Moving On

And what does winning mean? We don't have to make our January 2009 mortgage payment to our mortgage company...it'll be "on the house!"

This is the email D received just today: "CONGRATULATIONS, your entry for the On the House Contest was one of 500 chosen. We'll be making your January ING DIRECT Mortgage payment. We will automatically post the payment on January 5th. Feel free to log in to ingdirect.com the next day to see for yourself.

We had a great turnout for our On the House Contest, with 5,445 Customers entering for a chance to have their January payment "on the house". We received heartfelt, personal stories and appreciate the time you took to tell yours.

To view a list of our selections, visit onthehousecontest.com. And thanks again for sharing your story."

We can't quite locate David's winning entry, but if we do, and he gives me permission, I will post it here. Here is the email D received back in October about the contest: 500 Customers will get a mortgage payment "On the House." It's not easy out there these days. And we know it. So, our Customer contest couldn't be more timely. Our "On the House" contest will pick 500 ING DIRECT Mortgage Customers to get a free January mortgage payment - no matter how much you owe! To enter, just tell us in 250 words or less why you think you deserve to get a financial break. Maybe you're going through tough times. Or you can't seem to make ends meet and need this payment just to get by. Doesn't matter - we want to hear about it. We appreciate your confidence in ING DIRECT and now it's our turn to return the favor.

Not only is he a great doctor, he's obviously quite good with words, too!! I'm so proud of you, David!!