AtoZ and "ME, TOO" ON TUESDAY

 

B is for:

 

BLOGGING about TWO things making me smile today:

 

 

1.  F3 (FLUFF for Foster Care)

 

 

Go on over and JOIN in the GIVEAWAY fun...HOPEFUL THREADS is hosting...a fun time entering, blogging about it, and then sewing up some great items for needy kids.



2.  SPENDING SOME CLEAN-UP TIME ON THE TWO BOWLS I THREW YESTERDAY.  Starting to get the 'feel o' the wheel'...I have two great teachers.





a small chip & dip or maybe cereal bowls...what do you think?
















What 2 things made you smile today?

John 8:31   "If you continue in my word, then you are truly Disciples of Mine; and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free."

Blessings,

FOREVER GRATEFUL

Feeling very grateful for being alive to see the beautiful colors of this Fall Season...


I remember a time:


Age= 40, no symptoms

Co-worker=pushing three times, "Get a baseline physical, you look tired!"  

Backstory:  coworker = recent breast-cancer survivor
Nudgings = from 'one who knows'

My physical = numbers looked great...except 'fecal hemoccult'   
Follow-up Colon test = cancerous polyp/surgery/13" less colon
Repeat: 40 years old

Early-detection/MESSY test = 'cure'
Me = still alive, 12 years later  :)

IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A BASELINE PHYSICAL, or if ANYONE in YOUR IMMEDIATE FAMILY HAS HAD COLON CANCER, CONSIDER YOURSELF nudged...Go get a physical with a hemoccult/colonoscopy...It might save YOUR LIFE, too.

Blessings,

CELEBRATION GIVEAWAY...& the winner is:

THANKS FOR LEAVING COMMENTS while celebrating my 100th follower.  I decided the giveaway would be the last 'SHAWL' I made this past week.

FOURTEEN DIFFERENT COMMENTS WERE KINDLY LEFT AT MY SITE.

I LOADED the range onto a random number generator and pressed 'generate'.  

True Random Number Generator

Min:

Max:

Result: 9 


NUMBER 9 on my list of commenters:  SARA (FROM 'MAKE MUSIC FROM YOUR HEART TO THE LORD")!  I'll email you a message for your 'snail mail' address and it will be soon on it's way to you.  Hope everyone enjoys the rest of their Sunday!

Blessings, 

DRAWING IN THANKS

Yesterday this blog hit a milestone I never thought would happen...
my 100th follower joined into this blogdom....YIPPEE!


A celebration for sharing, you with me and me with you...
a GIVEAWAY


Short and sweet


Leave me a comment between now and Sunday, 2/20


so I can draw for the GIVEAWAY...


I'm thinking it will be one of my 'creations':
could it be a 'prayer cloth'
or a 'shawl'
or 'some fingerless gloves'
or a 'thrifty' find?  
Not sure yet, but I'll know when I post the winner.

Jer. 33:3

"Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know."     Blessings,

THAT PILLOW is gonna be 'mine'!

IF YOU KNOW ME AT ALL...

YOU KNOW I HAVE LONG-TERM ISSUES WITH MY NECK AND BACK

FROM HAVING MAJORLY-CRACKED/BROKEN MY NECK IN HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASTICS THEN

DEGENERATION THROUGHOUT THE YEARS WHILE 'BECOMING MORE MATURE'

....SO,THIS VERY MUCH APPEALED TO ME:

What woud YOU do with this pillow?

"daily dribbles is having a givvvvve a waaaaaay! ...and i'm going for it! Here's what it's about and how you can join, too (but, don't 'cause that cuts my odds, hahahaha!)

-car, airplanes, chair at work, napping in the car, etc...

Buy it: purchase The Total Pillow for $19.99 plus P&H (right now they are having a special where you purchase one, get one free!) at www.shoptotalpillow.com.

-OR-

Win it: One lucky reader of The Daily Dribbles will win their very own The Total Pillow.

-How to enter-

http://thedailydribbles.blogspot.com/2010/07/total-pillow-review-and-giveaway.html

Mandatory Entry:

Follow The Daily Dribbles on Google Friend Connect (must be GFC, Google Reader does not count) and leave me a comment letting me know. If your email is not attached to your profile, please leave your email in the comment.

Official Rules: Contest ends Tuesday, August 3rd at midnight. Winner will be chosen amongst valid entries utilizing the random number generator at www.random.org. Winner will be notified via email and also posted on this original post. Winner has 48 hours to claim prize.

NOW, GET OUT OF MY WAY, I WANT THAT PILLOW! hahahahahaha!

Jer. 33:3 "Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know."

Blessings,

BLISSful giveaway

Do you like giveaways?

Have you ever shopped CSN?

NOW'S your opportunity for both...just give BLISS a click

;)

Jer. 33:3

"Call to me and I will answer you

and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know."Blessings,

THREE OR MORE TUESDAY & some giveaway links...

Joining TAM @ Gypsy's Corner for THREE or MORE TUESDAYS...

MY THREE...are all in one picture this week

MY THREE...are not MY three at all

MY THREE...are all the same pattern but very different because of their color combinations

MY THREE...my daughter's creations (while I was driving to/from Nana's house) yesterday.

