I Have A New Blog Award

Many of you who know my blog, know I don't really collect blog awards, but this one was special because it was given to me by a stranger and now it is my honor to find 15 people's blogs and award them the same honor.

I will leave it posted on my sidebar in a few days as I think it is really nice when someone I don't know gives me an award.

The catch to this is you must find 15 blogs you have never visited and award them this award for it to work. I have 5 completed!

1.) Life is Too Short

2.) From Here to Quilternity

3.) Bumble Beans

4.) A Simple Girl

5.) Fab and Frugal Living

6.) Mountain Chronicles

7.) Warm Winterz (An Arizona Blog)

8.) Bags n Rags

9.) Creative Homemaker

10.) Mary Anne's Little Quilt Spot (The music is worth the visit!)

11.) As My World Turns

12.) Traveling the Road of Life

13.) My Purpose In Him

14.)

15.)

As soon as I have time this week-end, I will visit some and leave the award to many I am sure.

In the meantime, enjoy this picture of one of my granddaughters building block art pieces. This was crafted by Diva girl and Miss Tomboy took the picture and asked me to please post it to my blog.

Her wish has been granted!

Oh My, Thank you Melinda!

I wasn't going to post before the New Year, however Melinda over at Melinda's Fabric Fancies has given me a beautiful award and I am very humbled by it. When I started by blog, I never thought I would have the traffic I do, let alone meet some of the most wonderful and creative women that I have met, starting with Melinda.

Here is how the award works and narrowing down my recipients will be very hard!
This blog invests and believes the PROXIMITY -nearness in space, time and relationships! These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in prizes or self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers! Deliver this award to eight bloggers, who must choose eight more and include this cleverly-written text into the body of their award."

My eight:

1-Kim Miller at http://kimfightscancer.blogspot.com
Kim is the most amazing woman for all she is going through and sharing with people across the world her battle/healing with cancer. She was beautiful and amazing before she became ill and she is radiant, beautiful and amazing now!

2-Ann over at http://karmabox.com/blog, she makes these simply wonderful girls hair clips and other things and her political views are much like mine that she makes me laugh and be thankful I am not the only one ranting on my blog about politics!

3-Candace over at http://squashhousequilts.blogspot.com,
Candace is so wonderful in sharing her life and her quilts. She is moving to Eastern Washington and she used a snowman as a guest blog writer, now, I love that idea!

4-Tammy at Quilt Dash. http://www.quiltdash.com
Not just because of the awesome work she does with the quilt dash, but because she is also very helpful, sharing, kind and a computer wizard when I can't figure something out!

5-Rachel at http://www.oneprettything.com
Her site is just awe inspiring to me and she is so busy!

6-Sherry at http://ificouldsetmysoulfree.blogspot.com
Sherry is just one of those wonderful people that once you meet her, you become instant friends. Her and her family are warm, wonderful and have blessed me immensely!

7-As always, Lisa at http://thepreachers-wife.blogspot.com
Lisa has an amazing writing talent, a love for God, a love for women and wrote a fantastic Bible study that kept me encouraged and closer to God this year and she does it with love and humor!

8- Rebecca at http://thriftygoodness.blogspot.com
Rebecca is not just another blogger, she has become an internet friend and she has a wonderful Etsy shop where she finds fantastic vintage items and her service is superior!

Each one of you have become dear friends and Melinda and I share so much in common with raising our grandchildren, living in Washington...only she hates snow and I love snow, she loves fishing and I can't stand it!

Once again, Merry Christmas Everyone!

Holy Schmoly Rock and Rolly!

So those of you that are followers to my blog, now know I have this quirky side in which I make up words, sayings and change things around to fit my needs! But this heading is powerful because we are not only heading straight into fall (reminder to self to send Brenda pics of the changing leaves), but I completed my first quilt dash and discovered so many terrific shops and people and I will be sharing them here on my blog.

I got my own first ever award from sweet Sarah over at Sarah's Corner. I have the Blogging Friends Forever award and there are a few rules to it.

1. Only five people allowed.

2. Four of them have to be dedicated followers of your blog and one has to be new and live in another part of the world.

3. You have to link back to who gave you the award.

So, I can do most of it, but I don't really know anyone in another part of the world, but someone across the United States.

1. Sherry of http://ificouldsetmysoulfree.blogspot.com
What can one say about Sherry? Amazing, mom of 8, grandmother, grandmother to be, talented, witty, Etsy store owner and wonderful!

2. Melinda at http://melindasfabricfancies.blogspot.com
Melinda is a single parent (grandparent) raising her grandchildren and fighting the court system. How she finds time to not only quilt, but make tags, be in a ton of fun swaps and design some of the most amazing things is beyond me, check her out!

3. Cathy who coincidentally is Sherry's sister at: http://thelifeandadventuresofcatepoo.blogspot.com
Cathy is this truly amazing woman who has Rheumatoid Arthritis and has taken her life back to get better! Cathy has been my inspiration and when I least expect it, she pops in and gives me encouragement.

3. Lisa at: http://thepreachers-wife.blogspot.com
Lisa is pure inspiration, beautiful inside and out and has a fantastic love for God and her family and all of her bible study blogging orphans. She will inspire you out of pure joy.

4. Sue at : http://praiseandcoffee.blogspot.com
Sue also has an amazing heart for the Lord but what I love about this wonderful lady is she is trying to encourage the rest of the worlds women to meet and have a praise and coffee hour, even if you don't do the praise part, she wants us to get out and have fun!

5. Lastly, as far out into another part of the world that I can imagine is Marguerita at:
http://crazyshortcutquilts.blogspot.com
who lives way up in Seward, Alaska and when you live that close to another country, in my opinion that counts as another part of the world!

Check out each one of these ladies and tell them Ranny Jean told you to stop by. You won't be disappointed!

Then check out the sidebar of this blog because last night I began and completed my first ever quilt dash and ran into some simply amazing quilting shops. Grace Full Creations, Son Rise, Pumpkin Patch, just check out their locations and tell them I sent you by.