Monthly Archives: January 2012

12 Words for 2012 FPF Raffle!

#BTV #VT – Enter the 12 Words for 2012 FPF Raffle and win a $100 prize!  Enter before noon Jan. 12… just submit a posting to your FPF that contains EXACTLY 12 words and you’ll be in the running for one of these great prizes…

• $100 Gift Certificate to Outdoor Gear Exchange
• $100 Lake Champlain Chocolates Gift Basket
• 12 Pints of Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream for Each of 5 Winners

I’ll post some of the entries here later… see submissions from past years here.  Happy posting!

UPDATE: Here are the lucky winners!

$100 Gift Certificate to Outdoor Gear Exchange
Stephen Handley, Bristol FPF
•   To work I can not go. Head to Sugarbush – they make snow.

$100 Lake Champlain Chocolates Gift Basket
Diane Fuchs, Essex Junction FPF
•   Forget the 2012 diet resolution– volunteer more hours in your community instead!

12 Pints of Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream for Each of 5 Winners
Elga Gemst, Moretown FPF
•   2011: Swimming in kitchen with refrigerator.  2012: Lying on beach with book.

Jo McKay, Jay FPF
•   My baby is eating solid foods. Now we need a high chair.

Jen Quavelin, Burlington FPF
•   I’m thankful to live in a town where lively public discussions flourish.

Charlotte Comar, Pownal FPF
•   No fishermen on Barber’s Pond – Ice too thin… ‘fraid to fall in.

John Craig, Jeffersonville FPF
•   With the light always on, Community breaths through the Porch of Vermont.

Wow… we’ve got more than 1,800 entries… read more below!

• Sweat lodge on Decatur, neighbors welcome, nudity required, toasty buns heck yeah!
• Forget the 2012 diet resolution– volunteer more hours in your community instead!
• How to turn a dishwasher into a snowblower? Give her a shovel.
• Spaces between your fingers were created so that another’s could fill them!
• Nasty snow storm coming our way, seat belts on, cell phones away.
• Vermont Strong – Hope for those still struggling from Irene – Peace to All
• Occupy Burlington is still alive and well! Visit www.occupyburlington.org for more info!
• Gadzooks! My mother voted for Gingrich! Why not Huntsman as Obama’s veep?
• You’re a Vermonter if your car trunk doubles as extra freezer space.
• Tomorrow is my Birthday, so I yell “Hooray, I’m almost ten today!”
• Front Porch Forum here to stay put your check in mail today.
• Scanty snow and deep freezes; kill the deer ticks under the leaveses.
• Read Front Porch Forum every day. Hear about local happenings right away!
• Bed and breakfasts? Places to stay? Seeking rooms for the wedding day.
• My baby is eating solid foods. Now we need a high chair.
• Excellent Sony KV24FS120 TV, too large for me, is yours for free.
• Books, movies, magazines, and free wireless Internet all at your local library.
• Oh what fun it is to read Front Porch Forum today, hey!
• Run for local office. Pick up petitions at your local town office
• I have promises to keep; And miles to go before I sleep
• Is there fluoride in our town water? Who can tell me please?
• I spent my childhood praying to have children and they are amazing!
• Twelve words does it take for a twelve word entry to make.
• Brrrr, chilly outside; please keep all pets warm … bring them INSIDE!
• No fishermen on Barber’s Pond – Ice too thin… “˜fraid to fall in.
• find, sell, give, ask, inform; vent, warn, live, your Front Porch Forum
• Words are elusive. Twelve to play the Front Porch game? Embrace Brevity!
• Wanted to borrow: An infrared camera to do my own energy audit.
• Best bumper sticker: ” I am from Vermont, I do what I want!”
• Our rat, Pepper, has died. Free fish tank for your small critter.
• Currently looking for an occasional babysitter for our thirteen month old son.
• Fabulous babysitter, evenings or weekends. EHS sophomore, great with kids. References available.
• Mint repels mice. Store towel soaked in mint oil in glove compartment.
• Several free bunnies looking for a home. Call or email if interested.
• Looking for cheap used mandolin, an instrument to learn on, nothing fancy!
• I’m thankful to live in a town where lively public discussions flourish.
• I love black turkeys on white snow beside a mint green stream.
• two bassets want pals to chase, one dachshund wants to play ball
• Wishes for a peaceful and healthy 2012 to all of my neighbors!
• To work I cannot go. Head to Sugarbush – they make snow.
• This 12 word contest sure is attracting a lot of interesting entries.
• With the light always on, Community breaths through the Porch of Vermont.
• Front Porch Forum My news of the Neighborhood.  Well done. Thank you.
• Let’s promise to be kind to one another in the New Year.
• Littered trash beware, South Burlington residents care. You will be evicted, deposed.
• I am seeking help with snow removal; seeking snow first, removal second.
• Used mind for sale; fair condition; sometimes wanders randomly; best reasonable offer.
• I wanted the pygmy goats but I need new goat shed first!
• Get fit by joining snap fitness gym it is local and awesome.
• Twelve words is not enough to say what I want to say.
• My tires don’t inspire buyers. Should price be higher?  Plight is dire.
• Conquering dark solitude. We dance grinning, hand in hand, enjoying the band
• Snowshoe! Sled! Skate! Ski! But how? Winter, O Winter, where art thou?
• In our house, a happy quorum: Read/Post/Love “Front Porch Forum”.
• Moving is fun ooowhee! Come one, come all, to see what’s free!
• Finally reached my diet goal. With my luck, I’ll win the chocolates.
• Broadband… please; Teacher contract renewed; Lost animals found; MORE SNOW! Community United.
• Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently!
• Never look down on someone else unless you are helping them up!
• Twelve words that’s it. To challenge our wit. Really a tight fit.
• When it snows, our lawn looks just as nice as the neighbor’s.
• My kids are ice cream and LCC crazy; I must post this.
• Wanted: Random Acts of Kindness. Offer a helping hand to your neighbor.
• The Wolf Full Moon hiding in Middlesex behind the low hazy clouds.
• We have been car free since Labor Day! It’s great. Thanks, CarShare!
• I miss the Alchemist. I love Cork. Looking forward to Prohibition Pig.
• Broken straps, Replaced free. Tubbs snowshoes, Lifetime guarantee. Deep snow, same deal?
• Wanted: atmospheric water vapor frozen into crystals and falling in white flakes
• Town roads. To pave, or not to pave: that is the question.
• Seen today at intersection of Common Way and Greenbush: three legged fox!
• Even if you fall on your face, you are still moving forward.
• Angel Dog is not a family movie. Do not rent for kids.
• This is my first post! I work for Girl Scouts. Wanna volunteer?
• Wanted: atmospheric water vapor frozen into crystals and falling in white flakes.
• Hey all Bristol folks, remember to shop local, close to our homes.
• The snowy owl made it to Vermont, maybe there will be twelve?
• That’s how it is with Fred; people like to eat his bread.
• The sleeping cats hug the heat vents dreaming about the summer sun.
• A little peace on Earth, and big piece of pie for dessert.
• Sometimes I wonder: what would I Do if I couldn’t eat cheese?