December 26, 2011

White Dog gave me until noon to catch my breath from the holiday and then she tapped me on the knee. "Aren't you forgetting something," she asked? I looked around the chaos slowly once again becoming orderly and raised an eyebrow. "I can't believe you FORGOT!," my little Drama Queen wailed dropping to the ground in a swoon. "You PROMISED and THEY," she shot angry arrows at her sleeping siblings, "were supposed to help!" "You know I always keep my promises and the White Dog Army has been doing extra duty as hosts and supervisors and entertainers during the past three days, give them a break. Take a breath and tell me what has you so upset."

"The winners of my Pay It Forward Birthday Celebration! The Army was supposed to choose seven winners TODAY!!!" White Dog began to pace and whine. "OK, let the other White Ones have a well deserved nap, you and I can do this together right now. I am sure they will not mind."

White Dog hopped up on my lap and we fired up the computer. There were 32 comments on her December 22nd post plus 2 more the next day and three on Facebook's networked blog link...a total of 37. I looked at her and she confirmed my math. We agreed to go from earliest to last comments in assigning their number. Then we went to www.Random.org and randomly generated seven winners. For each we will donate $25 to the charity of their choice in their honor. White Dog was smiling now.

"Can I announce the winners," she pleaded? "Are your typing skills up to it? Although I admit mine are pretty iffy, too!" "Momma, I will count and read the winner to you and YOU write it down...ready?"

Drum roll, please. The winners, as they were drawn are:

• bichonpawz
• furkidsmom
• SwimFlyAway
• Teddy Bear
• Fuzzy Tales
• Khyra
• Doxies with Moxie

So we ask each of the winners to contact at us at sehismith@aol.com to let us know their charity of choice and how to reach them. Congratulations...and thank you everyone for making White Dog's birthday extra special.