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Winners Announced

I'd like to thank everyone who entered the Wanchai Ferry and the Sam's Club Giveaway. Hopefully I can offer more great giveaways in the future.

Here are the winners: Winners will be contacted via email shortly to claim their prizes. If they have not claimed their prizes within 48 hours I will draw again.

Thanks everyone:

Wanchai Ferry Prize Pack

• Michele P.
  

Sam's Club Giveaway

• Raelena Pavey - Pass
  
• Amy - Pass & Gift Card
  
• Sarah - Pass
  

Wanchai Ferry Giveaway

I'm not a gourmet cook. I leave that up to my husband who can cook circles around me. I don't have the patience for cooking. I never think about making dinner ahead of time or having it ready by a certain time each night. Nine times out of ten I don't even think about dinner until my stomach is growling. By then the last thing I want is to spend hours slaving over the stove top trying to come up with something edible.


I'm working on becoming a better cook. (adding this to my goals list) I've got enough recipes in my collection to never have the same thing twice, but until I get around to actually trying them I will have to depend on my husband for the most part, Of course, he doesn't want to cook dinner every night either. When it's my turn to cook I usually turn to one of the few dishes I have perfected or one of those wonderful meals in a box that you can find in any grocery store. You know the ones I am talking about, right? All you need is water and a skillet, even I can do that. After a while that can get old though. I can only eat Asian Style Fried Rice or Pizza Pasta Bake so many times before I want something different.


Recently I was given the opportunity to try out a new line of frozen dinners and I have to admit that I was impressed by the quality of the product. Wanchai Ferry offers a frozen meal that can go from your freezer to the table in under 15 minutes. Now that's my kind of meal. Wanchai Ferry meals are the perfect sized meals for two which are perfect for my husband and I. They are a little pricier than some of the other prepackaged meals you might find in the store but the quality is excellent. I was given the opportunity to try the Orange Chicken variety and found it not only to be very easy to make but it was extremely flavorful. Couple it with a salad and you will have a great meal for two to enjoy. I have also tried another of the five varieties, the Sweet and Sour Chicken. It too was very flavorful and had the perfect combination of tangyness and sweetness that I love. All and all I was very satisfied with the product.

Spicy Garlic Chicken

Wanchai Ferry meals can be found in your grocer's freezer and cost between $6 and $8 depending on where you shop. FYI you will need a microwave to cook the rice but if you don't have one (mine is still in a box somewhere b/c we recently moved) you can toss the rice into a small pan of water and cook it for a couple of minutes.

What's Up For Grabs?

Wanchai Ferry and My Blog Spark have teamed up to provide one (1) of my readers with this awesome prize pack which includes the following: Check out the photo

2 coupons for a free Wanchai Ferry frozen dinner – yes that's right FREE
2 Asian inspired rice bowls - I love these bowls!

2 sets of silver metal chopsticks - I can't eat with chopsticks but my husband loves them!
2 bamboo place mats – These look very cute on my table.

The Fine Print: READ THIS!!!!

To enter this giveaway you must be a resident of the United States with a valid email address. For EACH entry you leave you must include your email address IN THE COMMENT to get credit for the entry. If you do not leave your email address I won't be able to contact you if you are chosen as a winner. Winners will be chosen and contacted within 24 hours of the end of the giveaway. Once you are contacted you will have 24 hours to send me your shipping address so that I can have the prize mailed out to you as soon as possible. If the prize is not claimed by the deadline a new winner will be chosen. THIS GIVEAWAY WILL CLOSE AT 11:59 EASTERN TIME ON AUGUST 31ST.

How to Enter

To enter this contest just leave me a comment letting me know which variety of Wanchai Ferry frozen dinner you are most interested in trying out. Your options are:

● Orange Chicken
● Sweet and Sour Chicken
● Spicy Garlic Chicken
● Shrimp Lo Mein
● Sweet and Spicy Shrimp

You can get an extra entry for following me (@trappedinoffice) on twitter and tweeting about the contest. Don't forget to leave a comment with your twitter id to get credit.

Remember that you must leave a valid email address with your comments to be considered for this prize.

Good Luck!

Win A One Day Pass to Sam's Club or a $25 Gift Card

This blog was supposed to act as my daily diary as I experienced my last year as a twenty-something. It hasn't quite gone the way I planned but I'm hoping to get it up and running again. I thought to get the ball rolling again I'd offer up a few great giveaways for my readers. Today's giveaway is one that I am very excited about.

