New Year Quote

"People are so worried about what they eat between Christmas and the New Year, but they really should be worried about what they eat between the New Year and Christmas." ~Unknown

Read more at Suite101: Funny New Year's Quotes and Sayings: Humorous Holiday Quotations About the Start of the New Year http://literaryculture.suite101.com/article.cfm/funny_new_years_quotes_and_sayings#ixzz0b751fgLq

Christmas at Arlington National Cemetery

Rest easy, sleep well my brothers.

Know the line has held, your job is done.

Rest easy, sleep well.

Others have taken up where you fell, the line has held.

Peace, peace, and farewell...

Merry Christmas!

Christmas Cheer!

What was your favorite book PUBLISHED in 2009?

I got the idea for this post from Nathan Bransford post(warning: if you look at his post, your 'to be read' list will grow):

This year has sped by incredibly fast-And I didn't get enough reading done.
I looked at my goodreads (become my friend!) shelf to see how many books I read this year.
Looking at my lists, I wondered how many I had read that were published in 2009.
14.
Only 14.

So, here's a question: How many books did you read that were published in 2009?

Another question: What was your favorite??

The West Beckons

I won 3rd place in Poetry in the Oquirrh Writers Contest.

Here is the piece I entered:

The West!

The cry echoed

Off mountains

And meadows

And streams

The West!

Came the shout

From thunder

And lightening

And gods

The West!

The wind whispered

As thousands poured

Through the rocky gates

Full of dreams

Contests and Freebies

Mary's Great House is giving away a Great book on her blog. Family Record Keeper looks like a great way to keep everything together!



C.L. Beck is giving away a signed 2010 Greg Olson calendar!

Michele Ashman Bell is giving away three great books this week. Go take a peek and leave a comment.

Queen of the Clan is giving away "Missing" by Rhonda Hinrichsen.

My Musical Advent Calendar blog has music and videos plus a prize.

A contest everyday until Christmas on LDS Women's Book Review.

You can win music at Anne Bradshaw's blog She has a rare signed DVD. Take a look!



The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is giving away a FREE Christmas DVD called Joy To The World.

Are you a scrapbooker or crafter? There are a few blogs holding a contest to win! Racelle's Writing Spot is having an awesome give away by The Original Scrapbox. Go there NOW! Queen of the Clan and Random-ish by Nichole are also blogs for this contest.

And if you have gotten this far in this l-o-n-g contest post, go over and bug James Dashner for me. Tell him what movies you've seen lately (he's wondering if anyone has seen 'The Road') and let him know you would be glad to send a review of those movies via private email. He'll LOVE it! :)

Or write about football and how wonderful the guys in charge are doing. He'll LOVE that too! :)

Maybe we should be nicer to James. Ok. For reals. Tell him how much you love (pick one or two) his books.