It’s our one-year anniversary!Β The Waterworld Mermaids have dyed the lagoon hot pink, added glitter and cranked up the dance music for our weeklong anniversary celebration. Each day we’ll be hosting a mermaid scavenger hunt. At the bottom of each day’s post you’ll find three questions about the mermaids who blogged that day, the answers to which can be found on this site. Answer the questions and be entered to win that day’s prize.Β Plus, on Friday we’ll be giving away a $130 Visa gift card.Β To increase your odds of winning the gift card, answer each day’s scavenger hunt questions. Every entry you make Monday through Thursday will give you an additional entry in the big Friday giveaway of a $130 gift card. So jump in the lagoon and get swimming with your lucky fin!
Yay, Yay, YA!
Today is a very exciting day in the mermaid lagoon. Not only is it the second day of our week-long anniversary celebration, but it is the release day of ENCHANTED, the debut novel of our very own Alethea Kontis!
Have you kissed a lot of frogs on your search for true love?
Have you ever fallen in love with your best friend?
Have you kept a secret from a crush — for fear that he or she would see you differently if he or she knew the truth?
Have you ever wondered if fairy tales really do come true? And what the world would look like if they did, all at the very same time?
If you answered “yes” to any of the above questions, then you need to read ENCHANTED! And this is your chance to win your very own autographed copy! Because we are so excited about today’s giveaway, we are including a ceramic Frog King and exclusive YARWA swag as part of the prize.
Leave a comment with the answers to the following three questions (hint: answers found in the mermaid profiles) and be entered to win today’s giveaway and the grand prize – a $130 Visa gift card.
1. What year did Alethea hit the New York Times Bestseller List?
2. Name one of the coolest things Kim ever did.
3. What is the farthest place Pintip has traveled for a long weekend?
Thanks for joining us in the Waterworld Mermaid lagoon! Answer today’s questions in the comments below to be entered to win today’s prize and our big Friday giveaway of a $130 gift card. Only one entry per day. Be sure to leave your e-mail address in your comment. You have until 11:59 p.m. EST May 13 to leave your answers. Contest open to U.S. residents only.
“Alethea not included.”
*dies laughing*
Kim’s idea. Isn’t she clever?
Happy Release Day, Princess!
Happy Release Day Alethea! You rock! ;-D
2007, Made out with the Blarney Stone (okay, so she kissed it-I like my answer better!), Visited Thailand for a short time.
Hey Kim! Thanks for stopping by!
Kim,
You’re so funny. But, seeing as I’m afraid of heights and had to climb these super narrow stairs to the top, stand in line forever, and then lean over backwards and put my mouth where everyone else has put theirs (thinking germs), it wasn’t the best make-out session. There were phobias involved. A bunch of ’em. LOL
2007
Great Wall of China
Went tae Thailand
All are guid things! Happy Anniversary Mermaids!!! And tae yer Dana.
Thanks for stopping by McKinley!
Year 2007 – Kissed the Blarney Stone, one of my things on my bucket list – Visited Thailand, love the food!
Thanks for your answers, Terri! I love Thai food, too π
That’s the best small print ever!!!!
Happy YA day fishy sisters!
Happy second day of our anniversary to you, too, Carlene!
Fishy Love, Hugs and Kisses, Pintip!!
1. 2007
2. Kissed the Blarney Stone and Climbed the steps to the Great Wall of China
3. Went to Thailand for the weekend! (48 hours on the plane and 48 hours there)
Yay, Tanya! Thanks for stopping by!
But but but…if I win, I want Alethea with the frog π
1. 2007
2. Climbed the steps to the Great Wall of China/kissed the Blarney Stone
3. Thailand
Kimberly, that can be negotiated, ha ha…
Thanks for your answers!
1. 2007
2. Kissed the Blarney Stone and Climbed the steps to the Great Wall of China
3. Went to Thailand for the weekend!
Congrats, Alethea! Go ENCHANTED, GO!!!!!
Great answers, Lea! That’s how I feel about ENCHANTED, too! It’s the most charming book ever!
2007, blarney stone, thailand weekend… SO MUCH FUN!
Go, Princess Alethea! Kiss that frog and climb that List again!
Susan, YOU are SO MUCH FUN! You absolutely have to come down from New York more often.
Go Princess! Go Princess! Go Princess!
Definitely! That upcoming workshop sounds extra excellent. I’ve got my thoughts on that one…
Alethea not included?!? Well, I never. π
Ha, ha, ha.
