Stuff happens. And if you’ve been keeping up here, you know that it’s been happening in my kitchen. We’re nearing completion, but at the time when I should have been announcing the October First Friday Freebie winner, it was really happening! Then, there was an email glitch and the winner didn’t get notified in a timely manner and I didn’t get it mailed out in a timely manner. I also didn’t get the announcement made. I’m starting to think that time has no manners.
Anyhow, give a belated cheer to October’s winner –
Jean from Hurricane, Utah!
Congratulations, Jean!
It is news to me that they have hurricanes in Utah, but maybe Jean could give us some history behind that name in the comments.
I love interesting town names. Once, in high school, my best friend and I got hold of an old zip code directory and found ourselves in fits of hysterical laughter as we perused the pages. I must do that again sometime on some gloomy day when I need a lift.
Jean won the pretty necklace you see her wearing in the photo and she agrees with me that it is much prettier than it appears in photos. Jean has won a First Friday Freebie in the past, so check out all the past winners and their gifts here on my Freebies! page.
The necklace was a Factory Connection find and you can see the original freebie offer here.
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Hi Barb! The necklace is beautiful, as you can see. Thank you so much! How Hurricane, Utah, got its name: Hurricane was first settled in 1896, and received its name after a whirlwind blew the top off a buggy in which Erastus Snow was riding. Snow exclaimed, “Well, that was a Hurricane. We’ll name this ‘Hurricane Hill’.”
And that’s the truth! 🤗
Thanks for filling us in! Love those fun stories. I’m from a town (well, from out in the sticks nearby) called Prairie Home and the story there is that the people who stopped there and settled wrote a letter back home that said, “We have finally found our prairie home.” Then all the others came, making their way to Prairie Home. I guess they felt like there was no need to quibble about any better name!