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Happy Monday Sweet Friends,

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I hope this Monday find you well rested

and refreshed after your weekend.

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Did you get some time with family and/or friends??

Did you have any fun??  Did you have any good food??

Did you get to do something that nurtured your soul??

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I sure hope so!!  These are the things of which

life is made and that makes life good!

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I had something very nice and very unexpected

happen to me this weekend.

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I have seen it occassionally as I have blogged

but usually it is on blogs where there are a ton

of followers or they have sponsers!

of which I have neither!!

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I was graciously awarded the "Sunshine Award"

Thanks to Wanda Lee over @ The Plumed Pen,

or Silken Purse.

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  Wanda is a fun blogger friend from

Canada,  and she does the most Wonderful

and Beautiful watercolor paintings.  I really love

them! She is a very talented lady.

You should go over and visit her,  but I do think

she is gonna be taking a bloggy break so she

can rest and paint,  but check it out anyway

go to http://theplumedpen.blogspot.com/ or

http://silkenpurse.blogspot.com/

In fact her header picture is one of her paintings.

Gorgeous I might add!

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Thank you from the bottom of my heart

Wanda.  I am truly honored and thrilled,

both at the same time. Thank you for

thinking of me.

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 From what I understand the Sunshine Award

 is presented to a blogger for their

 positiveness and creativity.

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I am even more thrilled by the reason.

It is my goal to be a positve, uplifting and

encouraging person to those I come in

contact with,  so this was quite a nice

affirmation.  For that I thank you too

Wanda, it is always a wonderful thing

to get encouragement and affirmation.

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Anyway I will proudly display my

Sunshine Award button.

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Then I am told I am to pick 12 other bloggers

of which I am to pass on this Sweet Encouraging

Award!  So I am in the process of thinking and

choosing,  so come back tomorrow and I will

tell you who they are! 

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This is the part I am not sure I like...........

cause I feel everyone does a neat job on their

blogs,  and some have special bents and some

have special goals,  and some are just purely

for fun,  and some are about food, and some

are about decorating,  but they are all unique

in their own right,  and Wonderful.

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I am truly amazed  and encouraged almost daily

by the creativity I see evoked from so many dear

ladies.  Your are all amazing and I really love

what you are doing!! and so enjoy your blogs

and your friendship thru comments and

written communications,  it is just like having

pen pals thru letter writing really.

When I was a kid I always had mail

cause I had a ton of pen pals,  but this

is even better cause you get to see pics

of families, homes, creations and more.

  So it is hard to pick!!

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Well, better get moving,  my sheets are

about to come out of the dryer,  so I

can change our bed linens!

Nothing like nice clean sheets on your

bed,  another one of those things I

just love love love!

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Now tell me............ when you were a kid

did you ever jump under the sheets when

your mom was making up the bed!

You know she is flipping the sheets to

spread it over the bed and you jump

in and the sheets softly settle on you!

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I have such fond memories of that!

And it felt so... so... so... can't find the

word,  accept.......... COZY maybe!!

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I just know I loved the way it made

me feel!!

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Hope you have had a good Monday

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And have a fun evening,

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Blessings,

Nellie