It SHINES!

My Giveaway is MONDAY! Let's see here are some of the guesses...
cashew nuts
chocolate
gloves (do gloves come in a hard container????)
gum
perfume
$ (don't you wish!)
jewerly
lotion
keychains
...Lulu&Co guessed it right!!! She is a new blogger friend...I am TOTALLY in love with her blog!! This blog is a must see everyday!

Where was I???? Oh...I wear this everyday...I would feel "naked" without...its shiny, silver...sometimes has color, it dangles and can sparkle. This company makes purses, shoes, sunglasses but their jewerly is so fun to wear!

Starting MONDAY ....just leave a comment before the strike of midnight and enter a giveaway for a pair of earrings from....BRIGHTON JEWERLY!

(All their jewerly comes in heart tins..so cute)
Just leave a comment on Monday and say hello! You don't have to post it on your blog, follow me, email me, or type a "joke"...just a "hello and how are you?"
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Today, a big thank you goes out "Ordinary Miracles" for giving me this award. This fine lady does find beauty in everyday life...I enjoy reading her!

This award I am passing to all of you...your blogs and comments make my day "sweet"!

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Look it here! What a fun award and a BIG thank you goes to this blog! One of my favorites...I read her everyday and enjoy a glimpse into her "life"...her "kids"...her "addictions"... ADDICTIONS?? That is what I am suppose to list...five addictions....mmm..take one guess? What would be my first?

#1 BLOGGING

#2 Starbucks drive thru

#3 Bagels with cream cheese

#4 Reality T.V.

#5 Did I mention BLOGGING???

I pass this award to some more "ladies" who feed into my addiction....

Straight From The Heart

A Familiar Path

Life In Our Three Ring Circus

Made With Love and Glue

There always Room For One More

Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate????

"Nesting In Pleasant View" tagged me!!! How fun...go check out this fun blogger...she is a sweetie and so fun to read!

1. Egg Nog or Hot Chocolate? Hot chocolate with LOTs of marshmallows..love it made with milk!

WHOOOAAA...Does that say 19 more days???? Ahhh..I have so much to do---------------->

2. Does Santa wrap presents or just them under the tree? Okay..I am blonde(well, foiled blond) but I don't understand this question....

3.Colored lights on house/tree or white? Oh my..must be white!

4.Do you hang mistletoe? No..goodness, I never have!

5. When do you put up your decorations up? When the last person is done eating their Thanksgiving meal...hee hee!

6. What is your favorite holiday dish? Mmmm, I love the "dips"!

7. Favorite holiday memory as a child?I remember getting a dollhouse..wood...it had a lit up chandelier...Oh..I loved it!

8. When and how did you learn the truth about Santa? I have a terrible memory when recalling childhood memories but I remember where I was sitting and can almost see the family room when my mom told me there was no Santa...I was devasted!

9. Do you open a gift on Christmas Eve? Yes, my husband and I exchange:)!

10. How do you decorate your Christmas tree? All our ornaments represent something..a vacation, a new baby, vacation.

11. Snow.Love it or dread it? I love the first fall of snow!

12. Can you ice skate? Yes!

13. Do you remember your favorite gift? My dollhouse and cabbage patch as a kid!

14. What is the most important thing about the holidays to you? Being with my family and enjoying the magic of the season

15. What is your favorite holiday dessert? If it has chocolate, I love it!!!

16. What is your favorite holiday tradition? Oh my..we have quite a few..our Christmas Van Express!

17. What tops your Christmas Tree?A angel.

18. Which do you prefer giving or receiving? I love them both..I love to watch family and friends open their gifts from me but receiving a gift is fun too!

19. What is your favorite Christmas song? "Believe" by Josh Groban

20. Candy Canes. Yum or Yuck? I love the first candy cane I lick at Christmas then that is it!

21. What do you want for Christmas? MMMmmmm..I would like some more charms for my Pandora bracelet.

22. Do you attend an annual Christmas party? yes!

23. Do you dress up for Christmas Eve or wear PJ's? I would dress up but the family doesn't like too..so pj's it is!

24. Do you own a Santa hat? Nope and I don't think I ever will!!!!

25. Who do you normally spend Christmas with? For 13 years my husbands family....maybe one year it will be at my house..maybe???!!!

Here are the rules:

1. Post the rules on your blog.

2. Fill out the questions; Tag 5-7 people at the end of your post; Pass on the tag!

I tag.....

Women the Unofficial Cult

A Familiar Path

Endless Possibilities

Lions, Tigers and Boys Oh My

Screaming Meme

I also want to thank "Dear Diary" for this award!!! What a fun award and so appreciated! I am suppose to write what I love about Christmas....

Well, I love everything...the smells, the lights, the glitter, the trees...I love what Christmas represents and the memories are "treasures"! During part of my "childhood", we didn't celebrate Christmas as a family....I think I "make up" for those lost years!

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Miss Ruby Shoes passed this award to me. Please stop by this blog and say "hi"....she is fun, witty, wears Santa hats and pj's and paints glow in the dark planets on her boys playroom!

Thank you for this award!!!

"These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers. Deliver this award to eight bloggers who much choose eight more and include this cleverly-written text into the body of their award."

I pass this award to....

The Arthur Clan

Straight From the Heart

Blessed By 3 Miracles

New Every Morning

Just Stuff

The Sadleirs

Nest To Keep

Nesting in Pleasant View

I am so behind!!!

So many wonderful people have tagged me and awarded me...I am so behind! I apologize to you all..this week has been just crazy! So here we go with a few....

