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Jun. 4—Darlings,

Want to know how I know that today is June 4? Because since April 18, Gummy Bears, I have been registering online twice a day for the HGTV Sweepstakes. I have only a few days left before finding out that I WON the Las Campanas Smart Home, an electric Mercedes Benz sedan and a cool $100,000 in cash. HGTV has been giving Smart Homes away every year since 2008, but only three times have they chosen a state in the Mountain Time Zone, this year being the first time for New Mexico.

Lollipops, I admit that it's been a chore remembering to register twice a day, to say nothing of the carpal tunnel syndrome I've developed as a result of deleting all the extraneous emails I've received since I began registering in April. But I'll be the first to tell you that having a goal in life does have its rewards. Sugars, I can't bear to think of what will happen to me if I don't win.

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