“Alethea not included.” That was what I wanted!!!! My very own princess! Arrgh . . .
Clever idea!! Happy anniversary!!!
1. In 2007
2. She kissed the Blarney Stone and climbed the steps to the Great Wall of China (I’ve done that too, good fun)
3. Pin is crazy and went to Thailand for the weekend… π
Thanks for stopping by, Chantal! Yay! Chantal lives in France, but since I am so thrilled that we are getting international visitors, I will personally be responsible for delivering her prize if she ends up winning!
Wheeee!
2007, Kissed the Blarney Stone (I did that too! Upside down!), and Thailand. Go mermaids!!!
(And Pintip, good luck at the Golden Heart!)
Aw, good luck to you, too, Cecily! Thanks so much for stopping by and how cool that you also kissed the Blarney Stone!
1. 2007
2. Climbed the steps to the Great Wall of China and/or kissed the Blarney Stone
3. Thailand
acgene (at) gmail (dot) etc
Great job, Anna! You are entered in the drawing! Thanks for stopping by!
I can’t answer any of the questions (unless I copy everyone else). I do disagree with the coolest thing, though. The coolest thing Alethea ever did was take Kimberly Kincaid’s yoga class next to ME.
Way to go on Enchanted’s release, Alethea!
Thanks so much for stopping by, Diane. That yoga class was pretty cool, wasn’t it? — Even if I didn’t get to sit to either you or Alethea. Oh, well, maybe next year!
Next time, I’m going to put you next to *me* π hehehe!
Kim, that’s just not nice, you shouldn’t threaten our guests. LOL! ;-D
Hey Diane! Thanks for stopping by. You can find out everything you want to know about the mermaids – including the answers to the trivia questions – in the mermaid profiles. Just click on the names on the top right hand of the page. Have fun, explore, swim to the dark and mysterious part of the lagoon. I know you, you can hold your own with our dashing Duke Merman.
Keep on swimming. Keep on swimming. Happy Day 2.
Anna,
Thanks for coming back for a second day in a row! You’re the best! Yay!
Hi there π Yes, thank you for coming by and for the lovely fishy advice! Love you!
Happy Anniversary! Congratulations on a great year!
1. 2007
2. Kissed the Blarney Stone and Climbed the steps to the Great Wall of China
3. Went to Thailand for the weekend! (48 hours on the plane and 48 hours there)
Thanks for coming by, Natasha! Perfect answers! You are entered in the drawing!
Aw, thanks, Diana. Right back at you.
Iβm thinking maybe we should rethink our prize and give Alethea away. Sheβs a pretty popular gal, isnβt she?
lol! Love it!
Happy Anniversary! Keep up the great work, ladies!
1. 2007
2. Kissed the Blarney Stone and Climbed the steps to the Great Wall of China
3. Went to Thailand for the weekend
Whoot! Whoot!
Thank you!!!!!
1. 2007
2. Climbed the steps to the Great Wall of China and/or kissed the Blarney Stone
3. Thailand
Happy Anniversary!! : )
Thanks for stopping by Dana! We love the name Dana in the lagoon.
We seriously love that name here, seriously!
Seriously.
Awwww…..
Dana R, meet Dana F. I told her about you this weekend, and she thinks you have the coolest name, ever.
Happy Anniversary to us! Commenting from a very bumpy bus ride on yet ANOTHER field trip…
I, too, think we made a big mistake. We should have offered Alethea! Hmmmm.
Let’s think on that!
Not too late to change the rules, Kim…
Oi!
Apparently we both do! ;-D
Haha! We really do have the best name ; ), Nice to meet you Dana R!
Happy Tuesday Anniversary, Mermaids! π
Happy Tuesday, hero of mine π
Happy anniversary to you, too, Kerri!
Happy Anniversary, and gosh, even I’m learning more about Mermaids this week!
Me too, Denny!
This is so much fun ladies, and I love these fact about yourselves. I’m starting to think that I need to get out there more. π
Here’s my entry, though I was hoping that Alethea would be part of the deal. She’d make my day pretty interesting and it would never be a dull moment.
1. 2007
2. Climbed the steps to the Great Wall of China and/or kissed the Blarney Stone
3. Thailand (48 hours going to and there)
Hi Jennifer! Welcome back for day 2, good luck in the drawing!
Thanks so much for stopping by, Jennifer!
Congratulations on the anniversary, Mermaids. And hugs on the release, Alethea! May this week-long celebration find you surrounded by good books and great people!
