PPPP #5 Winners AND the Grand Prize Winner!

We had 5 winners this time, and they can add the PPPP#5 badge to their page if they choose. 

Congratulations to:

1. Dory and Mama from Dory’s Backyard

 

2. Kari in WeHo 

3. Betty and Koda from A Corgi in Southern California

 

4. Angela from West Virginia Treasures 

5. Sandie from Chatty Crone

The questions & answers were:

1. Who hosted/started LAST year’s Name Game? Twix

2. What does “OC” stand for ? (Either one will work) Ornery Cuss/Critter 

3. What is another of Uncle BG’s names? Fat Butt, Chunky Butt, Beeg, Bud’s grandson, Beeger, Cute Little Man, Boy-Boy, BG-BG Boy

4. What is another of Mama Dott’s names? Dorothy J. Wigglebottom, Dott, Dottie, Grand-Dotter, Dotter

5. What is another of Auntie Sadie’s names? Shady Sadie Lady, Silly Sadie, Sadie Lady, Super Silly Sadie

So, here is the rundown on the Weekly Winners that got into this Corgi Toss:

Congratulations to all of you! And NOW…. Drum Rooooollll… The Grand Prize Winner is…

Congratulations to Rudy and his Raiser! Please email me and let me know which prize you choose so that we can make arrangements to get it to you. I will also have Grammy talk to her sister about getting a receipt from Unity Thrift for your tax records. If you want something from the CafePress Shop and you would like Grammy to put YOUR dog in one of the designs, let us know so we can make those arrangements too.

I want to thank all of your for playing my Pippin’s Peek at the Past Puzzles, and I hope you all had fun and learned more about us!

And now… since it was Dott and BG’s birthday on the 8th, they decided to do a give-away of their own, so a second name was chosen, and the winner of one of Dott’s books is…

Dory and Mama! Congratulations to you, too, and we hope you enjoy it.  In case you haven't see a preview of it, you can click HERE to see one.

Be on the lookout for the upcoming “Gimli Grab-bag Game” hosted by my big brother, Gimli!

Finally! Pippen’s Peek at the Past #5…

It’s FINALLY here! The last Pippin’s Peek at the Past Puzzle! This is the big one because once we get the winners from this puzzle, we will be able to put all of our winner’s into a Corgi Toss, and one of us will choose to see who gets the GRAND PRIZE!

Since so many of you played the Name Game this past week, I thought I’d take you back to August of last year for the Name Game that one of our little friends hosted then. 

In that post, Grandma OC told how she, Uncle BG and Mama Dott got their names. We, pups, hadn’t come along yet, though there were suspicions that we were on the way.

Before I get to the questions, though, I thought I’d remind everyone how me and my sibs got our names. First, Gimli, since he was first born. His name comes from the Dwarf that was in the movie called “The Lord of the Rings.” Corgis are called Dwarf Dogs by some, and so GrandPaw Robert, who is a big Sci-Fi nut… uh… fan… thought that would be a good name for him. 

When Grammy decided to keep him, she almost changed his name to either Oreo or Panda, but she finally decided to keep the name he was used to. She sometimes calls him Gim, Gimmers, or Gim-er-lee when she’s playing with him. Papa calls him Pest, or GETDOWN You Big Oaf! He does that mainly when Gim runs, jumps and lands right on his belly.  GrandPaw Robert calls him Gimbo or Gimbo-lya.

GrandPaw Robert had named Mercy her name when she was born because she looked (and still does look) like she had a white “angel” marking on the back of her neck and he wanted to name the girls Mercy and Grace (which he did.) She had the “Angel of Mercy” on her so she got the name Mercy. (She sure doesn’t act like an angel, though. She’s got an awful temper. Grammy says she's a born Alpha with no where to put it…)

Grammy shortens it to Merc(ss) sometimes and usually just calls her “MercyMe,” though there are times she calls her “Miss Witch.” Papa calls her “MOVE,” or “Get-outa-my face!” when he’s trying to read, and a few other things when she jumps on him to wake him up on Saturdays when he doesn’t have to work.

