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We are giving away a Handmade Santa Fe Leather Journal!

By The Fighting Couple on November 24, 2013 in General

This Giveaway Has Ended.

The giving season is upon us and the Fighting Couple is in the mood to give! For all of you traveling couples (and solos) out there we have just the thing. We are giving away a lovingly handmade, leather journal made by our fave journal artisan Jenni Bick. (www.jennibick.com). You may remember, we gave away a journal this past spring. We have talked Jenni into letting us do it again!

We are giving away a Santa Fe Leather Journal!

Mike capturing a few thoughts in Budapest

This is no ordinary journal. This is a work of art. Each one is one of a kind. Made from the fine heavyweight paper to the soft leather cover, this is a must have.

Specifics on the Santa Fe journal:

Measures 5″ x 7″
240 pages (120 leaves)
LINED pages in a crisp ivory laid finish
Leather colors will vary from buckskin tan to deep espresso brown.
Handcrafted on Martha’s Vineyard by Jenni Bick.

It is no secret that both Luci and I are journalists. Not in the pencil behind the ear, newspaper sense, but in the personal “diary” sense of the word. Both of us have kept journals for years. Our blog is kind of an outgrowth of our journals. We have found it a great way to track the ups and downs of life and bring back great material to FIGHT with!

Entering this giveaway is super simple. Just three easy steps:

1) Give The Fighting Couple a like on Facebook (here).

2) Give Jenni Bick a Like on Facebook (here).

3) Leave us a comment in the comment section below and say: Send me a Bick!

Easy huh?

Should you journal? Yes!!! The benefits of journaling are well documented:

Health benefits of Journaling http://psychcentral.com/lib/the-health-benefits-of-journaling/000721

100 Benefits of Journaling http://www.appleseeds.org/100_journaling.htm

It is rumored that even Mae West kept a diary!

The fine print (sorry, we don’t look good in stripes):

1) To enter, you must be a resident of USA or Canada. (Sorry Uzbekistan, catch you next time?)

2) Void where prohibited. (Void is such a weird word…..Void.)

3) Just so you know, Jenni Bick was kind enough to provide a journal for us to review, and one for us to give away to one of our fabulous readers. Does this affect our love of our journal? Nope. Not one bit. Never. Ever.

4) Contest rules are subject to change. (Unless Luci changes her mind….which NEVER happens.)

5) Contest ends on December 8, 2013 at midnight MST. (All good things must come to an end.)

5.5) 18 years old and above only to win. (This is the most fun adults get to have…no kids allowed!)

6) We will then pick a winner via random.org. (There are no rules against crossing your fingers.)

Tell us your Mistletoe Moment!

By The Fighting Couple on December 3, 2011 in General, Slideshowable

Our contest is now over. Stay tuned for the winners to be announced.

The Fighting Couple hopes that you have a Merry Christmas and many Happy Mistletoe Moments in 2012!

We are looking for the best Mistletoe Moment from 2011! The lovely winner will be awarded a $150 Visa gift card! Yay! Finally it is OK to Kiss and Tell!

So what exactly is a Mistletoe Moment (aka MM) you ask?

Simply put, it’s a moment in time when you and your special someone get taken in by your surroundings, the sights, and smells but most of all, each other! You could be with 10,000 tourists in St. Mark’s Square in Venice or in the middle of the Amazon where you are surrounded by 1,000 bugs! It could be anywhere/anyone?/anytime but it MUST be magical!

To get your creative juices going, here is our MM from this year:

We were visiting Paris, (great place for MMs!) we stayed in a charming little boutique hotel. Our cozy room had an ornate little balcony overlooking a sleepy little Parisian thoroughfare. There was a great little bakery in the distance and the magical scent of a 1000 flowers created an ambiance that was truly magical. We stood hand in hand taking in the backdrop of Paris in the distance. What a moment!