Welcome to Denny Stockdale’s 2010 Favorite Summer Activity Contest.
Grand Prize: A $25.00 gift certificate for a local farmer’s market or store of your choice
Here’s how this works:
You post your entry here (scroll to the bottom) or send an e-mail to contest@dennystockdale.com.
Tell us about ONE of the following:
- What is your Favorite Summer Activity? You can list more than one.
- An inspirational quote or story.
- Your name
You will be automatically entered in the contest.
On August 15,2010,we’ll draw one lucky winner from all the entries.
The winner will get a $25.00 gift certificate for their favorite farmer’s market or store! Official Contest Rules.
Easy!
Here are my answers for the first 2 categories:
- What is my favorite summer activity? I enjoy firing up the backyard grill and cooking. We have a rotisserie on our grill that makes amazing chicken. Outdoor music is another joyful activity. And what would summer be without a trip to the Neighborhood Ice Cream Shoppe?
- An inspirational quote or story. ”Friends are family you choose for yourself.”Jane Adams in the New York Times
I love sitting on my beautiful,glorious covered front porch and strumming my guitar with something cold to drink. Yeah…
With summer come storms. Last weeks lightening was bad enough to knock the power out of 19 homes in our neighborhood. Or so the recording at the power company phone line said. At first I was okay with it assuming it would be just a fixed in a few hours and the power would be back. Wrong. At that time the recording said it wouldn’t be back for at least three more days. I was VERY concerned about the freezer full of food and possibility of losing it all if we didn’t do something soon. Aside from that,we are both out of work and I had a couple things ‘cooking’that might require internet follow-up. I was caught up in anxiety over the situation.
We found a friend who lent us a generator. While my husband and sons were setting it up,I found it an excuse to head to a local coffee shop with air conditioning and wi-fi. I wanted to update statuses on work and family related social media sites.
On the way home my heart touched. You see,the power effected one side of our street and not the other. As I drove up our street,I noticed a bunch of orange lines crossing the street. A half dozen or so of the houses had power extension cords crossing from one side to the other. Those lines displayed care and community. Those extension cords softened my heart and renewed my faith. They lifted my spirit and brought a warm smile to my face.
Our local drive-in movie theater opens in May and runs through labor day. I love to spend the summers enjoying movies under the stars.
I enjoy sitting in my rocking chair on my back porch,sipping a glass of ice cold lemonade,watching the nature around me.
Quote:“Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself”-Eleanor Roosevelt
summer activities is being outside,and working in the flower bed. Ones are out walking,usually with their dog and stop to chat a while. The time spent is relaxing,and I find myself “one with….”. Always a special treat when a butterfly comes and rests gently on a bloom.
I love the summer just for the relax time
I love being able to walk outside without hat,boots,coat,and mittens. The sun sets late so I have daylight hours left to do things outside even after work. Another of my favorite summer things to do in take a day trip to the ocean.
I love traveling to local towns –they don’t have to be big attractions,just interesting shops and farmer’s markets and a nice park –it’s cheap but fun!
Summer Vacations yearly to where I grew up the Joisy Shore
“This pier lights our carnival life forever”Bruce from his song 4th of July Asbury Park(Sandy)
My Favorite Summer Activity is going to Church camp with my friends at church and my immediate family. You really get to know other people better when you sleep in the same room with them. We always have fun at the lake and do team building activities. And of course,we have a guest pastor come and teach us exciting things. We will be going this week on Thursday.
Why are we here?
Favorite summer time activity:
Riding 15 speed bicycle
My favorite memory is hanging out at Clear Lake with my best friend Connie. Just having the freedom to do and go wherever my spirit wanted. “The summer of Love –69″
Favorite Activity:Volunteering with seniors –outdoor picnics and activities.
Favorite summer activity:Reading outside / motorcyle
“The moments made of wonder count the most …”Shawn Phillips,Moments (Song)
I like coffee on the porch in the morning and the outdoors. (Serenity)
Favorite summertime activity:Hiking in teh woods and on mountains with a view.
Quote:Be positive and pass it on. (Made up –personally).
Quote:“It’s a God thing.”
Summer activity:Enjoy swimming.
Quote:There’s something odd about the Irish. They refuse to be English.”
Summertime activity:I enjoy genealogy and would love to do more travel for my research.
Favorite Summertime activity:Gardening
Quote:”If you find your ‘why’,the ‘how’will follow.
I’m just entering my name.
Favorite summertime activity:Softball,Playing with the kids.
Quote:You can’t change yesterday,but you can change today!
I’m just entering my name.
Favorite Summertime activity:Going to outdoor concerts. Meeting new people at meet-up groups. Gardening.
Favorite summer activity:Memory is probably dating many years ago –to the late 1980′s –when I was able to go on the MS-150 bike ride for Multiple Sclresosis. Never done that before,met new people,enjoyed it beyond belief,got sunburned –who cares? Finished the course and helped the less fortunate. Enjoyed nature along the way as never before. Also went through mom/pop towns I’d never heard of. Great time.
Fav summertime activity:Walking,biking,reading,grilling.
Favorite summer activity:Camping
Favorite quote:My mother challenged my attempt to acquire a college degree. She said,“You can’t have a calculus book in one hand and a baby bottle in the other. I will stand here and watch you fail.”
I graduated with a degree in Mathematics and a 4.0 GPA!
Just submitting my name for the contest.
Quote:Two roads diverged in the yellow woods and I –I took the road less traveled and that has made all the difference.
Summer activity:Watching my daughter’s softball games. Practicing with her in the back yard.
Just submitting my name for the contest.
Favorite Summertime activity:Swimming,horseback riding and reading on a nice day (not muggy).
Quote:The triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. Edwin Burke
Favorite Activity:Golf
Quote:
There are 3 passion killing emotions:
1. Prolonged Anger
2. Envy
3. Jealousy
Avoid them at all costs.
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart.”
Favorite summertime activity:Gardening
Favorite Activity:Drinking Beer
just enter my name please.
Favorite memory:Watching the ocean.
Favorite memory:Camping with the grandkids. Always great memories.
Favorite summertime memory:Swimming like a fish
Quote:It’s not just the breaths we take,but the moments that take our breath away.
Summer activity:Walking.
Quote:“The person who is working on the ‘next big thing’will be considered a ‘crank’until they succeed.”Mark Twain