I was originally called Neelix by GrandPaw. This was a character in Star Trek AND corgis are only knee high so they often lick you on the knees. When Papa decided to keep me, though, HE named me Pippin which was the name of a small shoulder riding dragon in one of his favorite Sci-Fi Series. It also means a very little thing, which I am, compared to Mercy and Gimli, because I took after my Mama Dott’s size. He also calls me Pip-pip, Pipper, or Pippy-puppy.

Grammy tends to call me Pippy, PIP-en, Peep-in, or Pee-pen. GrandPaw calls me, Pippy, Pippy-Pup and sometimes, Pip-squeak or Squeaker.

Here are the questions for this week’s “Peek at the Past”: 

1. Who hosted/started LAST year’s Name Game? _________

2. What does “OC” stand for ? (Either one will work) ________

3. What is another of Uncle BG’s names? ____________

4. What is another of Mama Dott’s names? ________

5. What is another of Auntie Sadie’s names? ________

For new readers/players, here are the rules: There will be 5 sessions, (this is the 5th, and last, one) and the winners who answer all questions in each puzzle correctly, will each get a Badge to display for the weekly wins. At the end of the 5 sessions, all of the winner’s names will be put into a Corgi Toss and the Grand Prize Winner will be chosen. 

The Grand Prize Winner will get their choice of one of two prizes…

1. A “Little Dott Finds A Home” book.  Click the title to see a preview of the first several pages…

 

OR

2. A $15 Gift Certificate to our Country Corgi CafePress Shop (We’ve added a LOT of new designs – here are a few…) 

AND

A $10 donation in your name to the Unity Thrift and Outreach Dog Rescue that Grammy’s Sister works with. They take around 50 dogs and puppies to no-kill shelters on the coast in various cities every month (over 1,000 dogs saved already) and have helped pay for over 400 spays/neuters this past year! They helped Grammy and Robert pay for Mama Dott & Mercy’s spays, and Gimli & my neuters…

The following link is to a Newspaper Article about Linda Hodges (Trixie) and Unity Thrift and Outreach if you’d like to know more.  (Auntie Naunie is just to Mrs. Hodges right, in the purplish blue top.) They also have a Facebook Page.

Remember, too, that I put on comment moderation during the game so that everyone has an equal chance of coming up with the answers. I will moderate and show the comments after Midnight on Thursday, so you have until then to get in your guesses for this week’s contest! Good Luck, Everyone!

Pippin’s Peek at the Past Puzzle #1

Mercy had her Miss Mercy Monday Mystery game, and my Dad told Grammy that I should get a chance to host a game, too! We decided to call it the Pippin’s Peek at the Past Puzzle, and think that it will also help a lot of our new followers to learn a bit more about the Country Corgis.

It will follow the same format as Mercy’s game, with 5 sessions, and the winners who answer the puzzle correctly will each get a Badge to display for the weekly wins. At the end of the 5 sessions, all of the winner’s names will be put into a Corgi Toss and the Grand Prize Winner will be chosen.

The Grand Prize Winner will get their choice of one of two prizes…

1. A “Little Dott Finds A Home” book  OR

2. A $15 Gift Certificate to our Country Corgi CafePress Shop (We’ve added a LOT of new designs – here are a few…)   

 

AND

A $10 donation in your name to the Unity Thrift and Outreach Dog Rescue that Grammy’s Sister works with. This is also the Dog Rescue Group that Grammy has fostered for during emergencies (including our dad… ooops…)

That is what Oskar chose for his GABE prize. Naunie (Grammy’s Sister) and her friend (Trixie) were very happy to receive this help and say a BIG “Thank You, so much!” to Oskar.

The following 2 links go to Newspaper Articles about Linda Hodges (Trixie) and Unity Thrift and Outreach if you’d like to know more.

1. http://www.taftmidwaydriller.com/news/x1043117645/Local-animal-rescue-team-gets-4-100-donation (Naunie is just to Mrs. Hodges right, in the purplish blue top.)

2. http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/local/90167792.html

Now, for our first Pippin’s Peek at the Past Puzzle. Today, one of our favorite things happened! It happens every two or three months and usually results in a TREASURE HUNT for all of us! What fun! If you follow the link, you will see the very FIRST of the Treasure hunts my brother and sisters got to attend with the rest of my family! Gimli wrote that one, and please remember that we were only 3 months old, and just learning to write at the time, ok?

