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Calgon Take Me Away
Dec 28 2008

Yes, I need a getaway (click this link if you want to learn how to enter the contest yourself) and here’s my entry to win a dream vacation valued up to $5,000 from Home Away in exactly 350 words: 

Actually, Calgon can’t help me now.  The day job, after hours job, two kids, husband, a house, financial crisis, etc. have taken their toll.  And the 1970’s Enjoli perfume commercial (click on the YouTube link to see a beautiful, perfectly figured, exceptionally tall, blonde woman who wears 3 outfits in one day strutting her stuff!) that glorified women bringing home the bacon, frying it up in a pan, doing laundry, and never letting you forget you’re a man is a bunch of bull corn.  Yes, I said bologna bull corn.  Hitting her man on the head with the frying pan is much more realistic! 

tobago-jacarandaSo yes, I need a getaway to a warm, sunny, seaside location where I can sit under a palapa sipping margaritas, pina coladas, cosmopolitans, Mexican Martinis, oh heck why not some straight up tequila shots!  Somewhere (with a beach view) that I can wake up the next day not hung over (hey, this is a dream vacation, right?) with svelte cabana boys (ssshhh, don’t tell my husband) waiting on me hand and foot…especially foot.  I’m a sucker for a good foot massage… 

So you might be asking yourself where is this location that I can blow $5,000?  Is it in Mexico, in Asia, South America, in Europe, or even on this planet?  Well my first choice of Tahiti apparently does not yet exist in the Home Away network, or I’m not capable of using the search feature correctly…which is quite possible.  So I had to settle for Cuba.  Just kidding! 

But seriously, I’ll take Tobago because there were far too many options for Hawaii for my currently stuffy allergy and/or cold ridden head to process.  I’ve been to Tobago on a work related trip many years ago.  The water was the bluest I had ever seen and the steel pan drums were the steeliest I had ever heard.  So check out Jacaranda house (click to see the property). It has 4 bedrooms (for the cabana boys and my girlfriends), 3 bathrooms, and rents for $2,086 to $3,129 per week.  Ahhh, I can smell the coconut rum already…

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18 Comments on “Calgon Take Me Away”

  1. 1 Shannon said at 4:14 PM on January 12th, 2009:

    Aruni, hope you get to enjoy the island-style relaxation and stress relief in Tobago! Have a shot and a cabana boy (foot massage) for me too! :o)

  2. 2 Aruni said at 8:51 PM on January 12th, 2009:

    Hi Shannon – thanks so much. I’m crossing all of my fingers. 🙂

  3. 3 Brenda Hall said at 10:15 AM on January 13th, 2009:

    Aruni,

    I hope you win – as you deserve some time away from all the stress and pressures of being a wonderful Mom and running your own company. When you win, and you have your toes wiggling in the sand – just look up at a puffy cloud and BREATHE deep for you – and me! Brenda

  4. 4 andra said at 1:38 PM on January 13th, 2009:

    I’m crossing my fingers for you too!!!

  5. 5 Aruni said at 5:54 PM on January 13th, 2009:

    @Brenda – thanks so much! I do need a break.

    @andra – I’m crossing my toes too. 🙂

  6. 6 Dar Miller said at 8:33 PM on January 13th, 2009:

    Good luck Aruni! If you make it, have a michilada for me. 🙂 dar

  7. 7 Melody said at 8:53 AM on January 14th, 2009:

    Good luck with your contest!

  8. 8 Rose Holston said at 1:10 PM on January 14th, 2009:

    I hear they have a shroom fest annually in Tobago… in case you are striving for total relaxation.

    🙂 Good luck!

    Rose Holstons last blog post..Balancing SEO & User Friendly – It’s not what you say. It’s how you say it.

  9. 9 Cindy Barker said at 4:31 PM on January 14th, 2009:

    Best of Luck, Aruni!

    From Tammy Bach’s big sis 😉

  10. 10 Sally said at 9:10 PM on January 14th, 2009:

    Good luck!

  11. 11 Jenny, Bloggess said at 8:45 AM on January 15th, 2009:

    You got my vote, chica.

    Jenny, Bloggesss last blog post..I’m pretty sure Jesus doesn’t care *what* you do with semen.

  12. 12 Aruni said at 8:54 AM on January 15th, 2009:

    @Dar – I’ll try anything…Erin said I might not like a michilad, but what does he know!

    @Melody – thank you!

    @Rose – until yesterday I thought shrooms were the same as pot. The only drug I’ve tried is alcohol but maybe I’ll change that this year.

    @Cindy – give Tammy a big hug from me when you see her! And thanks for your vote!

    @Sally – thank you!

    @Bloggess – I’m honored!

    Thank you all for spreading the word!

  13. 13 Sacredglo said at 9:19 AM on January 15th, 2009:

    I hope you will. You deserve it! Best of Luck to you.

  14. 14 James from Babyspot.com said at 11:37 PM on January 15th, 2009:

    WOW!!!! I want to go! lol I really hope you win! That place looks beautiful!! I love Island Life! Enjoy! Twitter is going to help you win….I am RT now!

  15. 15 chiranjeet singh said at 9:44 AM on January 16th, 2009:

    I COME 4RM TWITTER TO VOTE YOU ARUNI N WAAAO…YOU HAVE GOT IT !!!
    MY HEARTIEST WISHES 4U THAT YOU MAY GET EVERYTHING WHATSOEVER YOU ARE DREAMING FOR…
    THANKS FOR ACCEPTING ME YOURS FRIEND AT TWITTER…
    ALWAYS URS WELLWISHER
    CHIRANJEET 4RM INDIA.

  16. 16 Patty said at 8:09 PM on January 17th, 2009:

    Good luck, one of my favorite commercials/sayings…’Calgon take me away’ Good luck! I would love to win a vacation like this…let us know how it goes if you win, send us twitter pics and updates ☺

    Pattys last blog post..Inkheart

  17. 17 Aruni said at 8:43 PM on January 17th, 2009:

    Thanks everyone! Unfortunately voting closed on Jan 15 and I didn’t win. 🙁 I’m sure someone more deserving won so I’ll just have to wait for the next such competition and plan my winning strategy better! 🙂

  18. 18 Giving Things Up | entrepreMusings said at 8:56 PM on February 27th, 2009:

    […] and I didn’t win my longed for trip to Tobago mostly because I didn’t have the time or wasn’t able to come up with the right strategy […]