Thank you, Connie, for the Award!

Connie, from Boondock Babble, gave me this Attitude of Gratitude Award along with some very kind words! I am honored to have known Connie from another board for nearly 10 years! We share the love of yarn crafting, cooking and just good ol' friendship! :) Connie has a wonderful, entertaining way with words, so I accept this award with honor. Please check out her blog and you will see what a delightful writer she is sharing her wonderful everyday life with pa and the kids!

I am on my way out to sew but will be back to pass this award along to some other deserving bloggie friends! Thanks again, Connie!!!

Another Award! Thank you Crafty Sue!!!

Isn't this a gorgeous Award? I received this new award from Crafty Sue with this motivation, "... simply because their blogs deserve this award, they are creative, interesting and very cool!" Thank you Sue, for the compliment AND for the award!!!!

The rules are the usual as most blog readers already know.

1. Put the logo on your blog
2. Add a link to the person who awarded you
3. Nominate 10 other blogs for this award
4. Add links to those blogs
5. Leave a message for your nominees on their blogs
6. Give a reason why you consider their blogs cool.

I would like to give this award to all the blogs in my blog list as I think they are all deserving but I have to choose only ten as the rules say, no offence to all the rest I hope.
Here's my motivation:
Because their blogs deserve this award, they are friendly, creative, interesting and very cool!

I'm passing this award on to the following 10 blogs:

1 Karen at Homespun Simplicity

2 Connie of Boondock Babble

3 Ginger of Lovestodream

4 Rachel of Home Sanctuary


5 Mrs. H of Standing Firm in Quicksand

6 Lori Jean of Happybirds Crafting Haven

7 Diane of Where do I get Started???????

8 Rhonda of Down - to - Earth

9 Peggy of The Simple Woman

10 Lara of The Lazy Organizer

Sue, thank you again!

Thank you for the Award!

Thank you to Crafty Sue for honoring me with this award! This award acknowledges the values that every blogger shows in his/her effort to transmit cultural, ethical, literary and personal values every day. I am honored to be the recipient!


The rules to follow are :

1) Accept the award, post it on your blog together with the name of the person that has granted the award and his or her blog link.
2) Pass the award to other 15 blogs that are worthy of this acknowledgment.
Remember to contact each of them to let them know they have been chosen for this award.

I really appreciate the thoughtfulness of Sue and her feeling that I am worthy of this award! Please visit Crafty Sue on her blog!
Now it is my turn to pass it on to other 15 blogs... Not at easy task at all!!!!

So... here are my choices:

1. My Daughter - just starting out with her blog, Mamma Mia!!!

2. Amber at Redmommy Crafts

3. Peggy at The Simple Woman

4. Mrs. H at In Quick Sand I feel a kinship with Mrs. H. We have some similar trials in our life and we share a love of our Lord.

5. Connie at Boondock Babble - I know you probably think I always choose her! But when you go to her blog, you will see the fun way that Connie journals her adventures in living every day!

6 Rocks in my Dryer

7 Lara at The Lazy Organizer - another blogging journal that I just love her expression and sharing - and she has some darling babies!!!!

8 Marcia - The Organising Queen - she is an inspiration to declutter!

9 Calina at Love 2B Home

10 Rhonda Jean at down---to---earth

11 Karen at Homespun Simplicity

12 Susie at Susie's Homemade

13 The Laundry? It's Never Done!

14 Amanda at Mom to 2 Busy Boys

15 Diane at Where Do I Get Started??????????????

Thank you, Diane!!!

Well, this is fun! My friend, Diane, from Where Do I Get Started?????? gave me this award! Thank you, Diane! It is very sweet of you and now I get to pass it on to some of my favorite bloggers!

Rock on Sistah Friends!!

Lori Jean, you ROCK! Lori Jean is a just a very special friend! She has a blog where she shares crafts that are fun and affordable for gift giving. In my world, Lori Jean ROCKS!

Ginger, you ROCK! Ginger is another crafting friend. You can find her blog at lovestodream and her website at Crafts & You! Ginger shares a variety of ideas on her blog from fun pictures to crafts to freebies! Something for everybody! :)

Connie, YOU Rock!! Connie is a friend from the TOH boards and the host of Boondock Babble. She has a way of sharing her life that makes you feel like you have experienced it yourself. I love to read her posts!! She never fails to put a smile on my face; from her tales of making yogurt to the kids gathering slugs! (you have to live in the Northwest to appreciate that one! lol)

So thanks again, Diane for this award and to my fellow sistahs, I pass the "torch"!

