And the Winner is . . .(not going to be announced by Steve Harvey)

Good Evening, Friends,

FOUR DAYS AND COUNTING!

And it's time for The View From Behind Home Plate to announce the lucky winner of the Massage Envy gift card!!!

I was going to try to write a post this morning to go along with our big announcement, but then I got a little stressed out and felt like we should just concentrate all of our focus on that one name lest any colossal mistakes occur. You know, like mistakes that make you want to cringe and crawl into a hole and just die a thousand deaths because

OH MY WORD. STEVE HARVEY.

Bless his heart.

Thank goodness the whole world isn't watching our announcement, but to those of you who entered, thanks so much. And an even bigger thank you to the wonderful owners of our 'hood's brand spanking new Massage Envy in Dulles South who were so generous to offer my readers a chance to win a free massage or facial at the Dulles South location or one of their other four franchises in Northern Virginia.  

I already visited the new location and had a great massage. The staff was all kinds of professional and kind.  I came in as if I was a teenage girl just minutes away from meeting the boys from One Direction. I was beside myself I was so thrilled to be getting a massage. Those lovely people played it really calm and cool when I wouldn't have blamed them if they wanted to call the authorities.

So without further ado, it's time to announce the winner. There was only one name drawn out of the big bowl of names by Drew. He read it once and there is no going back. This person gets to keep the gift card. There will be no excruciating moments where the card is taken away and put on Miss Phillipines's head.

The winner is now and will always be

TRACY M.!!!!

Look. It's on the card. Right here. In big green letters written with a Crayola Washable Marker.

Tracy M., I happen to have your email address and will contact you to arrange a time to get you the card. Thanks for reading and commenting!

To those of you who didn't win, I would suggest getting over to Massage Envy asap to purchase a gift card for anyone on your list. It will be the perfect gift. And while you're at it, you might send one to Steve Harvey and Miss Colombia, too. They're going to need it.

Merry Christmas, my sweet friends!