises, cruises in the Bahamas, cruises to Hawaii, cruises in the Mediterranean, cruises to the Rockies, cruises, music cruises, etc, etc, etc.

Anywho. I need to print one out to send to my Great-Grandma, who sent me a Christmas present, and to whom I have not yet sent a thank-you card. I started out designing a thank-you card to send her but got sidetracked. I'll have to send her one of these to show that I really was doing something of importance, not ungrateful.

We went Kite Flying on Tuesday. We have a two-handled (trick) kite, which I like immeasurably better than the plain ole one-stringed kite. And yesterday it was calmer but we still flew the trick kite. It was perfect yesterday (except, Rapunzel says, for the cold weather, the this, the that, and all the rest.), so calm and peaceful. The kite, instead of shooting up into the air when released, just sauntered up slowly and calmly. It was a lot easier to control, so I could do 'swoopties' to either side with it, or even loopdeloops.

Today 12-yr-old-bro and I, Kirsten, Jumbo Shrimp, and their brother went into the woods for a while and practised punching each other. That needs a little explanation, I think. Punching as in faux-punches. For movies. 'Tis fun. I got to beat Kirsten up several times. :D We were working on shoulder-punches today. Next up, punches-to-the-nose. >:0D (<- evil-smiley-face with swollen nose)

Now, I'm going to announce a new nickname for 12-yr-old-bro. This one actually makes sense and will stick for a while. Jordan. Have any of you ever seen the Bernie Mac Show?

If you haven't and want to, be forewarned: you have to pick and choose the episodes carefully, and then keep your finger ready on the mute button.

Jordan is a lot like my brother. A Lot like my brother. (Or is my brother a lot like Jordan?.........)

Mom is making me end my post now, so goodbye.

~Kiwi~

P.S. Duncan Phillips has a blog!! And he likes LOST, too!!! Smart person. He's all the smarter if he can explain to me what's happening (in LOST). I'm LOST. :D