Dig IN to Local Food {Dig IN Ticket Giveaway}

August 14, 2012 By angie

This giveaway is now closed. Congratulations to the winner, designhermomma!

It seems to be the summer of giveaways here!  This is a quick turn-around giveaway, but if you live in or near Indianapolis it’s a really good one.  Especially if you like good local food.

Carrot

One of the best parts of living in the Midwest is our proximity to an amazing array of food.  From the cattle, lamb, goats and pigs that are raised not far from our backyards to the produce that might even come from our backyard, we have a bounty of choices when it comes to enjoying Indiana food.

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At the same time, it can be easy for Hoosiers to get overlooked, and even overshadowed, by the other culinary capitals.  Chefs Thom England and Neal Brown recognized this, and wanted to do something to showcase Indiana’s proud agricultural heritage.  In August of 2009 Dig IN made its debut as gastronomic event to show off the best of local chefs along with wine and beer producers.

This year’s Dig IN will take place Sunday, August 26th from noon to 5 p.m. at White River State Park.  Indiana’s Family of Farmers, who will be honored to provide the meat and produce for the event, would like for you to experience this phenomenal event.  Thanks to them, I have 2 tickets to give away to one lucky reader.

Since this is a quick giveaway, I’ll make it easy for you.  All you need to do to enter is leave a comment telling me what’s your favorite local food to “Dig IN” to.  Mine right now might be gorgeous red raspberries like these.

Spencer Farm raspberries

The giveaway will end at noon eastern on Thursday, August 16th (I told you it was quick!).  The winner will be notified via email and have 24 hours to respond before a new winner is chosen.  Thanks and good luck!

As an ambassador for Indiana’s Family of Farmers, I was compensated for hosting this giveaway. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

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Fueled Up & Ready To Play {Colts Preseason Ticket Giveaway}

August 13, 2012 By angie

This giveaway is now closed.  Congratulations to the winners, JustHeather and Desirae F.  Thanks to everyone who entered … now go Colts!

Lucas Oil Stadium Indianapolis Colts

While many moms around the country have been counting down the days until school starts again, I’ve been having a different kind of countdown in my head: how many more days until the NFL season kicks off? Yes, I’m very ready for some football.

Angie Six

Yesterday might not have been the official start of NFL football, but it was the first Sunday in a very long time that I found myself with my feet up, cheering on my favorite team, the Indianapolis Colts.  Even if it’s preseason, it’s still football.  And in case you haven’t heard, there were a few changes during the off-season.

We have some new faces.

Andrew Luck Indianapolis Colts Mini-Camp

We have some old faces.

Dwight Freeney Indianapolis Colts Mini-Camp

But we are still Luck-y enough to have football in Indianapolis (I’m so sorry, I had to get it out of my system), and we are also privileged to have an NFL team that does so much for the community.  Fuel Up To Play 60 is just one of the many programs that the NFL sponsors.  As a mom of school-age kids, this particular program means a lot to me.  In partnership with the National Dairy Council, the goal of Fuel Up To Play 60 is to develop long-term health and wellness solutions that begin in our schools with the goal of encouraging physical activity and good nutrition among youth.  The fact that they made one of the coolest commercials ever just makes me love the program even more.  You can learn more about the initiative, including how to get involved, by visiting the Fuel Up To Play 60 website.

Indiana Dairy would like to thank you for taking the time to learn more about the program and supporting this initiative locally.  Exactly how would they like to thank you?  By sending you to a Colts preseason game!  Thanks to Indiana Dairy, I’m giving away 2 sets of tickets to 2 Luck-y fortunate readers.  Each winner will receive 2 tickets to the Colts preseason game vs. the Cincinnati Bengals on Thursday, August 30th.  Here’s how to enter:

  1. Leave a comment telling me who is your favorite NFL player and why.
  2. Tweet and/or share this giveaway on Facebook, leaving a separate comment for each telling me that you did so.
  3. Like Just Like The Number on Facebook, leaving a separate comment telling me that you did so.

The contest will run through 11:59 p.m. on Saturday, August 18th.  Winners will be notified via email and have 24 hours to respond before a new winner is chosen.  Thanks and good luck!

Thanks to Indiana Dairy for sponsoring this giveaway.  While I was compensated for hosting the giveaway, all thoughts and opinions are my own.

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I Am Myself, Like You Somehow

August 2, 2012 By angie

So much of observing kids seems to revolve around picking out the traits that resemble the relatives that came before them.

She has my eyes, that’s totally something you would do, the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, and so on.

What fascinates me the most, though, is those parts of their being that just seem to come out of nowhere.  Like when you see your flesh and blood stand in front of a sold-out crowd and belt out the lyrics to a song she’d just written with her band, Party Heart.

Photo by Julie Setmeyer

Like when she not only pulls that off, but does it with such ease and natural comfort onstage that she can lead the audience into participating in a little call-back session like a seasoned rock star.

Elena Girls Rock! Indy

Party Heart say heyayay (heyayay)

Audience say hey-oh-ay (hey-oh-ay)

Everybody say heyayay! Hey-oh-ay!

We are the <3 of the party … TONIGHT!

Which I guess, in a way, she is.  This was Elena’s second year in Girls Rock! Indy camp. She loves this camp with a passion, as do I.  It’s so much more than just a rock camp for girls.  It’s about taking chances, being different, learning to work through stuff without resorting to girl drama, standing tall, and yes, it’s about rock-and-roll.

You see these girls walking into camp on the first day, nervous and unsure.  You see them at the end, full of spark and confidence.

Elena Girls Rock! Indy

Elena and her bandmate, Millie (daughter of one of my dearest friends in the world)

May they always feel this free and fierce.

Elena spent part of her summer studying geometry, fractions and integers. We found out yesterday that she passed the 6th grade math exam and will take 7th grade math this year … as a 5th grader.  That’s all Mike.

Elena spent part of her summer buried in books.  I lost count somewhere along the way, but she blew through several different series and had to be told many nights to put the book down, it’s 11 p.m. That’s so me.

Elena spent 4 minutes on stage and found a new calling. Lead vocalist. Songwriter. Entertainer. That’s all her.

We couldn’t be prouder.

You can see the entire performance on YouTube.  I can’t decide what I like more: her very polite and unrebellious introduction, her hand gesture following the guitarist’s rap, or the back-and-forth with the audience.  Her friend Millie’s bass intro is pretty sweet, too.  Yeah, I pretty much just love it all.  What can I say?  I’m a Party Heart super fan.

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