Poetry Contest

It’s a Dilly of a Poetry Contest

Post a Poem and Possibly Win a Prize.

It’s as EZ as that. It can be on any topic - just remember to keep it kid friendly (i.e. no questionable language or subject matter).

Here’s the prize:

A New Job for Dilly
By Rena Jones
Illustrated by: Lisa Oakman

And, if you don't have a little one in the house, how about a $10.00 Borders Gift Card?

Two possible prizes - one DILLY of a poetry contest.

Come and Play. Just post a poem in the "comments" section of this post and come back on Monday to see who the lucky winner is.

W-Squared

It was a weekend of weddings.

Friday night we celebrated Aaron's and Brenna's unity up in Bridal Veil Lakes. It was a beautiful setting.

My son, Jake, was one of the groomsmen, since he and Aaron have been close friends since they were in fifth grade. Here he is with his date, Shawna.

Here we are, my son Luke, my daughter Kara, Jake's date Shawna and an old friend Alex waiting for the wedding party to make it over to the reception.


And, here is my family all together: Luke, Kara, Me, Lars, Jacob and his date Shawna.

It was a beautiful way to spend a Friday night.

But Saturday I wasn't feeling so hot.

Luckily, Sunday was CeCe and Robert's Wedding and I was feeling good enough to head over to Redmond to celebrate with them. Their wedding deserves a private post because it was a VERY different wedding. So pop back by if you want to see another wedding tomorrow.

Fun Game for Writers to Play

Check this out. I think you'll like it.

Kreativ Blogger Award

Ranch Girl Ramblings passed this award on to me. Thanks Ranch Girl Ramblings!

Here are the rules:
1. Thank the person who nominated you for this award.
2. Copy the logo and place it on your blog.
3. Link to the person who nominated you for this award.
4. Name 7 things about yourself that people might find interesting.
5. Nominate 7 Kreativ Bloggers.
6. Post links to the 7 blogs you nominate.
7. Leave a comment on each of the blogs letting them know they have been nominated.

Seven things about me:

1) My Mom got married when she was 16.
2) My Mom had 9 kids (call her crazy)
3) I'm not the oldest or the youngest child from my family.
4) I've been married (to the same man) for over 26 years.
5) I write stories for children but my favorite authors are King and Poe
6) My husband was an original test kid for Legos (he was born and raised in Denmark)
7) My husband and I have the same birthday and two of my kids have the same birthday (not twins) and one of my brothers and one of my sisters share a birthday (not twins)
(We're linked by some cosmic birthday cycle).

Seven Kreativ Bloggers out there in Blogdom:

1) Kelly Polark
2) Chapters.
3) Ecobunga
4) Doctor Grumpy in the House
5) Summerfriend
6) The Virginia Scribe
7) Green Girl

Flummoxed Completely

Kai Strand was so Kind, she gave me the Lovely blog Award.

Now I'm going to pass it on to others, who in turn can pass it on to other blogging buddies.

Lazy Writer
Elana J
and
Christina Farley

French Onion Soup, a Souffle, and More

A Toast: "To Your Health" in French to go along with the soup.

French Onion Soup: First you carmelize two large sweet onions in butter. We used Walla Walla Sweet Onions. You carmelize butter in a saucepan with butter. You heat the onions until they turn a golden brown, then you add a couple tablespoons of flour to the onions and stir until it mixes. You add that to a pot of stock. If you don't want to make your own. You can buy a couple large cans or boxes of beef stock. Then you add one-half cup of sweet vermouth, and 3 tablespoons of cognac.

You heat the soup for about an hour and one half, letting the alcohol burn off. Then you serve it with a piece of french bread on the top with swiss or Gruyere cheese sprinkled over the top.


After seeing the movie Julie & Julia, I wanted to learn some more about French cooking so MacKenzie and I planned a dinner party. We invited a few people, and made some French Onion Soup, three souffles and a caramel/almond mousse for dessert. Of course the mousse was my favorite part--well, the mousse and my new earrings. MacKenzie and I made earrings to match out cutesy little aprons-okay, we're a couple of nerds-I can admit it and that's okay.

Earth-Friendly Friday

The Portland Rebuilding Center

Reusing, Recycling and Recrafting can be more than earth-friendly, it can be so beautiful it can be artwork.
And, building - or REbuilding - a bench, arbor or pergola can be expensive but you can cut costs by re-building.

My husband and I love to go to The Rebuilding Center to buy lumber, fencing and even kitchen cabinets.

Sometimes you just need to think before you buy. And Rebuilding Centers can even supply the ideas for you.

When you buy from a community rebuilding center, you help keep material out of the landfills and save a little (or a LOT) of money at the same time.


Plus, when you're done with your project, you can donate left over building materials and start the cycle all over again.

You might have a local rebuilding center in your neighborhood, just do a quick google search to find out.