Working hard and thinking hard here!!

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Happy Tuesday Lovlies,

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Hope you are having a wonderful Tuesday!

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I have been working all morning on guess what???

Remember that dinnerware we looked for ages to find

(above photo) that I got for Anniversary & Christmas.

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Well,  I finally got a chance to unpack those babies

today,  and you know what I heard the bowl say

to the cup, " Oh my heavens,  I did not think we

were ever gonna get out of that dark, depressing,

 uncomfortable box and finally be used for what

we were created to do."

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I just continued to unpack them and pretended

not to hear.  As I unpacked the a plate I heard the

plate say, " She is unpacking me first, after all,  I am

 the most important of the set,  after all I serve

 the main dish or entree.

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Then the cup said," yea, right!  I am the most important,

 because people can not go without liquids, even if they

are hot, and they could drink water from me if they wanted.

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 Then the bowl piped up and said in desperation " yes,

 but I serve salad and soup,  and we all know that vegetables

 are the most  important thing for their health".

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Feeling a bit jealous and vulnerable the salad/dessert

plate said well, " I have 4 purposes so I must truly

be the most important of all,  because I can

serve salad, appetizers,  bread and best

and most fun of all desserts! And we all know

how much humans lovvvvvvve desserts!"

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The bowl then said,  "you know what, this is getting

us no where,  we are all different,  and we all have

different uses and personalities,  but really, I don't see

where what I do, is any better than what you do,

it is just different".

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 The cup then, chimed in, and said

 "I think he is right,  we  do need to learn to appreciate

 our differences and the different purposes, talents,  and

personalities that we were given by our creator".

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Then the plate said " I see what he means, and I am

 embarrassed I ever started this foolish talk.

 I think we should do our best to work together to set

 a lovely table and to serve  this family with all we have.

 Working together we will bring much

joy to this family, and much joy to our creator."

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"Wow", said the salad/dessert plate, "you are

so right, I kind of got carried away too, but I

really think that our creator would  want us to appreciate

our differences and  work together just like she said ,

because, after all, he poured a lot of love, thought and

 work into creating us."

"You know what,  I think our creator thinks we are all

 pretty special and important,  what do you think???"

said, the bowl.

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As I was putting them away,  I heard them all agree,

and they lived happily

Ever After!!

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Well Friends.................that is not exactly the way

I thought that story was gonna go,  because as I

was unpacking the dishes I got another analogy

from it,  but when I started writing, this is what

came.  Maybe I will tell you the other story

tomorrow, if I don't lose it overnight!! lol

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I am happy to say my dishes are all put away

but I did want to show you the beautiful

glasses my Dee bought me for Christmas.

I just love them!

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They are scalloped around the bottom.  Believe it or not

we found these at Target.  I just love the shape of them too.

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I love the beading down the side as well.  I was

thinking I wanted some colored glasses at first,

but these are just so perfect for the dishes.

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These weren't destined for the china hutch because I keep

my china that we got as a wedding present from Jim's

parents in there,  but I just cleared a spot to try and

get a nice shot of the glasses,  but I don't know.........

they look pretty nice in there,  so now I am back

to thinking again.....................

Oh My,  here we go again!! lol

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Last but certainly not least, is the Bestowal

of the "Sunshine Award" on my well

thought out friends!!

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Now............You might want to shoot me,  but I

decided not to do them all today because I wanted to

 write something nice about each one,  then that way, when

 they come over to cut and paste their "Blog Award Button"

they can copy and paste that as well, into there

blog post rather than have it  in their

comments section.

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I chose according to when they and  their blog

 came into my life,  because some of them I have

 known for a long time,  but they weren't blogging then!!

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Anyway, my first one is

Becky over at Holiday in the Sun

http://holidayinthesun-becky.blogspot.com

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I know, I know,  you are an award free

blog,  but I just can't leave you out.  You

aren't under any obligation to do anything

but receive it.  Becky's blog is just a delight,

 just like her!!

She brings and spreads joy to everyone

she knows,  and she is such an encouragement

 to me personally, and I know an encouragement

to everyone who reads her blog.

 We have been friends for years, in fact, I

really don't know how many years we have

known each other,  do you???  It has been

a long time tho!!

Becky tries to always have a great perspective

on life and to see the bright side of things,

and she encourages us to spread love and

joy wherever we go!!

Cudos my friend,  you are truly a ray

of Sunshine in my life.

She  also encouraged me to start

a blog and after hearing a lot

about hers I decided to go for it!

.Keep up the good work and hope

to see you blogging more in the

New year!!

My # 2 pick

Is Linnea from over at Neabear

http://neabear.blogspot.com

I met Linnea thru Becky.  She came by

to welcome me to to blogland and just kept

coming.  Linnea is a sweetheart and has

given me many good blogging tips that

were so helpful, and she was my first follower

 I did not know. So she is very special to me!

  She has a fun blog

with lots of pretty pictures especially

flowers which I love and she also

has a craft blog as well.  If you go

to the one above you can find your

way over to the craft blog as well.

Linnea,  thanks so much for your

 friendship,  help, and

support.  I have missed you

as of late!  Congrats to you!!

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My #3 Pick

is

Bonnie over at one designing woman

http://bonsblogbydesign.blogspot.com

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Bonnie I met thru Becky as well,  she came

over to welcome me,   and has stayed

with me too.  She and I have discovered we

have so much in common,  we both love

decorating and pretty things,

  we think alike, we have some similiar life

 experiences, we both agree that keeping

a thankful heart is a key to joy!

Bonnie is full of joy and thankfulness

and bring lots of joy to her readers

as well.  She is also very witty and

many times when I am reading her

blog,  I will just be sitting there dying

laughing and have to read it to hubby.

Thanks for the fun and encouraging

spirit that you bring to my world.

You are a true sister!!

Good going, and keep it up!

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My  #4 pick

is

Heather over at family forever

http://mrstuxtattoo.blogspot.com

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I don't really know how Heather came to

meet me.  If you remember Heather let me

know??  It might have been from Becky

as well.  At any rate,  Heather has been

with me almost as long as Bonnie.

Heather came on board about the time

my son was getting ready for his Appalachian

Trail adventure and she was so interested

in it all,  which so made it fun for me.

Heather's blog is fun and interesting and

she shares a lot about her escapades with

her darling lil girl Ella,  who is such a cutie.

Heather's blog shows forth so much love

of family and friends, and her commitment

to that lifestyle.  Wonderful job you are

doing Heather. Persevere on!!

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Well folks since this blog is a mile long

now, think I had better quit there and

I will give you some more tomorrow.

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Congratulations to you All!

This has been so much fun for me

giving you guys the awards.

It is amazing the bond I feel with

each of you!

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Also,  don't forget to cut and paste

the Award button to your blog,

and what I said about you as well,

if you desire!

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See you tomorrow friends,

Love and Blessings,

Nellie