Tell us a story....and win a FREE trip to BlogHer 2007

In the BlogHer e-mail I received it said the contest ran through the 27th? Is it actually the 24th? Hence it would be over?

Thanks!

That some of these entries are really good. We're loving what you BlogHer people are putting up there. All are welcome; come share your voice. Any questions? Just email our support group and we'll get back to you...

support@ourstory.com

Aloha!

Ellen Leanse
www.ourstory.com ( http://www.ourstory.com )

We kinda decided not to have one...the long and the short of it is that as long as you connect to our contest "profile" (which you've done), submit an entry, and add the all-important "And that is my entry to your vacation story contest" line to the end of your musings, you're in. Heck, you can write a haiku if that works for you...

cursed lost luggage
spilled across the tarmac plain
swimsuit, fond farewell

Don't know if that's the right syllable count, but the story works for me. Come on by, write it up, and have yourself some fun. Hope to see you soon.

Ellen Leanse
www.ourstory.com ( http://www.ourstory.com )

Maybe it's the vacation you took in your daydreams as you played Florence Nightengale to a limping lab? I don't know about you, but my dream life is often much more interesting than my reality (tho I like my reality just fine!)...

Ellen Leanse
www.ourstory.com ( http://www.ourstory.com )

I'll make sure that Firoozeh knows that she has a fan in you. Actually, she would probably find your promise very enticing. It worked for me; I'll run right over to your blog.

I refuse to believe that you have "nuthin." Think back...growing up...road trips...lost luggage...station wagons...sibling adventures...there must be something good, bad, or ugly lurking in your colorful past???

Ellen Leanse
www.ourstory.com ( http://www.ourstory.com )

I've blocked all of those from my memory. I've had to. In order to cope. ;)

Really, our vacations were pretty ordinary. Or, so I thought. I bet my Mom might have something different to say about this subject.

Family Living; Hatfield Style ( http://www.thejhatfields.org/blog )
Jenna

He IS a Hulk-a-Maniac but, sadly, there will be no swimming. We're... *gulp* camping. Cabins, thankfully. But camping. *dies*

Family Living; Hatfield Style ( http://www.thejhatfields.org/blog )
Jenna

Jenna, come on...had to be some great summertime stories from back in the day. We'd love to have your voice join the fun over there...getting some good entries and some great laughs, so...come on down!

Ellen Leanse
www.ourstory.com ( http://www.ourstory.com )

. . . consider us an equal opportunity contest!

One woman's flooded basement is another's jacuzzi. . .

. . the one that never was!

Sounds like a great contest entry to me!

Who are we to limit your creativity? There are no length restrictions for the contest. Hope to read your entry there soon!

I've been digging around about this because it sounds interesting. Anyone have any clue about word limits? If anyone can point me to a stricter guidelines page that would be great.

We were looking through all the brochures to take a much-talked-about cruise through the Panama Canal this year. What pictures I would have had!! What a story!

Instead, we forked the moolah over to a Orthopedic Vetinary surgeon when our lab tore her cruciate ligament (again). Tales of hair growth, swollen limbs, favorite sniffs, the joy of a wiggle on the grass and the tentative investigations when both our dogs are together without a gate separating them. Can I weave this into a compelling story? Can I work in the Panama Canal? I just may try.

Debra
A Stitch In Time ( http://astitchintime.blogspot.com )
Deb's Daily Distractions ( http://debsdistractions.blogspot.com )

I had no idea. ;)

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Mir from WCS
(BlogHer Mommy & Family contributing editor)

Personal: Woulda Coulda Shoulda ( http://wouldashoulda.com/ )

Having it all with less: Want Not ( http://wantnot.net/ )

Hi Mir -- Now, I don't know anyone else who spent June bailing out her basement. And killing me at the same time with her stories.

So ... by all means, do not enter if you choose not to. But don't let it be for lack of peer pressure from moi!

Lisa Stone
BlogHer Co-founder ( http://www.blogher.com/member/lisa-stone )
Surfette ( http://surfette.typepad.com )

But have a terrific time. Am picturing Little Hatfield in a Hulk swim diaper...

Lisa Stone
BlogHer Co-founder ( http://www.blogher.com/member/lisa-stone )
Surfette ( http://surfette.typepad.com )

Alas, I don't think I'll be able to enter. I've got nuthin'. And now I'm doubly bummed because I LOVED Funny in Farsi and having Firoozah Dumas read me would probably cause me to pee a little with delight. (Wow, that's going to make her run RIGHT OVER to my blog, I can just tell.)

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Mir from WCS
(BlogHer Mommy & Family contributing editor)

Personal: Woulda Coulda Shoulda ( http://wouldashoulda.com/ )

Having it all with less: Want Not ( http://wantnot.net/ )

We don't leave for vacation until the 22nd and won't be back until the 30th. Ah, bummer of all bummers. But I'm sure I'll have a story or eighty to tell, contest or not.

Family Living; Hatfield Style ( http://www.thejhatfields.org/blog )
Jenna