Thank you!!

I have been awarded this neat award from Connie at Boondock Babble! I LOVE her blog and so enjoy reading what she and her family have been doing. Connie, her husband and 2 children live in rural Oregon. I love to hear the stories of their everyday life as they strive to live a more simplified life and homeschool their children. Please check out her blog as I am sure that you will enjoy it also! Connie truly is a supercommenter! She often brings a smile to my face!!!! Thank you again, Connie!

Now it is MY pleasure to now pass this award on to a couple of special bloggers that I have gotten to know and enjoy!

First would be Diane at Where do I get Started???? Bless her heart! We have gotten to know one another from a decluttering challenge and it has been fun to encourage one another and see how we both have grown from this challenge! I truly value this new friendship!!

Second, is Patricia from Gifts that Say WOW! Patricia and I "know" each other from a craft board that we haunt. It has been fun getting to know one another even more thru the decluttering challenge that we have been involved in. Again, a friendship has grown. I have to say that both Diane and Patricia really opened up in this challenge and let us see it like it was and both came away with some wonderful insights shared with all of us. So, congratulations, both of you! You deserve this award!!

Thirdly is Lori at Myah's Page. I don't know Lori, but Lori has a special angel in her life and my heart connects with hers. I am touched when I read about her life, the ups and downs of her daughter and see pictures of her beautiful gift from God. She is a SuperCommenter!

Last but certainly not least is Marcia of The Organising Queen. As her blog says, She is the "go to gal for all things organized!" What a neat (no pun intended) person, Marcia is! Of course it helps that we share the same spelling for our first names! lol Marcia has been an inspiration, encourager and coach in my decluttering challenge. She is a very unique and special person and I believe very deserving of this award! :)

Thank you, Lori Jean!!!

Lori Jean from Happybird's Crafting Haven, has just honored me with this award!! Lori Jean is one of the sweetest crafters I know! She dedicates herself to helping many of us find fun, creative, useful and inexpensive crafts to give as gifts. She is always there when you need her! I feel very honored to be given this award from such a special lady! Be sure to visit her blog! You will be pleasantly entertained and find lots of wonderful, crafty ideas! She is the best! Thanks, Lori Jean. I am delighted to be bestowed with this honor!!!!!

I am so HONORED! Thank you, Crafty Sue!

I am so excited! Crafty Sue of Crafty Sue's Blogspot has awarded me with these awards for my blog! I know this crafting friend from the Craftsayings message board where she has shared many ideas and helped many a poster with poems and crafts and ideas! Thank you, I truly feel blessed to be given these awards! Part of the joys of receiving these awards is to pass them on to someone else, so that is my next step! I want to honor my friend Connie at Boondock Babble, a stay at home mom who homeschools and is involved in crafts and gardening and making every life experience a lesson for her kids! I love reading her blog and her writing often makes me feel like I am right there along with her in the experience. I would also like to nominate Skylar Clark's Baby Blog , when you visit, you will know why. It is just precious! I do not know this family. I actually found this blog by clicking on the NEXT BLOG button at the top of the page! However, I am impressed with this young family and their desire to raise their children in a God centered home! Patty at Gifts that Say Wow you, too! I enjoy your blog with a variety of gifts and fresh ideas! And last but certainly not least is Lori Jean of Happy Bird's Crafting Haven. Lori Jean has been an inspiration to me for a long while on the craftsayings board and as we got to know one another. She really inspired me thru her blog to create my own! She always has crafty ideas for affordable gift giving, a helping hand and a heart of gold. I am happy to call Lori Jean my friend and sister in Christ.

Ok... so now here are the rules! Now you can grant these awards to others following these rules:
A) you must mention the person who granted you these awards including their blog link on your blog
B) post the award images on your blog,
C) nominate the blogs and persons you want to award with their relative links giving your motivation,
and last but not least send a message to the nominated bloggers to let them know they have received these awards and explain they can grant these awards to other bloggers as long as they follow these rules.

Again, I just want to say thank you to Crafty Sue for feeling that my blog was worthy of this award!!! And to those that are the recipients of the award through me, I appreciate our bonds that make us viritual friends!