3rd Annual 4H Bakeoff

Our county 4H holds an annual bake off. This is the third year, they have done it, and the third year we have participated. It is not just for baked goods though. You can make a drink, appetizer, specialty desserts, and gift baskets. I really wanted the kids to do a gift basket, but neither had an interest. DJ knew right away what he wanted to do, homemade apple butter and homemade sweet corn bread. After reading the rules it said it must look Christmas like. How do you make corn bread look Christmas like. So we placed it in the Christmas tin. The apple butter and corn bread are delicious together. Caitlin waited until the last minute to decide. She knew she wanted to do a cake, but couldn't make up her mind for the theme. She finally decided on a Winter Wonderland cake, which to me looks more like Candy Land at Christmas. But, she worked real hard, made it from scratch, except the frosting, and it came out real nice. Now, we get to go see who won and eat all the goodies. YUM!!!!!

Did you know apple butter, has no butter in it?  It is more like a jelly than a butter, but it is so yummy.  DJ did not enjoy peeling and coring all them apples, lol!

American Idol Top 11 Review

Did you watch last night? It was country night, and I think they all did awesome. I am not a fan of Kris, and Lil Rounds continues to struggle. Michael could have been a little more active, and Alexis Grace, was just OK for me. My two picks Allison, and Adam were awesome. Adam sang Ring of Fire by Johnny Cash, and it was creepy, weird, and awesome all at the same time. I think he did a wonderful job with making a rendition for his genre, see the clip below to decide. Allison just never seems to have a bad night, I love her.




It will be interesting to see who goes home, Wednesday night.


Tomorrow is test day, as we have no school Friday. So there are no official lesson plans to post. Have a great Wednesday everyone.

Thank You To My Top Droppers, Apology, Contest Update

Yesterday, I was able to drop my cards on my jewelry blog, when I switched over to drop on my Homeschool blog, it said my account was deleted. I went to my email to see why, and learned that due to ads I had playing, in the background, that was why my account was deleted. I use pay per play, those were the ads in the background, I had no idea this was against Entrecard's terms, as they did not have enough decency to contact me first, just poof deleted my account. I lost all my advertisers that had purchased ads, I hope they gave you back your credits, and I apologize to all of you. I also lost all my credits, and my ranking went back to 1. So my advertising is cheap again, so be sure to purchase at the great rate. I really do appreciate the oppurtunity Entrecard has given me, in building my traffic, I really think their customer service policy is lacking however. I deleted the pay per play links, it wasnt making enough money to worry about it, and my blog was reinstated. So I apologize to anyone who lost their slot, but hopefully did not lose their credits. If you have any ads or music, playing in the background of your blog, you better remove it, or they will delete you. I see where some others were deleted today, I wonder what rule they broke. Of course all this could have been avoided if I had read the whole TOS, when I signed up. Live and learn, that is what I say.

These are my top 10 Entrecard droppers, for September, click the links, and pay them each a visit. You dont have Entrecard, shame on you, be sure to go to http://www.entrecard.com/ and sign up, just be sure to read the TOS, before.

http://www.entertain-me.tv/

http://thefitnessdiva.blogspot.com/

http://www.fishhookandmore.com/

http://www.is8enough.com/

http://ocgolfcourse.com/

http://www.iwalku2.com/

Wonderful Pic Collection, should have been here, but her blog has been deleted. Hopefully she will be reinstated, and I can add her blog address.

http://carlsonclanadventure.blogspot.com/

http://new-orleans-food.com/

http://www.austincounsel.com/

Want to see your site featured here, just drop your card everyday on my blog, and the top 10 droppers will be posted, at the beginning of next month. These are all great blogs be sure to check them out.

Like many Entrecard users, I use credits to purchase advertising on other blogs. The two sites that earned me the most click backs are:

http://sandiegobackroads.today.com/ with 193 clicks to my blog, Wow Put your card on her site, and watch the views come in

http://memoirsofachaoticmommy.blogspot.com/ with 93 views from her blog, to mine. She homeschools, like me, and I am a frequent visitor to her site, check it out for yourself.

Now for some contest updates. No one wants to win 10 dollars cash, or free advertising link? I thought this would be more popular. So far betchai has two entries, on this blog and my jewelry blog. To enter is simple, fair, and anyone can do it. Be sure to enter, dont miss out on free cash. At my jewelry blog http://melissasjewelryandgemstoneblog.blogspot.com/ is another contest and you get to win free jewelry.

Tomorrow is test day, so I have no lesson plans to post. Tomorrow I will be adding some interesting information, on homeschooling and politics, be sure to check back. Dont want to have to worry about forgetting to check back, just sign up to follow my blog, you will see updates automatically.