Thanksgiving conjures up so many warm thoughts and memories for me… time with family, lots of great food, parades, (did I say “lots” of great food?) and football. Unfortunately, this year my knee was bothering me, so I had to sit on our family touch football game. I did enjoy watching my aunts, uncles, cousins play. And, what a beautiful and warm day to play?! We also enjoy watching football and have been known to make a friendly bet or two.

Speaking of football – You can win a trip to New Orleans for 10 people by entering the Clorox Toilet Bowl Contest! Two winners will be selected and each winner can invite nine guests for a fun trip to New Orleans. Here’s what the winners get:

• Roundtrip air transportation for ten people to New Orleans
• Four-night accommodations at a hotel
• Roundtrip ground transportation between airport and hotel
• Opportunity to participate in the Clorox Toilet Bowl flag football game (coached by former pro quarterback Jesse Palmer)
• Limo ride to meet a celebrity
• Limo ride to Brennan’s — breakfast for ten people (includes tax and service charges)
• Limo ride to a restaurant of Sponsor’s choice — dinner for ten people in a private room (includes tax and service charges)
• Full-day limo charter to Audubon Zoo, Audubon Aquarium of the Americas, Audubon Insectarium and/or Entergy IMAX Theater — combo tickets for ten people to all four attractions
• A private New Orleans and Katrina tour (3 hours) in a van
• Limo ride to Mardi Gras World to tour and watch the artists of Blaine Kern Studios, world-renowned masters of carnival sculpture and float building at work
• Approximate Retail Value: $19,880 (actual value may vary based on airfare fluctuations and distance between departure and destination)

To win a trip to New Orleans, you have to enter the Clorox Toilet Bowl contest by November 28th.

Clorox is also letting me give away a Clorox Toilet Wand and a pink branded football. If you would like to win a Clorox Toilet Wand and football, just follow the rules below.

Mandatory Entry: Leave a comment telling us what your favorite football tradition (or Thanksgiving tradition) is.

Optional entries: Leave an additional comment for each entry. For example, if you subscribe to BlogbyDonna, leave 2 separate comments saying you subscribed.

• Follow my blog on FB (widget on the right sidebar) and leave 2 comments saying so, for 2 extra entries.
• Subscribe to my blog via email for 2 extra entries
• Grab my button and post a link to your blog for 3 extra entries.
• Blog about this contest (with a link to my blog) and post a link to your blog for 3 entries.
• Follow me on Twitter and tweet about this contest (can be done daily for an extra entry each day). Just copy & paste and tweet this  – "Win a Clorox toilet wand and football – http://bit.ly/fjj3C8 (via @BeShirtHappy)

The winner will be selected on 12/04/10 at 5:00 pm EST via random.org and will be notified via email. The winner will have 48 hours to respond.

Just so you know: I wrote this review while participating in a blog tour campaign by Mom Central Consulting on behalf of Clorox and received a gift code, toilet wand and football to thank me for taking the time to participate.