Why do things go wrong when you are in a hurry?
You wait until the last minute to do some photocopying and the photocopier breaks down. Or you try and print something and you’ve run out of paper!
Since I closed my first ever contest yesterday things have not gone right.
Firstly I started to print off all those who entered the contest and the printer ran out of printer toner. So I had to go out and buy some more.
Then today it’s taken me almost 5 hours to upload this video to YouTube. Why? I just don’t know. It just wouldn’t load.
So I am very sorry to make you wait for the announcements of the winners.
Thanks to all of you who entered and to those who sponsored prizes. I really appreciate it.
The winners names are mentioned in the video and I shall now be writing to the winners. Thanks again and congratulations to the winners!








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That’s it, I’m burning the book! Although that would be kinda silly, as I’d have to blow uop my computer to do it…
Anyhoo, congrats to the winners!
Wow…That’s a lot of participants!
Congrats to the winners.
aw.. didn’t win. better try next time
Oh bad. I don’t have luck at this time. But will win at the next time. Hearty congrats to all winners.
Thanks Andrew! Looking forward to seeing what’s left when the first 6 people pick.
That was a lot of entries in the bucket!
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James,
I shall be in touch as soon as the others have picked. Winner number one has picked the hosting from HostGator. Now awaiting the answer from winner number 2.
Andrew
Hi Andrew
Bummer that I didn’t win a prize but it was great to hear your voice and find out more about you. My god, you have a life outside of the internet! Great garden! Mine is suffering at he moment because I spend so much time on the computer. Still I look forward to the day that I have outsourced my business and I can get back outside. It was nice to see the cool weather that you are having. We are suffering the eighth day of temperatures over 35 degrees C. Everything in the garden is wilting and dieing!
Congrats to the winners, and I look forward to more home movies Andrew!
johnneeeds
Adelaide
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Thanks John. I must admit, we have a gardener! He keeps it all tidy! Temps over 35 degrees C would be nice for a few days. We lost 2 fence panels in those winds later in the day. Have to go to the DIY store today and replace.
Andrew
I also did not win, but will try next time. Congrats to all winner.
I didn’t win the contest, but I’m really enjoying this contest, there are many great prizes over here. Andrew, seems that you have tons of participants in this contest, great one!
Anyway, congratulation to all the winners!
Regards,
Lee
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Hi,
I was late to participate in this contest. I wish for another offer!
I appreciate your effort for holding such a rewarding contest. I wished to be a winner too but the fortune!
Hope you announce the contest again.
- J.
Twitter: andrewrondeau
James,
I’ll make sure you get good notice the next time.
Andrew
I just thought I’d let you know I’ve subscribed, you will see me around a lot more often!
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Really! On no! LOL
Andrew
Feels good to be a winner! Can’t wait to claim my prize!!
Thanks Andrew!
I got my prize today and am thoroughly rapt with the Thesis theme.
Awesome blog and and awesome competition!
and the winner is… drums please…
hello there, at first i did not even want to participate but then i was lucky i did. i had the great fortune to come out of the ‘hat’ first! and chose the hostgator 1 year hosting prize. it came in really handy because my old blog had outgrown its name and i needed to move the content to a new domain name which will hopefully not only inspire myself but many blog visitors to RadiateBliss.com so this was the right prize at the right time!
thank you, Andrew, for this great gift!
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How many prizes have been selected at this point?
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An update for the contest winners…
The first 3 winners have picked their prizes. The hosting package by HostGator and both the Premium themes (Thesis and Flexx) have been chosen. One of the first 4 winners did not respond within the 48 hours.
Andrew
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I was winner number six and received my prize. I chose Prize #7. Submission of your blog post to 40 Social bookmarking sites, submission of your blog feeds to 30+ RSS directories for my Philadelphia Eagles blog, http://www.BirdsFan.com. I have already seen increases of traffic from what Andrew has done for me.
Thanks Andrew!!
-Mike
Congrats to all of the winners! Thanks for the awesome contest Andrew! ~G
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Sad I missed out on this contest, but hopefully you’ll have another one down the road. Congrats to the winners!
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Greg,
Thanks. Will have one in the new year I think.
Andrew