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I know I could have awarded the winner and the runners up with some wonderful Catholic item like Paramedic Girl did for her contest, but instead I chose to labor away at my PhotoShop program (about which I know nothing), and made a special badge for display on your blog.

In my typical ADD fashion I waited until the last moment before tackling a job I am woefully unprepared to accomplish. Thanks to my newly acquired Photoshop Elements 6 The Missing Manual, I was able to barely eke out this sort of cute little badge. I know all you PS wizards - (you know who you are Mary Rose, * Carolina Cannonball, * Vincenzo, et al) are probably rolling on the floor laughing your "you know whats" off over this paltry little task. Trust me - it was HUGE for me.
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Starting in true Dancing with the Stars fashion -
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the second runner up is:

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Adoro

who logged in with 73 Catholic items

The first runner up is -

Jean at Catholic Fire

with a count of 79 Catholic items

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...and the winner is - ta da and a drum roll please:
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Esther - Catholic Mom in Hawaii

with an astonishing 124 Catholic sacramentals

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Just so no one will be left out (Angela in particular, cries when she doesn't get something) we have this badge that proclaims to the world, "I don't have nearly enough Catholic Stuff".

• Tom in Vegas - who has an undetermined number of sacramentals
• Uncle Jim - who is struggling with his count. I suggested he get help from Aunt Roz, but in true male manner he refused. He was last seen sitting in the hall with his shoes and socks off to facilitate his counting.
• Kasia - 38
• Paramedic Girl - 38
• Rita - 27
• Angela - 22 (Although she is minting her own Miraculous Medals so the count may well be higher by now)
• Paula B52 - 19
• Irene - 16
• Cathy of Alex - 15
• Kirk - 13
• Emily - 10
• Roses & Jessamine - not sure but she does have hundreds of Holy Cards
• Karen in Canada - 9
• Mark in Spokane - 5 Being an honest attorney type (which is a whole different contest), he refuses to include his wife's sacramentals.

Display your badges with your heads held high knowing that you are contributing to the notion that "Catholics worship statues"

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Catholic Stuff Contest Extended

Due to the overwhelming requests from folks for a bit more time to count up their Catholic sacramentals, I have decided to extend the deadline for the Catholic Stuff Contest until Wednesday. Quick now - count up all the Catholic "stuff" in your house and enter to win. Angela asked if we were going to have second, third, fourth, and so on places. You bethca!!!

and now.........

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the truth

(which I heard will set me free)

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Ya gotta admit that "overwhelming request" part sounded pretty good!

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Winner

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Catholic "Stuff" Contest

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Announced Tomorrow

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My husband said this was me.

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Should I be insulted?

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Another Catholic Contest

Paramedicgirl over at Salve Regina has started a contest for those out in cyberspace who have the fewest "sacramentals" - what I call "stuff."

To quote her:

"Ready, set go! Count up your items while I search for an appropriate prize to award to the person who actually owns the fewest sacramentals. You didn't think I would give it to the one who has plenty, did you?"

Contest Here for Most Stuff

Without doing a new count right now (it's too late "to brain"), I'm thinking Jean Heimann at Catholic Fire is leading. Jean also spends quality time at Behold Your Mother, One Came Back, and the Good Health Blog. I call this blogging on steroids and I have nothing but admiration for someone that can keep that much going.

Now our very own Adoro is right up there with Jean. Angela is still busy shopping to catch up. Some folks have raised the concern about this shopping thing after the initial count. I'm going to allow it because anyone needy enough to go to those lengths to win must really, really need to win. Just a warning to Angela - if you go shopping for Miraculous Medals, you won't find any. Adoro has them all.

Rita over at Tigerish Waters was surprised at the number of things she had stashed in her house. They do become part of the background after awhile.

It reminds me of a phone conversation I had with a Presbyterian friend. I asked him if he actually thought Catholics worshipped statues. He assured me that was nonsensical and no, he never for one minute thought that. After hanging up the phone I took a quick survey of my house and promptly called him back and said, " Guess what? We do worship statues!"

Isn't being Catholic fun?

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Catholic Contest Continues...

Entries so far:

Angela Messenger at Where Angels Go - 22

Irene - Since Irene lives in a itsy bitsy area we will count each of her entries as two. - 16

Emily at Randomability - 10

Roses and Jessamine - thinks the Vatican has her beat. Yes, but R&J - last time I checked the Vatican hasn't entered....just saying.

Esther of a Catholic Mom in Hawaii ( and gazillian other blogs) - hasn't had time to count up all her Catholic goodies. That sounds promising.

Paula B52 (I've missed you, babe) - 19

Kasia hiding out in the Clam Rampant - 33

Karen in Canada think she is at the bottom of the heap but I think her numbers are pretty darn good - 9

I'll keep the contest running through this upcoming week to give me time to figure out the prize. It will also give Angela M. time to run out and purchase a bunch more stuff. She hates to lose.

Check out the rules here

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A Catholic Contest

Since rearranging my prayer space I started thinking about all the religious pictures, crucifixes, palm branches, and holy water fonts in my house. I think it would be fun to have a contest over who has the most Catholic "stuff" in their house. Books are not included in the count. Rosaries count if they are on display or visible at all times (like on a shelf or tabletop)

You may email me with your total or put it in the combox. I'm not even sure what the winner will win but I promise it will be cool.

Even though I can't win my own contest I will start off by giving my count. Ready?

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1. Crucifixes - 9
2. Statues - 10
3. Pictures - 14
4. Holy Water Fonts - 2 plus a large bottle of Holy Water for refilling fonts.
5. Rosaries - 4 (on display)

I'm sure I've skipped some stuff ........LOL

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