MY THREE...what do you think of them? (click for a REALLY LARGE view)

Following are two neat giveaways...if you want to play along :) The first: PAY IT FORWARD...A giveaway at The Point,
She's blessing another like Elaine blessed her, so go to her site and see pictures of the items receivable if you are the winner of her pay-it-forward giveaway (up until April 18th). (ssssssshhhhhhh...there will also be a few surprises added into the package you receive.) AND secondly: ...THE BIGGY! SPRING FLING...sorry, i can't get my links to work...you can find each of the sites by typing them into your browser...

p.s.  if you're having a hard time leaving a comment, would you be kind enough to send me an email...i may have been hacked, and if so i need to start having blogger help me with this.  thanks!  just drop me a note to:
skoots1mom@gmail.com

BERTIE & ME, WHAT A DREAM!...AND A WINNER!

On March 6 I had a Saturday Giveaway opportunity...and the drawing was supposed to have been on Sunday night 3/14/10. Just wanted to say "I'm sorry" and ask you forgiveness in NOT getting the giveaway handled(due to many reasons, let me just say).

Finally, today the names of those who posted from 3/6/2010-3/14/2010 were added into random.org so WE HAVE A WINNER. The top name after hitting the random order number button,

There were 48 items in your list. Here they are in random order:

Chari@HappyToDesign Timestamp: 2010-03-23 18:23:23 UTC...

so, Chari, send your 'snail mail' name and address to me at Skoots1Mom@gmail.com and it will be on its way to you!

SECONDLY, THESE ADORABLE CUPCAKES CERTAINLY CAUGHT MY EYE...

AND THERE ARE MULTIPLE GIVEAWAYS TO GO ALONG WITH THE.

One such giveaway is for BERTIE...the below blender.

Kacey and Francesca are eager to hear our stories about birthdays, parties and the like giving reasons we would like to have BERTIE come live at our house.

Well, I would so love for Bertie to come live at my house...so I can give my current mixer to someone who doesn't mind a noisy kitchen.


Hubby 'kinda' listened and bought me a stand mixer one Christmas...hhmmm.


I've STRUGGLED to MAKE IT into a Kitchenaide...but, a Kitchenaide it ain't. It is certainly an IT.


IT's bowl truly holds onto the base but when I need to remove it for cleaning, IT hangs onto the base as if I'm going to torture it with my dish detergent and scrubby...."No, you can't make me go!", IT screams.


IT also roars like a lion when on LOW (I've not been brave enough to put it on HIGH, IT might might fly off the base and out through the roof off like a jet engine...or IT might report me to the Department of Family and Mixer Services for unfair labor in my kitchen.).


Finally, it's WHITE...I like white, really...but, everything in my kitchen is either stainless or black ("but it was a GOOD deal"...so he said)


Oh, Bertie, I long for your saying "adios" to Francesca and Kacey, long for our times together bidding "so long" to IT and llong to form a lasting relationship while we mix, whip, knead, and cream our combined talents creating tasty treats for my family and all those who will want to meet you!

Jer. 33:3

"Call to me and I will answer you

and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know."
Blessings,

INAUGURAL "GIVEAWAY SATURDAY"...

I

t's here!

Give Away Saturday ...sponsored at Kae's "Tales from an OC Cottage"...

Go over and see the other items...

"Kae" said to l

eave a comment on her post until midnight{pacific time}

March 13th...with the

winner being announced March 14th, so I'll do the same.

Wanting to chip in a giveaway myself, I've decided to put this "up on the block"...

A cute little vintage-type apron I purchased at the thrift store recently...took a close-up so you could see the detailed pattern on the material as well as the little side buttons.

There are little buttons sewn on each side (next to the sash)

Two, good-sized pockets at the bottom

(The second picture is the correct color, a darker blue...the flash really washed it out IN THE FIRST SHOT). I liked it because it is a nice, light weight for a Spring/Summer apron.

We can add our giveaways to her blog anytime this week.

I've already added her button to my blog. Won't you??

Jer. 33:3

"Call to me and I will answer you

and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know."
Blessings,

IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE...FROM ARGENTINA!

IT's HERE!!!!
Kim's (September 13TH giveaway)
...for her second blog-iversary celebration :)

I smiled all the way into the house after I signed for the package...

and I didn't have my READING glasses on so DD read her letter to me while I busily opened each gift

(yes, they were individually wrapped!)

I love surprises...do you?

Come see what she sent:

(FOR A BIGGER VIEW, CLICK THE PIC)

I love the 'fade' feature on Picasa...you can hide things you don't want to show, like addresses, wrinkles, laundry on the table....

the sweetest card...

a LOT of things...wait 'til you see

WOW...she overwhelmed me...she sent me such a sweet fragrance of all the unique things Argentina has to offer...along with her own creativity..the bag is beautiful and wonderfully made. I will indeed enjoy.each.and.every.thing!!

Thank you, JubiSista...it continues to be a jubilee year indeed!

(I have a longer, silver box chain I'll transfer the pendant to later,

but I couldn't help but go ahead and put it on...thinking of you, Kim!)

On another post I'll show what hubby gave me for our 20th

anniversary...I'm busy getting ready to head to senior high retreat

with our youth.

Won't have another chance to blog until Monday...

Have a great weekend, everyone!

Jer. 33:3

"Call to me and I will answer you

and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know."
Blessings,