Chilly's Bingo World.........

You may already know but I'll bet most of you don't.  A little secret from New Bingo Billy is the "gift certificate" option.  SSSSHHHHHH...you didn't hear it from me!

Contact support and ask if this option is available for pay, pals!  I decided to finally give in and deposit but when I wanted to use the option, it was not available.  It's not always available so you have to contact support each time to see if you can.  They will give you instructions on how to proceed.

Definitely a great idea and hope it doesn't somehow backfire on NBB.

Toothache is still hanging on just a little from being so swollen for a few days.  But it is much better.  A much more chillymellow bingo face is starting to take shape!

Toothache is gone at last, completely.  It may return some day in the future, but I won't think about that today.

I've got the wild penny room going at New Bingo Billy.  Not going so great but it runs all by itself for the most part.  Haven't done that great at my Vista Gaming sites, but did enjoy receiving birthday gifts of loyalty points and bingo points.  Tried for the cash draws all week, but no.  I was able to get $25 from the loyalty points at Bingo Sky, and played as long as I was able.

Bingo Vega gave me $10 plus I won some bbs on their facebook page.  Couldn't get a deposit in at NBBilly so no gift from them this year.

In searching for bingo bonuses, codes, anything...I ran across Cleo's VIP Room, which has nothing to do with bingo, but...  I was lucky to receive lots of free slots play with their facebook promo and an email code, then decided to try my luck with a $20 deposit and am expecting to have a check for $250 within 5 to 12 days from today!  I hope so!

Got the waterpump fixed on the car then had no money to go anywhere but things are looking up.  I'm hoping to go to my grandson, Dylan's 3rd birthday party on Saturday morning, but oh my the oldsmobile only gets about 10 mpg and it's a little over 100 miles away, one way.  It's a Delta 88 Royale.  And will probably take about 88 bucks to get there and back! 

Sunday my daughter is getting inducted into PTK- Phi Theta Kappa - at her college.  She's doing great considering she dropped out of high school many years ago.  She's in her second year of classes at Coastal Bend College, working as a work-study, and raising two children.  I hope I can go, but if not, I'm sure there will be lots of photos and videos to view of all the fun events.

The weather here has been crazy.  A really warm December so far here in Texas, but mixed with freezing and near freezing temperatures.  Not often you get to run the heater all night and need the A/C all day, but that's what's going on.  Add to that the almost daily morning fog and drizzle, and that makes for a lot of mold in the air.  I don't know which is worse, the constant temperature changes or the allergies. 

I've been kind of touring the world of Bingo these days, traveling the virtual globe in search of the best site to have fun and win some bingo.  Maybe I've already found it and just haven't played there long enough to win that elusive jackpot prize.  Maybe my best bingo site ever hasn't even been created yet.  Then I have a lot to look forward to!  I don't know about you, but I do like to try out the new sites and would be happy to find more that make me want to stick around.

Loyalty has it's ups and downs.  For the most part, being a loyal player pays off, but when it's not paying, when do you know you've reached the level where it's time to move on?  Can your favorite site actually stay your favorite site forever or do you find they always come along and change something up where it doesn't seem to be such a great fit for you any longer?  I'm only four or five years into it, and a lot of the sites I used to play are no longer around.  But the small handful that still exist, I am still visiting, playing, and winning enough to stick around.  It's nice to have a place to play where you are comfortable and happy, even if you aren't winning a lot.  Probably especially if you aren't winning a lot.  There's no feeling like 'home' and having a few sites where you feel like family is a lot better than having many sites where you know you are 'just visiting'.  Having a place like LBB where you feel at home *and* can sharpen up your bingo game plan is even better.  Thanks for stopping by and thanks for sharing your bingo world with me.

Like your excitement when waiting for the bingo balls to be called, life has it's ups and downs.  And eventually, it is game over.  You walk away happy or not.  I try to stay happy and I have a well equipped humorously inclined mind to help me take care of that.

I am somewhat satisfied today.  I was finally able to get new bingo billy to let me use that gift certificate option and I am playing bingo!  I'm even kind of winning with twice what I deposited in my cash balance.

I also got to find several bingo sites I am a member of on facebook and got some freeplay by liking and posting a comment.

Then there's the downside.  While I was viewing FB pages, my sister messaged me and said "why is lisa (our niece) saying she is going to miss her brother terribly?"  I had no clue but was hoping it wasn't like when I read my daughter's post that said "I lost a brother today".  Geez... you can imagine what I was thinking and my other daughter was messaging me going wtheck?  They were just having a major disagreement.  But Lisa, well, Lisa actually did lose her brother, Brian. 

Brian was 27, married with a 2 year old boy and a baby girl due in March/April.  Not counting my oldest brother who died after about 3 days of living, my family hasn't had to experience the loss of a child.  I didn't really know Brian well as they lived in Illinois most of his life.  And I lived in Texas.  But I saw pictures all the time and knew a little about him.