Well said xoxo Thank you, Shelley
Shelley, Thanks for dropping by the lagoon. I am so looking forward to reading your book!
Congrats on the milestone! Great blog, ladies. Thank you for the heads up, Pintip π
The answers are: 1. Althea hit it in 2007 (wow!) 2. Kim kissed the Blarney Stone and climbed the steps to the Great Wall of China (wow!) 3. Pintip went to Thailand for the weekend. (wow!)
Yay, Meg! Thanks so much for stopping by! You’re pretty Wow yourself!
2007
Kissed the blarney stone
Thailand
Learning so much about some amazing people. Fun!
Karin… And you would be… Correct! Thanks for your answers!
The answers are right there on the tip of my tongue….Grumble!
Ha ha… Love the reference, Terry!
I love that King frog π
1) 2007
2) Climbed the Great Wall of China steps and kissed the Blarney Stone
3) Thailand
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Thanks for your answers, Heatherc. I kinda love the King Frog myself. The best part is, his back is signed by Alethea!
Congrats on the milestone, you guys!! We’ll be listing “When did Pintip hit the NY Sellers’ List” next!!
Aw, Romily, you are too sweet. But I think the more appropriate and LIKELY scenario is “When did FIND ME by Romily Bernard hit the NYT Bestsellers List”! I will be cheering my loudest when that happens!
I like the sound of that!
New York Times Bestseller List: 2007 (Way to go!)
Coolest thing Kim did: Kissed the Blarney Stone and Climbed the steps to the Great Wall of China (Jealous!)
Farthest Pintip traveled for a weekend: Thailand (Also Jealous!)
This contest is so much fun π Thanks guys!
Ursula [email protected]
Ursula, Thanks for stopping by the lagoon two days in a row! And I will be the first to say it today — love your name. π
Awww. Thanks. You ladies are the nicest! π I am so glad I found you mermaids!
And we are so glad you found us!
Thanks for coming by the lagoon for Day 2 of our Anniversary Celebration Ursula! (Such a mermaidy name ;-))We love it when people come to visit!
1. What year did Alethea hit the New York Times Bestseller List? 2007
2. Name one of the coolest things Kim ever did. Kissed the Blarney Stone and Climbed the steps to the Great Wall of China
3. What is the farthest place Pintip has traveled for a long weekend? Thailand
Elisabeth, Thanks to you, too, for stopping by two days in a row! There are a few other lovely commenters who have graced our lagoon with your presence two days running! We mermaids so appreciate your company and hope you continue to come back the rest of the week!
1. 2007
2. Climbed the steps to the Great Wall of China; kissed the Blarney Stone
3. Thailand
bn100candg(at)hotmail(dot)com
Thanks for your answers, bn100! Good luck!
I like your blog – cool idea!
Here are the answers:
1) NYT Bestseller list – 2007
2) Kissed the Blarney Stone and climbed the steps of the Great Wall of China
3) Went to Thailand for a long weekend
Carla, Thanks for stopping by! Your name seemed familiar — and then I realized why! Congratulations on your second runner-up finish in the Marlene contest!!!
I’m ineligible for your prize, but I wanted to dive into your lagoon and say this is such a fun blog. Congratulations to all the Mermaids on your first year! (Waving madly to Kim and Pintip!)
Why are you ineligible?
Vanessa will see this and could answer for herself, but I just had to:)…she lives in Australia!
Hi Mermaid Kim!!!!
*waving madly back!*
Thanks for stopping by, Vanessa!
Well, supposedly, Vanessa is ineligible because she lives in Australia, and the contest is only open to US residents. But if you wanted to enter, Vanessa, and you happen to win, we can arrange delivery to one of us (probably me since I already have the goods, ha), and then transfer it to you at Nationals. So enter away!
Aw, that’s very sweet of you, Pintip! In that case…
1. Alethea’s first NYT bestseller (wow!) – 2007.
2. Kim’s uber coolest thing – Kissing the Blarney Stone and climbing the Great Wall of China’s stairs.
3. Pintip’s long weekend – Thailand. (Now, that’s what I call an Amazing Race!).
Congrats again on your blogiversary, Mermaids!
Thanks, Denny. π
I do wish we lived next door to each other, though, Kim! x
I want you to live next door to Kim, too — then you would only be an hour away from me. π
Will personally see that you receive! Answer the three questions.
Why don’t you just move closer to me already???
Hmm, it would be fun to live in the same time zone, let alone the same neighbourhood as you and Pintip, Kim!
Look at all these smart people visiting today! Thanks for stopping by everyone!
