i'm home!

After an oh-so-fabulous trip to the Florida Keys, I am home! It was an amazing trip -- I loved every minute! I am now busy scaling Mt. Laundry, peeking through giant blades of grass that need to be mowed and wondering how so much clutter can simply burst out of my minivan . . . whew ;). In between the mountain of chores, I just had to peek into my blog to see what had been happening and was thrilled to see all of the fun goings on! I won a beautiful perfume from the so very, very talented Kelly Ann at Kelly Ann's Studio (happy sigh, tear in corner of eye, ;) ) and two warm and lovely blog awards from the sweetest of sweet SITS sister Chrissy at DSL Kids! Thank you, Kelly Ann and Chrissy! I am just tickled . . . And thank you to all of my wonderful blogging friends who stopped by with a smile and a comment or two or three. You have made my week! Happy to be home, my friends, happy to be home . . .

my first award! thank you, Cailin Marie!

I was absolutely delighted to receive a "One Lovely Blog Award" from a sweet fellow blogger named Cailin Marie. I have so enjoyed visiting her blog, completely charmed by her blog name, 5 kids, 2 dogs, 1 lizard and a Hermit Crab, as well as her sweet spirit. I was thrilled to stop by to pick up this lovely award! Thank you.

The rules to receiving this award are to:

Accept the award, post it on your blog together with the name of the person who has granted the award, and his or her blog link. Pass the award to 15 other blogs that you’ve newly discovered. Remember to contact the bloggers to let them know they have been chosen for this award.

I know you will appreciate these lovely spots in the world as much as I do! Thank you, Cailin Marie, for this delightful honor! I appreciate it very much!

My List of "oh so lovely!" blogs . . .

5 kids, 2 dogs, 1 lizard and a Hermit Crab

Oh My Gluestick!

One Day at a Time

Wonder Mom Envy

A Day in the Life of a Housewife

Kelly Ann Studio

Pocket Full of Pink

Thoughts on Everything and Nothing

The Poor College Students' Guide to Raising a Baby

Just Me . . . The Picture-Taker

The Hollywood Memoirs: The Life and Times of a Domesticated Rockstar

Memento

The Giveaway Diva

DSL Kids

Haus of Girls

Chapman Crazy House

The Polkadot Fieldmouse

Great spirits and wonderful artists -- I hope you will enjoy visiting these sites very much! Honoring all things 'lovely', thank you again, Cailin Marie.