Day 176 or I'm Still Dancing

Well, I have won two more giveaways and an award. How lucky am I!

First, my lovely new Bloggy friend B. Sparkly at (http://bsparkly.blogspot.com/) awarded me the Sunshine Award.

The rules are:

Put the logo on your blog or within your post.
Pass the award onto 12 bloggers. (Yes, 12!)
Link the nominees within your post.
Let the nominees know they have received this award by commenting on their blog.
Share the love and link to the person from whom you received this award.

So here goes... This list includes some long-time favorites and a few new bloggers I have discovered recently

1. Corrie Howe from Just Because My Pickle Talks Doesn't Make Me an Idiot (http://www.mypickletalksautism.com/)

2. Blue Violet from A Nut in a Nutshell (http://www.anutinanutshell.com/)

3. Tracy from Ascending Butterfly (http://ascendingbutterfly.blogspot.com/)

4. Le Gourou at Sandwich 365 (http://sandwich365.blogspot.com/)

5. Lee the Hot Flash Queen at Headaches, Hormones, and Hot Flashes (http://www.headacheshormonesandhotflashes.com/)

6. SubMom at The Absence of Alternatives (http://www.secretinnerlife.com/)

7. Elasta Mom at ElastaMom's Excerpts (http://elastamom.blogspot.com/)

8. Sami Joe at Peek Thru Our Window (http://peekthruourwindow.blogspot.com/)

9. Robin at Insights and Belly Laughs (http://insightsandbellylaughs.com/)

10. Momma Such at Raising My Four Sons (http://www.raisingmy4sons.com/)

11. Nezzy at Cow Patty Surprise (http://cowpattysurprise.blogspot.com/)

12. Menonewmom at Menopausal New Mom (http://menonewmom.blogspot.com/)

Next, Chrissy from Happy Mom of 5 (http://happymomof5.blogspot.com) had a giveaway of coupons for Swanson's chicken and I won. Yay, free chicken! Thanks, Chrissy.

And finally, Tired Mom Tesa from (http://www.2wired2tired.com) had a Jump Start preschool online membership and I won that too! Maybe I should play the lottery. Thanks, Tesa!

As always, I am amazed daily by the lovely blogs and bloggers I come across everyday. In fact, you guys may be too good -- my husband is starting to eye blogging pages with a glint of green in his beautiful chocolate brown eyes. :-)

I'm Good Enough... Part 2

Hi guys. Remember when I said that I wanted someone to follow me around quoting Stuart Smalley, telling me that I am good enough, smart enough, etc.? Well, a over at "Aunt of 14", she has found something almost as good. She has these Affirmation Balls, like Mystery 8 Balls, that answer your questions with happy, affirmative answers. I don't often blog about others' giveaways but this was too cute not to share. So, if like me, you would like your own personal Stuart, check her out!
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Day 150 or You Make Me Feel Like Dancing

Day 150 and I have passed the 50 followers mark! Wow! I can't tell you what it means to me that you guys choose to take time out of your busy day to visit my little virtual abode. So from the bottom of my growing heart, I say "thank you, thank you, thank you!" It's like a slice of perfection pie. :-)

One of the wonderful things about blogging is the kindness and generosity of fellow bloggers. And one of the most fun example of that are the giveaways. Before becoming a blogger, I always said that I never won anything. I think that I am going to have to stop saying that. In December, I won beautiful hand-made cards from Mama-Face at http://blogignoramus.blogspot.com.

Then I won a beautiful book and bear set from Momma-Such at http://www.raisingmy4sons.com/. What's especially cool is that the series of books are available for purchase or FREE download so we have more great stories coming. We got it this past week and here are my kiddos enjoying:





At first, I was worried that they would fight over the bear, but my son surprised me. My son who thinks that all blue things are inherently for boys and therefore, in our home -- his. He decided that the bear was similar enough to a bear that he already had and said that his sister could have it. However, this didn't stop him from cuddling it during story time. He gave it back, though. So go check out Raising My Four Sons which will be evolving soon as she expects Baby #5. God bless her. She is more woman than I!

Finally, I recently won a naughty little something from the very fun http://jennaintheditch.blogspot.com/. It's called Linger and I will let you linger on that with your own imagination. Let's just say that if it works as advertised, I won't be sharing anymore details but there may be even more smiles interspersed in my posts.

So visit my generous friends because ladies and gentlemen, they and you make me feel like dancing!