Summertime Pasta Salad and Awards

Isn't this a beautiful pasta salad? I started making this way before I ever married A.J. Well, not way before, but right after we became engaged.

This salad is fantastic for picnics and outdoor entertaining. It hardly takes anytime to make and is best made the day before you plan on serving it.

Your family and your guests will gorge themselves on this.

1 16 oz. package of tri-color rotini

1 medium size red onion, diced

1 small can of sliced black olives

1 package of pepperoni

1 small bottle (approx 6 oz.) Wishbone Italian Salad Dressing

Cook pasta for approximately 12 minutes and drain. While pasta is cooking chop onion and drain black olives. (Note: You can also add raw broccoli or cauliflower florets) Add all ingredients excpet salad dressing into a large bowl. Pour salad dressing over pasta and toss to coat. Cover and refrigerate over night.

Now on to the awards...

The Renee Award is one of the most meaningful awards in blog world because it honors someone who is incredibly inspirational in her intelligent and witty writing. And by doing so, this award celebrates women's smart, strong and inspirational spirit! It honors women who spread joy and love like an Acorn......a small package growing into a tall and sturdy oak tree which gives more acorns..............

Carol from The Writer's Porch gave me this award and I am very honored that she thought of me. I am passing this award on the following friends who fit the bill for receiving it also!

Debbie from Suburb Sanity who I had the privilege of having lunch with last Friday.

The Blond Duck from a Duck in Her Pond

Gigi from Afterthoughts

Sophia from Burp and Slurp

Gladys from Gladys Tells All

Ladies you all make blogging for me a funny, enjoyable and delightful learning experience! Enjoy and pass her on!

Bytes from Texas: One Long Horns Adventures , awarded me the Premio Meme Award. I'm supposed to list seven things about me and pass it on to seven other bloggers who will share seven thoings about themselves. This is probably more than you will ever want to know about me, so here goes.

1. I am passionate. Doesn't that sound so much better the obsessive compulsive? When I start something, like this blog, I throw my heart and soul into it.

2. Happy - I am generally an even keel type of person and try to keep everything as upbeat as possible. I love to laugh and kid around.

3. Love to read. Generally i am fond of Southern authors but i'll read just about anything is someone tells me it's a must read.

4. I don't like to be kept waiting and I get really aggravated with myself when I'm late which has happened a lot since we moved here because I am always lost.

5. I love to talk and just hang out with my girls. I don't have a sister so I live vicariously through them sometimes, I think.

6. Outside, I just love to be outside when the weather is nice. Although we don't get to do it very often, I love to go exploring in the Smoky Mountain National Park. There's so much history there. So many settlements where people were forced to leave by the government, but the history and the stories are still there.

7. Learning about other cultures fascinates me.

This meme is being passed on to

Mary from My New 30

Annette from Netts Nook

Mary from One Perfect Bite

Kathy from Three on Food

Cheryl from Cooking, Dunkin Style

Ginger from Once Upon A Gourmet Gin

Pearl from A Sweet Pearl