Brooklynne's comment on Erik and Ele was the 1000th comment on this blog (not including spam)!!! You may remember that on the 1-year anniversary of the TWJ blog, I promised a $5 giftcard for ice cream to the 1000th commenter, so congrats Brooklynne! You're the winner!

FYI, I never talked to Brooklynne about how many comments there were, so I think she was really just lucky in winning, though I guess the game was weighted in her favor anyway, since she is by far the most frequent reader/commenter besides myself.

Still, I've decided to offer a second $5 giftcard to Kelly, since her comment was the closest to the mark of all commenters without access to the running comment total. One catch... she has to use her "giftcard" with us! How's that for compromise?

Anyway, don't give up on the excitement of commenting just because this contest is over. Now I'll give away a $10 giftcard for the 5,000th comment. See you in 2015!