He died on the same day that my dad died, the same day they bombed Pearl Harbor.  My family seems to do that-repeat dates with birthdays and deaths.  My brother and my daughter share the same birthday, and it's the same date as my grandma died.  My second husband's mom died on the same day my dad did.  So Brian not only got one date down, he is also being buried on my other brother's birthday.

I'm feeling ill today.  Didn't sleep a wink, and now i'm playing bingo.  I've got the whole chat room laughing and rofling.  I'm not going to mention Brian to them, though they were just talking about everyone's moms who are no longer with them.  It would have been a good lead-in. 

I'm sharing with you folks because this is what's going on in my bingo world.  Ups and downs.  Facebook,  OMG what a way to get the family news, right?  Here's a picture Brian had as his facebook page photo.  I like it, it's very fitting to smile as the sun begins to set.  Happy Bingo Times, my friends.  Enjoy playing and give someone a nice smile today.

Sure is looking like a tough December.  What better way to get your mind back into the holiday spirit than playing some holiday themed bingo?  Well, maybe having some extra holiday cheer to enjoy might help also!

There are so many choices for exciting game play on so many sites, I don't know if I'll be able to make a decision where to be!  Even with the many sites listed here at LBB with their holiday specials, there are many more out there that we haven't discovered.  Santa has been really busy trying to please the bingo world.

It's getting close to the start of winter, and hopefully we can put an end to that Mayan calendar hoo-hah.  The New Year is coming with new and exciting promotions and a promise of a new year of winning.  I'm looking forward to 2013 and I hope it is prosperous for all of my bingo friends here and everywhere.  We are a lucky bunch!  Buy an extra card each game and see what happens.

This sure is a great time for holiday bonuses and specials. Good luck chilly!

Great time indeed, Im overwhelmed with various holiday promos, raffles, tournaments, free chips... Hard to make a choice what to claim or participate in first :D

I have a feeling that 2013 will be better than 2012 for most of us, gotta think positive :)

Good luck Chilly!

good luck to us all, we all deserve it and some of us need it a LOT!

Bingo Vega sent me a snail mail Christmas gift.  Logged in and found out it was $25.  Nice!  I've had the Free Gifts for all room up all day for a few days both at Bingo Vega and at BigTimeBingo.  While Bingo Vega is not in the Kingdom Network, they do share either a management or ownership (sorry I forget which) and so are all having this room open for the holidays.  I'm doing a little better over at Bingo Vega on winning.

They are giving out 5 cent to 25 cent prizes for each part of the games with up to five parts per game.  So it's slow go but not too many players so it's building up.

I was lucky to find a family giving away bikes because their kids were getting new ones for Christmas, and then was lucky enough to be the one who got to go pick them up.  These are just perfect for my grandkids Dylan and Abbey and in great shape.  Plus, the mom is asking me to tutor her 3rd grade girl in math a couple hours a week.  Did it have to be math?  I'm a little intimidated about getting out and being responsible for this child's success in school, and following a regular schedule, but I need the money so I didn't say no.  And I have until after the holidays to psych myself up.  Sometimes things that should be so easy are just so hard to do. 

I wish everyone lots of Bingos and a very merry Christmas and good times with their family and friends this holiday season.  I hope Santa is very good to all the boys and girls whether Naughty or Nice!

Just about out of all my Christmas freebies.  Waiting to hear about some facebook possible $.  Almost time for the New Year.  Will I win anything else this year?  hmmm...

Will I win anything else this year?  hmmm...

I surely hope you will, fingers crossed! There's plenty of time left until 2013 anyway :)

Well, I'm still playing in the Gifts for All rooms at Bingo Vega and BigTime Bingo.  I am so glad that all I have to do is open the room up and sit back and wait for the money to come tumbling into my account balance.  Nice.  I've tried a few times to get the balance higher by playing the mini games and I did some good there but then lost it all.  Darn it.  I should have been more like Silas Marner (and if you don't know who that is, look it up!) and spent my time counting my coins instead of spending them.

However, I am back up to a little over $2 at both sites!  This is from about 24 hours of letting my "pot" stew.  I see more and more people each day coming in to compete for the bingo prizes so I know I am in good company even though sometimes I wish it were only me there getting all the bingo money!

It only takes ONE card to win the $13,000 guaranteed jackpot tomorrow!  And, I have a 50/50 chance of winning (providing they let me in the room).  I'll either win, or I won't.  You have the same chance also!  Maybe i'll see you there.

I got a sneaking suspicion you didn't win the 13k chilly or you would be here singing your praises and whistling Dixie! Let's hope 2013 will see lots of wins for you and LBB.

Lips

No, it wasn't me, but I've got about 364 days left in the year (hopefully) and lots more chances at something big!

I did log in to my New Bingo Billy account and got the free $13 they are offering today in bonus money.  Plus, to my delight, a free $1 in cash as they promised after my comment (see the no deposit thread on New Bingo Billy for details on that).

And the free gifts for all rooms are still running so I'm still ringing in the free bonus money at Big Time Bingo and Bingo Vega. 

So despite some of my New Years Day being not so nice (someone's gotta have a bad day might as well have been my day for it), I've still got plenty of reasons to be thankful and optimistic!