I'm a huge fan of Sam's Club. I don't make it there often because I didn't have a membership (until recently) but when I did get the chance to go with a friend I'd jump on it. Sam's club has awesome prices on bulk items. Maybe you think that bulk items aren't really worth it because, “there's no way in hell I'd ever use that much of anything.” You'd be surprised though how nice it is not to have to go to the grocery store or Wal-Mart every week to pick up the essentials. Sure a membership for a year to Sam's Club is going to cost you about $40 for a year but when you think about the savings it's worth it.

Sam's Club and Box Tops for Education are teaming up to offer added points on all your Box Top favorites. The Big Clip program will give those who purchase and clip the Box Tops for Education logo on their favorite foods more points that their schools can used for cool stuff. Brands taking part in The Big Clip include: Cheerios, Ziploc Containers, Ziploc Sandwich Bags, Honey Nut Cheerios. Pillsbury Chocolate Chip Cookies, Fiber One Oats and Chocolate Bars, Nature Valley Bars, Scott Paper Towels, Huggies Baby Wipes, and Kleenex Facial Tissues. The program runs from August 15th through September 4th at all Sam's Club locations.

What's In It For You?

Sam's Club and Box Tops for Education have graciously provided me with five (5) one day passes to Sam's Club and one (1) $25 Sam's Club Gift Card to giveaway as part of the promotion. Now you too can take advantage of the great prices and the added Box Tops for Education points.

The Fine Print: READ THIS!!!!

To enter this giveaway you must be a resident of the United States with a valid email address. For EACH entry you leave you must include your email address IN THE COMMENT to get credit for the entry. If you do not leave your email address I won't be able to contact you if you are chosen as a winner. Winners will be chosen and contacted within 24 hours of the end of the giveaway. Once you are contacted you will have 24 hours to send me your shipping address so that I can have the prize mailed out to you as soon as possible. If the prize is not claimed by the deadline a new winner will be chosen. THIS GIVEAWAY WILL CLOSE AT 11:59 EASTERN TIME ON AUGUST 31ST.

How to Enter

There are two different things I am giving away so you will need to let me know what you would like to enter for. You can enter to win one of the one day passes to Sam's Club, the gift card, or both.

• If you would like to enter to win one of the five Sam's Club one day passes – Leave a comment saying you want the pass.
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• If you would like to enter to win the $25 gift card – leave a comment saying you want the gift card.
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• If you want to enter for both you will need to leave a SEPARATE comment for the gift card and the one day pass.

Don't forget to tell all your friends about this contest! Follow me on twitter (@trappedinoffice) and get an extra entry if you tweet this contest. If you tweet the giveaway let me know your twitter ID and which item you want the extra entry to go toward. If you have any questions feel free to send me a message on Twitter.

Don't forget to leave an email address with your comment so that I can contact you!

Good Luck!

Oops!

I'm not doing a very good job documenting the death of my twenties am I? My last post was 2 months ago. Oops! Life was happening. I'm back though and will start posting new stuff shortly.

So, what have you missed?

• One of our dogs died at the beginning of June. She was the cutest thing in the world. Not sure what happened but she was fine one minute and within an hour she was gone. I couldn't find anything she got into so who knows.
• We moved. We are now living in Ashland, KY. It's about 40 minutes from our families but the house we moved into is the perfect size for us. No more paying to heat and cool rooms we never use. Yay for that!
  
• A week in Charlotte with Jenn back at the end of May proved to have more rain than we anticipated. We did get to meet several NASCAR drivers and even met some more Kyle Busch fans.
  

With the moving and everything blogging took a back burner for a while. Now that I have a stable internet connection and the desire to write again. I will be picking up where I left off.

Out Of Town!

I won't be posting anything new here for the next week. I am out of town for the week. Don't forget about me!

Can I Have A Prescription Please?

Hi my name is Katy and I am a basketcase. I have been for years. It used to be part of my personality. A friend of mine joked that I was the basketcase and she was the rock that kept me from losing it. Now being a basketcase is all I know.

I hate admitting that I am weak. That at any minute I might have a mood swing that will take me from feeling on top of the world to feeling like I have no purpose in life. I hate having uncontrollable crying fits for no reason at all. I hate not being in control of every teeny tiny aspect of my life. But I’m not.

Sometimes I think if I had a drug habit or was an alcoholic I would at least have any excuse to feel this way. That’s insane. As the daughter of an alcoholic I know that’s nuts. I don’t understand why I can’t function like a normal human being. Why must I be on paranoid high alert all the time? Why does the sound of the mailman on my front porch freak me out?

I think I might need some meds. (you know if you lost weight…shut up mom) I used to take antidepressants but at the time the doctors thought that he mood swings were part of a larger hormonal imbalance problem. They blamed it on my PCOS and the fact that my blood sugar and hormones are all out of whack.

I think I might need to go back on them. I might be bipolar as one doctor suggested and I might just not be taking my PCOS medication like I should be. Regardless I need to do something soon. Bless my husband for putting up with my insane mood swings and general paranoia.

