Hello everyone! I am blown away that I have finally reached 500 followers! I definitely owe most of this success to Ben Huberman at Discover. I was lucky enough to get featured on November 20, 2017. In a matter of hours, I went from 67 to over 400 followers. I was not expecting to reach 500 for years, so the fact that it happened so fast has really been humbling and amazing.
For a long time, I’ve planned to do a giveaway as soon as I reached 500 followers. Christmas is a time for giving, so I am so grateful that this year, my 500 mark just happened to fall around Christmas Day!Â
I am really excited about this giveaway! I hope that all of you are as well! This giveaway consists of 4 pieces: a travel journal, Paper Mate Inkjoy Gel Pens, and a matching luggage tag and passport holder set.
The main piece is the travel journal. It is so easy to forget the emotions we felt and the things we saw while traveling and exploring, so it is so good to write those down to be able to relive them in the future. To see how I use my travel journal, see my post about it here.
Next, I have a set of colorful Paper Mate Inkjoy Gel Pens. I am the PICKIEST person when it comes to pens, and I absolutely LOVE these! They dry extremely fast (great for you lefties out there) and are so colorful! They are great for writing and decorating your journals!
Finally, I have a matching luggage tag and passport holder set. As I’m sure you know by my blog name, I love all things adventure, so the fact that these say “And So The Adventure Begins” drew my attention right away! Plus the colors make them easily identifiable!
Unfortunately, this giveaway is only open to U.S. residents. I am not in a place where I can afford to ship to other countries right now, but that is definitely a possibility for the next giveaway! New followers are welcome to enter! Entering is simple. All you need to do is comment below and tell me what your favorite part of Christmas is. To enter, you must be following me. You can follow me in one of two ways. For those of you who have a WordPress account, please follow on WordPress. If you don’t, please follow using your email (just write your email in the space that says “Follow Blog via Email”)!
The giveaway will be open for a little over 2 weeks. All of the names will be written down and placed into a hat. I will draw one name out of the hat and announce the winner here on January 13th! At this point, you will have 48 hours to respond. If you don’t respond within 48 hours, I will draw another name. Best of luck to all of you! I am looking forward to hearing about your favorite parts of Christmas! Merry Christmas everyone!
My favorite part of Christmas is getting you tortoises. 😜
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I also enjoy that!
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My favorite part of Christmas is being with family….especially the excitement on the faces of children!
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That is definitely one of the best parts of Christmas! 🙂
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I love my family….spending TIME together is my favorite!!!! Rembering the “real” reason for the season!!!!
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I couldn’t agree more! 🙂
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You are a gifted writer! I love reading your posts! My favorite thing about Christmas is spending time with my family and celebrating the birth of my savior!
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Thank you so much! That is also my favorite part of Christmas! 🙂
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Family is my favorite part of Christmas! I love getting time together enjoying each other, playing games, and laughing.
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Well said, Nicole! I couldn’t agree more! 🙂
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I also love reading your posts! My favorite part if Christmas is the magic and wonder I feel and see with my family!
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I don’t know how I missed replying to this earlier! But wonderful choice! Thank you for entering. Life has been getting in the way, so the winner will be announced on the 13th now! 🙂
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My favorite part of Christmas is being surrounded by friends and loved ones while we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ!
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I couldn’t agree more, Devin! 🙂
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My favorite part of Christmas is the weather and spending time with my family.
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Oh, that’s wonderful! Do you live in a place where you get snow this time of year?
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I wish. I live in california so the most I ever really get is some rain. Do you?
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I do! I am currently living in Wyoming, so we definitely get plenty of snow here! I would prefer to live in a place that was warm year-round, but it would definitely be difficult to not have a white Christmas!
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I would love to live in the cold. The cold is my happy place and I totally am done with california and how much stuff is overpriced theses days. HAPPY NEW YEARS 🙂
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I would not be able to live in California! It is definitely very expensive there! Although, I am definitely more so one for the warm! I don’t like the cold at all! Happy New Year to you as well! 🙂
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My favorite part of Chirstmas: the food! I’ve been blessed to have grown up with a mother who is an exceptional cook and to be married to a woman who is an exceptional cook (no comparisons please!).
Chrismas Eve dinner with my parents and Christmas dinner here, outstanding!
(The company was pretty good too!) 🙂
I hope you had an outstanding Christmas!
