Daydream Believer

I was going to call this post "Why Do We Do It?".  What am I referring to?  Entering Contests.  Do you do that? Do you enter Publisher's Clearing House every year? Do you buy raffle tickets? How about lottery tickets? I don't do the lottery thing unless it's ginormous and everyone at work is throwing in their $2.  Hey, I don't want to be the only one left working if we win! Also we don't chip in as a group unless it's a big payout.  Who wants to win only a few measly million?  Do we enter because we're sure we will win? Do we enter because we're just hoping we're going to win but don't think we really have a chance in h@^^ of taking home the prize? For over 20 years I've played the HGTV Dream House contest.  They build a big, beautiful home and throw in a few extra goodies like a car, $250,000 in cash and also a doggy dream house for your furbaby.  Of course I've never won.  Somebody always does win and they show it on TV as they sneak up and surprise them at work or home or whatever and hand them a bunch of balloons and a giant fake check....or maybe that's Publisher's Clearing House...whatever.  Anyway, I play.  I don't really want/need a house. I love my own home.  The car is kind of tempting because we're looking at getting  a new one and are trying to decide what we want. If I would win one the decision is made for me! Ha! At work one of our Docs is always telling me how he's going to win the Dream Home.  He's an anesthesiologist so he stands on the other side of the sterile drapes and always says: "Hey Starko, (yes, they all call me Starko at work) I'm going to win that house!" He then holds up his phone and pushes the entry button.  So we banter back and forth about which one of us is going to win. (me..just sayin')  It's fun to think about winning a great prize and how you'd spend the money. How you could move into a big new house or, if  you're me, how you would be thanking the HGTV folks while Jack was outside pounding in the "For Sale" sign in the front yard.  So why do we do it?  Well, it's fun to dream.  I have a sign in my house with lots of encouraging snippets about life.  One of the lines on my sign says: "Dreaming does matter. It allows you to become what you aspire to be."  Now, maybe I'll never win that house and money and Arnold won't have the doggy dream home to eat his kibble in. And Jack and I will have to make up our minds and buy that new (used) car ourselves.  But there's always that thought in the back of your mind...the one that says that somebody is going to win so why not me?  Reality is saying the only thing I usually win..or get for free..are those free postal labels that come in "begathon" envelopes. Yes, I keep them even if I don't donate. (Don't judge!)

Today I got a $10 off anything in the store from the Fin, Feather , and Fur. Oh, and that tube of antibiotic ointment was a freebie from work.

That's sort of like winning if I want a gun or knife or some other outdoorsy thing, right? Well, keep on being a Daydream Believer.  Enter the contests, buy the tickets, dream big..

Dream about visiting me when I win the Dream Home! Don't worry, there's always next year!