Next Time Just Slap Me In the Face

Tackling my weight is a huge goal for this year. That’s why there are so many posts about it. I promise I will move onto another subject soon.

Overweight people know they are overweight. They don’t need you telling them that every chance you get. In fact if you mention to someone’s face that they are fat or need to lose weight, regardless of your reasons for mentioning it, chances are they are going to make a beeline for the tub of ice cream in the freezer or the bag of potato chips in the pantry.

You would think if someone told you that you needed to lose weight because they were concerned about your health that you’d be signing up for a gym the next day. If someone tells me I need to lose weight the only thing I want is another cheeseburger. Burger King is just down the street? The Whopper Jr. is only 99 cents? I will have 2 please. Why? You already think I look like shit, why not add a few hundred more calories to my diet? It won’t make that much difference. That’s how I felt the other day when I got a package in the mail.

You may have read yesterday’s post about my mom and her advice for curing all my problems. Like I said it’s hard to be mad at someone who is trying to help but it just adds to me feeling like crap when she sends me something like this.

It seems she was watching television and found a weight loss program that she thought would be beneficial. So, what did she do? Instead of asking me if I would consider using it or if it would be okay if she orders it she picks up the phone (or her computer…whatever) and orders it. At least she told me to expect something in the mail so I wasn’t completely surprised. Still that didn’t stop me from being angry when I opened up the box to find the “Melt It With Mitch” program.

Gee Mom, thanks, just slap me in the face next time. I love feeling like a whale...I appreciate it that you know exactly how to make my self confidence plummet through the floor. Nothing says “I love you” like hey I bought you this weight loss program. You might as well just say, “I’m embarrassed by you”.

I know she means well, but seriously?

Okay, I’m over being upset about it. I’m willing to give it a shot. I’m not saying that it’s going to work miracles or that I will be able to stick to the diet plan (who can afford to eat this stuff?) but I can at least give the workouts a try. That’s better than nothing right? The only problem I can see with the program is that no one will be forcing me to do it. I don’t have to put the DVD in. Who is going to make sure I actually do it?

No doubt my mom would drive the hour to my house every day just to make sure I did the workout. That’s just how she is. I love her but sometimes she makes me want to pull my hair out. Thank God I have an abundance.

I'm Not Going to Say It But You Know....

Do you have someone in your life who thinks they are helping but in fact they are only making things worse? It’s hard to be mad at someone who is trying to help you, especially when they are your mother.

For years my mom has been on me about my weight. I know she doesn’t say things to hurt me or to make me feel bad about myself but that’s the way it comes across. Every time I complain about something her response is “well if you lost some weight.” Take these examples for instance.

Me: I’m taking Prilosec because I keep getting horrible heartburn.
Mom: You know if you lost weight that would probably go away.

Me: I want to have kids but I think something is broken
Mom: You know if you lost weight that would probably help

Me: I feel depressed all the time
Mom: You know if you lost weight that would help

Me: I can’t eat tomatoes anymore because the cause me stomach problems
Mom: I bet if you lost weight the problem would go away.

It’s gotten to the point where she says… “I’m not going to say it but you know….” Really go ahead mom and say it. You are thinking it anyway. My response to her shortened statement is always. “yeah mom if I lose weight it will help, I get it.

Losing weight seems to be the cure all for every ailment I have whether it be mental, physical, or emotional. I still think I’d be a bipolar basketcase even if I was a size 2 but maybe not.

More tomorrow on this topic.

It's Been A While

It's been a few weeks since I posted something here. I have no excuses other than I haven't been able to find much positive to write about. I promised my husband and myself that I would try to keep an upbeat nature to this blog but I'm finding that harder and harder each day.

Let's see what I can come up with positive right now.

1. I'm at Steak Escape using their Wi-Fi - It smells good in here and the Wi-Fi is free.
2. It's a nice day outside. That counts. Wish I was an outside natured person

see that's all I can come up with.

I can come up with 1oo stressful things and reasons why my life sucks but I'm going to keep those to myself.

Fun...What's That?(341 Days)

I can't remember the last time I thought something was fun. Can you? I spend my days and half the night in front of the computer writing. If I'm not writing something for one of the many companies I work with I'm blogging. Fun just isn't something I'm familiar with anymore. I want to change that.

This is my idea of fun...NASCAR!!!!

I want to get excited about things! I want to feel happy when I get out of bed and not dread that I am going back to the keyboard again. I need to make room in my life for something other than work. My birthday was 3 weeks ago and my in laws have tried to take us out to dinner several times. I can't even find time for that!

Well it's time to have some fun. Time to stop hiding from life like I have been doing. Where should I start?