I won a contest for Eleanor and Henry! Yay! The good folks over at Z Recommends randomly selected my name, along with several others, from those who entered to win a giveaway in celebration of 500 readers on their RSS feed. (I didn't know what a RSS feed was either, they have a good tutorial on their site that explains it here.) I am so excited, the CD is called Tidal Wave of Song and is done by Kid Pan Alley. It looks like it is right up Eleanor's alley (no pun intended) -- lots of fish on the front cover.
As I was reveling in my glory, I started to think of the movie The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio. I have thought about this before when I have seen giveaways on blogs, but it made me giggle as I found myself so pleased about the CD. The movie, based on a book, which I have not read, by the same name. The storyline follows a mother who raises a family of 10 children by writing jingles in the 1950s and is based on the true story of Evelyn Ryan. Now, I am certainly not going to be able to raise our family on one CD -- nor do I face some of the seemingly insurmountable challenges that faced Mrs. Ryan -- but the thought of the modern day giveaways on blogs is definitely reminiscent of that story. I can imagine the giddy feeling she must have had when she won the various contests, especially the big ones. By the way, the movie is great and definitely worth watching and I imagine the book is a good read as well.
So, a huge thank you to Z Recommends for the CD -- we'll let you know how Eleanor likes it when it arrives.
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