Friday, February 12, 2010

I Have a Map For That

Time again for a giveaway. A little late-winter thing to brighten our days.
So you know (I'm pretty sure my high school English writing teacher never recommended starting a sentence with , "So, you know...") those maps that follow people around above their heads? The red and blue ones. I usually have a red one. But the other day I was trying to describe a place to the southwest of here where the Goob goes to the orthodontist. And I couldn't think of the name of the town. So I switched out my red map for a map of the State of Wyoming. And I proceeded to trace the location of the town in the air above my head. And the native Wyomingite I was talking to was guessing:
NW: Cody?
ME: No, no. Down farther.
NW: Cheyenne? Laramie?
ME: No, no. Down and over here.
NW: Casper?
ME: Look, this is your state. Even I know Casper is this way and I am going this way. (Followed by more emphatic hand waving in front of my map.) Go through Wind River Canyon and then turn this way. To the left. ('Left' is one of those basic map reading terms that almost ended my marriage in Chattanooga.)
And then we realized that she was facing me and looking at the map backwards. And the problem with a clear map of Wyoming is that is looks the same from the front as from the back.
And it's a good thing I didn't have the map upside down, because who would know?
So the giveaway is a metal cookie cutter shaped exactly like the state of Wyoming. So you can bake your own map of Wyoming and eat it too.
All you have to do is leave a comment. If I already gifted a similar cookie cutter to you, you are not eligible to win this one, but feel free to leave me a comment. Comments also brighten late-winter days.
(And the Goob's orthodontist in in Lander, in case you're the kind of person who is still wondering about that.)

11 comments:

Unknown said...

...looks like that cookie cutter is mine......

Unknown said...

...and I will pass your little rectangle on to whoever comments next......

Samantha said...

I think I should get the cookie cutter cuz Im your favorite neice.

Minnie said...

i would like the cookie cutter, via sara, so that she could make the cookies and pass those on to me, thus leaving her with the wyoming cookie cutter to enjoy!

Amanda said...

i like aunt minnies plan... can i get on the list to recieve WY-shaped cookies?

Anastasia said...

I'm with Aunt Min and Ami, if Aunt Sara won't make the cookeis though i'll take the cutter.

Miss Brenda said...

Aunt Sara already was gifted with a Wyoming shaped cookie cutter. If you haven't received any cookies yet, you might want to leave a comment and win your own cutter.

Abi said...

I have a cutter, but I wanted to say that even in Mexico I have a blue map, surprising to me! love you and I would like to get on the cookie list if possible :)

Samantha said...

can I skip getting the cookie cuter and get the cookies to?

not that I dont want the cookie cutter.

Brenda's Man said...

Are the cookies gluten-free?

Miss Brenda said...

Contest closed 2/20/10