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{closed!} a very tasty little giveaway

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Well, yum, isn’t someone going to be lucky!

These are some of my very favorite Italian foods; we always have a good stash of each of them in our house here in Sicily.  I hand-picked them so you can experience them too!  There’s some delicious pasta, a beautiful bottle of olive oil, a jar of real Nutella*, and a special Sicilian addition: crema di pistachio.  Sicily is famous for its pistachios, particularly those from the town of Bronte on the slopes of Mt Etna, about an hour from our home.  This sweet concoction is a wonderful way to experience them on a slice of bread… or just straight out of the jar!

This giveaway is open to everyone, including my friends here in Sicily.  (You all are some of my most faithful readers!)  I’ll ship the package of goodies to the winner next week.

The giveaway will last one week and close on Wednesday, February 6th, at midnight EST.  A winner will be selected through the random number generator, www.random.org.

You have 2 chances to enter:

  • leave a comment!  Tell me what your favorite Italian food is, if you’d like.
  • sign up to receive my blog updates via email either in the sidebar under “Subscribe // Connect” or in the box below.  I’ll know that you signed up, so you don’t have to leave another comment telling me that you did so.

And that’s it!  Good luck!!!

*You didn’t know you weren’t eating real Nutella in the States?  It’s true… sorry!  But enter this giveaway and you could get a jar of the good stuff. :)

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Well, I counted up all the entries (comments on this post + subscribers to my email updates).  The results are in and the winner is #174, Miss Lucy P.!  Lucy, I’ll email you to get your address and send you the package.  Congratulations!!!  I hope you enjoy it all… especially the Nutella. :-)

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hello blog and hello baby!

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Well, surprise!  I announced on my old blog on Friday that I would be launching my new blog today, but little did I know I would also have a new baby by today!  I posted on my old blog around 2pm, got a call at 4pm from my OB that I needed to be induced, and by 7:15 I was in the hospital watching Pitocin drip down an IV and into my arm.  Our son was born about 4.5 hours later, healthy and hearty and crying oh so lustily!

After much deliberation and gazing into his face, we decided to name our boy Mark Gilchrist.  We will call him “Gil” for short.  Gil Garber.  Our little son!

I’ll share more of the birth story, the background on his name, and some photos tomorrow and Thursday.  Right now we’re home from the hospital and reality is still sinking in as I gaze down at this little bundle beside me, sleeping so peacefully and trustfully, making those little newborn squeaks and grunts that I remember so well from Lena.  I’m overwhelmed with love, thankfulness, and gratefulness.

I also promised you a giveaway with the launch of this blog.  It’s a great giveaway… but I didn’t manage to take photos of the items before our baby was born!  I will post all the details about this Italian-themed giveaway on Wednesday, so check back a little later this week for that.

If you’d like to follow along during these early days, I’m on Instagram now; my username is beccagarber.  In the meantime, this mama will be snuggling with her two little loves!

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new blog launching on Monday!!!

Completely unrelated photo of my sister Emily with little one-month-old Lena… 
because I can’t stop looking at baby photos these days! 

Well, my friends, the day is almost here!  As I mentioned in my Goals for 2013 blog post, I have been working hard to build a new website up on a self-hosted WordPress site.  Finally I think I’m ready to reveal this little baby of mine to the public eye… and have chosen Monday to be the day.  Good news for you: the blog launch will also come with a wonderful, very Italian giveaway.  Thank you for being such faithful, thoughtful readers!  I’m so excited for this new step!

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P.S. What about the other baby, you say, the baby in my belly?  Sadly, no baby news!  I’m 39 weeks and 2 days today.  I hope there will be an announcement about a newborn in our arms very soon!
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Giveaway winner announced!

According to Random.org’s integer generator, our winner is #29, Bethany!  I totally agree with her comment. 

Bethany said…

Becca, these gloves are gorgeous! Fall is by far my favourite season–crisp mornings, warm drinks, layers & scarves (though I do miss apple-picking and colourful foliage now that I’m living in Texas!) Seeing the holiday decor displays go up in stores makes me happy, too, even though I know it’s obscenely early & a marketing ploy. :) 

Bethany, please contact me to claim the gloves at making.room.blog {at} gmail {dot} com. 

Happy fall weekend, everyone!

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Giveaway winner announced!

According to Random.org’s integer generator, our winner is #29, Bethany!  I totally agree with her comment. 

Bethany said…

Becca, these gloves are gorgeous! Fall is by far my favourite season–crisp mornings, warm drinks, layers & scarves (though I do miss apple-picking and colourful foliage now that I’m living in Texas!) Seeing the holiday decor displays go up in stores makes me happy, too, even though I know it’s obscenely early & a marketing ploy. :) 


Bethany, please contact me to claim the gloves at making.room.blog {at} gmail {dot} com. 

Happy fall weekend, everyone!

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