And the winner is...

...wait, first I have to tell you how we arrived at this moment because, as you may have guessed, I could not make it easy. I agonized over random number generators and choosing paper strips out of a hat. Here was my first effort...

I had the names written on strips of paper, but then decided to randomly put numbers on the backs of those strips. I did the number generator, but couldn't figure out how to show you the result in a pretty format. Skwishee won when I matched the number on the computer to the number on the paper. Skwishee also won when I numbered the comments and matched them to the number generator generated number.

Since I was concerned about all ten of you doubting my methods, I considered just choosing whichever nominee's category made me chuckle the most. It was tough, but I would have picked Skwishee for her work in Most Likely to Have Bizarre Items in the Oven. ("Melted Barbies smell like crap" won my heart.)

Luckily, additional humans entered the building, so I had valid assistance (thanks again, Fozzie). I was looking for a place in the house to stage the drawing that would not look like I was running a tag sale with my current decor, but that might've taken us well into next week, so if you see something you like, name a price. We let my son's friend pull the magical name (Oh you just never know what afterschool fun there is to be had here at our house.) Let's see how that turned out...

Soooooooooo...I think it's safe to say that SKWISHEE is the grand prize winner of a first edition copy of Epic Mom. Congratulations Skwishee! (You can email me your address.)

Now let's take a moment to check out the runner ups in their distinguished categories...

Danelle from Outnumbered for Most Convincing House Cleaning in Under 15 Minutes

Kirby from Kirb Appeal for Best director (of the lives of her adult children, whether they need direction or not)

Lily from Incoherent Ramblings of a Moose for The Most Overused Motherism, in a 1 Hour Time Period

Marianne from We Band of Mothers (and author extraordinaire) for Most Creative Use of Alternate Swear Words

Tina from Not Just Another Mother Blogger for (and this is my designation for her) Most Adventurous (Bigfoot tracking included) Mother

Ricki Jill from Art@Home for Best Rule Enforcer

Angie from Angie Uncovered for Most Effective Punishment Idea for any Given Crime Against Household Rules

Allison from (somewhere mysterious and unknown) for her Singing (of actual words to songs)

Jen from Jen e sais quoi for Best Actress in a Dramatic Role While Feigning Interest and Enthusiasm

Elaine from Kids Galore Plus More for Most Productive Use of Children's College Fund starring her New Washer/Dryer Purchase and California Vacation

The Empress from Good Day Regular People for Best Actress in a Comedy

I found these treasures on my most recent anti-hoarding mission, and they can be yours for the asking my dear runner ups...

Come on, don't be shy!

Thanks to all who stopped by and participated! You really are all winners to me!