The winner of the Pink Overall Contest was announced in Episode 20, the Merry Christmas epiosde.  We had over 60 entries, that is 59 more than I expected.  There are a lot of pink lovers out there.  Thank you to everyone who sent in entries.  It was tough to pick a winner.  Here are the top five entries, good job all.

Congrats to the winner Jane Crister from Nebraska.  You can hear the phone call and conversation we had with Jane in the Merry Christmas episode.

Here are the top five entries:

From Jane Crister (winner):

Hi, I would love to get a pair of the pink overalls to give to my 11 year old daughter.  This has been a very difficult year for us as I was hurt by a colt with a shattered pelvis.  But it was due to this accident, Multiple Myloma (bone marrow cancer) was discovered.  For 7 months, I was without a hip and now I have just undergone a stem cell transplant to try and get the cancer in remission.  I am a single mother and it is going to be a difficult X’mas this year with all the bills adding up.  My little girl has been a trooper doing all the chores as we still have 8 horses to feed.  Please consider this email for the giveaway.  Thank you. 

From Deanna Castro:
  
Hi Glen! Oooh what a great contest! The reason I think I should win the pink overalls is for a few reasons. My first reason is that since the birth of my son I have not yet gotten to update my winter barn clothes. I\’m not the size I was last year or the year before. I\’m smaller than last years maternity clothes yet still larger than the pre baby clothes. I have been trying my best to stay positive in this situation. I teach year round in the indoor arena, and it\’s much colder here in Pennsylvania than it is in Kentucky I can assure you that. You would think that the indoor arena would be a nice break from the elements, but it is actually very cold because of the metal. By the time the sun sets it ends up being colder inside than it is outside of the barn.

Another reason I would like to win them, Pink is my favorite color. I just revamped my website and it is now pink, my signature color. I had a new logo designed as well and it is a pink spur. How cute would my logo be embroidered on those coveralls? Anyway, check out my new site at http://deannacastro.com and thanks for the opportunity to enter the contest.

From DeAnna:
 
Let me introduce to you the winner of the  your contest, my name is DeAnna Mendietta, and all I wear is pink! I live on a ranch and even my horse wears pink, my fishing pole is pink, my tackle box is pink, my mud boots….pink,  my camo ….. pink, my suitcases….pink,  my nursing bag….pink…..I am known as the Pink Nurse…..(I work with the elderly and sometimes they cannot remember my name but they always remember what I wear…..PINK). 

My leather gloves….pink,  my spur straps….pink, my cowboy boots…..pink, my frying pan….pink, my measuring cups….pink, all my ball caps….pink, my bathroom is pink camo, my kitchen bowls…pink.  My obsession with pink started long ago when I realized that pink was my color and it also is my happy color, sounds weird, but true.  As the years have passed (I am 45 soon to be 46…in December) pink has served a purpose, no one takes anything of mine, why because it’s pink and everyone knows it’s mine, a surefire way to ensure my fishing tackle stays put is to always buy pink, so I NEED those pink overalls so everyone will leave mine alone and I will be warm when I go to cover my horse with his pink blanket.

From Barbara Sikora:

I believe I deserve to win the Pink Coveralls for Christmas because they would go to one of  two very special sisters who were “rescued” from a tragic family situation by my daughter ,Kristi and son in law ,Chris. The girls  have become  caring , loving , contributing members of  my daughter’s  family , on their ranch in Montana. In the past year they have learned to ride and help with all the ranch activities, do chores caring for the animals in any weather, join 4-H & rodeo even though they were city kids ,they love it and try real hard .

They had three strikes against them but  are still in the game. I believe they are amazing ,considering the wounds they carry,  the challenges they are facing head on and  the progress they’ve made. They would love the coveralls, so …if I won… I would buy the other pair, so these special girls  would both be warm this winter when outside doing chores.

From Kathy Smeltzer-Powell (Ranch Hand number 2):

When I saw these pink bibs the first thing that came to mind was I work on
a ranch with all male ranch hands EXCEPT ME!  There are times when I must
remind them that their bussiness must be taken care of BEHIND THE BARN
when the lady is present.  Now I do give them a little leeway due to the
fact that we are all dressed quite alike in our canvas colored bibs and
coats during the cold wether.  BUT….if I were to be present wearing
these darling PINK bibs there would be no mistake that I am near and the
nessesities in life need to be delt with in another area. Thank you for
listening to me and my delemma.