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Wow! This is a wonderful response! I completely agree. Thanksgiving and Christmas meals are my favorite meals of the year! I’m glad you are able to enjoy your Christmas feast!
I had an exceptional Christmas! I hope you did as well! 🙂
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Favorite part of Christmas is definitely traveling near and far to spend time with our favorite friends and family!
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This is wonderful! What is your favorite place you’ve traveled to for the holidays? 🙂
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Fav moment of Christmas is smelling the freshly baked cinnamon rolls come out of the oven 🙂
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Ooh! This is a great choice! Freshly baked cinnamon rolls is certainly a heavenly scent! 🙂
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Congratulations! That is a super achievement.
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Thank you so much! I really appreciate it! 🙂 Are you wanting to enter? If so, tell me your favorite part of Christmas! 🙂
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Congratulations, Ms. McKenna!!! 🙂 Besides celebrating the reason for the season (CHRISTmas), I love reminiscing of Christmas memories past. It gets me all warm and fuzzy inside. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you, friend!
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Great answer, Erin! It is definitely best to remember the reason for the season! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you as well! 🙂
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Oh congrats on the 500 followers. My favorite part of Christmas is the actual day of Christmas when my family opens gifts and we eat my mom’s homemade cinnamon rolls. It’s always fun.
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Thank you so much! I love homemade cinnamon rolls! What a great way to start the day! I love watching others open gifts as well. Seeing their reactions is always really fun. 🙂 Thank you for entering!
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My favorite part of Christmas are all the great classic films I watch with my family. Starting right after Thanksgiving, we watch ones like White Christmas, A Christmas Carol (the one with George C Scott), The Grinch, The Santa Clause (all three!), While You Were Sleeping, Little Women, all the original claymation Rudolph and Santa movies, and even a few Hallmark movies (but only because my mom wants to lol).
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Wow! A lot of great movies there! I am a sucker for the Hallmark, Up, and Lifetime Christmas movies! Those channels are on nearly 24/7 in my house during the holiday season! Regardless, watching Christmas movies is one of my favorite things about the season as well. Elf, Love Actually, and Christmas Vacation are my top three! 🙂
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My favorite part of Christmas is getting to spend time together with my family.
Congratulations on the 500 followers!
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A wonderful answer! Thank you so much. 🙂
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Congrats!! I would have to say that my favorite part of Christmas is the tree (I love tree lights) and all the delicious food! It seems like I’m surrounded by little treats all month long – yum!
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Oh yes! I love seeing Christmas trees! We almost didn’t put ours up this year, but I was extremely grateful that we ended up deciding to do so. Also, Thanksgiving and Christmas meals are my favorite meals of the entire year! 🙂 Thank you for entering!
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My favorite part of Christmas is that magical anticipation. A child’s excitement at decorations or seeing Santa or just pressing their nose to the window on Christmas Eve, looking for Santa’s sleigh. I must confess, I sometimes join them
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I love it! Children make the Christmas season so magical. I love seeing their reactions to the holiday! Thank you for entering! 🙂
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My favorite part of Christmas is when we sing Silent Night a cappella at church with everyone holding lit candles and the lights turned down. It’s so peaceful and a warm sense of community.
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What a great thing to do! That sounds wonderful! Seems like a great place and way to be reminded of the reason for the season! Thank you for entering! 🙂
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Good luck to all who enter this lovely giveway!
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So kind of you! I will be posting the winner either tomorrow or Saturday! Unfortunately, life has majorly gotten in the way lately, so I’m running a bit behind schedule. Are you entering? 🙂
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My favorite part of Christmas is the amazing, uplifting smell of fresh pine throughout the house from the Christmas tree! I almost hate to toss it out after!
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Great answer! I’ve never had a real tree before due to allergies, but I’ve always wanted one! I will definitely be getting one eventually! Thank you for entering! 🙂 (I will be announcing the winner on the 13th now)!
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This is such a nice thing to do!
My favorite part of Christmas is being with my family and friends. I love to feel the love in the room. 🙂
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I love this answer! Thank you so much for entering! The winner will be announced on the 13th now. Life has been crazy, so the date got moved back!
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Congratulations! You are the winner! Check my latest post for details!
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I remember when Suzie from Big Up Your Blog did a post about your featured post! You got so many followers from it- congrats 😃. I’m in the UK so I will tweet 🙂
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Thank you so much, Emma! It was an amazing experience to get featured! One I definitely didn’t expect to happen! 🙂
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