Put On Your Hunting Caps!

I have a special place in my heart for scavenger hunts. 

I met the man of my dreams almost 16 years ago by being randomly teamed up with him on a scavenger hunt.  Unfortunately, we are both very competitve and strong-willed, and this first providential meeting of ours ended in a shouting match as we tried to determine the ABSOLUTE FASTEST route to get from Mr. Burger to Burger King for an all-important UNWRAPPED DRINKING STRAW, and "can't you go any faster?" and "I don't think this is a through street" and "KEEP YOUR HANDS ON THE WHEEL!" and "STOP SHOUTING AT ME FROM THE BACKSEAT!"

We may both be competitive and strong-willed, but thankfully neither of us is especially hung up on first impressions.  It's a good thing, or the future existence of our offspring would have fizzled out in a Burger King parking lot.

Anyway, it's my sentimental love of scavenger hunts that made me happily agree to be part of a "Share the Love" scavenger hunt this week, hosted by a certain hub site for mom (which will, at this point, remain unnamed, because the name of it is part of the hunt.  Suffice it to say it's a fun site to help moms connect with each other via "circles".  You'll find out more if you make it to the end of the hunt!)

There are MUCHO impressive prizes, so if this type of thing is your cup of tea, here's how you play:

1) There are 7 bloggers participating in the Hunt and the goal of the game is to find those 7 bloggers through clues on each of those seven blogs

2) Once you find the next blog on the list, leave a comment (any old comment will do!), and read the clue for the next blog on the list.

3)  At the last blog there will be a final clue as to what this main host mom site is. Once you find that site you need to join that site and then email Jenn at needs.coffee@gmail.com with a list of all seven blogs, plus the name of the main host mom site.

4) The first player to complete all of the above wins a great gift bag, including a beautiful Love/Joy freshwater pearl necklace and earrings. Four runners up also win gift bags and there are also prizes for 10 players through a random drawing. Yes, a total of 15 prize packages! Prize packages include amazing donated prizes from: Orville Redenbacher (popcorn and popcorn bowls); Rice Krispies (wonderful treat kits); handcrafted jewelry; handcrafted bags; and other treats!

Remember, the hunt STARTS at Mommy Needs Coffee, but at some point in the hunt (I'm #3!), you'll end up back here.  When you do, you'll need this clue to find the next blogger:

She is the wife of Christian musician Russ Taff.  If you visit his main site you'll notice a link to her cleverly-named blog in the upper left-hand side.  It may possibly (Look! I'm being cryptic!) have something to do with a bloom.

Happy hunting!  **Remember, start here.**  And if you get hung up with any of the clues, remember, Google is your friend.

Comments

[Lala]

found you whoo hoo

[Crisanne]

found you!

[Kimberly]

Found you!
Ta-Da!

[margalit]

Found you!

[Stretch Mark Mama]

I have a new love for you, Shannon! Scavenger Hunts are da Bomb!

[Roxymommy]

I found you!

[Lacy]

found you!

[Angela in Ohio]

found ya!

[jennifer]

found you!

[Karen]

Found you

[Mrs. Bubba]

Found you! Woot!

[Jeni]

Found you!

[Cari O]

I'm back. Thanks for getting me started.

[Stine]

headed to #4.

[Diane]

Found you!

[Deanna]

Found you!

[emily]

i made it to #3! can't believe it!

[bloggiefever]

Found you. Heh (started here via twitter) Great story, btw.

[Runningamuck]

Found you! =0) This is so fun.

[Courtney]

found you

[erin]

i love scavengar hunts.

[heather from girl meets world]

found ya! :)

[Megan]

Found you!

[Deborah G]

Found you!

[erin]

oops, i forgot to say that i found you!!!

[Rebecca (Ramblings by Reba)]

I'm not playing, but what fun!

[Sydni]

Found you

[Emily B]

ahem... sorry but it's MUY impressive prizes (I'm a HS Spanish teacher- my appologies but I had to say something) :)

[Doodlerah]

Found you! Mr. Burger...Mmmmmmm ....I miss Mr. Burger!

[Sandy toes]

That sounds fun..how creative!
-sandy toes

[Tonggu Momma]

Gotcha!!!

[chickadee]

this sounds like fun.

[Sheri]

Gotcha!

[Diana]

found ya

[Heather]

Found you

[Tree Climbing Adventures]

Found you!

[Martha]

Found you! Hee hee!!! I'm getting excited!

[Alyson]

found you!

[Temmy]

found you!

[Cindy]

Found you & I read you every day!

[Jean@workingmomma247]

Found you..this one was easy :)

[Amy]

found you

[Dawn]

I love scavenger hunts!

[Carey]

three down... four to go!

[ET @ Titus2:3-5]

Found you! :)

[Renee]

Found you!

[Mel]

Found you ;) started here

[Lynn]

Found ya!

[Lori]

Found you

[becca]

yea! found you!

[Kristine]

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[Saucy Momma]

Found You!

[Heather G]

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[Chanda]

Found ya!

[Chelsea Bass]

When I saw the title of this post, the country girl inside of me thought for sure it would be about deer hunting!

[Christina Z]

You were the only easy one so far. Found ya

[emily]

i'm at stop 3!

[Ruth Ann]

found you

[Toni]

Okay I'm back ... only 3 more now. :) What fun!

[Amy]

I found you :)

[Queen of the Click]

I found ya just because I was coming by for a daily read.

[Helen]

Found you!

[Amy]

Found you!

[Rebekah]

this is fun, found you! (actually this is how i started...)

[Erin]

found you!

[Aimee]

There goes the rest of my night....

[Gabreial]

This was fun! Thanks

[Gina]

found you!

[emily Hartley]

found you!

[momma25girlz]

Found you! Love your blog!

[MSM]

Fun! I can't believe I'm on number 3 already...

[Rachel @ Twilight Journey]

I'm here - found you.

[Brenda]

found you

[Jen]

Found you!

[Laura]

3 down.

[Laura V.]

Found you!

[Jenny]

I found you :)

[applesofgold]

Gotcha!

[Anna]

Found you!!!

[Babs]

found you

[Jenni]

If you like scavenger hunts, you should try geocaching! It's a great family activity and caches can be found all over the world! For more info visit http://www.geocaching.com

(There are currently 4455 caches hidden in Oklahoma!)

[Amber]

found you!

[E]

Found #4!

[Kristen]

found you

[becky]

How fun. Found you, Shannon!

[Rachel Taylor]

Found you!

[Anna]

Found you! I really thought I left a comment here earlier, but I don't see it, so I will leave one again. Just in case!

[TheRandomMuse]

And I'm back from the other two. You know, if I sleep through my lab in the morning and have no brain cells functioning for my debate in the afternoon, I'm blaming you. This is too much fun to pass up.

[Jessi]

Found ya!

[Bekah]

Found you! :) (Regular reader too - thanks for the fun game!)

[Patty]

Found you!

[Headless Mom]

Found you!

[Christi]

found you!

[Elena]

Found you. Er, found hunt through you. Or something like that. =)

[Lorie]

I have a feeling I am late to the party! But I will still give it a shot!

Found you! (first)

[Tara]

You got me started this morning, but I don't remember if I commented or not! Here's my comment! And my kids are wondering when Mommy will get off the computer, but I'm almost done, I'm almost done!!!

[T with Honey]

It's really fun when the scavenger hunt players just show up in my feed reader. Found ya!

[bethany]

found you!

[Jenelle]

gotcha!

[Terri]

found you