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An ebay auction on steroids

7.14.12

Oh. my. goodness. people.

Insanity. 
Back and forth, back and forth. We’re ahead by 10, down by 10, etc., etc. There were some serious people rallying on our behalf. That’s serious people seriously rallying (like asking all their Facebook friends, their teenage children, coworkers, etc. to click for us).  
At a little after 11am, I shut down the Macbook and headed out with the kiddos to the pool since it was at the point that I just couldn’t watch any more (picture me, hands over my eyes, peeking every so often). Every 10 minutes or so, I was checking in to see the status. And, the numbers started going crazy…as did my text messages.
Ahhh!
None of us knew how it actually ended. 
Hours later, we got the official word from Dan at Together for Adoption. He counted up the votes, going through and deleting ones from duplicate IP addresses. 
Can you see this screen shot?
1,624 votes. That’s a whole lotta clicks for us. Geez Louise. Can’t believe it.

What’s Atlanta like in September?
And, if anyone out there knows the Cannings family, tell them we’ve got to meet, hopefully in September in Atlanta.

No. more. voting. contests.

Unless the grand prize is a trip to China or one of my children is running for the Presidency.

I’ll stick to dressing up like cows to get free food at Chickfila ($45 meal for free, people, just for some ears on headbands and black construction paper spots). Totally more our speed.

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Posted by Kelly the Overthinker
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Ahhhh!

7.14.12

The overthinker would be a terrible game show contestant.

Oh my.

Lots of refreshing and checking in today.

And, some of you may have gotten an email from me.

I know, it’s sort of obnoxious of me.

But, did you see the prize?

An all-expense-paid trip to Together for Adoption’s conference in Atlanta in September. A conference that would be so great for Mark and I to go to, particularly as we work to make The Sparrow Fund exactly what God wants it to be.

And, we are oh-so close to winning. Just click here to see for yourself.

Contest ends at noon tomorrow. I may be watching my screen peeking through my fingers.

You think I’m kidding.

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Posted by Kelly the Overthinker
Filed Under: The Sparrow Fund

Hello

I overthink everything. This blog is a prime example. Make yourself a cup of coffee and sit down for a read. Actually, make that a pot of coffee. There’s a lot of overthinking here.

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