A Giveaway

I'm doing my first blog giveaway! I'm so excited.

I've pondered what to ask you to answer to get your name in the hat (the one I'll randomly pull a name out of). And I hit on the perfect question while vacuuming.

We have a central vacuum system, and the hose has a hole in it right near the part that connects to the metal, which in turn connects to all attachments. Either the hole gapes open and it doesn't suck, which in this case is a bad thing, or I'm turning the thing every which way to keep the hole pinched shut. And often I'm the one who ends up pinched.

Naturally, I'm vacuuming less and less these days. Of course that makes more sense than actually buying a new hose. Doesn't it?

My question for you: What is broken or unfinished in your home right now that is just really bugging you?

It could be an unfinished project (like say, a playroom in the basement that was built more than a year ago, but still lacks a banister going down the stairs).

It can be something simple (for instance, a bulb is burned out of your motion sensor light as you approach your garage doors so that when it's night, you are always in the dark).

Or it might be something you don't think about every day, but when you see it, you don't like it (hmmmm, maybe that hole in the ceiling in the laundry room that's there because your upstairs heat pump, which is located in your attic, leaked condensation. A lot of condensation.)

Oh, you want to know what you're playing for?

Books. These two babies by Karen Kingsbury.

Gideon's Gift and

Maggie's Miracle.



Both are "like new". I didn't read them. They were passed on to me and, before I got to them, I ended up listening to them on audio books on a recent solo road trip. They are both wonderful stories. But you know that already if you've ever read anything by Kingsbury.

So, whatever needs fixing in your home... please share. I have a real need to know I am not the only person living in a state of continual "unfinished-ness". Yeah, I made that word up.

I'll draw a name next Saturday and let you know who won.

UPDATED... I'm limiting the giveaway to those who live in the U.S. I forgot to add that originally, so I'll include those first few who commented, but from here on out it applies. Thanks.