magicJack Winner!

I only had 17 entries on this one, so everyone had pretty good odds of winning. I wish I had one to give to everyone, but until I find a corporate sponsor willing to bankroll these things I'm afraid that's just not a possibility.

I typed everyone who entered into my spreadsheet in the order of their comment.

Then I went to random.org and had it pick the lucky number between 1 and 17.

So the winner is lucky number 13! Sarah of I Blame My Mother said "I would call my siblings. We got rid of long distance on our home phone and my cell doesn't get good reception in the house.....so whenever I have to make a long distance call, I have to sit outside."

Congrats Sarah! I'm glad you don't have to sit outside in the cold anymore. I'll e-mail you for your shipping information.

magicJack Giveaway

Well my dear lucky friends, it's about time that I do another giveaway! Since I like MY magicJack so much, I've gotten my grubby hands on another one to give to one of YOU*.

Pretty much everything I said in my original review still stands but I'll go over the main points again.

A magicJack USB device that has a phone jack in it. This means you can plug your regular telephone into your computer and make unlimited domestic calls for $20 a year. You can pay a little more and get good rates on international calls as well, but at the moment that hasn't been a need for me. Currently they only have US (and a very few Canadian) based telephone numbers but that can still often work out well for those of us living in another country who have family back "home." You can get a local to your family number and that way they won't be making expensive international calls to talk to you.

Keep in mind the following-

• US (and a few Canadian) phone numbers are available (you can check the area code you'd want a phone number for here)
• You need to have a good broadband connection (unfortunately satellite internet won't work)
• You need to have a Windows PC or Intel based Mac

Now for the good part! I'm passing onto one lucky reader your very own magicJack complete with 1 years worth of service ($40 value). What do you need to do to win? Well, leave me a comment so I know you want to be in the running (if you're reading this via an RSS feed, click through and comment on my blog please so I don't miss your entry). I'd love to hear who you'd call or who you'd gift the magicJack to if you win! Winner will be chosen by using random.org next Sunday evening (Netherlands time) January 17, 2009. Open worldwide, but remember the telephone number limitations.

*Thanks goes to my mom for sending this along for me to give away to you!

Dutch Goodies Giveaway

I haven't really stopped to breathe since I got here. Between tearing down the basement, sorting through boxes upon boxes of stuff and figuring out what to do with it, making this evil dress for the wedding I'm participating in tomorrow, and trying to visit with people when I have a chance between all the other stuff (which sadly hasn't been much to this point) I am feeling a little bit worn out. I had a bit of a meltdown this morning, but I'm feeling better now and have something to giveaway to make someone ELSE feel better too!

It's an assortment of goodies from The Netherlands. I've got some snoepjes (chewy candies), stroopwafels, een gember koek (ginger cake), anijsblokjes (anise flavored blocks to make warm drinks with), koninginnensoep (Queen Soup), peer (pear) Sultana's, and chocolade (chocolate) to share with one lucky person.  I forgot to take a picture but I've also got a little Dutch "wooden shoe" to toss in with it!

What do you need to do to win this assortment of goodies? Leave me a comment on this post and tell me something that you'd like me to post about in the future or a question you'd like me to answer in a later post. You need to make sure your e-mail address is visible in your profile or leave me a way to contact you in your comment.  That's it! I'll take comments until 10pm (MST) on May 13th, 2009 (next Wednesday). I shall employ the random number generator to pick a winner and I'll ship anywhere.  If you are IN The Netherlands and win, I strongly urge you to share the wealth with someone who doesn't have easy access to these goodies!