A big thank you to "Tidbits from Liz" for tagging me for a book "tag". How fun is that! Check this lady out! Here are the rules....

Grab the nearest book. Open the book to page 56. Find the fifth sentence. Post the text of the next two to five sentences in your journal/blog along with these instructions. Don't dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST. Tag five other people to do the same.

Okay...well, no book in my kitchen...off to my den..."Keeping our Children's Hearts"

"If we want to keep out children's hearts, out goals will be rooted in God's Word. The primary goal would be that our children come to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. All of our other spiritual goals would then reflect Christian lives of love, obedience, and service."

I tag....
A Picture is Worth a 1,000 words
My Remodeled Nest
Blog Giveaways
Snips, Snails and Mommy Tales
The Sadleirs

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A Big thank you to Miss Ruby Red Shoes for this award!! I love the looks of this blog award..do they make that pink background in a comforter??? Go over and check out her cute boys and super-fun posts!
You need to list six things that make you happy, and pass this award on to six creative bloggers.
Things that make me happy....
*a tall creamy latte with carmel
*a clean house
*a clean car
*happy kids
*happy husband
*people who are on time

I pass this blog to some amazing bloggers...
My Life on the East Coast
It's Harvest Time
Full Bellies, Happy Kids
Bunch of Scrap
The Blessed Nest
Harrington House

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I was tagged by Mt. Chronicles. Check out the photography of this very talented lady...her blog pictures are touching and her words are strong!
Goodness..you all know too much now...random or wierd...
1. I love folded laundry.
2. I use to "oreo" cars in college. (people I knew)
3. My purse is so heavy...I leave it in the car most of the time.
4. Never watch scary movies...Scooby Doo is on the edge for me!
5. I love bows, ribbons, barretts and headbands for my girls.
6. Love a good pen to write with...smooth and glides
7. I worked at a diamond store for years in highschool and college.

I tag anyone who has read through this ENTIRE posting! OH MY GOODNESS!!

Love you all!

I Pass It To ALL of You!!!!

A huge thank you goes out to Women The Unofficial Cult for giving me this award. How sweet and it made me "smile"! Go check out this Lady...she is full of life and her written words inspire! Thank you so much!

I hope this is okay but I am passing this blog award to every blogger friend who makes comments on my blog. Your comments are so fun, encouraging and make this whole "blog" thing worth it! So many times when I read blogs or comments...I think I wish we were friends in real life...we have so much in common and she loves this or that!

Thank you for your "words"...you have brighten my day, inspired me and give MORE AND MORE reasons to go to Hobby Lobby every week!

I present this award to YOU!

Cooking Dinner With My Camera

I may be blogging too much because....

*I take pictures of my food while I cook thinking "This could be a good post one day"! My husband was making breakfast on Saturday and asked if I wanted to take a picture of him (he was being a "stinker"!)

*Also, I am at my kids school volunteering and taking pictures. My daughter tells the teacher I am taking pictures for my blog (I wasn't)!

*I wake up at 3am with a great idea for a New Post!

*I am at the grocery store and writing a check....I almost signed it "Sandy Toes"

*I am at the craft store and see a lady and think..."Is that "Sue" from "www.blog.com"????

*In the morning, my daughter would wake up and come to my bedroom...she now comes right downstairs to the computer area.

But, my EXCUSE for all this picture taking, clicking the mouse, changing "backgrounds" and writing "comments" is that.....

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A Big thank you goes out to a wonderful blogger "Montee Is A Palmetto Girl" for giving me this award...it is also so pretty! This blogger has such a wonderful southern touch (I want the pineapple rug on her blog). As I read her postings, I can almost hear her southern voice....of course, that is easy for me b/c my husband is southern and I hear it every day. Her blog is so delightful....check out this southern gal!

The rules of the "Kreative" award is ...6 interesting facts about me and pass this award to six bloggers....so here we go!

#1 I cannot leave my house UNLESS all the beds are made!I just CAN'T do it!

#2 When I was dating my husband, I lived alone in an apartment and didn't have a Christmas tree. My husband mailed me a Christmas tree(full size)...fully decorated with lights and ornaments!

#3 I got engaged at the top of the stairs of Lincoln Memorial in DC.

#4 I will not touch raw meat!

#5 Brighton jewerly is my favorite!

#6 When I do the laundry, I still take out "pinkish" socks and underwear that use to be white!

I pass this beautiful award to....I love to read all your "Kreativ" words!
Our Complete Family
Nest To Keep
Mrs. B
Between Here and Home
Adult Deprived
Life In Grace

Two Postings Today EQUALS "No Bed Made and Dishes in the Sink"

Today, I want to thank one of my favorite bloggers for this award, Straight From The Heart. She has such a great personality...it just pops out from her writing and she is REAL. I love reading her everyday!

Now, as with every blog award, there are a few rules that must be followed. These rules are:

1. You may only choose five people/blogs to give the award to...
2. Four have to be dedicated followers of your blog...
3. One has to be a new follower of your blog, or live in another part of the world...

So, I would like to give these wonderful blogging friends of mine this award:
Pages of Our Life
Buzzings of a Queen Bee
The Long Road To China
Morning Glories and Moonflowers
Pennies in My Pocket

Thank you to each of you for always giving me something so great to read every morning SO I don't have to clean or do laundry! I am looking foward to many more!

There are so many other blogs that I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE..so this is always bittersweet not to be able to nominate you ALL!!!