It was your average lazy Sunday afternoon - the kids were fast asleep having their day time nap, my husband was outside mowing the lawn, and I had just settled down with a cup of tea and a magazine to enjoy. The perfect afternoon. As I was flipping through the magazine I came across a competition to win a family holiday for four people to Hawaii. The photos looked amazing.
I was never one to enter big competitions like this. I see all those ads to win a car and free stuff always wonder whether anyone really does win - it's the inner sceptic in me. But there is something about travel competitions that really catch my eye, and this particular afternoon I was feel extremely relaxed and extremely lucky. I read the competitions guide to see how to enter and went from there.
They wanted to know my most embarrassing parenting moment in 25 words or less. This was hard as there had been so many. I decided to share the time my daughter had pointed to a man with a rather large beer belly and had asked me whether he was pregnant. I tried to drop me head, but it was too late, he made eye contact and I felt terrible. It was very embarrassing.
Two weeks later I got the phone call to tell me I was the winner! I couldn't believe it, I had won our entire family a 10 day dream vacation. I knew the kids would be over the moon. The lady who phoned told me they run these competitions Brisbane people can join all the time and that I should enter more. I think I am lucky enough to have just won this one.