Its funny what can brighten one's day...

Typically, I have always watched other people win stuff. But not today! Today, I was surprised. And that surprise brightened my day AND made me smile. I don't know how many of you are familiar with Swag Bucks but my sister turned me on to this site and its actually pretty cool. To quickly summarize, www.swagbucks.com is a search engine that offers users the chance to win cool prizes every time they search. Its their way of thanking users for their loyalty. And NO registration is required.

Anyway, back to my story. In addition to scoring "SWAG BUCKS" when searching for stuff on the internet, I subscribe to SWAG BUCKS' daily blog. Its like watching tv - it provides simplistic entertainment while taking a break from a hectic day. Well, while perusing through a recent post, I came across a YouTube video of Israel Kamakawiwoʻole, a famous Hawaiʻian musician who did a ukulele medley of "Over the Rainbow" from the legendary movie, "Wizard of Oz". The song had been picked by the Swag Bucks Team for "Song of the Day: 4/19/09". The blogger wrote, "This song makes me happy..." Sounds good to me! So I played the video and you know what? It made me happy too! I know it sounds corny but don't we all need a little corny in our lives now and then?

So after listening to Over the Rainbow, I decided to spend some of my SWAG BUCKS and buy the mp3 for my ishuffle and itunes library. From now on, this was going to be my "Cheer Up Lassie!" song. Two days later...I tuned in to SWAG BUCKS blog post again and while reading through the Song of the Day: 4/21/09, there it was!

As part of the Team Swag Bucks Song Of The Day promotion, every time you Snag one of our selected mp3s during the month of April, you are automatically entered to win one of our brand spankin' new Swag Bucks T-Shirts. Today's winner is Kelley S., from Columbus Maryland. She snagged a copy of "Somewhere Over The Rainbow by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole and now she's got a bonus T.  Congrats to Kelley, and remember: you could be next!

I won!! How cool is that? Like I said...it's funny what can brighten one's day.

FYI— SWAG BUCKS loves for their followers to take a video or a photo when opening their prize...so, maybe I will do that and post a follow-up of me wearing my brand spankin new SWAG BUCKS T-Shirt! If you would like to check out SWAG BUCKS for yourself, just click on the link below so I get referral credit - thanks!

http://swagbucks.com/?cmd=sb-register&rb=319735




I'm also including the YouTube video of Israel Kamakawiwoʻole's "Over the Rainbow". Press Play and Ssee if it doesn't make YOU smile - go ahead, I dare you!