It’s time to vote for the Winner of the Week in the “I Don’t Do Mornings Contest.”

Without further ado…let’s kick it off with a favorite song of mine, while I was trying to think of a good song to go with our voting today, Rachel suggested this and immediately I went after a version I could share. So here it is:

Great song eh? I love it. You can’t help but bob your head to that. It. Just. Rocks. So far we haven’t had that many photo submissions, but nevertheless, it’s off to a great start. Let me just say thank you to all my twitter friends who have entered the contest, next to each entrants’ name this week, I’ll put their twitter name, so you can look them up if you like.

The first person to offer up a picture for this contest was DoubleAgentGirl (@DoubleAgentGirl):

After that I got a few more great photos, my first submission was Ruby (@RubyO), then I received a submission from FemaleProdigy (@FemaleProdigy), and finally, the most recent submission brought an immediate smile to my face, Rachel’s submission(@MommyTalkerRach):

The gallery is not in order of submission but, all the same, there are four photos to vote on: DoubleAgentGirl, RubyO, FemaleProdigy and MommyTalkerRach.

The voting will be done by commenting – and I encourage all entrants to encourage people to vote for them, all you have to do to vote is put the name of the person you vote for in the comments, the one with the most votes by Sunday, August 31 at 6 p.m. Central Standard Time wins the Winner of the Week contest. It’s that simple.

Or you can vote in the poll I just created:

	Who’s got the best photo for the caption, “I Don’t Do Mornings” ?
	DoubleAgentGirl
	RubyO
	FemaleProdigy
	MommyTalkerRach

The winner gets a link in my blogroll and I’ll even put a badge up if you have one. I’m so nice.

Update **** – It just ocurred to me that those of you that don’t run a website will get virtually nothing out of being the Winner of the Week. So to sweeten the pot, but not give it all away, the Winner of the Week if they run a website or not will get a surprise gift in the mail when they contact me with their address information. Those with a website will get the surprise gift as well as a link from my site for a month.

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Have you ever caught yourself saying something your mother used to say, or your father? Did it freak you out? I’ve caught myself doing it, I laughed and carried on. I catch myself using old euphemisms from my grandparent’s time and it’s funny when I hear them because it shows, in my opinion, where you come from.

Have you picked up any of the habits of your parents, or traditions? I can’t think of any traditions we’re carrying on that either of my parents started. The one thing I think they both shared a love of was music, and I’ve inherited that of course, but I can hardly imagine living a life that didn’t have as much music in it as possible. I think it’s a normal part of everyone’s life. I’d be surprised to learn differently.

I did get a recipe from my grandmother for her green beans, she makes them a special way. But that’s the only thing I can think of that I took right from someone in the family. Additionally, my middle name is shared with my mother and my grandmother, but a lot of people share family names. I gave my son my father’s first name as his middle partially because I liked it and partially because my father had no sons, I was supposed to be one, but surprised them.

You’re dying to know what it is aren’t you? Alright, it’s Arlene. I try not to gag when I say it, and that’s only because that’s what my mother goes by. She doesn’t like her first name so she goes by the middle name. Kind of ruins it for me but I like my first name just fine so it’s all good.

What are you passing on to your children from your childhood?

I Don’t Do Mornings!
Have you submitted a photo for the contest yet? No? What are you waiting for? It’s $50 man!