Below, we are chewing on pieces of the treasure that Grammy brought in for us today (because it started raining outside just as they finished…)

More, Grammy… I need seconds… 

thirds?

Stay back and you won’t lose your nose!

Mama Dott REALLY gets into chewing on HER piece of treasure!

Yummy! This is SOOOOO GOOOOODDD!!!

Pippin’s Peek at the Past Puzzle Questions (You must answer ALL 3 of them to win this week’s challenge)

1. What happens that creates our “treasure?”

2. What IS our chewy “treasure?”

3. What do they have Cory do to make him give up his part of the treasure? (Hint: Gimli got muddy because of this…)

Remember, too, that Grammy will have the comments in a "moderation mode" so that everyone will have a fair chance at figuring out the puzzle. You will have until approximately Wednesday at Noon, Pacific Time to get in your answers.  Hope you enjoy this week's Peek at the Past Puzzle.

FINALLY! Miss Mercy Monday Mystery #5

Today I get to post Miss Mercy Monday Mystery #5! THIS is the one everyone has been waiting for because after we get the winners from THIS post, we will have the BIG Corgi Toss to find out who will win the GRAND PRIZE for this set of MMMM’s.

SO FAR, we have Mango with 1 chance, Betty and Koda with 2 chances, Rachel and Bender with 3 chances, and MayzieGal, Lorenza, Khyra, Dog Foster Mom, and Martine ( Candy & Captain) with one chance each. (By the way, congratulations Candy, Captain, Martine & Daddy on the new brother, Pierce, that was born this last week!) Here is the last MMMM Badge.

Let’s see who adds chances and/or new names to our list of winners this time, that will go into the Grand Prize Corgi Toss!

This weeks Miss Mercy Monday Mystery takes us back in time to January when my two brothers, and Uncle BG (Grandma OC was “gone” to Mango’s mansion as a Judge for Mango Minster 2010 remember or she would have gone too…) went on a BIG Road Trip. You can go to this ARCHIVE of our blog to sniff out the answers to these three questions. 

1. Where did we go: From **** to **** and back.

2. How long did the trip take: ** days

3. What kind of vehicle did we take? ****

AND to this other ARCHIVE for this final question. (I’m not making this one easy… ) 

4. What was the C-A-T’s name at our Auntie Rachael’s house? ***   (Hint if you don’t want to read the whole post, you can scan down to the picture of the C-A-T and read beside it for his name…)

Remember, the prizes are a Miss Mercy Winners Badge for this week’s winners, and the Grand Prize, picked from ALL the winners of the weekly Mysteries, will win EITHER a “Little Dott Finds A Home”  book written by Mama Dott and GrandPaw Robert, OR a $20 Gift Certificate to our Country Corgi CafePress Shop.

There are still designs from the Mango Minster 2010 Competitors. If you happened to have been one, you might want to choose something from there, and half of the profits from those sales go to NEADS.  NEADS trains service dogs, hearing dogs and other assistance dogs of all breeds, shapes, and sizes to help people who are deaf or in wheelchairs.

Good luck, Super Sleuths!!!

P.S. Remember that I have put comment moderation on during the 24 hours or so of this contest so no one will be able to see other people's answers.  The comments that are left will be posted Tuesday afternoon or evening.  You can leave your answers in a comment up until Tuesday at noon PST.

And the GABE Winner is…

I finally decided that BG had slept long enough, and woke him up late this afternoon. He had said that HE wanted to do the picking of the winner from the GABE contestants. I think that he was really hoping he’d be able to pick his sweetie, Lorenza’s, name from the eligible names.

Here is the list of names with me checking them to be sure that all of them got written down…

Contestant’s names scattered and ready to be picked through for the winner…

And the Winner is…

 

OSKAR from The Daily Oskar

Grammy just noticed that this post is our 250th post for this blog!  It really snuck up on us.  We decided to go back to our first blog and check who our very first commenter was, and found out that it was Betty and Koda from A Corgi in Southern California!  She has been a regular follower from that very first blog post on December 21, 2008,  AND has commented on every post we've written, so we are going to send her a Little Dott Book, too!  


We've had a lot of friends that have been with us for almost as long, like Dozer and Corgidogmama, and we really appreciate everyone's support since we started.