My Mermaid friends – HUGE congratulations on this fantastic milestone. You ladies rock the lagoon, verdad!
1. 2007
2. Climbed the steps to the Great Wall of China/kissed the Blarney Stone
3. Thailand
Thanks for stopping by, Keely! The lagoon just got so much better now that you’re in it!
Your new book looks amazing! I’d like you to know that you are my role model, Alethea. I love your tiara and wand :P. I’ll have you know, I wear one quite frequently to school.
Now I shalt giveth answers to thee:
1) She hit the NYT Bestseller list in 2007
2) Kim showed up of course. Sometimes people just show up and they’re automatically cool π
3) Pintip went to Thailand
Ha, you are so, so right, Ryan. I think I know who to turn to for advice on being cool now.
Hi….wait for it….Princess Ryan π
If you ladies could have only seen her teachers reactions to her wearing a tiara to school! LOL! ;-D
Hi Ladies,
Happy Anniversary! I just signed up to receive your emails.
The answers to today’s questions are:
1) 2007
2) Kissed the Blarney Stone and climbed the Great Wall of China steps
3) A 48 hour trip to Thailand that took 48 hours to get there – cool!
Thanks,
Tracy
Yay, Tracy! Thanks so much for signing up to receive email notifications! We hope you will be a regular visitor here at the lagoon!
This is fun!
1. 2007
2. Kissed the Blarney Stone and Climbed the steps to the Great Wall of China (very jealous – Going to China is on my bucket list!)
3. Thailand (48 hours on a plane, ugh!)
Thanks for your answers, JoAnna! Yup — 48 hours on the plane is pretty ugh. 48 hours on the plane with 2 small kids is even worse (no matter how cute those kids are.)
Okay, I have to take the chance and enter and what a fun what to know you!
LOL!
Terri
Oh, and here are the answers:
1. 2007
2. Kissed the Blarney Stone and Climbed the steps to the Great Wall of China
3. Went to Thailand for the weekend
Glad you could stop by Terri P! I hope you come swim with us again soon! ;-D
Thanks for taking the chance (and the time) to enter, Terri! We’re very pleased to have you here at the lagoon.
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, MERMAIDS!!! You ladies are amazing!!! Raising my glass in your honor and wishing you many successful years ahead!
(nope, don’t need to be entered for anything, just wanted to congratulate you all)
Thank you Jen, and thanks for coming to swim with us today!
Thanks for coming by, Jen! Can’t wait to see you at Nationals! I’m very excited about your workshop with Linda Gerber for the Hero’s Journey in YA! You guys will rock that one! π
Aw, thanks so much, Jen! That is so nice of you! We wish you the best, as well!
Happy Anniversary Mermaids! Continue spreading sunshine and joy.
Thank you, Debra!
Happy anniversary Mermaids! Here are my answers!
1. 2007
2. Kissed the blarney stone/climbed great wall of china
3. Went to Thailand…48 hrs omggg
Thanks for your answers, Lana! Good luck!!!!!
Thanks everyone for stopping by the lagoon today! Come swim with us again tomorrow for another chance to win!
1. Alethea got on the New York Time Bestseller’s List in 2007. I’m guessing it was for ALPHAOOPS, but I could be wrong.
2. Kim walked the Great Wall of China and kissed the Blarney Stone of Ireland. I’m just waiting for her to sit on Plymouth Rock. π
3. Pintip went to Thailand, which is a nice place with all its history, culture, beauty…and wild nature of all kinds. (No, I will not use a HANGOVER 2 joke. I’m not qualified yet. π )
LMDBO!!!!!!!! Hahahahahahahaha, one should not laugh this hard in the water
That’s my gift…or curse, whichever way you look at it. I’m just surprised most people get my humor. I’m just surprised some haven’t beaten me up yet.
I must be cursed to because I think you’re hilarious!
Okay, I’m officially unnerved. π
– 2007
– “Kissed the Blarney Stone and Climbed the steps to the Great Wall of China”
– Thailand
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Thanks for stopping by, Anna! Good luck!
1. 2007
2. Kissed Blarney Stone (me too!) and climbed steps to Great Wall of China
3. Thailand
Thanks for playing, Jess!
I LOVE YA!!!
Alethea hit the bestseller list in 2007!
Kim Kissed the blarney stone and climbed the steps to the Great Wall of China.
Pintip Went to Thailand for the weekend….. FUN!
Megankhorashadi @ gmail.com
We love you, too, Megan! Thanks for stopping by! Good luck in the drawing!