Celebrating 10,000 Hits with a Giveaway!

This giveaway is now closed.  Thanks to everyone for your entries and comments!  Check back for more giveaways soon!

Cooking Up A Sale reached a milestone today.  At least, I consider it a milestone!  As of today, there have been over 10,000 hits on this blog.  That doesn't mean 10,000 separate visits, but it DOES mean 10,000 clicks.  And I know some of you click on the same recipe more than once to double-check the ingredient list or the cooking instructions.  And some of those clicks are mine, testing out links and such.  But even so, I'm pretty excited!
So, in celebration of the 10,000 hits milestone, I am giving away a $10 Meijer gift card!  Sorry, not $10,000.  And not even $100!  Hey, I'm trying to keep my grocery bill down too :)  (By the way, if you win this but you don't live near a Meijer {thanks all you CA and IA readers!}, I'll give you a $10 gift card to the grocery store of your choice instead.)
Here's how you can enter...but please read all the way to the end.

You must complete one (or more) of the following four tasks, and then come back to this post and add a separate comment, telling me what you did to enter.  Don't forget to include your name!  If you do not add a comment to this post, you will not be entered.

1.  Become an official follower of Cooking Up A Sale.  Just click the blue "Join This Site" button on the right-hand side of this blog, and fill in the blanks.

2.  Like Cooking Up A Sale on Facebook.  There is a link to Cooking Up A Sale's Facebook page on the right-hand side of this blog, just below the little pictures of all the members.

3.  Comment on a recipe that you have tried.  It does not have to be a recipe from this week, or even from this month.  If you tried it last month and you liked it, or you tried it last week but didn't really care for it, now is the time to post a comment.  (Yes, I know, this is a not-very-subtle way to encourage more active participation!)

4.  Pin a recipe from Cooking Up A Sale to one of your Pinterest boards.
(This was not originally on the list but I decided to add it after seeing that some of you have been pinning recipes already.)

This giveaway is for new activity.  This means that...

First:  if you're already a member, and you already like Cooking Up A Sale on Facebook, then you'll have to post a comment under a recipe if you want to enter this giveaway.
Second:  if you've already done all four of the options, then you can still enter, but you'll have to comment on or pin a new/different recipe than you did last time.
Third:  you may enter more than one time.  If you enter one new comment under four different recipes, then that means you've completed four new activities, so you may enter four times.  Or if you become a member AND comment under a recipe, then you may enter two times.  Just remember to come back to THIS GIVEAWAY POST and add separate comments for each of your activities.  So, if you liked Cooking Up A Sale on Facebook, commented under "Parmesan Chicken" and "Seasoned Rice", then you need to come back to this post and comment three times..."I added a comment to Parmesan Chicken" and "I added a comment to Seasoned Rice" and "I liked Cooking Up A Sale on Facebook".

Yes, family and friends ARE allowed to enter...I promise I'll be fair!

This giveaway begins right now, and it closes Monday, March 12, at 5PM.  I know, that's a long time from now...but I know I have some once-a-week readers, so this will give them time to enter.

OK, hopefully this is all clear as mud! Just don't forget to come back to this post and add a comment telling me which thing(s) you completed...and don't forget to include your name!  The drawing will only include people who leave comments under THIS POST.

Happy Cooking!
~Lisa