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Margi Wolff of Fort Myers, Fla., is the proud winner of the DIY Blog Cabin 2009 Sweepstakes, a cash prize worth more than $500,000.

Wolff, a DIY Network fan who lists Blog Cabin and Desperate Landscapes as her two favorite shows, entered online almost every day during the contest entry period. This is the first year Wolff has entered the sweepstakes, and she admits that she fell in love with Blog Cabin 2009 as soon as the series aired. “I was so impressed by the workmanship,” she adds. “The on-air team put a lot of love and goodwill into the house. That really impressed me. It was more than a project – it was a gift.”

Wolff was stunned when she received the good news. “I called my husband David and said, ‘I got this e-mail from DIY Network, and I’m trying not to have a heart attack.’ It was amazing,” she adds. The prize could not have come at a better time for Wolff and her family, facing their own struggles during this difficult recession. “I had been praying for this,” adds Wolff. “That day we got the news, we sat around and laughed – all that financial pressure being lifted from us. Now we can think about the future in completely different terms. This isn’t just a contest – it’s a blessing.”

Darn, A Florida winner, but not THIS Florida winner!  lol....oh well, maybe next year.

The good news is the winner is from Florida, but the bad news.......well you know.  I agree maybe next year will be your turn.

Thanks for the update, Cheryl. I'm glad that money didn't go to somebody who already had a pile of it! In their case the money was much better than winning a house, no matter how special the house! Well - it's back to work for the rest of us, entering and hoping.

Thanks for posting this information cmalchiodi, at least the rest of us can stop doing our wishful thinking...LOL  

I also live in Florida (in the beautiful Capital) and things aren't so hot here job wise or economy wise, but from what I've read in all the news stories, is that Ft. Myers has been hit really hard by the housing bust and recession, so I'm glad some poor soul there will be benefiting from this blessing.