It all started last weekend when we were floating in the pool. Mindy shared with us about her latest "win." She won a drawing and was THE FIRST “Mug on Monday” recipient from “Local on 2” (Nashville’s ABC affiliate that just recently was moved to the 9 am slot). She got quite a bit of air time--maybe a full minute or two with lots of pictures. She got to “shout-out” Justin and Mom & Dad!
I asked her to send me a list of other things she's won--in her words:
Oh wow- I don’t think I’ve even kept track of everything I’ve won! Suffice it to say I’ve won A LOT! I enter every “giveaway” I see!
-trip to Los Angeles to make candy bars with Lance Bass (from *NSYNC) and his husband. Mom was my guest. We had our hotel room comp’d and our dinner comp’d at “Pump” restaurant (from the reality show ‘Van Der Pump Rules’)
-chosen to “be our guest 4 the day DJs” on Sirius XMs Disney hits with Justin! Our segment played on 4 different days!
-won tickets to The Rolling Stones- but I already had plans to go with my sisters and mom, so I was able to give my “winning” to two of my best friends: Nicky and Dave! They loved the show!
-when I used to travel 100% for work, I would bring Justin scratch-off tickets from wherever I was, just for fun. One time we won over $500 from a Missouri lottery ticket! We decided to use the money to go to a fancy restaurant we had wanted to try. We ordered a bottle of wine and the waitress had to look at our IDs. Apparently she had the exact same birthday as me and was also named Melinda! (Maybe she was just buttering me up but she said it with such surprise that I believe she was literally another Melinda born on 12/7)
-speaking of gambling (🤪) the first time I ever went to a casino was when I was newly 18 and went to Tunica with a bunch of my friends. I got home just as Mom and Dad were getting up-and-moving for the morning. I started pulling bills out of my purse! Mom said to Dad: “oh no. She can’t think this always happens when you gamble!”
-just to clarify: I know ‘the house always wins’ and I do not gamble regularly. I just had an anomaly of a first casino experience! (mom here--she won hundreds!).
-I once won 2 dozen cookies from “Tiff’s Treats” (brought 1 dozen to my parent’s house so we could all enjoy!)
-Mom says I won a “Mother’s Day” drawing from Steven’s Grocery store! I hope she can find the sentiment! I don’t recall it! (mom here--she entered the contest by writing an essay about her mom. I'm sure she won because, after all the things she "loved" about me, she put that she loved that I took her to Steven's grocery!).
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After she told us about her latest win, I said her best win was "Justin's heart!" Truly the best prize of all!
Actually, when it comes to "love"--Sandy and Stephanie WON the lottery too!! All three of our girls are "winners!"
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